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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11
MEXICO AGAIN7

Governors of Texas, New Mexico,
and Arizona, the border states. have
urged the government to recognize
Mexico. but the State department still
declines to make any comment.
The Mexican Assistant Secretary of
State says Mexico will become am
other Belgium" before submitting to
trampling by foreign nations. The
Mexican official was excited over an
intimation that Mexico must pay for
ten years damages to foreign interests.
The Cox club Of Mexico City claim
that the oil magnates want to bleed
Mexico whit" and the munition max
ers want to force another war and
that Mr.. Harding is encouraging them.
Something seems to be stirring the
much discussed Mexican situation a.
gain, but those who know the most are
not talking about it.-New Orleans
Item.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11
CURRENT GOSSIP

Buxton, Mildred, has been TO Sam
Francisco again to see her son Jack.
Found him about ready to come
home tho not yet we'll. When he
comes, do want you to see him, he
is a peach"
Minnie came home yesterday, and
you can imagine how welcome she
was. :"
Svenson, Victor, is in Los Angeles,
also Mrs. Svenson. | only saw Vic
about minute and have not seen Ell
ma at this writing, so do not know
their plans. Vic said that he thought
F. H. Sweet went to Acascadero.
Morgan, Harry. sends in sheet of
postage stamps from Nebraska and
says, i am 0. K. as far as most things
go. but | find that | have a large lob
on hand and do not know just when
| can get to Calf"
It's funny, nobody seems to be plan
ming to go to Rhode Island or Maine.
and as usual am getting the blame
for it. If you don't believe it, ask
Pickett. Harry ''You say you
are interested in people. Well, / have
been, but the more | study them the
more ! learn, especially if it is your
own people" Cd? /? ?ppD
Most people talk the way they make
a living" Now say. that Morgan is
Mt some philosopher, will you. He
says when the money is gone to let
him know.
Brentlinger. Mrs, Gertrude, is the
lady | boarded with in Atascadero.
Frank B. is boss printer in the Atasca-
dero print shop. When Frank read
the Personelle. he got inspired and
went to rhyming. but he did not have
the nerve to send in the product, so
Mrs. B. after the manner of wives in
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11

We do NOT feel that Governor Cox's
defeat is a personal defeat. Without
proper cause for embarrassment to
him. it can be stated now that he conn
pletely ignored or misinterpreted the
factors responsible for his nomination.
The Democrats Of the nation. assem-
bled in San Francisco, nominated Mr..
Cox because they intended. as far as
lay in their power. to repudiate the
Wilson administration. The serious
man who made Cox the candidate
wanted TO give the party chance to
go to the country freed from the In
cubus Of administration bIunders.
Governor Cox then went to Washing
ton and voluntarily assumed this bur-
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11

The following matter was prepar-
ed for MiIlsaps ''PersoneIle' readers
for the September issue; but, because
of financial and other conditions, the
"Personelle" has had to be discontin-
ued. The lessons on How to Under
stand People" are being used in the
Colony News, instead Of the Person
ellie, and all subscribers to the PERSON.
ellie are receiving The Colony News to
the amount Of their credits
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11

Marriage licenses were obtained in
Leesville this week by: Mr.. Tsah Muir
rell and Miss Lucille Allen, both of
Leesyille; Mr.. George Mcdonald and
Miss Lucy Clay, both Of Cravens; Mr..
Frank Weeks. of Leesville, and Miss
Davis. Of Simpson.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11

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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11
PLEASE READ THIs

Wooster says that when you are in
that editor business a while you will
get SO you are AFRAID to say anything
about anything" and he sure is right.
as am painfully finding out. Now.
because | do not want to initiate the
Sphynx. or get bunch of ribs brok-
en- like he did, am going to wash my
hands right here in public like Pom
thus Plate.
Anything you find in this paper is
only said to be true" and | didn't
said" it. Remember that, now, be-
cause | don't want to have to say it
in every line.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-11-11
A PROBLEM

I've got funny problem. When
there is no picnic, | can't get any
news from the crowd that is in Los
Angeles, because they think that they
will meet me on a street car or that |
will come to see them in response to
their many invitations to take dinner.
Now folks. you know | would much
rather visit and talk to people that are
nice to me, than run band saws and
make ukuleles, and cuss printers, and
read want ads, and chase jobs, and
you also know that | appreciate the
fact that dinner is real considera-
ton nowadays because the cost of a
dinner will almost buy ranch; but
my staff are all away on their va
cations and there are something over
a hundred of you, and there is not
much time before 5 am. and after 5
pm, and it takes 3 hours to get any
where, so what am going to dop
Suppose you write just like the old
colonists in Nebraska and China have
to, because they want to hear about
you. It is not me that they are In
terested in, it is you, and every day
you do something that is interesting
to them.
You can send news, you know, even
if you can't afford to subscribe, and
any little old letter with your name on
it is news whether it has dollar bill
in it or not.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
BILL IN EQUITY FILED IN
 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CASE

Boston, April 12.-A bill in equity asking that the trustees of the Chris tian Science Publishing Society be removed and new trustees appointed by the state supreme court was hled in that court late today by counsel Tor the directors and the treasurer or the First Church of Christ, Scientist.
 The bill also asks that the trustees be ordered to make an accounting of money received by them and to pay oyer. whatever amount is found due to the treasurer of the church; that they be enjoined from adopting any designation under which to carry on the business of their trust other than "the Christian Science Publishing Society" and from taking steps in any country to obtain the exclusive right to use any designation implying that they are sole publishers of all
 authorized Christian Science itera- lure. The bill charges the trusted with mismanagement of the society
 with having employed the trust funds to a large extent for the purchase o1 stocks of material for use in an en- terprise forming no part of the bus mess contemplated by the trust deet executed by Mrs. Mary Baker G. Ed dy founder of the church. and witt having charged to expense for de- preciation, expenditures for addition to plant and furniture accounts.
 A hearing was ordered for May 3.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
PRESIDENT REVIEWED PARADE
 OF DOMESTIC ANIMACs

Washington, April 12.-Presideni Wilson. from the east portico of the White House today reviewed. a long parade of work horses and domestic animals. which was part of demoh- strations of Be Kind to AnimaIf Week being observed throughout the country under the auspices of hu- mans societies.
 Thousapds of persons lined Penn sylvania Avenue and for an hour thv district between the capitol and tho White House took on the aspects oi an inauguration day. Plump artil- lery horses from Fort Myer, chubby Clydesdales and Percherons drawing trucks of business firms, dogs. pei foxes and homing pigeons which had done duty with the American army in France made up the long line, all bearing appeals for kindness to anil
 mals in return for their services to mankind. At the end of the process sion came the horrible example," g neglected horse, a picture of destitu- ton, neglect and despair rescued by the Washington Animal Rescus | League. The demonstration was un-
 der the auspices of the Humane Edu- | cation Society.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
UNION LABOR TO COOPERATE
 TO BREAK "OUTLAW" STRIKE

New York, April 12.-Union labor'i 70 Lo-cpelation in an effort to break the Iii authorized strike of railroad work CTS Lere was pledged tonight by rep resaLtatives of the four big railroad brothefhoods in conference with the rep"es entatives of the eastern roads. A statement given out after the meeting characterized the strike as "a mob movement" and asserted it was i ''bcund to break
 John c. Walber, labor expert and secretary of the bureau of information ot eastern railroads, who made the ar: ouncement, said it was the con s@nsus of opinion of the brotherhood leaders that the strike would burn It. self out" He said the conference received information that the strike was easing up around Chicago, Indian ! apons, Columbus and other western cities, but remained unchanged local ly.'
 Fostered by Radical Influence.
 The surprising part about the 1 strike is the fact that man who are regarded as conservative have become
 impresnated with ralicalism," Mir Walber said. 9The strike is one fos- tered purely by radical influence" It was announced the brotherhood leaders had tried their sbcsts to have the men ignore the radical agitators who invaded New York from New Jersey today. Previously the brother hood leaders had mingled with strik- CTS and loyal union men in New Jer- sey, urging them to respect their con-
 tracts.
 l The conference tonight was the first officially held here between labor lead-
 CTS and railroad representatives. Tim OrhV Shea nraGfdanf nf fha
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen:
 Thomas R. Dodge, representing the
 Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen:
 L. G. Griffing. representing the Broth
 erhood of Locomotive Engineers. and s. c. Cowan, representing the Order of
 Railway Conductors, attended the con- ference.
 Indignation Meetings.
 Reports throughout the day indi- eating there was no break in the
 ranks of the strikers and that rail-
 road officials were straining every ef- fort to man the few trains still operat- ing, caused citizens of Englewood and Tenafiy, N. J., to hold indignation meetings tonight at which they called upon the Erie railroad to furnish trains which they themselves would : man. J. J. Mantell. representing the rail- road managers organization, promise these citizens two trains of tel
 coaches each which it was announced ? would be run from Nyack, N Y, fol , the benefit of commuters. It was ar ranged to ring the fire bells in Nyacl
 at 6.3O in the morning to arouse tn, 2 workers in the Nyack neighborhood. Volunteer to Run Train. l At mass meeting of indignant . | PnT1r1711fefC n | fifty men, the majority of them mem. bers of the American Legion, all 70
 whom had some service handling loco
 motives in France. volunteeredsto rtr ! ! a special train into New York tomor N 1 row morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
PRESIDENT WILSON NOT TO
 SUMMER AT WOODS HOLE

Washington, April F (By the A. P.). Wilson will not establish the summer White House at Woods Hole, Mass. as had been expected, but probably will select some other place where nor accommodations are available for the large staff of secre- taries and attaches.
 It became known today that the announcement that the president had selested the estate of Charles R. Crane, minister to China, for his summer home, was premature. The president had accepted Mir. Cranes offer of a lease. On the property, but it had not been inspected by the secret service operatives and White House attaches who always manage the household surroundings of the president and his family.
 When the White House advance agents went over the ground, it is said they came to the conclusion that the Crane estate itself was not large enough and that the accommodations to be found i'll the village were insuffi- clent for the force from the executive offices which, would have to be moved to Woods Hole for the summer.
 It also developed that the Crane mansion is close to a railway track where many trains pass Clay and night that there are several automatic foe signals in the waters of Long Island sound close to shore, and that the lay- out of the Crane grounds in relation to the public streets and sidewalks of Woods, Hole were such that the se- cret service men advanced what they i termed practical obstacles to tbei, regular plans for guarding the presi. l dent.
 I When these considerations were 1ait 1 before the president. it was said today he reluctantly abandoned his plan tt go to Woods Hole and was regretfu that Mir. Cranes offer had been ac cepted before all the physical consfd l erations which his aides feel are i'm l portant were investigated.
 It has not been decided where th, president will 20 in view of in
 changed plan. but several offers ar
 before him. The White House execu
 tive force wants to choose a plac
 where the physical arrangements ar
 as much the same as here in Washing
 ton as may be possible.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
MEMORIAL TO EXCLUDE
 TURKS FROM EUROPE

Washington, April f2.-A memorial appealing to the government to ex- clude the Turks from Europe and to take some definite step toward the assuming America share of respon- sibility for the welfare of the subject races of the former Ottoman empire was presente dta President Wilson to- day by a committee of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Bishop William F. Me Dowell, of the Methodist Episcopal church, headed the committee which presented similar memorials to Vice President Marshall and Speaker Gill lett
 The memorial said there was g growing impatience amounting to in. dignation over the failure of the ad- ministration and of congress to con cur in enacting such legislation as will enable America 10 help the allied nations to escape from the poditica | entanglements of the past and tC | solve the Near Eastern problem ac cording to the principles of right ant 1 justice for the establishment O
 which we entered the war;
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
FATHER KEPT SMILING AS
 DAUGHTER TOLD OF ABUSE

New York, April 12.-John Gallander was ordered to cease smiling while his fifteen year old daughter Minnie was testifying in a. Brooklyn court today that she had been cut with a red hot knife by her stepmother, beaten by her father with a stick from which a nail projected and subjected to other indignities. The father was arraigned on a charge of feionious assault.
 The girl, who said she never had been
 to school exhibited scars which she said were inflicted upon her during the eight years she was kept prison CT in in a Brooklyn house. Imprison | ed in. an attic several times for trying
 to escape, she said, she was given SC little food that she ate from the gar bage can. Once when the family
 moved she testified, she was sent tC the new apartment in a trunk S l Her IA year old step-sister, Annie
 corroborsted her testimony
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
President to Na
 Labor Board lay
Government Officials Might Decide. on Action on Rail- way Strike Today.

Washington, April 12.-(By The A. P.)-Determination of the govern n2eut's course in the railroad strike crisis tonight awaited further inform ition from field agents of the depart ment of justice.
 Attorney General Palmer. after numerous conferences with the gov ernment officials, said that a decision might be reached tomorrow, adding that the government would not shirk it's sponsibility."
 Meanwhile, officials announcement was made tonight at the White House that President Wilson would send to the senate tomorrow the names of nine members of the Railway Board, created by the transportation act. The nominations had been delayed it was added, by time taken in select ing representatives sf the public on the board to insure getting the right 1 men for the place. The men select ed for the public group had not sig nified tonight their willingness to act it was said.
 Confidence in Labor Board. Framers of the transportation act including Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce commit | tee, were firm in the opinion that the labor board would prove an ef- fective agency to deal with the pres ent railway crisis. For that reason l Senator Cummins committee deferred action on proposals for a congress sional inquiry into the strike. 1 Agents of the department of jus l tice reported I. W. W. fermentation 1T
 a score of trouble centers. officials declared. They were said also tc have revealed that members of that
 organization were offering financial a:
 well as moral support to the cause
 aid was not clear.
 Measures For Feeding Communities.
 Officials also had under considera l tion measures for feeding commu- mites which might be cut off by tn, | strike. War department stores wer,
 said to be located ill half. a dozel
 large cities, and, should food condi
 tions necessitate, could be drawn up 1 on.
 The food shortage had not. reach
 ed stage tonight where outside hel
 was necessary, but it served to brin
 the government face to face with tn
 problem of soaring prices. Fedora
 district attorneys and field agent
 were instructed to deal with individ
 uals and firms making exorbitan
 profits out of the situation" unde the profiteering statutes.
 With respect to movement of tn ; mails and emergency food supplies MT. Palmer said it had been suggest ed that the government resort to mo ; tor transportation should there be a
 entire stoppage of traffic. He add
 ed, however, that the governmer ss8l Eesteds=il--its power to "keeps thing ! going without turning 10 the extren , 1 ity of transportation by highway. Motor Corps Ready to Move. The motor transport corps of u l army is ready to move "to the aid l any city imperi!led" by the strike, at | cording to announcement by II n 1 Council of National Defense. IT e Federal Highway Council whic : handled the question for the Counc
 of National Defense has undertake : coordination of various schemes f 1, utilizing the motor transport shou . the strike continue.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13

arrival of coal trains presaged possi- bility of a fuel famine, far the city has only half it's normal supply on hand.
 Railroad officials sought in vain to learn the source of mainteance of the strikers. Persistent inquires failed to disclose if any benefits were being paid.
 Taking Inventory of Food Stores.
 The department of justice began an exhaustive inventory of food stores and big warehouses :or hoarders. In vestigators also were despatched to the Mercantile Exchange to watch price fluctuations. Meat dealers an nounced an increase of a cent a pound in wholesale prices here.
 Hudson and Manhattan tubes closed to. passengers. Instruction trains running continuously in pre- paration for resuming service
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
FRENCH SETTLING DOWN
 FOR STAY IN FRANKFORT

Frankfort.( April 1O-(By the A. P.)-After nearly weeks occupation of this district the French, In the opinion of observant Germans, ap- pear to be settling down for a pro- tracted stay. They have taken over a number of offices and are fitting them up carefully with requisitioned fnrpl- ture and have also taken oyer a hand some villa formerly occupied by a banker.
 The French officers are complaining of the hotel accommodations and are inspecting private houses,5 probably with view to occupying them.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
OUTLAW RAILROAD STRIKE: hlENACES
 NEW YORk'S FOOD AND FUEL SUPPLIES

Frseht Service on Railroads Over Which Come the Supplies is Virtually Paralyzed-"White Collar Employees and Volunteers Are Being Drilled for Strike Breakers Strike Leaders Remain Impervous to the Pleas of Mayor Hague of Jersey City-Passenger Service Between New York and New Haven is Subject to Indefinite De lays, No Freight Being Handled-6,906 Employes Out on the Pennsylvania System Between New York and St. Lous-Frst Act of Violence Was the Hurling of an Iron Bar Through the Window of New Jersey Central Train
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
RAILROAD STRIKE WANING IN WEST; x
 GROWING SERIOUS EAST OF CLEVELAND

Reports Indicate That in the Middle West the Crisis of the Strike Was Past-More Freight Moved Into the Chicago Yards Yesterday Than On Any Day Since the Strike Started of Railroad Broherhoods Are Conf dent That the Breaking Up of the Walkout in the Chi cago Territory Wilbe Followed by General Resunap. ton in Other Areas Managers State That No ParES Will be Made With the "Outaws' Under Any Circurn. stances-Unon Labor is to Cooperate in an Effort to Break the Unauthorized trike-Important Develop ments Are Expected at Washington Today.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
TWO ALLEGED COMMUNISTS
 GUTTY OF "MISDEMEANoRu

New York, April 12.-Robert E.. Fried and Irving Potash, two of six alleged member of the Communist party, who were arrested November on charges\of criminal anarchy dur
 ing a celebration in Brooklyn of the second anniversary of the founding of the soviet government of Russia. pleaded guilty to a "misdemeanor" be- fore Judge McDermott in the Kings County court today. Sentence was de- ferred. Hearing of three other de- fendants was adjourned until next Wednesday and another to April 23 on on. request of counsel for the prisoners
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
MATTHIAS ERZ6ERGER HAS
 COMPLETED HIS MEMOIRS

Berne, April 12.-It is reported from Stuttgart that Matthias Erzberger, for mer vice chancellor and minister of finance, is now residing in Jordanbad, near Biberach, Wurttemberg. where he has just completed his memoirs
 which he intends to publish shortly
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-13
STATEMENT ISSUED BY
 THE NEW HAVEN ROAD

New York, April 12-The New York. New Haven and Hartford to- night issued a statement that the "prostration of freight traffic" has se- riously interfered with the distribf- ton of empty coal cars to the mines and it would be everal days before a normal supply of coal and freight car eQuipment can be furnished"