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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-07-07
po,, cE u1RY HOLDS REGULAR
MEETING THIS WEEK

Tho pienville Parish Police jury
met in regular session Tuesday JUL! ",ss
Eth ' with all members present The
srst matter disposed Of was the elec.
finn Of officers, which resulted III 'u'
. ..'a NJ Of D. NJ. White as pres'
dent; J. s. williams as secretary IA: ,S o.
t tsa Police Jury and treasurer for the ne
n ,r Us $. A. Cook was reelected elect M NJ
official printer and d Se,,aIa1 journal.
M S,enH'' lazarus, Of Gibsland, was W." n ar
p " registrar Of voters LOT 'D' -
ish. .,o+;ons of
,o o, narsh appeared before the n cattle ss
to enter complaints relative ,t,e +; ~ was
SD ehas' and quite little snd d% Without
Consumed in this manner, anu m"aa b,
r ses'ts A 4 suggestion was ,,r %ade that al
Rprt Davis, meMDer LUZ" t;nk Grad.
the v.I best way to handle the ne e,ta tn: Jury
; ine oe', work was that the Ponce s S
place the entire parish a., un% hos been
law 1aW until the fever tick an, mas sta
e or" While this su asasnrova1
s seamsd to meet the general app. app,0, q,
Of the body, no action was AA'A
the mater at this time - a.,
IN McGoon, locating engineer o ~
the State Highway Department snn spr
ed before the body ana a. arrvevor
that hen he now has a crew Of sul H w.t
a. ta work. s reviewing rv the survey and max
inc new surveys where Necessary W. st ~
tho the Dixie. Overland Highway n. ne s s,m
ed ed that he estimated that the ' an
required to make the new sul nno,,t "a 2
set IN m estimate would be aDou 49, :
DAYS. under favorable circums .a.S,n
f Relative u to the expense Of max msa'l
the survey and relocating tn , a,a 1o a.,ar'
stated that the expense Of fieid o el.n1
lions would be all the parisn, ~, %o ~
be l required to pay, and that MS s, -
ary and all Office work sucn ~ III. -.
Ing, making estimates, ETC., Is s.,e eant
care Of by the Highway Department
No action was taken on a resoluti !
prepared by the District Attol l,'e ~ !.
intent Of which was to get 'ne :. ~
funds, (what is left Of them oa -.
the State where they would De ava !.
Bile for use according to law, " ". !.
Highway Department In the conS'''
ton Of roads.
Geo. R. Wilson, supervising engine :,
presented a bill for something y
$1,375oO as being the balance que :
certain work in Ward 4 ana y :
fnaLce committee has relu1ea -
prove this bin until ~ keanv
paying It can be passed mon Oy !,
District Attorney who ~ sueno
District Court n Homer. re =
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-07-07
SHERIFF SALE

Claud G. Herndon vs.. Sanitary Marx
ct, ct al, No. 1913, Third Judlclal
District Court, State Of LOUISIANA
Parish Of Bienville.
Under and by virtue Of writ Oh
Execution issued from the above naln-
ed Honorable Court and to me dlreel.
ed. / have seized and will OFFER 1or
sale to the last and highest Dlader lol
cash, with the benefit Of appralsementt
at the principal front door Of the court
| house at Arcadia, Bienville PARISH Id
within legal sale hours on Ana,
Saturday, July 10th, lSSl l..
the following described property 10
wit: .4o
One stock of Groceries and Accounts
One show case.
The above described property selze
as belonging to the defendant san
| tary Market, and will be sold to satl'
fy said Writ of Execution and all cost
This the Both day Of June, l92l:
]. E. CURRIE, Sheriff.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-07-07

WHEREAS, the said Geo. R. Wilson
agreed to make surveys and build sale
roads under the supervision OF tn'
State Highway Department and feG
eral Highway Commission anu TO al
wise with the Police Jury relatl'e "
location of roads, looking after secur
ing State and Federal aid and tht
location Of mail routes and various
other matters, and:
WHEREAS, the said Geo. Il. WI.
son has, at various times, talked
against and advised the Police Jury
against building roads under the
supervision Of the State Highway De-
part and has, at all times, sought to
have said roads built, under his own
supervision, contrary to his contract
with the Police Jury, and;
WHEREAS, the said Geo. R. Wilson
has failed and neglected to secure or
assist in securing any State and FED
eral aid and has failed to comply with
many of the provisions Of his contract
and has, already, contrary to his con-
tract, and acting beyond its provisions,
constructed or pretended to construct
certain roads in Bienville Parish with
out any contract and contrary to the
contract which was entered into for the
Dixie Highway and the Arcadia, Blen
vile road.
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Police
Jury Of Bienville Parish, in regular
session convened that George r. vii
son, because Of said facts, and because
of his incompetency and the failures
above enumerated, be and Is hereb!
discharged as engineer.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
That to enable this Police Jury to al
rive at the correct amount OF money
that should be paid to Mr.. Wilson TO
his services, that the Highway Depar
ment, or engineer be requested to 6
| over and check the surveys and all
the work done under til supervision
Geo. r. Wilson, engineer, and the est
| mates approved by him.
Il Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED
That the matter Of building good roa'
u in Bienville Parish, including surve
= inc, making estimates, profiles' lettll
contracts and approving estimates, N
: terial for road building and the CO.
nleted roads be turned over to t
Highway Department of the State
Louisiana, and that all roads be Du
4 nv the Police Jury, under the sup
)n vision Of said Highway DEPARTING
le as provided by law. 1t being EXPIRE
e. e, " understood that resolutions here
u. III fore adopted by the Police Jury re
re tive to each ward receiving its pror'
II mart Of the funds for such roads
ne their respective wards are to be t
So on into full consideration and are
III remain in full force and effect.
we It seems to the Democrat tnat
lc' Wilson has failed to carry out
''e contract in various respects, ana
The seems very evident that ne
,af antagonistic toward the State HI
way Department, and instead OF
ING and aid to the Police Jury n
ID tanning State and Federal ald'
seems to stand in the way OF IT,
:. For these reasons and for the rea
of that under his supervision we
ish paying too much for the little oil
his roads We are getting, we feel that
80 Wilson'S dismissal would not only
'eo' the approval Of the citizens and
IN nayers, but that it would mean
7es removal of one OF the grea
and obstacles we have had In getting
nd roads built
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for was left open, subject to the opln
inn. of the District Attorney.

ion Of the District Attorney. .
W, H. Began offered a resolution eI1,, ask.
ing for the dismissal Of MI. wilson
as supervising engineer. For some
70 president D. NJ. White pre1erre Z,
that this matter also be deferred until
next regular meeting. Mr.. Began re
ouested his resolution be made a par
~ tho minutes. Mr.. White for some
reason offered objections to this also Isl
In the opinion Of the Democrat the
adontion of this resolution would nave
been one Of the best moves the Ponce
Jury could have made, as We belleV'
Il would have brought an end TO TN
| extrayagant expenditures Of the roa'
funds. -,
Mr., Bogan's resolution was as fo'
lows: ,oo,
Arcadia, La, July 9th, i%l'
WHEREAS, under a resolution 0
tho Police Jury Of Bienville Parish
Louisiana, former president Of thi
bodv entered into a contract with Ge'
R. Wilson as Supervising Engineer
the construction Of the east and WEI
road known as the Dixie Highway an
. road from Arcadia to Bienville' anC
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-07-07
PERSONAL MENTION

P. C. Brunette, Of Mt. Lebanon
was q business visitor to Arcadia TINS
week. and welcome caller at the
Democrat office.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
HARA'S DEATH NAY.
CLOG ARMS MEET
Chief Of Legislative Bureau
May Be Called To
Toxic

Washington, Nov. 4.-As a result of
tho death of Premier Hara. 1t was an
nounced today. Sennosuke Yokota,
chief OF the Japanese legislative
bureau and attached to the armament
delegation of that country, will return
to Toxic. Mr.. Yokota was said to
have been tho late premier's right
hand man" in Legislative matters.
Baron Shidehara, the Japanese am
bassador, on being informed of the as
sassination,s said he preferred to make
no statement until he had received Of
ficial word from his home government
concerning the affair.
Admiral Kato who is next to the pre-
mter In the cabinet, Is In Washington
to carry out tho premier's policies.
The assassination may have an inn
portant effect upon the conference on
armament limitation 80 far as Japan
Is concerned, because 1t is the custom
of the Japanese to consult freely
among themselves upon all important
state affairs and the conference dele
CATION would undoubtedly have cAbled
freely to Premier Hara for his advice
as the various important subjects for
deliberation came up.
Baron Takahashi, tho minister of
finance, Is third in rank in the Japa-
nese cabinet and 1t was deemed likely
among Japanese hero that he would be
designed as the temporary head of the
cabinet.
Somo members of the delegation
were inclined to attribute the crime
of Japanese "ronin' or strong armed
men," a band of socalled patriots who
some years ago were responsible for
the assassination of Mr.. Abe. tho chief
of the far eastern section of the foreign
office. for his alleged lack of firmness
III dealing with the Chinese situation.
When tho Toxic correspondent OF
The Associated Press left Japan for
Washington there were many indica-
tions of a growing spirit of social un-
rest in the Japanese empire and Pre-
mier Hara himself had referred to the
necessity of the Japanese digcstinK
slowly foreign ideas aud beliefs, cs-
pccially those OF social order. many
of which he believed 10 be entirely I'M
suited to the Japanese temperament
The high cost of living in Japan and
the recurrent strikes for higher wages.
demands which the capitalists almost
always granted, only served to aug
ment the social unrest. Whether the
Hara crime Is Il result of this dis
turbed social situation or the act OF an
isolated fanatic was n question in the
minds OF Japanese officials here.
Secretary Hughes during tho after
noon went to the Japanese embassy TO
express to Baron Shidehara the am
bassador, his sympathy and that of
President Harding.
Shortly after tho visit of Secretary
Hughes. Admiral Baron Kato and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05

five way" plan for adjusted compen-
sation for former service men.
The majority today against the
Smoot amendment to the tax revision
pill proposing business sales tax of
one-half of per cent. was even larger
than was that last night against the
Smoot l per cent manufacturers sales
tax. The vote today was 46 to q, as
compared to 4S to 25 last night As was
the case with the manufacturers tax.
the Democrats voted solidly against
the business tax. They were Joined by
% Republicans, three OF whom-Fcr-
nald of Maine, Gooding of Idaho. and
Keycs of New Hampshire-voted for
the manufacturers tax. SIX Rcpubli-
cans did not vote last night--Rrande-
gee, of Connecticut, Calder of New
York: Dillingham; OF Vermont: Hale
of Maine; Harrcld OF Oklahoma and
johnson of California, supported the
amendment today.
Three Republicans who supported
the manufacturers tax did not vote
today. They were Edge of New Jersey;
Ernst, Kentucky. and Warren of
Wyoming. Counting senators who were
paired. 1t was estimated that the MAXI
mum vote which would have been cast
for the sales lax was 81 or some six
less than 1t has been estimated would
support it. Some senators thought that
the debate resulted in the loss Of some
votes.
Tho senate continued consideration
of tho tax bill at a session tonight but
with the soldier bonus and other i'm
portant measures to be disposed of Re
publican leaders announced hope for
the passage of the bill this week. They
sought unanimous consent for a final
vote at . y. m. Tuesday with debate
limited at p. m. Monday. but the
plan fell thru after some debate.
Several senators who want to go
home to vote in the local elections OBJ
Continued on page Two)
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05

ton of the president will testify to the
country's regard for its namcless SOL
diers in France
Secretary Weeks will act as official
master of ceremonies The detailed
program for the services marking tho
burial of the unknown dead at the me-
mortal amphithcater In the Arlington
cemetery was made public today by
the war department. To conclude the
period of silence the Marine band will
lead the audience in America" and
the address of President Harding, the
only address to be delivered over the
casket will then be made.
A quartet from the metropolitan
Opera company Of New York. will fol-
low with the hymn the supreme sac
ri1ce.s
Those composing the quartet arc
Miss Rosa Ponselle. mss Jeanne Cor
don. Morgan Kingston and William
Gustafson.
Tho honors bestowed by tho United
States governments and by the allied
government upon the unknown soldier
Will then be conferred.
President Harding will pin on tho
casket the congressional medal of hoh-
or and the distinguished service cross.
Ho will be followed by Lieutenant
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
SENATORS PLAY
!. POLITICS WITH
TAX MEASURE
omoot Only Member to
Win Public Respect
For Sincerity
tBy MARK sULLIvAN)

Washington, D. C.. Nov. 4.-Turning
from the arriving delegation for the
armament conference to the only other
activity here that engages much I'M
portant public attention, the Republi-
can leaders, both in the senate and in
the administration. fully expected that
the tax bill in the senate would be
passed last Saturday night. But one of
them who was asked this morning
whether the bill would be passed by
next Saturday night replied with the
heat of deep and disguised feeling
that his questiouer had better go and
ask Jim Reed how soon he expects
to stop talking.
There is some hope that the termi-
nation OF Reeds vocal marathon way
correspond with the closing of the
American Legion convention in Reeds
home town. Kansas a,ity. Mo. Reed Will
come up for reelection in Missouri
next year and 1t would have been obv-
ious politics for him to go home and
talk bonus TO the legion men assem-
bled in his home city. But quite as
good or even better than going thou
sand miles to Kansas City to talk TO
the legion direct is talking at them in
the senate. II this hypothesis of po-
litcal motive on Reeds part is cor
rect, let none OF the Republican lead
crs reprosch him.
So far as the tax boill is concerned.
anything on Reed in the matter of
playing politics. The course OF the tax
bill in the senate cannot be an oc-
casion for pride on the part OF either
Democrats or Republicans. One of the
few men who has had a conviction
which. whether IL is sound or not. and
whether 1t is popular or not. is at least
sincere, is Senator Smoot. From the
beginning he has believed in his sales
tax, and has advocated 1t In a man
ner that entities his Views to respect.
went so far towards making funda-
mental change in our tax system, and
few were willing to champion anything
Hs little popular as the sales tax was
in the beginning. =.
As the house originally passed the
bill the highest tax. that any part of
any income would be required to pay
was 40 per cent. being per cent nor
NAL and ~ per cent surtax. The fl
nance committee OF the senate adopted
those figures. But after they intro
duccd the bill on the senate floor, some
20 Republican senator's backed the
committee against the wall and de-
manded that the highest rate be fixed
at IS per cent. In effect. these 90 Re-
publicans threatened tc support prac-
tically any program the Democrats
might bring along The Democrats
on their part were not in particularly
good faith.
The bulk of the Democratic motive
has been merely to cuibarrass the Re-
publicans. Tho present expectation Is
that the senate will fix the figure at
the IS per cent which the Republican
Insurgents demanded. Thereafter In
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
MRS, SOOIHARO GUILTY
2NO DEGREE MURDER
Gives No Sign of Emotion As
Jury Verdict Is
Read

Twin Falls. Idaho. Nov. Lydia
Meyer southard charged with the mur-
der of her fourth husbayd. Edward b.
Meyer. by poisoning was today found
guilty of murder in the second degree
by jury in the district court. The
verdict carries with 1t penalty of not
less than ten years Imprisonment.
Judge Babcock announced that sent
encc would be passed at $3.50 o'clock
Monday, November I.
The defendant was accompanied only
by her husband. Paul Vincent South
ward and her attorneys when the
jury filed into the court room. She
was dressed in the brown suit with
fur collar which she has worn almost
continually during the trial. Mrs.
Southard gave no sign OF emotion, az
she listened to tho reading of the
jury's finding by the clerk of the
court. With eyes fixed upon tho floor
her attitude was one almost of indif-
ference. The proceedings were brief.
Tho jurymen took their seats at 3:oo
o'clock this afternoon after being out
continuously since a;i0 O'Clock yestcr-
day afternoon.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
SENATE COMMITTEE TO PROBE
CHARGES OF ILLEGAL HANCINCS

Washington, d. c., Nov. 4.-Invcsti-
CATION by Il special senate committee
of the changes of Senator Watson
Democrat of Georgia that American
soldiers in France werc hanged with
out trial and shot by officers orders
was assured today when the senate.
after three hours discussion unani-
mously re-ordered the inquiry.
The special committee headed by
Senator Brandegee. Republican of
Connecticut will meet next Monday to
determine upon procedure.
Another speech by the Georgia scna-
tor In support of his charges. wrang
ling between senator's over the word
ing of the inquiry resolutions and par
liamentary mixups preceded the final
order for the Investigation to proceed.
The senate finally and unanimously
adopted n now and amended resolu-
tion directing the inquiry and another
empowering the special committee to
subpoena persons.
Tho program announced yesterday
for motion to discharge the COM
mittee did not materialize. Instead
Senator Simmons. Democrat of North
Carolina. proposed the new resolution
which was adopted with an amend
mcnt declaring that the inquiry should
be made into Senator watson's charges
and not an Investigation of the sena-
tor himself. From the resolution Civ
ing the committee power to act In the
case another amendment struck out a
statement relative to inviting Sena-
tor Watson to appear before the com
mittec. The committees course in
this respect. members said, would be
determined later.
Scpator Simmons at the conclusion
of the debate said that Senator Wat
son was satisfied with the amendments
and would no doubt submit his evil
deuce to tho special committee
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
IOWA Man CAPTURES
NINETY MILE AIR RACE

Omaha. Ncb.. Nov. az. A.
Donaldson of Spirit Lake, Iowa. was
first and c. $. Jones OF New York
second of one OF number of free
for-all ninety mile races held here
today in connection with National
air congress.
Donaldson's time was 81 minutes
and 4 seconds. Jones made the course
in 90 minutes and 20 seconds. IIguty
Buff, of Topeka, 1Sus., was third in
~ minutes 35 seconds.
, First money was $500, second $3.50:
third s12J.
Others in the race were iourth
Andrew Nelson. Council Bluffs. Ia,
~ minutes 30 seconds: fifth, j. Smith,
Grand Island, Mob, 7I;ii. sixth, W.
Il. Robertson, st. Louis, Mo-. 1a:26:
seventh, II. Williams, Minneapolis.
S0:5s and j. w. Saunders, Iowa city,
Si:ii. Charles Patterson. Chicago,
was forced to descend after the first
lap. owning to engine trouble.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
ENGLISH HOUSE VOTES
EAv0R|NG ARMS MEET

London. Nov. 4.-The house of
commons today unanimously adopted
the motion presented by labor mem
bers warmly approving the APP
preaching Washington conference on
limitation of armamcnts and far cast
ern problems. The vote came after
two and u half hours of discussion. in
which numerous speakers supported
the resolution and voiced hopes of the
conferences success.
Hugh O'Neill. speaker of the Ulster
parliament. declared that without
America the League of Nations could
not be tho great instrument of the
peace of tho world which had been
hoped. Consequently, humanity turn
cd to the Washington conference
which he trusted would give the sau,e
results as had been hoped for from
the league.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
SALES TAX DEFINITELY Rejected
BY SENATE BY 43 TO Is VOTE

unanimous consent agreement limit
Ing debate on the tax revision bill be-
ginning today was reached Mt O'Clock
Saturday morning by the senate after
n continuous session OF thirteen hours.
An earlier effort to fix a definite time
FOR final vote on the bill failed.
Washington. ID. C.. Nov. 4-The sales
tax as a source of federal revenue at
this time was definitely rejected to-
day by the senate but there was fur
ther evidence that II was the purpose
of Republican congressional leaders
to bring II forth later as n means OF
raising funds to finance the proposed
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05

Earlier Mr.. Watson had charged Re-
publicans to expcl him. declared for
debate in the open senate and asked
why an effort should be made to ''en-
trap" and silence" him before a COM
mittee. lie denounced white wash
ing committee reports and said they
were not read.
The war department is preparing to
give itY fullest support to the senate
investigation taking the position that
the accusations of the Georgia senator
constitute blot on the good name of
the army unless u full investigation
is had.
Secretary Weeks has said that he
hopes the inquiry is carried out until
all the facts have been established and
is understood to have offered to put
at the disposal of the committee the
facilities OF the army in arriving at the
truth.
The fight over the senator's charges
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
HAYNES APPROVES TWO
BREWERY APPLICATIONS

Washington, Nov. i.-Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes approved today
tho first two applications from brew
ers for permits to manufacture and
sell beer for medical purposes under
the new treasury regulations.
Tho applications were from Joseph
Scniiiz, OF Milwaukee, ana fiel Broth
crs of New York. and officials said
the permits for them to engage in the
medical beer business would be for
warded at once.
Before the distribution of medical
beer to tho sick can begin, Commits
sioner Haynes explained, both physi-
clans and druggists must obtain new
permits to enable them TO prescribe
and sell 1t. Applications for these
permits, he added, are made to state
directors and issued by them.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
TO DELIVER ADDRESS
OVER CASKET OF UNKNOWN HERO

Washington, D. c.. Nov. 4.-The call
of an army busle sounding attention
will bring the gathering at Arlington
national cemetery to its feet at noon
on Armistice day to stand two min
utes in silence as a memorial to Amer
ica's unknown dead from France. For
the same period a similar pause in the
nation's life cverywhere by proclama-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05

Denver, Nov. 4.--Arraugemcnts for
tho funeral of William C. Smith, for
mer lieutenant governor of Colorado.
and prominently known in state po-
litical circles, who died at his resi-
dence in Golden last night, had not
been completed today.
Mr.. Smith was sufferer from dia-
bctes for many years. Physicians oper-
ated on him last week, believing It
would give him relief but he steadily
grew worse and died at $ o'clock.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-05
FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
OF COLORADO DIES IN GOLDEN

He was elected lieutenant governor
in 1855. Upon his retirement he became
connected with the Denver Tramway
company as tax agent and later be-
came president of tho Denver and In
termountain railroad His activity in
behalf of tho tramway won for him
tho sobrlquet of "rramway Bill" Re-
Gently he practiced law In Denver.
Mt. Smith was "a years old and has
been a resident of Colorado since 1872.