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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
FAMILY LOST IN FLOOD
Man, Wife and Four Children and
Another Woman Drown.

Clarlsburg, w. Va, May 9.-Iames
Carder, his wife, their four children
and Mrs. Leroy Enix were drowned -
a food which swept down from the
mountains and almost obliteratcd the
little village Of Big Isaac, in Doddridge
county early yesterday. A number CT
houses we're torn from their founda-
tons and much other property dam
age was dorc.
The food came after q series OF te~'
rife storms during the night, which
swelled Big Isaac creek into torrent.
Solre Of the bodies were recovered
early this afternoon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
ABUSED IN HUN PRISONS
Frenchman Who Escaped Across
Border Tells of HardEhips Imposed
In Camps. .ia

With the American Army in France,
May 9.-How American prisoners IN
Germany are tortured was told to
American officers Tuesday by a
French soldier who escaped from an
enemy prison camp at Hamelin.
Before l left Hamelin I talked with
an American prisoner VINO mad been
weakened by excessive work III the
salt Mines" the Frenchman said. "ae
had lost thirty-three pounds and was
hardly able to cross the room with
out stopping to lean on some support.
He was sent to Hamelin to recuperate.
"Three Englishmen Of seven sent
to Hamelin from the salt mines died
there.
"There was no parcel service and thu
prisoners rations consisted mostly o..
{. thin soup and fish, which it was inn
possible to eat.
"Punishments included beatinga
with rifle butts and the fiat side of a
bayonet. Some prisoners also were
confined in a steam-heated, dark hal:
and fed on bread and water then were
turned out into the snow, where they
were required to stand for long peri
DDS. Deaths from this form of tor
ture were frequent.
"The American was punished thus
several times.
"The Americans story was con-
frmed by French and English pris-
oners, who did not have the strength
to hold a cigarette"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
Washington Southern Ry.
Schedule in effect Feb. II, 1918.

SclPQuls III GllSSI = 49, N''
For Washington and points norta
daily sos, 9:l3, 9:2o, 1912, A;a5,
q. M, 1913, 1:1S, SIS, 9:l3' -I:''
p. m.
Week days only COB p. m. Satur-
days only 4:45 p. NJ, and Sundays
only S:10 p. N.
For Fredericksburg, E.chaoaa &he
points south at 4:sI, 7:52 (locsl) an&
o:47, a. m. 2:27, Pat, SIT Cocai'
GIT, 2:27, 8:17, 9:l7, p. N. daily.
Accommodation for Quantico a.
11:03 a. m. daily and 2.38 p. n. Sal
urdays. Night train leaves l1:4S p
m. daily for Fredericksburg and IN
ser.pediase stations.
NOTE-Ti1Ges o. arEivEi aaa "a
oerturs and connections not eusf':al2s"
t.-i.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
SLCyEN!ANS IN REVOLT
suecrcd at Austria ard Hope for Z
Separate State.

London, May 9.-Unrest in the Slow
cnian districts of Austria is growing
daily and mutiny is spreading with
great rapidity, Reuters Limited, an,
nounces, it had learned from Servian
source. A recent conflict between Ger
mans and Slovenians ended in blood
she'd
The clash between Germans and
Slovcn;ans occurred at the Windisch-
c.aetz railway station. Slovenian
women became greatly Infatuated and
tock part in the fighting. Several Of
the wounded combatants were taken
&c hospital.
Further information has been re-
ceived regarding the recent encounter
between Germans and Siovenlans at
st. Jean. The gathering there wac
convokcd by Slovenian deputies, 70
spread among the peasants sentiment
il favor CT separation from Austria,
and also to increase the feeling against
the Germans. The speakers urged the
Glovcnians to free themselves forcltly
from the German yoke, and the CHAIR
man of the Jugo Slav Club asked tina:
I'll fight for an independent Slav state.
The Siovenians checrcd for it and the
Germans responded with cheers for ths
Iiapsburgs. This led to fighting an"
biocGshed.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
KNITTING BAG HELD SECRET
French Bulldog Leered From Folds of
Satin Lining, Much to Surprise
Of Spectator.

She was a very pretty young wom-
an, extremely well dressed. Her tai
lored suit was perfection, her boots
and gloves immaculate, and her: hat
correctly tilted, had the smart lines
that women envy.
AS though all this wasn't enough.
she carried the most adorable knit
ting bag, says the Kansas City Star.
1t was made of some wonderful vel
yety brocaded stuff and the huge flow
ers of crocheted yarn somehow looked
more stunning than those on other
handsome bags.
With 1t ALI the face that peeped out
from under the hat was so demure and
serious that yeu knew the knitting,
she carried was not sweater of or
ange sor turquoise1but something made
of sober gray yarn, for. boy 'some-
where in France"
When the elevator stopped to let her
in 1t gave the woman nearest her a
chance to more closely examine the
lovely bag, and she did not wait for
opportunity to knock the second time.
She suddenly cried out, for just is
the girl stepped in the ridiculous face
Of French bulldog leered from the
soft folds of the satin lining.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
TYPHOID GEiMS ARE PETTED
Fed With Agar jelly, Specially Pre-.
pared ard Very costIy-MiIIion
OF Soldiers lnocuIated.

Millions of the allied soldiers in
France have been inoculated against
typhoid fever since the war began.
In order to prepare the lympth
which Is used for the purpose of rem
dering them immune to this deadly
disease, perfectly pure civilizations of
the typhoid bacillus have to be made.
These are obtained by artifcially
breeding the microbes in government
controlled laboratories. The deadly
germs are kept in little glass tubes,
carefully sterilized, and are fed with
agar jelly, an exceedingly expensive
substance which comes from Japan,
where it is prepared from q particular
species Of seaweed.
Nothing can exceed the care and
attention that is lavished on these
lothsome little organisms by the scien-
lists in charge of them.
The typhoid microbe is not very
little fellow as microbes go. There
are others far smaller. Nevertheless
IL pins head were hollow capsule
it would hold four hundred million
typhoid bacilli, a colony Of liv-
ing organisms about equal in point of
numbers to the combined population
of the United States of America, Rus
sia, France, Germany, Italy and the
United Kingdom.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
HANDlC i.P or FINGER SPEECH
Nighthawk husband Turns Out Elec-
trio Light to Stop Wife's
Curtain Lecture.

Domestic courts as q rule do not
grant injunctions against the practices
of offending husbands, but once in q
while they are asked for. A man and
his wife, both deaf mutes, were in
court recently in New York. Their
earnest digital gyrations and contor-
tions convinced the. presiding magis-
trate that an Interpreter was needed,
and one was summoned. Through him
the man spoke first. His principal de-
sire, it appeared, was that anything his
wife might say should be largely dis
counted. He had known her for many
years, he spelled on his fingers, and
during that period she had rarely been
right on any subject.
The wife proved more interesting
when it came her turn to testify. She
wanted an injunction. Why? And
there the interpreter had to do fast
receiving to catch all her wagwagging.
"She says that her husband comes
home late every night" relayed the N
terpreter, "and nearly always he is
half-stewed. She says that when he
gets in she starts to tell him In sign
language what she thinks Of him, and
his late hours, and that he won't even
let her talk. That's what she wants IN
injunction for-against his cruelty in
stopping her from bawling him out"
what does he dO?" asked the magis-
trate. "Choke herr" mo, your
honor; she says that whenever he gets
tired of listening he reaches up and
turns out the electric light"
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
What q Railroad Did.

Let me cite one instance of what
the building of q railroad has meant,
writes b. G. Forbes in Leslies. Mon
tana had always been regarded as a
grazing state until A. J. Earllng, presi-
dent of the st. Puul railroad, while
travelling over the state by horseback,
spent night at ranch and noticed
Il bumper field of wheat next morning.
The owner conf1ded that he had raised
similar yields for over ten years with
out one bad crop, but had not gone IN
for wheat raising on large scale be-
cause he was go miles from the near
est railroad. Mr.. Earrings peregrina-
tions convinced him that, although
there had scarcely been a furrow
plowed in the whole Judith Basin at
that time, 1t could be developed into
one Of the greatest wheat-growing Sec
tions in the world. Last year, thanks
to the st. Pauls railroad building, the
Judith Basin, extending some 200
miles east and west and 100 miles
north and south, produced the greatest
part of the 22,000,000 bushels Of wheat
grown in Montana, as well as large
part of the 100000 bushels of all
grain marketed by Montana, placing 1t
among the foremost grain-growing
states,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
When They Met AGAIN,

Two friends met recently in Tlan-
ders. Dan DAILY was one of the
friends. He used to be an advertising
man in Brooklyn and elsewhere. Just
before the war began he was in Ger
many, look-seeing. One night there
was grand party in .Frankfurt-am-
Main. Nora Bayes was there and one
or two other Americans and Arthur
Blaut, who owns the largest tannery
in Germany. He tans most Of the
leather for one of the great English
firms. Next day Blaut and DAILY went
out in Blaut's car and saw the town.
Then they said good-by.
-"We were out gathering up the
wounded" said DAILY, "when heard
my name called. There was German
soldier with a smashed arm.
"Won't you speak to me, Dan?" he
asked.
SIT was Arthur Blaut."
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
PLACE OF MEkUX IN HISTORY
Little French City ls Nearest Spot to
Paris Trod by Germans In Their
Advance of 1914.

The little French city Of MeauX, near
Paris has gained an immortal place
in history. 1t marks the high tide Of
the German advance in 1914, the near
est spot to Paris where the Prussians
trod. Thus far the advance patrols
penetrated, and here they were re-
called to swing off In the great detour
that ended-.iIi retreat. Over Meaux,
flashed the. German Taubes, looking
down In puzzled misunderstanding at
the endless scurrying line Of Partisan
taxicabs that bore the French Sixth
army to the front to save the city. 1t
was something new in transport, this
army in taxicabs, and the Germans,
accustomed to do all things by rule,
went so far astray as to interpret 1t
as O rush of the people of Paris to
surrender themselves to the invader.
Near Meaux you see one Of the most
significant things in Europe-the first
grave. Less than 80 kilometers from
Paris this unknown Frenchman fell.
Over his body is bare oblong wire
fencing off a little white cross. There
are literally millions of these rude
graves dotting the pleasant plains of
northern France, but this is the near
est of them all to Paris itself. A little
farther and you find them scattered
more and more thickly, and now some
of them are capped by black crosses
instead of white, to mark the spot
where O Prussian lies. And over the
bodies of German and Frenchman the
lush. crops .are crowding in, for this
section of France Is being intensively
cultivated as no region has been be-
fore.
A few kilometers northward and
eastward is the first Of the great mon
uments raised over q common grave,
where the dead lie by hundreds. The
French engineers have erected many
Of these. They tower up in the fiat
land as the memory Of those who lie
below will tower in the minds of fu-
ture generations. The wheat may rus
tie green about them and the traffic of
peace flow by, but the countryside will
be forever hallowed by the memory OF
crisis when nameless men laid down
their lives wholesale that a nation
might live.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
But He Was Not Dead,

Raising trouble at his own funeral
was the charge against a man in Por-
tuguese Africa. A drunken man fell
asleep by, the roadside. A patrol COM
ing along thought he was dead, and,
as burial in that part of the world fol-
lows straight on the heels of death, he
was speedily taken to the cemetery,
where there are always open graves.
The lowering into the grave aroused
the topper, who made such commo-
ton that he was released. He was
Immediately fined large sum for be-
ing drunk and creating disturbance
at q funeral.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15

H Voight, Commissioners; Walter
Stephens, Clerk of election.
F-ocinrt NO 3, Vowells Mills, G W
CoDb, Pnanor o Cox, Mat Self, Com
missioners, and W Canaday, Clerk of
election.
Notice is hereby given that the said
Police Jury will meet on Monday, the
7th day of October, in regular session,
and then and there proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine; and count the
ballots, both IN number and amount,
and declare the result Of the election.
Natchitoches, La, this 5th day of
July, 1918. =; -::;
~. n. JAS. F.. SALTER,
President Police Jury, Parish of Match
itoches. La. y:
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
caterpIIIars Make Raid.

A plague of caterpillars devastated
the region of Puy, in Auyergne
France. In the village of Aiguilhe
they even Invaded houses, causing the
villagers to flee. At Vals several roads
were covered with them to. such a
depth as to render traffic impossible,
while the washerwomen on the banks
Of the River Borne were obliged to
cease work. Great damage was caused
to crops, a single night suficing for
the caterpillars to clear large areas.
All the usual remedies proved unavail-
ing.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
Llvinc Failure In Show Window.

A living example of "a failure" was
exhibited in. the show window Of q
vacant store In st. Louis by CORE
spondence school as an advertising
scheme.
A disheveled man past the prime of
life, wearing worn and dirty clothes.
with dirty hands, uncombed hair, and
scrawny mustache, and leer on his
face, sat at table, such as might be
In the back room Of saloon playing
solitaire with greasy deck of cards.
On the table beside him was an empty
whisky bottle. On the window was a
large sign reading: "a failure. This
man is failure because he wasted his
spare time"
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
Get Ready

Now is'the times that: your hens
will moult or shed theit feathers.
This process is rather, slow and
Nature should be assisted. B. A..
Thomas Poultry Remedy will
help you hens to. .moult. causing
them to shed earlier and be ready
to lay when eggs are 2highest in
the winter. If this remedy does
not make good, VIC will.
LEOPOLD LEVY, Natchitoches, La.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
SECTION z.
BALLOT.

Proposition tolevy a specia
five mill tax on the doilal
on all assessable property II
Ward 7 of the Parish of Match
itoches for a period OF five
years, beginning with the
year 1913 and ending with ano
including the year 1922. Said
tax to be devoted to the con-
struction and maintenance OF
roads and bridges of said
Ward Z of the Parish OF
Natlhitoches, La.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
Proceedings Police Jury
Parish Of Natchitoches Louisiana
July Meeting, 1918.

Hv Mr. Sanders, Seconded by Mr.,
Saiter:- !.
BE it Ordained by the Police Jury OF
the Parish of Natcnitoches, La -
SECTION l.
IL lhat sn election is hereby called IN
Ward Z of the Parish of Natchltocnes
for the purpose of renewing the Speclai
Five Mil Tax of said Ward, Special
election to be held on Thursday, Au-
GUST 22nd, 1918, at the following poll
ing places: Shady Grove, Provencal
and Yowells Mill At which election
shall be submitted to the Property tax
pavcrs of Ward eligible and qualified
to vote at such election the following
propositions: :,
To levy 8 >cial Tax of five mills on
tha dollar on All assessable property in
Ward T of the Parish of Natchitoehes.
said tax to exist for period of five
wears, beginning with the year 1918 and
ending with the year 1922, and to be de-
voted to the construction and mainte-
n.nce of roads and bridges In said
Ward. = .z..
SECTION 2.
That the Secretary of the Police Jury
is hereby instructed to have prepared
for use at the said Special Election d
sufficient number of ballots, on each OF
which shall be printed the proposition
set forth in Section / of this or finance
II the following form: -
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15

TNoTlCE To VoTERs:-To vote in ia
vor Of said proposition place cross \
mark in the square below the wore
"Yes;' to vote against said PROPOSE
tion place q similar mark in the square
below the word mo
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
SECTION 3.

That the Secretary is hereby instruc-
ted to have prepared for. use at said
special election all necessary ballot
boxes, tally sheets, list of voters, as
aessed valuation of property and com
piled statements of voters in number
and amount.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
PROCLAMATION.

Pursuant to resolution passed by
the Police Jury of the Parish of Match
itoches, La, at its session held on the
2nd day of July, 1918. |, Jas. F. Salter,
President OF the Police Jury, hereby
give notice in complia ice with said res
olution That a Special Election to be
held in Ward 7 of the Parish of Match
itoches on the 22d day of August, 1918,
for the purpose of submitting to the
property tax payers eligible and quail
fed to vote at such election under the
laws Of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana, the following PROPOSE
tion:
To levy special mill tax on all the
a'sessable property in said Ward for q
periodo five years. Said tax to be. de-
voted to the construction and mainte-
nance of roads and bridges in Ward Z.
Said election to be held in accordance
with the laws Of the State of Louis
lana, and at polling places, Shady
Grove, Provencal and Vowells Mill
The following are appointed Commits
sioners and Clerks of said election:
Precinct No. !, Shady Grove, Jim
Beasley, H Montgomery..G w Rob-
erts, Commissioners. and p A Koonce,
Clerk of said election.
Precinct No. 2, Proyencal, d I
Treadway, Monroe Hawthorne, and w
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15

That the President of the Police
Jury is heraby instructed to issue his
proclamation, giving notice of this
special election herein ordered, and to
a lnounce that at 10 O'Clock a. m. Mon
d ", the 7th day of October, this Po-
he Jury will meet at the Court House
In the City OF Nathitoches, La, and
open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots, both in number and amount,
and declare the results. of the election.
Yeas Mr.. Tauzin, DR.. Joyner. Mr..
Hart, Mr.. Raphiel, Mr.. Page, Mr. San
ders, Mr.. Marshall, Hr. Salter and Mr..
CharIesiIle. Nays-None. Carried
unanimously
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15
SECTION A.

That sail election shall be held in ac-
cordance with the laws of the State OF
Louisiana and az polling places, Shady
Grove, Provencal and Voweiis Nils, ali
of Ward Z, Parish of Natchitoches, La.
The following are appointed to serve as
Commissioners and Clerk of said elec-
tiCn:
Precinct No, /, Shady Grove--Jim
Beasley, ]. II. Montgomery, G. w.
Roberts, Commissioners of said elec-
ton; P. A. Koonce, Clerk of sale elec-
tion.
At Precincs no. 2, Provencab D. 7.
Treadway, Monroe Hawthorne, w. II.
Voight, Commissioners of election, and
Walter Stephens, Clerk of said cleo
ton.
At Precinct No. 8, Vowells Mill, G..
w. Cobb, Phanor o. Cox, Mat Self,
Commissioners of election, and j. w.
Canaday, Clerk of said election.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-08-15

President Police Jury, Parish of Match
itoches, La. ,:: Nj.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-01-31
SPRING DRESSES FOR LITTLE GIRLS.

Spring dresses for little girls are
abundantly displayed Just now and all
women appear tO enjoy looking at
them. Surely She who has no interest
In any little one is missing something
that belongs to her; for these little
dresses bring smile AMI lingering
look to all eyes.
CottOnS ms fine and smooth as those
woven in French looms. and cnticing
colorS, guy and soft, make the sections
of stores where the dresses are shown
hs bright as spring gardens. These
fine cOttonS are the product Of Amcri-
can looms and these lovely cOlorS show
how great IN advance has been made
IN the mnnufacture OF American dyes,
The dress at the left Is so adequate
ly pictured that it hardly needs dc.
scripti0n. 1t is shown In several pat.
terms of fine ginghnm and is made with
pockets cut on the diagonal. narrow
bias banding and Il collar of plain
chambray Of the same color as the
dark bar in the ginghnm. The little
dress at the right Is OF Peter Pan cot
softer. 1t is shown In light yellow. me-
dlum shade of blue and two or three
pink tones. There Is a shocked panel
between plAits ut the front and back
with buttonholr! Srn!lopS ON the edges
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-01-31

sugar and half teaspoonful of salt
and hllt cupful Of milk. Stir in a
halt rupful Of sifted -four another
halt cupful of milk, one TABLESPOONFUL
of melted fat and lastly the stiniy
beaten whites of the eggs. One less
egg and one-hnlf Il teaspoonful of bak-
ing powder may be used. Buke on n
hot griddle, making the cakes slightly
larger than usual. Spread each cake
with jelly and roll while hot. Place en-
platter and sprinkle with sugar, with
red-hot wire toaster scorch lines on
the SuSared cakes. This gives nm at
tractive appearance and Il slight flavor
Of burnt sugar.
Potato Pancakes.--Peel wash and
crate the potatoes, drain and to every
two cupfuls allow one beaten egg, two
tablespoonfuls of flour and sufficient
milk to make Il stiff batter. Season
with salt pepper and onion juice. Cook
In frying pan in hot fat until well
Drowned on both sides. Serve with
meat and gravy.
Corn Pancakes With Tomato Sauce.
To each cupflll Of canned corn, allow
one beaten egg, Il teaSp0Onful Of melt
ed butter, salt. pepper and sufficient
Hour and milk to make batter. The
quantities differ. varying as to the
moisture OF the corn. Fry on hot
griddle and serve with hamburg steak
and tomato sauce. Place Il round Of
the hamburg on each cake cover with
tomato sauce and serve.
Layer Pancakes.-MiX two we'll
beaten eggs with two cupfuls Of milk
and add gradually sufficient -four and
milk to make q batter. Add half tea
spoonful each Of salt and baking pow
der just before starting to bake the
cakes. Make the cakes the size of n
dessert plate md spread with butter
and maple sugar. Keep hot until five
are ready. Arrange like layer cake
and cut in wedge-shaped pieces when
serving. With tea or cocoa this make es
q nice luncheon DISH
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-01-31
How He Got His Man.

One Of the best known sales mai,u-
gers in the knit goods field makes it Il
point of never directly approaching Il
salesman who he thinks would fit into
his organization. His reason, OBJ
serves IN exchange. is that when this
is done the latter Is inclined to get n
"Swellpd head" and thereby lose
good part of his value. As this mana
gers concern pays its men entirely on
a commission basis. the question OF
earnings plays no part in his meth
DDS of hiring. When an opening comes
and he has Il man in mind to fill It, the
manager gets fn touch with q buyer
he knows well and asks him to sug-
gcSt To the prosprrtlve employee that
he might find something interesting IL
he dropped in to see the - people.
The whole process Is. OF course, con-
fidentinl, for If the buyer were to give
the plan away its eflrStlvencss would
be destroyed.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-01-31

Any of the heavier weaves Of cotton
Will serve for these.
Patterns for dresses very like these
are to be had of any OF the standard
pattern companies. Mothers select the
plainest ones and make up quantities
of ginghams for play dresses. The
Peter Pan dress Is not for such hard
wear; 1t has more needlework on 1T
and Is not so easily laundered. 1t may
survive several dinner times, or visits.
or trips to Sunday school before 1t
must be consigned to the tub. And 1t
may be depended on to emerge as good
as new--as fresh and sweet rs II
should be for so sweet n wearer.
The separate skirt and the separate
blouse arc made for each other and
each makes Its entry very early and