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The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-11-22

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Z. Prudhomme
and family of Bermuda, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Dranguet on Monday.
Dr. jacobson came down from
Shreveport Saturday night to con-
duet the funeral services of MIR.
Joe Katie Sunday afternoon and
returned 10 his home on that
nights train.
Miss Mia Guardia came down
from Grand Cane where she is
teaching to spend the week end at
bone and brought with her Miss
Carr, who is member OF the same
faculty,
Messrs. Kranson and Sam
Friedman of Natchez. were among
| the business visitors, Tuesday.
Misses Vivian and Bernice
McNeeIy returned home last Sum
day evening after spending the
week end visiting IN Natchitoches.
Mrs. Chas. Green. their sister,
returned with them for weeks
visit to the home folks, and will
return to-day Saturday.
Chronicle.
Rain was welcomed here Sun /
day, as it fell slowly but steadily
for some few hours. and gave relief
to parched vegetation and re-
plenished cisterns in the surround
ing country.
The promotion of Major c. V.
Porter Jr. from Associate Judge
Advocate to Divisional Judge Ad-
vocate, will be learned with pleas
ure by his friends in Natchitoches,
who are interested in his career.
He has been changed from Charles
ton 5. g. to Camp Meade Mary
and, near Baltimore, and has for /
his assistant, Joseph A. Choate q
Jr., son OF Americas distinguished c
Mrs. /. Lucas returned from l
New Orleans Friday night very p
much improved by her stay in that { /
city. Her daughter, Miss Miriam, O
Who was in faithful attendance up a
IN her mother accompanied her n
ZONE.
That the Commercial Association 6 6
las at last secured good timer,
will be seen by their announce pc
1ent in this issue. M
L. A. Brown comes from New ~
orleans highly recommended as an 70
experienced workman and the gi
ditor will vouch for his ability as 81
he was lucky enough to secure ~ ~
is services at once, and gladly OF
estilies that he is skilled and of
eiiable workman. sp
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-11-22
Notice

The stockholders of The Merch-
ants snd Farmers Bank are hereby
notified that in pursuance of Art.
Six of the charter of said bank
that a general meeting of Stock
holders will be held IN the city of
Natchit6ches on Tuesday the 4th
day of December 1917, at the hour
of $50 P. NJ. for the purpose of
electing nine directors to serve for
the ensuing year and attend to any
other business, or matters con-
corning the bank. November 22nd
1917.
John H. Keyser,
Ut Acting Cashier.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-11-22

Housekeerers If you are in a
hurry for any staple or fancy gro
Gerry, fruits of all kinds Or any,
thing needed for breakfast, dinner
or supper, phone 293 and you will
have your order delivered atonce.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-11-22
Notice of Stockholders meeting.

Notice is hereby given that there
will be a meeting of the Stock
holders of the Crystal Ice & Bot
Ting Co., Ltd, at the Office of the
Company In the City of Natchi-
toches, La, at 5 o'clock P. NJ. on
Monday December 10th, 1917, for
the purpose of electing a Board of
Five Directors to Serve for the
ensuing year and to transact such
other business as may come before
them, as per Art. Five of the
Charter.
D. j. Cook,
Nov. 9th -ot Sect'y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
REPORTS THE FINANCE BILL
House Ways and Means Committee
Asks $1,000, e0o, 600 to Carry On
War With Germany.

Washington, April 1.-THE War
Financing Bill, providing for 5000
million dollars in bonds and 1900 mil
lion dollars in treasury certificates,
was unanimously reported for passage
today in the House by the ways and
means committee
Chairman Kitchin announced the bill
would be called up Friday for action.
The bill authorizes bond issue Of 5
billion dollars; provides that not to
exceed 8 billion dollars from the pro-
ceeds OF the bonds may be used in
extending credits to foreign govern
ments. The remaining billion dollars
is to be used at home. 1t also author
ICES an additional bond issue not to
exceed s63, 945, 46O to redeem the 8
per cent loan of 1908, maturing August
1, 1918. 1t takes in provision for other
bonds already authorized by law and
authorizes billion dollars in foreign
certificates of Indebtedness, to run
one year.
The report on the bill says the COM
mittee deems it advisable to author
ize the 5 billion dollar bond issue now
in order to enable our government TO
extend liberal credits and in order TO
provide Immediately ample funds TO
meet such expenditures as are author
lied for the national security and de-
fense''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
RAIDERS OFF THE COASTS
Government Receiving Many Reports
German Submarines and Commerce
Destroyers-None Is Confirmed.

Washington, April .14-Many re-
ports of German raiders and sub
marines lying in wait near American
ports to destroy commerce reached
the Navy Department today through
civilian channels, but official confirma-
ton was consistently lacking. Secre-
tary Daniels said the utmost vigilance
was being exercised, and although
hundreds of rumors had been investi
gated, no basis in fact had been found
for any.
The most persistent report was that
OF a German submarine in the South
Pacific.
No naval vessels or official agency,
however. has been able to confirm it.
Galveston, Tex, April 14.-Officers
of a Mallory Line steamer brought a
story here today that a German raider
was heading into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
MORE POWER TO PRESIDENT
House Bill Would Give Executive
Right to Take Over All Rail-
roads of. Country.

Washington, April 14.-Power for
the President to order railway Off
Gals to operate any part of their roll
ing stock in war time as he may see
fit without actually taking over rail
roads is given in the common carrier
regulation bill of last session reintro-
duced in amended form today by
Chairman Adamson of the House com
MERGE committee.
Provisions to permit the President
to control and operate all railroad,
telegraphs and telephone lines, to
draft their employees into the mill
tary service, to use the military in
protecting the operation of railway
lines and to increase the personal of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
from seven to eleven members are in.
cluded as in the previous bill.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
MAY TAKE OVER FOOD SUPPLY
Proposition Made to President to APP
point Commission to Handle En-
tire Problem for the Government

Washington, April 12.-Granting of
autocratic power to some branch of
the government to deal with the food
problem was proposed to President
Wilson today by Representative Lever
Of South Carolina, chairman of the
House committee on agriculture.
Mr.. Lever said drastic steps would
have to be taken to meet the serious
world shortage of food supply if Amer
lea is to feed her own people and aid
in providing for the wants of the En-
shortage of farm labor, declaring it
was a question for serious consider
alton whether men for work on the
farms should not be drafted just as
the administration plans to conscript
soldiers for the army.
No definite legislation has been
framed, but the agriculture committee
to get the Presidents view that Mr..
Lever called. The National Agricdl-
tural Society, at a patriotic conTen-
ton here yesterday, formally approved
a plan for the creation of a federal
bureau to control food production and
distribution and fix prices.
Among the possible ways of increas-
ing the food supply suggested by Mr..
Lever was to close down distilleries
whisky and other intoxicants. He said
over six hundred million bushels Of
grain are used annually in this way.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS


Either prohibition, Nationwide and
complete, or severe restrictions on
the outputs of breweries and distil-
leries during the period of the war
will be brought to the front before
Congress shortly as a war measure.
The Greek steamer Nestos, with
cargo of wheat for the relief of the
suffering Greeks, due to the blockade,
has been torpedoed and sunk. thus de-
priying the Greeks OF scant Injuries
promised for the Eastertide. The Ger
mans had been informed officially Of
the mission of the ship
Editors Of agricultural papers who
conferred at st. Louis with Secretary
of Agriculture Houston as to methods
Of increasing the Nations food sup
ply, adopted resolutions calling on the
farmers OF the country to bend every
energy to the production OF the great
est possible crop this summer
Two hundred persons have been
killed and wounded in rioting at AK
La Chapelle, according to adTices re-
ceived by the Nieuwe Amsterdamsche
Courant. The town hall in the city
was said to have been set afire.
Reuters Rio Janeiro correspon-
dent announces that Brazil has sew
cred relations with Germany. Brazil
ian interests in Germany win be taken
over by Switzerland Argentina is ex-
pected to take the same action within
the next few days.
Fred Schaeffer, = tenant farmer.
residing ten miles vest OF MuIhan,
has been arrested by government
agents. Schasffer, if Is said. came
TO Oklahoma two years $50 from
Bremen. He is charged with 7ilffysng
President Wfsoa-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
SPECIALISTS TO HELP NATION
Chemists and Pharmacists at the State
University Have Offered Their
Services 70 President.

The department of chemistry and
the school of pharmacy in the Uni
versity of Kansas have joined in a
letter to Washington offering their
services in whatever manner the gov
eminent may see fit to call on them.
Nineteen members of the chemistry
department faculty, experts in vari-
Gus branches of chemistry, metal
lurgy, food, water and oil analysis and
in sanitation work, are included in the
volunteers. The letter suggests that
the University of Kansas is particu-
larry we'll equipped to test supplies of
flour, cement, speIter and oil, huge
items the government will draw from
the Kansas territory.
Dean R. F. Baker CT the school of
engineering of the university has
called meeting of the engineering
faculty to consider what way its
members best may serve the Nation.
DIR. Frank Strong. chancellor, has
asked the heads of all schools of the
university to take this action.
Four separate military units will be
the immediate offering of the city of
lola to Uncle Sam in his fight with
Germany. Two companies, the lola
signal corps and Supply Company A
are ready for service now, and two
muster rolls of q machine gun COM
pany, to be commanded by W. E.
Payton, an lola newspaper man, and
a high school corps, to be command
ed by DR.. R. o. Christian, will be COM
pleted.
The signal corps is commanded by
Captain W. L. Cox and was in service
on the border during the trouble with
Mexico. Members of the supply COM
pany are men who have had military
training and are under the command
of Captain Frank L. Travis
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
AMERICAN FLAG IN BATTLE
Stars and Stripes Carried by Young
Texan in Attack on Vimy
Ridge in France.

Ottawa, April 1.-THE Stars and
Stripes went into battle for the first
time in the world war during the re-
cent Entente stornling CT Vimy Ridge,
in France, according to an unofficial
dispatch received here today from
Canadian army headquarters in Eu-
rope.
ITO a young Texan who came to
Ontario to enlist, and who is now lying
wounded in the hospital" the dis
patch reads, belongs the honor Of
first carrying the American flag into
battle in the European war, into which
the United States. as a beIligerent, has
Just entered. He went up TO the as
sault at the LUIS carrying the Stars
and Stripes on his bayonet and fell
thus"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
THE BIG FOOD DRIVE BEGINS
Task of Supplying the Nation Taken
Up Enthusiastically BY the
Middle West

Chicago, April 13.-The greatest
food drive" in the history Of the
country is On over the Middle West
today. Conservation OF present sup
plies and speeding up" OF production
is the plan adopted by governors OF
q dozen states
With the decision OF the administra-
ton that feeding the Allies was the
first duty, the energies Of the Central
States-the bread basket OF the Ma
tion-were directed from recruiting
10 extracting from the soil one Of the
greatest crops Of all time.
Throughout the North Central
States. Michigan, Wisconsin and pOr-
tions Of Iowa and Illinois, greatest
attention was being paid TO the potato
situation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
BRITISH SMASH ON
IN SRTEOF STORM
Gen. Haig's Forces Continue to
Capture German Positions
North of ArraS.
AIRPLAHES STILL KEPT BUSY
Seize Every Opportunity to Hsrrass
German Troops-Take Prisoners
From Seven Divisions.

London, April 13.@The British
forces in France southeast OF Arras
today captured the villages of Wan
court and Heninel and adjoining po-
sitions. and also made progress north
OF the Scarpe river and in the last
part of the Vimy Ridge held by the
Germans, according to the official
communication issued tonight. The
communication says:
South of the Arras-Cambrai Road
our troops this afternoon stormed the
villages Of Heninel and Wancourt,
with their adjoining defenses. and
crossed the Cojeul river and occupied
the heights on the eastern bank
Prisoners From Seven Divisions.
Further progress also was made
north of the Scarpe and on the last
Vimy Ridge. Our gains reported this
morning north OF Vimy Ridge have.
been secured and our positions
strengthened.
In the fighting Monday and Tues
day we captured prisoners from all
the infantry regiments of six Ger
man divisions, namely, the Seventh
Reserve Division. First Bayarian Re
serve Division, Fourteenth Bavarian
Division, Eleventh Division, Seven
teenth Reserve Division and Eigh-
teenth Reserve Division The number
Of prisoners from each of these diTis-
ions exceeds one thousand
AirpIanes Still Busy.
"In spite of bad weather our air
planes were active again yesterday.
They seized every opportunity TO ha-
rass the hostile troops with machine
gun fire. In one Of the short fine peri
DDS, one of our naval squadrons, while
escorting British bombing machines,
was attacked by a number of hostile
airplanes. Without suffering any loss
itself it destroyed three attacking ma
chimes and drove down three others
in damaged condition"
Berlin, April Is (Eia London) The
official communication issued by the
war office tonight says:
Strong English attacks near Sou
chez and thrusts near Fampoux failed.
Lively artillery activity continued
near st. Quentin and there was con-
siderable firing between scissors and
Reims"
London, April 1.-THE British
eHCP% CeSb VI AAAoS NOAo-s NuAACA NAc
northern pivot Of the famous Hinden-
burg line and large forces OF British
troops tonight were pressing far be-
yond the top Of that German barrier,
which was prepared after endless
months Of labor.
The manner in which the British
have advanced over scores OF German
trenches, which the Germans must
have believed would protect them in
/ definitely, has been little short Of mi
raculous.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
EXPLOSION A PART OF PLOT
Officials of Chester Munition Factory
Believe -conspirators Expect to
Spread Terrorism Here.

Chester, Pa, April 13-After extend
ed investigation, company officials to-
day reaffirmed their belief that an
ingenious plan, conceived by enemy
plotters, was the cause of the disas-
trous explosions Tuesday at the plant
OF the Eddystone Ammunition Corpor-
alton, near here. They assert their
conviction that the disaster was per-
petrated deliberately as part of cam
paign of terrorism.
Police investigations Of the probable
causes have developed nothing tangi-
BILE, police officials now devoting them
selves to running down the myriad
"clews" and rumors that have flour
ished since the disaster. Operatives
Of the Department of Justice are max
ing no statement, pursuant to the pol
icy of their department since the
United States entered the world war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
MANY DEAD n BIG EXPLOSION
More Than 100 Killed and as Many
Others Injured When Munition
Plant Blows Up.

Chester. Pa, April 11-One hundred
and twelve persons. most of them
women and girls, are known to have
lost their lives and 121 were injured
by a series of terrific explosions to-
day in the shrapneI building of the
Eddystone Ammunition Corporation at
Eddystone, one mile from this city.
Many of the injured were mortally
hurt and it is feared the final death
list viii reach $50. while others prob
ably viii be MANNED for life.
How any of the 800 or more en-
ployes in the building in which were
stored approximately 10000 shells es-
capped is almost beyond conception, as
there was scarcely a fragment of the
structure left intact Fire added TO
the horror and most of the bodies were
so badly charred that Identification
was impossible. In the absence of
any official statement many theories
as to the cause Of the disaster, one of
the worst ever experienced in this Sec
ton, were advanced Rumors of plots
and arrests of persons, both inside
and outside the plant. were numerous,
but all lacked confirmation
Twenty Philadelphia detectives were
sent to Eddystone soon after the ex-
plosion on rumor that it was the re-
suit of a plot Later they reported
they had learned from officials Of the
corporation who made an inyestiga-
ton, that a quantity of shrapnel had
been placed near a radiator and the
heat might easily have exploded it.
Their opinion is that the explosion
was purely accidental and they scout
suggestions of plot. No arrests have
been made.
An official Of the corporation to-
night declared that at no time did he
believe there was more than half a
ton of powder in the building at one
time and this never was in bulk. The
powder was kept in magazine on the
banks of the creek this official said,
land was carried to the building in
cans that hold about two gallons.
From these cans it would be distrib-
uted TO the workers who used gauges
to fill the shrapneI shells. So far as
we have been able to learn, there were
only three explosions. Two OF these
were comparatively light, but the third
was terrific, so powerful that boat
house $50 yards away was demolished u
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
MAY BE TURNING
POINT OF The war
British Success in Arras Battle
Believed in London to be
Far Reaching.
HIHOENBURGS PLANS UPSET
New Positions of Germans Are Being
Fast Swept Away-captured
166 Guns.

London, April 1.-THE far-reaching
important and sweeping success of the
battle of Arras is being revealed in
successive chapters to the British pub
lie, which hardly realizes yet that it
is the most effectual and decisive
event to the credit Of tie British army
during the war. 1t may well rank
with the battle of the Marine, which
turned back the German invasion di
rected against Paris, and may prove
the turning point of the whole war in
the west and change the balance Of
the world war.
1865 Guns Captured.
Field Marshal Haig's bulletin to
night giving the number of guns cap
tured as 166 and the aggregate of
prisoners as 5000 and the details of
new territory gained for France from
the invader marks the battle Of Arras
as a great victory. But the signif1-
cant statement from Field Marshal
Haig is that the British are astride
the Hindenburg line.
The famous Hindenburg line had
been proclaimed by its author as well
as by German experts as a sort of
great wall of China that would be as
impregnab1e to assaults as that one
of the seven wonders of the world,
which was so long an adamant barrier
to protect an ancient Chinese dyn-
asty.
German Faith Hypnotized British.
German experts have been even
firmer in their faith in Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg's eighth wonder of
the world than they were a few
months ago that Vimy ridge was IN
cOnQuerable.
The German belief in the Won Hin
denburg Buddha has even served to
hypnotic part of the British public
and some prominent writer's who have
been disposed to accept one German
theory expounded in German papers
that everything that has occurred on
the western front has gone according
to Won Hindenburg's plans as fore
seen by him.
A number of European military
writer's have taken the view that the
Hindenburg line was a myth painted
to hearten the German people. But
the British general staff for some
time has known that there is a def
mite Hindenburg line upon which the
German staff was basing its defense
and has known exactly where that
line was drawn.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
Ronb caused chester pisaster.

Chester, Pa, April ia high Off
ciaI OF the Eddystone Ammunition
Corporation placed the blame Of yes
terday's disastrous explosion, the
worst in the history Of the state, On
a disIoyaI employe who is thought to
have sacrificed his life with the 116
known dead, most Of whom were girls
and young women This amazing de-
velopment late today spurred on the
Investigations OF the catastrophe al
ready under way. Numerous suspect
ed persons were rounded up here, in
Philadelphia, In Villa Nova, Pa, and
Camden, n. J.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
Germans Suppress suIaars.

London, April 12--Rioting In several
towns in Bulgaria Is reported in Reu-
ter dispatch from the French head
quarters on the Macedonia front In
Sofia German cavalry is said TO have
charged the rioters. oeeasioning many
causualties.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
Prepare Advanee IN EreIoht.

Washington, April 11.-Immediate
increase In the general freight rates
are being prepared today as a result
OF a special conference between the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
representatives Of the railroads OF the
country, called to consider urgent
needs Of the railroads.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
U. S. e. Avoid AIIiance.
Nin PIots in cuatemala

Guatemala City, Guatemala, April
law has been declared in
Guatemala The action was taken on
information of disturbances along the
Mexican and Salvadorean frontiers,
supposed to have been created with
German assistance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
Catch Escaped Train Bandit.

Charlotte, N c., April 13.-H. Gray
webb. sentenced in West Virginia 10
twenty-five years for train robbery,
who escaped April from train In
which federal officers were taking
him to the Atlanta federal prison. WAS
captured today at Baden, n G
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
To Greet AIIr Commissions

Washington, April 14.-PIans for the
reception and entertainment of the
French and British commissions ex-
pected-here soon already have been
begun. Every honor possible will be
accorded them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21

New York, April 1S.-Indietments
AGAINST seven news print paper manu-
facturers were returned this afternoon
by the special federal grand jury
which has been Investigating alleged
conspiracy to boost prices IN violation
Of the Sherman Antitrust Law
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
Wounded German Prince Dies

Amsterdam. April 11.-BerIin today
announced official confirmation of the
death of Prince Frederick Karl, an
aviator, reported missing several
weeks ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
coethsIs to Build the Sims.

Washington. April 14.-Maj. Gen
George Goethals will accede to Presi-
dent Wilson's request that he take
general charge of the construction of
wooden ships planned by the shipping
board to carry supplies to the Entente
Allies.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
a Move Aoainst HoIIwea.

Amsterdam, April IA dispatch
from Berlin today says the Deutsch
VoIks Zeitung reports that the con
serTatives are endeayoring to raise
large fund to be spent IN operating
urging the removal Of
Bethmann-HolIweg
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-04-21
Russia TO Bun rrains Here.

Petrograd, April 1.-THE Russian
provisional government has decided 20
place a contract in the United States
for forty thousand railway cars and
two thousand locomotives, 10 be de-
ivered by July, 1918.