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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
ORDINANCE NO. 1877.
Town Of Welsh.


AN ORDINANCE providing for the
levying and collecting Of taxes on
all real and personal property
within the corporation Of the Town
of Welsh.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Town of Welsh, La, that for the
year 1917, as per budget of expenses
hereunto attached, there be and is
hereby levied ten (10) mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation on
all taxable property in the Town of
Welsh, La.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., that by an ordinance adopted by
the Board of Trustees and the prop
erty tax payers of the Town of
Welsh, La, one the 9Th day of Au-
gust, 1918, providing for a special
electric light plant, therefore a spe-
cial tax of five (5) mills on the dol
Ear is levied on the assessed valua-
ton of all taxable property of the
Town of Welsh, La, for the purpose
Iof retiring such bonds as may be-
come due this year, and the payment
of interest on the same and also in
terest on the deferred bonds.
Section 8. Be it further ordained,
ETC.. that by an ordinance adopted by
the Board of Trustees and the prop
erty owners of the Town Of Welsh,
La, on the 5th day Of September,
1916, providing for a special tax OF
five (5) mills on the ddllar Of the
assessed valuation of the taxable
property of the Town of Welsh, La,
for a term of fifteen years from the
above date, for the purpose of buy
ing a new engine for, and charging
and extending the electric light
plant owned by the Town of Welsh,
La, title to which shall vest in the
Town of Welsh, La; therefore a
special tax of five (5) mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation of
the taxable property of the Town of
Welsh, La, be and is hereby levied
for the purpose of retiring such
bonds as may become due this year,
and the payment of interest on the
same and also interest on the de-
ferred bonds.
Section 5. Be it further ordained.
etc., that al taxes herein levied
shall become a lein and privilege on
all taxable property, paramount to
all other leins, state and parish
taxes excepted, and shall become de-
l'nquent in the same manner as pro-
vided for the collection of state and
parish taxes. -
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
etc, that all taxes herein levied
shall become delinquent on January
1st, 1918, and shall draw interest at
the rate of ten (1O) per cent per an
nun until paid.
Yeas: E. H. Boiling, S. o. Scoggins,
W. D. Jones, A. T Jones
Absent DR.. R. R. Arceneaux.
Approved October End, 1917
W. B. GABBERT, Mayor.
Budget of Expenses for the year 1917
Streets, bridges, imprOmts- 100000
Marshal,& st. Commissioner 10000
Clerk & Tax Collector ------4OO.OO
Attest.
F. G SEWARD, Clerk.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
STRAYED OR STOLEN.

One Black Creole Mare, branded
CT or FC; Bay Creo'e Horse,
soar from blister under throat,
branded with inverted Al; last seen
at Keystone Plant. October 18th.
Reward for return or information.
Joe Sturdivant at Keystone Plant or
address Jennings, La. oct26-2tp
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
SOUR STOMACH.

Eat slowly, masticste your food
thoroughly, abstain from meat for
few days and in most cases the sour
sOmach will disappear. If it does
not, take one Of Chamberlain's Tab
lets Immediately after supper. Red
meats are most likely to cause sour
stomach and you may find it best to
cut them out.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
DO YOUR DUTY.

parent if you did not wish to give
your boy or girl the best educational
advantages that are in your power
a very thQughtless parent if you
sent him to the first school that
nailed you catalogue, and an un-
pardonable parent if you entered
him in a school without first inves-
tigating its location, sanitation,
equipment, character of student
body, faculty, system of discipline,
and above all the moral surround
ings. Yours is the duty of investi-
cation, comparison and ultimate de-
cision.
Your boy or girl is the hope of
your life. In him or her is centered
your most cherished ambitions. His
or her worth to you cannot be meas
ured by dollars and cents, but his
or her value must be measured by
the training which he received in
home and in school, If the local
school were an ideal place for your
boy or girl, you wouldn't think
about sending him away from home.
Under present conditions. they
doubtless need more self reliance,
because they lack the power of ini-
tiative, are wanting in breadth the
scope Of vision, haven't learned how
TO study, can't make for themselves,
and are ignorant Of the fine are Of
q business career. If SO, their edu-
cation should be continued in a busi-
ness training school where discipline
really means something, where per-
sOnal supervision by the faculty is
constant. where our service is rem
dered above everything else, and
where manly and womanly character
and conduct are held paramount to
all other considerNOns.
Our school offers many advantages
that no other commercial school can
afford. It's location, excellency Of
environments, its student body is
made up from the best homes of the
country, the faculty is second to
none, It's discipline is the outgrowth
Of long experience, tempered to con-
serve individual needs, just, sane
and firm. One or two hundred dol
lars spent on your boy or girl now
may mean an unbounded success for
their future life. There is a time
in every young persons life for
them to consider an education, ana
if that time goes by, unheeded by the
parents, and they fail in the future,
you are, in measure, responsible
for that failure. On the other hand,
if you encourage the seed thought
Of an education when your son or
daughter is interested, it may mean
the turning point in their lives. and
will cause you much joy and happi-
ness in the future. One or two hum
dred dollars spent on them is one of
the best business investments you
ever made. 1t will pay greater divi-
dends in their future than anything
else you could bestow upon them.
Our 228 page catalogue will tel
you as to the financial standing of
our institution. 1t will tell you of
the endorsements by the best bust
ness men, ministers, lawyers, and
bankers, it will give you the expert
enee Of young people who came to US
with limited means, and in a short
time in our school. what their sue
cess and future has meant to them.
We know you are bound to be In
terested, so ask US to furnish you
the proof. Our large, beautifully
illustrated catalogue is free. If you
win fill out this coupon and mail to
rs.
Name ------------------
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-10-26
GROUP

If your children are subject to
Group get a bottle Of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and when the attack
comes on be careful to follow the
plain printed directions. You will
be surprised at the quick relief
which it affords.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
KAISER THANKS
SWEDEN FOR
SENDING NOTES
Regrets Disagreeable Issues
That Have Arisen From
Practice
WORDING UNFORTUNATE
Berlin Believes Only Mistake
Was in Blunt
ness
WORDING UNFORTUNATE
BY Associated Press

London, Sept. 17.-Germany has
sent a note to Sweden, according to
the correspondent at Stockholm of
the Central News Agency. highly re-
GREETING the disagreeable issues rails
ed on account of Sweden transmit
ting kilograms to Germany. g.
Germany says she is obliged to the
Swedish government for transmitting
the messages but regrets that her
representatives in Argentine should
have sent the kilograms in the
phraseology they did.
The Nya Dagligt Allenhanda, of
Stockholm, which printed the an
nouncement that Germany had sent
the note to Sweden, says the German
government has instructed all its rep
resentatives in foreign countries to
refuse to accede to any attempt
which may be made to force them
to reveal to the Swedish government
the contents of code messages which
they may submit to it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Is, 900 Ironworkers Strike
When SO Per Cent. Raise
in Wage Scale Is Denied


San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 17.-Ap-
proXimately $4,000 iron workers and
metal trades mechanics engaged in
war emergency construction in San
Francisco and bay cities, went on
strike at 8 o'clock to-day, follow
ing rejection of their demands for n
fifty per cent. increase in wages. The
walkout in more than 100 plants was
carried out without hitch, it was re-
ported.
Feverish eleventh hour efforts to
avert the strike by employees and rep
resentatives of the United States
Shipping Board failed. Proposals to
arbitrate on a basis of ten per cent.
increase offered had been rejected by
the conference committee of the iron
trades council, composed of twenty
five unions, on whose authority the
strike was declared.
The walkout affects more than
$3.50, 100000 in government ship
building and engine construction
contracts and automatically tied up
other construction works. Settlement
of the strike, declared to be San
Francisco's largest industrial trou-
BILE, is entirely in the hands of the
Federal government, employers an
nOunced
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17

Petrograd, Sept. 17.-Russia Is a
republic, according to a proclama-
ton dated September IA and issued
last night by Premier Kerensky, rs
Minister and President" An earl
ier official announcement said:
Pending the definite constitution
of a cabinet, and in view of the pres
ent extraordinary circumstances.
all affairs of state have been entrust-
ed to NJ. Kerensky, premier; NJ. Ter
estchenko, minister of foreign af-
pairs; General Verkhovsky, minister
of war; Admiral Verdervski, minister
of marine, and NJ. Nikitine, minister
of posts and telegraphs."
The new cabinet is of a temporary
character. Only two of its mem
bers, Premier Kerensky and NJ. Mkt
tine, are affiliated with any party;
both are Socialists. M. Terestchenko
resigned the other day because he
had no party following, but was per-
suaded to remain. The ministers of
war and marine never have take 4
any part in politics.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Intends to Walk
From Here to Annville
to Prove He's no Stacker

To prove that he isn't a Stacker,
Harry H. Southall, 917 North Seven
teenth street will leave this evening
at 5 o'clock on a walk to Annville.
Southall has been in Cleveland for
two weeks working and had been
notified at his home in Rexmont to
report September at Annville for
examination. His wife wrote several
letters to him telling him of this,
but he claims he did not receive
them.
Ten days after the notice is re-
ceived if the one who is drafted does
not report he is considered a Stacker
Southall says he is not a Stacker and
will walk to Annville where he was
notified to report for his physical ex-
animation.
He told reporter this afternoon.
that he has enough money to ride
and then some, but is doing this 20
convince the board that he is only
too willing to serve his country, and
would have reported on September 6
had he received the notice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
CERTIFY QUOTAS
TO LEAVE THIS
DISTRICT SOON
Appeal Board Grants Exemp-
ton of Married Men; Big
Farewell to Those Going
FIREMEN TO BE IN LINE
Celebration For Men of Ma
tional Army Will Be
Biggest Yet

This morning the Middle Judicial
District Appeal Board certified back
to all the district boards the forty
FIVE per cent. quota required by the
recent order of the War Department.
This means that every district work
ing under jurisdiction of the Middle
District Board will furnish it's full
quota of men on Wednesday and
Thursday.
The board examined twenty
appeals this morning. Twelve de-
cisions of the Juniata local board
were reversed. In each instance, the
local board refused to exempt the
men because, while the men were
married and had wives dependent
upOll lLSIllt lllSy Iletu HO CllluISh. re
cent statements from President Will
son have Influenced the boards in
their decision that wives who may
become dependent upon their COM
munities should not he left without
a husband to support them.
Two farmers in Lebanon county
had their claims refused. The board
held that their work could be car
ried on by others. Thirteen cases
were referred back to the district
boards for additional information.
1000 Cases Need Attention
Directors of a school board not
far from this. city asked that u
teacher be exempted. 1t is unlikely
that this appeal will receive favor
able action. The tendency of the
board in cases of this nature is that
except in unusual cases, men who
CONTINUED on Page 1O.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Veterans Hold Annual
Reunion on Anniversary
of Battle at Antietam

The thirteenth annual reunion of
the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regi-
ment Infantry, Pennsylvania Volun-
teers, is being held to-day at the
G. A. r. Hall.
Each year the reunion is held on
the anniversary of the Battle of An
tietam, in Maryland, September IT,
1862. The regiment was recruited in
York and Cumberland counties and
the 125 members who are alive to-
day are scattered over the whole of
the United States.
The meeting adjourned this after
noon at o'clock to meet again this
time next year at the same place.
The reunion is purely a social
affair. The officers elected for the
coming year are: j. Hoverter. presi-
dent; ]. G. Leber, vice-president; the
Rev. J. II. Young, chaplain; A. S.
Fink, treasurer; G. N. Baker, sur
geon, and j. D. Hemminger. secre-
tary.
The Ladies' Auxiliary met with the
veterans. Mrs. H. 1. Zinn, widow of
Colonel Zinn, who was killed in the
Battle of Fredericksburg, met with
them, although she has passed her
eightieth birthday.
The veterans will go to the Camp
Curtin Church late this afternoon to
unveil the tablet which the church
has placed in their honor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Sweden's Parliament
Hits Foreign Offices
For Aiding Germany
By Associated Press

Stockholm, Sept. 17.-At a great
liberal meeting held here to-day a
resolution prepared by DIR. Leden,
leader of the Liberal party of the
second chamber, was unanimously
passed to the effect that the meet
ing expressed the deepest regret that
the Swedish foreign Office was not in
a position to deny the assertion that
lit had forwarded cipher kilograms
in ignorance of their contents, which
contents when revealed awoke the
just adherence of all Swedes and
that such careless acts could hap
pen.
The resolution vigorously demand
ed that the government Immediately
undertake all necessary measures to
demonstrate indubitably to the
Swedish people it's determination to
maintain towards all belligerents
absolute neutrality.
The Socialist parade to-day was
not a particularly. imposing demon
stration, heavy showers preventing
large turnout. A banner borne at
the head of the parade contained the
motto Down With Secret Dip
lomacy."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
James McC Cormick in Will
Divides His Personal.
Estate Among Children

The will of James Mccormick, one
of the most widely-known and re-
spected citizens of Harrisburg,
whose death occurred Sunday, Sep
tember 8, was filed to-day with Reg
lister of Wills Roy C. Danner. Henry
Mccormick, Jr., a son, was named
as executor.
The entire estate of personal prop
erty and realty holdings together
with Mr.. McCormick's share in the
Mccormick estate trust fund, is to
be divided equally among the five
sons and one daughter, who are
Henry, Jr., James, Jr., Donald and
Robert Mccormick, of Harrisburg;
William Mccormick, Reading, and
Mrs. William w. Finney, Aberdeen,
Md. The personal property is valued
at S350,000 and the real estate at
100000. There were no public be-
quests mentioned in the will.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Petition Court to
Locate Polling Place
in Fourteenth Ward

A petition was presented in court
to-day asking for the locating of a
polling place for. the Fourteenth
ward and the appointment of cleo
ton officers to hold a primary cleo
ton. The judges reserved decision,
taking exception to the way in which
the paper was drawn up. Tt was ad-
dressed to ''the Honorable the
Judges of the Court" but did not
state specifically that 1t was present
ed in quarter sessions court which is
required.
HERE Brothers plumbing shop,
Fourth and Vaughn streets, was
designated as the place wanted for
the poll. A. A. Bouton, for Judge of
elections; ]. G.. GRIPPE. majority in-
spector and II. C. Miller, minority
inspector. Eighty-seven of the 1913
registered voters in the district
signed the petition.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17

have gone to the market day
after day, and tell the truth when
say often I saw nothing for sale
but buttons and fypaper.
Every month we all received bread
cards. butter cards, egg cards, cards
LOT sundries and cards for everything.
we paid 10 marks. so pfennings-
S2.5O-for cake of ordinary soap. to
begin with. For weeks l have lived
without soap to wash my face or
wash my clothes. We were permitted
not water only twice a week, Satur-
day and Sunday. and. believe me. I
round that Saturday night bath" a
grim reality instead of joke, during
the winter.
Eating Crow For Dinner
We paid $25 one day for a. duck,
just a common, small duck, not even
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
RUSSIA MADE
AREPUBLIC BY
NEW CABINET
Kerensky Solves Situation by
Proclaiming Nations Form
of Government
Kerensky's Proclamation
of the Russian Republic

General korniloff's rebellion
has been quelled. But great is
the confusion caused thereby, and
again great is the danger threat
ening the fate of the fatherland
and its freedom.
Holding it necessary to put an
end to the external indehniteness
of the states organization, re-
membering the unanimous and
rapturous approval of the republi-
can idea expressed at the Moscow
state conference. the provisional
government declares that the
constitutional organization. ac-
cording to which the Russian
State is ruled, is a republican
organization, and it hereby pro-
claims the Russian republic.
KERENSKY,
Minister President.
YARONUDI,
Minister of Justice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
SAVES WATKEYS .
BOY FROM FATE OF
HOPELESS IDIOCY
Senator Beidleman ProcureS
Means to Aid Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Child

Senator E. Z. Beidleman. who pro-
cured the passage by the Legislature
of an appropriation of $4,000 for the
education of George Watkeys, a
deaf. dumb and blind child whose
home is near Wiconisco. to-day re-
ceived the following letter from
A. L. L. Crouter, superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Institute For the
Deaf and Blind at Mt. Airy, stating
that young Watkeys will be admitted
as a pupil there this week. The let
ter was in reply to a letter written
by Senator Beidleman, who has
taken a great interest in the unfor-
tunate boy. and is as follows:
E. L. Beidleman,
Senate of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, Penna.
My Dear Senator:
1 am in receipt of your favor
of the 18th inst. in regard to the
case of George Watkeys, and
write at once to say that the boy
has been admitted as a pupil of
this school and the parents have
been notified that they may
bring him down to school on
Thursday, September 20.
He will be received and cared
for, of course, as a free state
pupil on the special appropria-
tion passed through your infiu-
ence. A special teacher has been
secured and is awaiting his ar
rival.
Kindly assure the parents of
these facts and believe me.
Faithfully yours,
A. l.. L. CROUTER,
Superintendent.
During a visit to the upper end of
the county last winter. Senator Bel
dleman's attention was called to the
case of young Watkeys, the child of
poor employe of the coal mines
there. who was unable to send the
little fellow away to be educated.
Physicians who investigated the case
at Senator Beidleman's suggestion
said that unless he was given the at
tention of experts, as in the case of
Helen Keller and little Catherine
Frick, of this city, the child would
grow up to be a hopeless lunatic.
Unfortunately, the father had not the
means to provide this education, so
Senator BeidleInan prepared and had
passed bill providing for $4,000 for
the education of the boy the next
two years, and after that other ap-
propriations will be asked for the
purpose.
/. There is great JOY in the Watkeys
household. The father and mother
are preparing to take the boy to
school this week and the whole
neighborhood is in happy sympathy
with them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Two Harrisburg Murderers
Pay Death Penalty For
Crimes in This City

Bellefonte. Pa, Sept. IA double
electrocution took place at the Rock
view Penitentiary to-day, both
doomed men being from Dauphin
county. The first to go to the cleo
trio chair was John Robinson. who
murdered Tonic Pakovic in October,
1916. whens the latter resisted an
attempt to rob him.
The second man was Elwood Will
son, convicted of killing Policeman
Lewis C. Nipple in June. 1916, when
the latter arrested him for carrying
concealed deadly weapons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
BIG INDUSTRIES
ARE HELPING BUY
SOLDIERS SMOKES
One Firm Gives Nearly $50;
Others Are Falling in Line;
Contributions Reach $1OO

Big industries of the city are rally
ing to the aid of the Our Boys in
France Tobacco Fund"
Employees of the Telegraph Print
ing Company voluntarily gave near
ly fifty dollars. Other big firms
have signified their intention of fall
ing in line.
The tobacco fund for the benefit
of the boys in the trenches was start
ed some time ago to insure good old
American raised tobacco for the men
'out there" They are far from
home and find the tobacco used in
France unsatisfying.
$10O Already Given
In the first few days of the drive,
GContinued on Page 81
Tobacco Coupon, page 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Collectors" Will Be
the Army Gravediggers

Washington, Sept. II. - The War
Department has about found the use
for the conscientious objectors
caught in the draft. They will be
the armys gravediggers.
They will be attached to the armies
in the field, but will take no part
in the actual fighting. Instead,
cleaning up the battlefelds after the
fighting. and of burying the dead.
A euphoneous name has been de-
will probably be known as the
Mercy Squadron" 1t will sound
much better in future generations.
the War Department believe, to saw
that ones father was in the Mercy
Squadron" than that he was a
gravedigger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-17
Work Will Be Started
Soon on Post Office

Augustus Wildman, contractor for
the completion of alterations to the
post office and the new addition, con-
ferred this afternoon with govern
ment representatives. Work will
probably be started in a day or two,
1t was said.
One of the first things which must
be finished before the cold weather
is the concrete driveway from near
form which will be built at the rear
of the building. Much of the interior
finishing must be done also but as
the entire building is under roof the
weather conditions probably will not
interfere with this work.