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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-27
SANDERS SHOWS THE WAY.

When the interstate and foreign
commerce committee Of the ma
tional house of representatives
had before it the resolution intro
duced by Mr.. AsWell of Louisiana,
authorizing the president to take
over the telegraph and telephone
lines Of the country, it was found
impossible for the committee TO
agree on the resolution. After
discussion for two or three days,
Congressman Sanders Of Louisi-
ana drew up a substitute resolu-
ton, which he offered and which
the committee unanimously ac-
cepted and reported to the house.
This resolution was passed by the
house practically unanimously on
July 5, only four votes being east
In the negative, all Of which Wee
Republican.
The bill was then sent to the
senate. On Thursday. July II, at
page 1882 of the Congressional
Record, Senator Underwood Of
Albania, former Democratic Lead
err Of the house. and now one Of
the foremost leaders Of the SEN
ate. in speaking Of this resolution
said: 81 want to say, first, that
of all the joint resolutions which
have come before the senate TO
take private property forApublic
use, | think the joint resolution
that has been presented and sent
here by the house is the best
drafted that has been presented to
the senate. It is simple and to
the point and covers the ground. -
Senator Underwood made one
Of the best speeches in the senate
in favor of this resolution, which
finally passed the senate July -,
with only 16 votes against it, all
Of the negative votes being Re
publican.
Thus the Sanders substitute, I'M
der which the president has the
power to take over all telephone
and telegraph lines. as has already
been done with the railroads, re.
ceived all the Democratic votes IF
both houses. - Donaldsonville
Chief.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-27

the food is placed upon our trays
by an aggregation Of colored mel
white men, colored women, white
women, chinese-any labor that
cam be got. At the training sta
lions and at sea the cooks and
walters are sailors, but here a
private concern has the task of
feeding us.
Having COB the food the go5
passes on into the main hall where
there are rows and rows of long
tables with benches at the train
ing station We stood to eat.
Swaying to and fro to the rythm
Of the music furnished by our
jazz band on the balcony above,
he makes his way to the farthest
unoccupied seat and sitting down
consumes without delay what is
left of his chow. He usually spills
most Of it on the way for our jazz
band has a way about it which
won't permit a COB to remain
quiet irrespective Of whether or
not he is holding his chow in his
hands. Some jazz! Forgetting
the jazz he now gets busy amid
the sounds of s'Pass me the
Punk - Shoot the sea dust over !!
Hey. Jack gimmie the sand -
Java. etc. Those are not
foreign foods. They're regular
Finishing his chow; Jack goes for
more. or if what was left Of his
chow has appeared his appetite
he walks out placing his tray and
plates in large boxes as he goes
out, and back to the uneventful
duties Of the school room, his
thoughts still dwelling on how
great the pie was, and wished he
could have voted seconds on ice
cream and how tough the sea
gulf was, and say Jack, didn't
the beans have strings in ever
thought?' 81 tried to rate Sec
onds on ice cream with the G. P.
D. kicked me out. Such is chow.
l will write again and tell you
Of our play now that l have told
you of our work.
Write and tell all the home
folks to write for when mail comes
he feelings and facial expressions
ire similar to those seen on pay
lay. Can you guess the fellow
Who got the letter? We know
he number of letters a COB got !
n the value of each by the
Of his grin or the tender
less Of his smile.
Love to all the dear folks back
lome from
Your brother.
CTIAS. vERRET
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-27
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
IS A SKIN WHlTENER
How to make creamy beauty lotion
for 4 few cents.

The juice of two fresh lemons strained
into bottle containing three ounces of
orchard white makes a whole quarter
pint OF the most remarkable lemon skin
beautifer at about the cost one must
pay for q small jar of the ordinary cold
creams Care should be taken to strain
the lemon juice through a fine cloth 40
no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
70 bleach and remove such blemishes "a
ireckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener, whitener and
beautifer.
just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make up
: quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant
lemon lotion and massage it daily into
The face, neck, arms and hands.
(Advertisement(
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-27
Easy Way to Kill
Rats and Mice

There is no need of suffering
from the depredations of rats and
mice now that Stearn' s Electric
Paste is readily obtainable at
nearly every store. A small box
of this effective exterminator costs
but few cents and is usually suf-
ficient to completely rid the house.
store or barn Of rats and mice.
The Z. s. Government has bought
thousands Of packages Of Stearns'
Electric Paste to exterminate rats
and mice. The Paste is also eff
cient in destroying cockroaches
and waterbugs. 1
(Advsrtisement.)
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-27
THIS NOTICE IS IMPORTANT,

Don t cash that allowance check
if the soldier who made the allot-
ment has been discharged from
the army, Warnes the Home Serv-
ice department. Of the Red Cross.
Return it at once to the Gov
ernment. It isn't yours and if
you spend it you'll get into trou-
BILE.
Several instances have been re-
ported by field secretaries of the
Gulf Division. Home Service Sec
ton Of the Red Cross in which
relatives Of discharged soldiers
have cashed checks that were sent
by mistake.
No discharged soldiers family
is entitled to receive more than
one month 8 allowance after the
man has left the Service. Be-
cause of the enormous number of
checks sent out at Washington, it
sometimes happens that checks are
the second or third month
after the soldiers discharge.
Persons who cash these checks
sent by mistake will be considered
guilty Of fraud, and they will be
liable to a fine of $4,000 or i'm
Drisonment for a year, or both.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-27

missed at 6 P. M. "B" section.
goes to school at 9 A. NJ. and is
dismissed at 9:lO P. NJ. This i,
done because there not being
enough class rooms We must take
turns in using them.
Our studies consist of operating
and electricity, specializing OF
course in machinery used In radio
work. Examination are held ev.
cry Friday, and one is expected to
maintain a satisfactory average
The grading is done on a basis OF
four, and 2.S is the passing mark.
Those who make 3.8 or more are
placed en- the Honor Roll. By
the end Of the seventh week one
lis expected to receive at least fiji
teen words per minute and at the
completion of the course at least
twenty-five per minute. If one
fails to maintain the required
average he is dismissed from the
school and sent to sea as a seaman
or detailed here as a permanent
guard. Before being dismissed
for inaptitude one is given an ex-
animation. If he passes that sat
isfactorily he is given another
chance.
We have school five days a
week. Saturday being inspection
day. But inspection is over by
noon and we are then at liberty
until Monday morning. We make
good use Of that time in visiting
the numerous places Of historical
interest around Boston. Concord,
Cambridge, Lexington, etc. But
l shah not tell you of our pleas
ures now as / shall tell you that
the next time I write
Fellows generally take long to
learn all the bugle calls, but isn't
there one he learns the very first
day he lands in the navy? OF
course there is. I learned it the
first day and the other rockies do
the same. OF course you must
know that is "chow" call:
'Soupy, soup, soup
Without a single bean,
Perky. porky, porky,
Without streak Of lean,
Coffee. coffee, coffe,
The weakest ever scent"
There are three events during
he day more important than all
he rest. That is chow, chow, and |
chow, morning, noon and night. |
When the call blows we march off |
n company formation to the |
Harvard Memorial Hall which is /
'ur mess hall. Upon entering in
ingle file, passing great piles of
rays each COB takes one. Then
Ve 90 through the kitchen where !
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-27
LETTER FROM SOLDIER.

cambridge. Mass, July 20. rs.
Dear Bud This is an i'm
portant day in our lives. Can
you guess what great event is at
this moment taking place? No!
OF course civilians don't know
what a COB considers important.
Therefore it behooves me to tel
you. 1t is pay day! The day Of
all days-to the lucky ones. |
am numbered among those "out
O. luck. L don't "rate" any
pay this time. Sitting on the
porch Of the Y. NJ. C. A. with
some Of my fellow unfortunates
looking out upon the campus in
front Of the Longdell Hall Law
School. what do | see? The sev-
eral thousand lucky ones lined up
In numerical order, check in
hand, and on the faces of each a
broad grin in anticipation eff the
real feed he will get to-day. Do
COLES ever smile? You should
take look at the pay line and see.
But what of all the COLES here
on this porch? The gloomy
countenances one beholds upon
approaching it are enough to
arouse sympathy in any heart.
Most of us are reading or writing
but we do so mechanically. Our
thoughts persistantly wander off
to the grinning and joyous thou
sands in the pay line, and Incl
dentaly the eyes follow the
thoughts. A long. wistful look,
sad shake of the head, and see.
ing him even a civilian would say,
"Poor COB, he must have had bad
news from home!" But a COB
seeing him might pass by and not
notice him for he got his. Anoth-
er might exclaim: Where d you
rate that stuff Jack? This ain t
no funeral! l didn't rate none
last time" And such is pay day
IN the navy
l must tell you Of our work here
for 1 have bored you enough with
a subject that can be Of interest
only tn us. We are nearly five
thousand here and use for d0rml-
tories and class rooms about a
dozen of the university buildings.
But that number is not nearly
for us. Fully half of us
room with families in Cambridge.
We must pay our own room rent,
but we have the advantage OF
late at night and Sleep
ing as late as we wish when there
is no school. for taps blow at III
P. M. when the lights go out, and
IS we like to study until eleven
Or later being outside is advantag-
,ous in that respect. Reveille IS
at 6 A. NJ. on weeks days
and at 7 A. NJ. on Sundays, but
Of course that does not apply
20 those who are rooming out. A
city is springing up
IN Cambridge common which will
several thousand
more. Those who make their
quarters there should be inspired
% work hard the Washington
Elm being there &
Before coming here one must
lttend a preparatory school at
me of the training stations. Upon t
qualifying there he comes here I
nd begins the real work of be- {
oming radio operator. r
The student body is divided i
nto two sections the first eight I
weeks Of the course being CA" o
ection and the last eight weeks s
b" section. "a" section goes t
0 school at Z 80 A. M. and is dis u
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
OVER THE T0P By ARTHUR C; GUY :J's.I EMpEY
 
Copyright by ARTHUR GUY EmPEY

the dugout. We knew what to expect soon. We didn't have to wait long three salvas of ''WhiZz- bangs came over from Frits artillery, further confirmation that we had sent musical machine gunner on his westward bound journey.
 That gun never bothered US again. We were the heroes of the battalion cur captain congratulated us, said it was neat piece of work and conse- quentle we were all puffed up over the stunt.
 There are several ways Tommy uses to disguise the location of his machine gun and get his range. Some of the most commonly used stunts as follows: At night. when he mounts his gun over the top of his trench and wants to get the range Of Fritz's trench he adops the method of what he terms getting the sparks" This consists of firing bursts from his gun until the bullets hit the German barged wire. He can tell when they are cutting wire because a bullet when it hits wire throws out blue electric spark.
 Machine gun fire is very damaging to | wire and causes many a wiring party to go out at night when it is quiet to repair the damage.
 5 night when firing, Tommy uses what is called 9 flare protector. This is a 1 stove-piDe arrangement which fits over i the barrel casing of the Nun and l screens the sparks from the right and ] left, but not from the front. So Tommy, always .resourceful, adopts 1 this scheme About three fest or less
 in front of the gun he drives two
 stakes into the ground, about five feet 1 apart. Across these stakes he streehes a curtain made of empty sandbags | rippen open. He soaks this curtain ir
 water and fires through it. The water
 SSfevents it catching fire and effectively
 screens the flare of the firing gun from 1 the enemy.
 l Sound is valuable asset in locat- 1 ing machine gun, but Tommy sur. mounts this obstacle by placing two machine guns about one hundred tc
 one hundred fifty years apart. I'm gun or the right to cover with it! fire the sector of the left gun and tht gun on the left to cover that of thu l right gun. This makes their fir cross; they are fired simultaneously
 By this method it sounds like on.
 gun firing and gives the Germans thu
 impression that the gun is firing iron
 a point midway between the gum which are actually firing, and they ac
 cordingly, shell that particular spot
 The machine gunners ciuckle and sa!
 Fritz is a brafny boy, not 'alf h. ain't"
 l But the men in Our lines at the spo
 being shelled curses Fritz for his ig
 norance and pass a few pert remark
 down the line in reference to the ma
 chine gunners being windy arl'
 afraid to take their medicine.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
NOANK
Entertainment for~Renefit of Red Cross
 Social Notes-Personais.

There was an entertainment Friday evening in the lecture room of the Baptist church. While admission was Tree, collection was taken, the money to go to the Red Cross for the pllr- chase of material There were or chestral selections, piano solos and duets, vocal solos, violin solos and a pantomime, The Star Spangled Ban ner, by six young women.
 Entertained B. VI P.U.
 Miss Maud Fitch entertained about 55 members of the B. Y. P. U. at her home Wednesday evening at a delight tul social. Games, vocal and instrl mental music were enjoyed and during the evening refreshments were served, D. of A. Social. Liberty council, D. of A., had a so cial Wednesday evening following the regular session. The chief idea was to secure funds for the coming cele- braticH of Washington's birth, " which the council will celebrate Feb l27. Machine Shop RemodeIed. Mastering has been completed at the old machine shop recently rebuilt into ! mill for the Rossie firm of Mystic IIhe Interior was somewhat changed | and the outside stuccoed. Work was done by a Westerly firm. G. E. Andrews, badly burned b, steam three months ago at the freight yard, has not completely recovered | although able to be about. Le land Andrews has been confined | to his home this week by an attacl of illness.
 l A well attended meeting of the Rec Cross was held Thursday afternoon 1 The meeting Tuesday night for tn, making of bandages was well attended also.
 I Mrs. Potter III.
 Mrs. A. J. Potter is confined to he. home by illness and is cared for b,
 Mrs. Louise Ashbey. Arthur Fitch. who has been il. ii able to be out.
 R. F. Hazelton, formerly of tn
 Haley farm, now of Brooklyn. thu
 state, is visiting MT. and Mrs, Der l Fitch.
 ] Miss Mabel Barlow has received ; letter from her cousin, Wyndom Ward I from somewhere in France. l Miss Flora MacQuarrie entertaine,
 Queen Esther circle Wednesday even ing.
 l Work on the library in the vestry 0
 the Baptist church has been complet l ed. An attractive room 12 by IS feet
 with books along three sides, has bee,
 arranged and is decided convenience
 There are several hundred D ooks b
 interesting authors. N T. J. Sawyer is engaged in clearin
 out the gutters through the villag
 since the storm.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23

relatives at Rocky Hill.
 Miss Sarah Robinson was a recent visitor with friends in Willimantic.
 Mrs. George Briggs and daughter Doris spent Wednesday in Norwich
 Mrs. Myron Hoxie spent Tuesday -''-h Mrs. Frederick F. Manning of Yantic.
 Attended Pomona Meeting.
 A number from this place attended Pomona grange in Norwich Thursday
 Mrs. H. w. Sweet has been in Stafford. called there by the illness oi her mother.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. M. Geer and chil- dren, Leroy and Myra, spent Sunday in Danielson, guests of MT. and Mrs. M, D. Whitaker.
 Elmer N Geer was a recent visitor in Hartford.
 Mrs. Cornelia Totten is visiting her daughter, Mrs. ". A. Pultz,
 Miss Sarah Danielson was recent visitor with Willimantic friends. Mrs. c. M. Geer and Mrs. C. S Goodwin were in Norwich Wednes- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
LEDYARD
Many Friends Sorrow For Death of Mrs. Emma Brown Putnam-Feb- ruary Huskins-Rev. Leonard Smith to Preach. at Baptist Church.

The death of Mrs. Emma Brown Putnam from pneumonia, at Newark, N. J., and whose funeral was held from the Congregational church in Ledyard, Wednesday afternoon, has saddened this community, where she was loved and had lived nearly all her life. Her mother having died when she was very young, she was tenderly reared by her father. She attended the district school at Ledyard Center where she was very proficient in her studied. She was graduated from the Broadway school in Norwich and later attended Norwich Free Academy. Rel atives and friends are deeply grieved to have her taken away while so young and with such bright prospects. Her age was 21.
 She leaves her husband, father, 8 sister and four brothers.
 Burial was in the Brown cemetery near tho Pecllham church beside her mother. Her four brothers acted as bearers and Rev. G. F. Goodenough conducted the burial service.
 Visiting in Mystic. Mrs. Charles A. Gray has been stay ing for several days with her cousin, Miss Elizabeth Williams of Mystic. The Christian Endeavor meeting had for it's leader Sunday evening, Elmer Avery. The meeting was held in the church. The topic was What My Church is Doing. Gertrude Blathewick will have charge of the Sunday eve- ming meeting.
 Met to Sew.
 i The Ledyard Thimble club met with | Mrs. Clarence P. Knight Tuesday af- ternoon. Nearly all the members were l present and refreshments were served i at the close. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Fannie Clark. | Baptist Church Services. | Regular services will be held in the Peckham Baptist church every Sunday morning in the future, commencing al | II o'clock. Rev. Leonard Smith o1 Mansfield will preach.
 Clarence P. Knight has been con- fined to his house Ill with grip. ] Arthur Avery has been husking dur
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
WAR NEWS DIGEST
Activities Conditions United States
 the Battle Fronts,

February 12, but the compensation fea- ture of the act is separate provision. The scale of compensation in case of death follows:
 (a) For a widow alone, $25.
 (b) For a widow and one child. $35
 Co For a widow and two children, $47.50 with $5 for each additional child up to two.
 (d) If there be no widow, then for one child, $20.
 Gel For two children, $S0.
 (f) For three children, $40, with $5 for each additional child up to two.
 (g) For widowed mother. $20. The amount payable under this subdivision shall not be greater than a sum which when added to the total amount pay able to the widow and children, does not exceed s75.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
Small Towns Best Cities in Purchases for sSmiIace Books for Soldiers.

Results of the Smilage campaign which put books of theater admission coupons on sale in nearly every town and city in the country, show the small
 towns and villages far ahead of the
 cities in overselling their proportionate quotas of books.
 Pilot Rock, Greg, was the first town in the country to send in a check
 Laurens, Iowa, town of 900 popu- lation> took in $100 before the first | Smilage book was received, Titouka
 Iowa, with 200 population bought s6;
 worth of books, the largest sale in pro. ! portion to population yet returned. 1 The coupons in Smilage books are
 exchanged by the soldiers for admis ] sion to entertainments in theaters
 built in the camps by the Commission
 on Training Camp Activities. Ad-
 mission charged ranges from 10 cents
 to 25 cents, or from two to five smilagt coupons.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
Automatic Insurance Covers Men Lost on Torpedoed Transport.

Any American soldiers lost on the torpedoed transport were protected by United States Government insur- ance and Government compensat ton. Those who had not applied for in surance were covered by automatic in surance which is payable to a wife, child, or widowed mother. The auto matic insurance aggregates about S4,30O netting S25 a month for 240 months. Insurance that had been ap- piled for is payable to much larger class of beneficiaries and can go as high as st0,OG0, netting. s57.5O a month for 24O months.
 The compensation in case of death, given by the Government without charge and regardless of rank or pay, ranges from $20 to $75 a month, based on the number of dependents. Pay ments under the compensation fea- ture of the military and naval in- surance act in case of death are pay able tss widow, children, or de- pendent widowed mother.
 The automatic insurance ceased on
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
WESTFORD
Snow Which Fell Before Thanksgiving Removed by Tuesdays Rain-SchooI Children to Knit for Soldiers.

Everyone was glad to be able to see bare fields once more. The snow that came before Thanksgiving has been on the ground ever since until the warm rain of Tuesday took it off.
 Supper and Entertainment.
 The bean supper Friday was a success Eighty sat down to supper. The patriotic entertainment and sing ing was enjoyed by all. The proceeds amounted to $16, s3.5o uf which went to Miss Green to buy knitting needles for the school children, who. will knit for the soldiers. The rest of the money went to the Red Cross society, Plans are ir progress for another supper and entertainment.
 Snakc Out Early. Clarence Barlow killed a striped snake.
 Injured by Fall.
 Sifas Newell is carrying his arm in sling. He fell on the ice and strain ed it so he is unable to work Mrs. Clarence H. Barlow was at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. F. ". Eastman, in Windham Tuesday. Miss Hattie Lee and her brother Clarence of Palmer spent the week end at their home here. About 30 young people attended the dance at Mir Conway's Saturday night Bert Baker, who has been working in Palmer, returned home Saturday. 
 Hasn't he got a rich wife?" Yes; but she hasn't declared any dividend so far."-Ideas
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23

patient in the Rhode Island hospital at Providence has returned home.
 much improved in health. Attended Jiboom Celebration.
 Several members of the Jiboom club were in-New London Friday to at tend the annual celebration of the club.
 Conferred Degree. Mystic encampment, o. o. r., met in Odd Fellows hall Friday evening
 when the Royal Purple degree was conferred on a class. Charles F. Wing of Providence was the guest of Conrad Kutzer or
 Thursday.
 Mrs. Amelia Brown and Charles
 Palmer were guests Friday of Mrs William Hardwood in Groton. Mrs J. G. De1lert of Boston is the
 guest of Mrs. Thomas Trusher, Jr., or
 Eldredge street John Gray of Boston is spending 2
 few days with his family on Library street. Holiday at Shipyard. The shipyards in Mystic. Noank ant Stonington observed Washlngton's
 birthday as a holiday, the plants al closing for the day.