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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-10
Washintton. D. C..

1t has been announced ut the Treas
to allied nations by America during
the var totoi nearly nine billion dol
lars.
The War Department has decided in
the organization of the peace-time
army to retain 1850 tanks in the ser
vice under the head of ordinance cav
airy"
Another advance in railroad rates is
forecaSted by the Railroad .igc. wheth-
er the roads are retained by the Gov
ernment or returned to private own
erShip.
The wheat crop for which the Gov
ernment has agreed to guarantee Il
price ($2.26 per buShel) is estimated
to he the greatest in the history Of
the nation-S37. .OOO,OOO bushels.
The railroad administration has an
nounced big cut in summertime pas
| Senger rates to various resorts through
| ont the nation. to begin June 1St.
Some of the cuts will amount to as
llluCll I'D nj SCIIls vi Il NlltuttA
return to prewar excursion rates.
\ Washington diSpatih from Paul
Wooton appearing III the New Orleans
Timcs-Picayunc. says the fight or ex-
Speaker Champ Clark. in opposition to
his choice as Democratic floor leader
in Congress. is gathering momentum.
"A leader without sore spots" is de-
manded. according to this dispatch.
Homer :. Cummings. Chairman of
the Democratic National Committee
says the opposition to the League OF
Nations in the United States is rap
idly crumhling. He cites the weaken
ing of the statements in opposition OF
those Republican leaders who have
heretofore stated their objections with
out qualification but now seem seekin.
il diynitied road to the emharking sta
ton Of the band wagon. He predict.
that when the time comes for the Sen
ate to ratify the treaty that the mi
nority in opposition will have shrunl
to Il very small one.
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The Peace Conference.

Lloyd George. the British Premier.
announced Sunday that the peace
treaty will he ready for the signatures
of the contracting powers by Easter.
Germany. he says. will then I've invited
to sign the treaty later this month.
I'aderewski. the Polish Premier, is
in Paris to join in the negotiations for
Il corridor to the sea for Poland. His
reception in Paris Sunday was an
ovation. The French influence in the
Peace Conference is very intense for as
strong Poland as can be negotiated
for with the other powers.
The Chinese Government made rep
reSentatiOnS at the Peace Conference
in Paris last Saturday to the end that
the twenty-one demands forced by
Japan upon China ut the hayonet's
point lie nullified. The delegation urged
that the people Of China are now too
we'll informed to submit to CONNER
cial conditions imposed by Japan by
the 1913 agreements. and that terri
tory now being held by Japan in China
llluSt also he TeStOFeu 10 1lllld Ill tile
interest of permanent settlement in
! the Far East.
President Wilson has ordered the
United States transport George Wash
| ington to a French port. according to !,
| Parish dispatch. 1t Is presumed that
the President may sail for home ut an
early date. The dispatch in question
recites that the conference of four -
Premier Lloyd George. of Great Brit
ain. Premier Clemenceau. of France
the Italian Premier and President vii
son = have failed to agree on the de
tails in the matter Of the indemnit!
that Germany shall pay and also have
been unable to reach a decision in the
matters of frontiers between German!
and France. Germany and Poland
Italy and some Of the new Slavonit
states that are being created. TIL,
Presidents action in ordering thu
George Washington to he in readineS.
to take him to the United States i!
? construed as Il threat to abandon til,
negotiations and leave Europe to set
tie its own affairs in its own way.
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Grafton July 1st. was not pertinent,
and he vas upheld by vote Of 80
20 IS.
Two former police officers Of New
Orleans have been convicted Of attemp-
ting to extort money from residents Of
the former restricted district in that
city.
\ little girl died at Hammond sun
day Of sleeping sickness after three
weeks illness. 1t is the twenty-firSt
officially reported case Of sleeping sick
hess for Louisiana.
The third annual convention of the
Louisiana State Sunday School ASso-
citation convened i'll Minden Monday
and adjourned to-day. The sessions
We're held in the Methodist. Baptist
and Presbyterian churches.
The City of Alexandria is consider
ing the issuing of S:IOO.OOO worth Of
municipal thirty-year 5-per cent bonds
for the purpose of general public I'M.
provements such as building court
house and Jail. street and drainage
work. gas plant. etc.
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Louisiana.

Drilling for oil will soon begin Oh
the Lake Land farm near Minden.
The Grand comnnlndery. Knights
Templar. will begin their annual con-
clave in Monroe OH the 9th.
Congressman Albert Estopinal, Of
the First district. is reported as criti-
cally i'll ut his home in st. Bernard
Parish.
The Bossier City amateur baseball
team defeated the Cedar Grove nine
ut Cedar Grove Monday afternoon by
IL score of ii to- ..
Grand Cane elected :. L. bowling
Mayor Tuesday by vote of about
four t. one over his opponent, the
present incumbent.
The Thompson Oil Company. says Il
news story in last weeks Webster
Signal is reported to have located 4
test well north Of LetOn and will begin
operations soon.
Lieut.. Gov. Fernand Mouton. of La
fayette. in IL signed statement issued
last Saturday, formally announced his
candidacy for Governor in the coming
Democratic primary.
| \ New Orleans dispatch says an
| American owned cable line to points
in South and Central America will he
in operation within two years. accord
ing to John ID. Merrill, President Of
the All-American Cable Company.
Capt. John Fitzpatrick. aged sew
enty-tive years. State Tax Collector for
the past eleven years. died Monday
morning ut his home in New Orleans.
He had been Mayor of New Orleans
and well-known figure in state poll
tics for fifty years.
July 31St to August Sth are the date.
selected for Farmers Week at the
Louisiana State University. This will
he the first time that the annual gath
ering of farmers ut the tniversit!
will he held in the summer. 1t la.
heretofore been customary to hold thu
| farmers short course during January
Farmers Week will also he the new
| ueSlSilsilIoll VI lHc SdtheIlIS, uStcds
of Farmers Short Course. as here
tofore.
The question of prohibition cam'
before the Louisiana State Federation
of Labor. in session In Lake Charle
Tuesday. and the debate was market
with great bitterness and personal an
tagonisn. according to the press re
ports. In the end the president rule'
. that resolution introduced ut the be
hest Of New Orleans brewery AM
liquor interests. asking President Viii
son to refrain from putting the waf
measure prohibition provision in ol
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NEWS NUBS FOR HASTY READING
seems to he no way to stop it from
spreading to all parts Of the field and
destroying million of dollars; worth of
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spreading to all parts Of the field and
destroying million of dollars; worth of
property.
Pontotoc County. Mississippi. has
added 100000 to the CASH assets Of
the farming interests there since 1916
1t is hill country and the size of the
average farm is - acres. mainly pOpu
lated by white farmers. Half the av-
era.e acreage is improved. The farm
erS now ship hogs. corn. peanuts mo
lasses, popcorn. sorghum seed. etc. but
uD to 1916 cotton was the ,anly farm
product shipped from the county.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany. of Akron. Ohio. has Joined with
its 10000 employees in establishing
council of industrial relations that will
have voice in the shaping Of the
policy of reconstruction in that and
other industries of the country. Each
employee of eighteen years and over
will have representation on the coun
ell. and the council will have a voice
in the fixing of wages. working condi-
tiOns. etc.
The 100000 members of the Com
mercial TelegrapherS' Union have be-
gun halloting on the question of
whether they will strike in protest Of
Mr.. RurleSon'S method Of wire control
by the Government. The ballots are all
to he in Chicago headquarters by the
I'D. The protest is based Oh the alleg
| ed disregard by the Postmaster Gen
eral Of President Wilson's mandate
that the right of workers to organize
shall not be abrOgated.
| oil-burnim= cargo steamers at price
which enables American shipyardS to
compete with foreign nations was de-
clared to he highly probable" by
Chairman Hurley. of the Shipping
Roard. Tuesday in a New York inter-
view. \ Newark. \. j.. construction
company. he says. has offered to built
eight 12.OtHD-ton freiyhters at $40 Il
deadweight ton. without any guaran-
tee from the Government on either
lal or or material.
Senator Owen. Of Oklahoma. who
has lately returned from a tour OF
Europe and study Of financial condi
tions there. gave out statement Mon.
day in expression Of his opinion that
the nations of Europe were 7on an In
fiated currency basis -that-sss-ss very
unsafe to trade conditions and that
the currency of all the nations should
Ie internationally stabilized by agree
ment on the per capita of currenc!
that shall he uniform throughout the
world and based OH gold reserves il
each nation. Senator Owen asserted
that none of the European nation.
with three times the per capita cur
rency circulation Of the United State:
could compete in trade with this coun
try. and no nation can compete Will
Japan in trade. for instance. which
nation has IL smaller per capita of cur
rency than any Of the other nations
\ uniform per capita currency circula
ton. the Senator says. will greatly fa
cilitate world trade by equalizing tn
mediums Of exchange.
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Beginning to Agree.

The council Of four. sitting III farls
yesterday. decided finally that Gerna-
ny should pay within the next two
years S:,.OOO.O0O.OO0 as war damages
to the Allied nations. and Il joint ALL
Cd commission shall assess the remain
ing damages. the payments for which
are to lie spread over period OF
thirty years. At the same sitting 1t
was decided that the eX-Emperor OF
Germany should be tried by one of the
Allied powers. probably Belgium. Oh "A
chra.e of responsibility for the war.
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Shreveport.

The Louisiana State MeUlcil society
met i'll Shreveport this week.
building permits issued in Shreve-
port last week called for construction
work amounting in cost to $4,000.
\ Shreveport report says more than
5000 head Of cattle were passed
through the dipping vats Of Caddo
Parish last week.
May 9th has been fixed upon as the
date for the Flying Circus at Shreve-
port the purpose Of which will'be to
boost Victory Loan sales that day.
The City Council oof Shreveport is
now meeting twice each week to re-
ceive suggestions from citizens. The
city's gas supply is safe for many
years to come, according to IA report
of Commissioner Kahn.
Tuesday (the Sth) was the fifty-fifth
anniversary Of the battle Of Mansfield,
fought by Confederate troops under
Gen. Taylor against Gen. Banks in
command of the Federal forces. The
Confederate victory saved Shreveport
from occupation by Northern troops
and threw Gen. Banks back upon his
base.
Il. II. Cooper and f. f. White were
arrested in Shreveport Sunday morn
ing OH IL charge of highway robbery.
In Whites case it is alleged that he
sold to one f. l.. Miller two quarts Of
whiSkey. and after Miller was thereby
made drunk he was conducted by
White and Cooper to vacant lot and
| robbed of $40.
The Police Jury Of Caddo Parish
I closed l; denI Monday whereby the
parish became the owner of a S2OUW
paving outfit with the expectation that
| the parish would in the future do its
own road work. Actual highway I'M
provement under the new arrange
.ment it is announced. will be begun
within sixty days.
The inspector .sent by the Federal
Bureau to report upon the condition
Of the Pine Island oil field expressed
amaZement while i'll Shreveport Tues
day ut the enormous waste Of oil IN
| North Louisiana. attributed to the
failure of the Standard Oil and other
companies to either buy or transport
the oil through their pipe lines to
points where storage facilities might
be had.
Jared y. Sanders. former Governor
of Louisiana and now Congressman
from the Sixth District was in Shreve
port Tuesday consulting with friends
and talking national politics. He ex
pressed himself as opposed to Speaker
Clarke as floor leader for the Demo
cratic party in Congress because OF
his well known opposition to the Pres
ident OH many issues that arose dur
ing the war. The Ex-Governor is max
ing tour of the state and deliverin:
addresses in favor Of the League o
Nations.
Commissioner r. l.. Stringfellow. Q
Shreveport. is contemplating the offer
ing to the council Of a move on Ordi
nance for that city because Of tn
habit of some. people. including busl
ness men Of prominence, OF transact
ing business while standing at crowd
ed corners and street crossings. Stor
proprietors have complained of loafef
gathering in front Of their places
business and interfering with trade b
their lettering. The Commissioner eN
presses the hope that simple re
! minder will be enough to put an end
) the nuisance. but will offer the prt
: posed ordinance if necessary.
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Foreign.

President CarranZa. Of Mexico, says.
in an address to the Mexican Congress
that Mexican finances are 80 much I'M
proved that it is hoped that the reve-
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Miscellany.

Tuesday Michigan voted to reject a
prohibition amendment for the state,
voted S:O.OOO.OOO in bonds for state
highways. and gave the minor ticket
for state officers Il tremendous Repub-
lican majority.
Yauui Indians crossed the interna-
tiOnal border Sunday near NOgaleS.
Ariz.. secured large supply Of arms
and ammunition and then crossed back
into SOnOra. Mexico. The Indians. it
is stated in Il NOgaleS dispatch. were
thought to be headed for that border
city.
Secretary of War Baker. Hugh 6.
Wallace. the new United States AM
laSSador to France. fifteen members of
the House Military Affairs Committee.
and Warren PerShing. the nine year
old son Of Gen. Pershing. sailed for
Europe Monday OH the steamer Le-
viathan. All are Eound for Paris.
Frank w. Wolworth. who started IL
) and 1O-cent store forty years ago Oh
$50 and eventually became the million
aire proprietor of great chain Of
| these stores in the United States.
| Canada and England - died suddenly
early Tuesday morning ut his home OH
Long Island. New York. His store
profits are said to be $S.OOO.OOO an
nually.
President Wilson. who has been i'll
for several days at the White House
in Paris. was able Tuesday to resume
his attendance upon the meetings Of
the council Of four. The Associated
Press dispatches of that date say tht
hopeful tone Of the conference wa.
largely restored by the Presidents at
tendance and the prospect Of full
and final agreement on points OF pres
ent differentiation was revived.
4 committee claiming to represen
every state in the Union. every ranl
in the Army and Navy and ever,
shade of political opinion in the coun
try, issued a call from New iorl
Tuesday for caucus in st. Louis Ol
May Sth, 9th and 10th to form pre-
liminary organization Of the American
Legion, to fhe composed Of American
veterans of the World War. \ grea
national convention Of veterans 10
November 18th is tentatively proposed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-22

A drama OF the
Magic OF Music
ana how 1t gov
ems he lives
Of people all
around u 8. A
s tory of ro-
ma nee and adj
venture, W { b
Tom Moore In
a new and sur
prising role.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-22
COUGHENOUR GUILTY

Verdict Finding Defendant Guilty Of
MansIaushter Returned by jury
After DeIiberatins All Nisht---Jury
Reports at . =. m.
The jury in the case Of the state
vs. James Coughenour. II, Of Mel
bourne charged with granddaughter.
returned a verdict Of guilty at this
morning, after being out moro than
sixteen hours. The case went to the
jury at 4:a0 Friday afternoon and 1t
was said q verdict was agreed at about
1880 this morning. A report was not
made, however. until court convened.
The case Ia the first successful GRIM
inal prosecution In the county growing
out Of q fatal auto accident.
Following the report Of tho Jury the
counsel for the defense demanded Z
poll Of the pury and the verdict was
confirmed. Judge Willstt gave thS de-
fense until noon Dec. 10 to dle oh.
jections to the instructions and motion
for new trial. coughenour WAS indict-
ed because Of the death OF william
Mawrey. Of Melbourne, who was killed
while in the car Couxhsnour was driv-
ing when it ran into the william Keith
auto near State Center. last summer.
The Jury to hear tho case Of the
state versus Garfield Devine, charged
with attempting to murder Patrolman
Frank Campbell. was impansled
Friday afternoon and then excused
until Tuesday morning. when the trial
will open. Attorneys desired that
the case be set for Tuesday because
Of the municipal court election Mon
day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-22
LOCAL COMMENT

The vote on the municipal court Will
be taken on Monday. Nobody has ad-
vanced O valid objection to the plan
and almost everybody who has invests
gated this court in it's actual operation
is satisfied that 1t should be adopted.
Judge Willet and practically all OIL
the lawyers In Marshalltown believe
that II should be adopted. II can
possibly be any worse that the lack OF
local courts which we have now ana
IL IL Will give speedy and inexpensive
adjudication to small controversies II
will be In truth the poor mans forum
as Judge Willet calls 1t. AS IT Is now
many n man dare not defend his rights
in court because Of the expense IN
volved and we obtain most indifter-
ent enforcement of laws because OF
the lack of q competent court or I'M
questioned jurisdiction to bear the
complaints with promptness. Lets Try
out the municipal court. We have
everything to gain and nothing to
lose.
The managers of the local picture
shows BnOuld Ell up anu tdhe hotiNS W
a. very determined movement now on
foot among the women Of this city to
have some kind of regulation or GEN.
sorship Of the films that are shown IN
Marshalltown. OF late there has been
much objection to license taken In
showing films. Films have been ad-
vertised for children to sec which last
q few minutes only and then are fol-
lowed by an hour Of films which child
rem should not see. Films wreakins
with the filth of the problem plays, the
scenes built around the sex passion.
have been shown in Marshalltown, ac-
cordlng to q social settlement worker,
hen they were prohibited in Chicago
by the censors there. Regulation. when
It does come may go to an extreme,
hence the best thing picture house
mana gers can do Is to bow to the
gathering storm and clean up before 1t
breaks.
The Times Republican has always
believed that the picture show should
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-22

- conducted a. Q ssmMxnity LEISURE
course. Then the public would sbtaiA
the best there u In aims without the
hazard OF going against the UNIT fiims.
A committee with 4 public purpose
would select the Aims instead OF
syndicate with only a commercial pur.
pose. When the soldiers msnoriai
auditorium or q new high school audi
torium Is erected We may be ready to
tackle the plan Of community
picture course as well as . community
lecture course. The school admins
tration should at least put on nlms for
the wholesome entertainment OF child
rem.
Over a thousand dollars Tor charity
In one public auction shows that the
prosperous people OF this community
do not intend to let their unfortunate
neighbors suffer but the campaign
should not end. Heretofore the char
ity association management has raised
two years funds in single drive 10 as
to avoid frequent calls. Let there now
be q call made upon those who did not
contribute to this sale and give them
an opportunity to guarantee the needs
of charity work for the next two
years.
When we come to heatless days and
the closing OF non-essential industries
let's not pick upon the schools the
very first thing. We can we'll afford
to open our stores two hours later and
close an hour earlier. We can better
afford to close pool halls and amusc-
ment placesand even the churches be-
fore we close the schools. And by tho
way nre the fuel dealers loading up
with wood? Gasolene saws ought to be
at work in the timber now preparing
furnace chunks that will keep our
houses warm while hospitals and the
gas company use the coal supply.
Dealers ought to be substituting wood
and coke for purely heating purposes.
The industries which furnish the pay
roll whereby families can live can be
curtailed to short hours but they
should be among the last to be shut
down. Even the street cars are less
essential than tho factories and the
schools. The miners have come down
from their demand for so per cent to
a 40 per cent increase while the opera
tors have come up to an offer Of 90
per cent increase 30 1t should not take
long for the two parties to get to-
gether. The coal shortage will be Sc
rious, however, well in:o January.
Z
A merchant who found II dark wclk-
ing home the other night without
street lights suggests that household
ers leave up their window shade, there
by affording the belated pedestrian q
line on the location Of the sidewalk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-22
ANoThrR MURDER TRIAL.
Booze cass At Davenport 70 Begin
Monday.

Booze cass AZ Davenport to Begin
Monday.
Davenport, Nov. Ca carenport's
next spectacular court production will
be q murder trial
The case Of Mike Azizian will be
staged in the criminal department OF
tho district court on Monday.
Attorneys are anticipating trying
time owing to the fact that the case
will be hampered to some extent by
necessary Interpreters.
Azizian il charged with the murder
of Alva Cooper. at Bettendorf during
q LIQUOR raid. Azizian had been ap-
pointed a deputy constable and Cooper
was acting as a deputy marshal to as
sist in the raid.
There had been bad blood between
the men and. according to the story
Azizian will tell, Cooper had threat
ened to get him"
On the night of the raid the men
went to the supposed LIQUOR rendez-
vous. Cooper had habit OF resting
his hands on his hips. Azizian saw
Cooper make a movement Of this kind,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-22

Special to Times Republican.
Jewell. Nov. 2g.--Carl Miller has
purchased the Carver building Just
south OF tho Mcdonald drug store and
will build q now burglar-proof cloth
Ing house.
Perry Ayers. who recently sold HIS
house north OF the Northwestern. viii
move with his family to Carroll next
Monday.
NJ. J. Severson motored TO Blaisburg
Tuesday ana brought homo his daugh-
ter. Miss Neomia, who has been sick
at Cedar Falls with scarlet fever and
is now much better.
Ed Knudson sold his residence on
College avenue to Andrew Eglebe. The
consideration was $500. Mr.. Knud-
son IL considering n trip south this
winter for the benefit Of his wife's
health.
Jewell now has a new marshal,
Martin 0iamon, and tho town Is goins
to put on q plain clothes night watch.
Mayor Carl Miller Is going to sec that
the town 10 protected.
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and without waiting pulled his sun
ana fred. He thought he saw . sin
lister intention In Cooper's movement,
The case will be called by Judge
William Theophilus on Monday morn
Ing at 10 o'clock, the trial Jurors hav-
ing been excused until that time.
II 10 expected that dramatic features
viii develop as the case may draw In
features dealing with the underworld
and tho political life OF Bettendorf.