The Caldwell Watchmain

VOL. 30. COLUMBIA, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916. NO. 38

the one-tiime capital of Louis:laiw. fiha CATERPILLAR TRACTOR USED BY US. TROOPS bee-) removed in the wrclairin of wha: JIN IN as ITALIA SAMPLES OF WATER has rcolnl to be known the Allen ti I11:iio11n, one of the f .w oncte pa:!ial hoenu : of ('ivil war and i-rlcostr:tcttion WARATSALONIKI SUBJECT TOTEST das. On its site the nto.w own er of tiil pro,-prty will eret:i a nIi •d!'n,re i-

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Iew present-day Shrev''porit')s up- JOIN BALKAN FIGHT -- ALTER- coni(-ernid with the story of lhietown TAKES IMPORTANT STEP IN NATE GAINS AND LOSSES ON areiaware that once upon a ti:i,' THE ENTIRE FRONT. INTEREST OF PEOPLE. Slhrrveport was the c:ipital of thi, state'. Yet such it was. and this ctl hoiits , which later cnme ,toh.' knIlown RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED as the' Allen mansion. was the gov- SAYS OFFErNSIVE IS GENERAL ernor's mansion and the capitol. Late in the war an(d llurin: the early reconstruction period loul!iana hal ~~i~c.,, ~ P J -,~ Before Present Investigation Is Com- Allies Are Believed to Have a Force two capitals, New Orlban;, where the of Some 700,000 British, French and pleted Examinations Will Have Republican governor had his head- Been Made From 10 to 30 Sam- Servian Troops on the Sa- quarters, and Shreveport, where Hen- loniki Front. ples From Every Parish. ry Watkins Allen, war governor of DeImocratic Louisiana, for whom Al- lendale, once fashionable residence Paris. -- talian trIops began to dis- New Orleans.- and the location of many proud homes. embark at Saloniki, says a liavas dis- IDuring the last trip of the labora- was named. patch from that point. tory car of the Louisiana State Board The old house had been :standing many On leaving their ships, the dispatch of Iiealth, beginning in April, 1045 for years when Governor Allen ` N,.; 1+ says, the Italians passed through Sa- samples of water from every quarter and his official family lied from New loniki to camp, preceded by military of the state were collected and sub- Orleans after the Northern invasion. bands of the allies and cheered by jected to a bacteriological test. No one seems to know who the origi- the populace. The process of discovering the qual- nal owner of it and the broad acres-- Active participation by Italian ity oI tle water supply throughout the now covered with comfortable homes troops in the Saloniki campaign would state, inaugurated by Dr. Dowling, is -was, but it at once became the mean the existence of a state of war the first, of the kind to be started in scene of many a distinguished gather- between Germany and Italy. this country, through Kentucky some ing and brilliant revue. Germany is directing the opera- time ago made an investigation of When order was restored to Louis- tions against the allies on this front the same nature, but by no means as iana, Governor Allen vacated the and, as the official German reports far-reaching. The laboratory . car place to go to Mexico rather than show, has forces there. Some Aus- runs to every quarter of the state and take the oath of allegiance required of trian troops also probably are em- when stops are made an automobile those of the South, and the property ployed, and possibly Turks, but the is unloaded and proceeds through the passed into other hands and was suc- major portion of the army is made country, collecting- samples of water cessively the home of many families Caterpillar tractor used by the United States troops In Mexico to flatten down the bumps that make roads near up of Bulgarians. Recent reports from streams, wells and sources of prominent in North Louisiana, the the American base camp at Colonla Dublian truly Mexican. Bumps and mounds are the rule, smooth stretches being have indicated withdrawal of Aus- communal supply. The sampling of Conways and the Coles and the Hbur- thw exception. This machine weighs about 27,300 pounis or almost 14 tons. The photograph shows It crossing the* trian troops at the Balkans for use the water from a well, at first glance, rays among them. railroad tracks near the camp. on the Russian and Italian fronts. affects only the residents of the far'm- With the growth of the city Allen- As the allies are believed to have stead, but the scource of the supply dale was deserted for newer and more a force of some 700,000 British, French in the neighboring farms is probably fashionable districts, and the old and Servian troops on the Saloniki the same, and if the water be good house gradually fell into bad repair. REMAINING TROOPS SAYS DEUTSCHLAND tront, the sending of re-enforcements there is a probability that the wa- But, sixty years old, Its white oak sills and cypress beams still stood un- 2BRITISH VESSELS at this time, just after the opening of ter from the other wells In the TO STAY INCAMP ARRIVED UNHARMED hostilities on a large scale, would in- neighborhood is also good, unless touched by driving storm and blister- ing sun until the wrecker with his dicate that the allies have embarked there is immediate contamination. If on a campaign of extensive propor- hammers and barn reduced them to GIANT SUBMARINE the supply should prove to be bad, the ORDERS SENDING THEM TO THE SUNK,SAYS BERLIN EVADES BRIT- tions. a pile of weather-stained lumber. neighboring farmers are at once put BORDER HAS BEEN SUSPEND- 1SH BLOCKADE AND LANDS Italy, which has a considerable nr.- ton their guard and can send In a sam- .-Its passing is another ehaptear.4.n s-tofltrofops,-'has e4tn Enged to tLke -- ':p1 heir .7,0 for analyste: o'th to conform to the huskier, more vig- a more active part In the Balkan ope- The analysis made is bacteriologl- ER SENT DOWN BY GERMAN rations, but was believed to have re- orous new Shreveport. re- cal only, every form of organic life C Washington.-Orders for the SUBMARINE. Geneva.-A private telegram receiv- frained partly on account of the fact being examined by careful test. The maining mobilized units of the nation- ed from Berlin by the Neue Zuricher that she was not at war with Ger- Recommendations to continue cat- to the border result has not yet been announced, al guard to proceed Zeitung -says that the German sub- have been several re. tle-dipping were made to the Iberla many. There but the compilation is in progress and f have been suspended by the War De- marine Deutschland arrived safely at police jury after the hearing of ar- cent indications, however, that a de- will soon be published by the state 1 partment. No official explanation has TWO OTHER WARSHIPS HIT Bremen from the United States. guments pro and con on the dipping claration of hostilities was forthcom- board. Some of the communal sources been made, but it is known that the The Deutschland sailed from Balti- ing. A commercial treaty between situation. The audience of over 500 of supply have been found to be Im- delicacy of the railroad strike situa- more for Germany on August abrogated, a Ger- was a representative one composed 1, and these nations was pure, and the board has notified the tion has been the moving considera- German Squadron of 15 Warships Re- passed out to sea on the that Germany is act- of farmers, stock men, representative following day, man court ruled local authorities and directed the tion. .parted at Large in the North Sea- dropping out citizens, planters, merchants and of sight of the allied ually, though not formally, at war with proper method of purification. The suspension of the orders to the Avoided. Engagement After warships which were awaiting Italy, and last week it was reported bankers, the threatened abandonment her There have been cases decided In troops, which would have moved some Finding Out Strength. outside the three mile of dipping having aroused within them limit. On July that the defense of Triest would be the North in which the municipal gov- 25,000 men to the border should not 9 the Deutschland arrived at Balti- taken over by Germany. Italian par the niecessity' of concerted action. that the ernment has been held responsible for be taken as an indication more from Germany, and the success- ticipation in the Balkan operations the effects of impure water, and in The protestants with their attorney, president's negotiations with the rail- London.-Two British light cruis- ful completion of the first trans-At- hitherto has been limited to occupa- some cases criminal prosecutions Emile Vuillemot, were also present in and the railroad road brotherhood ers, the Nottingham ana Falmouth, lantic voyage by a submarine in ser- tion of the Albanian port of Avlona, large numbers. managers have taken an unfavorable have been successfully launched were sunk in the North sea by Ger- vice as a merchantman attracted which was effected before Italy de- against the municipal officials. Before turn, but is a measure of caution. It man submarines while the vessels world-wide attention. She brought a clared war on Austria. the present investigation is conclud- Morse, Etherwood, Midland, Gasp- was considered highly undesirable were searching for the German high cargo of dyestuffs and other merchan- ed examinations will have been made ler, Redlick and Branch districts in thqt all the remaining guardsmen seas fleet, according to an official an- dise, as well as mails. Denies G. O. P. Charges. of. from ten to thirty samples from the Crowley parish voted almost to a should be moved to the border while nouncement issued by the Admiralty. As soon as her arrival was made Washington.--The White House every parias qf the state, and a good man recently' for school taxation. The there was a possibility of a railroad One German submarine was destroyed known French and British warships made public a letter from Charles M. idea will be had of the water supply only exception being Branch, where a strike in which they might be called by the British, while another was were sent to patrol the waters out- Galloway, acting chairman, of the Ci- of every family in Louisiana. Where four-mill tax vote was almost defeat- upon to preserve order throughout rammed and possibly sunk, according side the Virginia capes, in the effort vil Service Commission, denying as- the water is found not to be potable ed, the vote being twenty for and six- some of the states. There is even to the Admiralty statement. to apprehend the Deutschland If she sertions of the Republican platform the supply will be condemned by the teen against. The property valua- the possibility that some of the A German squadron of 15 warships, should depart for a return voyage. that the Democratic administration state board and notices will be post- tion-of the twenty was worth $25,000 troops, in the event of a strike, might including large cruisers, was reported has created 30,000 offices outside the ed warning the public against drink- more than the minority vote. The be called upon to guard or operate in the North sea by trawlers arriving Saw Deutschland. Civil Service law, which cost $44,000,- ing, and if the water is consumed the vote is remarkable, as these elections mail trains and trains supplying the. are for special taxation at Ymuiden, Holland, a Reuter dis- Newport News, Va.-The captain of 000 a year. person drinking it will do so at his over and troops already on the border. a patch says. The squadron was sight- a Norwegian steamer, which arrived own risk and with open eyes. above the regular school tax. The suspension of the orders pre- d early in the region of White vents the immediate movement of the Bank, in Hampton Roads, stated he saw the May Probe Bread Case. nd was accompanied by two Zeppe- German merchant submarine Deutsch- there shal: Act 168 of 1914, which makes it un- troops from Kentucky, Ohio and Ver- Washington.-Whether BRIEFLY RELATED. ins. It was on a northwesterly lawful for any person to use an au- mont, and the movement of all other land August 10, then eight days out be a federal investigation of the high tomobile without the consent course. prospective increases The Crowley police jury of Acadia of the mobilized units which were to have c from the Virginia capes. cost of flour and owner and fixes penalties The Admiralty statement says: parish at its meethig made arrange for viola- gone forward as soon as they were He said the submersible at the time of bread prices depends largely upon "Reports from our lookout squad- ments with the authorities of Crow- tions thereof, was declared unconsti- equipped. Some of the Kentucky, was under full sail, and the officers the report of Commissioner Hurley, tutional by Judge D. B. and other units showed that ley to work the parish prisoners .for Samuel in the Ohio and Vermont troops were about rons aboard admitted it was the Deutsch- who is in Chicago making informal their board and maintenance. The po- Shreveport City Court, when he sal- ready to go to the border. here was considerable activity on the land. inquiries for the Federal Trade Com- )art of the enemy in the North sea. lice jury attempted this plan at one taiped motions to quash the charge It is clear that the suspension is mission. "The German high seas fleet came time but the experiment was too of usirg an automobile without the not a revocation of the orders, and Wilson Writes Emperor. consent of the owner iut, but learning from their scouts costly. filed against that if the railroad strike situation London. - "Berlin telegrams say Guests' Escape is Narrow. hat the British forces were in con- Jonn Scanlon, Sam Riley and J. Pat- clears up the troops will be moved to that the American ambassador, James Chickasha, Okla.-Several guests of ton. Jderable strength, the enemy avoided Ernest R. A. Litzau, representing the border line. W. Gerard, asked an audience of Em- the Royal hotel had narroe escapes the United States supervising archi- ;n engagement and returned to port. peror William to hand him an auto- when the structure caught ire and tect. is at Alexandria for the purpoke The Union Electric Railroad Com- "In searching for the enemy we Women Favor President. graph letter from President Wilson, was destroyed. An explosion in the oL perfecting peliminary plans for liany, a new corporation organized to 5st two cruisers by submarine at- Chicago.-Huston Thompson, as- In which the president outlines his kitchen was given as the cause of the construction of an addition to the operate an electric car line to belt tcks-H. M. S. Nottingham, Captain sistant attorney general of the Unit- wishes concerning the feeding of the the blaze. The hotel was the first Alexandria federal building, actual Mandeville and' run through Houlton- . B. Miller, and H. M. S. Falmouth, ed States, who went to Denver as the population of Poland," the Amsterdam built here and was one of the lann work on which is announced will ville, Madisonville and Hammond, asptain John Edwards. representative of President Wilson to correspondent of the Exchange Tele- marks of the city. begin early next year: laid its first rails at Mandeville and "All the officers of the former were probably of the Jane gram Company says. The letter is be- Mayor W. G. Davis drove the first attend the annual dinner ived, but 38 of the crew are missing. Jefferson club, reported a strong sen- lieved to be of high political import- Favors Special Stamp. Announcement is made that the spike. Addresses were made by i1 the officers and men of the Fal- timent for the re-election of Presi- ance, though no mention is made of Washington.-The House Postoffice plans for the f20,00Q Sunday school Mayor Davis, Dr. A. G. Maylie, M. puth were saved, but one leading dent Wilson among the women of an offer of mediation. Committee took favorable action on building at Alexandria, which the con- .Newhauser and Dr. R. R. Bailey. sker, Norman Fry, died of injuries. Colorado, as an equal suffrage state. Representative Harrison's bill author- gregation of the Emanuel Baptist, 'An enemy submarine was destroy- Old Paper Prices High. izing the issue of a special stamp In Church will erect in Jackson street, The Jena police jury met to con. e and another was rammed and pos- New York.-The paper famine was connection.with the Gulfport Exposi- will be submitted to the congregation sider the question of raising the as- Wilson League Formed. ssy sunk. Woodrow Wilson In- reflected in an auction sale here of tion next year to commemorate the on the first Sunday in Septembler. sesament of the Trout Creek Lumber 'hicago.-The 'There is no truth in a irerman old paper by David Ferguson, super- centeniary of the admission of M1, Conmpany, Good Pine Lumber Com- dependent League of Illinois was or- saement that a British destroyer visor of the City Record. One lot of sissippi to the Union. As a result of the special election pany and Tall Timber Lumber Com- ganized at a meeting of independent f sunk and a British battleship E. Cole of 9,000 pounds, composed of unsold in school districts Nos. 2 and 5, a high pany, all operating mills near Jena. voters held here. George ditaged." and copies of the City Record brought Death Rate Decreases. school for Estherwood is assured. The'se crporations pay about one-half Chicago was chosen chairman t'he Nottingham was a 'ssel of $1.65 per hundred pounds. Another New York.-The Department of The voters declared for a three-mill the tax of the parish and operate Emil Zolla, secretary, 500 tons, and was built in Pem- lot of unsold paper, weighing 6,000 Health reported a decrease of 20 tax for five years to provide for the three of the finest mids in this part like in 1913. Her complement was pounds, brought $2.60 per hundred. deaths from infantile paralysis, com- of the school. of the state. Discharges for Students. 3 men. She was 430 feet long and operation of such paper bring pared with th~ precedIng 24-hour pe- Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Tex.- dried nine six-inch guns, four three- Normally sales from 20 cents to 50 'nts a hundred. riod, and also a drop of 26 in the The daily and almost incessant The Baton Rouge police jury un- All student militia organizations will 1inders and wo torpedo tubes. She number of new cases. The day's fa- rains that we have had has had dis- animously voted to call a special elec. be defederalized September 1 at thc:r v3 designed to make about 25 knots. talities were 22 and there were 143 Wilson Considers Trip. astrous effect on the cotton crop of tion•in the Third wai d to have resi- point of muster. College students en- new cases of the disease. Wilson is Tensas parish, almost eliminating the dents vote upon a proposed $130,000 listed in other guard organizations Must Have Reparation. Washington.-President seriously considering a transcontinen- middle crop and reducing the yield bond issue for model roads. The elec- will be mustered out. London.-In the House of Commons Health Meeting Called. tal campaign trip. Callers at the possibly 22 1.3 per cent. tion was set for September 26. 1mier Asquith said the government Washington.-The federal Publie White House gained the impression Standard Pays Dividend. letermined that "this country will Health cervlce asked state health s- that he had decided In less than a week's time the boot- The first concrete piling for the Neodesha, Kan.-The Standard Oil Stolerate a resumption of diplomat- on such a step, thoritiecs throughout the country to but officials said that his plans for legging forces of Lake Charles haye Manfdeville seawall has been laid. A Company of Kansas declared the reg- relatlons with Germany after the send representatives to a conference the campaign still are been utterly routed by a series of dredge was obtained by the contrac- ular quarterly dividend of $3 and an ir until reparation is made for the uncertain, and here to discuss means for preventing raids by twe city police and the sher- tors and it will begin the work of e~xta dividend of $2 per share. prder of Captain Fryatt." depend largely upon Congress a further spread of infantile paralyral itt's office. filling behind the wall next week.