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Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-10-10
ACT NO. 226.

House Bill No. 317. By Mr.. Hamley
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana
Ieyying a special State tax not ex
ceeding one and one-hah mills or
the dollar for the benefit of public
education.
Section i. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State OF
Louisiana, two-thirds of all the mem
bers elected to each House concur
ring, That an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the, State of Louisiana
be proposed and submitted to the
qualified electors of the State, for
ratification or rejection, as follows,
to-wet:
.'There shall be levied on all the
taxable property in the State of
Louisiana an annual State tax of one
and one-half mills on the dollar on
its assessed valuation, for the sup
port Of the public schools; provided
that of the amount derived from the
levy on the City of New Orleans,
fifty thousand dollars shall be paid
annually by the State Treasurer to
the Commission Council of the City
>Of New Orleans for the support and
maintenance of the Isaac Delgado
Trade School of the City of New Or
leans"
I Section 2. Be it further resolved,
etc, That this amendment shall be
submitted to the duly qualified cleo
tors of the State of Louisiana, in &C
cordance with the provisions of the
Constitution, to be voted upon at the
General Congressional Election to be
held in November, 1918, and there
shall be printed upon the ballot: For
the amendment to the Constitution
levying a special tax of one and one
half mills on the dollar for support
Of the public schools" and Against
the amendment to the Constitution
levying special tax of one and one
half mills on the dollar for the sup
port Of the public schools" and each
electOr shall indicate, as provided in
the general election laws ofthis State,
whether he votes for or against said
amendment.
HEWITT B0UANCHAUD,
Speaker Of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
FERNAND MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President
of the Senate.
Approved: July IL, 1913.
r. G. PLEASANT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JAMES ]. BAILEY,
Secretary Of State.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-10-10
ACT NO. 25s.

Senate Bill No. 143. By Mr.. Smith.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Submitting to the people of the
State Of Louisiana, at the congress
sional election to be held in aNo-
yember, 1918, an amendment to
the Constitution of the State au-
thorizing corporations formed or
to be formed Under the laws of this
State for the purpose of construct
ing and operating canals for irri-
Fation and navigation, as well as
plants for the generation and dis
tribution of hydro-electric power,
&c utilize the waters of the navig-
able streams of this State, under
such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the State Board of
Engineers, for such purposes; as
well as to use the deserted beds
IF former navigable streams that
may remain the property of the
State as reservoirs in connection
with such irrigation projects; and
providing that, at the end of sew
euty (70) years from the compile
ton of any system of canals and
hydro electric plants by corpora
tons awaiting themselves of the au-
thority so granted, thier property
and plant shall become the proper
ty Of the State, to be operated by
j. for public revenue in such
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
Van POzger Of
England To Be
SaUed For War
Every Kind of Transport In
The Land To Be Under
Government Control.

London. Eng, Nay 1.-THE British
government. through a new depart
ment known as the road transport
board. is about TO introduce a van
power scheme" for the control of
every kind Of road transport in the
country.
The object Of the plan. it is stated
is Ito enforce every conceivable
economy in reducing the duplication
OF all delivery services, to put every
vehicle engaged in road transport 10
the best use in the essential trade
interests OF the country, and to pro-
vide emergency transport for military
purposes by using the surplus vehi-
cles thus secured"
The country is being divided into
13 districts. with a divisional board
in each composed Of experts in the
transport trade. Every road vehicle
viii be registered and full particulars
taken OF its capacity and character.
and licenses will be issued showing
the purposes for which each vehicle
may be used.
The whole scheme will go into op-
Grafton about June 1.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11

which perhaps never were intended
to percolate back TO the states. IN
der the caption Of What a Uniform
Can Do" the exploits OF Harvey,
18Th" are recOunted- It is alleged
that ne receives 13 letters daily and
openly boasts that he has a girl in
Columbus. San Antonio. Arkansas
City. St Louis. Toledo, Cleveland, Erie,
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse. New
York, Brooklyn and 4. For some
reason, the name Of the last town
was camouflaged by dashes.
The Height Of Misfortune" has
been found by the camp paraErapher.
He records; AN officer and a cadet
on this post correspond with the same
girl back home. and said officer cen
sors the cadets mail"
The tragedy OF war has found the
reflection. however, in the midst Of
the merymaking. Touched by the
sufferings Of the people among whom
they are living, the boys have adopted
several French war orphans. Chron-
telling the fact that Plane News has
adopted an orphan. the paper says:
The boys, from the skipper right
down TO the printers devil, have con-
tributed to the support Of the little
French 'demoiselle.'"
The managing editor Of Plane News
is Capt F. Kearney.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
ITALIAN
TAXPAYERS ARE
PAYINGElR WAR
Heaviest Taxed People in
the World Bear Burden
Cheerfully to Help.
SMOKERS PAY
BULK OF TAX
By c. CIANFARRA.

DONE, Italy, Nay II.-Thanks to the
Npatriotism Of the Italian taxpayer
and the unconditional willingness
with which the whole nation is sup
porting the fiscal burden which
makes Of the Italian people the
heaviest taxed people in the world
the minister Of finance has now been
able to announce that the income from
all sources is now nearly double that
Of the last prewar year. and that Ital-
ian finance rests on as solid a ground
as that 0f any other belligerent coun-
Try
Latest War Loan Huge One.
In connection with this statement
the ministry has made pu' lie num-
Der Of dazzling figures which went
long way toward reassuring the fin
ancial and commercial classes rs &c
the states ability to meet the interest
on the old as well as the new war
loans. That the official statement on
the soidity Of Italian finance has had
the desired effec- is proved by the
fact that the last war loan yielded
100000 more than the previous
one. and that nearly 500. 100000 were
subscribed by Italians residing abroad
and by foreign firms
During the first eight months OF
the 1917-18 fiscal year the total in
come from all sources has been 1884,
600, 600 lire, or 1.319, 100000 more than
in the 1894 fiscal year. which was
the last pre- war year These figures
also show that the loss of two prov
inces has not affected the budget in
the least, and that the increase in rev.
enues continues undated
Interest in Sight First.
Faithful to its well known policy
the Italian government never floats a
new loan without first securing
through new taxes the money to meet
the interest. Treasury minister Nit
Ii s plan to make the italian smoker
pay the interest On half the Italian
war debt has also proved entirely
successful. A few days ago he an
nounced that the income from the to-
bacco monopoly during {. e first eight
months Of the present fiscal year had
exceeded by 100000 lire the most
sanguine expectations.
Italian tobacco statistics tell Won
derful tale Twenty years ago the
Italian smoking public paid 10 the
government 200. 000. 600 a year, and ten
years later this sum showed an in
crease Of only 10000 900. In the last
prewar fiscal budget the monopoly
yielded $50, 100000 lire, and since then
1t has increased by leaps and bounds
until during the first eight months
Of the 1918 fiscal year the lovers
OF tobacco have given to the public
treasury 100000. 900. which means
tfat. four months hence, the total in
come from tobacco will be 1000. 900
lire, or 100000 moro than had been
uected-
At the same tine the number OF
those addicted to smoking, as well as
the consumption Of tobacco. has rather
decreased than increased. The in
creased price Of cigars and cigarets
accounts for the financial miracle.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
Flour Selling
In Belgium At
SI.10Per Pound
Butter $2.35, Sugar $I.l0 a
Pound and Low Shoes
$22 a Pair.

Paris. France. May IA promi-
nent Belgian who has remained in
the occupied territory has succeeded
in getting a letter through to his son
now serving on the Belgian front on
the User The writer says that every
thing in the country that is necessary
to feeding it is requisitioned by the
Germans and the form in which
acquisitions are made adds bitterness
TO the act. as the decree announcing
the seizure reads ito insure the feed
ing OF the population. We order --"
Flour S1.1O a Pound.
Some current prices are: Butter, the
equivalent Of S2-35 a pound: flour
about s11O a pound; meat, S1.30 a
pound; fats. S3-7O; sugar. s1.10; coal.
SIS ton; haricot beans. so cents a
pound; spool OF cotton. $3.50. box OF
matches, 4 cents; low shoes. S22. and
petrol. about SO a gallon.
your mother and ] have each lost
about 30 pounds in weight" the letter
continues, and uncle has lost so. But
that only makes us younger and does
not bother us otherwise"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
SUPERIORITY Of
ALLIED AVIATOR
. IS BEING SHOWN
Is More Daring Than Ger
man and Takes Greater
Chances.
MAKES DARING
DAYLIGHT RAIDS
D. ROBERT S. DOMAN.

nARIS, France. March 11.-With the
L long promised aerial way in fun
swing and infantry action confined
TO raids in lieu Of expected offensives
greater and greater attention is being
focused on aeronautics. The Partisan
journals are filled chock-a-block with
stories Of the British raids upon the
Rhine towns. Partisan preparations
against aerial attack and the meth
DDS Of German night raiders
Allies Are Superior.
Allied superiority in the air is evil
denced by the effective day raids OF
British aviators. German aviators on
the other hand confiue their attacks
almost exclusively to night raids
They have been forced to this by their
losses
While raiding England or French
towns behind the lines German avia-
tors found that they must use fast
and light machines and must climb to
great attitudes. The result was that
they were compelled TO use small
loads OF bombs. In the day time. too.
the anti-aircraft guns rocked them
about considerably when direct hits
were not scored. Then with allied
scouts climbing up on their tails the
German aviators were forced TO spend
too much time zig-zagging and
maneuvering to do accurate bomb
dropping.
Germans Favor Darkness.
At night. however. they are able
to use larger machines. and as neither
speed nor height are prime considera-
tons, owing TO low visibility" as
targets. a full cargo Of bombs can be
taken aboard by each machine. Bar
rage and anti-aircraft fire can be
avoided easily at night. for IL is most
ly blind shooting, unless a search
light can be lodged easily.
Moreover, moonlight is almost as
revealing as daylight when objects
are view from directly above. IL is
true. Of course, that the observer can
not see as far as in the day. At
night again. the bomb dropper can
pass back and forth over his target
until he attains it, This was .instanced
in Paris during recent raid when
German aviators dropped bombs on all
sides or their target governmental
building, until they finally attained it,
Incendiary bombs were then dropped.
The fire was quickly eXtinguished by
Paris tiremen-
Releases Bombs Automatically.
In the new type Of machines the re-
lease OF the bombs is automatic 1t is
a difficult matter 20 drop bombs on
given point unless the aviators fly
low. At 5000 meters the airmen suf-
fer from the rarefaction Of the air
and must resort TO oxygen inhala-
tions- Both ally and German aviators
are now wearing clothing heated in
ternally By electric appliances.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
From Paris
To TimbnCtOO
In Air; Plan
French Plan to Cut Distance
By Use Of Airplanes
After the War.

Paris. France, May lit now takes
four months TO go from Paris to Tim
tuctoo. After the war the trip will
be made in four days. One Of the first
aerial routes which the French will
establish after the war will be the one
to Timbuctoo.
The trip to Timbuctoo was not one
of the main lines of tourist travel be-
fore the war. It viii not be a popular
route after the war. But France is
bent upon developing her great Sa-
hara holdings. and the air line to Tim
buctoo viii be the first Of other air
lines 10 be established TO cases IN the
desert
To Travel by Air Route.
BY travelling by way the air route
statesmen engaged in the salt. gold.
wax or ivory lines viii thus save four
months food. an item Of their expense
accounts which French commercial
houses viii be delighted to dispense
with.
Some OF the air routes to Frances
colonial possessions will carry mail
only. Those that travel deem into
the desert viii be armed with machine
guns in case Of adventure with I'M
friendly tribes Regular routes have
been planned for Algeria, Morocco.
Tunis, to the French Congo in Equa-
torial Africa and by stages TO the
SomaH coast Madagascar and the
Gayolte and COmOso Islands in French
East Africa.
Aerial connections also will be made
with the following districts in French
West Africa: Senegal, Mauritania. Up
per Senegal river. Niger Military Ter
ritory, French Guinea, the Ivory coast
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
Sim F Elm ActiOity
In Australia Causes
SubbressiDe Measure

Melbourne, Austria, May IA
regulation designed to suppress Sim
Fem and other dislOyal movements in
Australia has been issued by the gov
eminent, under the war precautions
act The governments action followed
representations by a delegation Of
citizens who informed the premier.
William n. Hughs. that the Sim Fein
colors had been displayed during a
procession here and also at Sydney.
The regulation provides for the
punishment Of any person who advO-
Gates or encourages disloyalty OF hos
tility to the British empire or to its
cause in the present war; anyone who
advocated ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF the en-
pire or any person VINO wears the
symbol or displays the flag Of the
Sim Fein society.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11

I Germans have regarded their war
maps and gazed with satisfaction at
this salient. and the comforting
bridgehead always menacinE the back
door of Nerduu, just as the Flitsch
bridgehead across the Isonzo menaced
and finally crumbled the whole Italian
front from the Bainsizza plateau
southwark to the Adriatic. Allied peo-
pies have studied the deep Y and won
Cered why IL was never obliterated.
neutrals have looked at the curve of
the Battle front and tried TO figure
why no rectificatlon was ever made
there.
When the crown prince opened his
offensive on February q, 1916, the
main weight Of his blow fell astride
the Mouse to the north Of Verdun- But
he planned secondary auxiliary Op-
Grafton. a turning movement from
Saint Mihiel toward the northwest,
aiming to take in reverse the French
positions there and sweep in on the
Nerdun fortress in an eucircling
movement from the south This at
tack was so effectually shattered that
it never materialized into anything
dangerous. although the French to
escape being cut off were forced to
evacuate the heights Of the Meuse and
draw in to a more easily defended
line prepared in advance
Weather Often Interferes.
French troops have attempted sec
ondary operations aimed toward the
elimination Of the Saint Nihiel sal
tent on three different occasions, but
bad weather always stifled their plans
before they could well be started I'M
der way. Rather than 20 through
with their movements under adverse
conditions and suffer heavy losses the
attacks were relinquished
Successful simultaneous attacks
driven home into either side OF the
neck OF the saint MihieI salient would
have important results. Either the
enemy would have to so strain his
front in the face Of the preparatory
the coming blow that the operations
Of attack could be carried out with
comparative ease and. therefore. eX-
ceedingIy light losses. or else he
would have 10 maintain very strong
garrisons in his advanced and support
positions, and run the risk OF losing
heavily in prisoners when the enemy
broke through and pinched off the
wedge.
Operations against the Saint 8IihieI
salient must always be Of an exceed
ingly difficult character. as the enemy
holds high ground and much OF il Is
well wooded. screening him from
aerial observation. masking his guns
and troop movements and reserve pO-
sitiOns and offering him great advan-
tages- But concentrated gun fire viii
sweep away any defence. natural or
artificial. that the world has ever I
seen, and give enough material.
troops Of sufficient morale and ade-
quate preparations. the hernia might
well be removed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
Sending Money
Ont Of Italy
Is Restricted
Absolute Necessity Must
Be Shown; Plan To
Stabilize Exchange.

Rome. Italy. May 11.-NO money
can now be sent out Of Italy by means
OF bank drafts unless the sender can
prove the absolute necessity for so
doing as by the presenting Of bills to
be paid This is particularly true Of
large sums Of money. This is one OF
the measures taken by the govern
ment to stabilize exchange and pre-
vent speculation in italian money
Exchange rates are also fixed by law,
to prevent artificial fluctuation.
According to oscar T. Crosby. who
was recently here representing the
United States treasury department in
connection with efforts to assist
Italy's finances, the real difficulty Of
not only italy but also England and
France is that they are in need Of
exchange. What they need is dol
lars" he said.
BY the plan OF minister Of the trea-
sury Nitti. so far as concerns the
Americans here who desire TO send
money home for any reason. or to any
foreign country. they must ill out
in duplicate a blank form provided
by the bank selling them drafts, and
on this blank they must give the
name Of the person to whom money
is sent. with the exact reason Per
sons travelling may buy the money
of the country to which they are des-
tined on presentation OF passports or
other papers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
STUDENT AVIATORS'
IN ITALIAN CAMP.
LABOR AND STUDY.
Uncle Sans Seapane Recruits Practice for Submarine
Hunting and Coast Protection; Study French
and italian; Work Varied by 0cca-
sional Trips to Rome.

camp as he has at the bigger camp
for aTiators in the south Of Italy. As
teeth connect with the nerves which
are supposed to regulate the sense of
equilibrium. IL viii be understood just
how important commanding officers
consider such troubles. Without a
proper sense Of equilibrium a man
can't fly without running the risk of
breaking his neck or a valuable ma
chine.
Sometimes money becomes a draw
back TO the Rome excursion. in view
of,the irregularities OF pay days. one
sharp youth from Missouri overcame
this handicap by borrowing French.
English or American money from his
comrades In Rome he exchanged this
for Italian paper money at the rate of
eight and one-half lire TO the dollar,
spent what was necessary to see the
sights and returned 10 the camp with
more money than he had when he
started He repaid his debts at the
rate Of five lire TO the dollar.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
Wearing Down OF German
Man PoUer VIII GiUe Victory
ForAMes, Not Studying Map
BY HENRY C. WELLS.

MYTH the American Army in France
W May 1L-"Look at the war map
said DR.. 1Iichaelis, when he was impe.
rial chancellor Of Germany, in a speech
in which he sought to refute the state
ments OF the British prime minister
and the French premier that the allies
were winning the war.
Maps mean nothing. positions
mean nothing. the storming and &C.
cupation OF a line OF trenches or a
certain village or town have practi-
cally no bearing on the ultimate out
come Of the war" responded the al
lied Spokesman and the allied press
It exhorted the people not to look at
the map. not TO gage successes by
advances made. but TO take the broad
er outlook on the war Of noting the
attrition Of the enemy's forces. the
wearing down OF his man power
through continual hammering and
grinding.
Russo-Rumania Collapse Inferferes.
But since then the RussO-Rumanian
collapse has actually come as it has
been clearly fOreseen for Is months
that il would surely come. With many
divisions released from occupation OF
the eastern front. marshal Won Hin
denburE is able TO divert many troops
to the west front, and the strategy
Of wearing down the enemy through
attritiOn has been modified.
Regardless Of the eastern situation,
however. and all that il implies, the
rank and file of the people, the man
in the street as well as the soldier in
the trenches, does look at the map
and probably always will. for the map
tells a certain story that cannot be
denied. where as all arguments on
principles OF various cam
paigns are subject to endless debate.
Map shows Ugly Scar.
For nearly four years map show
ing the battle line on the west front
has shown and still shows a marked
German salient, penetrating deeply
into the French lines, Jagged scar
incising an important wound in their
lfnes-the hernia at Saint Mihiel Since
the war stagnated into a siege. the
enemy has held a bridgehead across
the river Meuse at Saint Mihiel far 10
the south Of where the line crosses
that stream at Regnevine. north OF
Verdun-
Instead Of the general southeast TO
northwest trend Of the whole line
from the Swiss border to the North
sea. as the front is marked every
where else, the Saint MihieI salient
'uts a bold. sharp V into the French
lines which has been dented and bent
slightly in a few unimpOrtant places.
but which maintains generally its in
.eErity from POnt-a-MOussOn in the
sast TO near the Daml0up battery po-
iitiOn just east OF Verdun.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
Special Training For
Nerve WracRed Soldiers

Paris. France. May Lieut.. Her
bert Of the French navy has invented
a new system Of intensive training for
soldiers whose nervous systems have
been weakened by prolonged war
strain The main features Of the sys-
TEN consists Of climbing trees. run
ming on the hands, rolling on the
ground. and fording streams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
Small Dwellings Are
Scarce Among Saxons

New York, May 11-For the pur-
pose OF alleviating the conditions
caused by scarcity Of small dwellings,
the Socialist members Of the Saxon
diet have introduced a motion de-
handing that after the conclusion OF
peace. the construction of villas and
sumptuous homes be forbidden until
the demand for small dwellings has
been met Apartments not fully util-
lied would be taken over by the state,
under this plan, say German news
papers.