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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
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SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE,

The subjoined letter was writ
ten to Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ.
Perry by their son, John, and was
as follows:
Dear father and mother-I re-
ceiye all your letters, am so happy
to hear from you and it's Holy
day when We do get mail from
home. Mother you ask if we have
fruit! Yes they are very expen-
sive, peaches 15c piece, straw
berries $1.OO a basket Of about
two quarts. Yesterday l spent
the day in the city with Sergeant
Perchman, we certainly had d
fine time. Had a good dinner and
after, took in several Parks and
the Museums. Saw all the works
Of art Of this country which is
very fine. Saw very fine statutes,
several of Jeanne dare, also Wis
tied two Of the cathedrals, they
are grand. | wish | was allowed
to send the pictures, but wait till
| come home and will bring them.
Its a fine city-but not Paris. We
are 12o miles from our headquart-
ers. Have to wait for some Off
GERS to come down with our mail,
guess We'll have bunch Of it
been looking for the Major for the
last four days. Tuesday, didn't
finish my letter last night, the
bugle blew tap and had to stop
as the light goes out-the cities
over here are so different than
they are at home; have practically
no sidewalks. Everybody walks
in the street. The stores keeps
open on Sunday and close oa
Monday. They have tables on
the sidewalk and serve you, can
sit and drink and eat and watch
the crowd go by. We sat there
for half an hour. You can see
French, English, American, Ca
madam, Australian and East In
dia soldiers and niggers from
South Africa, and Cinnamon that
they use for labor. The French
people dress about the same as
our people at home. For the last
few days, since the Americans
have been doing such good fight
ing they all speak to us and say
hello American. / know of lots
of news but cannot make my let
ter too long or it won't past the |
censor. The weather is spring
like. 1t has never got real hot
yet. Have river down near our
quarters, the water is fine for
swimming; rather cold though.
We are having real good times.
Everything here up-to-date. Seen
inc moving pictures. This place
never had Americans here before.
The Major served us supper with
best of everything. fresh fruit and
wen beer. The French have a
great love for the Americans.
too good for us. The
country is grand and everything /
s under cultivation, mostly h
worked by women while the me.l
ire on the battle fields. We sure
ike to hear that over in the States
he people are working so hard tc
lelp us over here, that's the stuff
hat will whip old Fritz-ha, ha.
So hoping to hear well from
IL of you.
P. S.-Sending you the picture
f three of the Sergeants and Of
myself. Will send you another
ne in case you don't get this one.
With fond love, your son,
JOHN PERRY,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
18th. Plantation Carpenters.

18th. Plantation Carpenters.
18th. Factory Filter Men
bags, presses and Watnr
14th. Plantation Drainage Ma
chine Operators.
The committee suggests that
the Secretary Of the Association
send a copy Of this order of
priority showing the various titles
used to all the planters and fac
tories, urging them to see that
their men when registering Use
the title as given in the list to
designate their position in the in
dustry.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
rhe Strong Withstand the Heat oil
4ummor Better Than the Weak

old people who ere feeble and younger people
who gre weak. win b strengthened and enabled to
Gethioush the depressing heat of summer by TAX
lne GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. II puriies
md enfiches the blood and builds up the whole sys
oein1 Eject. e0c.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
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Under the new postal ruling no
more free copies Of The Enter
prise can be given to anybody.
Advertisers may have one free
copying for checking purposes
but only of those issues contain
ing their ad.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
Wherever You Live, You Can
Always Obtain
S. 5. 5.

One of the strongest tributes to
the merit OF 8. s. s., the famous old
blood remedy. Is the fact that it Is
always to be found on the shelves Of
practically every drug store in this
country. Unlike so manv prepara-
tions that have only a limited sale.
S. 8. s. is known to druggists every
where. and many of them have sold
it ever since they have been in the
drug business.
For this great old remedy has
stood the test of time. 1t has been
on the market for more than fifty
years. and in the average drug store
it is as staple as calomel or other
W e ! l-known household medicines.
Many a druggist FIRST began handling
it when a boy. and IL you will ask
any of them about s. S. s., they will
tell you that it is probably the most
reliable patent medicine ever sold.
And when you give the matter Sc
rious consideration, you must admit
that a remedy that has been sold in
drug stores for half a century. in
creasing in popularity as the years
go by, must certainly have unusual
merit. For no remedy can be sold
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
A Great Blood Remedy
That Every Druggist Sells

for more than year or two unless II
gives the results claimed for It. A
great many more remedies have died
a natural death than have succeeded.
Very few patent medicines are on
sale today that were made nifty years
ago, and there IL not one of them
that has anything like the popularity
that is enjoyed by 8. 8. 8. 1t has
the largest dema nd in its history.
which is positive proof that 1t al
ways gives satisfactory results.
8. 8. 8. is strictly a blood purifier
and tonic. 1t has never been adver-
tised as a cure-all, but for cleansing
the blood OF all impurities. and
promptly reaching any disease or
of the blood supply, 1t Is absolutely
without an equal. 1t gives wonder
full results in rheumatism. catarrh,
skin diseases. boils, pimples. running
sores. ulcers, malaria and any other
manner of blood irregularity. Be-
sides II is a most excellent tonic, ard
builds up and gives new vim and
vigor and a robust vitality to the
rundown system.
Everybody needs a few bottles OF
8. s. s. just at this season, to i'm
prove their blood supply. and enable
them to stand the rigors OF winter.
Go to your drug store and get bot
tie today. and you will see an i'm
mediate improvement in your gener-
al health. Write for free medical
advice to Medical Adviser, Swift
Specific Co., Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
KEEP SENDING AND
SIT TIGHT KAHN
Representative Urges America Not
to Lose Her Head.

Cleveland, Ohio. July 27.-"Keep
sending men across. Do not be
carried away by the enthusiasm of
early achievements. Sit tight"
This was the keynote OF a speech
delivered yesterday before the
League OF Republican Clubs of
Cleveland by Representative Kahn
of California, ranking member of
the Committee on Military Affairs
of the House. Mr.. Kahn said in part:
America is to be congratulated
on the showing it has made in the
war. Germany was wont to sneer
at our military efforts. She is learn
ing on the battlefield to know the
bravery and the intrepidity of Uncle
Sans trained forces.
There must be no cessation on
our part in sending a steady stream
of officers and men over there.
Il am convinced that the extern
sion of age limits under the selec-
tive draft law is a vital course.
There should be no delay in this
matter. Our industrial and agri-
cultural affairs would suffer serious
ly at this time were men from
classes 2. 3, and 4 drafted into. the
army. 1t may ultimately become
necessary to call out many of these
men. but that time has not yet ar
rived.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
CHAPLAINS WANTED BY ARMY
WHO DISDAIN CREED LINES

class private. and here ID q sample
of his working day:
A. . Common Soldier.
He arises at 5:B o'clock. just like
any other common soldier; puts In
fifteen minutes in the setting up drill;
circles around the parade ground at
double quick time before breakfast;
after breakfast he polices his quar-.
ters. undergoes an infantry drill and
then he Ia ready for lectures and reef
tations
In the afternoon he is given a drill
in horsemanship. first aid and san
tation. Then come two hours for
study, supper. and so to bed. Each
class Is divided into five platoons,
each of which Is commanded by a SER
geant of the line whose word on drill
and discipline Is law.
A graduate chaplain takes the rank
and pay of first lieutenant of the
-gonal army when commissioned.
The pay is 5000 year at home, and
$, ,2Ot abroad.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28

The War Department wants army
chapIains. 1t needs one for every
Loo officers and men. and in an an
nouncement yesterday II tells the
type of man IL most desires.
at wants q special kind of chap
lain," says the announcement. "a
sturdy, outstanding brotherly man be-
tween the age of q and q. who cares
a good deal more about the welfare
Of soldiers than about distinction In
creeds."
There Il a school for chaplains at
Camp Zachary Taylor, near Louis
Vile, KY. The course lasts five weeks
and after an interval Of another week
another class is started. Usually
about go clergymen begin the course
and 200 finish. The average of 50 who
fail to see the class through are
those who. for one reason or another
are found united or who find the
training too strenuous.
The rookie" chaplain's life Is not
a BED Of roses. He goes in as a first
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
R. L. WHYTE, CADET
In NAVAL AVIATION

Russell L. Whyte. engineer student
in George Washington University.
yesterday was accepted as a cadet
in the Naval Aviation Reserve Force.
He will leave Washington August
to attend the Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology at Boston.
Whyte Is the son Of Thomas Whyte,
and a graduate Of Western High
School. He was prominent in ath-
letics at this school and held high
rank in the High School Cadets or
ganization.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
YANKS IN ITALY
HAVE BEEN SENT
FROM FRANCE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
Bowie, Fort Worth. Texas; the
seventy-sixth. Camp Devens, Aver,
Mass: the seventy-ninth, Camp
Meade. Annapolis Junction, Nd; the
Eighty-nfth. Camp Custer, Battle
Creek, Mich, and the Ninety-frst,
Camp Lewis. American Lake, Wash.
Gen. March also made public the or
ganixation Of the divisions OF the ma
tional army. His interview Is as
follows:
Driven Toward Salient Center.
THE lines around the south Of
scissors are in the same position,
that they were last Wednesday. The
distance across from the lines Of
scissors to those near Rheims Is ex-
actly as It was when our counter Of
fensive began.
The general driving back of the
German forces has been toward the
center Of the salient The falling back
has been on a line which remains
approximately perpendicular to the
railroad line through Fere-en-Tarde-
nois.
"On the Marne, east OF Dormans,
the progress Of the allied forces has
been difficult, because the terrain
there is very difficult. The hills are
precipitous. and the country Is very
heavily wooded. The enemys left
flank southwest of Rheims has been
the scene Of a very dashing little ad-
vance by British re-enforcements who
went forward one and one-half miles
on q 4-mile front. This advance
is a marked source Of danger for the
enemy as OF course. there is a chance
OF his getting his troops farther south
In q pocket. and We already find that
the French at that point are begin
ming to advance.
Near Fere-en-Tardeneis.
''The area won by the allies in this
counter offensive more than equals
that won by the enemy in Flanders.
Our lines have now reached within
three and a half miles Of Fere-en-
Tardenois. which IN q big German
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
CAMOUFLAGE OF BEER CARS
ORDERED BY u. S. RAILWAYS

These reasons. however. are not
believe to have inspired the Rail-
road Administration to action.
Whatever the inspiration of the
reason. here is the order issued yes
terday by W. C. Kendall. manager
Of the car service section:
ITO the Railroads: It Is desirable
that railroad refrigerators bearing
the advertisements Of brewing COM
panies be repainted in accordance
with the standards Of individual
railroads and such Advertisements
eliminated. This work should be
done at the earliest possible date,
Advise how many cars you have.
Also please advise Of any other rail-
road refrigerators or other class
cars you may have that bear similer
advertisements SO consideration can
be given to repainting them in &C.
cordance with standards"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28

The Railroad Administration has
ordered all beer cars camoufiaged.
Hereafter 1t will be impossible to
tell from outward appearances
whether q car backed up on q siding
Is filled with kegs of the brew eager
to spring from the spigot under a
mantle OF snowy froth and cool the
parched throats of man. or whether
it contains matted milk or wax
candles.
This will make II very fne for
modest gentlemen. who. the law per-
mitting. desire to lay in a carload
Of beer for strictly family use
without making a circus out of IL,
and also may prevent the bone-dry-
ers from keeping tabs on the num-
ber OF carloads Of beer that come
into town, and hurling abuse at the
Railroad Administration for daring
to use up good coal to transport the
stuff.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
SUSPENDS EIGHT-HOUR
LAW FOR WALK-MAKING
President Acts to Permit 0yertime
by District Workers.

The eight-hour law relating TO the
employment OF laborers and mechsn-
les in the District was declared sus-
pended. upon executive order OF Pres
ident Wilson, as far as II Affects
workmen engaged in the construc-
ton Of sidewalks around the govern
ment's war buildings.
workmen shall be compensated a.
the rate Of time and q half for over
time work. The eight-hour Law. un-
der the Presidents order, stands sus-
pended until December / OF this year.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
U. S. STRENGTH REALIZED.
Captured German Deserters Know
American Army Numbers.

With the American Army in France.
July 2T.-German soldiers who have
deserted into the American lines on
the Lorraine front have made dis
closures indicating that news Of the
great American effort is slowly filter
ing into some sections of the Ger
man army, despite the official effort
to belittIe American participation In
the war. One prisoner said he had
heard that there were only 300IO
Americans in France.
From the deserters It was learned
also that the three Landwehr groups
in Germany had been gone over close
" for fresh material to throw In on
the Western front.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28

MALIGNS ITALY
Pic DECLARES
Huns Active in Lying to
America About
Our Ally.

German propaganda has been active
in drawing false pictures OF ,itaiy.
her aspirations and her battles, said
Col. Amerigo Pho. military attache to
the Italian Embassy, in an address
last night at the Y. w. c. A. Coun-
try Club.
America, drawing her picture OF
Italy from the Italian organ grinder
and the Italian Iaborer In this coun-
try, and the hotel and street beggars
seen by American tourists, has been
a prey to German propaganda. Col.
Pho declared.
ITALY went into the war with q
chip on her shoulder. according to
German and Austrian propagandists." "
the colonel said. THAT II not so"
Italy went into the war on the side
Of the allies when the allied morale
was probably at its lowest ebb, when
Germany was at the height OF her
victories. and Russia wa In full re-
treat.
Fights In DiMeult Area.
"The Italian army has waged its
war Ii the most dlnicult fighting
ground In the whole area Of the war.
Thousands of Italian soldiers have
died from cold and other thousands
have lost legs or arms from frost
bite. The army is fighting over ground
on which the snow at places In more
than 100 feet deep.
Military experts declared that the
Carso was impregnable. but the
Italian army captured 1t from the
Austrians."
Italy IL looking to generous Ameri-
ca" Col. Pho continued, to supply her
with coal and steel which are her
principal needs. The economic situa'
ton in his country Il unpleasant, espe-
cially the food conditions. and his
countrymen. he said, are eating black
bread, made Of potatoes. corn and very
little wheat flour. while oils and
greases are scarce and macaroni. q
national dish, IL very scarce.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
NAVY YARD HOUSING
NOW PROGRESSING
Construction Under Way on Massa-
chusetts Avenue.

Ground was broken for the new
navy yard housing on B street and
Massachusetts, avenue at Seven
&teenth and Nineteenth streets
southeast. Thursday.
The promptness in beginning the
work after newspaper agitation was
gratifying to the men who suffer
from lack of accommodations for
their families
Capt Willard, commandant of the
navy yard, was also eager to see
the housing program put into ef-
feet.
Not only has the housing situa-
ton improved" said Mr.. W. w.
Keeler, president of the navy yard
union, but food prices have lower
ed. In one store today 1 had steak
for IS cents a. pound and other
meats for Is cents. These prices are
50 per cent OF last weeks.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
STRIKERS DEFIANT.
Leaders Scon Premier's Threat of
Military Liability.

London, July T.-Premier Lloyd
Georges announcement that nIl
workmen absent from factories on
or after Monday will be deemed to
have voluntarily placed themselves
outside the munitions industry, and
will be liable to military service, was
issued too late to reach the bulk of
the strikers last night.
Consequently it was not generally
known in the strike areas.
It was communicated to the strike
leaders at some centers by newspa-
per men. The leaders said they were
confident the strikers would not he
intinnidated by the threat. They add
ed such a possibility had been con-
sidered fully.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28

supply depot right near the railroad.
which AFFORDED, OF course. means
Of getting supplies In snd out That
point has been continuously and
heavily shelied.
The pearest point of the German
lines from Paris 10 now forty-nine
miles. The former distance was thirty
eight miles; they have been driven
back eleven miies.
when the divisions arrive In
France after they have been put into
training areas and reach q point
where q corps organization can be
something more than an administra-
tive unit. they are formed into the
corps and used in any way the COM
manding general sees at. .
Regular Divisions.
IT am asked to give the regiments
in the regular army divisions.
THE First Division consists Of the
Sixteenth. Eighteenth and Twenty
eighth Infantry, Fifth. Sixth and
Seventh Field Artillery.
THE Second Division consists of the
Fifth and Sixth Marines; Ninth and
Twenty-third Infantry; Twelfth. Fiji
teenth and Seventeenth Field Artillery.
The Third Division consists OF the
Fourth, Seventh and Thirtieth In
fantry; Tenth. Eighteenth and
Seventy-sixth Field Artillery.
The Fourth Division consists of
Thirty-ninth, Forty-seventh. Fifty
eighth and Fifty-ninth Infantry and
Thirteenth, Sixteenth and Seventy
seventh Field Artillery"
Those are the four regular divisions
now engaged in the fighting.
Local Men In Battle.
Washington men are among the
American troops in the front line of
the battle that Foch is waging to
bottle up the army Of the crown
prince.
Announcement was made yester-
day by Geu. March. Chief of STAFF.
that among the American troops
participating in the battle was the
Seventy-ninth division. under COM
mand of Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn.
Gen. Kuhn was in command of
Camp Meade and II was under him
that washington's first quotas of
drafted men were trained prepara-
tory to their overseas service. When
their period of training here had
been completed the entire camp was
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
coNGRESSMEN IN PARIS.
In France After Italian Visit-To
Confer with Pershing.

Paris. July 27.-Twelve American
congressman, headed by Representa-
tive John y. Tillman. OF Arkansas.
arrived here today from Italy. At
the Red Cross hospitals here they
were greeted by a number of wounded
soldier constituents. who hailed them
by name.
The delega ton will confer with
G eral Pershing regarding the
changes in the draft age.
Representative La Guardia, of New
York, Is on a visit here. He will
shortly return to Italy to resume his
duties as aviator with the Italian
army
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
LAUNCH CONCRETE BOAT.
New York City Christens First
Home-Ruilt Vessel

New York, July H.-New York City's
first home built concrete boat was
launched tolay at the yards Of the
Fougner Concrete Shipbuilding Com
pany at North Beach It was christi
ened S'Socony ZOO by Mrs. Herman
FouGner. wife Of the company's presi-
dent The "Socony 800 is a large
barge designed to transport oil for
York.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
KAISER SPURNS LUxBURG.
South American Envoy Gets Cold
Reception in Berlin.

London, July T.-Emperor William
has refused to receive Count Luxburg,
SO that the former German minister
to Argentina might justify himself,
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Amsterdam.
The count handed in his report on
his mission to Argentina to the
foreign once Thursday. After the
emperor had refused to see him he
conferred with Admiral Won Hintze.
the foreign secretary.
Count Luxburg, II IL added. has
withdrawn from the diplomatic ser
vice.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-28
OFFERED CROWN OF FINLAND.
Duke Adolph Friedrich of Meek
lenburq-Schwerin Accents.

Amsterdam. July 27.-The German
packed Finnish Diet has sent a
delegation to fetch Duke Adolph
Friedrich, of Mecklenburg, to Hell
singfors. to let himself be crowned
King of Finland" The Duke re-
luctantly accepted. The Finnish
navy consisting OF a just completed
warship will convey the Duke and
the delegation from a German port
the Helsingfors, where the coronation
will take place in a few days. SO say
German advices.
Duke Adolph Friedrich was born
in Schwerin in 1878. He is a colonel
in the Prussian Guard and served
for a time as governor of Togoland.
The duke is an uncle OF the reign
ing Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg
Schwerin and Is unmarried.