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Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
KITCHENER WINS
 GREEK KiNG'S AID
British to Fave 100000
 Men In Field by March.

Lord Kitchener's interview with King Constantine of Greece is believed to have won the monarch to the cause of the entente allies. but to what eXten; is not definitely known. The British have raised the embargo which was levied on Greek ships about the time of the interview.
 Kitchener told The king that Great Britain would have 4.O00.OOO troops in the field next March and also would be able to arm and supply 6.0oo.ooo Rus sian troops.
 ''Therefore.' he told the king. the war can end only in The complete de feat 0f Germany"
 Kitchener went fo Rome and then to Paris. conferring in both capitals with high officials regarding the war.
 Emperor William went to Vienna to visit Emperor Franz Joseph. The kali ser was cheered by the enthusiastic populace.
 It is said Greece will permit rhe al lies to use Saloniki as military base
 A new German dreadnaught has been sunk by mine in the Baltic.
 Two German cruisers have been sunk by mines or torpedoes.
 Violent bayonet fighting north of the Labyrinth, northern France. ended in victory for the French forces. which drove large bodies of attacking Ger mans into retreat from the No Mans Land" between the opposing lines. The Germans took shelter in the era ter caused by the explosion of mine laid by them
 Russians are preparing for an inva- sion of Bulgaria with an army of 350.- poo men. Japan is sending arms and munitions to Russia.
 Italy has landed troops in Albania to aid the allies in their Balkan cam paign.
 Beaten by the Turks. British force f7O.OO0 strong was thrown back from Bagdad in battle which. though it oc- cured several weeks ago. has just been reported.
 A defeat of Bulgarians by the Ser vians in battle in central Seryfa is announced in an official communion 'tion.
 Berlin asserts that the object of the Servian campaign has been accom- plished. the Teutons having united with the Bulgarians and opened the road to Turkey.
 Subscriptions to the new French loan of victory amount to more than S5.OO0.OO0.000. The chamber has been asked to appropriate $1.64O. .000. .0nO for war uses for the first quarter of 1916.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
DEFENDS MEXICAN POLICY.
White House Issues Answer to Roman
 Catholic Critics.


 Important documents designed to combat the charge that the Wilson administration overlooked the oifcnses of General Carranza against the Carh ol. church in according him recognl. ton and setting forth in Il general way the administration's defense of its Mexican policy have heen made public at the White House.
 Very Rev. Antonio I. Paredes, Ro- man Catholic vicar general of the arch bishopric of Mexico City. is quoted as denying that nuns were outraged and as giving Il list of tho crimes against Catholic clergy, which shows that these were by no lleans as widespread nor as uniformly tolerated hy Car ranza officials as had been represented by ecciesiastics of the United States,
 Denial is made that there is a single proven case of attacks on nuns. al- though consuls and special agents made diligent inquiries. Carranza. ii Is said. was recognized because his leaders were united and Villas were divided in replying to the peace pro- posals.
 Rev. Richard !. Tierney. editor of America. declares that two cases of outrages were reported in affidavits. one being witnessed by an army officer
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
HEARD IN CANAAN
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
 Strong-KidneY Ills Corrected.


 All over Canaan you hear it. Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up the good work. Canaan people are telling about it-telling of bad backs made sound again. You can believe the testimony of your own townspeople. They tell it for the benefit of you who are suffer ing. If your back aches, if you feel lame, sore and miserable, if the kid neys act too frequently, or passages are painful, scanty and off color, use Doan's Kidney Pills, the remedy that has helped so many of your friends and neighbors. Follow this Canaan citi- zen's advice and give Doan's chance to do the same for you.
 Mrs. Jacob Scamerhorn, w. Main St., Canaan, says: My kidneys were disordered and I suffered from back ache. Dizzy and nervous spells were common >and I was subject to head aches. was restless at night and got up in the morning feeling all tired out. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills highly ad- vertised, got box at R. T. Farnum 6 Go. s Drug Store, and began using them. They removed the trouble and made me feel better in every way.
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Scamerhorn had. oster-Milburn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Live Stock Market.

CATTLE-Supply, % carloads; market steady: choice, sSa0a9; prime, ss,boas,S5; good, S7.s5aSi0; tidy butchers, s7,6oas; fair, s650a7: common, S5a6: common to good fat bulls, S4.50a7; common to good fat cows s3a6: fresh cows and springers, S35aS5,
 SHEEP AND LAMBS-Supply, 25 doubln decks; market steady; prime wethers, sea CHS: good mixed, S5. 60a5. 90; fair mixed, S5a 6Eo: culls and common. S250a4. heavy ewes. si.5oa5.25: lambs, sla925. yoal calves ll0.50all: heavy and thin calves. ssas50.
 HOGS-Recelpts. G5 double decks; mar ket higher: prime heavy, sGsba6.a0; me- ulums, s6.s0o6.s5; heavy Workers, Sc. 6.75a6,s0; light Workers, s6a6.25; pigs, sS.50a5.7B: roughs, s5. 7sa6 10: stags, s4.50a5.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
General Markets.

FLoUR-Steady; spring patents s5aoa 5.70: winter patents, s5.30a5.55; winter straights, $5.20a5.25; Kansas straights, S52 a540
 BUTTER-Firmer; receipts, 5.179: cream cry, extras % score, 33tkc.; creamery, higher scoring, s4kc, firsts, 2Sa32ikc.; sec- onds, 25a27Jkc.
 EGGs-Weak: receipts, COST; fresh gath cred, extra fine, 41a43c.; extra flrsts, asa 40c: firsts, 3ia37c.; seconds, 2Sa3sc.; nearby hennery whites, fine to fancy, 55a5sc.; nearby hennery browns, 4oa46c.
 CHEESE-Firm; receipts, I,245; state, whole milk, flats, held, special, l6Ac; do, average fancy, l6Ike.; do, current make, specials 1G1kc.; do, average fancy, 16he.
 POULTRY--Dressed, dull; western fresh chickens, barrels, 15iaa23c.; fresh fowls, l2 a17c.: turkeys, 1da22c.; live, prices unset- tied
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
U. s. TROOPS KILL 20, LOSE 2.

Americans Return Fire When Mexican
 Bullets Cross the Border.
 Mexican soldiers to the number # at least twenty were killed in Nogales. Sonora, by the fire of American troops. Two American troopers were killed and eight injured They are thought to have been stragglers from the Villa army.
 Bullets had fallen on the American side of the line and an American trooper was wounded. Colonel w. H. Sage. Twelfth infantry. ordered his men to return the fire.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
FORD ON HIS PEACE PLANS,
Back Home From New York, He Hopes He Will Start Something in Europe.

Henry Ford returned to Detroit from New York after busy week in prep aration for sending q ship to Europe t. provide a neutral conference there thar would stand as a court to which the warning nations might turn as me dium of negotiation for peace. He said:
 'I will go to Europe on the Oscar II. and hope that before I return some thing will have started toward peace. Out of the trenches by Christmas is not boast-it is a prayer"
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
KNIFE TAKEN FROM WOMAN.

Operation Removes Table Cutlery
 Swallowed by Her In DeIirium.
 A table knife which Mrs. Elizabeth Hochsberger finally persuaded sur geons she had swallowed when in q delirium, due to illness. eight months ago, was taken from her stomach by an operation in a Chicago hospital The knife was corroded and saw edg- ed by stomach acids.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
SUFFS TO STORM CONGRESS.
Will Ask That Two Women Envoys
 May Speak From Floor.

The Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage has announced that congress will be asked at the coming session to permit two envoys from the women voters of the west to speak from the floor of the house. Precedents are cited
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
WILSON PLANS HIGHER TAXES
McAdoo Announces Probable Program
 of the Administration.

VI NflG
 Secretary McAdoo discloses the long anticipated revenue proposals of the Wilson administration. There will be no tariff revision or issue of bonds to meet the big cost of preparedness. McAdoo suggests as q means of get ting the money:
 An increase in the rates of taxation on individual and corporate incomes.
 A reduction of the exemption under the present income tax law of 5000 for single and Si,0oo for married persons to S2,0OO and 5000 respectively.
 Levy of the surtax on incomes amount ing to s100OO or 1000 instead of S2o000 as at present.
 Taxes on gasoline. crude and refined oils, and on horsepower of automobiles and other internal combustion engines. and various "other articles not necessary to mention.'
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
MISSING PASTOR IN TOMBS.

Passaic Man Pleads Guilty to Disor-
 derly Conduct In New York.
 Rev. Ludwig Rabe. fifty-eight. pastor of the First German Baptist church of Passaic. N. J.. who disappeared from his home. turned up in the Tombs court. New York. where he was ar raigned on a charge of disorderly con. duct. Rabe broke down and admitted his guilt and was sent to the work. house for thirty days.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
SMITH ASSETS S1o2,227.66.

Banker Says Creditors Will Get About
 Per Cent of Claims.
 The assets of former United States Senator James Smith, Jr., of Newark. N. J.. a schedule of which was filed by the Fidelity Trust company, trustee. amount to only $192, ,22766.
 It was stated on the day of Smiths financial collapse that paper to the az gregate amount of $1,750,000 was scat tered around In various banks. One banker stated that about 8 per cent was all the creditors are likely to get.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

The loss In a fire in the annex of tho Ron Marche. il big Paris department store. is estimated at Sn.000.n0n Ii is covered hy insurance. Rare art works and furniture were destroyed
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

Colonel Maitland of the British na- val air service jumped with u para chute from m aeroplnne 10000 feet in the air and landed safely dfteen minutes later.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
BRITAIN WORTH 13o BILLION.

Yearly Income of the Government Is
 $2o,ooo, 100000, Chancellor Says.
 The wealth of the British empire is S13O, ,OOO,OOO,O0O, Chancellor McKenna announced in the house of commons in reply to a question as to the nations resources. The yearly income of the government is ,OOO,OOO.OOO.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
BULGkRS HOLD U. S. DOCTORS

Attempts Are Made to Obtain the Re-
 lease Of Four Physicians.
 pr. Edward Stuart of Boston is try Ing through appeals to Bulgarian and American consulates in Europe to ob- tain the release from Uskub of four American physicians who remained there after the Bulgarian occupation They are Stanley <. Osborne. Charles E. Fox. Henry Plotz and George Bahr.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
SCHOOLGIRL IS A SUICIDE.
Haunted by PIaymates, She Ends Her
 Life With Bullet.

Gossip of her schoolmates drove ten year-old Ruth Fischer of Chicago to suicide. Ruth was adopted by MT. and Mrs. Emil Fischer when she was Il baby. MT. Fischer is a member of the school board.
 Ruth had been crying over the taunts of other children, inspired by their elders. that she did not know her own parents. At last she went out on the lawn with her daschund. Fritz, and shot herself.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

King Victor Emmanuel notified the American ambassador. Thomas Nelson Page. nt Rome. of his acceptance of an invitation to become patron of tho Italian branch of the American relief clearing house.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
KILLS THREE AND HIMSELF.

Father Calls Children From Mother and
 Poisons Them.
 George l.. Huffman. a rancher near Prairie City. and his three daughters. aged four, six and eight years. are dead from poison administered by the father. He called the children from their mother and gave each q capsule of quick acting poison. He then swaI- lowed one himself All died within few minutes. No cause is known for the crime
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
PASTORS FIGHT SUNDAY MUSIC
Stokowski, the Philadelphia Leader,
 Says He Will Not Yield.

clergymen of many denominations. the Philadelphia orchestra. under the lead ership of Leopold Stokowski. an nounced its determbination to carry out plan to give three free Sunday concerts for the benefit or, working men.
 The clergymen say the concerts will act as a wedge for an open Sunday.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Dublin Giant Wins Bout.

Jim Coffey, Dublin giant, at Madi son Square Garden, New York, knock ed out Gunboat Smith in the fourth round with an overland right swing on the Jaw.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

One hnndIed persons were drowned ny the washing away of n bridge over the Salso river. near LIcata. Sicily.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
Sing Sing Prison Inquiry.

The Westchester county CN. YJ grand jury has found more than thirty indictments Tor criminal deprayity of convicts detained in Sing Sing prison.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
What Folks Are Doing on tho Other
 Side of the Clobe.

Canadian government has romman- dcrrcd 2Rooo,0o0 bushels of grain for tho uSe of the allies.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
r. St. John Gaffney Home.

T. St. John Gaffney. derosed United States consul at Munich, Germany, has returned to this country and will fight for Vindication.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

William E. Bemis. vice president of the Standard oil company, is dead at Port Jervis, N. Y., aged fifty-one.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
ASSAIL HOUSEWIVES LEAGUE.
New Jersey Members Prefer Charges to
 New York Attorney General.

New York Attorney General.
 The New Jersey Housewives league. through Frank c. Mckinney an attor- ney, has asked the New York attorney general to authorize a hearing of charges involving the conduct of the business of the National Housewives league. of which Mrs. Julian Heath is president. The petitioners have been conducting an investigation.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

Now York court of appeals holds that until congress rnarts similar law the New York workmen's compensation a"t applies to all railroad workers in tho state.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

roroner's jury has hold four persons guilty of criminal negli'rrncp for death of twelve girls in the Diamond factory fire in Brooklyn. \. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

Dr Johannes Trojan, professor of philoso' 'hy in the University of Ros- tock. is dead in Germany. aged seven weight.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
LUSITANIA FARLEY HALTS.
Germany Insists That Indemnity Be
 Decided by The Hague.

Decided by The Hague.
 Insistence by Germany that the oues tion of liability for indemnity should be submitted to The Hague for abitra- tion has temporarily deadlocked the negotiations between Secretary of State Lansing and Ambassador von Bernstorff looking to a final settlement of the Lusitania controversy.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
NAMES NEW BOXING BOARD.
Governor Whitman Selects Up State
 Men as Commissioners.

Announcement of the appointment of Frank Dwyer of Geneva. Democrat. and John Franey of Albany, Repub lican, as members of the reorgapized New York athletic commission, which regulates boxing in the state, is made bv Governor Whitman.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
TOD SLOAN IS DEPORTED.
Once Famous Jockey Ran a GambIinc
 House In England.

Tod Sloan, once famous jockey, has been ~eported from England on the charge of operating a gambling house. Sloan left London at once for Liver pool, planning to board a liner for New York. A Frenchwoman, alleged to have been his partner, was deport. ed to France.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
FROM TIE SPORTING WORLD.
This and That In Amateur and Profes-
 sional Athletics.

'hts @H1 Ahdk lFl AFHakeuF ana FT0f@3-
 sional Athletics.
 Cornell defeated Penn at football, 24 to 9. Thanksgiving day. and Columbia won, IS to o. from Wesleyan.
 The annual six days bicycle race in Madison Square Garden. New York, begins at one minute after midnight next Monday morning.
 The big exhibition of the Empire Poultry association. attracting faneiers from all over the country. begins Dec ' at the Grand Central palace. New York.
 
 Jess Willard. heavyweight champion of the world will defend his title against Fred Fulton, the new sensation of the pugilistic Armament. in twen- ty round ring battle at New Orleans in the first week of March.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
JAIL FOR AUTO FATALITY.
Martin H. conroy Is Punished For Kill
 ina Watchman at Crossing.

Martin H. Conroy was sentenced to three months in Queens county (N. YJ jail for manslaughter in killing John r Joyce, a gateman employed by the Long Island railroad, who was run down by Conroy's automobile on Hampstead turnpike crossing on Sept O. Conroy is a Brooklyn contractor.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

A man with rabies raced through Pittsburgh streets and hit twenty per. sons before he was captured. He dicl a few hours later.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

Brand Whitlock. t'nitcd States min- iater to Belgium. Is back home with his wife on n months leave of ab- sence.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

Sir Allen William Young, arctic ex- plorer. Is dead in London, aged eighty five. He was navigating officer of the Fox in the successful expedition that found the records of the lost Franklin parties in 1S57-59.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
GENERAL NEVIS f'fnTS.
Happenings of interert In Various
 Parts of Our Country.

In Massachusetts the majority against woman suffrage w:.s l.E3IfS1. The vote Was. Yes, lO2.Glo: no, 2,ia. G02.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02

Professor Karl A. Langlotz. com poser of the famous Princeton song, "Old Nassau" is dead, aged eighty two. He was q member of the or chestra directed by Wagner at the playing of "Lohengrin" at Weimar for tho first time.
Connecticut western news., 1915-12-02
DEATHS OF NOTED PEOPLE.

Persons of Prominence Who Have Died
 In the Last Week. Bishop David H. Moore is dead at Cincinnati. O.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-19
MELVILLE SCHOOL ENDS
SUCCESSFUL YEAR

The Melville High School. under
w. C. perrault of 0pelousas, closed
a most successful session in the an
mails Of the school, on last Thurs
day night, when the annual COM
mencement exercises We're held,
The graduation class was COM
posed of Robert Gordon, v~aledicto-
rian, Clara Moody and George Toll
son Jones.
The following interesting pro-
gram was rendered: Invocation,
Rev. J. H. Montgomery; address
Col. A. T. Prescott, of Louisiana
State University, who was intro
dueed by DR.. L. J. Williams, former
mayor of Melville; presentation of
diplomas and medals, DR.. Joseph,
mayor Of Melville.
The interstate medal was award
ed to Miss Clara Moody and the
Tulane scholarship was captured
by Robert Gordon.
The Melville school is one Of the
finest in the parish and one in
which the people of the Atchafa-
laya town take great pride. The
Melville taxpayers have voted a
maintenance tax, in order that the
might be operated the re-
length of time.
Professor Perrault is very highly
thought of in Melville, where he
las succeeded in making that
one of the best conducted in
he state.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-19
We are authorized to announce
NJ CANInEToC
YOUR HEALTH
Don't Endanger 1t With Galomel.

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ed. For sale by Shute's Drugstore.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-19

IF I had only thought of it at
the time! When the baby bruised
her head, when Buster was stung
by wasps, when little Mary pinched
her hand in the door. when father
fell off the step-ladder and spraln-
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adv
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-19
Card of Thanks

Words are inadequate to
express our deep appreciation
and gratitude for the many
evidences of kindness and
sympathy extended to us in
the hour of trouble and sorrow
caused by the death Of our
dearly beloved Albert Lee Nc
Ginnis, by neighbors and
friends, and Boy Scouts and
Camp Fire Girls, and the
many beautiful floral offer
ings which they SO generous
" showered upon him may
wither and die, but the mem
ory Of the sentiments express
v-ill abide with us
until the end of our lives.
THE FAMILY.
Gpa1ousas, La, June Is, 1915.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-19

By virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale, issued out of the Honorable
Sixteenth Judicial District Court,
in and for the parish of st. Landry.
in the above entitled and num-
bered suit, and to me directed. !
have seized, and will offer for sale
at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door OF
the Court House Of st. Landry Par
ish, at Opelousas, La. on
SATURDAY, JULY 10th, 1915,
at Al o'clock a. M. the following
described property. to-Wlt:
A certain tract or parcel OF land
with all the buildings and improve
ments thereon, containing four hum
dred arpents and being the lower
portion of the plantation known as
the A. M. Milburn place and more
particularly as follows; on the
north by land Of W. Il. Mllpurn:
on the south by widow and heirs q
Louis Stage, deceased. on the east
by Bayou Boeuf and on the west Dy
land Of j. P. Sayant. Being the
same land acquired by mortgagor
partly from Catherine M. MIlburn,
wife of j. P. Savant on February
10th. 1904 in an act of partition be-
tween the heirs and which was
duly recorded in Mortgage BOOK
No. ~ pp. $40 and 3t8. also IN Con-
veyance Book d No. 4 DID. 266 and
267, and partly by mortgagor. from
the heirs in said act of partition OF
date Feb. 10th, 1904, said act OF par
tition is duly recorded in the
Clerks office Of the Parish OF ST.
Landry, La.
TERMS: Cash to pay and satisfy
the sum of seven thousand four
hundred and thirty three and DO
400 dollars, with interest at the rate
Of eight per cent per annum from
date Feb. 3, 1912, until paid.
M. L. SWORDS, Sheriff.
june 5 ct