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The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-16
American Sports Coats in AustraIis

Commercial Agent Stanhope Sans
reports that the American sports coat
is winning favor in Australia. Many of
the best stores carry them in stock,
and one of the leading Melbourne shops
makes a special feature of these coats
in it's advertising.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-16
pan.Ameriean University Proposed.

The national assembly of Panama
has authorized the executive to make
efforts to interest the countries of
North and South America in the foun-
dation of a Pan-American university in
the city of Panama, Uncle Sam reports.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-16

Nineteen presidents of the United
States were lawyers. Only II were col
lege men.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-06-16


For month past, but especially
since June 1, the airplanes on this
front have been indefatigably at work
during every possible flying hour.
They had brought down nearly 90 ma
chimes in six days as means of blind
ing the enemy. Lately the Germans
have endeavored valiantly to obtain
airplane observations for their artil-
lery, but their observing machines
have seldom been able to direct more
than one or two shots before the Brit
ish fighting scouts had pounced upon
them and either sent them crashing to
the earth or had driven them to cover
at breakneck speed.
Today the British planes flew far
and long over the enemy's retreating
lines and were only challenged by
some very bad-shooting anti-aircraft
batteries. All through the day British
planes ruled the air. They co-operated
actively with the British artillery and
infantry in maintaining the success OF
this brilliant episode in modern war
fare.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04
ST. Mary Red Cross
Shipment

The little but mighty st. Mary
Chapter of the American Red Cross
has completed and shipped to date
the following Red Cross Army Sup
plies:
100 suits of pajan.as
"a shoulder capes
81 hospital bed shirts.
% pairs bed socks
LOT knitted sweaters.
62 pairs knitted Wristlets.
20 pairs knitted socks.
43 helmets.
10 mufflers
1888 surgical dressings.
The Chapter has on hand now,
ready for shipment, 70l9 surgical
dressings.
This work of the st. Mary Chap
ter has been accomplished in the
five months it has been working. The
membership of the Chapter is 1855.
When the membership of the St.
Mary Chapter and the volumn Of
work turned out is compared with
the great New Orleans Chapter
membership and work accomplished,
the local Chapter may feel justifi-
ably porud of it's accomplishments.
And never since its organization has
the Chapter been working so consist
emily and Systematically as at this
time. The cooperation of the diff
ferent units is being knitted and har-
monized in the same excellent fash
ion as the individual members knit
the garments for the soldiers. Eff
cheney in all lines of endeavor is
growing and the Chapter is making
itself one of the appreciated and
valuable factors in the winning Of
the war.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04
OUR PROSPECTIVE ENTERPRISE
Franklin Watchmxn:

We are going to have that canning
factory. All of the conditions of
the builders have been met and it is
likely that work on the new plant
will begin as soon as the material can
be rushed upon the ground.
The site has been secured, through
the progressive spirit of the mayor
and some members Of the council,
and other citizens, who gladly took
a hand in the enterprise, who raised
the amount necessary for its pur-
chase by popular subscription, and
nothing stands in the way Of its i'm
mediate construction.
It will be one Of the many plants
owned and operated by Dunbar, Lo-
pez and Ducate, and this one should
bring the same measure Of prosper
ity to Franklin that the others have
contributed to their various locali-
ties.
The projectors looked over several
localities and selected Franklin as the
most favorably situated. The COM
pany owns inexhaustible oyster beds,
where thousands Of tons Of this i'm
portant sea food may be obtained at
the smallest cost, with open trans
portation by water direct to the head
of the basin, where the big plant will
be located.
But this is not all. The owners
contemplates the canning of every
thing in the way of fruits and vege-
tables, and will offer to land owners
the most favorable conditions for the
cultivation of truck in large or small
quantities, which will put hundreds
of acres in the immediate neighbor-
hood under intensive cultivation. The
land will produce in abundant guam
titles just what the factory will want
and it is stated that the management
will supply the varieties of seed best
suited for the purpose.
Large numbers Of people will be
employed and it will bring to Us a
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

city. If the unbiased sentiment of
the community were expressed there
are perhaps many who would op-
pose this violation. Passing by the
moral and economic grounds on
which arguments against prostitution
are made, which last phase has been
so thoroughly set forth by the Fed
eral Government in recent months,
they would oppose it as a matter of
pride.
BY a large majority the City of
Shreveport has recently voted to do
away with the restricted district;
just at this time the City of Monroe
IS taking steps to rid itself of this
evil. What they are doing we can
certainly do when we have the ad-
vantage Of a law already in force
and recognized.
l believe that many will join in
this plea for higher standard in
social conditions and it goes as mat
ter to be expected that our public Of
ficials will welcome every sincere
and honest effort to bring this about.
Respectfully,
NELSON. J. BLACKBURN
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04
& - fess<f - q ~ f.
4 Plea FOR COMMUNITY
bETTERMENT
Houma Courier:

Houma, La, Nov. 2Sth, 1917.
r further discussion Of moral con-
dlisn b our community ! wish to
u attention, in behalf of my asso.
61tes in the statement made last
-, and myself, to the fact that
~ references to the charter given,
1oud have been to the new charter
i he town adopted some. years ago.
~ City Clerk has called attention
y ii fact and put into your hands
Z eelg Of the charter under which
- city now operates. The ordi-
sance which was published last week
: tae one now in force, and the de-
ming Of the powers Of the authori-
- to enforce the ordinance are
ailsrsnt in the new charter in form
naaR than substance.
Aay ] add further that this is
lehtisas . matter of interest to
s.sEs |. than ten citizens who first took
- 70 call attention to the open
easion Of this ordinance in our
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

work under the jurisdiction of the
committee. There were present
Commissioners w. D. Bernard of La
fourche, chairman. Joseph Schrieber
of Assumption, and F. H. Allen of
Ascension. representing the La
fourche board; and Commissioners
H. A. Knight of Iberia and Joseph
A. Humphries Of Terrebonne, repre-
senting the Atchafalaya board. The
presidents and secretaries Of the two
boards, Messrs. J. W. Weldon of St.
James and v. NJ. Lefebre Of West
Baton Rouge, and Messrs. C. C.
Webster of Donaldsonville and Thos.
G. Erwin Of Port Allen, were also in
attendance.
Commissioner HUMPHREYS of the
Atchafalaya board, who has served
a. secretary Of the joint executive
committee for several months past,
rendered his resignation, and the Sec
retary of the Lafourche board was
elected to succeed him, with the duty
of receiving and paying all bills
against the joint organization. In
the past whenever a bill was render
ed the committee, half of the amount
was paid by the Lafourche board and
the other half by the Atchafalaya
board, and this method resulted in
long delays in settlement and proved
very unsatisfactory. Under the
agreement reached by the committee,
the secretary of the Lafourche
board will hereafter pay all the bills
and then send stateemnt to the
secretary of the Atchafalaya board,
who will refund to the Lafourche
board one-half of the amount.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04
Model Roads AT Camp
Pike

Little Rock, Ark. Dec. 3.-Camp
prs Is now connected with Little
poek with one of the best roads
,..dinr from any city to its can
,onment. This is the fruit Of tire
le,s energy expended by George
rirmin, Manager Of the Little Rock
Roard Of Commerce. The men
vbo come to Camp Pike from nine
osher cantonments look at the road
md marvel. The men who have
lad to travel the road every day,
nking the detours while it was un-
der construction, also look back up
a Il and marvel-marvel how they
mod the old road so long.
Army engineers are using this
md q 4 model, for it is smooth as
! floor, and the distance. from town
IL been decreased from seven to
auparently three miles, the running
tins being 80 much less.
II i one Of the best roads I ev-
4 NV" says Major General Stur-
- and ! am going to keep it
~ way. I am going to put guards
4 along to prevent these trucks,
nine over 80 miles an hour on it.
4 truck can travel that fast without
ding damage, but when it exceeds
a1t limit It begins digging out the
~ places ! am going to watch
80 that road and keep it perfect as
~ = Camp Pike is in my care"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04
BUYING POWER THAT COUNTS
From Thibodeaux Gazette:

When folks in Lafourche squirm
and fume about the ''high prices
they should remember that it is bet
ter to pay the price than to have to
have low prices and no money.
When there is the maximum Of
money in circulation and everyone
employed, prices invariably show q
tendency to advance. When the min
imum of folks have money to spend
and there is q minimum of money in
circulation prices usually descend.
The situation in Lafourche, as
elsewhere, may have its disadvan-
tages-but it is undeynable that
there are also some advantages.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04
THE NEW SECRETARY NAMED
From Donalsonville Chief:

A meeting of the executive COM
mittee Of the joint organization Of
the Atchafalaya and Lafourche levee
boards was held Tuesday at the Of
flee of the latter body in this city,
for the purpose of taking action to
facilitate the payment of the bills
contracted in the pursuance of the
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

new prosperity, which means happi-
ness and contentment for the peo-
pie.
And it may be an inducement for
other enterprises to come which will
add to Franklin enlarged advantages
as business centre. Everybody
should get behind the new industry
and push it along.
St. Mary contain 4,739 property
owners. This does not include NOV
ables, but real estate. It is distribut-
ed as follows:
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

Franklin, Baldwin and the third
ward, combined have 1923 owners;
Patterson and the fifth, claim 667;
Morgan City and the sixth together,
show OIL; and Berwick and the
eighth, comes up with 383.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

Regulate the bowels when they
fail to move properly. HERBINE is
an admirable bowel regulator. It
helps the liver and stomach and re-
stores fine feeling of strength and
buoyancy. Price SOC. Sold by
BELANGER DRUG co.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

ADDING MACHINE PAPER
ROLLS at The Review Office. Phone
27S. Lowest price. Prompt deliv-
cry.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

Typewriter Second Sheets, white
or yellow, all grades, in packages
ready for delivery. Phone 278.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-04

The latest shipment from St. the
St. Mary Chapter Of the Red Cross
went forward today and consisted Of
the following items: 900 pajamas,
81 shoulder capes, 81 hospital bed
shirts, 22 pairs bed socks, 107 knit
ted sweaters, 62 pairs wristlets, 43
helmets, 10 mufflers and 20 pears
socks. This report has been submit
ted by Mrs. NJ. P. Palmer, Chairman
of the Supplies Committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22
W4ITSFIELD

Mr. and Mrs. A. b. Tucker went Mon
day TO Lincoln.
Miss Cleora O. Morse of Portland, Me-,
called in town Saturday to see her cous-
in, Rev W. A. Remele.
Miss Grace Reed Joslyn of New York
City is spending a few weeks at her
home here.
Miss Josie Trask had a party Friday
evening at her home in East Warren, at
which Julia and Charles Neill, Margaret
Marshall, Schuyler Berry and Clarence
Tucker were present.
Mrs. Joseph II. Wallace and daughter,
Jean, who have been at G. W. Wallis,
returned Monday TO their home in New
Rochelle. y. Y.
Mrs Neitie Martin is visiting Mrs
Hartshorn in Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Joslyn and Miss
Jessica Joslyn we're in Montpelier sun
day TO see their son, Harry, at Heston
hospital
D. Il. skinner was in Montpelier Mon
day.
Mrs P r. Joslyn spent Monday in
Montpelier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22
MORETOWN

A son, Edward James, wac born tc
Mr.. and Mrs James Tanner Saturday
Aug. Is.
Miss Ethel Huntoon of Plainfeld was
guest at S. +. Atkins over Sunday.
Mrs Laura Mier returned last week
from two months stay with her
daughter, Mrs. George Thompson, in
Calais.
James Flynn of Fort Ethan Allen is
at home on a weeks furlough.
A. j. Neill and family visited rela-
tives in Randolph Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard Haylett Of Hart
ford, Conn, are guests of DR.. James
Haylett.
Miss Ruby Clark of Montreal, P G., is
visiting at the home of W. H. Clark. her
uncle.
Miss Mildred Graves of Apponaug, r.
l., was a guest at b. s. Wards several
days last week.
Miss Maud johnson of Montpelier is
spending a two weeks vacation at her
home in town.
The large barn on what is known as
the Flanagan place on south hill, owned
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22

ing such transfer as degrading. The
sooner they overcome this feeling the
better. The national army promises TO
be an organization that may well show
up the regulars and the National Guard
before the war comes TO a close Both of
these organizations, while well versed in
army tactics, have great many things
TO learn all over. IL will be noted that
the regulars in France are not being
showed into the front line with any great
but are undergoing rs stiff a
course of instruction in the methods of
modern trench warfare as though they
were raw recruits, And many phases of
this new instruction are directly opposed
TO the manner of doing things already
learned by these regulars. Bayonet drill
is conspicuous example. With the ma
tional army these things will not have to
be learned over but will be acquired prop
erly from the start. As everyone knows,
il is easier to learn n thing from the
start than TO unlearn and begin all over
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22
WILLI4MSTOWN

In giving a very enjoyable concert las
Saturday evening, the band was fortu
nate in having the assistance of Messrs
Gilbertson and Estabrook of Barre anc
Messrs. McDerment, Goodheart ant
Thayer of Randolph
Frank Downs and family went to Bak
ersfeld last Sunday, where Mrs Down:
and the children will remain for few
days as the guests of her mother, Mrs
Morse. Mr. and Mrs Ray Trip and
Mr.. and Mrs. Adna b. Downs also made
the trip, returning the same day.
The village schoolhouse is being re.
shingled this summer by Frank Godfrey,
Henry Poole and Leslie Slavery. The
shingles removed were originally laid
when the house was built in 1893
Supt G. R. Beeman is in Binghamton,
n. Y, the home of his parents. Mr..
Beeman was accompanied by his wife
and daughter, Elizabeth, and by Mrs.
Beeman's sister, Miss Mary Payne, of
Chicago.
A very interesting community service
was held last Sunday evening, which was
addressed by Rev. Fraser Metzger of
Randolph, whose remarks were based in
part on his experience as a member of
the committee of public safety, and he
emphasized the need of clear vision,
wide sympathy and high ideals, to guide
the action of men in the present crisis
of the worlds history. He was listened
10 xtftt eli ut 20, ltor
hymns were sung at the beginning of
the service, also duet by James H.
Walbridge and Richard Jeffords.
Miss Rachel Bruce, r. n, of Burling
ton, is spending few days with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Bruce.
Miss Lucy Abbott, who was with her
brother, James Abbott, in Washing
ton, d. G., last winter, is the guest of
Mrs. Laura Walker.
A lot of household goods, the property
of Alven M. Smith, Walter +. Granger
and others, is to be sold at auction at
the town hall next Saturday at | o'clock.
Hiram S. Drury will act as auctioneer.
Miss Mildred Grearson, who has been
visiting relatives in Marshfield for some
ten days past, is expected to return
home to-day.
Mrs. Otto Edison had the misfortune
TO sprain her knee several days ago,
obliging her to use crutches for a time
She is now better of her injury.
Mrs. Diantha Sanders, who has been in |
Bristol for several days on visit to
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hoyt, has re-
turned to her home.
Mrs. George Mari returned last week
rom Thetford Mines, p. O., where she
rad been for several weeks with rela-
ives.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
WHAT WE HAVE WE HOLD"
Corporal Thompson Writes Another Let
to The Times While He is Mending
in England


Editor Times: just a short letter tC
The Times To let you know that every
little is going Jake over here, in the
meantime. Well, | have just got back
from baseball game, and it was a very
fast game, too, We have some very
fast games here lately, as there are a
lot of the boys are old timers at
the game, and they can play it, too
after all the hardships they have gone
through. We have also formed a league
here in this camp and all the teams have
a full outfit.
II reminds me of old times up at the
| Goddard campus or at the Rangers field
on Berlin street. Gee! / wish it was,
as | could do with a walk up the main
stern or snake around the horn, now,
as it looks good to me from the road.
Believe me, one may get fed up of little
Barre, but | am sure it will do me when
get back. When that is, don't know,
but ! hope it won't be long
Well, the boys from the U. s. A.
want to bring their baseball outfits with
them when they come over, and then we
can have some great old games between
the United States and Canadians here
in England, if they have the luck to
land in Blighty before going to the land
of He'll, Or, even in France, they can
have a few games if they get shoulder
to shoulder with another in the line.
Well, there is game at Lords this aft
ernoon in the smoke tbetter known as
London) between two good teams, Can
its country, so | hope the L. S, boys
show them thing or two,
Well, | was just wondering what kind
of a sensation | would have TO run
across some of the old faces once again
here or over in whiz bang country
France better known as Hell" to
the troops. / know what it is to meet
pal from the home town, as | expert
enced the sensation when | met two 9TH
err Barre boys, one in camp, Private |
Duthie, and one in Hastings, Private I
Beattie, but | don't know what kind of /
a sensation it will be meeting a bunch T
Of the boys together. | hope to run
across some of them, but not in France,
as ii is too hot there for me- But
expect to be sent back again any time
now, Whenever they do, / shall 60 back
with the same heart as l did the last
line.
We all said that we wouldn't let the
lilies flags fall and we mean to keep
hem flying forever and ever, and also
We have to keep our spirits up. If we
ct them fall, of course. then the flags
will fall So our motto is, What we
ave, we hold" and we are going to hold
hem both and look for more than we
ave-Victory.
And am sure that is the way with
he Vermont boys They may come from
Green Mountain state, but they are
ot so green as they are cabbage looking,
nd they are going TO show old Fritz
hat, some of these bright days on the
,estern front, when they send over some {
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22

The words of Russian Ambassador
Boris A. Bakhmetieff, delivered in Bos,
ton yesterday upon the occasion of the
arrival of the Russian war mission,
should be read by everyone, for they are
highly reassuring The ambassador de-
scribed Kerensky as merely the moving
spirit of the new government, declaring
that he was not alone but the center Of
powerful cooperative group having the
confidence of the whole people Bakh-
metieff points to the lack of such Sc
rious bloodshed as attended the French
revolution as a sign that Russia has
profited by the experiences of the past,
and says that things have gone quicker
and altogether better in Russia He also
predicts occasional bloodshed and tenn
porary reverses for the new republic. but
nothing that will serve to set up again
the old-time anarchy. Speaking Of Rus
tiais part in the war, he declares Russia
has no thought of separate peace but
that she is fighting for the fundamental
principles Of her democracy. and would
that the world were better by IT, Po-
land is to be united and independent. said
The ambassador, and a constitutional con
rention will also decide on the relation
Of Russia and Finland.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22

iron rations for his breakfast with a la
bel on them from Jacks restaurant or
the Hole in the Wall And, believe me,
there will be hole in his wall when the
boys from the IT, S. A. or Gods country,
as we call it, open up on lod Fritz.
Well, / think / had better stop, or
you will have to print a special for this.
So the very best of luck to the Barre
boys in the future, from an old-timer,
a Barre boy,
Lance Corporal G. Thomson,
Canadian battalion,
England.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22

Not all Germans in this country are al
outspoken as Captain Hugo Frerichs OF
San Pedro, Cal His too, is the tolerant
sort of declaration, as the following ex.
cerpt from letter of his to Henry How
ard, director of recruiting for the United
States shipping board, well shows. FIRE.
richs writes:
81 grew up on the big Atlantic liners
which are informed in New York and vi
entity, and know every rivet, wrinkle and
behavior of these boats. Therefore it is
needless TO say that was Germans but
| shall do my duty TO this country and
fight German aristocracy and liberate hui
man beings from blue blooded rulers put
on thrones by birthright.
IF you need my services as master,
am willing to do my duty to my coun-
try-the T. s. Adult if you can't trust
me to perform the duties of master for
reasons which | will understand (my
German origin, | may be useful to show
American masters how TO handle those
ships to the best advantages, as / grew
up with them
Such an offer should be well investi-
gated, as it doubtless will be by Director
Henry Howard Frerichs holds an I'M
limited masters license, any ocean, and
is well acquainted with European and
United States seaports Naturally his
offer is open to suspicion in these times
but it has the proper ring to it, some
thing too often lacking in the statements
of so many of his countrymen resident in
the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22

DR.. Wardell Styles of the public health
service has discovered marked evidences
of hookworm among recruits at a gov
eminent reservation and urges prompt
discharge or treatment of those men af-
fected. Forty-seven out of IS recruits
were found to be infected by the hook
warm parasites upon investigation. 1t is
pointed out that there is grave danger of
widespread epidemic of the disease if
even mild cases are imported into France
Here is another thing Uncle Sans doc
tors must add to the long list of ailments
of one sort or another that must be kept
put of the army.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-22

Maryland has commenced task that
might well be undertaken in every state
of the union. Monday the circuit clerks
of the counties and the cities threw open
their books to list oilers. Every man be-
tween the ages of IS and 80 years is re-
quired to register if he is without def.
mite employment and federal agency is
to furnish jobs for all registered. Not
only will the state be capitalizing its
non producers but it will be doing the ma
ton wartime service by helping to
maintain its fighting forces.