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New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
From Nebelspaltey, Zurich

executed was almost Incredible The two
motor trucks and the Ford which belonged
to the construction camp were hastily
placed at the disposal of the population
and sort of dry-land ferry service was
established back and forth to the bridges
over the river Somme. American military
engineers had built these bridges for the
British army. American motor trucks, in
charge of American Red Cross men, now
evacuated the civilians. The American re-
lief staff in the town of Ham began an i'm
mediate evacuation of it's small store of sup
plies. AS at the construction camp, it's cars
organized ferry service and carried eX-
hausted civilians beyond the danger zone
The chauffeurs drove again and again into
the bombarded towns to bring out the last
remaining families. One of the chauffeurs
in a camionette drove into Ham with three
fiat tires on broken down springs and car
ried out six wounded British soldiers"
Mr. Hunt goes on to tell in detail of
the various organizations at work and
the systematic manner in which their
work was accomplished, then says:
"From the human side the evacuation is
and always will be indescribable. 1t was
vast lava flow of men, animals and materials
Every little countTyASoaa gand .avery high
way was Jammed With the, en dress lines of
camions moving back to the aviation camps,
pulling out immense guns, salvagng mill
tary supplies of all sorts, and at the same
time removing the civilians and their little
possessions. The immense Importance of
the agricultural work in the devastated dis
trict was symbolized by the presence of bat
teries of American tractor ploughs, shut
fling along in the midst of conveys of
camions, and by the yokes Of oxen or teams
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
proving so helpful a pattern for Ameri-
can organization. He declares

proving so helpful pattern for Ameri-
can organization. He declares:
romance all its own. The endless chain
OF army supply, geared as it is to the most
incessant and unfailng of all demands
the appetlte-has annexed the whole world
of output 1t reaches to the waving wheat
domain of the Argentine, to the f1cecy cot
ton belt of our own South, to the rolling
oat realm of Canada to the dripping oil
fields of Burmah, Mexico and California
Into its hungry channels flow the products
of the watts and tanks of Chicago's Pack
lngtown; the bench and mills of New Eng
land, the canneries of Australia. All lands
and all f1ocks are stripped for its needs.
1t has recruited a host of workers as huge
as the battling armies it sustains, to the
insatiate end that the wheels of war he
kept whirling.
"While it involves millions of men. re-
quires an expenditure of billions of dollars,
taps the entire universe and provides a
continuous procession of supplies, it is
dominated by man who can sit at
desk in faraway Office, the absolute CEN
tralization of the whole ramifed activity.
How is it possible when the seven seas
have become the graveyards of transport;
when human life is as candle in the
wind when half of mankind is bent upon
destruction?
The answer is easy. 1t all results from
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

and again, hauling out wounded Tommies
and wounded Americans. A portable ktch-
en-, installed at Compiegne on the exact
spot where Joan of Arc captured, pro-
vided tea, coffee and other refreshments to
ten thousand soldiers and civilians daily
At the Red Cross headquarters in Com
piegne chocolate, figs and meat were
served to hungry soldiers passing con-
voys. These Red Cross canteens were ex-
tended throughout the district, and the
total number of soldiers served per day
reached an average of more than twenty
thousand. The canteens we're one of the
simplest and most striking manifestations
of the American Red Cross spirit of SER
vice. They served Frenchmen, Britons,
Italians and Americans alike"
After citing numerous other instances
In which the Red Cross had freely given
its service, Mr.. Hunt quotes from let
ter, written by one of the field workers,
and referring to the destruction of the
newly patched buildings and the freshly
sown fields, the following inspiring para
graph:
"When the material works were lost the
best of all remained-that best which, after
all, the inner purpose of it all. The
influence of neighborliness, friendship,
kindliness, sympathy-these are made of
stuff that no chemistry of war can crush,
any more than death can cut off the infu-
ence of mans personality We face half
years work torn to pieces. Yet believe
the influence of our work will live in the
lives of our French neighbors and in our
own lives. | believe the fact of the final
sacrifice will deepen it's effect"
But" says Mr.. Homer Folk, director
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
in history, the Bureau of Reconstruction
and Relief faced the colossal ruins

g. At the heart of the destruction
wrought by the Germans, in the valley of
the river Somme, it began patching up
houses and stables for the returning peas
ants. 1t shipped into the devastated region
food, clothing, furniture, kitchen utensils,
building materials, seed, farm implements,
small livestock and barnyard fowls 1t
acted on the principle that to produce food
in France is to save tonnage from Ameri-
ca; to produce it in the war zone is to al
leviate the burden on the railroads, and
both will help win the war"
Life was finally "breathed" into the
ruined farms.
"The desecrated lands were just spring
ing to life again. The first sprouts of
spring wheat carpeted the valleys; daffo-
dis waved in the wind; the fragrance of
cherry blossoms hung in the air In the
crispness of the early morning gangs of
French workmen in the two big Red Cross
barracks were just getting ready to go to
their work when the British town major
came in we must evacuate your workmen
across the Somme,' he said. All civilians
are to be sent beyond the river at once"
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Keeping the Pot Boiling in Switzerland
NHE famous strategic retreat had
\ turned the evacuated portion of
France into a desert of ruins,

"a
France into desert of ruins,
writes Edward Eyre Hunt, chief
of the Bureau of Reconstruction and
Relief of the American Red Cross in
France, in an inspiring pamphlet pub
1ished by the Red Cross:
"On the 18th day of March. 1917, the little
towns and villages along the banks of the
Somme, the Disc and the Aisne were burn
ing like bonfres, and Allied airplanes
sweeping back from patrols over st. Quen-
tin plunged through clouds of black smoke.
1t was great but tragic day for France.
The German armies were in retreat but
they had taken their revenge by systemat-
lcally burning or blowing up every house,
every barn, every stable and outbuilding
in scores and scores of villages and steal
ing or destroying every agricultural ma
chine and every vehicle in the region they
we're forced to leave. They chopped down
the apple orchards and felled avenues of
ornamental trees They poisoned or de-
fled the wells They sawed through the
spokes of cart wheels They even stole
the bobbins from sewing machines They
took every farm animal, barnyard fowl and
rabbit in the countryside They deported
most of the heroic population which had
remained under the constant menace of the
guns since August, 1914, and with patient,
painstaking deviltry laid waste the land
So it desert which the victorious
French and British armies occupied in
March, 1911"
With courage unparalleled, perhaps,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
T sAAC F. MARCOSsON, in his last
book, The business of War;" pub
r. lished by the John Lane Com
pany, writes:
pany, writes (:

ain the glamour of battle heroism the
world loses sight Of the mechanics Of war.
1t is more thrilling to have an emotion
about forlorn trench hope led to victory
than to hear about a supply column that
reached the front under storm Of shells.
Yet the courage Of the teamsters who face
death with only the reins in their hands is
fit to rank with the valor Of the fighting
men armed with guns.
"War has become a business. It. is the
worlds supreme task at this moment
Business as usual has gone into the scrap
heap along with many other illusions that
clcvgcd effort and begot costly optimism
In the early days Of the conflict. The one
definite work Of civilization is to win the
was. The pain to victory is through or
ganization>
"No military establishment presents
such picture Of closely knit endeavor as
the British army. The immortal first seven
divisions who dashed to the relief of Bel
GUM and laid the first Ango-Saxon sac
rhce on the altar of freedom were the
nucleus of the mighty host on which the
sun never sets to-day. In less than three
years Britain has created AN institution
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

Aftas assertla THAI "Hertaing is a
greater fool than ne world is willing to
believe if he expects to bring about a
peace conference by any such statement
Of policy" 1.-The Philadelphla Press" re-
marks:
III this is the beginning Of the German
peace offensive it is q poor, clumsy. alto
gether unpromising beginning The Ger
man government has either failed to under
stand or has deliberately ignored the new
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
ommies, Also, Were
/ Taken Care of

Montdidier, Lassigny and Noyon had
to be evacuated, and on the fifth day of
battle Amiens came within range of the
guns. More than fifty thousand people
left the city.
""The American Red Cross during this
time had chiefly served civilians, although
more than one of its trucks, with mat
tresses placed at the bottom to prevent too
much jolting, had gone back and FORTH time
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

can well be imagined that the organs of
the stalwart pam Germans, from which no
expressions have reached US, are deeply
disgruntled over the promised abandon
ment of Belgium.
ga great step in advance" is what
the "Frankfurter Zeitung" says of the
speech, and it thinks that there is now
no obstacle on Germany's side to the
ending of the war"
This cheerful view is from the radical
"Vossische Zeitung":
"Chancellor Won Hertling's statement on
Belgium was made with defniteness which
always hitherto has been lacking. The
Chancellor's thorough exposition Of his con
ception f the Belgium problem will silence
chatter about German statesmen being IN
tentionally silent on this subject or express
ing themselves with studied obscurity."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
"a Scornfuly Replies to Hertling- Page One

unconditional and complete - 1t must be
and it must be effected as an act of Justice
and not factor in the arran cement of
the bargain which Chancellor Won Hertlinr
has in mind"
"A very warlike peace talk" speech
is characterized by "The Buffalo Ex-
press" which concludes it's editorial
thus.
German peace talk does not mean any
thing more than It has in the past
and all that it has meant in the past has
been peace that will leave Germany sub
stantia1 victor And German peace talk
VIII not mean anything else until there is
a radical change on the front lines
The Providence Journal reached this
conclusion:
TT Count Won Hertling means, by his be-
lated remuneration of Belgium, that Ger
many VIII give up the little country pro-
vded she is permitted free hand in the
East, he merely confirms what has often
been said about the chief Teutonir ambi-
tion- But the Allied nations are more de-
termined every day the war goes on that
Germany shall not only relinquish Belgium
hut abandon also her fatuous vision Of en-
pire in the direction of India
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

THE Chicago Evening Post" accuses
the Chancellor of jesting when he speaks
of a righteous PEACE" since Germany
had an opportunity at Brest~Litovsk and
again at Bucharest to show what she
means by that term, for
THE world knows what she did with
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

idealism which animates the Allied war
aims Failing to gain peace by conquest, it
has resorted to blackmail; but, as it will
soon learn, neither will this method do"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
\ Wandering Tale of
n Bravery and Service

cit is impossible" Mr. Folk continues.
"to tell briefly the story of the Red Cross
help to the refugees
"The story wanders over the whole map
of France. The task of answering not
merely the immediste needs but the perma-
nent necessities Of these families is only
begun. TO provide food and shelter for
these hundreds of thousands of people is
something, but more must be done A thou
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

tion Of Germany and the German nation.
He knows, however, in his heart that the
destruction which the Allies intend to
achieve is that which will forever wipe from
the earth baneful and brutal autocracy
which, as long as it existed, would menace
human rights and liberties'
"a fascinating example of tight
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
hen They Carried the
L People to Safety

The arduous task of moving the
herded civilians, with their hand bag
gage and livestock, out Of danger, fell
to the American Red Cross.
"The rapidity with which the order was
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rope work. with "oscillations to placate
the hungry proletariat, while pleasing
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Notice, Tax Sale.

Bogalusa, La, Sept. "a, 1918.
To Mrs. Geo. N. Shugert,
Address unknown.
Please take notice that | have
purchased at tax sale the fol-
lowing described property in
Washington Parish and in the
city of Bogalusa, Louisiana, to.
wit:
Lots No. 8 ond 10, block No..
%, Terrace.
Said property having been pur-
chased by me from K. l. Bean,
city clerk and official tax collector
of Bogalusa' Louisiana, on the
31st day of August, 1918, the to-
tai amount of tax, interest and
cost being the sum of $3.50.
The deed covering said proper
ty was recorded in the conveyance
records of Washington Parish on
September 10Th, 1918, in convey
ance book 30, page 539.
A. N. DOBBS.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
SALVATION Army IS
WIPED OUT BY KAISER
KAISER DESTROYS oRGAhIzA,
TIoN IN GERMANY AND o.
REcTS SPECIAL "AATE" At
HUTS AND WORKERS.

Paris.-AccordtRg to advice receiv.
ed here, The Salvation Army in Ger
many and Austria has been wiped out
of existence by order of the Kaiser,
not only because it was founded in
England, but because Salvatiouists
from all over the earth are in the
trenches fighting under the various
Gags of the Allies The fact that the
American Salvetionixt relief work
ers have been made a militarixed
part Of the American Expeditionay
Forces, and hare been working In the
front lines with our boys, it Is be-
lieved to have had cons k3efahse to
do with the Kaiser's action. For the
last six months the Huns have as
strennously attempted to KIN Off
American Sahva*iontst laxzies who
are working in the advanced 1nnes,
as they have women Of tho Red
Gross. frequently sahjecting than to
terrific shea1 bonbmdmeuts 1a6Ts
attacks.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Notice, Tax Sale.

Bogalusa, La, Sept. "a, 1918.
TO Mrs. V. Daigle,
Address unknown.
Please take notice that | have
purchased at a tax sale the fol-
lowing described property in
Washington Parish and in the
city of Bogalusa, Louisiana, to-
wit:
Lots No. I and 8, block No. %,
Terrace.
Said property having been pur.
chased by me from K. l. Bean,
city clerk and official tax collector
of Bogalusa, Louisiana, on the
31st day of August, 1918, the to-
tai amount of tax, interest and
cost being the sum of $3.50.
The deed covering said proper
ty was recorded in the convey
ance records of Washington Par
ish on September 19, 1918, in
conveyance book 30, page 541.
A. N. DOBBS.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
POTATOES SPOIL WHEN
STORED IN PITS
New Bulletin Tells How Sweet Pota.
toes Should Be Handled.

Very few sweet potatoes stored in
pits or banks ever reach the market,
for from rs to so per cent spoil, while
those that remain are not of good
quality, according to Farmers Bulletin
700. This bulletin, the title of which
is Sweet Potato Storage" describes
in considerable detail thetypes of stor.
age houses that have proved success.
full and the proper method of hauling
sweet potatoes from harvesting to
marketing. For those growers who are
not able to build storage houses, direc.
lions are given for saving the sweet
potato crop by using outdoor cellars
and banks.
Copies of this bulletin may be OBJ
tanned free by writing to Agricultural
Editor, Extension Division, L. s. T.,
Baton Rouge, La.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Slackers Rounded Up.

On Tuesday night Chief of Po
lice Magee, of Bogalusa, and his
assistants, rounded up % slack
ers in and around BogaIusa and
brought them over to the parish
authorities, where they are being
held in Jail awaiting disposition
from government authorities.
Six of the number are classed
as nonwilIful deserters, having
failed to answer to call on account
of not receiving the notice and
these were retained in Bogalusa
on account of lack of Jail room
here, and will be sent directly to
camp as soon as the quarantine
against Spanish influenza is lift.
cd. The other % hail from var
ious points from Chicago to New
Orleans, and Sheriff Bateman
has wired in to those boards for
instructions as to their disposi.
tion. About 20 slackers we're
sent in from this parish during
the month of Septem Der.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Houston Denies
Newspaper Story.

Mr.. j. V. Rabb, county agent,
has received the following COM
munication from headquarters,
which he has requested us to pub
lish:
"a statement concerning cot
ton price fixing appeared in a
Washington, D. c., paper on Sat-
urday to the effect that it was un-
derstood that Secretary Houston
has expressed the opinion that
25c would be a fair price for this
years cotton. This statement,
and any other statement that may
have been made rurporting to
represent the views of Secretary
Houston as to price for cotton,
if ano is to be fixed, is utterly
without foundation. The Secre-
tary has expressed no opinion as
to a price for cotton.''
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Notice, Tax Sale.

Bogalusa, La, Sept. "a, 1918
To Party unknown,
Address unknown.
Please take notice that | have
purchased at a tax sale the fol.
lowing described property in
Washington Parish and in, the
CITY of Bogalusa, Louisiana, to.
wit:
Lot No. ID, block No. 7.
Said property having been pur.
chased by me from K. |. Bean,
city clerk and official tax collector
of Bogalusa, Louisiana. on the
31st day of August, 1918, the totaI
amount of tax, interest and cos,
being the sum of $14.63.
The deed covering said proper.
ty was recorded in the conveyance
records of Washington Parish on
September 10Th, 1918, in convex
ance book 36, page 53e.
A, N. DQBBs,
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Con gressman J. Y. Sanders
Expression OF Appreciation

Hon j. Y. Sanders who receiv-
ed practically a solid vote in this
parish in the recent race against
Schwing for U. 5. Representative
from the 9th District, sends note
of appreciation to his friends Of
Washington Parish, which we
take pleasure in reproducing be-
low.
House of Representatives U. s.
Washington, D. G.
Mrs. ]. Vol. Brock, Editor,
The ra-Leader,
Franklinton, La.
My dear Mrs. Brock:
l take advantage of this, the
first opportunity | have had since
my return to Washington, to ex-
tend to you, and through you to
the good people of Washington
Parish, my sincere thanks for the
cordial support given my candi-
dacy in the recent Democratic
primary.
wish to thank each and every
one of you for your vote of con-
fidence, and to assure you that |
will at all times, to the limit Of my
capacity and ability, work for the
welfare Of all our people.
Any matter brought to my no.
tice in which our people are inter.
estsd will receive my earnest at.
tention, and | want them to write
to me, remembering that it is not
only my duty, but that it will be
a pleasure, to serve them.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
j. Y. Sanders.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Miss Sullivan Gives Good
Start To 4th Liberty Loan.

Miss Elizabeth Sullivan, Parish
chairman of the Woman's Work
for the Fourth Liberty Loan,
took up the WORK with such zeal
that the entire parish was organiz-
ed and every plan perfected we'll
in advance of the opening of the
drive Saturday.
Miss Sullivan, in company with
Mesdames Townsley, Lafferty
and Griffith met splendid rep
resentation of the women of
Franklinton, with good sprink-
ling of interested men, in the
courthouse Wednesday afternoon,
whom they thoroughly inspired
by the intelligent and interesting
appeals they made in behalf OF
this greatest of all war work-the
Fourth Liberty Loan, S6,000,O ,O0o-
000,of which Washington Parish's
part is S165, 900.
The work being done by the
women's department is significant
in two particulars: it's being the
first Liberty Loan work specific
ally allotted to the women, and
of more Import still, the Importance
of a successful Liberty Loan is
being carried to every individual
thruout the country instead of
allowing the parish's obligation
to be discharged by the moneyed
men and big concerns of the
towns. In this alone Miss Sulli-
van with her splendid corps of
women workers,is achieving what
the men, thru lack Of time, failed
to accomplish in either Of the
former drives. 1t seems wholly
providential that the biggest cot
ton crops and highest prices in
our history are filling the farmers
hands now with surplus of ready
cash which can be invested in
Liberty Bonds without working
a hardship. and with the unusual
activity and devotion to duty
with which Captains and Lieu.
tenants entered the drive Satur-
day tits sure that the gospel of the
Fourth Liberty Loan will reach
every section of the parish and
accomplish the aim set by our
indefatigable leader" -"Every
home in Washington Parish a
subscriber and every subscriber
100 per cent
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
A Curiosity.


J. W. Knight, of the Fifth
ward, brought a curiosity into
the Office Monday in a peculiar
growth of a Japan persimmon.
The fruit was of unusual size and
instead Of being smooth and
round like the rest of the fruit
on tue tree, was developed into a
shape greatly resembling four.
footed animal. 1t was a striking
curiosity and wholly unaccount.
able.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Watch the Sugar Bowl.
September 30th, 1917.

To the Public:
1t has been reported that some
people are using sugar to make
lemonades, sherbets, etc. This,
no doubt, has been done un.
thoughtedly. The Government
POSITIVELY PROHIBITS the
use of sugar for lemonades, sher-
bets, or other water ices. All
should bear this in mind and
watch the sugar bowl, The peo-
pie of France have no cakes, can.
dies or other sweets, much less
sugar for lemonades or sherbets.
Save sugar and help win the war.
u. s. Food Administration,
Washington Parish.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
Fair Amusements.

The directors of the Washing
ton Parish Fair have made speci-
al effort this year to secure
wholesome and harmless amuse-
ments to interest the visitors
outside of the time spent view
ing the exhibits.
The chief aim of the fair is to
incite to better results in all
farm products, cattle and stock
of all kinds, poultry etc, along
with the most profitable utili-
zation of the things produced.
It is alse realized that when the
exhibits have been one time view
ed some entertainment is neces.
sary to keep the crowd happy
and contented so that they will
frequently return to the exhibits
land thus become familiar with
yall points of merit. With this
in view arrangements have been
made for music, shows, public
speaking, hot meals and refresh.
ments, and the crowds will be
made comfortable and satisfied
thru the entire fair.
Give up home duties these
four days-Octcober 16.17.18-19,
and let the Parish Fair be the
common meeting place, every
section of the parish getting
acquainted with every other
section, each learning something
worth while from the other
effecting an exchange of ideas
and interests that will make one
people of our parish, all working
toward her best development in
the shortest time.
Everybody come to the Fair.
The Era-leader., 1918-10-03
j. X. johnson Made President.

At a called meeting of the
Council of defense on Saturday
afternoon J. K. Johnson was un-
animonsly elected President to
succeed j. B. Lindsly resigned
to do war service, and A. N.
Dobbs was selected to fill the
vacancy for members from Bog.
alusa at large.