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Newport daily independent., 1918-10-09
(By The Associated Press. ]

London, Oct. 9.--Field Marshal Haig reports the city of Cambrai has been captured by the British, to- gether with 5000 prisoners. Haig also reported the Anglo-American attack was resumed this morning on the entire front south of Cambrai. Rapid progress is being made south of Cambrai. The British have cap- tured Ferenville and reached the western outskirts of Walincourt. Ad- ditional progress was made last night east of Sequehart and toward Bohain and Maretz.
Newport daily independent., 1918-10-09

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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23
Must Use No More Than Two Pounds
Per Person Month if the Present
Meagre Allied Sugar Ration
Is Maintained.
Stocks VIII Be Short Until Beginning Of New
Year-Ration May Be Enlarged Then.

Two pounds Of sugar a month-half
. pound week-that is the sugar ra-
ton the .. S. Food Administration
has asked every American to observe
until January /. 1919, in order to make
sure there shall be enough for our
Army and Navy, for the Allied armies
and for the civilians of those nations.
BY New Years the world sugar sit
nation will be relieved somewhat by
the new crop. Cuban sugar Of this
years. crop win be arriving in this
country.
Every available sugar source win be
drawn on by the Food Administration
during the next winter months to main
tain sufficient stocks here to keep up
our national sugar supply. During Oc-
tober the first American beet sugar
will arrive in the markets. 9y the
middle of November some Of our Lou
isiana cane crop viii be available. All
Of this sugar and more may be needed
to keep this nation supplied on a re-
duced ration and to safeguard the AL
lied sugar ration from still further
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23
Indians Rest Walkers.

When it comes to feet civilized man
has a thing or two to learn from the
dog eating Igorrote or the pigeon toed
American Indian, says Prof L. j, Rich
ardsOn in bulletin entitled 1.-THE Sol
der on Foot" and issued by the Uni
versity of California.
Becoming a patron Of the long
abused pigeon toed man Professor Rich
ardSon says that the normal gait Of
man is exemplified by the American
Indian, who walks with his feet set par
allel or even with the toes turned
slightly inward. In this way all the
toes function and the lifting and pro-
polling power of the foot is at its maxi
mum, he says.
While deploring the army regula-
tons requiring soldier to stand with
his toes turned out at an angle of
about 45 degrees, because Of the ten
dency to cause aversion of the foot
and weakness of the posterior arch,
Professor Richardson is sufficiently op-
timistic for civilized man to conclude
that in spite of the inherited and ac-
Qulred bad habits he can reform and
"learn to walk" with fair results.
Walking in tight shoes generation
after generation is the cause Of nearly
all the foot troubles Of civilized man,
the professor says This condition, he
says has left but a single strong toe
on either foot, the others being in some
measure atrophied.
Frequent washing, trimming the toe
nails and an avoidance Of change from
high to low heeled shoes are suggested
as means Of obviating much foot
trouble.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23
When Exempt From Duty.

Section so Of the army law now in
force reads: "The vice president Of
the United States, the officers, judicial
and executive, of the government Of
the United States and Of the several
states and territories; persons in the
military or naval service of the United
States; customs house clerks; persons
employed by the United States in the
transmission of the mail; artifcers
and wOrkmen employed In the
armOrles, arsenals and navy yards Of
the United States; pilots; marines ac-
tually employed in the sea service Of
any citizen or merchant within the
United States shall be exempt from
militia duty without regard to age;
and all persons who, because of relig-
ioHs belief. shall claim exemption from
military service, if the, conscientious
holding of such belief by such person
shall be established under such regu-
lations as the president shall prescribe,
shall be exempted from militia serv-
ice in a combatant capacity; but no
person SO exempted shall be exempt
from militia service in any capacity
that the president shall declare to be
noncombatant."
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23

reduction. In Europe the present ra.
ton is already reduced to a minimum.
Our Situation.
The situation which the United
States faces in its efforts to maintain
fair distribution Of sugar to the AL
lied world is as follows
Sugar supplies throughout the eeun-
try, in homes, stores, factories and
bakeries are at a low ebb. We must
make increased sugar shipments to the
Allies.
Production Of American beet and
Louisiana cane crops have been disap-
pointing.
Porto Rice crops have been eur.
tailed.
Immense sugar stocks in Java can
not be reached on account Of the ship
ping shortage; ships are needed for
troop movements and munitions.
Army and Navy sugar requirements
have increased as we'll as those from
the Allies.
Most industries using sugar have had
their allotment reduced by One-half /;
some will receive no sugar
Households should make every ef-
fort to preserve the fruit crop without
sugar, or with small amounts Of sugar.
Later, when the sugar supply is larg-
er, the canned fruit may be sweetened
as 1t is used.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23

reduction. In Europe the present ra-
tion Is already reduced to minimum.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23
DEVIL W0RSHIPING IN HAM
Here the Savage instincts Of the
Blacks Have Been Fed ard Eos
tered for Centuries.

Aside from warlke considerations,
people have become so accustomed to
being safe that 1t is something Of a
shook to learn that only a few hun
dred miles from the centers of Amer
lean culture there is an almost savage
country. The islands Of the West In
dies are, as a rule, the abodes of en-
lightenment where any one man or
woman, may travel without fear Of
molestatlon. '.But such is not the
case in HAITI" says A. Hyatt Verrill in
''The Book of the West Indies" "Here
the shortcomings, the failures, the saw
age instincts of the blacks have been
fed and fostered for centuries. From
untamed jungles they were brought in
reeking, pest-ridden slave ships to
serve beneath the lash. Debased, un-
taught, they rose, and In a resistless
wave of black swept the dominating
whites from the land. Then were
lOosened all the pent-up hatred, the
undying lust for revenge, the sup
pressed savagery Of the African races,
and slaughter, raplne, lncendiarlsm,
torture and debauchery stalked naked
through the stricken land"
Haiti has improved considerably
since then, but there is yet much room
for improvement. 1.-THE only wonder
is that any vestige Of civilization re-
mains, that there is the semblance Of
rule. Of industry, Of order in the re-
public" Among the barbarisms nov
prevalent in Haiti are voodo0ism and
Obeah the former a kind of devil
worship, and the latter a form of (
witchcraft. I'm its most fanatical
form yOodo0ism requires human sacri'
fees, which are accompanied by can
nibalistic feasts and unspeakable or
giles. Obeah, on the other
hand, is merely witcheraft with no re-
llglous significance whatever, and in
its most malignant form consists Of
poisoning with devilish ingenuity, and
in its commonest and least virulent
form amounts merely to lot of nom
sense, hocus-pocus and mummery."
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23
Canned Turtle.

The advantage of New Orleans as a
port was emphasized in the opening OF
a canning factory for the distribution
Of real green sea turtles. With the ex-
ceptiOn Of small factory at Key West.
it will be the only establishment of its
kind in America. The factory has been
situated at Miami, Fla, but the excess
sive freight rates and a lack Of steam
er service to Central American ports
led to its removal to Bay st. Louis. It
handles nothing but green sea turtles
caught in Central American waters,
and these are put up in four different
forms-clear green turtle soup, thick
green turtle soup, turtle beef in Creole
style, and "callipe," which is the meat
Of the turtle taken from its breast.
back and flippers. The factory turns.
out about $1,000 cans a day, or total
Of 100000 pounds a year, including all
products. There is also by-product
called turtle oil, used incidentally
Fishing Gazette.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23
SHARE OUR SUGAR
WITH The ALLIES
British Get Two Pounds a Month.
French Pound and Hall,
italians One Pound.
GERMAN SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
All Nations Permit Use of sweeteninp
for Home Preserving Purposes.

Americas new sugar ration Of two
pounds a month per person is equita-
BILE when compared with the sugar ra-
ton enforced by rigid governmental
order in England, France and Italy, ma
tionS with which we are sharing sugar.
Each Allied nation--in the matter of
Cigar consumption-is sharing on near
est possible equal terms the hardships
imposed by greatly altered conditions
in the world sugar situation.
Formerly classed as luxury, sugar
is now war time essential. The fair
and just division Of this essential is
in the hands of the various Allied
food controllers
The United States Food Administra-
ton has asked this nation to observe
a voluntary sugar ration Of two
pounds per person a month.
In the other countries at war with
Germany sugar is one Of the scarce
articles on every menu-whether in
the households of both rich and poor,
or in the hotels.
England today has sugar ration
Of two pounds per month per person.
lii France the ration is pound and
half and in Italy 1t is one pound
month. And the prices in allied coun-
tries are from two to three times as
high as In America.
If you 60 to a hotel in England or
France these days and order tea or
coffee they serve absolutely no sugar
with 1t. II you want sugar you must
bring 1t with you.
In England 1t is allowable to use
one-seyenth Of an ounce of sugar in
the preparation of each luncheon. In
France many persons carry little sac
charine tablets about with them for
use in hotels and In England rich and
poor must take their sugar with them
If they wish to have sweetened tea
while visiGing friends.
Before the war started France had
625,OO0 acres devoted to sugar produc-
ton. BY 1917 the French sugar acre
age had decreased to 10000 acres.
Today the French man or woman with
sugar card has no assurance whatever
that he or she will be able to actually
buy sugar. To buy 1t, one must first
find 1t.
Italy Has estate Sugar."
Especially drastic regulations govern
the use of sugar in Italy. It's manu-
facture, distribution and sale are close
" controlled, and in part actually
taken over by the state.
Saccharine is permitted to be sold
and used as substitute for sugar and
the government manufactures a mix
ture Of saccharine and sugar called
estate Sugar." which is largely used.
German Sugar Ration Adequate.
Germany, before the war, produced
q great surplus Of sugar and exported
large quantities. Today the Germans
have virtually gone out Of the export
business, but have plenty Of cheap
sugar for home use.
Wholesale prices prevalent in the
Allied nations, according to informa-
ton received by the United States
Food Administration are as follows:
England, 10 cents q pound; France,
u cents; Italy, % cents.
While these high prices are being
paid abroad the American wholesale
price is being held at ~ cents
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-23

n MEXICAN families would have less sugar than the
"A people of torn France if we depended entirely
on our homegrown sugar stocks.
Approximately rs per cent. of our sugar is shipped
to shores We produce about 900 tons of sugar
year. Our imports from abroad amount to over 3OOO-
900 tons year in normal times
The United States Food Administration asks each
family to limit its of sugar to two pounds per month
per person for household The military situation de-
mands that every available ship be placed at the disposal
of the Army Navy. When we save sugar, we save
shipping.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
CITIZENSHIP OPEN
TO ENEMY ALIENS
DOckcts OF US. Courts Crowd.
ed During War With ApPlica-
tiOns Of Aliens

Naturalization of foreigners, in
GLIDING subjects of this country's ell
envy, has been permitted by the gov
eminent during the time of war, and
as q consequence many men, who are
Of German birth, are making applica-
tions for their citizenship papers.
In some of the large cities of the
country that are inhabited by many
foreigners tie naturalization offices
hare been flooded with applications
for citizenship, and as result the
Circuit Courts have been called upon
TO examine the applicants and issue
naturalization papers, where it is
found justified.
he n;t. Linton of alien enemies
during n. T has been made condi-
.uuai. Men or foreign birth who de-
sire 10 volunteer in the army are
ora1gd ~ immediate admission to
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
STODDARD DRAFT
RECORDS WIPED
OUT BY FLAMES
Fire Believed lncendiary Fol-
lows Threat Letters To
Local Board
JOINS INVESTIGATION
No Clew Found lie aiding To Iden.
tity OF Suspects W no Caused
The Fire

Bloomfield, Mo, June 12.-Follow,
ing up clew that is believed to lead
10 the men who are suspected of hav-
ing set fire to the stoddardf County
Trust building in this city destroying
all records of the selective draft reg
istratioT, Sheriff Oscar O'Nen left
the city tonight on mysterious trip
in an effort 10 locate two men, who
were seen in an automobile near the
building shortly after the fire was
discovered. The authorities would
net state the purpose of the sheriff ;
leaving the city nor his destination,
but it is believed he went to Advance
il search of the suspects.
The Trust building, in which were
stored ali draft records of Stoddard
County, both of 1917 and 1918, was
destroyed by fire, which was discov-
cred about 1:30 o'clock this morning.
The entire building, one of the larg-
est If Southeast Missouri, was burn
ed only the walls remained.
That the origin of the fire was in
is indicated by the fact that
a strong odor of coal oil was detect
eQ by those who reached the building
first. The room, in which the records
of the draft were kept was mass of
flames when the fire fighters arrived.
It is believed that the flames origi-
mated in this room.
Other records kept by professional
men, who had their Offices in the trust
building, were also consumed by the
lanes. Whether any valuable papers
# the Stoddard County Trust Co.,
Hhicn occupies the first floor, were
burned is not yet known, and will not !
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
MASS Meeting UNANIMOUS
FOR $500, 600 BRIDGE BOND
Business And Professional Men Tell Why
Drainage Spans Are Needed-Cape Loos-
ing Enormous Amount of Trade.

the Cape were annexing all the trade
that was brought: to this city before
the drainage channels were cut
through the lands south Of the city
! County Highway Engineer Dennis
Scivally estimated the costs of the
proposed bridges over the diversion
channel and the smaller ditch al
/ 100000. In order to get solid
foundation for the bridges, he said it
would be necessary to dig through
Il feet of gumbo and strata of
sand the thickness Of which had not
yet been ascertained. The main
bridge, he said would measure 100
feet from one bank of the diversion
channel to the other. The remand
CT Of the sum raised by the bond is
Sue could be spent for the recon-
struction Of the roads in the town.
ship.
City Commissioner Louis WittmOr
suggested that the issuance of The
bonds and the construction of the
permanent crossing over the drainage
channels be postponed till after the
var when the prices for building ma
ter;al had become normal again. He
suggested that the people in the en-
tire county cooperate with the man.
agement Of the Cape Girardeau North
ern railroad to maintain a connection
with Scott and Stcddard and other
adjacent counties in the south He
believed a daily train with several
coaches could care for all traffic WITH
the lower counties.
N. +. Lemingj chairman of tie
special road commission Of Cape
township, told of the many plans that
were taken up by the commission be
fore it was definitely decided to limit |
the issuance of bonds to the town
ship instead of including the entire
county. 1t was suggested in the be
ginning, he said, TO ask for only |
100000 in the township. but in view
of the fact that the northern section
f the township would not be inter
asted in the building of the bridge, it
was decided to increase the sum to
100000 in order to get enough mon
~ to repair the reads in the entire
township.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
BUILDING OF Ships
EXCEEDS SINKINCS
U-BOat Attack OFF The American
Coast Speed Up Construction
OF Vessels.

Washington, June 13.-Sirce Ger
man submarines began their raids
Off the Atlantic coast on May %, the
output of the sh;pyardS building YES
sells has exceeded the sinking of
American ships by more than 100000
dead weight tons. TIE production
during this interval has been q YES
sells, totaling 1862 tons. Exclui-
ing the vessels salvaged, toe sub
marines destroyed 10 American ships
totaling $4,000 tons.
Six ships were completed during
the first week of June. They to
tailed 24,l3C tons. In the same time
theer were Il launchings, totaiin%
75,470 tons. Seven of the ships
launched were steel and seven wood.
The Baltimore Dry Dock and Ship
building Company today telegrapned
Director General Schwab that a $3.50
ton steel steamer would be launched
there next Monday in less than 10
working days. As the ship is being
built on the longitudinal system,
which requires more time than the
transverse system of construction,
the time is considered excellent.
Recent acts of Congress, princi-
paily the espionage act, have so bur-
dened the dockets of the federal
courts in all parts of the country that
it is almost placed out of question to
hear the naturalization cases and adj
nit any of the applicants to citizen
ship Since the government has be-
gun the prosecution of men charged
with disloyalty and sedtion, the ap-
plications for citizenship have been
postponed, thus increasing the num-
Der from term to term.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14

| be known until the debris has been
moved away. It is believed by the
officers OF the bank, however, that the
vault offered protection against the
flames.
Anonymous letters received by the
local board of Stoddard County,
threatening to kill the members of
the board, or to blow up the building
in which the records were kept, were
received during the last few weeks,
but were destroyed with the building.
Thus the only clue that could have
led to the identity of the writer's of
these letters was wiped out.
The local board members expressed
the opinion that the building might
have been fired by some one who had
no meritorious claim for exemption
and hoped to be freed from the draft
by destroying the registration rec
oTds, ignorant of the fact that triple
record was kept of the registration
cards.
According to Sheriff O'Neil the fire
started in the center of the room
where the board kept its records.
When the first man reached the
building, it was noticed that a hole !
had been burned through the second
floor and the ceiling of the room oc-
cupied by the local board was
scroched. This would indicate, the
sheriff said that the records had been |
piled up in the middle of the room
and saturated with coal oil to be
burned. The door leading to the Of
flee Of DR.. j. w. Tribble was found
open This door, the sheriff stated,
had always been locked.
The entire stock in the drug store
Of J. W. Ferris, ex-senator, was de-
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14

Stroyed. A can containing several
gallons of wood alcohol exploded,
blowing out part of the building. Ali
fixtures in the barbershop of Ben
Pryor were also burned. This shop.
was located directly beneath the
room in which the local board had
its offices.
Others who lost their offices and
contents are: Dr. S. S. Davis, Dr. d. -
A Sloan and DR.. Paul f. Tribble. all
three dentists, who had their Offices
on the second floor The offices of
ex-senator Ferris and Attorney II. S.
Green and the insurance offires of w.
f. Green were a complete loss, as
none of these men had any insurance
on their books and Office fixtures.
According to Prosecuting Attorney
George Munger, who, with Sheriff
O'Neil, is investigating possible clues
that might lead to the arrest of the
men suspected of having started the
fire, an automob lie was seen leaving
the city al high rate of speed ju5t
a short time before the blaze in the
Trust building was discovered.
No records are now in thn hands
of the local board to show the num-
Der of men and the names of the reg
iatrants for this year. While the
original registration certificates Is
sued last year were destroyed, the
duplicates are in the hands of the dis
trict board and also of the adjutant
general of the State, but no records
are left of the last registration, June
). With the original registration Ger
sificates of last year the questionaires
ssued by the board on the first regis
tration were also destroyed by the
ire.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
MILK IN WINTER.

Why do your COWS give less milk
in winter than they do in summer?
Just because nature does not sup
ply them with grasses and green
food. But we have come to the as
sistancc of Dame Nature with B. A.
tains the very ingredients that thu
green feed supplies in season only, of
edy will make your COWS give more
course, in more highly concentrated
form. We guarantee that this rem
milk, and better milk, with the same
feed.
F. +. BRAUN G. BROS.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
Cape Girardeau Bell
Telephone Co.

citizenship These notifications and
emergency provisions have brought
thousands of aliens to the naturaliZa
ton Offices in the cities making it i'm
possible for the officers in charge to
pass on all cases in due time
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
DOING THE WORK.

". T. Nancy, Noel, Mo-, writes:
"Your 3. A. Thomas Hog Powder is
doing the work down in this part of
the world. 1t proved to be what we
needed TO prevent and cure hog chol
era and expell worms
F. F. BRAUN G BROS.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-14
Answer Your
Telephone Promptly

A Courtesy expected by every one is that his
telephone call be answered promptly.
To allow your telephone bell to ring longer
than necessary, not only keeps the calling party
waiting but it results in unsatisfactory service
both to you and to him.
If the telephone is not answered within
reasonable length of time don't answer" report
is given by the operator.
You expect prompt answers when you call.
Do you answer promptly.