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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-01
VOL. XXI


The American Red Cross has
lust initiated a nationwide move
ment for $500, 600 knitted arti-
cles comprising sets of sweater,
muffier, wristlets and socks, the
need for which is immediate and
imperative.
Red Cross Commissioner in
Paris, Major Grayson M. P. Muir
ply, cabled the national society
information of a startling charc-
ter respecting the need of the
soldiers who will go to France
and the condition of the pros
trate civilian population Of Gen.
trail Europe.
Based upon this report, the
following circular, copy of which
has been sent to all chapters and
auxiliaries at large in the Gulf
Division, by w. ]. Leppert, di-
visional director.
To simplify the knitting as
much as possible we now have in
the printers hands new ano
complete manual of instructions
for making the several articles
required. The Red Cross Bureau
is arranging for a large supply
of yarn knitting needles to NEE
the requirments of Chapters
Within the next two weeks W.
expect to have the knitting cir
cular ready for distribution t
the Chapters and large shipment
of yarn will be coming into tn
various branch supply houses.
To expedite the completion o
the work, we should like to hav
you start at once and withou
waiting for the new knitting
ms6oa] to prepare for the work
and we suggest the following:
/. Form in yoHr Chapter
Committee on Knitting.
2. Mobilize all available knit
tiers in your Chapter, Branche
and Auxiliaries, so that when tn
knitting manual is received
every one who can knit will b
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-01
A Compliment for the Editor.


Montgomery, La, Aug. rs, 1917.
Editor Coltax Chronicle:
have just read your address to the
La. Press Association, held at Alexan-
dria on April "a, 1917, and want to con-
graduate you with all my heart for
such painstaking and careful explana-
ton of our American institutions. You
have given our fcrefathers and law
makers the credit which they SO justly
and patriotically deserved. You have
given to the young and rising genera
| ton one of the best lessons ever saw
written or printed for the U. S. gov
eminent, one that your own children
! and mine should keep in memory as q
memorial of H. G. Goodwin.
Say, friend, did not know that it
was in yon. 1t is almost equal to Pres
| ident Wilson's memorable address for
worldwide Democracy, peace and free
dom without indemnity, etc.
! We may hsve our different opinions
i politically or religiously. but ! accept
| the truth from any source. l love ouI
institutions and constitution just as
do my life. 1t is all not only good, but
the very best There is. no divine su'
thority given to any man or nation ovel
his country or his fellow-man. That il
| an ancient hollow lie, perpetuated BY
intriguing rulers who represent bel
with all its satanic powers.
ii Say, Bro. Goodwin, you lose some o
: your usefulness iE harah criticism.
would not refer to the knowledge o
Socialists, l. W. W.. etc. They hav
many brainy and patriotic men. Leav
that out, and your magnificent addres
t would bring half of them back to 20
: in the one lesson you have given. Com
:, again; give a lesson on the constitE
!, ton and how our congressman and lee
7 islators are handicapped by lobbyist
: and representatives of Igrge capita
!. letc. Give all the people the true fact
and we will unite in maintaining OF
institutions and constitution and n
alour congress halls of the evils that hil
2 Ider Us from keeping sacred the ju
Il | laws that we now have
Just one explanation, Bro. G. VIII
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Mobilization Plan Changed.

Washington, Aug. 70. AT the
direct suggestion of President
Wilson, Provost Marshal General
Crowder telegraphed to all gov
ernors Saturday night supple
mental explanation of regulations
governing the status OF married
men under the selective service
law. Ne change in regulations
is made, and the purpose OF the
new statement is to clear up mis-
understandings which h aveI
arisen in what General Crowder
describes as "a few instances.
In a letter to Secretary Baker,
quoted by General Crowder,
President Wilson stated his opin-
ion that the regulation directing
local boards ito establish the
fact of dependents in addition to
the fact of marriage ought not
to be abrogated."
This leaves the regulations as
they are. and the supplementary
statement is designed merely to
make the application of the rules
uniform among all boards.
| While the statement regarding
married men was in preparation,
new orders were issued chang
ing entirely the mobilization ar
rangements previously made.
Congestion of rail traffic and the
necessity Of making better pro-
vision. for the reception OF the
men at the environments dictated
the changes.
/ Under the new orders 5 per
cent of the white men, prefer
ably those with military expert.
ence, from each local area, will
be started forward to the camps
September 5. instead of 80 pei
cent. They will go in five daily
detachments of equal size. anc
, form skeleton company organiza
tons and set up going concern
into which the remainder of tn
total quota can be absorbed with
!. out confusion as they reach tn
environments.
:. The next 40 per cent OF tn
I quota will go forward Septembe
I he, whenthe second SO per cen
I originally was scheduled to go,
( Lsecond 40 per cent will go fol
1 ward October 3, instead of tn
I third 80 per cent, and the re
I naming Is per cent will be cal
I ed up as soon thereafter as pra'
! ticable.
I Local boards are directed
I disregard order of liability nun
I Der to some extent in selectin
: the first 5 per cent as men of e.
! perience, such as cooks and form
I er soldiers are desired at tn
! time. Warning is given. hoy
I ever, against getting into tn
! |levy by reason of his experien
! any man who might not othe
! wise have been included in t
{Ifirst icrement of that district
! all.
vi IL w.. KsInrvyc
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University Session Opens Sept. IS.

Ouktcsity oeSoiVN OP~S S~R~'
The regular session of the Lou
isiana State University will open
on Wednesday. September 10.
1t is the earnest desire of the
University authorities that there
be no diminution in attendance
from that of the previous ses-
sions, but on the contrary, that
the registration be larger than
ever before.
There is no doubt that the
world will have to look mainly to
the United States to replensh its
supply of highly educated men.
now being SO rapidly depleted on
the battle fields of Europe. " says
President Thos. D. Boyd of the
Louisiana State University.
MANY European colleges and
universities have closed their
doors, and it would very unfor'
tunate to have any great falling
off in the attendance of ouI
American colleges and universe
ties this fall.
High school graduates ant
college students are worthy O
| all praise for their eagerness u
enter military service and thei
] willingness. if need be. to die TO
! their country: but this war vii
probably continue several year
longer, and there is no doub
, that these young men can rende
their country better service b
; completing their education an
,, thus fitting themselves for great
er usefulness hereafter.-L 5
slU. Press Bulletin.
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President Wilson is going to
fix, or has fixed the prices on
hard coal and copper. 1t is not
at all improbable that the gov
eminent will take over the coal
and copper mines during the war
especially if the owners of the
mines violate the orders fixing
the prices Of their products.
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If you have Chills or Malaria get :
CSC bottle of Sanoi Chill Tonic nothing
better for chills and malaria Get It
at the Drug Store.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-09-01

Tablets, pencils, crayons, ETC., at c
H. TummineIlo's.
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Headquarters for your wants. J. W.
Duncan Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
A GIANT FOR A GIANTS TASK

WE HAVE repeatedly pointed out in
w these columns that price-fixing is n
dangerous and difficult adventure and
only undertaken because the ordinary
laws of supply and demand have failed
TO function
The appointment OF William Potter as
fuel administrator for Pennsylvania
catapults him into one Of the most i'm.
portant positions under the Government.
1t is not too much to say that the coal
supply Of this State will virtually be a
decisive factor in the conduct OF the war.
1t is an Industrial war and fuel is the
vitals Of industry. In view, too, Of the
many abuses practlced in the handling of
coal. frequently resulting in scandal, none
but man Of the highest character,
trusted both as to his integrity and his
ability, could hope to hll successfully the
office to which Mr.. Potter has been as
signed.
He should have the active cooperation
and support Of citizens generally, par.
ticularly Of men engaged in the coal in.
dustry, and we trust that he will have it.
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the Government to appoint a Royal Com
mission, before which he denied absolutely
that he had ever written a single one of the
letters published. During the sitting Of the
commission in London, Henry Labouchere,
editor of Truth and an English member of
Parliament was awakened one night and,
going himself to the door, found there
Richard Piggott, the chief witness against
Mr.. Parnel. Then and there Piggott con-
fessed that he had forged the Parnell let
ters. Mr.. Labouchere Immediately sent for
his neighbor, George Augustus Sala, then
one OF the great literary lights of the world
and In the presence of these two gentlemen
he reduced his confession to writing and
signed It. The next day he fed to Spain to
escape an indictment for perjury, and about
a week afterward committed suicide in
Madrid
OF course the Times publicly withdrew
It's charges against Mr.. Parnell and made
a complete apology. 1t also paid the ex-
penses Of the commission, a rather consid-
cradle sum. Mr.. Parnells entry into the
House Of Commons a few days afterwapd
provoked one Of the most remarkable ova-
tions ever given there. Members of the
Government and opposition benches rushed
forward to shake his hand while from the
body or the House, and even the strangers
gallery, a burst OF cheering arose and con-
tinued for nearly five minutes.
You must have felt proud over such
WOHueTiuI utmonstration, said a friend to
Mr.. Parnell In the lobby, later.
Not a Bit" he replied. "Al these fellows
would leap at my throat if they felt that
way"
The Piggott confession caused a remark
able revulsion of feeling toward Mr.. Parnell
in England, for his calmness. fortitude and
forbearance In the face OF bitter persecu-
tion and systematic viIification were imme.
dately recognized and appreciated.
1t is unfortunately true that during the
incident of the Land League agitation.
when famine Joined hands with the land
lord evictor in decimating the Irish peas
antry, agrarian crimes were rife. But
neither Mr.. Parnell nor any other member
of the Irish Parliamentary party indorsed
such crimes and there was not a shred OF
evidence to justify the slang and the SLAM
der OF the author Of i"rhe female of the
species Is more deadly than the male"
]. ST. GEORGE JOYCE.
Philadelphia, September 26.
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LAND OF THE FREE PLoTTER

A MASS Of evidence has been unearthed
IA by the Federal authorities to prove
that the Eddystone munitions explosion
was the result of plot. This announce.
ment was foreshadowed in the EVENING
LEDGER's accounts OF the disaster at the
time. But 1t seems to be an inveterate
American habit to think no evil OF spies
and to be kind to traitors. After every
one of the many outrages committed on
our soil since August, 1914, there was
always a large number of persons ready
to say TT was an accident" even before
all the surface facts in the case were
reported.
Nowhere else in the world do traitors
and spies have so free a foot as here. A
pro- German newspaper printed in Eng
land or France at this time would be in.
conceivable. A shower Of paving stones
would stop such a thing before 1t was
fairly started. 1t is not an overtime sense
Of justice that permits pro- -Germanism
to flourish a nation that is easy on
lynchers cannot boast of that. A
perverse sense Of humor which insists on
treating serious matters lightly has
given plotters the idea that they can
go very far without paying the penalty.
I. w. w. plotters and other tools OF
the Kaiser must be taught lesson. And
that lesson is one which an easy-going
people needs as much as the plotters do.
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aeamen and the 'eoldisr Of the sea" But,
TIL the war came and broke traditions.
risht and left, such an informal state
OF affairs was unthinkable.
Class, caste, cali It what you will, was
rigidly observed in all branches OF the
service. Army men, while conceding
politely the worth OF rival organizations,
still felt the army to be distinctly the top
Of the heap. The sailor walked, talked,
ate and slept with his puddle" The
marine didn't know any friends but the
marines.
Pro-Germans and paclfsts who say
over and over that this is not a war of
and for democracy, can find their silent
answer on Broad street When an inter.
national struggle skaters naval etiquette
and pairs up the blue OF the sailor with
the bun Of the marine, It must have some
big democratic thought behind II. For
beating Germany is almost an easy Job
compared to beating old, unwritten Gus.
tom into insensibilty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
THE WEREWOLF AT LARGE

The man who was also a werewolf sat in
his arbor, drinking excellent beer
He was not an ill-lookink man. His fond.
ness for an out-of-door life had given him
ruddy color He was tall and blond. His
eyes were gray. But there was a shlfty
look In them, now dreamy. now fierce, Az
times they contracted to mere slits. His
chin sloped away to nothing. His legs were
long and thin, his movements sprlngy and
uncertain.
The philosopher who came to pay his re-
spects TO the man who was also werewolf
(whom we shall henceforth call MWAW for
short) was named Professor Schmuck. He
was globular man, with protruding china
blue eyes. much magnifled by immense spec
tacles, The fame OF his book on "Eschato-
logical Problems Among the Hlvtes and
Utilities" was worldwide. But his real
speciality was universal knowledge.
Yet on entering the arbor where MwAW
was sitting, this world-renowned Learned
Ohe made three deep obelsances. as II he
were approaching an idol. and stammered
IN husky voice: Highly Exalted l-dars
"Ah. our good Schmuck I" said MWAW,
turning In his chair and recrossinE his legs
Soine IN. rake place. Take beer. "ahe
breath. Speak out"
The professor, thus Rraclously reagsured
set forth his errand
nave come to you, Highly Exalted. %
inquire your eXllted views on the subject
OF Lycanthropy. Your Exaltedness knows"
yes yes" broke in MwAw, "old Tea-
tonic legend Men become wolves. strona-
est and tiercest breed. Eat people up
Frlshten everybody Rayage countryside
beautitul myth Teaches power is greateat
tning Might gives right Force over all :"
Certainly, Highly Exalted" said Schmuck
humply' " is wonder-beautiful myth, fun
OF true ideallen. But what II IL lost ila
purely mythical quality and becAme he.
ioricsl' actual. contemporaneous7 would
u not change its aspeetG Would not people
object to ~ Might not the werewolf get
himself disllked?"
Perhaps" answered MWAW, smiling til
nis eyes almost disappeared. but what
dinerence? Ignorant people, weak people
no account Werewolf is stronger race
therefore superior. Objections silly"
True, Exaltedness,". said schmuck. 'lt
IL the nrst duty OF every ideal 10 realiHs
itself. Yet in this particular matter the
complaints are very bitter. II Is said that
great numbers OF helpless men and wolnen
nave been devoured, their children torn .
pieces their farms and gardens ravaead ard
their houses destroyed by werewolves CANE
recently Shall deny ~"
No" Growied MWAW. Don't be a fool
IL u TOO we'll known. We know Il ourselves
we are the Wolf-pack. pont deny Il fN'
ufy ~ that's tQnf huelne1a Earn VOW
..'4ff III Henry van Dyke. N ecripn''|
81 |..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
THE LOCAL APPLICATION

TIME EVENING LEDGER recently printed
l. Kipling poem, written when the poet
was at the height of his power The
poem did not fit the facts which formed
its theme, but IT was in many respects
an exact picture of the situation in Phila.
delphia An explanation relative to Kip
ling and Paraell we print elsewhere in n
letter to the editor but there is no ex.
PLANTATION, we believe, of the application
to present conditions Of the line, I'VE
are not ruled by murderers, but only
by their friends" The truth of it is
evident TO everybody. Nor, had the poet
composed his verse in this city last week,
could he have expressed the truth more
eloquently and succinctly than in the
lines:
They only said 'intImidate" and talked
and went away,
BY God, the boys that did the work were
braver men than they!
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LITTLE BOY BLUE

The littlei toy dog ia covered with dust.
But sturdy and stanch he stands;
And the little toy soldier Is red with rust
And his muslSet molds In his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was ne,U
And the soldier was passing fair;
And that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
"Now. don't you 90 till come" he said.
And don't you make any noise!"
So. toddling on 70 his trundle-bed,
He dreamt OF the pretty toys;
And. as he was dreaming. an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
oh the years are many, the years are long
But the little toy friends are true.
Az faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand
Each In the same old place,
Awaiting the touch OF little hand.
The smile OF little face;
And they wonder. as waiting the long
years through
IN the dust Of that little chair.
what hna become ol atr Little noy nlnA
Since hl Kissed them .ro put ihele lhtrs.
EN1eps H|a'd
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WITH COMPOUND INTEREST"

floyd GEORGE has at last come to
IL decision about reprisals, and it is
typical OF him that when he once decides
a question he chooses no halfway meas.
ure
I'VE will not cnly bomb Germany, but
will give them compound interest"
This is the Premier's terse reply to the
manning of London school children. 1t
is not the reply that one would make to
an enemy with a normal mind. But the
Allies are not dealing with normallty.
The German ruling-class mind is per.
verted. 1t has actually counted upon
English humanity not to retaliate for air
raids upon noncombatants. There seems
to be no way to bring such sayagery to
terms other than by using the only
methods which 1t can understand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
PARNELL AND KIPLING

Sir-The reference TO Charles Stewart
ParnsIl. In introducing a Kipling poem
that you seem to think applies TO the fifth
Ward murder and outrages. is based upon
a Misunderstanding OF the facts You prob
ably had in mind what Is known as the
Parnell Commission, which unqusstionabIy
umph In the eventful life Of the great Irish
leader.
In the year 1889 the London Times pub-
llshed. IN facsimile, letters alleged 10 have
been written by Mr.. Parneli and distinotIJ '
ipAtiEatlnK crimes in Ireland. For months
the Times dared Parnell 70 bring libel suit
lnental % tho letters. Thia Mr.. parnsii "a
fused p do. but he d'f better Ee forced
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THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Eef, mebbe so, you gotta 1Cife
OATS good as mine to me,
You 1ceeH be glad for max her life
So hdppy as eau be.
Las tdH Cdrlottd tax my han
An mako me so happy man;
Wan year today she eeS mv mate,
An so tonight ICE celebrate.
You thecnk tCould torodt da day
Dat pour sooch sunshine on my 1odv'
Ali no, 0ona lat her see
Hoau kinda husbdn' eau be;
HolU glad am she ees so true,
HolC proud for all da trorL she do.
An so for max her tCork for me
More edsy dan Get use for be,
An Shoto hoto nooch mn heart ees stir
buy a leetld 0eett for her.
CdrIottd got so prettd hair,
I buy her som'theen0 nice for 1cedr-
Eh9 wat? o! no, ees notd hat;
Ees som'theen0 nrooch more use dan dat
EetS IeetId pad, so sof an theeck
An stu6 ,0eeth toooI, dat she can steeck
on top dd hair upon her head,
SO Hod leetla fedthrd bed.
Eet sure tceel max her Jeela good
Wen she ees carry loddd toood;
An mebbe so eet hdlp her, too,
For carry more dan notU she do.
So mooch toeeth loVe nV heart ees STIR
I bug deeS lettId 0eett for her.
EGt, mebbe So you gotta tCite
OATS good as mine to me,
You, too, 1Uould try for max her life
So hdppv as cdn be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04

GEORGE FULLER GOLDEN, It
seems TO us now. was the only contem-
porary OF Kelly's who came within hail
ing distance OF him at all, and Golden
passed out a good many years ago. GOLD.
en- was not a Philadelphian, we think,
but this old town has produced most OF
the big vaudeville artists whose names
have been accorded the dignity OF electric
lights above the theatre door. Keily's
real name was Shields and he was born
somewhere In the old city limits. Then
there were the Kernel Brothers, and a
string Of lesser lights. coming down 10
Frank Tinney and Jack Norworth In our
own day. But the real Irish variety actor
there was no 'vodeyille" then) trod the
boards Of the old oenlrsl 1hsAtrs. IA.
stroyed BY IRE 10 the early ninstles
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CONTEMPLATION

To the Editor of the EVenin1 Ledger:
Sir-The EVENING LEDGER every evening
with its powerful editorials ana the latest
happenings OF the day, comes next to my
pipe for good evenings comfort at home.
l also wish to congratulate your car
tooni%, Mr.. Sykes for the wonderf,il car
toons that appear daily in the columns Of
your great newspaper, and / think thew
should be shown everywhere
A REGULAR READER.
Reading, Pa, October e.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04

Some day we mean to get round to
review Of Kit Morley's "Parnassus on
Wheels" but here while we're loaflng on
the job the Hoskins Shop seems to have
taken a leaf from that inspiring little
tale, advertising a unique book wagon,
mahogany, rubber tired"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-04
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. Only four Americana have borne the tin
Of "Feneral''--that Is, without the ,Dfe,
fix "majOr" or "lieutenant" or "brlk.
adler" Who were they?
2. About how far have the German planes IA
20 from their base to the English coast
on their raids?
8. Is au army or navy officer supposed 70 10
his hat to a. woman in speaking 70 hsf
on the street?
4. About how old Ii Won Hlndenburg?
5. Displayed on a wall at oxford UniyefsiU
as n superb specimen OF written Ens.
Ilsh Is Lincoln's letter TO Mrs. Bhby,
=. occasion that produced the famous ietttr,
g. Mexico has made complaint Of the operatioa
of our draft law. Why? r.
Is his Boswell?
=. What IL q grandee?
0. What Is meant by the sn0w-line. when oas
speaks OF above or below the snow.
10. Where Is FOrmosa and what does the word