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Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

Hdq. Co. Sc, Art. A. c., A. E. F.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

There IS more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and for years II was sup.
posed to be incurable Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment. pronounced
II incurable. Catarrh Is a local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. One Hundred Dollars re.
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials:
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

Mrs. B. l.. Harper, Of Pawnee, Okla,
Is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Michner.' :, =.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Armstrong, oil
Columbus, we're week end guests Of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. s. D.
Armstrong Of this city.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30
CHARLOTTE COMPANY
BEGINS BUILDING AT
SUNNYSIDE LEASE

The Charlotte Lead and Zinc Com
pany has begun moving 15O-ton mill
to their Sunnyside lease just across
the road from the Red Eagle and
south from the Aurora.
A pond is under construction and a
dog house is almost completed. The
ground has been thoroughly tested out
and an 18 foot face of ore of good
quality found to extend over a large
space.
The mill is arriving at the site as
fast as it is possible to move it and
will be erected as it comes.
Il will be an exact copy of the Au-
rora.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21
CONSERVE PAPER SUPPLY.
Federal Trade Commission Urges Less
 Consumption and Points Way.

Washington, June 21.-Publishers arc again urged by the Federal Trade Commission to reduce consumption Of neWsprint paper in statement showing there was no great saving in May, following previous appeal There was a slight decrease in the percentage of returns, free copies, ''ovcrs" and "arrears" of all publi- cations using newsprint, but a, con- sidera ble increase in the percentage of returned copies of semi-mo onthly and monthly periodicals.
 There was some improvenn ent in conditions in May, but the Consump ton still was so heavy that there was very little gain in neWsprint stocks and the consumption of periodical paper hy magazine and periodical publishers exceeded domestic pro- auction. A total of 24,313,769 copies was printed daily by 653 newspa pers, reporting in May. The weekly circu- Iation reported was 1,I55, 101 copies and monthly 9,71@,S61.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21
WORK IN SHIPYARDS.
Between 600 and TOO Assigned {
 Work in Connecticut.

T1art ford. June 21.-Between 600 and zoo Workmen have been assigned 10 work in Connecticut shipyards by the United States Employment Serv- ice the official governm ent abOr agency which, with the cooperation of the Connecticut State Council of Defense, has esta blished offices in several cities in this state. The mcn are drawn from the United States Public Service Reserve, having en- rolled with several thousand others, as shipyard volunteers. The enroll ment began in February and has been carried on through the local agencies of the State Defense Coun- Cil.
 The demand has been principally for ship carpenters. house carpenters and common laborers together with d few skilled mechanics, according to State Director Leo A. korper. Near ly all of the volunteers have been de- tailed to three Connecticut shipyards, only q few being sent out of the sta te.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21
[ORPER PROMISES AID FOR INDUSTRY
Jar Factories Will Be Supplied Through Federal Service

Hartford. June 21.--"All war in
 lstries of Connecticut will be sup
 lied with labor of all classes through Rle United States Employment Serv-
 g." is the important statement made
 Leo A. Korper, state director of
 at government agency, after his
 turn from a three days conference
 Washington, D. C. MT. Korper i'll make a report of this new win 3he-war- program to the Connecticut 1 ate Council of Defense at it's next eeting. President Wilson has just [ sued an appeal to all employees to ake full use of this government gency in recruiting labor.
 State directors and district super )ntendents of the United States Elm kloyment Service and state directors ! f the Public Service Reserve from kll parts of the country, attended the Conference which was the first war labor conference held in the interests kf the two branches of the United kstates Department of Labor. Ad~ 1 resses were made by Hon. William (3. Wilson, secretary of labor; Louis l. Post, assistant secretary of labor; f lexander D. Chiquoine, Jr., editor of le United States Employment Serv ee Bulletin; John E. Densmore. di 2ctor-general of the United States Employment Service; William E. islA national director, United States l'ublic Reserve; N. A. Smyth, acting [ ssistant director general United ! ates Elm ployment Service and As ociate Director United States Pub l.c Service Reserve, and Roger w. abson, chief of the Division of In uiry and Education, United States t employment Service. President Will on received the conference members 2 the White House last Saturday.
 MT. Korper said that the details of tAe government plan of supplying k Dor to war work plants would be . lnounced later and would be efIec- Eve throughout the entire nation. Connecticut received 2 high Compli- rent from Editor Chquoine in an ,ldress in which he pointed out that his state had given the most effec- iFC kind of publicity to the varied activities of the United States Elm
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21
MRS. ABBIE BARNUNI STONE.

Hartford June 21.-Mrs. Abbic
 Barnum (seelye) Stone, widow of Rev. pr. George M. Stone, for nearly 50 years pastor of the Asylum Avenue Baptist church died yesterday. She was born in Bethel, November 27, 1886. l daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Nathan SeelNe. Her marriage to Rev. George M. stone. then pastor of the Danbury Baptist church, occurred on April Q, 1861. Mrs Stone is survived by one son, Wilbur M. Stone, of East Orange.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21

tick, of 22 Lafayette street, was killed " the automobile of pr. r. E. Guild,
 !"iNen by iris son Allen, yesterday The accident occurred at Horseshoe Bridge. observers say that q. number of chil- Ircn were at play and the WOOjick 'oy suddenly darted out and into the machine which, they claim was being driven very slowly. Awaiting action by the coroner, Allen Guild was de- tuned, then arrested charged with mans]auGhtcr and held in $2,0OO for hearing tomorrow
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21

The united States Employment Serv- ice has been supplying the new labor since early In May. The volunteers are now building ships to win the war at the Groton Iron Works Gro ton; the Gilderslecve Ship Construc- ton company, Gildersleevc. and the ll0uSatOnlc Shlpbuilding company, StratfOrd
 1t IS the policy of Director korper first to select desirable men from the unemployed volunteers. When a. special class of workers is ovcrdraWn
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21

ploymcnt Service. Illustrative of the growth of the Employment Service u"d I'WhIfc &cirjrN R"%crVc, Mr. Nor DOT referred to the fact that both departments GT" now Quartered in the Gordon hotel, corner Of 1 street and Sixteenth street Superintendent Robert ". Budd. of the United States t.iIpIoNm"ni Service office in Water bury was Mr. korDcrs guest during the cOnl lCrCncc.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-21

m that group. mon are then taken from non-GNScntial labor. The depart ment has not found fl necessary 10 withdraw any workers from essential industries. Before sending men to the ShlpNardE. the United States Elm ploymcnt Service makes certain that good housing or boarding conditions aWalt the new WOrl1mrn.
 BOY KILLED BN AUTO.
 " ilIihldntlr, June 21.-EdWard ll\CNCa OId son of NIr HnI Mr. AGoo-
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
MEXICAN FEDERALs RESCUE
TWO AMERICAN cATTLEMEN

Eagle Pass. Tex.-Nat Malone and
Sam Barksdale, American eattlemen
who had been held for ransom by Mex.
ican bandits. returned to their homes
Thursday after having been rescued
by Mexican federal troops, who pur,
sued the bandits into the mountains
south OF the border at Eagle Pass.
JeVen bandits were killed by the fed
erals. There were no federal casual
ties.
Malone and Barksdale had been held
by the outlaws for several days, the
bandits demanding $500 ransom.
Wednesday an arrangement was made
whereby the money was to be left at a
certain point in the mountains. Gen
eral Peraldi, Mexican commander at
Piedras Negras, opposite Eagle Pass,
having been apprised Of the plan, sent
troops to the scene.
When the outlaws appeared to col
lect the money they found federal
troops awaiting them. A fight ensued,
in which Felipe MusQuiz, bandit lead
er, and six of his men were killed.
The federals then located Malone and
Barksdale and brought them to the
border. where they were released.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
STATEMENT ISSUED REGARDING
cHILD's BIRTH REGISTRATION.

Austin, Tex.-Dr. w. A. Davis, state
registrar of vital statistics, is receiv-
ing numerous requests for copies of
birth certificates to be used in the set
tlement of claims for the. allowance
due to the children of soldiers.
DR.. Davis in a statement issued Sat
urday said:
''The federal government accepts,
and to a certain extent demands, a Ger
titled copy in the settlement of such
claims. Where the birth has not been
registered, the charitable committees
and organizations have to care for the
child until its allowance is received
Such organizations are now overwork-
ed because of war conditions.
Please call on all ethical physicians
to go over their books and file certiff-
Gates for births not already registered.
They owe this service not only to the
innocent child, but to such committees
and organizations as well as the COM
munities which must furnish financial
aid to these unfortunates.
The state bureau will accept any
certificate regardless of dategS:If the
birth occurred prior to the passage OF
the present Law, an affidavit of the
physician must be attached Printed
affidayits for this purpose will be fur.
nished free 20 physicians"
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
TREMENDOUS INCREASE
IN FooDsTUFF EXPORTS

Washington.-Tremendous increases
in the shipments of food abroad were
the outstanding features of the coun.
try's foreign trade in the fiscal year
ended June 80. Detailed figures an
nounced this week by the department
of commerce showed that shipments of
breadstuffs in the fiscal year 1918
were worth $633, ,309,4S5, as compared
with $5S8, 1888, ,454 in the preceding year
aad that meat and dairy products were
valued at $67S,848,942, as compared
with s403, 3,192,279.
In the twelve months 4,528,844 bales
Of cotton were exported, 1,418,321 bales
less than in 1917, but the value was
greater, owing to higher prices, the
staple being worth $685., ,024, ,665, as
compared with $543, 3,074, $50.
Exports of cotton seed oil amounted
to $100,005,0 pounds, a decrease of
58,OOO,000 pounds from the preceding
period
Mineral oils sent abroad totaled
2,677, 7,037, $50 gallons, decrease of IT,
100000 gallons. Increased prices of
these commodities also made the
smaller exports worth more than the
large amount the preceding year, the
value for 1918 being S298, la, ,927.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
Quotas for Texas Counties.

Austin, Textile Texas seiective
service department has completed the
quotas for 1900 white men called by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
be sent from Texas to Camp Cody,
Deming, N NJ. the entrainment to be-
gin August 5. The quotas of some
of the various counties and cities are
as follows: Galveston county, 2; Cal
weston city. 30; Harris county, IL;
Houston, No. l, 5; No. 2, 13; No. 8,
10; No. 4, 10; San Antonio, 40; Dal-
las, SO; Anderson, S; Angelina, II;
Bastrop. 10; Brazoria, s; Caldwell, IL;
Cameron, 10; Comal, s; Nacogdoches,
8; Nueces, Orange. 5; Polk, 8; Rob
ertson, 10; San Jacinto, IL; Fannin,
Is; Fort Bend, Is; Gonzales, S;
Grimes, 10; Guadalupe, 8; Hays, Il;
Jefferson. SO; Leon, 13; Matagorda,
s; Milan, s.; Shelby, Il; Trinity, 7;
Victoria, II; Waller, 8; Washington,
y; Wharton, 10.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
GOVERNMENT ORDER STOPS
DEFECTIVE RAINcoAT MAKING

New York.-Officers of the army
quartermaster's department Wednes.
day notified concerns, named by the
department of justice in its expose of
an alleged nationwide conspiracy of
bribery and graft in the manufacture
of soldiers raincoats, that no more de
liveries would be accepted until fur
ther notice, and that payment would
be suspended on large quantities of
goods already delivered.
This action was taken by Captain
r. C. Weightman. ". s. R., in charge
of raincoat inspection, and Major
Thomas McGrath, in charge of the in
spection of all war materials in this
district. It followed the arrest Tues
day OF seventeen raincoat men and
the discovery of thousands of defective
raincoats. ready for shipment to
France, at the quartermaster's depot
in New York.
According to the Investigators work
ing under Assistant Attorney General
Huston Thompson, these defective
coats include many bearing rejection
marks and others which had not even
been inspected These defective coats,
it is said, were mixed with other coats
in bundles packed by the manufactur-
ers.
In connection with the arrest OF
Harry q. Lazarus, wealthy clothing
manufacturer, charged with attempt
ing to bribe q government inspector,
Mr.. Thompson explained that while
cooperating" with the council Of ma
tionai defense, Lazarus was not ac-
tually member Of its subcommittee
supervising raincoat production. Ac-
cording to Mr. Thompson, he was q
Of . committee Of raincoat
manufacturers who conferred with the
subcommittee on questions Of produc-
don.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
GERMANY Makes MOVE
FOR PARLEY ON PEACE
sian and Balkan Situation, Freedom
of Seas, Colonial Question.

AmsteTdam.-Germany has made
suggestions for a peace conference to
the Spanish government, says the so
cialist paper Vorwaerts of Berlin.
Il. Germany wants no annexations
or fndemnities in the west.
40 The peace treaties with Russia
and Roumania may not be questioned.
"3. The principle of self-determina-
ton of peoples has not been discussed,
but may be settled at the peace confer
ence, where the fate of Belgium also
is to be settled.
a. The Balkan question. is to be
settled around the conference table.
80. The freedom of the seas. the dis
mantling of Gibraltar and the Suez
canal and the right of Germany to use
coaling stations.
IS. The colonial question is to be
settled on the basis of the status quo"
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
AUTOMATIC TAX BOARD
REDUCES STATE RATE
Assessed Valuation of Texas Shown to
Be Almost $4,000, ,ooo,o 900, An In
crease of $1,65e,824

Austin. Tex.-Al valorem tax rate,
30c; state school tax, 20c; pensions,
sc; total state tax, 55c.
In annual session Tuesday the state
automatic tax board fixed the total
state tax rate at 55e on the $100 of
assessed valuation, a decrease of sc
under last year. The change was a re-
| duction of sc in the ad valorem tax
rate, which was at csc, the constitu-
| tional limit last year. The school and
| pension rates remain the same and are
at constitutional maximum.
According to the boards figures it
could have made the rate CSC had it
not been for the necessity of providing
funds to take care of a deficit of
$1,126,721 arising under last years
rate and appropriations. Also, it could
have further reduced it to 221ac but
for the loss of $500,000 to general rev.
enue by the state wine prohibition
law. There will be no liquor dealers
occupation taxes, which represented
21ac. This same loss deducts 5000, 900
from the available school fund.
The estimated assessed values in
Texas are $2,873, ,404,093 It is esti-
mated that the total revenue demands
aggregate $40, ,463,5 ,542 and that 1920
149 will be raised from special sources,
leaving $c,543, 1913 net to come from
the state tax rate. However, 20 pei
cent is allowed for assessing and col
lecting the taxes, making the gross de
mands $7,852,0T1. Using the total as
sessed values as the diEisor the rate
is calculated at above 27c and fixed
at zoe. In fixing the rates allowance
was made for the remission of taxes
in Galveston county, because OF the
storm; in Lamar county because of
the Paris fire, and in Corpus Christi
because of the storm damage.
The school tax will produce $5,746,-
sos on the assessed values, and the
pension tax $1,436,762 for pensions
The ad valorem tax rate will produce
SS,620,20 An epitome of Controller
TerrelFs figures furnished the board
for tax basis show as follows:
Appropriations unpaid August 81,
1917. $17,0OO,OoO; appropriations for
fiscal year ending August 81, 1918,
ST, ,451 sos: total should have been
paid August 81 next, s1S,451, COS. Dur
ing the year there has been paid $10,-
275,971; estimated July and August
receipts, 100000; drouth relief revert
ing back, s1,500.0o0 balance in state
treasury July l, $4,74s,917, all of which
makes s17,324,8S6, which can be paid
and leaving the deficit of S1,126,72 to
which is added s9,336,s2O appropria-
tions for fiscal year beginning Sep
tember / next.
The estimated assessed values are
an increase of $1,659,S24 over the ac-
tual assessed values of last year The
assessments of last year exceeded the
estimated valuation by approximately |
$28, 100000. Tarrant and number Of
other counties failed to submit esti-
mates Tuesday and their assessments
were estimated at last years figures.
Most of them promise an increase
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
GIANT Liner IUSTICIA
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
In Running Fight for "a Hours, and 10
Torpedoes Fired Before Vessel
Was Sunk-Few Perish.

An Irish Port-The giant White
Star liner Justicia mas keen torpedoed
and sunk
The Jusdcia carried a crew of be-
tween 600 and 700 Eleven members
of the crew are dead.
The Justfcia was formerly the Dutch
steamer Statendam, which was taken
over by the British government on the
docks at Belfast when she was near
ing completion She was a vessel of
1924 tons gross.
The Justicia, says a Belfast Gspatch
Thursday, was sunk off the North
Irish coast Saturday morning.
The news of the sinking of the JUS
ticia was announced by the Belfast
Evening Telegraph. The liner was tor
pedoed. the newspaper states.
One of the crew of the Justicia is
quoted by the newspaper as asserting
that ten torpedoes were discharged at
the Justieia. Four Of the approaching
missiles, he added, were exploded by
gunfire from the ship.e
-Four hundred of the crew of the tor
pedoed liner Justicia have been land
ed. They report that the liner was
sunk after a twenty-four-hour fight
with submarines.
No passengers were lost and only
about ten of the crew were killed. The
first torpedo struck the engine room
and the ship then stopped. Several
other torpedoes were fired. but only
two of the missiles were effective
From three to eight submarines are
said to have been concerned in the at
tack on the Justicia.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03

At a conference OF representatives
of coal miners and operators of Texas
at Dallas recently plans were submit
ted to Wiley Blair, state fuel admins
traitor, by Representatives of the min
ers for an advance in wages Of 80 1-3
cents per ton for all coal mined in Tex
as. The increase, if granted, would
bring the miners pay up to 81 per ton
for Thurber and Strawn coal, and 81 05
per ton for Lyra, and propOrtionate
castle coal
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
HOME AND ABROAD
CONDENSED ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO OUR READERS.
The entire GLOBE CIRCLED
important News of the Week Gathered
for the Busy Reader-state,
Domestic, Foreign.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Professional baseball players were
given until September l to seek es-
sential employment or be called to the
cOlOrs, in an order issued by Secre-
tary Baker Friday, denying the appli-
cation of the national baseball com
mission that the effective time of the
work or fight regulations as they ap-
ply to the baseball industry be extend
ed to October Is.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03

The American public was asked by
the food administration Friday to go
capita monthly, beginning August l, to
meet world shortage in this COM
modify and to care for the immediate
demands OF the allies and the Ameri-
can military forces. The American
public at present is on a three pounds
per capita ration monthly under a re-
quest issued by the food administra-
ton month ago.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Two girls and a fireman were in
jured and 100000 quarter-pound cans
of ether for the American army in
France were destroyed when fire
followed by many explosions, did $685.
600 damage to the Mallinckrodt Chemi-
cal Works Friday at st. Louis, Mo.
All but five of the fifty-nine men re-
ported missing after the sinking of the
armored cruiser San Diego off Fire
Island, N Y, last Friday have been
accounted for They are: Clyde Baine,
Lomieka, CAL; Leon Goodnow, Fair
port, N. Y; Henry H. Law, White
Plains, N. Y; Andrew Munsons St.
Paul, Mimi; Silas Waters, Gaines
vile, Ga.
The administration and the X-ray
laboratory OF the base hospital of
Camp Macarthur, Waco, Texas, were
destroyed by fire Wednesday, entail
ing loss of approximately $50, 900.
The cause of the fire has not been de-
termined.
-
Another producing oil pool. the sec
ond to be opened up within six weeks,
was uncovered Monday when the Re
public Production Company's No. 8
Houston at Hull, in Liberty county,
Texas, was completed with an initial
production Of 1000 barrels a day.
DR.. Joseph Henry Gilmore, author of
the world-famous hymn, ''He Leadeth
Ne" died Tuesday at Rochester, N.
Y. In his s4th year.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
TEXAS I w, "
HEROES | roll
ARMY CASUALTIES.

Killed In Action.
Sergeant Steve A. Graves. Kerens.
Private James P, Ellis, Eldorado.
Died of Wounds.
Private Conrad Rippy. Fort Worth.
Private Archie B. Scott, Franklin.
Captain Little Harrison, Houston.
Wounded In Action.
Corporal L. Waits, Waco
Corporal r. Williams, 0lney.
Reported Missing.
Private Richard w. Burns, Kflgcre
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03

Deeply concerned over manifesto
tions of mob spirit in widely separated
parts of the land, President Wilson is
to issue statement to his countrymen
calling upon them to respect the re-
straint of law and order in dealing
with those whom they suspect of being
enemy aliens within their midst
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
FOREIGN NEWS.

The American troops advancing on
the Marne in France have discovered
hundreds of dead Germans. The vic
tins fell before the heavy machine
gun fire of the Americans during the
retreat. In one horseshoe area the
ground was covered with dead. The
Americans buried as many bodies as
was possible. 1t is estimated that 1000
Germans fell there.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03
MARINE CASUALTIES.

Killed in Action.
Private wallace NJ o'Reilly, Hous-
s0Ya
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03

With the, capture Of Simbirsk, or
the Volga, in Russia, the Czecho-Sl0
yak troops now control not only the
left bank of the river but part of the
territory on the right bank. The fall
of Simbirsk, which is announced from
troops had made a strong defense.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-03

Thomas Nelson Perkins, a Boston
lawyer, has been appointed an assist
ant to the secretary of war for pur-
chase and supply to act during the
absence in Europe of Edward R. Stet-
tinius, second assistant secretary of
war.