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OEITCIUL WIATHI FOSEOAIT. louiln and Eait Tuu Tir Tu. Ir and probbljr Wsdnwliyi uodwtt (inpunuur. Tir TutiiUyi Wedutday wrtnoajr olouiy, Biodwuu Vtmt. hit, THAT your husband buy the things he.

iiewU In the way of wrurublcs. and he will that you liavi a mii ileeni appropriation Willi which to huy what yon need auil to uiily the needs of the other for whom you buy. wot VOLUME XLIV. SHREVEPORT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1915 NUMBER 25 Marshall Defendants FLIES FROM GAS 25,000 MADE HOMELESS IN FIRE THAT RAZES MUNITION TOWN GREAT RfTAI TO BUY IERIC1 SECURITIES ST Pi GREECE IS FACING PROBABILITY OF BUR. MSI HEATER BADLY BURN JUDGE MICE i is.

Wm it pi a H-l itii- km mJ Night Clothes Ignited While Standing Near Stove Dressing. AGE MAKES SLIGHT INJURIES SERIOUS Was Prominent Figure in Confederate Cause and in Louisiana. Judge J. C. Moncure, a citizen of Fhreveport since 1860, and one of the most distinguished residents of this section of the state, was severely, and It Is feared fatally, burned at 6 o'clock Monday mornlnir when his night fir fnm the r.

stove 'Miss Sadie Black, a young woman 2in it. it I trom Arkansas, whom the lecturer al-dresslng. He attempted to put out adooted a few weeks the fire by rolling on the bed but In- I This graphic photo shows the burning ground by a mysterious blaze aaid of Hopevrell. PnPont Powder to liave been Incendiary. Hniewell ompany's mnnltion tovfn, razed to the vaa a 'loom town" transcending In miisliiooin growth anything ever se'n In the palmiest days of tlie West, lhe sliaeks were all of frame, and few of them were more than one story high.

The picture is a general vW of the llaming town with tlver great chimneys of the Dui'ont plant pointing to Uuj sky in tlie dlsta nee, and Uio two-story boarding house at the left ablaze. BOTHCilllES FOR GOVERNOR SANGUINE PREACHER OELD 019 SERIOUS CHARGE in Black Murder Case Get Change of Venue fudge Lyttleton Orders Transfer of Trial to Galveston on His Own Motion. Marshall, Texas, Dec. IS. The cases against three Marshall men charged with the murder of William Black, killed here last winter while lecturing against the Catholic Church, were transferred to Galveston on change of venue.

The accused are John Copeland, George Ryan and George Tier. Their trial was to have begun tomorrow. Today Trial Judge H. T. Lyttleton in the fifth district court, ordered a change of venue on his own motion, saying the defendants could not got a fair and Impartial In this section.

History of the Trouble. "William Black was shot and killed In his hotel room February 3. The previous night he had delivered a lec- ture In Marshall entitled "Romanism, a Menace to Civilization." lie was to lecture again that night. Marshall had been stirred by the first lecture and by handbill advertising of Black's propaganda. The three defendants In the transferred cases admitted In examining trial that they went to Black's room to ask that he should not deliver his second night's lecture.

With them was John Rogers, their spokesman, who made the request, and who was shot and killed in the fight that Immediately followed delivery of the request. In Black's party was Clarence F. Hall of St. Paul, who before the examining trials here testified that he had been employed by Black to defend him and that he relied upon his ex pert use of pistols for this purpose, th Klack party was completed by previously. nail lesunea inai ne Kinea Rogers and wounded Copeland State's Allegations.

The state alleged that one of the me" lne th bodyguard, appeared as a and had already arrived In Marshall to be one of the principal state witnesses. The cases now are expected to come up at the January term in Galveston. Two men Indicted on the Black murder charge already have been acquitted, the state In both cases announcing It lacked evidence sufficient to convict. These two were Frank O'Leary and Harry Winn. Think of Those Who Have Not While You Shop.

Good Fellows "irat of the Christmastide's Busy Two Weekt Should Be a Constant Reminder. This should be a great week for the Ooodfellows of Shreveport. Hundreds of them will be buying their Christmas gifts. Think of the have-nots while preparing to distribute your gifts and help to make the poor little ones happy. Try It once and see If It does not make your own Christmas happier.

Did you ever stop to th'nk, Mr. Man, that maybe there are some little boys and girls whose Christmas won't be happy this year? And did you ever stop to think that a few nickels and dimes from you might mean the salvation of some little kid whose folks are too poor to give him a happy Christmas? Sad to say, there are many such children in Shreveport "There ain't gonna be no Christmas at our house" will be the words that may fall from the lips of many a child when Christmas Eve arrives. Shall such a condition exist In Shreveport? "No," declares the Goodfellow. The Goodfellows of Shreveport are determined to give the poor children of this city a Christmas that will not make them lose faith in the beautiful legend of Santa Clans. "Has Santa Claus forgotten us, mamma?" No sadder words can fall trom the lips of little children than such a question on Christmas morn.

How can mother explain to her child that Christmas Is only for rich folks? Imagine the hot tears that come to her eyes as her child looks up In wonder. With the last few dollars In the house gradually leaking away to pay the monthly Installments to keep a home over their heads; with father out of work; with mother discouraged because It Is so hard to secure even the barest necessities, what chance have the brave, strong kiddles of a Shreveport home for a happy Christmas? Clip the coupon! Do It now! ASSASSIN' KILLS FARM Kit, Clarksvllle. Texas. Dee. IS.

A. E. Rchrador, 36. farmer, was shot and Instantly killed early today at his home north of Clarksvllle. Bloodhounds have been sent to the scene.

It Is not known who fired the shot. Schrader owned one of the largest plantations on Red river north of this place. that it will Central Powers with Ally May Follow Entente Armies. TURKS ALSO NEAR GRECIAN FRONTIER Remainder of Serbians Stubbornly Battle Aus-trians in Albania. London, Deo.

is (10:25 p. The British and French troops have sue cessfully carried out their retirement from Serbia across the Greek fron tier and by an arrangement with the Greek government a clear road has been left for them to fall back on Salonikl, which is being organ Ized as a base. The German official report of to day claims that "approximately two English divisions were annihilated during the retirement, but this Is considered here as an exaggeration. Accounts from Athens and Saioniki say the retreat was carried out in an or derly manner and without heavy losses. By the destruction of railway bridges and roads and by stubborn rear guard actions.

In one of which two companies of the Inniskiilmg reg Iment sacrificed themselves in order to save their comrades, the Bulgarians were kept at a fairly sate distance. Question of Following Allies. The question now arises whether the Bulgarians and Austro-Germans intend to follow the British and French troops Into Greece and what action the Greek government will take should they do so. The impression gained from dispatches emanating in Athens is that neither the Bulga rlans nor the Turks, who also are re ported to have arrived near the fron tier, would be welcomed In Greece and that therefore, If it has been decided to follow the entente allies, the task will be undertaken by Austrians and Germans. However, railway destr.ui-ejl.

it may be some days before Greece is called upon to take action, and by that time the Anglo-French force should be safe in the defenses of Salonikl and under the guns of their ships. Serbs Continue FUtht. The remains of the Serbian army are etlll resisting the Auscrians and Bulgarians In Albania, while the Austrians are making very slow progress In their efforts to overwhelm Montenegro, where heavy fighting continues. Only small -ctlons have taken place on the east and west fronts. On the Gallipoll peninsula, a fall of snow is Impeding the operations, although the entente allied ships keep things lively for the Turks, whose attempt at an offensive last week seems to have failed.

A British official report says that Turkish attacks at Kut-El-Amara, where British reinforcements are arriving, have been repulsed. The attacks were made from all sides, but the Brlttah position was so strong that the Turks were unable to make any Impression on It. J. C. Simon Loses Suit Against Shreveport Special to The Times.

New Orleans, Dec. 13. J. Simon and his co-defendant. Bluesteln.

lost their fight to secure more than the $1,875 paid Simon and the $975 paid Bluesteln by the city of Shreveport for certain ground on Southern avenue today, when the supreme court affirmed the decision of the Caddo court. Other North Louisiana decisions were: Andrew Strother vs. F. Maugham from Red River parish; affirmed. Verna Murphy Strekx vs.

Joseph Strekx. from Rapides parish; affirmed. Mrs. Indlanna Roe, tutrix, vs. W.

T. Caldwell from Caddo parish; appeal Is dismissed. F. H. Downs vs.

Miss W. B. McCor-mlck from Caddo parish; writ denied. Mrs. F.

H. vs. J. W. Freeman, tax collector et al.

from Natchitoches parish; Judgment reversed, case remanded. C. M. Bender et al. vs.

Mrs. M. E. Bailey from Caddo parish; affirmed. J.

M. Gorum for use of minor, Rosa Gornm. vs. John rt. Harry from Natchitoches parish; affirmed.

J. W. Adams vs. J. M.

McCoy from Natchitoches parish; case transferred to the court of appeals of Natchitoches parish for a decision on the question of payment of the Judgment on which execution issued. HFXWKRS FROM ANTHRAX. Galveston. Texas, Dec SImo Perovich. whose illness was diagnosed last Thursday by physicians at the John Sealy hospital as anthrax, is in a fair way to complete recovery', according to Information given out by hospital authorities today.

BASEBALL OFFICIAL DEAD. Birmigham. Dec. 13. Matt T.

Stradford. secretary of the Southern Association of Baseball Clubs, died here today as the resu't of Injuries received Sunday when he was struck by an automobile. Chancellor of Exchequer Makes Announcement in Commons. COMPULSORY LOAN IS NOT NECESSARY Treasury to Retain Right to Sell Under Contingencies. London.

Pec 13 p. The British government has dee'ded to purchase American securities, paying for them in five-year 5 per cent exchequer bonds. The hanoelr of the exchequer, Reginald McKenna, made thi sannouncement in the hous- of commons today. Ho said the government was willing to buy such American dollar securities as were suitable at the middle American price of the day without, brokerage or corn-miss on. Mr.

McKenna assured the house of commons nothing would be done to harass the American market in connection with mob'i'zation of American securities, or to injure American financial Interests here. He believed there was available a sufficient amount of securlt.es to maintain exchanse with New York. Plan Entirely Voluntary. The plan for mobilizing American securities, he said, was entirely voluntary. Estimates of the amount of American and Canadian securities held In this country varied, he con tinued, from three to four hundred million dollars to as high as seven or eight hundred million.

Mr. McKenna added that he anticipated no difficulty in raising on voluntary terms such loans as the state might require. This was the chancellor's reply to a request that he take eteps to put an end to rumors that a compulsory loan might be necessary. In explaining the plan for mobilization of American securities. Mr.

said that in case individual holders were unable to sell them, the treasury woul daccept their holdings on deposit for two years. The lender would receive the interest accruing, plus one-half of 1 per cent. Middle New York Price. The treasury would retain the right to sell securities thus deposited, under certain contingencies, the chancellor continued, paying the middle New York price of the day and additional 2 1-2 per cent on the value thus calculated. In explaining the necessity for the provision regarding the emergerspy sale of deposited securities, Mr.

McKenna said: "Unless a condition of that sort existed the treasury might find Itself In a very awkward position. The securities might be reached by institutions here as collateral for borrowing fr the United States, but If the latter knew that the borrower could not realize on his securities, the borrower might find himself In great difficulty with the lender. It is really essential to put the two parties In the bargain on the same footing." After explaining the scheme. Mr. McKenna said that a large gathering of leading Institutions directly concerned had unhesitatingly approved the proposal.

apparently making Its success certain. He said that estimates of the American and Canadian securities held In London were between 50.000.-000 pounds sterling and 100,000,000 pounds. Matter of Urgency. "No doubt exists, how ever," he added, "that a sufficient amount Is in sight to meet our requirements for a considerable length of time." In closing, he declared Impressively look upon the acceptance of my proposals as a matter of urgency." Replying to criticisms and suggestions, Mr. McKenna said he desired to make It absolutely clear that there was no intention to swamp the American market with two vast masses of pruritics.

The government intended to hold the securities to deal with, them, he said, or until the government authorized them as collateral securities. No Surprise In Wall Street. New York, Dec. 1J -The decision of the British government to make outright purchase of American securities caused no surprise here today, the plan being one which has long been under British Investigation. The middle price referred to in cables probably mean" a quotation mid-wav between bid and asked prices in this market and the elimination of brokerage or commission Implies that the government intends to deal dire with the seller.

The recent revival of liquidation cf our securities by British owners has further reduced the amount of American stocks and bonds owned In Great Britain, but conservative estimates puts the total holdings at this time as well in excess of two billion dollars. MURDERS TWO. SflCTDES. Madison. Dec.

13. Earnest Ashby, living near hre, today shot and killed his wife. Ethel P. Ashby, his mother-in-law, Mrs. W.

M. Tague. and then killed himself. He was thought to be insane. something ute.ri th.

hert.lln, et on fire and before others In the house reached him the flames had stripped him bare and badly burned him all over his body. According to his physician, the burns would not necessarily be i fatal or even serious for a younger man, but for a man of Judge Mon- cure's age they are. and only small hope of his ultimate recovery is en tertalned. Prominent In Confederacy. Judge Moncure was born In Stafford county, Virginia, January 5, 1825, and will be 90 years old on his next birthday.

He emigrated to Shreveport in 1860, and began the practice of his profession as a lawyer, but on the outbreak of the civil war he enilsted In a Shreveport company under command of Capt. K. M. Knott. As a soldier he rose rapidly to the point where he was detailed as a member of the staff of Count C.

J. Pollgnac, French representative to the Confederacy. When Count Pollgnac was sent to England to solicit aid for the Southern states Judge Moncure accompanied him, but their activities were stopped by news of Lee's surrender. After the war he came back to Shreveport and was elected state treasurer during the reconstruction period, but never served In that capacity, his election being successfully contested by the Republicans during the four-year term to which he was elected, and It was not until the term expired that the United States supreme court to which he had carried the case ruled In his favor. Circuit Court Judge.

He served the parish as representative In the state legislature for several terms and when the circuit court was created was Its first Judge, serving In that capacity for two terms of eight years each. On retiring from the bench he served a number of years on the Caddo ehool board of which he was successively secretary and president. Due to advancing age he retired from activp life several years ago, but has been a familiar figure on the streets, nevertheless, as he continued his dally walks until the accident Monday morning. Wireless Apparatus of Interned German Ship Sealed by U. S.

Baltimore, Pec. 13. The wireless Apparatus on the German steamer Bulgaria, Interned In the harbor here, troa aenled bv I'nlted States naval of ficer from YVashington late today. It Is known that a naval wireless expert has been In the neighborhood of the ships for several days making obser-vstions. Local officials of the government admitted that charges had been made that messages were received and sent recently from the ship, but would not discuss the matter further.

The Bulgaria was Interned early In the war along with the North Oerman- i nk.n .1 I which are lying off Locust Point. The officers and part of the crew of the Vulgaris still make their home on the ship. Nearly all are Oehman citizens. They come and go much as they wish, there being no watch kept on their movements. rmvAKO fox dies.

Philadelphia. Dec. 13. Edward Fox rnirh. editor and authority on Inter national law.

died at his home here today. He was 68 years old. Tillman Ridicules Both Bryan and Roosevelt in Senate Address South Carolina Member Upholds Secretary Daniels' Administration of Navy Department Washington, Dec. 13. Declaring Willam J.

Bryan as "simply obsessed" and Thedore Roosevelt as "the giant in Mother Goose," Chairman Tillman of the naval committee addressed the senate today on national defense and assailed what he characterized as the greed of private manufacturers of war materials. Senator Tillman upheld Secretary Daniels administration of the navy department and characterized as "simply outrageous," critics of the department, numbering among them, former Secretary Meyer. "The question of preparedness requires grave consideration and prompt action," said Senator Tillman. "There are alt sorts of opinions and advice from al! quarters good, bad and not only unwise, but unthinkable of adoption, except by wild men from Borneo. "Mr.

Bryan, the evangel of peace at any price, is bitterly opposed to any and all Increase. He seems to be simply obsessed on this subject and has lost his usual poise. Ex-President Roosevelt, on the other hand, who snorts and rears like a veritable Bull of Bashan, poses as the God of War and clamors for a very large standing army and great reserves. He reminds one of the giant In Mother Goose. 'Fe.

ft, fo fum, 'I smell the blood of a German man. 'Be he alive, or he he dead, 'I'll grind his bones to make my The senator said he realised the necessity for a greater army, but the navy, "our first line of defense," should come first. "The country ought to regard as a public enemy any senator or member of congress who tried to delay or thwart this purpose." Senator Tillman declared. "We have an armor trust now." said he, "Just as we have had all along, and It is doing business at the same old stands Bethlehem, Carnegie, Midvale." Concluding, Senator Tillman made a plea for prompt action on his armor -Nothing but brazen affrontery and irreed. aided by official cor ruptlon In Washington, can delay the passage of this bill, he said.

I Only lO I fi 'lintjjy CHRISTMAS Itinerant Evangelist Is Accused of Assaulting Child. Special to The Times. Texarkana. Dec. 13.

Charged with assaulting Mabel Norman, a 13-year-old girl. W. C. Still, a traveling street preacher, aged about 35, was held for the pirand jury without benefit of bail after a preliminary hearing before Justice Ragland late this afternoon. The girl was the principal witness for the prosecution and her testimony was very direct and positive and her story was supported in part by other testimony.

Still and S. D. Norman and the latter's two dn lighters. Mabel, 13, and Ruth, 6. arrived here Friday and have since been holding street meetings, Still doing most of the preaching and the others the singing.

Mabel has an unusually fine voice, and is an expert mandolin player, and her singing has drawn hundreds of people to the meetings. On the witness stand Still stated he was an ex-convict, having served a term in the Arkansas penitentiary for burglary and grand larceny. He denied the pending charge agalnft him, however. Norman appears to be an unsophisticated farmer. He says he was reared on a farm near Martin Texas and that his present home is Ennis, Texas.

Still says he got oirt of the penitentiary two years ago and immedtatelv bepan preaching. He and the Normans have been holding meetings together about eight months. o- BRITISH OKM XY BOTTLF.S. Wheeling. W.

Dec. 13. An order for 140 OOfl gross of glass bottles has been given by the British government to a local company and another at Wllliamstown. N. delivery to be made as quii bottles are to napn in ppnuiiiK inuia iom, j-m r.

In IV. M1 nrct in mnnrf for American bottles has been so pronounced that trade authorities predict an expert of fully one-million gross durlne the coming year. There Is a scarcity gf worKmen. and glass factories neer have been so busy as they are at present. Mon WRI CKS JAP LAUNDRY.

Wenatchee. Dec. 13. A mob drove two Japanese from Oro-ville. a mining town 150 miles north of here, according to word received here today, anl wrecked their laun-dray.

The Japanese have gone to Spokane to complain to the Cnited States distri't attorney. No arrests have been made. leaders of the mob. It Is said, had declared inai mey would not permit Japanese to conduct business enterprises in Oroville. OKLHOM OIL ADVANCE.

Tulsa. Dec. 13. Oklahoma crude oil advanced ten cents a barrel her this morning The price Is now $1.10. Col.

Pleasant and Sena-tor Barret Give Out Statements. Special to The Times. New Orleans. Dec. 13.

Responding to invitations of his supporters In Ouachita, Col. Ruffln O. Pleasant, Democratic candidate for governor, today agreed to speak three times in Ouachita parish, Dec. 20; at Calhoun In thp forenoon, West Monroe In the afternoon and In Monroe at night, where a big demonstration Is being prepared. December 21 Colonel Pleasant will speak In Bunkie, that being his only stand in Avoyelles parish.

"After having canvassed Acadia. Jeff Davis, Calcasieu, Allen, Vernon and Sabine parishes I have no doubt that I will carry Western Louisiana by a large majority," said Colonel Pleasant today after arriving from Shreveport, where he spent Sunday. "The Barret people have contended that It was In that section of the state that they had support, but I find their claims to Western Louisiana were no better substantiated than In other portions. We had splendid meetings In every place except two where Interfered with our plans. Friends told me that our meetings In Jennings.

Iike Charles. Sulphur, Vincent Settlement, Oberlln. LeesviUe, Horn-beck. Simpson, Fullerton, Pitkin and Zwolle were the biggest political gatherings in the history of those places," Barret Very Confident. The three gubernatorial candidates were at their New Orleans headquar- ters today.

T. C. Barret was also very confident. "The people of Louisiana are responding to the cause I represent." said Mr. Barret.

"Everywhere I find the speakers com-j paring this moral fight to that of the anti-lottery and they regard It with even more importance As a result of my canvass thus far I am convinced that I will come to New Orleans with a larger majority than any candidate hns received for mernor in any recent state campaign. Colonel and Senator Far-ret will be engaged with a meeting of the pardon beard tomorrow. Mr. Pleasant will then etrlke back to Western Louisiana speaking in Merry-ville and De Kidder on Wednesday. Mr.

Barret will go to Ascension, speaking at Gonzales and then at French Settlement in Livingston. Plrased With Training School. Representative Fred J. Helnts of Covington returned today from Monroe, where, after a personal Investigation of the Mmrce training school, he is satisfied that the institution is doing a splendid work and that his previous criticism was based on erroneous "They now have forty-three boys In the Institute and Superintendent Moore is getting re- I suits from the state's money," said Mr. Heintz.

Governor Halt today declined to either affirm or deny the hint thrown I by Donelson Caffery In his New Ib-! erla speech the Jefferson parish martial law test might reqn.re a spe-j cial session of the legislature. "I I cannot discuss the rumor." he said. persistently. GOOD FELLOWS' CLUB "Good Fellow," care Shreveport Timess Please enter my name on the list of Good Fellow of Shreveport and send me the names and addresses of to whom I may be Santa Claus. 4 Street If vou have something to rent, you have something to advertise and pay you to advertise adequately ana.