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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Labor Favors Many Chances.

San Francisco, Cal.-The American
Federation of Labor, acting upon a
report of the executive committee
went on record Tuesday as favoring
the following propositions: Govern
ment ownership of Mt Vernon, Va,
and the Thomas Jefferson home at
Monticello, Va The eight-hour day
Tor all government employees. Govern
ment manufacture of stamped en-
Velopes Better pay for postoffice
clerks and the elimination of night
work in the postoffice as far as DOS
sibie. A government bureau of safety
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
The Deformed Child incident

Chlcago' lll.-The Bollinger baby, a
defective mite whose mother on nro.
lesslonal advice decided it should not
undergo an operation which probably
would save its life, died Wednesday at
'ne German-Amedcan hospital. The
principal physical deformities of the
Daoy were the closure of the internal
Qaet, paralysis of the nerves Of the
rlght side Of the face, the absence of
ctls right ear, blindness of one eye. and
malformation of its shoulders DR.
halselden, who officiated at the birth
noted the absence of a neck The
Drain ne found to be only slightly sub
normal, but the cranial nerves were
absent or undeveloped. !.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
TO AID GERMAN CIVILIANS
PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
Committee at New York Becomes Ac-
tive Toward End That Shipments
Be Made to Germany.

New York.-An organized move
ment to aid the civilian population
OF Germany and Austria by sending
Iood from the United States was
launched Wednesday by a "citizens'
committee for food shipment" consist
Ing OF forty-five physicians, clergymen
and prominent women. The organiza-
ton has provided for branch commit
lees throughout the country DR.. H.
j. wolf is chairman of the committee,
which, in an announcement, says:
Germany has for many years de-
pended upon US for large quantities of
lard and wheat and is the principal
purchaser of our cotton seed meal for
the support of her vast herds of cattle
The shutting off of our exports of cot
ton seed meal Curtailed the milk SUD.
ply and created problems in the feed
ing of children that are now becoming
increasingly acute. Our government
mas declared that the present English
blockade is ineffective, illegal and in.
defensible,' and that it is entirely with
IN the rights of any citizen of the
United States to deal with civilian
Germans in foodstuffs, and these
rights are not merely privileges Our
obligations to Germany as a customer
IN the past and the future, and in
Vulnerable ties of relationship and
impose a duty upon US to
I'VE up to our rights, because ship
nents of food1tuffs, while a matter of
profitable commerce for US, may be-
'ome to many of our friends a matter
If life and death"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Minnesota Cow is chamnion

Minneapolis, MINI. = The worlds
championship for the production of
butter fat by single cow in year
has been won by Duchess skylark
ormsby, Holstein-Friesian, accord.
ing to an announcement made Satur.
day. The COW produced a total of
b2O5,O91 pounds of butter fat; gave
S"l0II pounds of milk in the year;
gave 558.1 pounds of milk and 3436
pounds of butter in seven days; main.
tanned an average butter fat record of
4'02 per cent; ate less than twenty
pounds of grain day; consumed ONLY
grams within practical reach Of every
GARY man and remained in perfect
health throughout the test period.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
But lrishman, From u.
Families. Was Nstn .,rl
eSted in convs,,.,t'lI |

do9.n ss and attractive i've = !
a a., on the street ear' =, =
IN IN an "a, animated discus s,.'9
seq. behind them sat ) y.
lalnerIy.Iooking Irishn,os s
nap. Finally one inonI..
other: 'uqaIi8 /
How many childre, h.,
twenty-five" she r re- I,,'a'
many have your 'p'l'' Z
the first. 1''''esi' I
AT this point the lri,,,.,I
t "loe awake with astonisIn.a
forward in his seat. and = !
1ormality, inquired in 4 hwy ia
"hat part Of ireland 4 i
come from?'-Nev w., 4 y y
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Booker T. Washington Is Dead,

Tuskegee, Ala.-Booker T. Washing
ton' the noted negro educator and
founder of Tuskegee Institute died
OF nervous breakdown Sunday at his
nome IN Tuskegee, four hours after
his arrival from New York. He real.
lied the end was near and was deter.
mined to make the long trip South to
bear out his oft-expressed statement
that ne had been born in the South
nave lived all my life in the South and
expect to die and be buried in the
South"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY
Route IS DECIDED UPON
New Road Will Run From WINNIPEG
to New Orleans, and Texas and Ok
lahoma Will Be Traversed.

New Orleans, LATHE board of di
rectors Of the Jefferson Highway AS
ISOLATION Tuesday selected a tentative
route through Louisiana, Texas, Ok
Iahoma, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota
for the proposed international high,
way from New Orleans to Winnipeg,
Canada
The route selected, which it was an
nounced was subject to minor changes,
passes through Baton Rouge, AIexan.
| dria and Shreveport, La: Denison,
Texas; Muskogee, Okla; Joplin, Kan
sas City and st. Joseph, Mo; Des
Moines, Iowa; St Paul and Minneap-
Oils, Mimi, and thence to Winnipeg.
The route through Texas and Okla
homa, it was said, would include the
Katy highway and from Kansas CITY
to st. Paul the interstate trail.
The route selected virtually was a
compromise between several routes
suggested by the delegates. The Okla
hOma delegation insisted upon recoE-
milton and declared that to award to
their state a link of the highway
would be appropriate, inasmuch as Ok
!.ahoma today was completing the
eighth anniversary of statehood. The
route Of Texas and Oklahoma was sub
stituted for that suggested through
Arkansas, and the route through Mis-
souri,, Iowa and Minnesota for that ad-
yocated through Kansas, Nebraska
and North and South Dakota.
T. N. Meredith, Des Moines, Iowa.
originator of the Jefferson highway
movement, was elected president of |
the organization by reclamation, and |
the board Of directors elected N. Fink,
Muskogee, Okla, vice president; Ed
ward e. F. Swinney, Kansas City,
.reasurer and Walter Parker, New
orleans, geGoIvl secretary. The next
meeting Of the board will be held in
Kansas City at the call of the presi-
lent.
The vice presidents elected we're:
louisiana, L. E. Lyons, Jr.; Oklahoma,
Dr. Oliver Bagby; Arkansas, s. NJ.
hickey; Kansas, R. S. Herman; Ne
'raska; R. K Brown; Missouri, ]. M.
1aloney; Iowa, P H. Polk; Texas,
VFN. King.
The board of directors included the
ice presidents and three additional
lembers from each state, as follows: {
Louisiana-W E. Atkinson, New Or
cans; ]. T. Bullan, Shreveport; Alex ]
roughly, Jr., Baton Rouge, I
Oklahoma-E N. Fink, Muskogee;
/. W. Dock, McAlester; W. F: Dodd.
addo. S
Arkansas-George D. Locke, Rog-
IS; j. NJ. Putnam, Fayetteville; Geo. a
lngle, Fort Smith.
.Texas-W. N. Harrison, Greenv1lle; t
=, o. Brackep, GreenyiIle; B. x. a
oghlan, College Station. Il
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
WHY "ANURrn,,
IS AN INSURANCE AGAINST snnHs
Sufferers from Backache, Rheumatism and vit,m,

Before an Insurance Company will
take a risk on your life the examining
physician will test the urine and re-
port whether you are a good risk.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizzy spells, or the twinges
and pains Of lumbagO, rheumatism and
govt. The urine is often cloudy, full
of sediment; channels often get sore
and sleep is disturbed two or three
times night. This is the time you
should consult some physician Of wide
experience-such as DR.. Pierce, Of the
Inyalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y. Send him 10 cents for
sample package of his new discovery
"Anuric." Write him your symptoms
and send a sample Of urine for test.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
TEXAS FEDERATION or
WIOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
Meeting Was One of Great Achieve
ments for Good-Officers Elected;
Resolutions Adopted.

Brentwood, Tex.-After electing of
Ulcers for the ensuing two-year term
the Texas Federation OF Women's
Clubs adjourned Friday after four
days session. The meeting place fo1
next year will be selected by the exc,
cutiye board, Sherman and Port Ar,
thur having sent invitations for the
convention. The officers elected are
as follows:
Mrs. Frederick Fleming of Dallas,
president; Mrs. NJ. Nettie Curry Of
Brenham, vice president at large; Mrs
A. z. Ayerili Of FL Paso, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. A. B. Griffith of Dallas,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. S. H.
Burnside of Wichita Falls, treasurer;
Mrs. G. R. Scott of Corpus Christi,
auditor.
Among the important achievements
OF the Brownwood convention was the
organization Of the Texas Federation
OF Musical Clubs, following the amend
ment to the constitution Of the Texas
Federation of Women's Clubs, The
new federation is to have a separate
organization. The new federation was
perfected with the adoption OF a con.
stltution and bylaws.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That the Texas Fedora
ton Of Womens Clubs, in convention
assembled, request every delegate to
The biennial to pledge herself to have
one costume of white cotton cloth
woven and made in Texas, that shall
be worn uniformly for at least one ses-
sion Of the biennial.
Whereas, Tho State of Texas is one
u the five States having no State
highway engineer, and since it is most
important to have uniform construc-
ION and maintenance of roads, there
ore be it
Resolved, That the Texas Fedora
ion of WCmen's Clubs pledges its CO.
peration with the Texas Library AS
through the library extern
ion committee of the federation and l
he library extension committee Of the I
ssociation. Y
Resolved, That the federation
earthly indorse the action of Mrs
larry Hunt Affleck in advocating the
tate ownership of the scored spot
here the Texas republic was born,
Washington, on the Brazos.
Resolved, That we cooperate in t,
skiing that the newspapers use pic. fl
res Of the nature of those submitted O
Mr.. Percy Moore for the so-called h
nny pages of the Sunday supple h
ent." IL
A resolution pledging the federation n
work for the appointment of a b
ate motion picture censor was re- Il
rred to the executive committee HI
ais resolution was inspired by e.
per written by Mrs. F. w. Vaughn s.
Fort Worth, discussing the influ-
CO OF the motion picture upon the
me and the school life state.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
The LIBERTY BELL
PASSES THROUGH Texas
Stops Were Made With the Historic
Relic in Many Texas Towns.
Thousands Greet 1t.

me Liberty Bell made it's first and
PROBABLY last visit to Texas this week
ana many Texans had an opportunity
10 see the famous relic, as it stopped
IN many Texas towns. School chill
dren in towns visited by the bell be-
uecked the proclaimer of Liberty with
flowers while short ceremonies were
held 1t has been announced that the
DELL many never again be allowed to
come so far away from its place in
independence Hall, Philadelphia, due
10 Its antiquity and the fact that it
already is cracked.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Railroad Sold at Auction

New Orleans, lathe New Or.
leans Texas & Mexico railroad, a sub
sidlary OF the st. Louis G San Fran.
CISCO system, was sold at public anc.
tlon Monday by order of Judge Rufus
Foster of the federal district court
Inc road was bought in for 5000 o0o
by Walter L. Taylor, representing tho
bondholders Of the road.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Pro Election pecreed Null

Fort Lavaca, Tex-On account of
an error in .he wording Of The notice
OF election, Judge s. j. Styles declared
The prohibition election of October -
which resulted in a prohibition vic.
tory IN the county by one vote, null
and void, and the commissioners court
was instructed to order a new cleo.
ton. 0
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Veterans Close cnnuan.iA.

New Orleans, La.-Lake Charles
was chosen as the next meeting place
OF the Louisiana division, United Con.
federate Veterans, Friday, and General
A. 3. Booth was again elected com
mander. 0U
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Great Britain viii RECOGNIZE csrr,,,,

"ashlngton.-Great Britain has an.
enorlzed Charge Hohler of the British,
legation in the City of Mexico to ay
tend recognition to the de facto eov
eminent upon his return to his most
from the United States pO''
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
MethOdlsts' Close Conference.

Longview, Textile Texas Confer.
enee of the Methodist EpiscopaI
Church, South, closed it's seventy-sixtb
annual session Monday. Lufkin was
selected as the place for holding the
next annual session.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26

"4@ 5"5ie"'S is has a, taught 's.l. a.s
in ,d5issolving' u up3G most os:, poss I
harmless 5sSs and besides IS de-, 3D., ! !
properties, for il 'I nl \
o0 Dug :" cl e hss'th J, c coa5ss
s ss4 geSnIssl Of the i bioo5. cl..
&S regulating blood 'p p,a..
f tS d !, regular insursrn,osa' ISSUE !
I Lor al! big meat ea tlcs api
t deposit Iime,salts i in "a add
8 the druggist for %A N Och q
Fierce err in 5O.cent n Dss5l n5
DR.. Pierce's rpsacsage |
makes, makes weak woman oprsl'' NJ
1 women well, no aleu-; alcosa, '1ql
lets or liquid. 'Op0' SI
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
School Tax Election Carrie.

; austin Textile election for in,
creasing. the Austin school tax from
50 l-Sc to 45c on the 500 valuation
which was held Friday, carried by .
vote of 1,O19 against 423.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
May Need /,

MY boy writes me tb,t !.
back on the college fOotb,n Y
Glad to hear it. By d. J. !.
got a brother-in.law Win - -. \
medicine in that town !.
you his card" I
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Fl Paso First Texas Town Visited,

FL Paso, Tex.-Fifty thousand peo-
PIE from the city and Southwest saw
the liberty bell Monday. Crowds came
IN from the Panhandle and from all
the surrounding towns not visited by
'ne relic. Five thousand troops
guarded the bell and five batteries Of
aFtiiiefy fired salute of thirteen
guns for it when it arrived from Los
angeles. The massed band and chorus
OF 6VO sang and played patriotic airs
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Georgia Passes LIQUOR Bill

:, Atlanta Ga.-The lower house o,
lne Georgia legislature Friday passed
a OH to prohibit the manufacture or
sale OF liquor in Georgia. The hin
had passed the state senate
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
Mrs. Margaret K. Armour Dead

Kansas City, Mo-Mrs. Margaret K.
armour widow of S. B. Armour foun.
der OF the Kansas City packing plant
:. armour & Co., died Thursday, AGED
50 years, "9"1
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26

When a man tells you !,
ought to run your busino,, y
a look at the way he !, NJ. ]
own, Jug
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-11-26
High Score.

81 was out bowling last night. Had
a great time"
What was your scorer"
Fifteen beers and six highballs."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10
annoyance as it was in 1912.

annoyance as it was in 1872.
We all know of the glorious work
of David Porter during the war Of 1912
in the Essex He created fleet out
of his squadron of prizes and his sub
ordinates gladly called him commo-
dore and recognized his well earned
right to broad pennant. Yet, to use
the language of the time, Mr.. Thomp-
son, the secretary of the navy, issued
an order which "unshipped his stars
and degraded his title" when Porter
came ashore There was nothing last
ing in the brevet of commodore, and
the flag became memory rather than
a lasting emblem of gallant service
that had justified it when afloat and
aface with the perils Of war.
There was lack Of harmony in the
practice OF carrying these symbols Of
flag rank, and this led Isaac Toucey.
when secretary Of the navy, to pre-
scribe in 1858: 1T is hereby ordered
that in lieu Of the broad pennant now
worn by flag officers in command OF
squadrons they shall wear plain hue
flag OF dimensions proportionate to tae
different classes of vessels prescribed
for the jack Flag officers whosn
date Of commission as captain Is over
twenty years shall wear it at the fore;
! all others 1t the mizzen.''
The incorrectness Of hosting a rear
| admiral's flag at the main instead Of
! at the mizzen, where the long estab-
lished usage of other naval powers
had placed 1t, soon became apparent.
| and at the instance Of Richard H.
Dana, then in congress, the position
OF the flag was made agreeable to
general custom without regard to the
rear admirars seniority. AS result
Farragut lowered his flag from the
main and raised it at the mizzen,
where a rear admiral's flag should fly
Outwardly this seemed like a reduc-
ton in his dignity.
| In 1866 a distinctive flag apart from
its position on the ship was ordered
for him and then for the first time
appeared the four white stars in the
center forming a diamond. At the
same time the vice-admiral acquired
three stars. the rear admiral two and
the commodore's broad pennant was
entitled to one, the erstwhile central
big star of days gone by when that
grade displayed whole constellation.
Admiral Farragut first hoisted his
four starred flag on the frigate Frank.
lin In June of 1867, and at the same
time a salute Of seventeen guns was
fired.
All went well in this somewhat
touchy matter until 1869, and then
trouble arose over a departmental or
der. At that time the Union Jack dis
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10
Send Troops $4,000 Razors.

Referring to his previous appeal
made at the request of the war office
for spare raZOrs for the use of our
soldiers at the front. w. II. Ellis, the
master cutler, writing from Cutters
hall. Sheffield, thanks the public for
the generous response made, forty-tWo
thousand raZOrs having been sent in,
which, repaired and set by d staff en-
gagged for the purpose, have been for
warded to the front. But further sup
plies are urgently needed, and Mr..
Ellis begs everyone who possesses
even one or two disused razors to
send them in as soon as possible
London Globe
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10

played at the mainmast truck was
declared the official emblem of the
secretary of the navy. Having thus
taken the union out of the ensign,
apparently in a spirit Of sentimental
economy It was further ordered that
the remaining stripes or field of Old
Glory should do duty as symbol OF
flag rank.
Accordingly, the admiral's flag be-
came a rectilinear affair Of thirteen
horizontal stripes, alternate red and
white. to be worn at the main. inc
vice admiral was to carry the same
flag flown at the fore, while the rear
admiral was to have this badge car
ried at the mizzen. Farragut was bit
terly opposed to the change and. IN
fact, never consented to 1t.
When David Dixon Porter upon the
death of Farragut became admiral OF
the navy he inherited the striped flag
which his predecessor had repud1ated.
and for six years 1t was displayed
upon various occasions, but the
symbol was not permanently estab-
ushed because in 1876 there was
I change. For various reasons, among
them past usage and service and for
the convenience of distinguishing the
| order of seniority of officers Of the
same grade, the secretary OF the navy
restored the blue emblem OF flag rank.
Porter died early in 1891, and for
trifle more than eight years the Ameri'
can navy was without an officer OF the
rank of full admiral. 1t was revived
in March Of 1899 as reward for
| Ceoree Dewey's services In the memo
rable battle of Manila Bay, and as his
old master in the art of war, Farra-
gut loved the blue flag with Its four
stars so this token OF pre-eminent
rank in the naval service was chosen
by Dewey.
Agreeably to the last naval ap-
nropriation bill, Secretary Daniels
designated as the three fleet COM
manders who will share with Admiral
Dewey the right to fly the admirars
remnant Frank Friday Fletcher. COM
handing the Atlantic fleet; Thomas
H Howard, commanding the Pacific
feet and Walter c. Cowles, command
ing the Asiatic fleet.
Should any one Of them be af1oat
in the presence Of Admiral Dewey,
then the newly made admiral wnSld
carry a red flag with four stars. Ad-
miral Dewey retaining his flag OF blue.
chouId nv any chance the Atlantic and
Pacific fleets be assembled on either OF
our coasts and Admiral Dewey review
them the latter would show his blue
flag and his juniors the red and tie
white flag with four stars. seniority
determining the color.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10

We'll. Jane, dtar said Smith,.
u see that tha' I,5t.T milliner up o,
vain street mas ]''"@a the ants since
you snftrasette5 adopted the 4s-cen,
hat"
"Oh, we'll what II she has" ro,,..
ed Mrs sn''LheFs. Nobody's sur
prised at that. She always w..
trimmer"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10
Approaching a Reform.

Has Crimson Gulch adopted proht
bition?"
No" replied Broncho Bob. But
IT'S on the way. Sos to bring it
around gradual, the Judge has made a
rule that any man who draws gun
on another will have to quit drinking
You'd be SURPRISED to see how nice
and orderly the old place is gettin' to
be-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10
A Fake.

Yes" said Audrey, Il spent the en-.
tire evening selling him that he had
terrible reputation for kissing girls
against their Will"
And what did he do%'
He sat there like bOoby and de-
MED 1t '"-AnswerS.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10
The end and Aim.

"The British must have been very
much surprised when the Germans
first let loose those poisonous gas
bombs at them"
Surprised Why, it fairly took
their breath away.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10
Getting Even.

II suppose you'll soon be closing
your theater for the summer
Not on your life," said the man
agef. I'm gCing to turn 1t into q
moving picture house and try to gat
back some of the money | lost last
winter"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10

OR the first time in the
history of the United
States navy we have
four flag officers OF the
full rank of admiral
and the dignity of
that branch of the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10
Economical,

"You always seem to have money,
Jack How do you manage it,
Well" said Jack, jingling the loose
coins in his pocket, Il live at home
with the old man f. 0. b."
What do you mean by f. O. b."
Doesn't that stand for free on
board?"