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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-09-25
ACT 10. 60

House Bfl 10 i9--2y ~. VIENNA an.
yO1ET HI SOLUTION.
Proposing an Amendment TO the Con
EtitUt!on Of the state - Louisiana
relative 20 the Cr%aD!zatOn 1Ed
powers Of the Board 0; Cofnmi~
si0ners Of the port Of New Orleans
and tho departments of the raid port
Section I. Re il resolved by the Gel-
erai Assembly Of tie State Of Louis
lana. TWO thirds ef all The HlSmbs-s
elected 20 each House cOncugrlHg. that
the following amendments 20 the Con
stitutioE OF The State Of Louisiana be
submitted 10 tie elsctorE OF ihe State
al tne next COugT rEsiCnal election o.
be held On The first Tuesday after the
irst MDnS~ y IN %oysmb,T 1929. to-wit
That the Governor Of the State shall
appoint the respective nnembers Of the
Beard OF Commissioners Of the Port o.
New Orleans. possessing the qaaiifica-
lions pres ribed by law. one for term
- two years. one Tor a term OF three
years. one for q tern Of four years.
ore for torn Of I'VE years, and one
FOR term Of siH years and may deEiE-
nate ami prescribe the term of Office
Of tie present Board Is aCcC rcanrr
..-yen.tb. IT the cAEigaticH OF chcir
respective forms. their BuccrssOFs shall
Je appointed by the GC,crECr for z
period u i.X years each. To Governor
shall have the Cwer 20 All the IN
Expired term II any vacancy occurring
u rough Ecath, rUslIua t!In or other
wise. Said Commissioners so appC' nted
IAN only be removed by the Cove rror.
for cause or CAUSES TO be preferred
against them. or either Of them. In
writing end after public hearing enh
proof Of The suffLc!cBry Of Eaid charge
10 Justify their removal. provided that
ig all cases an appeal may be had to
Supreme Court from the decision OF the
Governor.
Senlion 9 BE Il further resolved etc.
That the Board Of Co.lmissio rerB OF the
Port OF New Orleans shall have power
TO OrfzniZs or reOrSaniZe the legal.
executive. engineering. clerical and
other departments and forces OF said
Boars. ard 10 fix the duties. powers
and eusation CT all officers agents
apd employees In such departments. ex-
cspting. however. such civil service re-
quremsHts as may be established by
State laws.
Section ). BE II further resolved.
etc. That on the official ballot 10 BE-
used at said election shall be placed
the words: For the proposed amend
ment relative TO the Organization Of
the Board OF Commissioners CT the
Port OF New Orlears." anu the words
Against the prvpoEsd alne ndmeHt rel
alive TO the orga uizatiOn ef the Board
Orleans" and eacn elector shall indl-
cate his vote on the proposed amend
meut as provided IN the general cleo
ton laws OF the State
II. r. WALKER.
speaker Of the House OF Representa-
HEWITT BOUANCHAI'D.
LieUteSant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: Jelly 6. 1929.
JEO. rs. PARKER.
Governor of tie State Of Louisiana.
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary OF State.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-09-25

or az inst TIE proposed amendment as
proved IA the general election laws
Of the STATE.
X. r WALKER
Speaker Of tire HOrse Of Representa-
Iyee.
HEWITT BOCASCHACD,
Lieutensst Gy,srDOr and President OF
the Senate.
Approved July :. 1872.
Jr-O II PARKER.
Governor Of the STATE Of Louis4ana-
trGe copy
JAMES J. BAILEY.
Secretary Of State.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-09-25

or REJECTION ~ - = nrr-- -rr..- IT,
ny, following 4 o. FIRST Ngrd-y Iu ~
yer~ier. 1929 amending Article 80 q
The Constitution 20 - - I'D - fol-
aa-r,'s 200 80 rs-s -'..1 vote 81
any T-.-.= - e. -". ..i .- any .u v. --
t.r- '. frI'l.-- er .'. IN
tas pun s, ri rg--.n-t '- .'y -''--
date o.. pubic pi'..- .a
sen rs ar t4e SIN "a ...-.| vote.
with sJ,h s1-''.cral iG---p-- a.
may b. Fr.,'.--14 - PEI -f
- ue nominated. and in at 20. q
couyeE'' o-s in It's stat. '.- --r-' %. r.
meut o r,.r-ss -f-tlDu -.a. a. .r .-
basis Of population
Section 2. he it further r'."'v. =
p-in;-d thsrs1l. "F5r IT, Proposed
= eIdncu; 20 AIt3eIe Zsn 90 tie Coz
stltLtiOH Of the state % l. -.-a-a r..--
tive - add LOual qualifications fo-
voters IN prlmar..s. cons .rrcss anu
pos .f Hoa... ratia= party eaa:.1alr-
for public office. d.. -.. words.
"Agaius: the Trcpo seq -ll ~ 90
Article 30 10. IL tr--..- -... = % o.
tiUua qualifications for ~ot g gu pr
,aries cDuyeus .C-s ana r.'..-l as
E-rnil'.s bed fof ~ Ia-.-r- p. NOM
mating party candidates for Iu..i. Of
HEWITT Boyt=-u.rD.
Lieutenant; Governor and Ir.-.leai Of
" RI. wALKE-.
Speaker Of the House oi E-rrss .nt,a-
AppTo.ed: July :, 1877.
JNJ n. pAItEEE
Governor of the S'-t1 OF louisiana
TIVE copy:
JAMES j. BAILEY.
Secretary Of SITE.
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ACT NO 22a

Senate Bill No. I2-By Mr.. Lawrason
JOINT RESOLUTION
froposing an ainendment to the Con-
sttution Of the State of Louisiana
amending Article 200 of the Consfi,
luton so ss to provide for additional
Quahhcatlons for voters IN primaries.
conventions or political assemblies
neIa Tor the purpose OF nominating
party candidates for public office
section J.. BE II resolved by the Gem
eral Assembly of the State of LouIs-
lana, two-thirds of all members of each
to the onstituton OF the stat -
LOUISIANA be submitted TO the Qualified
sectors 81 the State for their approval
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-09-25
ACT 10. 1a3.

-JOis.l ".
Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stltution or tie State OF Louisiana
Relative to the Board Of Commits.
sioneTs OF tho Port Of New Orleans
Section l. &c i resolved by the Gen
crai Assembly of the State of Louie
lana. two-thirds OF all members elected
TO eacn House concurrlng, That the fol.
lowing amendment to the Constitutio,
OF the state OF louisiana be submitted
70 the elc, tors Of the State at the next
Congressional election to be held o,
the. first Tuesday after the first Mon
lay In November. 1920. to-wu:
The Bodrd of Commissioners OF tho
Port of New Orleans shall, except az
otherwise herein charged and amended
nave and exercise all powers now con-
terred upon them by CONSTRUCTORS
Amendment. Additional power and
lurijdlction may be conferred by Act OF
me legislature. Said Board shall have
'oll power and authority to construct
extend end Improve works for Port
purposes within the limits OF the Port
including wharves. docks, warehouses.
grain elevators. locks. slips, laterals
basins and other structures ard TIM
provements and may dredge shipways
channels. slips. basins aud turning
basins In the Mississippi River Sale
ooaru may without further Legislative
enactment borrow money and Issue
conditions and not otherwise: IL NAV.
with the approval of the Governor and
the Auditor of the State. for its public
purposes, borrow ON notes for tenn
porsry loans. payable within one year.
An amount not exceeding Five Hundred
thousand Dollars $500. e00) at any one
ume outstanding. and may in ad iitiou,
borrow money In anticipation of the
objection of charges for wharfage.
tofinSe storage service and other
charxcs vhich have been actually
Earned but haze not yet been re-
cefvtd. With t5eapproval OF the Cow
eruqr 81 thtg State. IL may for public
yerposes ether than the payment Of
orr~nt c~penses Of the furding of in
lfttednfsr injured or TO be incrrr
Tor <srreX <x9trefs borrow money
ara teser 0vrds to the amount "a SIX
4tllon Fly4 Hsr4ssd Thousand Dollars
r1pvovsl ~ &c dossTsor. sad Tor r. Ike Ike
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PA, ..b-r:y -yEND-ENT- 10 THE
tOAsIITtINs - LOUISIANA

Adopt~S ar fbe EeEUj.r ss-sfos sf the
Lss5Sfbsrs ef i2:a-rs b. voted
GB 90 EOagrc- 5Snai
E.e. H-Ia soS.
Va.
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ACT Nj "a
House Bill No. by Nr. Byrne.
IAI A-1r Ill.c.Clr ,.I,L -.

House BIZ No 2-Dy Mr. Byrno.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment 10 the Con-
sltution of the State Of Louisiana,
directing the City or New Orleans 10
levy annually special tax not ey-
ceedinH two mills on the dollar for
the Inauguration and maintenance Of
double ana triple platoon systems,
and an increase In pay Of the men
and officials. in the fire and police
departments of said city respectively.
Section /. BE IL resolved by the Cen
ersi Assembly OF the State OF Louis
TO each House cOncurring. That an
amFpdnert to the Constitution OF the
state 81 Is.iE:sf - sTrross1 and
submitted to the q.alihsd electors of
IS follows. to-wit: In addition 10
SIch other taxes as the CITY or New
orleans ~ now or may be hereafter.
authorized 10 levy, said city shall levy
annually a special tax, not enceedIrs
two mills on the dollar. on all taxab,.
property In said City as assessed aud
valued for city taxation purposes. The
ayails Of said special tax are hereby
dedicated to the inauguration and
maintenance OF double platoon sys-
tenn In the fire department and n triple
platoon system In the police depart
ment of said City and an Increase in
pay OF the men and officials einpioyed
In said departments and shall he us "a
aud empls ysd by said city exclusively
Tor SAID purposes respectively accord
Ing TO such apportionment Of said
funds rs said city may make from time
to time"
Section 2. BE IL further resolved etc
that this amendment shall be submitted
to the duly qualified electors OF the
State OF Louisiana. in accordance with
the provisions CT the Constitution 70
be voted upon at the General Congress
sional Election TO be held in November
1920, and there shall be printed upon
the ballot: For the amendment TO the
Constitution directing the City OF New
Orleans 10 levy a special ta~ not ex-
ceediTSg two mills for its fire and police
departments, rad Against the amend
ment 10 the Constitution directing the
City of New Orleans TO levy a special
tax rot exceeding two mills for It's fire
and police departments" and each
elec;or shall Indicate, as provided in
tho general election laws or the State,
whether he votes .or or against said
amendment
II. +. WALKER
Speaker OF the Hous. Of Representa-.
tives
HEWITT BOI'ASCII AUD.
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved: July 6, 1920
JsO. II. L AilE ER
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana
true cop-:
JAMES j. BAILEY
Secretary OF State.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-09-25

nooe Difl Nc. 121-By Mr.. Hamley.
Joint RESOLUTION.
D0luG an &mendmsnt to the Con-
M1toA OF the State OF louisa M
- SPECIAL State tax OF one
~ dollar In aid Of public
t11y o. the state Of Louis
11119 OF AL the members
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
GREEK PRIESTS
 ESTATE $12,4O0
Makes Many Requests to Churches of His
 Faith.

Under the will of Rev. Peter Po- povitch, who died in his home, 558 Bostwick avenue, on May 9, several public beQuests are made and all of them are to Greek Catholic churches in this country and Hungary. He was pastor of the Greek Catholic church at 2036 Scovil avenue in Cleveland and his estate consists of realty amounting to $400 and per sonal property of about s12.600.
 To the St. Johns Greek Catholic church in Cleveland Is given $650: to Pottstown church $50; to Read ing, Pa, church, s25; to Okormezo, Tcronyaf, Pereszloi, Hatarkozi and Titkosvolgyi churches are given $25 each, while to Rev. Michael Popo- witch of the Toronyai church is given
 s2o0 to serve masses for the repose of his soul
 He carried five insurance policies amounting to s11,050 and a savings in the Hungarian Postal Savings amounting to s182.60. All the resi- due of the estate is left to his mother Mrs. Victor Popovitch, and a sister Theresa Popovitch, both of Ungvar Hungary, and an adopted daughter Anna Popovitch, ten years old, to share and share alike.
 Joseph Kovalchik has been appoint ed guardian ad Item of the child and administrator of the estate The original will was made out in the Hungarian language and the Probate court had to have it translated
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
POLISH WOMEN FORM
 ARMY TO FIGHT REDS

Warsaw, -Jn1y S-Hundreds of Pp- fish girls and women have joined the a111y Gbeoarrss of the Bofshevik men .ane- Uniformed women soldiers. with women officers, have paraded the streets singing, and for the first time Warsaw has seen detachment of female Isecrudts under the g-uidan ce of women officers marching to the banrncks.
 Many recruits were strong girls in xshnrt skirts and shfrtwaists with 'braided hrair hanging down their h3cks. The sight of female recruits ar,oursad ent-h usSias1n everywh ere aaIDnS the prfnciIsal streets Mixed with tine girl recruits were women of sfwnn z5 tD 80 ysars who swung par nso1s, purses and market packages in arrns which will soon carry rifles
 The yvo1nsnss battaEon will be used chiefly for guaTA duty in Sar11sons and food depots and as train escorts lsttrus relieving men for the front lines.
 Owing to the rritical position of ttrs saOuntry wofunteers for active ser vire in the army are offering them- yaefstes flor evser.y side They include sc-hool amd university teachers stu den1ts, boy :scouts, civil service and nninishe1ial employees whose occupa- tiorrs -eNcuse ntlern from military Ser twice. Tine students enisting in such numbers that the Warsaw Uni versailles have bRen closed.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
TROIEEYMEN AND
 MAYOR CONFIRMING

Lucius S. Storrs, president of the Conn necticut company, and George E. :. WafrouS of New Haven, chief counsel for the trolley company, held a loSg conference with Mayor Wilson and City Attorney Comley today in the mayors office At press time they were still in session The mayor and city attorney are representing the City of Bridg eport in the threat of the Connecticut company to stop running it's cars on July 15 unless the jitneys are regulated so they will not com pete with the trolley company
 During the session this morning Mayor Wilson and City Attorney Con1ley withdrew from the conference for a few minutes to check up and several things and they went into the common council chamber to talk ma t. ters over. At the conclusion of this brief talk the mayor said there would be nothing to be given out on the con- ference
 Last night the mayor held a confer ence with the jitney men who prom iSed to clear away the snow on all streets wherein their busses operate and to clear it in such a. manner is to permit traffic unimpeded in either di- recdon and to carry out any pubEc gratuitous work in connection with their lines of travel that the Connect icut company has heretofore provided in connection with their lines
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
VACRANT GIVEN
 A SHORT SHRIF I

What Alexander F. Morrissey, as- sistant superintendent of the Depart ment of Charities termed typical vagrant' appeared before MT. Nor rissey this morning at the Welfare building, clad in rags and asked that he be sent to the poorhouse. The man gave his name as Jerry Sullivan and said he was born in Norwalk, SO years ago. He told MT. Morrissey that he had dropped off a freight at Darien yesterday and had asked to be sent to the poorhouse there. The town selectman, according to Sulli- van referred him to Bridgeport where he would be taken care of.
 He was. After listening patiently for fifteen minutes to the mans plea for a berth in the poorhouse here MT. Morrissey pulled his watch and gave him 20 minutes to get out of town.
 MT. Morrissey said this morning that he did not take any stock in the story told him by the tramp that the Darien selectnan had sent him to this city the law provides that a heavy penalty be imposed on any official of a town or city who will refer vagrants to another city
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
LAF0LLETTE.M
 BE A CANDIDATE
Frank Walsh Also Mention. ed As Leader of Third
 Party.

Chicago, July s----Amos Pinchot of New York, a member of the Commit tee of Forty Eight which meets here Saturday in a national convention, left today for Madison, Wis. to confer with Seantor LaF'ollette, who Is men toned as one Of the leading candi- adtes for a third party presidential nomination.
 Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, for mer chairman of the Industrial Rela- tions committee, and later of the wal labor boardd, Is also mentioned
 J. A. H. Hopkins of New Jersey, na- tionaI chairman of the Committee od Forty Eight, issued a statement today in which he declared that reaction ary influences ruled the Democratic convention at San Francisco, Just as they did the Republican gathering al Chicago He predicted that the new party to be organized here Saturday would be "a real factor in the No yember election
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
JITNEURS WILL
 GET 50 BUSES Making Arrangements To Handle Traffic After
 July 15.

Making preparations for the stop ping of the trolley service a week from today, the jitney men again sent a committee to make engagements for bringing sufficient buses to this city to meet the increase In titney traffic
 A number of buses are already In readin esS to come and would be here now if the jitney men were convinced that the threat of the Connecticut Company is not somewhat of a bluff.
 After conferences with the mayor and other persons conversant with the situation the jitney men are not sure that the trolley cars will be stopped The new cars would be here now if they could get definite assurances that the company intend ed to carry out it's threat
 One of the new style Packard buses which seat 36 people IS now running on the line between this city and New Haven and the committee which went to New York today will have 50 of these new buses ready to come here in time to handle the traffic after the 18th
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
ssWILD USE OF MONEY''
 BEFORE CONVENTION

Chicago, July S-Negroes who have voted the Republican ticket in Georgia have disappeared and never have been heard of again, Henry Lin coin Johnson, negro Republican Ma tional Committeeman told the Senate penditures today.
 ."They don't lynch men for belong ing to the Republican party do they asked Senator Kenyon.
 "oh, yes they do," Johnson replied. Many a negro voting the Republican ticket has disappeared and no tidings have ever been heard of him."
 In Dublin, Ga, during the pre-con- vention campaign there was wild use of money the witness asserted. q spent only s15o there," he ex- plained, but the other fellows spent more than $2.0oo.
 '.The other fellows were the repre- sentatives of Major General Leonard Wood, while l was working for my national committeeman"
 Asked if Wood supporters bought delegates, Johnson said he didn't know, but they passed out plenty of jack to the boys"
 He declared that packers of Wood spent around s60,ooo in Georgia while the Lowden supporters spent on,y s2o,ooo.
 Clark l.. Grier. former postmaster at Augusta, Ga. was pay off man. for the Wood people. he said, adding that, Grier worked under direct or ders from Frank Hitchcock, former postmaster general in the Roosevelt cabinet
 Asked about lynchingss Johnson as- sured the great trouble was that white men were allowed to attack negro girls without punishment He cited alleged instances of white soldiers attacking negro girls during the war and said the soldiers, though discovered went unpunished. Johnson Is said to have received se,000 from the Lowden campaign chest. Democrats paid S to s5.0o0 fol ] votes in Georgia this year and gen orally spent more money than the Republicans, Il. justified He ad- mi.ted le received sa.o0o from IL linois, but not from Governor Low den hi,ns self" He spent s?.6o0 o1 $s,0n1 cs his own money, he added and si.1ee was raised from other souroes.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
FEW LICENSES
 ARE TAKEN OUT

The month of July has proven itself a poor running mate to the merry month of June in regard to the "Get Married spirit at the Bureau of Vital Statistics in the Welfare building There has been noticeable falling off in the applicants for marriage licenses at the Bureau since June 30 which closed a record month in the number of licenses issued. According to Miss Freyler who is in charge at the Bu- reau the June spirit overrules the caution of young couples in their att tempt to conquer the high cost of liv- ing but this month has brought 8 re- turn of the old feeling, I'd like to, but"
 Only two marriage licenses were is- sued yesterday and up to a late hour this morning only one couple had made application for the paper that leads to the "altar of the knot"
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
METAL WORKERS
 MASS MEETING
Application Made Fo1 Monks to Address Lodge
 Members.

An open mass meeting or all the metal workers of the city, under the auspices of Lodge No 30 of the Metal Workers of America will be held at the lodge rooms at No 10s7 Broad street, to- morrow evening at o'clock Richard Monks of New York, general organ izer of the union, will address the meeting.
 Application has been made by the local to Superintendent of Police Redgate for a permit for Monks to address the workers of the Columbia Graphophone CO tomorrow noon at the West End plant of that factory The matter has been turned over to the mayor who is expected to notify the local lodge late this afterno on or tomorrow morning whether he will sanction the speaker or not
 According to a statement made by union officials of Lodge No 30 this morning the manufacturers of the
 city have offered to give the Spanish workers in tn cir employ any hall
 available in the city to be used as a
 club house if they will renounce the
 union which they have recently be-
 come affiliated with, having been or
 ganized under the banner of Lodge No 30.
 It is expected that as soon as or ganizaion has been completed among S
 these Spanish 1aborers they will sub- init demands for shorter hours and higher wages. There are approX- mate1y 2.500 of this class of foreigners in the city at present and each day brings in from 10 to 25 more Hous- ing facilities are not adequate to care for the men and as a result they are croWding into houses causing over crowded conditions which produce: unsanitation-
 The case of one house on State street was recently brought to the at tention of Health Officer William R Coon who ordered general cleanup after Inspector Dunbar of the Sani 1 tation Division had found what ht l termed filthy conditions existing Other houses in the immediate neigh
 borhood of the place on State stree I that was ordered to be cleaned LII have escaped the eye of the Board O. 1Health to all appearances and arr
 claimed by people in the neighbor hood to be in a worse state than tn other
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
CHAIN COMP ANY
 TO REORCANIzE

Hartford, July s---A special meet ing of the stockh olders of the Amer jean Chain Company will be held in the office of Merrill, Rogers & Terry at No 100 Broadway, New York city, at D. m- tomorrow to act on a prop osatlon to reorganize so as to /ermit Issuing shares without par value and to increase the capital stock of the company It is proposed to double the authorized preferred from 8, 900. . 900. to authorize Class A and B new stock aggregat1ng s, ,000, 600 with par at S100 and to authorize issuance of 15GgnO0 shares of common without par value in place of the, present author ized common stock. which now con- s:sts of $5,00o, 900, all the present out standing common stock to be ex- changed for the new common on the basis of ten shares of the new with out par value issued at a valuation of
 s1o per share for one of the old com-
 mon stock. Much stock of the con- pany is held in Hartford
Republican farmer., 1920-07-09
WILL INVESTIGATE
 COAL PREFERENCE

Washington, July S.-Investigation of the railroads observance of an order requiring preference to be given eastern coal mines in the assignme ent of open top cars was begun today in hearings before the Interstate Com merce Commission.
 The preference order was issued recently by the commission as a measure to relieve coal shortage in the east, particularly in New England. Since its issuance numerous com plaints have been filed with the com mission relative to the supply and ex- change of coal cars by the railroads.