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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
PRIVATE SOLDIER GIVES
SOME TIMELY ADVICE
Letter Received by an opeIousas
Business Man Shows inter-
estins sideIishts


THE following letter, addressed
to an Opelousas business man, has
been handed The Clarion with the
request that it be published in these
columns. It is from a private sol
der at Camp B~eauregard and is
couched in words which ought not
fail to bring home to every patriotic
American what war really is and
what privations and economies are
actually necessary in order to
bring home victory.)
Camp B~eauregard, La, May 2, 1918.
To The People of OpeIousas:
Our government, together with its
allies, is undergoing a struggle the
magnitude, the Importance and the
seriousness of which can not pos
sibly be exaggerated. We confess
that when u government declared
war we did not attach the gravity
to the situation now so apparent.
We were blinded by a confidence in
the strength of the American nation.
That, however, justifiable and COM
mendable. failed to take into CON
sideration the enormous handicap
which We were burdened with.
Difficulties due to unpreparedness
and distance from the enemy have
been met at every turn. They
seemed in~superable, but gradually
they are being overcome, and in time
we will have an army lover there"
that surely viii turn the tide and
bring victory to as just cause as
ever fought and died for But
what at frs t seemed a task Of
months is now certainly a task of
years, and by reason Of this there
is fixed upon those of us who stay
at home a duty just as plain and
one whit less binding than is
the duty of those called to arms. Our
government profiting from the ex-
p~erience of those which had been at
war for two and one-half years
when we entered, very early ap-
a food commissioner. and
time to time, Mr., Hoover, has
issued instructions concerning food
conservation. Especially has he
asked conservation of wheat prod
tets, of beef, mutton, bacon and Of
fats Of all kinds. He has asked that
We make certain days meatless and
certain days ~wheatless, and that
each day we have one meatless and
one wheatless meal. He asks that
IN Saturdays no pork or bacon be
eaten and that on all days we use
no more fats than are necessary and
consistent with strict economy of
his article.
Our army must have these things
Il they are to be kept in the best of
condition for fighting. They are alb
essential.
The wheat, meat and fat supply of
allies, while never sufficient with
out i~mportations, has been so reduced
to make shipments to them abb
necessary. Our duty to our
is just as sacred, just as bind
ng as to u own men, for they are
side by side for a common
;ause for you and for me and for ev-
9rything dear to US, II we are loyal, !,
t we are true to ourselves and to our
country, we will to the very letter
out the instructions of Mr..
Hoover. If we fail, we are slackers
# the worst sort and put ourselves
n the GLASS of those reasonable
0 their country.
Let US as American men and wo-
nen, be true to the name we bear.
l thank you.
Sincerely,
PVT. RUDOLPH F. BARBER,
Hoep;+oJ r,ro- naa |
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11

Sergeant Brintonol Macarthur Of
Camp B~eauregard. cousin Of John J.
Healey and a son Of a Miss Murphy
who once lived here, vas q visitor
to his mothers old homa last Sunday.
He was accompanied by Private Geo.
Gardiner, native st. Landcian. also
Of Bogalusa and a son Of Warren s.
Gardiner formerly OF this parish.
They were guests at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John j.. Healey.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11

Drives out Malaria, Builds Up system
Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. drives Gus
Malaria. enTiches h blood. and builds uptkfa
-sa. a true tonic. Fer adults and cni.iren. 80
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11

Sincerely,
PVT. RUDOLPH F. BARBER,
Base Hospital, Camp Beauregard, AL
exandria, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
Get Rid Of Your Rheumatism.
rnay-1f-4t

Now is the time to get rid Of your
rheumatism. You will find Chamber.
lain's Liniment a great help. The
relief which it affords is alone worth
many times its cost.-adv.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
An Opportunity
Of A Life Time!
viii commence the sale Of my
ENTIRE STOCK OF JEWELRY
MONDAY, MAY 6, 1915
Prices will be shattered. Every
thing will positively be sold at
ccst-Diamonds and other stones
Clocks, Watches, Pictures-Ev-
erything must go.
This is your opportunity to buy
at UNHEARD OF PRICESi
Best Remedy for Whoopine Cough

Best Kennedy for Whooping Cough.
Last winter when my little boy
had the whooping cough / gave him
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy"
writes Mrs. ]. 3. Roberts, East st.
Louis, Ill. ut kept his cough loose
and relieved him of those dreadful
coughing spells. It is the only
cough medicine | keep in the house
because | have the most confidence
in it." This remedy is also good for
colds and croup.-adv.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-05-11
10 Cure 4 Cold il ose Day.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. II stops the
Cough and Headache and works of the Cold.
Druggists refund money If It fails to cure.
3. w. GROVES signature on each box. Ses
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-09
XzeMcAzAak luT hHNT 00V 5Z0chs

y :
andc gardens needed this
Patriotism prompted 2oooooo Americans
~ o according to estimates OF the
AW Of Agriculture Transportation
M& hauling
Allies The food
MxsNrM railroad problem
goods exportwheat
S and girl that helps with the
is Leaflets of instruction
gton without charge.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-09
E1@ Il
EhA1s
EARNS Ia CENTS A DAY;
HAS WIFE AND BABY
And Yet This True Story Has a
Happy Ending.

Even a Frenchman sometimes loses.
for awhile at least, his "unfailing
sense of humor.
Take, for instance, the case OF
man from Lille, a soldier, Waeltele by
name and only twenty-three. He had
done pretty well, for the youngster had
already his own printing shop In that
northern French town, which is still In
side the German lines. In the trenches
Waeltele developed tuberculosis. ana
he was sent to hospital at Grenoble.
There he was considered incurable,
and after the usual three months OF
treatment he was granted his IA cents
a day pension. Said his fatherly army
doctor, my son, you can perhaps cure
yourself If you will live in the noun.
tains, If you will eat plenty of nour-
ishing food and, above all. If you don't
worry"
WaeiteIe should have smiled, but he
didn't. He was thinking Of his baby
and his wife-and his IA cents. "Oont
worry!" Tho humor Of It entirely es-
saped him.
Then the Red Cross stepped in. He
was found by an American woman
with some American Red Cross money
for Just such cases. and within few
hours he no longer had need to worry.
He was sent to the mountains at La
mure, In the French Alps, happy In
the knowledge that his family was be-
ing cared for by these amazingly kind
Americans.
And now the army doctors words
are coming true. Waeltele's lung Is
healing fast, and he is dreaming OF
another printing shop and of living
again some day with that little family.
There have been over 100000 new
cases OF tuberculosis in France since
the war started, and to care for these
cases and check the White Plaques
spread Is merely one Of the big Jobs
the American Red Cross has set out to
accomplish.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-09

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
TO CHARLES STOLL, DEFENDANT
You are hereby summoned and re-
ouired to appear within sixty days
after tho date of the first publication
of this summons, towit, after the 21st
your answar upon the undersigned
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-09

attorney for plaintiff at II
low stated; and in case Z
ure so to do, Judgment wi
ed against you according
mand of the complaint,l
been filed with the eli
court. In this action, th1
demanding a decree for d
you on the ground of you
day of March, 1918, and
above entitled action ID
aforesaid, and answer III
of the plaintiff, and sorE
and nOn-support of the
same appearing more pad
said complaint on file.
MORRIS j. s.
Attorney
413-415 West Holly,
Bellingham, Wash.
Date of first publication
1918.
Date of last publication
1918.
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FATHER AT WAR,
TRAGEDY AT HOME
Just What Home Service Means
to a Soldier.

The father kisses his wife and kid
dies goodby, shoulders bis gun and
marches away to war.
For a time the current of life flows
smoothly for the soldiers little fami.
ly. Then comes the tragedy. Mother
is taken Ill. The little brood of broth
ers and sisters is helpless. No father
to turn to. A helpless mother!
To whom can the American soldiers
family look at this critical periOdf
Must brave mans loyalty to his
country mean desolation and suffering
to those nearest and dearest to himf
Mol Emphatically mol The Ameri.
can people will not permit the fami.
lies of their soldiers and sailors to
suffer because their breadwinners are
fighting for their country. And SO the
Red Cross Department of Civilian Re-
lief has created a nationwide organ.
ization for home service for the fami
lies Of soldiers and sailors.
Under the banner of "Home Serv-
fee" patriotic men and women have
enrolled and are devoting themselves
to the noble task of helping soldiers
lduliiieS W meet anu duJuSt TIE pTOD-
lens of everyday life and aiding them
to maintain the standards of health,
education and industry.
Home serviee-True Service.
Home service means keeping the SOL
dier's children well and In school. II
means tiding the family over financial
troubles, arranging the household
budget, meeting insurance premiums,
adjusting a mortgage. bringing med.
zeal aid and legal advice to bear at the
right moment In short Home Serv
ice" is true service, in that 1t provides
the warm handclasp Of friendship
rather than the humiliation Of charity.
1t calls for sympathetic understanding
and intelligent consideration of the
most vital needs of the soldiers family
The Red Cross is pledged to "Home
Service" wherever needed in the Unit.
ed States. In each chapter of the Red
Cross there will be a home service
section, under competent hands, whose
mission will be to protect the welfare
of the soldiers and sailors homes and
to safeguard the normal development
Of their families In employment and in
ideals of self help and self reliance.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-09
SAFETY FOR BUYERS

Tribune readers take absolutely no chan
buying from the stores that advertise in The
Advertisers will sell exactly what they offer i
umns Of this paper-this we guarantee. In Cd
Misrepresentation The Tribune will pay your M
promptly if the merchant does not.
Truth all through-news, editorial and adv!
is The Tribune's standard.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-09

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF WHATCOM
SUMMONS
HAZEL sTOLL, PLAINTIFF,
VS.
CHARLES STOLL, DEFENDANT
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completely illustrated ca'alogus;
gives you lowest net prices. p. A..
Rovig Company, 1929 list Avenue
South, Seattle, Wash.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-05-09
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Buy War Savings Stamps.
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MOCK, LAUGH
& MARI
LINDEN 81
SCHEDULI
Effective March IL

Leave Bellingham DaiIv1
0:45, 1880, 1:3O, 1, 2, &
with an $50 and 1O;3Oi
day night, and 1880 triu
Leave Lynden Daily-7:d
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cept Sunday, 6:15. SAT-
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
G. Q. P. BuSINESSn METHODS.

Republican tactics in the senate give the lie
partys rosy campaign promises. The voters of the
United States to return g. o. p
congressman order that the business the may
expedited. just when this appeal being
the country republican senator's engaged in a
shameless exhibition OF political pickering in the SEN
ate. For the being, the chamber has been
transformed into republican campaign forum. Bitter
attacks on the president, sanderous indictments of
democratic senator's and congressmen-these are the
tactics which prove the hollow character of the g. O. p
claims.
In the meantime the business of the country waits
-SFr Wilson no history has
nation faced perilous Great issues
demanding settlement to the stupendous prob
lens Of war are the and greater problems Of
peace The president is laborng with might and main
for understanding which will bring the world
10 a speedy termination. same time assure
q peace OF right and Justice Remember please that
under or the constitution it is the senate
which must approve all treaties Of peace. And now in
spite weighty problems which press for early
satisfactory settlement republican senator's are
holding up nations activities order that they may
conduct dsgraceful campaign OF abuse against the
president and his policies.
Unable because Of many quarantine restrictions to
stump the country fashion g. o. p senators
are stumping the of the senate 1t makes
no difference that important questions daily ars-
ress 10 satisfactory settlement matters lit
lie that nations hanging balance;
republican politicians nave their SAY" and such
Fundamental propositions revenue bills must
wait Lodge and others of his explain
Fshe OF republicans congress the surest
guarantee the immediate expedition Of governmental
business.
Republicans in the senate have organized what is
tantaount hlibuster. At the supreme crisis the
nations history all normal activities must cease vtue
* O. p play politics What is happening now
is OF what may be expected should re-
publican majores be returned in tuesdays elections
Little wonder that Prest Wilson appealed to the
the United states effort be rid Of such
-tilatory tactics
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02

The German chancellor has complained thai Prest
Wilson does make clear what his conditions
mean for Germany's Well. let Germany do the
worrying about What with is the
worlds future
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
NOVEMBER 2, 1913.
THE DODGERS OF BERLIN.

II was Pontius plate who rather than make hon
decision called for basin water washed his
hands of the whole business.
Strongly reminiscent OF that getting
under assurance Of Germany that peace
negotiations being carried by peoples govern
ment" and that the military powers are also sub
jet it,
AS matter Of fact this advertised reversal of power
represents free final decision the part
party, Is sort coIaborative shunting of re-
sponsibfity.
The military powers are not selfish about it. They
blame for the Let the dear people shoulder
blame peace. also its penalties. On other
hand. the people negotiating for peace in a fine
position disclaim any liability for the war; Snakes
their little nests agree.
Germany is a war-sick country but fear-sick
they victorious. the people had
fault find with their military masters, but stood
nationally their crimes.
stolen gooGs. Hoch-the- Kaisering and Deutschland
ueber-AHes-ing without dissenting voice.
The conclusion is plain. Government and people are
mutually involved Neither hope escape its just
deserts by any specous shifting Of and bosses
under pretence of Both guilty. must
pay. AS Kpling puts It:
that ye do by two and two. ye shall pay
tor one by one"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
ATTENTION. COUNCuNTFN,

The town trustees of the village OF
Cromwell, near Goshen. have passed
an ordinance making il a INSIDE
meanor for male person between
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02

pie desire nothing more than to insure the righteous
peace of the world hereafter. nothing for
themselves that has to be attained by conquest He dis
claims any aggressive Siberia and China and
particularly with regard to America
He intends he says. cultivate good with
the United States and every shadow of msunder-
standing removed"
This task is much easier than it would have been
few years We have learning something about
our friends and enemies actual and prospective Most
intelligent Americans know by this time that
and distrust of Japan has been due chiefly to German
propaganda.
1t will be easy get along with Japan hereafter at
least while as Premier Hara remain in power
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
THE VOICELESS CAMPAIGN.

When has there been such campaign as this? Can
the oldest citizen recall autumn Tues
day after the Monday November approached So
silently? No rallies-no picnics-no political mass
meetings-nO stump speeches-it is unheard Of
The "hu" has finished what the Liberty loan began.
Having surrendered the first half of the usual cam
paignng time the loan ofice-seekers find
most every community that health edcts supported by
publ opinion forbid all public gatherings not abso-
lutely essential Campaigning the type
thus relegated the status OF industry
Perhaps it is just as well, too The candidates can
reach the effectively through the newspapers
and mails they did from the stump In fact
the Importance of stuTnp-speaking has been steadily
waning Importance in years 1t has come to
have little value itself. serving chiefly
whereby speakers may through the reporting their
speeches. reach the erger audience the reading
public They do that now, and doing it, in
direct statements and appeals.
The public seems content and may indeed be able
to make up its mind easily, wise
ly than if its dinned and its judgment
fused by the voices and tricks of ordinary political
oratory.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02

republican from Wisconsin with
record that resembles BaTnbart's~
introduced a resolution i'm congress
to investigate the league, they again
SANDER Congressman Barnhart's rec
ord. and on two of the most vital
measures having to do with Ameri-
can loyalty.
Congressman F'reer, to whom they
refer. voted against the declaration
OF war. and Congressman Barnhsrt
voted for it, Congressman BarnhaFt
voted against the nefariOus McIe-
more pro-German 'ssea-sweeping''
resolution, and Congressman Freer
voted for il.
Some difference. These measures
go to the heart of loyalty. much
more so than how either OF them
yOted on engagements of the army.
or appropriations to line the pockets
OF arms, munitiOn and supply man.
ufacturcrs,-in pre-war days. when
we were trying to keep out of war
instead of get into il, though still
insisting upon our neutral rights.
We anticipate that more of the
leagues sweeping statements and as
surances are OF a similar order: not
50 very particular about anything.
save how men voted TO afford GER
tain industrialiSts, strong behind the
league, with a government patron
age, war or no war.
What they call preparedness is
their hobby. Evidently they see moth
ing else, and we anticipate that
much OF their interest jim the next
congress isn't over loyalty TO Anleri-
ca, as much as it is to the establish
ment of a military system that viii
keep up the business of manufac-
turing arms, powder, army cloth
ing, etc, forever.
Practically their whole schedule
against Congressman BaFnhart, parts
of il false at that, has TO do with
pre-war militarist measures. The
test of loyalty is anti-surrender TO
GerTnany-nOt surrender to the
American army supply prOfiteeTs,-
or their special political pleaders.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
GAIN IN MILES MADE
BY ALLIED TROOPS ON
WEST FRONT, FRIDAY

LONDON, Nov. 2.-Friday's
attack i'm Flanders was rewarded
by an advance of more than five
miles on a 1O-mile front. II
brought the allies to the ScheIdt
from Befchem to Gavero. 10
miles south of Client. This ad-
vance probably Will enable the
Belgians to push the enemy over
the Derivation canal to the Ter
neuze canal.
South OF Valenciennes the at
tack resulted i'm an advance of
two miles on a fOur-mile front
and the capture of AuInoy and
Preseau, thus reaching the south
ern edge of Nalenciennes, which
is flooded.
The French and Americans on
the southern part OF the battle
line attacking through Attigny
have advanced between three and
four miles and are nearing
BuZaucy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
JAPANESE DEMOCRACY

autocracy in spite Of it's constitutional government has
now taken the definite character OF a monarchic
democracy. after the pattern of Britain The new
premier. Takashi Hara, is "commoner' man who
&1egan life reporter who represents
the popular party dominant in the Affairs OF the
nation It is the first time that the the
japanese government has ever been other than no
blemsn
The program announced by Premier Hara is in keep
ing situation He desires bring the japanese
government wholly into agreement with the spirit Of
democracy now animating the world and so strongly
exemplhed by the nations with which she allied in
the war against Germany.
Naturally. then. he declares peace rs the perma-
uent policy Of his country. Japan has been a
1niIitaristc nation. he declares Every she has
fought been defensive There less of the army
spirit In Japan than most foreigners suppose His peo-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
The Workmgmans Right to Vote and Congressman's
Right to Oppose Army Profiteering Measures

n HANUFACTURERS and other
lNI employers in st. Joseph
county viii, OF course, re-
member that their employees under
state law. are entitled TO four hours
i'm which To vote, and this free from
penaiiZing or restraint of any sort.
In most cities the factories close
for four hours, either I'm the MORN
ing. or I'm the afternoon, or better
still, they divide up, and part Of
them close in the morning and part
i'm the afternoon.
The ballot is the high privilege of
every American. and to seek TO re-
strain it, or tbwart its use is not
only un-patrfotic i'm these times. hut
un-American always-and subject
To severe punishment
Besides congress has recently
passed corrupt practices act that
hits this matter particularly hard.
in some localities, factories that are
paying bonuses on particular lines OF
work, or for continuous service, are
saying to their men. "yes, you may
have your four hours, but ft counts
AEAHloN your DOuuSs WHICH Il PEN
alizing and capable of restraining a
man from voting, just as much as
though he were hired to- stay away
from the polls.
This being a congressional cleo
ton the federal corrupt practices act
applies, and we would dislike To sec
any OF our manufacturers, here or
in Mishawaka, taken before the fed
eraI court for encouraging any OF
their men, individually or collective
ly, to stay away from the polls by
recalling bonuses or by wage re-
ductions.
We have all been patriotic, loyal
TO the fundamentals of democracy,
incident to- the war, and we can az
ford TO continue 50, practicing that
democracy among ourselves. South
Bend and MishawalSa, furthermore,
have been freer from labor troubles
during past years, than most any
other cities i'm the country.
1t wouldn't be wise for the manu-