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The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28
PASSAGE OF SENATE BILLS.

Bills passed follow:
Senator A. r. Johnson's bill, limit
ing powers of savings. safe deposit
and trust banks.
Senator Cunningham's bill, authorfz-
ing institutions of learning to confer
degrees.
Senior Browns narcotic bill, proyid-
ing for regulation and control of sale,
prescribing. dispensing, dealing IN
and distribution of cocaine and opiura.
and it's derivatives, and regulating
sale. of hypodermic syringes and need
les. This bill was suggested by the
State Board Of Health to tighten mp
laws against narcotics.
Senator Haas bill, increasing salary
Of DR.. E. r. Flower. state veterinarian,
from $2,400 to $500 a year.
Senator Provosty's bill, requiring
municipal license tax On saloons shall
never be less than that assessed by
parish in which town is located.
/, Senator Delos R. Johnson's bill, re-
pealing act No. 62, of 1912, prescriO-
ing length of time in which suits may
be instituted by state of Louisiana and
others for purpose of annulling any
patent issued by state OF Louisiana.
signed by governor of the state and
by register Of the state land office, for
transfer of property.
Senator .Deios r. Johnson's bill, reg
ulating manner and terms on which
property bid in or and adjudicated to
state for unpaid taxes may be sold.
The bill provides money derived from
such sales may be diverted from gem
eral fund to school fund.
Senator Williamson's bill authorize
ing local registrar of voters to register
all unregistered men in the service OF
the United States government who are
located outside of the parish or the
local registration district was recon-
mitted to the committee on elections
at qualifications in order a few
changes may be made. at the request
OF the author.
Senator A. r. Johnson's bill, giving
examiner Of state banks authority 70
examine all concerns engaged in bank
ing, trust or homestead business.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28
Coal Used IndustrialIy.

DIR. Charles F. Hines of Dickinson
college writes: 1T was. too, an up-to-
date, or rather, away-ahead-of-date,
establishment. at least in regard to
fuel employed. for anthracite coal from
Wilkesbarre region was fieated down
the Susquehanna and hauled in wagons
from Harris Ferry (Harrisburg) to
this point. This was the first use of
such coal. on such a scale, and for in
dustrial purposes Evidence of the
large force of worimen employed is
found in q meat bill. dated February z,
1881, for 100 head of beef cattle to
supply the artificers and others at
WaSBlingtonburg, at the Continental
works near Carlisle.
The contention Is that this military
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Petitions are being signed at Mon
xue again to demand city election on
straight commission government FOR
Monroe under the Powell bill
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

tablishment, for Sol. Flower, Commits
sary-Generai of Military Stores re-
quests that he might have Carpenters,
Farriers, Gun Smiths, Tinmen. Sad
oilers and Shoemakers' for work at
this nIace.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Farmers report the loss by death OF
msany OF their work stock, due to
peculiar disease that causes a swelling
In the head and feet.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28
L.onic Knows.

F'riyolisy loves to hear the lovers
passionate plea. Logic knows he's
probably lying
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28
pAssAcE OF HOUSE BILLS.

Vote by which Hamley bill, appro-
priating s175,000 for the support OF
the State Conservation Department
failed to pass was reconsidered and
the bill was passed, yeas IA, nays IS,
House bills on passage follow:
Mr.. Cox-Establishing a state home
or reformatory for girls. Passed, yeas
So, nays 6.
Mr.. Ashford Regulating season fos
hunting. Passed. yeas 80, nays 6.
"A. M, Smith-Piacing police juries
under supervision of supervisor OF
public accounts Passed, yeas 20.
nays II.
Mr.. Dore- Requiring judges to re-
cuse themselves in cases where reia-
tives are, employd on either side.
Passed, yeas, IS, nays Is.
w. c. Jones-Amendment to Con
stitution imposing tax of one-third of
mill for State University. Normal
School and Industrial Institute. Failed
to pass; yeas ~, nays AZ. Motion
to reconsider entered
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28
There Is a Reason.

1t is easy to believe that the man
who is too wise TO learn is too old to
work.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Retail merchants Of Poplarville met
and Endorsed an order whereby all
Migrants win either be put In jail or
90 work. 1t is 10 be the duty Of very
merchant to report on cases.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Chief Inspector c. Smith OF the cit
rus canker force on the Lower Coast.
an charge of St Bernard and Plaque
mime parish. reports the two parishes
entirely free of this destructive dis
,case. which has caused more than 81
Geo trees to be cut down and burned
To eradicate 1t, entailing loss 20
growers of 100000.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Plans are being made at Monroe to
protest against passage of the propos-
cd bill requiring two operatives on
street cars. 1t is asserted that since
the one-man plan was adopted by the
municipal railway here the system
has been more nearly profitable than
ever before.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Labor for the saw mills at Forest
HSn is getting SO scarce that several
OF the mills are importing Mexican
eamilies from Mexico.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

A large bin board has been erected
thc center Of the town Of Patterson
used for al war posters.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Senator John Dymond of Pointe a
u Hache has harvested fine crop Of
oats on his Belair plantation, which
demonstrates that lands on the lower
coast are well adapted for oat culture
On a paying basis. The land will be
replanted In june corn
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

A vigorous w. S. S. campaign has
7seen launched with a view to sending
Bankie wcil over the top in w. s. 8.
~ Il had gone in the Liberty bond AMI
He'd Cross drives.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

The Livingston School Board has
accepted proposition OF Attorneys
Kemp and Wall to file suit for reco7-
cry OF sixteenth section lands sold IL
4egaiIy, or otherwise lost to the school
board
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-06-28

Young men of Natchitoches raised
tends by a baseball game. played be-
tween the Fats and the Leans, 4
with which i've electric fans were
purchased for Red Cross Headquarters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
GRAVES TO CO TO RUSSIA.
Receives Confidential Instructions from
Secretary Baker.

Washington, d. G., Aug o.--Confden-
tial instructions were handed to Major
General William s. Graves at Kansas
City Tuesday by Secretary Baker, Gov.
ering the American military expedition
to Siberia, which General Graves will
command. Mr.. Baker on his return to
Washington to-day disclosed the fact
that the object Of his trip west was to
confer with General Graves, who had
been summoned from Camp Fremont, in
California, to meet him at Kansas City.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
New Yersio.

keep the home fires from burning
till Dec lst.--Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
IN HARD SECTOR.
Florinda cerasoh Writes His Company
Was Shelled--Six Horses Killed.


Mrs. Pauline Cerasoli of Berlin street
has received an interesting letter from
her son, Sergt F. X. Cerasoli, in France,
written July H. In it he speaks Of sew
eral Barre boys In referring 10 cards
received on his birthday, he remarked,
am never forget where / passed my
goth birthday"
He then went on to say, "You tell
Mrs Cook and the other women that the
money they got was an allotment that
their sons are giving them. ] saw their
sons going in the trenches and they were
well the last I saw of them They prob.
ably viii write and tell their mothers
about the money they got.
"The Carroll boy was operated on at
the hospital for appendicitis. He is get
ting along finely now.
so they have stopped the state pay.
am not going TO allot any money TO
you, but I'll send you some ever so often.
have Sl75 saved in the government
bank. ! can't get the money till come
out of service. II anything happens to
me. you get the money. SO you see am
not spending all my money.
we have been on another sector, but
we have just changed sectors We are
on a hard sector this time At the last
sector we were on wet got shelled out of
the town The shells struck right in
sector we were on we got shelled out Of
the town. We lost six horses and one of
our men got wounded, but that is moth
ing, mother That's fun when they she'll
Don't worry a bit Everything is great
with me. Give my regards TO every
body"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
TALK OF THE TOWN

Don't miss the big sale at Shea's.
Oonly one more day to pay your taxes.
Black Cat hosiery that stays black, at
Abbott's
MIR. and Mrs, A. J. Deyette Of Bur-
lington were visitors in the city yester.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs, G. A. Roys, Miss Gladys
w. Seward and Arthur Hayden Of Rox-
bury were visitScs in the city yester-
day.
The condition Of James Sector, sr.,
who received painful injuries in an acct
dent at his Granite street stoneshed
recently, does not improve rapidly.
The Times will print tomorrow
number OF wartime recipes, which the
woman's auxiliary on food conservation
has been gathering and preparing for
publication.
Funeral services for ex.Mayor L. H.
Thurston, whose death yesterday fol
lowed an illness Of two weeks, will be
held at the Thurston home, 1853 North
Seminary street, Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, Rev B, G, Lipsky, pastor of
the Hedding Methodist church, officiating
Interment is TO be made In Hope Gene
terry.
A police hunt for contraband wood in
the north end yesterday solved several
mysteries that have been confronting
granite manufacturers lately. Chief Sin
clair, acting on information furnished
him by granite men who have lately los
considerable stores of wood, found in
one house alone nearly hundred hard
wood stakes, commonly used In ship
ping finished granite They were tucked
away in the closet and the occupants
Of the house, by denying all knowledge
OF how they came to be there, left the
police to speculate over the theory that
they may have been sprouted from The
interior woodwork Of the little inclosure.
Grand Juror William Wishart Is working
on another theory
Arrivals at Hotel Barre last night and
this morning included the following peo-
Pile: Miss Ruth Stoddard Of Washing
ton, d. c., George T. Chaifee Of Rut-
land, George A. Loos Of Rochester, James
A. Lawson of Norfolk, Va. III, r. Hooper
of Springfield, j. A. Spencer of Monon.
gahela, Pa, George 0. Gridley of Wind
sor, r. a. Barnes of Springfield, Mr.. and
MIS- I. - DloWn ol bobluuS DtIt Lower
Of Indianapolis, Ind, Barney Mead Of
Brattleboro, D. A. Trayhan OF Littleton,
N. H., w, E. Mayo OF Berlin, n H.,
A. t. Rogers of Newport, Mr.. and Mrs
D. L. Virgins, Mrs II. W. Tilton and
Miss Gladys Lyon of Woodsville, N, H.,
W. E. Metzger and @. A. Metzger of
Rutland, Fred G. Smith of Middlebury,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Hard Of Wallingford,
Mr. and Mrs r. s. Newton, Miss Cath
| crime Newton OF Quincy, Mass, Mr., and
Mrs. F. X. Congdon Of Amherst, Mass,
Mr.. and Mrs, A. L. Hardy Of Northamp.
ton, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
Fun from the Front.

Whats 0. /. c. mean, BillY'
"0fieer in charge, you IDIOT"
90 I. C."-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09

oonly one more day to pay your taxes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
Red Cross Distributions for Month.

Paris to-day is merely way station
where the Red Cross furnishes medical
care, food, clothing, shelter and trans
portation In 70 departments Of the in
terror, the Red Cross is supplying relief
to refugees, including more or less per
manent installation Of families in new
homes. All organizations, including gov
eminent agencies, are cooperating in
this work, the Red Cross supplying the
greater part Of the food and clothing
needed, and at many points taking com
mand of the situation.
can idea Of the amount Of merchan-
disc thus distributed can be gained from
q message from Major Perkins recently
received For one month, it included
10000 articles of clothing, 10000 pairs
of shoes, $4,000 pieces Of furniture, 49,
600 kitchen utensils, 10000 pieces of
bedding. $4,000 kilos of condensed milk.
and great quantities of other foodstuifs.
Some $1,000 people were thus directly
reached. From the September Red
Cross Magazine.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
MRS. M. R. HAMILTON
Passed Away at Her Home in East
Orange Last Night.

Mrs. NJ. r. Hamilton passed away at
her home In East Orange Thursday
evening at o'clock. She had been i'll
since April IA, the end being due to a
canoerous trouble Besides her husband,
she leaves her daughter, Miss Ethel Ham
ilton Of Waltham, Mass, Goddard sem.
mary graduate, who is at present prin.
cipal Of the Wayland, Mass, grammar
school. There are two brothers, Rodney
IT, Blake Of Washington and Henry b.
Blake Of Marsh6ed.
The deceased was born in Greensboro
May "a, 1860, and had been resident
OF East Orange for the past "a years.
She was a member Of the East Orange
church and when her health permitted
she took an active part in its affairs.
Mrs Hamiltons friends were many and
her death is greatly mourned in the COM
munity.
The funeral wiz be held at the house
Sunday afternoon at ! o'clock, Rev. Mr..
Merrier Of West Topsham officiating In.
terment is to be made in the family lot
in the East Orange cemetery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
Sic pinched I'm.

Queen Mary sent beautiful bouquet
that had been presented to her to a sol.
diers' hospital To show their apprecia.
ton, the inmates commissioned one Of
their number to stand at the hospital
gate the following morning, holding the
gift, when the queen passed He did So
with rather unexpected results. Queen
Mary, seated in her car, saw the sol
der standing there, bouquet in hand and
assuming that he wished to present it
to her She reached out and took it, Aft
err she had thanked him, her car passed
on.
The soldier stood quite dumfounded-
then recovering his speech, he said;
We'll, she's pinched EN-. Boston Tran.
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
safety First.

An Irish peasant had taken his wife
for the day to Dublin. In one of the
shop windows the wife saw some rubber
gloves for sale "Pat," she said, what
would be the use Of them things, at ell
at all?"
whist, We blockheadl" replied her
husband. Don't let anyone hear We ask
that. Don't We know them il for wash
ing your hands without victim the
skin. Boston Transcrint.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
BoILERMAKERS WANTED
BY U. S. NAVY

Enlistments Of boilermakers for
the regular navy duration Of the
war; are especially needed. The
present war pay is $3.50 per
month. In addition TO your salary
YOU are privileged to make special
monthly allotments to your de-
pendents, which are paid by the
government, and also subscribe for
Insurance which the navy offers at
very low rate. Age limits p to
50 years.
Lieutenant Commander Newton
Mansfield, recruiting inspector,
eastern division, 225.227 West 42d
street, New York, n. Y.
Apply at any recruiting station.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
Exceptional Opportunity.

Advertisement: "Wanted--Ofiice boy
to learn insurance business. No salary
at first, but if service Is satisfactory this
will be doubled later."-Bostpn Tran.
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-09
Similarity.

Sign in saloon--"Do not treat the
bartender; It is like paying the con.
duetor's fare Boston Transcript.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
AMERICAN FLIERS
LOSE LIVES .@ S.5 (.
FOR THEIR NATION
Eight Deaths Reported In Day
Sounds Like Heavy Casualty
List But Thousands Are Now
Engaged In Aviation ssS

n WASHINGTON, February 26-(As.
sociated Pfess) s)-AViation Is responsi-
bic for eight deaths reported TO the
war department yesterday. The toll
seems large but when compared with
day s. fatalities in automobiling IL
appears insignificant.
4 General Pershing yesterday reported
the death of one lieutenant and four
cadets In the aviation corps. His re-.
port does not say whether the fatal
ties occurred in action or as the result
Of accidents while training. -
Cadet r. f, Stall was burned to death
following an accident to his plane yes
terday, Dallas, Texas, dispatches snid.
The most prominent of the aviators
to die was Cadet Franklin Fairchild,
a son Of Representative Fairchild of
New York. Fort Worth dispatches re
ported his death on Saturday.
Edward Loughran Of New York, an
American flyer with the French air
corps, was killed in an aerial combat
across the German lines. III
Loughran, flying over the German
lines, was attacked by four Teuton
battle planes. He gave them Q stif
battle and when he fell, it was inside
the French line. ...
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
AMERICANS WITH
FRENCH IN b
RAID ON TEUTONS
United States Patrol Gives Good
Account of Itself In Chemin
Des DANES Sector Taking
Prisoners and Machine gun n

y. WAsTINGFON, February 2e--(Ass
|eociated Press) = American Y forces fp
~ cbeitilx dee DANES sector Of tl,t
Western trout are giving . good ac'
count of themselves and are making
their presence felt by the enemy.
Delayed dispatches from the Ameri-
can front given out by the war depart
ment yesterday tell of an early raid
on the enemys trenches on Satur-
day morning.
This raid was participated in by
American and French patrols jointly
and penetrated seYeral hundred yards
into the German lines. Two German
officers, twenty men and q machine
gun were captured.
Further indication. came yesterday Of
the German intention to smash heavi-
ly into the French front sectors now
held partially or wholly by Americans.
Sharp fighting has taken place dur
ing the last twenty -four hours at Che
min des Danes. A number Of the en-
emy have been killed and wounded.
No casualties to the American troops
are reported. Twenty-Five Germans
have been taken in the last day on
this sector.
Announcement that the British fore
es In Mesopotamia have captured Kha-
ma Buryat was made last night in
London official reports which added
that comparatively little opposition
was being offered in that sector by the
Turkish forces.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
FORTY may SURVIVE
Loss OF FLQRIZEL
Yess6T STANDING clOse kICngside
Reports Many Survivors
- : Stranded Ship

ST. JOHN, New Foundhnd, Febru,
ary 26-[Associated Press AFTER prac
tieally all hope for the passengers and
crew Of the British steamer Florizel,
which went ashore on Sunday twenty
miles north of Cape Tace, had been
abandoned, forty of them have escaped
death and will be rescued by the steam
er Prospero which has wirelessed that
she is lying almost alongside and will
care for the survivors.
1t is said that very few Of the pas
sengers are among the survivors. Some
members Of the Royal British Flying
corps, returning to their homes in
Canada we're among the passengers, the
others being mostly merchants and
travelling men.
The Florizel went aground while try
ing to buck its way into port against
a raging wind from the Northwest
which swept a binding snow and sleet
storm before it. Most of those lost are
dead from exposure though some were
drowned, no longer able to hold on to
the frozen rigging, and numbers of
bodies were washed ashore.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
PROTECTION OF
PACIFIC OCEAN
FROM TEUTONS
IS UNDERTAKEN
Japan Is Reported Prepared To
Take Steps In Siberia For the
Protection Of the Orient and
Ready For Action
AMERICAN FLAGSHIP -.
~ GOES TO VLADlV0ST0K
Disturbances In Mongolia Threa-
ten To Spread and Precautions
Must Be Taken Against POSI-
BILE Bases For Raiders

7 ONDON, February 26-(As-
IL sociated Press) - Japan is
ready to take action for the pro-
lection of the Orient against pos
sible Teutonic activities in Sibe-
ria, according to dispatches that
have reached here from Harbin.
At the same time, the United
States has already moved to pre-
vent the use of the harbor of Via
divostok as a submarine or raid
ing base by Germans acting with
Russian sanction. This last news
comes by way of Toxic.
The Toxic reports state that
the flagship of the American Ash
attic squadron has already left for
Vladiyostok, where Minister
Francis and his party will be TAX
enS aboard for protection. The
aass Astsnsfst Its diploma:
tic .passeneers and return to
guard the Russian port.
Harbin dispatches announce
that the japanese are on the point
of taking steps against Siberia,
on the ground that the Entente
relies upon Japan to preserve the
peace of the Orient and that al
ready the internal disturbances
north of Mongolia threaten the
order of the entire East. Japan,
reports Harbin, has been long
preparing to step in should the
Russian debacle result in a sepa-
rate. peace with Germany and
leave Russia as base Of supplies
for the common enemy.
The plans Of the Japanese, ac-
cording to report, include the cut
ting of the Trans-Siberian rail-
road to prevent a German reor-
ganization Of the line making il
useful as a grain carrying system
into Germany via Russia and to
prevent the use of the Pacific
ports by German raiding forces
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26

With American forces holding q sec
tor Of the French from between Flirey
and seicheprey Indicated in the map
BY the arrow, it Is assumed that as
fast a. additional units have completed
their training in France they win be
placed on the front between verdun
ana the Swiss border.
According to dispatches from the
American front, the German trenches
In places are only forty yards from the
positions held by United States troops,
The entire front Is crisscrossed with
hills and b chain Of mountains parallels
the battle hines TO the Swiss frontier
By reason Of the dificult character Of
tho terrain Il IL expected hard fight
ing viii develop, in which the indivi-
dual aggressfveness and initiative Of
the American soldier will give him the
advantage.