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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-09
Jealous Local Mason Honored.

LcAlOuS LOIdA N"ooA
The Chief learns with genuine
qualification of the merited dlstlnc-
ton that has been conferred upon one
of this community's most estlmable
and popular young citizens, Abe H..
Bloomenstiel, through his appoint
ment as deputy grand master OF the
Masonic district comprising the Don
aldsonville, Lutcher, Plaquemlne,
White Castle, Napoleonville, Houma
and Bonner lodges. Mr.. Bloomenstlel
is the present E. H. P. of Ascension
Chapter No. 40, Royal Arch Masons,
and has previously filled the exalted
position Of worshipful master of the
local s.blue'' lodge. He has always
displayed keen interest In Masonic
matters and been. actively identified
with the conduct of the local branches
Of the order, and his elevation to the
important post Of district deputy
comes as well-deserved recognition
Of his zeal in behalfeof the fraternity
and his undoubted ability to discharge
the duties intrusted to him in con-
spiceuously successful and satisfac-
tory manner. Both his Masonic sbreth-
rem and his extensive circle OF friends
outside the order join IN extending
him cordial congratulations.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-09
NOTICE.
DUgLIc NOTICE is hereby given that am
applying for a pardon. LOUIS SEALS
WANTED.

rqALEsMEM 20 solicit ordgy for lubricating
- oils, greases and paints. Salary or COM
mission Address HARVEY OIL CO.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-09

Joseph SEVERN Braud, of DaT .ow,
and Miss Eleonore Loupe, daughter Of
Alcide Loupe, of Lutcher, will b
married at the latt ar place next Mon
day forenoon. M. Braud is in the
meat business in barrow, and has
many friends there and elsewhere who
Rlii learn with pleasure of the i'm
psrtant event here announced.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-09
W S. s.,

DR.. John S. Thibaut returned
Thursday afternoon from New Or
leans, where he attended the annual
convocation of the grand chapter OF
Louisiana, Royal Arch Masons, over
which organization he presided dur
ing the past year as excellent high
priest. His administration was a
most successful one.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-09

Not our "bit," but our "best. :"
w s. s.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-02-09

For results Advertise in the Chief.
Telephone 81.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
RAW TROOPS USED IN GERMAN
LINES.
HEAVY Losses Force Huns to Bring UP
Green Men to Oppose British.

With the British Army in France
and Flanders. Oct. 25 (By the Asso-
ciated Press) The heavy losses
which the Germans have sustained
since the allied offensive began have
forced the enemy to use raw troops
brought from the Eastern front. The
enemy now has 195 divisions on the
Western front, of which 1S3 are Ger
man infantry divisions, excluding 81
divisions withdrawn after they had
suffered severe casualties during the
past two weeks and six Austro-Hun-
garian divisions. There are only II
enemy divisions available in reserve
on this front and none of these is
fresh.
The desperate situation which the
enemy is now facing appears to be
fully appreciated by many of the
German people, according to letters
captured along the front.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
HALLER LEADING POLES.
Fighting General in Command Of
Army.

News York, Oct. 25.-Gen. Josef
'Ha1ler, who, with aregiment Of Poles,
fought his way out of the Austrian
army, has been appointed commander
in chief of the PolishAforces fighting
with the allies, said cablegram re-
sceived here today by Ignace Pade-
.rewski, American representative OF
the Polish national committee. !,
The new commander, who succeeds
General Archinaurd, is stationed with
soldiers of his native land in France,
but has authority as wellsoyer those
in Italy and Russia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
DOWN WITH THE KAISER.
BERLIN PEOPLE CLAMoR FOR
HIS ABDICATION.
Socialist Leader Liebknecht, Fresh
From Prison Makes Street Speech,
Saying Time OF People Has Come.
enormous

Paris, Oct. 25.-An enormous
crowd assembled in front Of the
reichstag building yesterday calling
for the ahdieation Of Emperor Viii
helm and the formation of a repub-
lie, according to Zurich dispatch to
Information.
DR.. Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist
leader, who was just released from
prison, was aplauded frantically. He
was compelled to ehter carriage
filed with flowers, from which he
made speech, declaring the time OF
the people had arrived.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
VAR NOT ENDED.
BRITISH OPERATIONS TAKE. ON
NEW IMPORTANCE
HERE.

-
That Huns Will Have to Fall Still
Further Back-French Exerting
Pressure South of New Wedge.
Washington, Oct. 24.-Successful|
British operations on the Valenciennes
front took on new importance to 2,1-
GERS here today in the light OF the
diplomatic situation. Field Marshal
sHaig,s armies are striking savaaely
at the hinge of the present German
line of resistance and the progress al
ready made is thought by officers here
TO make it certa in that the German
retirement both IN Belgium ana IN
france will have to-be resumed with
out delay. .e,..
South of the new British wedge, the
French are keeping continuous pres
sure against the enemy along, the
Clse- -Serre front, making it difficult
for. the German commanders to DIS,
engage their forces from this most ex-
posed sector Of their lines Success
of the British effort which now seems
assured would compel a preclpltate
evacuation Of the Oise-Serre salient,
it is believed, for the communication
system of that would be threatened
from the flank and rear.
Reduction of the Oise-Serre salient
would mean rectiication of the lines
probably as far east as the Argonne,
observers believe and coupled with
the Franco-American pounding there
and on the Meuse, the British adj.
vances sof today and yesterday pos
sibfy fefeshadow a German retreat
to The Meuse line. If that retirement
is delayed much longer, it was said
there is strong probability that the
British working eastward from Valen-
ciannes would gather in prisoners,
guns and stores in large number Ia
~ IN view Of the existing military SIT
sHatSon sofhcers pointed ont that every
day was seeing the allied tactical SUI
speiiority increased, even as their su- L-.
speriority IN man and gun power IS IN IN
screasing. Since President Wilson has
already pointed out to the German
authorities that the safeguarding ana
guaranteeing Of that superiority must
Ebe the basis of any armistice agree-
Ement. a. prop position the German lead7
sers accepted with the statement that
the STANDARD Of military power in the
field must OF necessity govern such
terms, III is clear that the condi itions
sof thes armistics to be formulated
grow increasingly hard on the enemy
seech day. - 81.
>MorAs Asthan ever officers are con- con-.
:yinced thsasnew i operations on a large
.scale are impending on the front and
.1hat General Peeshing,s two ageres-
ssye young armies soon viii try their
sn1ettle again. ss..ss
Added Ito the purely military COL cf
sideratiofls which would seem to urge
some uch renewed effort before WIN
terseornes fheresis now the incentive
priasenfed by fact that armistice
terms may soon be rnaalated. The
! {
:of: peril :
SNIP ORDERS CANCE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
MEXICO. HAS INFLUENZA.
Disease Epidemic In All Parts of Re-
public.

Mexico City, Oct. 2e-fnfuenza is
epidemic in virtually all parts of the.
republic, except in the extreme south
and several Pacific coast States. The
spapers estimate the number Of
S here at sixty thousand, but the
b rate is low.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
SHfP8ORDERS CANCE,
Fifty Woo1en Barges and the
Number of Composite TngsN
Be Built

Washington, Oct. "a Contracts
for S O Wooden barges and SO CONF
Sposite tugs designed for use the,
New England coal trade, have been
cancelled by the shipping board In
making this announcement today
Chairman Hurley said the vessels:
lKouId not be needed because Il has
een found possible to use some Of the:
100 ton wooden ships for this SER
The contracts called for the
Inditure Of s25,250 900. but work
kot been started on any OF the,
T. hurley also announced
Wooden ships now build
Resigned that they r
trade betwea
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
SESSIONS IN SUMTER
South Carolina Conference for Social
Workers Accepts City's myitatfoH
for Annual Meeting I'm NovembeEs

Craanwood Ocf @14-PresYdeYat5sA ~
~ Ia,ison tos7s,g
o+s, - 49, 80
ce.a .. saai.,
~ 60 canfarenca ~ 80
sase 49, ,,ai,5
es.' %. t;o,,
- aas;ny usl... va,s.receiu of.ia1Iu ron3
.tl,e S1,noferg o.1,anal sor eonanseree
s,,nnorte6S q. 11iIsgnf citizens
nj, -, 9
=
s,,,,f s;.y sessaois IA, sssfon
ma
sSsirsss sc,,ass,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
Uses EHeL|s|l.
MOST EMPHATIC LANGUAGE ON
RECORD.
Presidents Reply to Germany Re-
esiYed with Warm Welcome in Brit
ish Capital.

sSs1S0E6Ous OCI. L 1f.--tuS popular C0lli-
Sment on the, presid dent's note here is
that it contains the strongest Lam.
xuage ever addressed by the head of,
one great nation TO another in mod
ern times The note is welcomed
because brings matters to a,
new state; further proceedings If
there are to be. further proceedings,
win be in the hands. Of the, govern
n9eats interested. Hitherto, SO far as
the public knows the nations asso-
eiated with thes Gnited States and
Whfeh have more at stake perhaps
than has the United States, have
seen oalookers to the correspondence
The note IS welcomed, secondly, be-
cause of promises to bring the season
sofs discussion 20 an end altogether
one way or the other. No one sees
kow the German chancellor, Prince
Maxinnilian can fail either to accept
President Wilson's platform or reject
ST. Acceptance will be taken to mean
that the Germans regard their po-
sitson as hopeless and that disaster
IS mminent.
The general opinion is that Ger
:znany's military position is not so bad
s but that the leaders viii fight on, If
only with the hope of creating divis-
lens among the allies which has been
sGermany's reliancs OF late.
Natcn Germanyss allies if she de-
Sriles to go on with the war" is the
suggestion among diplomats here.
Austria shows no intention OF re-
nsatning: the tail of the German kite
The Austrian. premier said yesterday
that the separate correspondence be-
SSin With President Wilson would: be
Atinned. Germanyss course, there
sfoSe. need have no effect on Austria,s
ana rill BE mo surprise to- British IL
sAls4xia ard Turkey both p1ow their
eMn peace furroWs Germany per-
"a the war. i
i associated nations would imme-
fsly form Joint diplomatic staff
chat olonel House would repre-
SSelst pnitsd States A najority Of
re have the gov
- ana ounce itsp peace ternas
1iEI d the OF lied pow
conK dezss such an aanounce-
~ E Of President wilson res
Eeached L,ond n the early
Inorping iyen great
- - ~ the evening neWspas
|chaaote with safisfacttol his
- q fa Fefs the question ef an
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
PRAISE FOR WILSON.
Emnt Bryce Says Note Sets Rec.
ord.

on, Oct. 25.-viscount Byrce,
British ambassador to the
States, speaking at a lunch
zen at the American Luncheon
l. kkhe Inter Allied Parliamentary
today, said in discussing
ilson's note to Germany:
Itraightest, simplest and
expression OF opinion
Siven in my life time.
leatest qualities OF "a
did, then Germany
America. We have
hat the peace shalt
J. eth our military
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
FIGHTING IN MEXICO
Federal Troops. and Villa Followers
Is Clash.


Ell Paso, Oct bez
tween Meucanfe federal troops and Villa
followers Was III progress last ira
the oiinaga dissrs sct on lslaerican
border and general g s1ga geInentsIs
expected when TelnfoTee eements arrive
saccordin fos reports eachsng here
.TXere were easua lies pn bc sides,
the nHm not tgheen
d During 20 9
30 SOLD are lyacsVn have
EiIed istTict and the Els
! :
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
|''IHDlIlETI|'||ll||!a'|!| J! I
LANE: Will YISIT FL
SPEcT Low 1AADS.


WaShlngton,0ct y - - LsTe5f
ing in its conseS SgencesS for good 40
State was the nouncement n1a
here today by Sc etary Lane =
interior departmesA to Senaof BE
that he would visit South Carol
about November IS for the pHr
of personally inspecting situa
with regard to the recIanationso
lands for homes for soldiers ret
from the war.
Some time ago congress pa
act providing for the reclay
a large area Of wet landsan ;
ed States which might be
into use and made accessible
who come home from the w
farm and who must find II
ployment after they get.bad
country. There is@a large
ton for this purpose whick
used in the immediate futu1
Recently, at the reqneN2
Benet, Secretary Lane sent an
tor from he>depasfnent Of i
terror to South Carolina and thS
! ter has now assumed such silap
the secretary announced TO-DAY tn
! himself would go there next mons
! It is impossible, Senator Benet
today, to even estimate what al
advantages of such a matter would
when details are arranged andsfar5
actually opened up to returning 50
diers, but the two important featur
are the finding and making Of home
for returning soldiers and the nlaking
available of hundreds Of thousands @
acres of land, now unproduefive and
which win, because ef the recent1ee
islation, be made to yield large and
abundant crops.
While all p1arls have NOT yetsbe
perfected, it is understood that &c 81
i beginning in this important matteEs
) will be undertaken on the CumbaneaS
River near the lands Of DE- e. Hey:
ward. a
Senator Benet again presided over
the senate today, this making the
| third time he has done so recently Tel
day the important $6,0e0,00 .00Df
emergency war revenue bill was~nsk
; der consideration and the South Car
olina senator displayed all the par
liamentary ease necessary for this inl..
: portant duty. ~ ~
Announcement is expected, to be-
made, possibly tomorrow by Senator
Benet regarding money to be spent;
by the war department on the in1zI
provement and extension Of roads near;
Camp Jackson. Today he conferred
with Maj. Gen. W. J. Snow and other
J officers and feels satisfied that he has
: the matter in good shape.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-30
FORGE MUST Be ANSWER.
RIS WE'LL PLEASED WITH
WILSON REPLY.
German People Hold Fate in Their
On Hands shd Can Get Only One
Peace.

Paris, Oct. 24.-The official COM
r1ent to the Associated Press on Pres
ident Wilson's reply to Germany can
be summarized as follows:
President Wilson's latest answer re-
solves the whole thing into a military
question which can be decided oy
Foch, Haig and Pershing.
'The situation, however, is vlrtua ny
unchanged, though the exchange OF
aotes has given an insight into affairs
in Germany and has perhaps hasten
ed her internal reforms. The next
answer will have to be military an
swer from her military authorities.
@The French people feel that the
question Of the internal government
of Germany is not so important as an
assurance against a recurrence OIL
Germany's militaristic policies which
precipitated the war.
Eve do not know how sincere Ger
many is about her internatian;l re-
forms. We have reason to .doue- the
sincerity of her aims in this d.lecIion-
The great thing for us Is to make
sure that things shall not again be in
the same position as before the war.
"An arnaistice is almost impossible,
as the conditions would be so unlmag-
inably drastic. An armtstice would be
full of danger if not guarded bX al:
sorts Of conditions"
The feeling prevails in general
among French officials that the latest
note from the president of the United
States is just what the allies have
been wanting to force upon the enc
| my.
President Wilson's reply to Ger
many was published by the newspa-
pers here in English as well as in
French translation at the request OF
the authorities. La Liberte says thai
| If Germany gives guarante as as ete-
manae ed by the president it viii be
materially Impossible for herSto con
ftinue the war.
everything is now the hands
Iof the military" says the Temps
sThe reply has moved the problem
from the domain Of controversy te
the domain Of facts. The presiden'
attaches such importance to the es-
isential idea that an armistice mus
make it impossible for Germany e
resume the war that he expresses q
three times s.
Now the allies governments u
Europe must consult with one anoth.
err, the Temps concludes Theil
position is simple. They have not ia.
ken part in the elaboration: OF thu
Iprograms which President Wilson ha.
developed as regards future peace
nor in the exchange in notes which
have passed between Germany ant ant
| the United States. There can then be
no question, of discussing condition:
lof peace. The allies in, Europe as
3sociated with the United States fac
a purely military. problem. German!
asks for an armistice. What are th:
guarantees which must be ea
Marcel Sembat, in L'Heurd
mo reply Of the president
iopinion, has equaIled the prd
in frankness. To the earper
United States who lmp1ored
= reply he turned a deaf ea1
: letter warning could
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
100000 in Securities
Lost in Mail Pouch
Valuables Vanish From New
Haven P. O. When Clerk
Turns His Back

NEW HAVEN, Jan. 5.--The fact that
a registered mail pouch containing at
least 100000 worth of securities van
ished from the postOf1lce here last
Sunday became known to-day when
word reached Postmaster Philip Trout
that payment on all of them had been
stopped and all banks concerned had
been notified. That leaves Postmaster
Trout responsible only for the loss of
diamond rings worth $3.50 which were
in the pouch.
The securities were en- route from
Boston bank to banks in this and
other cities, among them one in Man
chester, N. H. Postmaster Trout was
not in the postoffice when the pouch
was received but presently he received
an urgent telephone message which
called him there.
One Of the clerks had turned his
! back for an instant to get the key ia
| the pouch and when he turned again
to fit the key in the lock there was
neither lock nor pouch. The clerks
eyes had not been off the pouch more
than a few seconds, he averred.
1t took several days to learn from
Boston what the pouch had contained
and several days more to notify the
various banks that payment on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Will Continue Work Begun
at Paris Council on
War Purchases
The Task Is Enormous
Limitations as to Stocks OF
Commodities, Tonnage and
Money To Be Adjusted

PARIS, Jan. 5.-The first meeting of
tho lntcr-Allied Council of War Pur-
chases and Finance, which considered
the requirements Of the principal al
he'd powers from the United States,
has been concluded and financial and
technical experts have begun study of
the figures presented. This task is a
very great one, inasmuch as the re-
qulrements of the Allies run into hun
dreds of millions of dollars monthly.
The work will be divided between
the permanent offices, which have been
established in London and Paris, and
the Offices of the general secrctariat
which has been located here. in the
splendid building at the Place de la
Concordia and the Rue Saint Florcntin
which has been loaned to the council
by Baron Rothschild. Here Oscar r.
Crosby, Assistant Secretary of the
United States Treasury and president
of the council and his advisory coun-
sci, Paul d. Cravath, will spend part of
their time. M. Lazard, permanent sec
to purchases, and M. de la Chaun, in
charge of finances, will make their
headquarters in this building,
For the present Major Moncrief and
DR.. Christopher Addison will remain
in Paris as representatives of the
British government. Messrs. Phillips
Cook and Wendell, who have volun-
teered their services to the American
government, will cooperate with
French and English mechanical ad-
visers, as will also several Italian ex.
perts who will be Immediately addec
to the force.
In the sessions of the full council
Just held preliminary study was giver
to the requirements indicated to the
council on the part of Great Britain
France and Italy for their purchases
in the United States. The necessary
adjustments of limitations as to stocks
of commodities, tonnage and money
will now be undertaken, in order tina
corresponding recommendations ma,
be made as promptly as possible to the
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Questions relating TO purchases II
neutral countries have been referred
to technical advisers whose report:
will be rendered to the council a
future meetings in Paris or London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
Guatemala City
Destroyed by New
Quakes; 300 Dead
Shocks Continuing, Says
Dispatch, Steam Coming
Up in the Streets

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Guatcmala
City has been completely destroyed. by
earthquake shocks Thursday and Fri
day, which followed those late in De-
cember. Messages received by the
State Department to-day said the loss
of life this week is estimated to be
greater than that resulting from the
earlier shocks.
A dispatch from the Central and
South American Telegraph Company
said:
Our manager at San Jose, Guate-
mala, telegraphs the following:
"'What was left of Guatemala City
is now wiped out. Shocks at 1885 p.
coming up in the streets. Cathedral
fallen. Las Vacas bridge to Barrios
now down. Slides on railroad between
San Jose ard city. No lines or trains
reported. Further three hundred
killed."
cable disuatch from the American
Charge at Guatemala City, dated Janu-
airy 4, said new series of earthquakes
began the night before, and were con-
tinuing when the dispatch was filed
The weather was very cold. A second
dispatch, hled later that day, reported
the shocks still in progress, but gave
no details.
Dispatches received by the Navy De-
partment to-day from a warship in
Guatemalan waters also told of severe
earthquakes in Guatemala Thursday
and Friday nights, with many deaths
Railroads were reported in bad condi.
ton, and town near the railroad was
badly damaged.
Immediate relief for the people OF
stricken Guatemala City will be rushed
from the Panama Canal Zone as the
result Of orders sent by the War De
partment tonight to the Acting Gov
ernor of the zone. The order was is
sued after the receipt of radio dis
patches from Darien confirming ear
lier messages to the State Department
that the capital of the Central Ameri
can republic had been destroyed.
The steamer which left Gulf por
Thursday with foodstuffs, blankets an,
medical supplies will not reach Guate
mala till the middle of next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06
U. S. Sergeant Major,
Ex-Cerman Soldier.
Held as Spy Suspect
Ritter's Father and Brother in
kaiser's Service; Secrets
Leak at Camp Lewis

TACOMA. Wash, Jan. 5.-After the
disappearance Of important military
papers and leak Of important military
secrets. Sergeant Major Thomas Hell
muth Ritter. rcgimental sergeant
major in the divisional adjutant's office
at headquarters building, Camp Lewis
is held to-day in the Pierce County
jail. Rltter's father is serving in tho
quartermaster generals department in
.he German army.
Ritter has brother in the German
army, and according to the military
authorities Ritter left Germany in
1911, going to South Africa in the Ger.
man artillery. He returned to Ger
many in 1913, toured Franco and Italy
and in 1914 came to New York. From
there he went 10 Chicago and took out
his first papers as an American citizen
He enlisted in the United States
army and was sent to the Philippines
where, it is said, he is supposed to have
been intimate with the German Consu
General in Manila
United States District Attorney CLAY
Allen. by telephone from Seattle to-
day said that what would be done with
Ritter depended on the authorities ir
Washington.