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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05
use OF HIGH DENOMINATION STAMPS
WILL Be ENCOURAGED.

The Third Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral has Issued the following:
As measure of economy postmast-
ers and post-office employees are di-
rected to encourage the public to use
stamps of the highest denomination
suited to the amount of postage re-
quired on all mail. For ex ample, 3
cent stamp instead of two Let. stamps
should be affixed to letters needing
2 cent postage, and 10 cent stamp
instead of five 2-cts should be attached
to parcels requiring 10 cents postage.
Cooperation between post-office en-
ployees and the public in the sale and
use of stamps of the higher denomina-
ton will effect large saving to the.
Government in the cost of producing,
transporting, and canceling them, and
will benefit the public in minimizing
the number of stamps handled and
affixed to mail. This benefit will be es
pecially important to business concerns
mailing large quantities of letters and
parcels, and postmasters are directed
to bring the suggestion particularly to
their notice.
Postmaster will cause tins suggestion
to be published in the newspapers
when IL can be done without expense
to the department.
A. NJ. DoCKERY,
Third tssisfant postmaSter Ganeral
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05

The public will bear in mind the
musical recital to be given by the
Cathedral Quartette at the Masonic
Hall OH next Monday, October sth,
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
Society, the proceeds to be used to buy
supplies for the Red Cross. The adj
mission will be: children under 10
years, 400; adults 75e. The en-
tertainment is expected to be un-
usually good and all lovers of music
should make an effort to be present.
Aside from hearing musical treat at
tendants will be helping most worthy
cause.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05
Auction Sale.

Public Notice is hereby given, That the
following property belonging to the late
]. G. Harris, and now belonging to his
heirs, will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder, at the Court House
door on
Saturday, the 3rd Day Of November, 1917,
on terms of one-half cash, balance in IL
months, with interest at per cent, rep
resented by notes secured by vendors
mortgage, as follows:
Cat Point Plantation-Belng fractional
West half of Section 32 and 100 acres
taken from the west side of the east half
of Section 80, in Township IL, Range IL
east, containing 1923 acres.
Lots One and Two of st. Peter Planta-
ton and an undivided one-third interest
in gin house and machinery and one acre
of land on which the gin stands, contain
ing 1913 acres.
A vacant lot in the town of St. Joseph.
bounded north by Pamela street, east by
lot of Newell, south by plank road and
west by lot of Whitney.
Lot and three cottages in the Town of
st. Joseph, bounded north by lot of l..
Buckner, Jr., east by levee road, south
by lot of Steele and west by lot of Mrs.
Ratcliff.
The right to reject any and all bids by
reason of inefficiency of price offered. or
for other reason, is reserved.
q. CLARK SMITH.
st. Joseph. La, Oct. 4th, 1917.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05

Season Tickets will be on sale at Baker S
and at the Drug Store.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05
REGISTRATION or WOMEN TO Be HELD ON
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH.

The United States is now one of the
great factors.in the world war, and in
order to make victory a certainty, our
Country decided from the start to
throw into the great conflict all of the
resources ,of the Nation in Men,
Women, Money'and Material.
Acensus of the man pwer has already
been made of the men between the
ages of 81 and 81, the money power of
the Nation is well known, and a census
of the material and food wealth is now
being made, and it. is now proposed to
make a census ofsthe woman power
of the nation. Wednesday, October
18th, has been fixed by the Governor
as Woman's Registration Day, and
every woman should register on that
day.
Mrs. r. III. Whitney has been APP
pointed as the head of the Tensas Com
mittee to provide for the proper reg
istration of the women of the Parish
and has appointed the following Com
mittee to assist her:
Mrs. r. w. Novelist Ward.
Mrs. ID. II. Alverson-2nd Ward.
Mrs. w. j. Ward-3rd Ward.
Mrs. Steve Smith-4th Ward.
Mrs. c. l.. Beisel--5th Ward.
Mrs. M. Kullman- 9th Ward.
Mrs. E. d. Coleman-7th Ward.
Registration will be compulsory.
Women when registering are re-
quested to state just what kind of work
they prefer to do, in the event that it
becomes necessary for the Nation to
call upon them. In the event that IL
becomes necessary, the women will be
expected and required to take the
place of the men who are fighting in
the trenches.
The registration of women is of the
greatest Importance, for it is absolutely
necessary that the Government know
Just what woman power can be counted
upon TO take the place of the men, so
that no industry or business of the
country may be hampered for the lack
OF intelligent help, it is therefore the
patriotic duty Of the women to reg
lister and make known their pre-
ferences so that they can do their part
when the necessity arises. The
women of no country have ever fall
tered at the call of their country; in
fact its the woman who set men an
example in patriotism, aud we know
that the women of our country will
show their patriotism, and register on
Woman's Registration Day.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05
Miss Marion Curry has returned from
a visit to her grandmother, Mrs. Car
rie Tullis, at Baton Rouge.

Messrs. Brigham & Lancaster, agents
for the Buick and Maxwell cars, at
Waterproof, this week sold MIR. e. c..
Chandler, of "Coosa" plantation, Lake
st. John, a beautiful Buick Super-six.
They also sold the Gulley Grocery Co.
of st. Josephra' Maxwell truck, to be
used by the wholesale for handling
freight.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05
careiessness Results in Failure.

That Is why we say Feed b. A.
Thomas Hog Powder according to
direction. Do not feed il sloppy but
mix it with ground teed and mois,en
with Just enough water to make a
|crumble mass. Then each hog gets a
beneficial dose. see full direction on
Your money back ifyou are
|not sstisfied. wv. r. Baker & Son.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05

In the proceedings Of the organ
ization of the Parish Council of De-
tense, published last week, the colored
committee of deputy statesmen, ap-
pointed to sell the second issue OF
Liberty Loan Bonds, was inadvertent-
ly omitted. That committee is as fol-
lows: G. H. Woods, John Cammack,
M. w. Washington, John P. Mitchell,
Paris Dixon, Sam Douglass and Will
liam Street.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05
Third Assistant Postmaster General

Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Lanius were
Weekend guests of his family at St.
Joseph, following their return from
Fordyce, Ark, where they went on a
bridal trip.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05
Barb Wire Cuts and Wounds

Are troublesome to cure. Get a bot
tie of Farris' Healing Remedy-cost
50c-make it at home. Heals rapidly. A
sore never matters where this remedy
is used. We sell it on the money back
plan.-W. R. Baker & Son.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-05

Campbell Bros. original New Orleans
Minstrels will exhibit in Waterproof
Thursday night, Oct. II and Newellton
Friday night, Oct. ~. This is the largest
and best colored minstrel show on the
road to-day presenting new up-to-
date performances in Minstrelsy, i'm
Producing the most famous colored
singers, dancers, cake walkers and
Comedians known among the colored
race, the high moral plan on which the
New Orleans Minstrels are conducted
should guarantee this company q
liberal patronage by the people of
Saint Joseph and vicinity. Don't miss
seeing the best minstrel show that will
visit you this season.-adv.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Blue match my eyes, Grace Valentine the pquant star
who has done much make Lombard Ltd. success;
Mnle Haversck made the frock Of aviation blue khakKool
with one of the skirts and draped collars
blue and green ribbon the touches that tell
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
naturalization
CLERKS Warned;
SPIES ARE BUSY
Requests For Copies of Old
Papers Indicate Enemy
Is At Work.

knowledge that the German govern
ment has been trying to obtain copies
of naturalization papers for the use of
spies in getting passports has resulted
in a new and very strict order by the
United States Department Of Labor.
Naturalization Clerk M. J. Flana-
gan today received letter from Com
missioner R. H. Campbell OF the
Naturalization Bureau in Washin gton
stating that in the future all requests
for copies of papers shall be sent to
Washington for investigation before
issued.
In his letter Commissioner Campbell
says Startling facts in connection with
the numerous requests for copies of old
papers indicate that enemy influence IS
at work" Many citizens of alien birth
hav without any good reason been
trying to get copies of papers issued
to them prior to 1906, when the pres-
ent stringent citizenship requirements
went into effect.
Now when anybody appears and
says he has lost his citizenship papers
he must make affidavit of his loss
and then the government will investi-
gate before the clerk is allowed to
issue a copy. In the cases of per-
sons with foreign sounding names it
has been an easy matter for a man
to obtain a copy Of his papers and
then turn it over to somebody in the
employ of the German government
who could use the paper to prove his
American citizenship and thereby gel
Ia passport to some foreign country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
father JUDGE
TO SUPERVISE
CHARITY WORK
Assistant Pastor of Sacred
Heart Church Going to
st. Augustine's.

Rev. Matthew Judge, assistant pas
tor of Sacred Heart church, will be
transferred to St. Augustine's church
Oct. 5.
Father Judge will take up new and
important work in ST. Augustine's
parish. He will have charge Of the
Catholic Charitable bureau, the work
Of which has been increased greatly
in scope and Importance, and will SUI
pervise st. MichaePs cemetery.
His experience as commissioner of
charities, and his subsequent studies,
have given Father Judge an unusual
fitness for the work of the charitable
bureau. He is a student of society
who will take up his work with an
understanding and capability that
should result in the accomplishment
of great good.
Father Judge will have been at
tached to Sacred Heart church nine
years and nine months, by the time
he makes the change. His leaving
will be regretted deeply by the con-
gregation who have cause to hold him
in affectionate esteem. Since coming
to Bridgeport Father Judge has made
thousands of friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
SAVES 40 YEARS,
MEETS STRANGER,
$500 DISAPPEARS.
"Good Christian Gentle
man" Causes Arrest of
Man Who Quotes Bible.
FINE oPPoRTuNTY-for one wis

FINE OPPORTUNTTY-fo one wish
ing to go into business. Must be
a. Christian with $500 to invest in
new proposition.
James Cartwright, an upright old
character, Of 27 Orange street, with an
abiding faith in human nature read
the foregoing advertisement in a
Bridgeport paper, on July 25 and he
that If the advertiser insisted on a
Christian, he was a man of many vir-
tues and a good person to do business
with.
Having worked about 40 years to
save $500, Cartwright arrived at the
conclusion he had better quit his job
at the Loconobile Co.. and accept the
offer. He finally got into communica-
ton with the advertiser, Clayton R.
Plunkett.
The latter, .according(to. the police
could quote and passage desired from
the Bible. After reciting the observa-
ton of King Solomon that "the lambs
are for thy clothing. and the goats
are the price of the field to his new
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
Walked in Beardsley
Park With Soldier;
Assault Repulsed

Marjorie B. Stone, III Madison
avenue, met a soldier whom she states,
81 thought I knew" while she was
walking in Noble avenue, last nifht.
She discovered she didn't know the
soldier but they became perfectly well
acquainted apparently for she took a
walk with the I'D iornaed man through
Beardsley Park. sN
When they reached a dark spot the
soldier she claims grabbed hold of
her and proceeded to assault her. Her
cries drew the attention of an auto
mobile party which was passing
through the park and they started in
search of a policeman.
Patroiman Dempsey was found and
the autoists brought him back to the
scene. Miss Stone was found in a
badly frightened condition, but her
escort had escaped. His identity is
not known.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01

The man of moderate means, as well
as the wealthy, is affected by the in
come tax section. Normal rates have
been doubled and exemptions lowered
to $1,000 for single persons and 81, 600
for married ones. Surtaxes for in
comes above 5000 range from / to 50
per cent, the maximum applying to
incomes over LOCO, ,oO0 This section is
expected to raise $6O0. .0O0, 600
Included in the taxes imposed on
manufacturers are 1evies of u cent a
foot on motion picture films; 2 per
cent. on the sale price of chewing
gum and per cent. on automobiles,
musical instruments and jewelry.
Evening drowning ones tax trou-
bles in drinks or sending them up in
smoke will cost more. for the levies
on all kinds of drinks and tobacco
soar. The new rate on whiskey is
$2.10 a gallon and on beer $3.50 a
barrel. Wine taxes will be doubled
and even grape juice will be taxed a
cent a gallon.
A person cannot esca pc taxes by
travel. Eight per cent. is assessed on
passenger tickets, and steamer tickets
also will pay a tax.
Some confusion and nIisinterpreta-
ton has arisen out Of the wording OF
the section imposing stamp taxes on
otiable>instru1nents which has been
misconstrued to mean that tax had
/, been placed on bank checks.
The bill says: Drafts or 7Shecks
payable otherwise than at sight Ax on
demand ETC., two cents for each sSe0
The official Interpretation Of this Sec
ton is that as a check is payable at
sight and on demand, it, therefore, is
excluded from the tax.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
TRAFFIC Light AS SIX
CENT FARE is CHARGED
FOR RIDE ON TR0lLEYS
SHAKEN But POWERFUL,
us U. s. WAR DEPARTMENT
VIEW OF TEuTON STRENGTH

Washington, Oct. Shaken, but still
powerful. is the estimate of Germany's
defensive strength on he western
communique issued by the war de-
partment.
The superiority of the British over
their enemies, the communiqrso says,
has been proved conclusively by the
last weeks fighting; while it has
demonstrated that the fighting stamina
of the Germans is deteriorating.
OF the activities of the American
forces in Europe the communicate
says absolutely nothing. OF the forces
at home it. reports mobilization of the
naioual guard and the national army
proceeding satisfactorily.
The analysis of the situation on the
western front, which the communique
says remains the principal battle
front Of war, follows:
''The battle of Menin road (Ypres
salient) which promises to be one of
the great battles of the war, Is fol-
lowing it's normal course. Last week
we recorded the gains OF the British
in this sector. This week we must
note the desperate attempts made by
the Germans to retake the lost posi-
tions.
Beginning Sunday last the con-
stant1y increasing violence of the
counter attacks reached a elimination
on the 9th inst, when seven power
full onslaughts by the picked storm
battanons of the enemy endeavored
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
POPE CAN'T SEE
FRENCH ATTITUDE
ON PEACE NOTE
Pleased, However, at Recep-
tion Accorded It By the
Clergy.

Paris, Oct. 1.-The Eclair publishes
letter from Cardinal Gasparri the
papal secretary of state, to Bishon De
GdberEues of Valence concerning she
reception2accorded to the papaI peace
note. in which the papaI secretary ex-
presses the satisfaction of Pone Rena-
dict at the sentiments of the Catbol;c
clergy of France, which the letter sa We
is all the more agreeable to his holt
ness since the contrary attitude of the
French press in general as inexplica-
Bile. If there are nations specially IA
ored In the papal note they are Fra nee
and Belgium
The letter, which is dated Sept, 10.
remarks that France certainly cannot
take exception to the first two points
of the papa1 note CONCERNING disarma-
ment and obligatory abitration.. and
continues:
=e AS to the damages to pe replaced
and the outlays for the war, the holy
father proposes in the third place as
a general principle reciprocal rernfs-
sion. He adds, howeer. that il in any
case particular reasons are opposed to
the view, which Is verified in the case
of Belgium, they can be weighed with
justice and equity
The letter then refers to the state
ment of former Premier Ribot that he
Is in accord with the provisional gov
eminent of Russia, admitting that in
eventual peace negotiations war in
IDENTITIES should not be claimed, but
reserving for France the right to re-
quire reparation for damages caused
by .'the malevolence of military com
or1fS ~
war" The letter says in, addition:
."The pontifica1 note is couched in
general terms and does not exclude
reparation for such damages. But,
eeyn setting aside the enormous diff
ficulties of esta blishing with precision
in all the sector of the war the dam
ages caused needlessly by the fault
of military commanders, it is for
France to judge If it is suitable for it,
even in the hypothesis Of victory, to
prolong the war, were it only for one
year, to require of the enemy repara-
ton for these damages with due ac-
count taken of the losses in money
and men and the heaps of ruins in
which the war would leave the Bel
gian and French territory now occu-
pied"
The letter lays stress on the fact
that the papal note desires that
French territory be Immediately eva
cuated completely. 1t then says that
the pope does not and could not pro-
pose any solution concerning Alsace-
Lorraine. It adds that the pope ex-
presses hope that France and Ger
many will examine in a concifiatory
ssrit the aspirations Of peoples, TAX
ing into account what is Just and pos
sib1e. Finally. the letter contends
that the pope's note favors France in
different points and offends 1t in none.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
JENNINGS BOAT
TAKEN AFTER HE
RUNS BLOCKADE
Refusing to Obey Naval Or
der, Bridgeporter Loses
Craft and License

Because he failed to bring his motor
boat to stop three weeks ago when
called upon by naval patrol boat to
halt, e. NJ. Jennings power boat Ii
cense has been taken up at the order
of the third naval division command
ant.
Mr.. Jennings. the proprietor of The
Erwin M. Jennings Co., started from
Southport to Port jefferson on a
cruise, entering the restricted zone in
the sound. 1t is necessary for all nav
fgators to stop for inspection on com.
mand of those in charge of naval pa
troll boats. Mr.. Jennings failed to
obey such a summons and continued
to Port jefferson.
At the latter place his boat was held
temporarily and his license was taken
sway. He was allowed to bring the
craft back to Southport.
The Jennings boat is the Francis
nd. we'll known in sound waters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
RICH and POOR ARE CAUGHT TN
DRAGNET SPREAD BY GIGANTIC
S2,7OO,OOO,00 WAR TAX BILL

wasFfngton, Oct. 1.-The 50, 700, 00o,-
900 war tax bill which is up for hnaJ
action today in the house catches
almost everybody. from the cradle to
the grave, and for good measure lev
les a few new taxes on the heirs.
Babys first dash of talcufn powder
will, under the 2 per cent. ma.nufac-
turers' tax Of cosmetics, help Uncle
Sam to carry on the war, and after
death the federal collectors will be on
hand to get the inheritance tax, at ad-
vances on the present rate of from
per cent. on $4,000 to 10 per cent. on
81, ,000, 900. Between birth and death
most of mans activities would be
taxed, voting a proxy at a meeting of
a cemetery association being one OF
the few specifically exempted.
Those who have profited-most by
the war, the recipients of enoT1n us
excess war profits, will pay the most
to help carry it on. Almost half the
total amount of the bin, or about 81,
Ito, 900 600, is to be collected from
them.
The person who writes postal card
will be caught, for cards win sell for
| two cents each. Letters will be three
cents. One will be taxed when he
goes to a moving picture show If the
admission is more than five cents, one
tenth of the cost of the ticket. Thai
rate will affect all who attend amuse.
| ments, from the man in the gallery
| to the one in the box. A host o1
stamp taxes designed to raise $50, 900,
900 also will get the man with little
money in many ways. His Creates
consolation is that the consumption
taxes, which would have made him
pay on coffee, tea and sugar; were
stricken from the bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01

vanly to regain the lost objectives
The village Of Zonnebeke, the center
of the conflict, is now irnnly held by
the British
1T is evident that the efforts of the
enemy in this sector are not actuated
merely by the desire to regain lost
terrain of little more than tactical
value, nor must their persistent at
tacks be considered merely The nor
NAL reaction Of modern field en-
gagenent in which counter attacks
invariably follow on, attacks; but
rather 1t is to be noted that the enemy
re Allies fully the immense strategic
Importance of the British thrust alonx
the Menin road.
This new British advance in the
Ypres salient now definitely threatens
the enemy's line Of communications to
the Belgian coast, The Ostend-Ldlle
railway, which in a large meesure
feeds the German naval bases at Os-
tend and Zeebrugge, the latter the
home port of the. German high sea
submarine flotillas, now comes with
IN the range Of the fire of the Brit
iSh guns. -
The superiority Of the British over
their enemies was conclusiyely proved
curing the engagement of the last
week. The battle of Menin road, fur
tfhermore, shows that the fighting
stamina of the Germans is deterior-
at1ng, not that the enemy did not dis
play great skill and dogged determfn-
| alton In his repeated counter attacks" /"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-01
LITTLE Girl INSTANTLY KILLED
WHEN AUTOMOBILE T0SSES HER TO
STREET AND Wheel CRUSHES HEAD

Sadie Siegel, 10 years old, of 21S
Merriam street, was knocked down
and Instantly, killed by commercial
automobile owned by the Bridgeport
Gas Light Co., and operated by Will
liam s. McMullen, 81 Colonial street,
this morning at 11:30 in North ave-
nue.. After the little. girl had been
thrown to the street, one of the front
wheels passed over her head crush
Ing the skull.
According to McMu1len he was
driving about 10 miles an hour when
he noticed a short distance ahead OF
him at Lindley street, a trolley car
and another auto which had been
stalled by a passing railroad train at
the crossing. He states he does not
know just from which direction the
girl ran into the path Of his machine
so suddenly did the fatality occur.
He states she darted from around