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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-29
NEWS NUBS FOR HASTY READING

ors are not guarded, roam about the
country at will. and are.a a menace to
the Mississippi levees fronting that
plantation.
Lieut.. Schweger, the fiend who sank
the Lusitania was captured by pa
troll boat Tuesday III the Mediterra-
mean Sea. The Paris Journal says it
does not see why the br1te should be
permitted to live long enough to be put
in .iail.
The American patrol boat No. 300
was fired upon and sunk Tuesday. off
the Atlantic coast. by merchant yes
sci which mistook her fora submarine.
Seventeen members of tie crew of the
patrol boat are missing. .and six were
wounded.
Tuesday a German farmer named
Frederick Wagner was fired upon from
ambush and killed near Hot Springs.
Ark. The German was Considered an
alien enemy. and had said that 1.-The
German people love theif kaiser. and
he should not lie called aabeast.''
Truman H.. Newberryg Republican,.
was nominated Tuesday,. for United
States Senator from Michigan. He had
two opponents William q Helm. Dem
ocrat. and Henry Ford. the automobile
manufacturer. Ford ran on both tick
cts. and entered the race at the re-
quest of President Wilson
The British passenger ship Bandy
was torpedoed last r'riday by Ger
man submarine. between Malta and
Sicily. The submarine was attacked
by patrol boats and sunk. Sixty-five
of the crew of the submarine were cap
tnred. One of these was the mate, who
said that his submarine was the one
that torpedoed the Lusitania
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Shreveport.

Ninety four Class white registrants
will he entrained September 4tl.
The local draft board registered
fcrts-six young men last Saturday who
had attained the age Of twenty -one
years since June 9Th last
BY a majority vote Monday it was
decided to retain the present city gov
ernment of five commissioners. There
will be an election September Sd to de
termine the alnoulh # salaries to be
paid the commissioners.
!. During the week about 200 indus
trial volunteers have left. for various
points where needed. Nj, N, Adger,
in charge of the Government Employ
ment Bureau, believes that Shreveport
will furnish more than her quota
Mayor Ford states that lie intends to
strictly enforce the state law requiring
every male person in Louisiana be
tween the ages Of seventeen and fifty
five years to 90 to work. : 1t is work
or Jail for them, and even after they
are jailed some work will be found for
Them said the Mayor in his official
statement.
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A FAMILY
MEDICINE
In Her Mother. Home, Says 1hi,
Georgia Lady, Regarding Black
Draught. Relief From Head
aehe, Malaria, Chills, Etc.

Ringgold, Ca Mrs. Chas. CASTOR,
OF this place, writes: II am q user
of Thedford's Black-Draught; In fact,
1t was one Of our family medicines.
Also in. my mothers home, when !
was a child. When any Of us child
rem complained Of headache. usually
caused by constipation. she gave us
dose of Black k-Draught, which would
rectify the trouble. Often In the
Spring, we would have malaria and
chills, or troubles of this kind. we
would take Black -Draught pretty reg
ular until the liver acted well, and
we would soon be up and around
again. We would not be without It,
for it certainly has saved us lots OF
doctor bills. Just a dose of Black
Draught when not SO we'll saves
lot Of days in bed"
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
In use for many years In the treat
ment Of stomach, liver and bowel
troubles. and the popularity which 1t
now enjoys is proof of its merit.
II your liver Is not doing its duty,
you will suffer from such disagree
able symptoms as headache, bilious
ness, constipation, indigestion, ETC.,
and unless something is done, serious
trouble may result.
Thedford's Black -Draught has been
found q valuable remedy for these
troubles. It is purely vegetable. and
acts in a prompt and natural way
regulating the liver to it's proper
functions and cleansing the bowels Of
impurities. Try it. Insist on Thed
ford's, the original and genuine. = 7s
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Miscellany.

United States Senator Ollie James.
of Kentucky. died in Cincinnati yes
terday.
The manufacture Of automobiles will
lie reduced % per cent during the re-
nlainder of 1918.
The British freighter Diamed was
torpedoed and sunk last Friday off the
coast. leo miles from New York, by a
German submarine. Several members
of the crew were killed or wounded.
The State Council of Defense of
Arkansas has forwarded a protest to
the Washington authorities against the
employment Of forty five interned Ger
man and Austrian sailors on the Sun
nyside plantation. near Lake Village.
that state. The protest says the sail
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Editor West Cdrf0H gazette:
In your valued paper of July 10th,
in referring to the announcement of
Sidney L. Herold, of Shreveport, for
the Democratic nomination for AssO-
ciate Justice Of tie Supreme Court Of
Louisiana. you pay MIR. Herold a high
compliment. and. among other things,
say:
: Mr.. Herold, since manhood, has
been identified with all that is best in
the affairs of his parish. Mr..
Herold has never sought nor held any
public Office"
If am correctly informed. Mr.. Her
old has not only NOT been identified
with all that is best in the affairs Of
his parish but has been Il consistent
and active opponent of many reforms
In Caddo Parish and Shreveport.
Take. for instance. the prohibition
fight in Caddc. Where did Mr.. HerOld
stand: Was he on the side Of right,
fighting for all that Is best in his par
ish! The record is that Mr.. HerOld
was all adherent of the saloon.
When Il determined fight was made
to introduce the Bible into the public
schools Of CaddO Parish and our be-
loved State, where was Mr.. Herold!
Let Mr. Herold answer.
You say that Mr.. Herold has never
1 sought or held public Office.
The record is that Mr.. Herold was q
! candidate as an anti-prolibitiOnist fol
the Constitutional Convention In 1914
with four other candidates, IN which
race the four other candidates vert
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Confederate Veterans Meet.

4 meeting Of Loudon Butler Camp
No. 4O9, United Confederate Veterans.
was held iii Benton last Saturday.
A resolution Of respect to the mem
Ory Of the late Lieut.. John +. Afford
Of Company G, Sixth Louisiana Regi-
nnent, cavalry, was passed; Also ex
pressing sympathy for the bereaveG
family.
Adt j. $. alison and j. nj. ;canlanl
We're appointed committee to appear
before the Police Jury at its next SEES
sion and ask that body for aid to en-
able some Of the members Of the can. !,
to attend the Confederate Reunion I,
he held at Tulsa, Okla
1t is requested that all members 4
string to attend should forward Their
names to Capt. John H. Nattin, Of q,
iinsburg, who should be addressed
Plain Dealing, Route B.
Adj. Alison requests that those owl !.
dues will please send In the same.
There being no further business, 4 !.
camp adjourned.
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elected, and he was defeated, even iii
his own parish. More than this: Mr.
Herold only a few years ago. sought
the appointment from Republican ad-
ninistration. as United States District
Attorney for the Western District OF
Louisiana. and during this time. in
order to strengthen his chances for the
appointment, he became member OF
the local Republican Club of Shreve-
port, and it is stated by other men,
Eers of the club that Mr.. HeroId, some
times mt least, acted as secretary for
the club.
fully agree with you, that of the
many positions that must lie filled by
the people, and nominated at the Dem
ocratic primary election on September
10th. none Is more important than that
of Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court" But | very strongly differ with
you concerning Mr.. Herold, and In the
light Of his record cannot see that he
has in the least measured up to the
character Of the men who should as-
pire to this honorable and lofty posi-
ton.
trust that you will give this conl-
munication publicity In your valuable
paper, for believe that the people
have right to. and should know. the
record Of every man asking for public
office.
II there are any charges for the pub
Iication of this communication. mail
me bill and will remit promptly
Yours truly.
T. " TRoUspALE
Monroe, La. July p, 1918. iddpl
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Draft Bill Passed;
Work or Fight Law

The draft military bill passed the
Senate Tuesday afternoon, and now
goes to the President for his signature.
The bill calls into the military service
every able-bodied man in this country
between the ages of eighteen and forty
five years. The Provost Marshal Gen
eral is making arrangements for regis
tration, which will perhaps begin with
in ten days from the passage Of the
blu. The attempt to place those be-
tween the ages of eighteen and twenty
one years in the deferred class was de
feated, and all between these ages must
register for service, and be subject to
call irrespective of age.
The work-or-tight amendment to the
bill is as follows: That when any
person shall have been placed i'll a de
ferred or exempted class for any Of the
reasons iii this paragraph set forth. he
shall not be entitled to remain therein
unless he shall. in good faith, continue.
while physically allie to do so. to work
at and follow such occupation, employ
ment or business, and if he fails 40 to
do. he shall again become subject to
the draft The President shall make
regulations for enforcing this pro-
vision.
This proviso shall not apply in the
case Of Il strike if the strikers have
submitted, or will at once submit, the
dispute lc the War Labor Board, agree
to Aide ant. do abide by it's decision
and do at once resume work and con-
tinue work, pending such decision. The
said loard shall take up and decide
all such disputes as speedily as practi-
cable n
The latest dispatches. in print in tie
dailies this morning. state that the
work-or-fight order was erased from
the bill. and will perhaps be embodied
in another law.
The Louisiana State Council Of De
fense has received the following orders
from Provost Marshal General Grow.
der:
liz CudNNlHCut VI Liz
war department bill extending ages o1
military duty under the selectiye ser.
vice law down to eighteen and up to
forty-five will require the registration
of approximately thirteen million more
men early in September.
This signifies that every effort nust
be made by my office to insure 100 pei
cent registration. The Council Of M
ticnal Defense is undoubtedly one ol
the most important of these agencies
It's nationwide organization and it.
direct touch with each community will
enable it to carry this appeal 80 EN-
phatically that the response on regis
| tration day will be completely assured
|, therefore. invoke the assistanc,
| Of Your council in a rapid campaign
condensed into the next twenty days.
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Cotton Quotations.

To-day's Shreveport cotton quotatic }
were as follows:
Ordinary, - cents.
Good ordinary, 2S cents.
Low middling, 80 cents.
Middling, - 1-22 cents.
Good middling, :;5 cents
Receipts for the day, 1O3 bales
Receipts to date, 1910 bales.
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Washington, D. c.

The Food Administrator is consid-
ering the matter Of raising the price of
sugar about l cent a pound.
The United States Government has
lest $500. 100000 i'll the operation Of the
national railways during the first six
months Of federal control.
congressman, both wet and dry. have
practically agreed upon the passage of
a bill to prohibit the sale of liquor
within the United States after July /,
1919.
The War Industries Board has ruled
that the publishers of trade books.
Juvenile and toy and noncopyright
looks must reduce their output p
per cent after October 1st
The Provost Marshal General has is
sued call for 1S6,773 registrants. di-
yided as follows: For general mill
tary service. 125,GOO white and 21,27O
colored: fer limited service, 4D,JOO
whites; also, three white military in
teliigence photographers. The men
will entrain between September LIST
and 9th.
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Farmers Meeting 1t Hauehton.

There was a meeting of farmers y:
Haughton Tuesday. and arrangemen
We're made for the reorganization
the Haughton National Farm Assoc; :
ton. Through such an associatio /,
farmers in Bossier Parish may obtai. I,
loans from the Federal Land Bank N {
New Orleans at low rate Of interrt
and on long terms. Dr. G. nj. Tuck 1
was made temporary Treasurer Secrc-
tary. Another meeting was called -
Tomorrow friday evening. VII
officers will be elected.
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Registration Of Young Men.

The following named young men who
have attained the age of twelty-One
years since the 9TH of June We're reg
istered by the Local Board last Sat
urday:
Thomas jefferson Weeks, Plain Deal
ing. Route !.
William o. Barnett, Plain Dealing.
Route =.
Lawrence w. Collie. Cotton Valley.
Eval Christopher Erickson, Haugh-
ton. Route /.
George Ward Bayne, Haughton.
Cullen :. Booker. Cotton Valley,
Route l.
William Harold Scott. Plain Dealing
Horace Hudson Chandler, Haughton-
Gillum w. Smith, jr.. Haughton.
Willie Scarborough, Benton, Route B.
C0lored Registrnnfs-
Arthur Williams. Shreveport
Route 3.
Sam Luke. Ninock.
George McGee. Benton, Route >. !
Jim Riley. Benton, Route 1.
Allen Steele. Haughton. &
Charlie Bryant, Haughton. 4
Manuel Grant. Bluffs. /
Will Robertson, Bluffs. j.
Levi Havis. Benton. Route /.
:
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Nonessentisl Occupations.

The State Council of Defense has is
sued the following circular letter:
= 1t is within the province Of each
community labor board to list the nom
war industries in its community which
will first he called upon to contribute
men to war work.
This does not mean that such in
dustries will lie compelled to close up
or discharge their male employees at
once. hut with as much speed as will
he necessary to meet the national
emergency they will release male
workers.
Much work essential to our pro-
gram is being seriously retained by
lack of unskilled labor. In this Situa
tion it is.obviously wrong to have able
bodied men continuing to sell candy,
cigars and like articles. to he doing
work i'll shops and stores which might
with reasonable effort OH the part Of
and to be dancing attendance in clubs,
barber shops, soft drink establish
ments, bowling alleys. dancing air.
dOmes, and elsewhere.
Our war industries are suffering
severely for lack of skilled mechanics.
1t therefore becomes burden upon
the conscience Of every person who EN-
plOys chauffeur to determine whether
such employment is necessary or
merely for the qualification Of personal
pleasure.
Moreover, every owner of an auto
mehile should realize that every time
he spends s. for automobile accesso-
ries supplies OF repairs. he is in effect
determining whether the working ener-
gics of the country shall he devoted t.
winning the war or to his own per-
SOllal uSeS.''
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LOuiSiana.

Reports of registration made to the
State Adjutant General show that the
state quota of 5000 at the registration
last Saturday was supplied.
After an analysis, DR.. Oscar Dowl-
ing, President of the State Board of
Health, has declared that the water in
Monroe is not drinkable. The town
will perhaps build filtration plant.
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Repeated rains have fallen in this
place since this time last week. but
they are said not to have been general.
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We Want to Buy

All the EGGS, Chickens. Turkeys,
Ducks, Geese, Hides, Taliow, Fur.
Wool and Beeswax We can get. We
have been in this business twelve
years. and know where we can get
the best prices. That enables us to
offer you top prices. So see us be-
fore you sell.
DUDNEY & TURNKEY BROTHERS
Plain Dealing, Louisiana
o-tf
The sun., 1918-10-28
2U. S. FLIERS DOWNED
TWICE IN WEEK: SAFE
Bag TWo German Planes in
Encounters.
BY the Associated Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTH
WEST OF VERDUN, Oct IS (delayed).-
Shot down twice within a week by
German airmen mas been the experience
Of Lieuts. Arthur Newell. Berkeley, Cal,
and Walter Ten Eyck, Jr.. Brooklyn
Both times they landed within their
own lines. They claim 20 have brought
down two German machines in their
encounters with the enemy. Lieut.
Newell acted as observer and Lieut..
Ten Eyck as pilot.
October is, while accompanying the
all-American bombing squadron, their
machine was attacked from the rear by
hve Germans. Lieut.. Newell, at the
machine gun. saw one OF the Germans
fall. The others continued firing and the
Gasolene tank OF the American machine
was pierced twice. but the momentum
OF the airplane prevented the gasolene
from escaping and catching fire.
Wednesday Lieuts Newell and Ten
Eyck were members OF a day bombing
squadron which few over Buzancy. On
their return they were attacked by three
German machines and shot down one
of them. The engine OF their machine
was pierced by number of bullets and
put out OF commission. but the Ameri-
cans landed safely south OF Brieuiies.
In the night bullet grazed Newelrs
nose while another bruised Ten Ey,k's
cheek.
The sun., 1918-10-28
I'VE NEED PEACE"
ADMITS Won PAYER
He Calls for Honest and
Straightforward Policy.

AMsTERpAM. Oct 27.--In the course
OF speech in the Relchstag on Tues
day Friedrich Won Payer. the German
Vice-Chancellor, said that the enemy's
belief and the assertion that the German
people were politically deprived Of their
rights and were SO oppressed and de-
pendent on small ruling circles that
1t constituted a constant danger for the
peace Of the entire world had been the
greatest hindrance to the attainment OF
peace. This hindrance, he declared, had
to be removed, and the Government
had instituted far reaching internal
reforms, which were long overdue.
On the previous day the vice-Chan-
cellor had said: I'VE need confidence,
not merely at home: we need the conf
dence Of foreign countries, even the con-
ndence Of our enemies For we want
peace and we need IL. Our enemies dis
trust our sincere intention. to conclude a
peace OF justice. They distrust us
mainly on the ground OF many events in
the past, concerning which we cannot
take it amiss Of them IL they have GER
tain doubts.
I'VE have therefore no use for any
one In the Government who still favors
peace OF force more than a peace of
Justice. What We need in order to be
able to exist is an unequivocal. honest
and straightforward policy. That alone
can promote our welfare in the future"
The sun., 1918-10-28

that the request for an armistice and
peace had been transmitted to the Allies
and that further action rested with those
Governments.
The German reply may or may not
prove that Germany will accept such
terms OF an armistlce as may be pre-
sented In this connection the President
I'm his last note said:
should such terms of an armistice
be suggested their acceptance by Ger
many would afford the best concrete
evidence OF her unequivocal acceptance
OF the terms and principles Of peace
upon which the whole action proceeds"
The. German reply takes cosnizanos
OF the Presidents statement in his last
note, that 1t Is evident that the power
Of the King OF Prussia to control the
policy OF the empire is unimpaired, by
stating that the peace negotiations are
being conducted by a peoples govern
ment In whose hands rests the power
10 make. the deciding conclusion and TO
which the military powers also are sub
ject.
This may give added Significance to
the unofficial report from Berlin via
Copenhagen that Gen.. Ludendorff. Quar-
termaster-General Of the German army.
had resigned. He generally was fe-
garded as the virtual head Of the Ger
man High Command.
The sun., 1918-10-28
REFORM BILL STRIPS
KAISER OF ALL POWER
Made Subject to Chancellor,
Who 10 Subject to ReichsfoR.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 27-The Berlin So
ciaiist newspaper Vortoaerts prints the
proposed text of the reform bill. which
includes the following provisions:
First-War can be declared only
with the sanction Of the ReichstaK
and the Bundesrat
Second-The Chancellor can remain
in power only while he possesses the
confidence of the Reichstag.
Third-The Chancellor will be re-
sponsible for the political actions Of
the Kaiser and the Chancellor and
Ministry will be responsible for their
tenure of Office to the Reichstag and
Bupdesrat.
Fourth-The appointment. promo
tion and dismissal Of officers of the
army and navy can be effective only
by the signature Of the Chancellor
The Minister of War will be held re-
sponsible for the same by the
Reichstag.
Vortoderts in criticising the German
treatment of the Danes and Poles and
residents of Alsace-Lorraine. says:
How confidently could we look for
ward to plebiscite In those parts had
not heinous system been In control
for decades on the principle that. force
Is better cement than affection.
ut is now announced officially that
DR.. Won Dallwitz. the Governor of Al
sace-Lorraine, and his Secretary o.
State, Baron Won Tscharmer. have beer
retired from office and that they have
been gildsd with decorations. They did
not deserve them. Instead of decorations
q sign ought to have been hung around
their necks with this inscription, 'Thes,
are the men who robbed Germany of Al
sace-Lorraine's affection Thus they
ought to be exhibited In the streets OF al
German towns and the same should b.
done with all people who have governed
Q German land like an enemy country
estranging 1t from the German Empire
The sun., 1918-10-28

lions In ooteghem and Imgoyghem.
who had sought refuge in cellars on
account Of the bombardment by in
cendiary shells, have perished> for the
greater part.
South Of the Scheldt we repulsed by
our counter attack strong enemy at
lacks between Famars and Artres. In
partial attacks the enemy penetrated
into Englefontaine and HecQ. He was
again driven out Of Hecq by our coun-,
ter thrust.
Army group Of the German Crown
Prince: From the Disc to the Aisne
the French continued their attacks.
On both sides of Origny we repulsed
them before our lines The enemy who
penetrated into our positions near
Pleine-Selve was held up on the height
northeast OF the town. His attempts
directed from that point to bring about
the fall OF our front on the Disc by
an attack in a northerly direction
failed with heaviest losses to the en-
envy. Origny and the heights TO the
southeast were maintained. Numer-
Gus armored cars of the enemy were
destroyed.
In the SerTe sector enemy thrusts
from Mortiers were brought 10
btandstiIl before our lines. violent
attacks against the Souche sector be-
tween Froidmont and Pierrepont we're
repulsed. Toward evening we repulsed
attacks which were renewed by the
enemy In great strength.
On both sides OF Sissonne the enemy
infantry remained inactive yesterday
On the heights west OF the Aisne a
local counter attack by our troops
against Saxon Wood rendered abortive
strong attacks which the enemy. with
far-reaching detectives, had begun be-
tween Nizy-le-Comte and the Aisne.
When crossing the height to the north
west Of Nizy-le-Comte the enemy suf-
fered heavy losses as a result OF our
artillery FIRE.
Here. as well as west of Banogne,
attacks of the enemy completely failed.
Desperate fighting lasted throughout
the day in the thickly wooded lands
west of the Aisne. The fighting was IN
our favor II came to an end near
the Banogne-Chateau Porcien road
and near Herpy.
Army group of Gen. Won Gallwitz:
On both sides of the Mouse there have
been no large fighting operations.