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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
PERSHING, CHIEF OF STAFF
Harbord, Who Served With Com
mander-in-Chief of A. E. F., Will
Be His Chief Executive.

Washington.-Gen Pershing, since
the end Of the war, nominally the
head of the army, but actually with.
out any important duty or authority,
will become chief of the general staff
and the actual head of the army July
l, Secretary Weeks announced. On
that date he will relieve Maj Gen.
Peyton c. March, the present chef OF
staff.
In addition to his new duties, Gen.
Pershing will remain head of the gen.
eral headquarters of war staff of the
army, a post recently created for him.
He will have as assistant chief of the
general staff his old friend and chief
Of sta in France, Maj. Gen. James G.
Harbold, who will relieve Maj. Gen.
William NJ. Wright, the present execu'
tive assistant.
Gen. Pershing will be relieved of all
administrative and detail duties by
Gen. Hartford, who will assume the
routine of the office, leaving Gen.
Pershing free to direct the larger as
poets of the military establishment,
particularly the organization and
training of the national guard and or
ganized reserves.
The plan contemplates that in time
of active military operations Gen.
Pershing would automatically assume
active direction of operations in the
field. Gen. Hartford would similarly
move up to the post of chief of staff
and take over direction Of the war
department general staff.
Gen. Pershing's promotion TO the
post Of chief of staff marks the final
stage of his sensational rise in the
army.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
RUBBER KING IS OUSTED
LEAVES GOODYEAR CO., WHICH
HE FOUNDED ON A LOAN.
Napoleon of Industry Meets His Water.
loo in General Reorganization
of the Firm.

Akron, 0hiO.-Frank A. Soldering,
known as the Little Napoleon" of the
rubber industry, who, in % years,
s13, 500 borrowed capital, met his wk
built $130,00OOO0 corporation on $13,-
500 borrowed capital, met his Water
loo when he was forced to resign as
president of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company, under the cOmpany's
SS5,0O0,OO0 retinancing program.
Seiberling is succeeded as president
by E. G. Wilmer, of Milwaukee, repre-
senting the firm of Dillon, Read & Co.,
of New York, banking house, which Is
figuring prominently in the refinancing.
His brother, Vice-President c. w. Sci.
berling, also steps down and out, Vice
President e. NJ. Stadleman and Vice
President and Factory Manager p. w.
Litchfieid being the only Goodyear of.
ficerS to remain in their previous capa-
cities.
H. A. Springford of New York be-
comes treasurer, and Charles A. A.
TillmaE of New York succeeds w. Il,
Palmer as secretary. The SeiberlingS
F. III. Adams, II. B. MantOn and L. c.
Rockhill, retire as directors. New de
rectOrs are J. P. Cotton Of New York,
p. w. Litchfield, Grayson NJ. P. MUIR
ray of New York, ]. r. Mutt of Cleve-
land, Robert c. Schaffner Of Chicago,
A. A. SchIessinger Of Milwaukee, G. NJ.
Stadleman, Ralph Van Vechten of Chi
cago and Z. G. Wilmer.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
TOWN HARD HIT BY FIRE
Once Under Way, Flames Swept EV-
erything In Their Path-Hun-
dreds of Thousands Loss.

Lexington, Tenn.,-The entire BUSH
ness section of Wilderyille was de-
strOyed by fire occasioning a loss of
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
flames are supposed to have started
in the bank, and, according to infOr-
nation received here by Sheriff w.
K. Wright, swept everything in their
path
Wilderville was a thriving little
town of 800 population, on the Nash
vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis Rail-
road, 10 miles north Of Lexington, in
Henderson county. 1t had no fire pro-
lection, so when the flames once got
under way they could not be con-
trolled, although number Of buildings
were of brick construction.
The buildings destroyed, according
to information received here, were &C.
cupied by the Wilderville Mercantile
Company, Johnson Bros. general
store}, F. N. Orr general store}, Chas.
Blake general store), J. J. Williams,
general stOre), SCOTS General Store
(owned by Drs. Bower and Wilson,,
N, c. & ST. L. depot, John Rush &
Son Grocery, postOffice, telephone
exchange. Two residences also were
levelled. AS the wires into Wilders-
vile were destroyed by the flames it
is possible to secure only the most
meager details of the fire tonight, and
it is not known how the blaze origi-
mated.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
FATHER CAUSED ARREST
OF HIS OWN DAUGHTER

Twin Falls, Idaho-W. L. Trueblood,
father Of Mrs. Lydia Southland, arrest
ed in Honolulu charged with the muir.
der Of Edward F. Meyer, her fourth
husband, furnished the clew that led
TO the discovery Of her whereabouts,
according to Prosecuting Attorney
Stephens.
Last January, the prosecutor said,
the father, who had learned of the sus.
picion directed against his daughter,
asked the prosecutors advice concern
ing the accusation made against Mrs.
Southland involving the alleged theft Of
diamonds from Mrs. Fred James Of
Twin Falls, while on a trip to Los
Angeles. According to the county pros
ecutor, TrueblOod inquired if any re-
port had been received of the chem
lists examination of the viscera of her
fourth husband.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
ERRORS IN LIST BENEFICIAL.
Permit UniustIy Accused Veterans -
Clear Their Records.

Clear Their Records.
Washington.-From all that can be
learned there appears to be no pros
pect that criticisms in newspapers will
cause the war department to change
it's policy of publishing the lists of al
legged draft deserters, which have been
found full of errors that have stamped
some men who served honorably in
the army and navy in the world war
as unpatriotic shirkers.
Department officials take the posi-
ton that in publishing the lists the
department is giving every man with
honorable war service a chance to
clear his record. If there were no pub
LEGATION, according to the official con-
tention, a man with honorable service
but carried on the department records
as a draft deserter might have no
means of knowing that he was so clas-
sified. As a result of his ignorance, it
is claimed, his children or his grand
children might find in after years that
he was regarded by the government as
a deserter, and it might then be too
late to produce the proof that he had
served in the world war.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
Must Not Wear Short skirts.

Budapest.-The women's society Of
this city has asked the municipal gov
eminent to direct the police to arrest
women who appear on the streets
wearing skirts with bottom more than
Is centimeterS (about 10 inches) above
the ground and to present the offend
ers in court on charge Of violating
the sense of shame"
1t is proposed by the reformers that
the police carry meter sticks with
which to measure the height of skirts
from the ground, so that there will be
no mistaken arrests.
Countess Apponyi presided at the
meeting which launched the reform
and which also voted to boycott So
cially and otherwise men who accom-
pany short-skirted women.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
FIGHTING RENEWED
ON APPORTIONNENT
OBJECTION is RAISED AS BREA
ZEALE SEEKS TO HAVE 1T PASS
TO THIRD READING.
IS TOO LATE FOR ACTION
New Basis Proposed Gives Orleans
and caddo More Legislators
District Judges Salaries Up
For Consideration.

Baton Rouge, La.-Hostilities have
been renewed in the Constitutional
Convention over the proposed legisla-
tive apportionment.
For brief space of time it appeared
as if harmonious agreement would
be reached. Mr.. Provosty of Pointe
COupee, in conciliatory speech, NOV
ed reconsideration of the vote taken,
when the legislative reapportionment
ordinance was recommitted with in
structions to the committee to work
out plan Of apportionment' for the
House Of Representatives based on a
population of $4,000 and major frac-
tons thereof
Mr.. Provosty went on to say that,
through the efforts of mutual friends,
the dove of peace had been induced
to return, and he believed that by re-
considering the ordinance the contrO-
versy could be quickly and satisfactor-
lily settled. Many of the delegates APP
plauded the peaceful efforts of the
Pointe Coupee delegates as they car
ried the motion for reconsideration.
The motion to reconsider had
scarcely been carried when a group
Of delegates made grab at the dove
Of peace and pulled it's tail feathers
out. The plucked bird then flew out
Of the window and hostilities were
renewed.
Mr.. Braezeale Of Natchitoches,
chairman of the apportionment COM
mittee, sought to have the ordinance
sngrossed and passed to third read
ing, precisely as it came from commit
lee, fixing the Senate at thirty-fve
members and the House at eighty-six.
Objection was raised and the point
was made that could be done only un-
der the proper order of business.
President Bouanchaud sustained the
POINT of order, and the ordinance had
10 wait its turn on the calendar. Be-
lore this was done, however, the con-
Vention got into fight over another
ordinance, and by the time the appor-
honment measure was reached in the
regular order it was so late in the day
that Mr.. Breazeale had it returned to
the calendar and it is due to come up
again soon.
According to gossip around the hall,
the leaders in the movement recently
10 recommit the ordinance discovered
that an apportionment of the House
Of Representatives, based on 10000
population, would not figure out as
they thought 1t would. In other words,
some of the parishes that expected to
gain one representative failed to get
what they were looking for.
Then, the story goes, they hit upon
another plan. 1t was proposed to re-
consider the vote for recommitta1 to
committee andamned the ordinance
so as to provide for House OF Repre-
sentatives with a moximum OF 1Ol
members. 1t was proposed to accom-
plish this by making a population OF
20 1000 a basis of apportionment, with
an additional representative for an
excess of 10000 in population or over
II was also proposed to rearrange
the senatorial reapportionment by in
creasing the maximum membership
Of the Senate to thirty-eight. The
three new senators, under this plan
were given to South Louisiana, one 70
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
SPOT ON THE SUN
PARALYzES WIRES
PLAYS HAVOC WITH TELEGRAPH
TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES.
WIRELESS WORKS BETTER
Sun Spots Visible to Naked Eye
Through Smoked Glasses, Held
Responsible for Disastrous
Earth Currents"

New York-Electrical influences
exerted by the aurora borealis or
northern lights, believed to be caused
by an unusually large sun spot, con-
tinued to play havoc with the tele-
graph traffic throughout the United
States, especially in the east.
Telegraph wire chiefs reported that
this natural phenomena had injected
extra voltage into their wires, causing
what are known as "earth currents, "
and interrupting traffic. The same
condition continued and became in
creasingly intense. causing one of the
severest disturbances of its kind in
80 years.
For more than an hour virtually ev-
cry telegraph wire leading from New
York was out of condition. Ocean
cables also were slightly affected.
Curiously, however, the disturbance
that tied up the land wires seemed TO
strengthen the signals of wireless ap-
paratus, which were unusually clear
during the period of the heaviest land
wire disturbance.
This interference Of electric cross
currents was so great that hardly a
telegraph or telephone wire was work
ing efficiently anywhere on the CONT
nent.
Chief operators and engineers OF
the E!3s companies say that the volt
age on some of the main wires varied
from 800 degrees positive in one in
stance, to zero and 100 negative the
next.
The electrical disturbance in the sky
was distinctively visible. Great pale
streamers of northern lights flashed
fanshape through the skies like rays
from a thousand searchlights. For
the first time in the history of astron-
omical observation here some of the
streamers reached the zenith.
The disturbances suffered by tele-
graph and telephone wires were
caused not only by cross currents OF
electricity in the air. but by earth cur
rents as well. Usually the earth, for
telegraphic purposes, operates as a
negative pole. Last night it played
ell sorts of queer tricks and upset I'M
derground wires and connections.
For many hours the cities OF the
United States and Canada were prac-
tfcally- cut off from exchange of news
by wire. The American Telegraph &
Telephone Company reported that the
disturbance was unprecedented in the
memory Of men 80 years in the serv-
ice.
The real explanation Of the con.
nection between sun spots, the Aurora
and terrestrial electrical disturbance is
unknown to science. The only thing
that is known is that when spots
break out on the face OF the sun,
caused by the eruption of internal
gases, the activities Of the Aurora be-
come greater and that electrical dis
turbances occur.
The government observatories re-
port a new spot on the face OF the sun
$4,000 miles long and $1,000 wide.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
POSTAL SAVINGS SLUMP.
Decrease for April Attributed to IN
employment.

Decrease for April Attributed to I'm
employment.
New York.-The total deposits IN
the United States savings system on
May was approximately SIS, 100000.
The net amount on deposit suffered
decrease during the month of April,
attributable directly to conditions at
fecting labor. At the larger centers,
where there is considerable unemploy-
ment or wages have been reduced, in
stead of the usual increase in deposits
there have been Withdrawals to meet
the living expenses of depositors.
During the month of April two Of
fees made gains of more than $4,000,
one of them being Boston, Mass. The
other, Tacoma, 141 postal savings de-
positors now have amounts Of more
than 100000 on deposit. New York
deposits amounted to $44,24O,S27
Brooklyn is second with $15,4S0,04S,
and Chicago third with $7,612,4S4.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
DEMOCRAT POSTMASTER, MAYBE.
IF Three Stand Highest, G. o. p.
Would Ee Embarrassed.

hingtOn-When President Hard,
irg's new pOstoffice order retaining
he civil service status of pOstmasters
goes into effect with the issuance Of
regulations by the post0ffice depart
ment, the civil service commission with
find a large volume of back work.
The examination of candidates for
about 5000 offices, where claims al
ready have expired, must first be con-
Quoted by the commission before it
can get down to current work. With
a limited number of examiners this is
not expected until the late summer,
should the regulations be issued
promptly.
Some southern congressman are ad-
vising their democratic constituents
10 take examinations for the places.
With the power in the hands of the
Pcstmaster-general to select one Of
the first three on the examination list
republicans feel they may be able to
govern the appointments in some man.
her through recommendations On
the other hand, there is assurance
that if three democrats stand highest
on the list one of the number will
have to be selected. This might be
brought about easily in the southern
states if enough prominent democrats
took the examination.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21

Lake Charles.-City Police Officer
D. c. Lyons is expecting by express a
pair of one-year-old bloodhounds from
Leesville, La, a gift to him from his
uncle, B. H. Lyons, for many years
sheriff of Vernon parish. officer Ly-
ons will have charge Of the hounds
and will use them in Lake Charles
and Calcasieu parish when the oeca.
sion demands.
Monroe.-The Majestic Drug Com
pany's store in Desaird street was en-
tered, the robbers getting three cases
of whiskey.
Monroe.-Fifty to seventy-fve men
from the McGehee portion Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway are expected to
be transferred to Monroe by reason
of the fact that the valley division of
the railroad from Monroe to Little
Rock has been abolished and the Men,
phis division in the future will include
the M. H. and l.. Railroad from Nc
Gehee south to Clayton Junction, La.
Denham Springs. - The Denham
Springs High School closed its ses-
seiaon recently with appropriate ex-
ercises.
Lake Charles.-The Louisiana Re-
tail Hardware Implement Association
will open it's fifth annual convention
in this city May 16. The session will
continue three days.
Baton Rouge.-A commission has
been issued by Governor Parker
whereby w. A. Brownlee becomes the
mayor of Colfax. Mr.. Brownlee sue
ceeds A. L. Buford, resigned.
Alexandria.-The local Elks' lodge
is making plans for the enlargement
Of the Elks' home.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
FEAR SEVEN DROWNED.
Barge Breaks Away From Steamer In
Lake Superior.


Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.-The barge
Mites, broke loose from steamer
towing it on Lake Superior, near Fish
Point. The barge carried a crew Of
one woman and six men.
The Mites was in tow Of the
steamer Myron when a blizzard swept
over the lake. Waves broke over the
vessel and the line to the barge
parted. The barge was sighted drift
ing helpless in the storm. The steam
err was unable to give aid.
The barge Peshligo, which broke
loose from the steamer Zilla White
Fish at the same time, was picked up
Unframed.
The blizzard was the most severe
that has swept through this district in
many years. Six inches Of snow fell
throughout the copper and range coun'
try.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
FOR HURRIED READERS.

Alexandria. - The commencement
exercises Of the Bolton High School
will be held during the first week in
June. There will be fifty-three grad
yates. The senior class play will be
presented at the Rapides Theater on
Wednesday, June /, at s p. m. The
commencement exercises will be held
in the City Park Auditorium on Thurs
day evening, June 2. The address to
the graduates will be delivered by
Walter J. Burke Of New iberia.
Alexandria. - The conference Of
home demonstration agents, which
has been in session here for three
days, has closed The program this
morning included the judging of bread
and jelly. The agents. as well as the
supervisors, express appreciation OF
the cNrdial reception they met with
while in Alexandria.
Monroe.-The North Louisiana Jer-
sey Breeders Association will hold
its convention In West Monroe May
Is, according to announcement of
President E. S. Eby of West Monroe.
Monroe.-A parish-wide rally Of
boys and girls clubs will be held in
West Monroe May % under the su-
pervision of Mrs. Jewell McQuiller,
home demonstrtaoin agent, and B. NJ.
Jackson, farm agent. Prizes will be
offered to winning teams by the
West Mornoe Chamber of Commerce.
University Station, Baton Rouge
The University Law School will have
eleven graduates this year, according
to Dean r. L. Tulls. Most of the men
have made definite plans for their
work next year.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
HIGHWAY TO COST $500, 900
New Road to Link Arkansas Line With
Louisiana.

Monroe, DEMONSTRATION work on
the West Carroll parish highway from
the Arkansas line to Micheand, in the
edge Of Richland parish, which will
cost 100000 and will be one of the
more important links in the Arkansas
and Louisiana tourists way from Lit
tie Rock to Alexandria, La, will be-
gin within a short time.
The building of this highway will
give almost complete highway from
the Arkansas line to Alexandra, by
way of Richland, Ouachita, Caldwell,
LaSalle, Grant and Rapides parishes, a
distance of 120 miles.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
OFFICERS BLAMED
IN DEATH OF FLIERS
SENSATIONAL CHARGES OF lN-
TOXIcATION MADE BY.
LIEUTENANT.
GOVERNMENT MAKES PROBE
Officer Was Dismissed From U. S. Air
Mail Service After Testifying to
Alleged Mismanaeement
and Inefficiency.

ChicagO-Specific charges that ID
men have been killed i'll the air mail
service because of what he termed
"groSs miSmanagement, inefficiency
and criminal negligence by officials"
were made by Lieut.. G. Z. EversOle in
testimony presented to the government
through a federal committee which has
been conducting d secret investigation
Of air mail conditions.
Lieut.. EversOie's testimony, which
has extended over several days, made
statement of more than 100000
words, which he signed and swOre TO.
He was discharged from the air mail
service the day after his first testi-
mUny was given before the committee.
Members OF the committee said they
had appealed to Washington for his re-
mStatement.
Included in the evidence were afr
daviLS from several pilots and meChan-
les now in the service, all of which
cOnhdmed Lieut.. EYerSOle's charges,
ana u statement written by Pilot J. Z.
Christensen previous to his death in
fall at Cleveland Il few weeks ago.
Christensen is one of the men whose
death Lieut.. Eversole lays to alleged
negligence by air mail officials.
The transcript of Eversole's testi-
mOny referred only briefly to the
charges made known that air mail
field officials here were drunk while
On duty and staged wild parties, which
mcapacitated them for duty. 1t dealt
chiefly with deaths and accidents al
legged to have been due to inefficiency
Dy the men in charge and with remedial
recommendations.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
Trotzky Has Cancer. Renor+

Reval.-The newspaper Waba Maa
prints report received from Terijoki,
on the Russo-Finish border, to the eff
feet that Leon Trotzky, soviet war
minister, is seriously i'll with cancer
and that the best specialists in Russia
are attending him. No advices con.
firmatory Of this report have been re-
port have been received from other
sources.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
Civil War Vet on Stacker List.

Wilmington, DeI.-Included in the
Wilmington list of 146 names sub
mitted by the war department as the
slackers and deserters from the draft
were the names of a Polish war hero
with three years service abroad; a
negro janitor who fought in the civil
war and a cripple who was unfit for
service.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
5000 Fines In Liquor Case.

Chicago.-Fines Of $1,000 each wero
imposed on William J. Trudel, George
Quinn and Frank McCann, who with
"Mike de Pike" Heiter and thres
Others, were found guilty last March
of conspiracy to violate the prohibition
laws by transporting $4,000 worth Of
whisky here from Kentucky.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
EIGHT DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK.
Meager Details State Victims Were
"Beatlnq" Way,

Dallas, Texas.-Six persons were
killed and seven injured in a wreck of
a Texas & Pacific freight train at
Eagle Flat, siding, between Van Horn
and Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth county,
Texas, according to a report received
at the telegraph office of the rail-
road here. The report gave no details,
stating merely that all the men were
trespassers who were beating" their
way on the train.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-05-21
McLAURIN HEADS eRocERs.
Reelected for 18th Term at $4,000
Salary.

Cincinnati-The Southern Whole
sale Grocers' Association concluded
its convention here with the re-elec-
tion for the 18th term of the president,
]. H. McLaurin, Jacksonville, Fla, at
a salary Of $4,000 a year. Resolu-
tions were passed indorsing the mer-
chandise broker; the use of cotton in
stead of burlap for shipping bags;
mileage books at lower rates and rail-
roads be not permitted to increase
rates without the sanction of the in
terstate commerce commission. A
resolution demanding lower hotel
rates was tabled. The place Of the