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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
AND HELP WIN WAR

You would give your life for
your country. You would scorn
} an American whose patriotism
ended with waving flags, cheer
, Ing the troops and standing up
when the band plays. You want
to serve your country.
Are you willing to do what
your government asks1 Are you
willing to follow dlrections2
Are you so comfortably fixed
} that you can afford to eat what
you please? All, but you can't
AFFORD to eat what your country
needs. Follow directions.
Are you saving now of your
slender means all you possibly
can? Still, as far as your CIR
cumstances permit. Follow d.
reetions.
Have you servants who can't
be made to understand 1t Is
your chore to see that they do.
Follow directions.
Follow directions. Today the
direction Is to save two slices OF
bread, an ounce of meat, an
ounce Of sugar, snitch of but
ter. Tomorrow as conditions
change there will be new direc-
lions. Follow directions.
Follow directions. II Germany
wins you will be obeying orders
given by some one you will not
care to obey. Your government
asks you to prove that free pco-
pie can follow directions.
Follow directions. II we fall
In this the war will drag on. AS
we succeed, we shall sooner have
peace. Follow directions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

Emma Goldman, Russian anarchist.
whose conviction of conspiracy
against the selective draft law was up
held by the United States Supreme
court, left New York to resume serv-
ing her sentence of two years in the
Jefferson City (Mo.) penitentiary.
Jack "King" Crooks, veteran second
baseman Of the old st. Louis Nation
ais, died at st. Louis. Crooks played
with Chris Won der Ahe's team in 1889
and 1890.
The New York police are looking for
q young woman who Is suspected of
knowing something of the theft Of $780,.
600 from Mrs. Francis j. Carolnn
daughter of the late George NJ. Pull.
man and sister of Mrs. Frank o. Low.
den.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
The Line Drawn.

Pat was celebrating and he had i'm
bibed too freely. He punched another
man in the face and got hailed up be-
fore the court. The judge told him he
was charged with striking man.,
"Shure, yer honor, can't a man have
bit of funY" asked pat.
YES" said the judge, "but your
right to have fun is ended where this
mans nose began."-Boston Tran.
script.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
Raise Print Paper Price.

Washington, Feb. Z. = Canadian
ncwsprint paper prices have been re-
vi.ed by the government 20 give the
manufacturers an average of S52.10
ton for the ten months ending May 1,
an increase Of $40 over The former
price
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
Gen. Bliss Rents vIIIa.

Versailles. Feb. 7.--United States
soldiers attached 10 the supreme war
COUNSEL have rented three houses here
for their quarters. General Bliss and
his stan win occupy a large villa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
Persona

Nat Goodwin. the actor. who was re
ported seriously III ut New York, Is
much improved.
Alfred Charles de Roihscliild OF the
banking fnmlly OF that name, died In
London.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
WORLDS EVENTS
IN SHORT FORM
BEST OF THE NEWS BOILED
DOWN TO LIMIT.
ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Notes Covering Most Important Hep
Penlnss Of the World Complied
In erIsfsst and Most sueeInet
Fern for Quick Consumption.
U.S.-TeutOnic War News

|
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announced ut Washington that the
movement of the last increments Of
the men selected In the first draft will
begin on February 20 and continue for
period Of Ave days. This will complete
the operation Of the first draft, as all
states will have furnished their full
quotas. .
Germany has adopted cruel and bar
barous methods of treatment toward
American prisoners Of war In order to
make them divulge military informa-
ton, according to what is apparently
trustworthy information reaching the
American army headquarters In
France. An order to German troops
directs that all prisoners be confined
In an iron cage for four days without
food or wafer to make them "submis-
sive."
Secretary of War Baker officially an
nounced ut Washington that American
forces have formally taken over sec
ton Of the line In France. The an
nouncement followed the publication
Of dispatch from the American ex-
peditionary force I'm France telling OF
the latest raid on the American trench
cs by German forces, In which two
Americans were killed, four wounded
| and one was made prisoner.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
Can Reeite All of Bible by Heart.

The most wonderful feat on record
has recently been accomplished by
William Frederick, New York sales
man.
He has learned The entire Bible off
by heart, and can repeat any passage
In II from Genesis to Revelations and
state where 1t may be found. 1t has
taken him IS years.
A similar task was once undertaken
by an eishteenth-century strolling
player, about whom Sir William Rob
crtson Nicoll has written. But he
gave In after II years, by which time
he had succeeded IN memorizing about
two-thirds of the Old Testament.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
W0shington

" OJSSSItxbOU
The Interstate commerce commission
at Washington further suspended from
February to August the operation
Of Increased carload rates on potatoes
from points in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Upper Michigan, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Iowa, to interstate points.
Surgeon General Gorgas reported TO
Secretary Baker at Washington that
ms result of the special campaign for
the enlistment of army nurses the de-
fclency In that branch has been made
up.
Secretary Daniels authorized the
statement mt Washington that the navy
IS assured OF enough transport faclli
les to make sure that there will be
! 100000 American troops in France
| early this year, as was stated by Sec
Rotary Baker recently before the sell
nte military committee.
President Wilson issued n proclama
ton ut Washington putting under H.
ccnse manufacturers and distributors
Of fuel oil with IN output Of more than
100000 barrels year.
To Belgium was granted another
credit Of S3,5O0,0o0 by The treasury
nj Washington, making her total loans
from the United States SS9.0S0,00o.
The S2I 000,OOO agricultural appro-
priaiion bill for The next fiscal year
| was passed by The house NJ Washing
| ton with an amendlnjcnn offered by
Representative Borlahd/of Missouri
prescribing eight hours as the work
ing day for all employees of the lie
partnent of agriculture.
developed by the navy department.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels told the
house naval affairs committee at Wash
inglon. Contracts FOR ~ great number
have been let. The vessel Is !; fabri.
Gated ship. 200 feet long. equipped with
oil the latest appliances for subma-
rine warfare.
The result Of the European war will
be determined during the coming year.
In the opinion of President Wilson. He
made this plain IN u letter sent TO the
Farmers conference ut Urbana, III.
The president urged that every effort
kn Il, NJ
and promises government mid to agri-
culturists.
The house immigration committee
at Washington tabled the Rankin bill
TO grant TO American women married
TO foreigners the right to retain their
citizenship This means the commit
tee will not act on II.
Domestic
The remaining counts In the indict-
ment against Mayor Mollman of East
st. Louis, arising out of the race riots
there last July, were dismissed In the
circuit court at Belleville, III.
Dana hall, one of the oldest build
lngs Of the quadrangle In the Harvard
yard at Cambridge. Mass, was burned.
Thirty thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton In the basement were removed by
men OF the naval radio and ensigns'
school.
Miss Marian Mcdonald. a magazine
writer, was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Samuel n.
Hitchcock at New York and held in
$1,000 bail for examination on the
charge Of impersonating an oficer az
The department. of Justice. 49,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
watch Your Skin Improve.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticurn Ointment. Wash
Of Ointment in Ave minutes with Gu
ticura Soap and hot water. For free
sample address "Cuticura. Dept. x,
Boston" At. druggists and by mall.
Soap 20, Ointment 20 and 5O.--Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

German women must pay $500 a
pair for wooden stockings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

Britain is developing a new system
Of school hveieBe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

Show the pessimist u silver lining
and he will tell you 1t Is the cloud
darkening the silver.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

Knicker-W What is the only solution
Of the servant problem?
BockeI--A director general OF cooks.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

It's the love OF the other fellow for
your money TINT Is the root of all evil.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
European, War News

Emperor Charles, II is announced
officially in Vienna. has appointed
Generals Won Boehm-Ermolli and 10
rocvic 10 be field marsllals.
Warning the nation not to let reports
Cf strikes and other internal disturb.
anccs III Germany slacken IT'S war prep.
;rntions, Secretary Baker in his week.
ly military review ut Washington also
makes the official announcement that
American troops are IT last holding 81
portion Of The actual battle front.
@s
Two hundred ana twenty-four pcr-
ing ship Louvain WAS torpedocd an'l
sunk In the eastern Mediterranean on
January y. the admiralty announced
In London.
4 dispatch from Jassy. Roun,anla.
says that Odessa was captured Ivy the
bolshcvik troops. Kishnpv capital Of
Bessarahia, was taken by Rounanlnn
forces that were sent there in re.
sponse TO IN appeal for aid from III,
local Rcssnrablan government. Odcs.
sa Is The most important city mil sen
port in southern Russia.
The minister Of war M Rurnos
Aires has recalled Argenttna's military
attaches from Berlin and Vienna. u,
political circles this ction Is regnr,l-
cd rs significant and connected with
the sinking Of the Argentine steamship
Minis,ro Irricn'lo January N.
Foreign
Wilhelm Dlttmann, the radical So
cialst deputy Of Germany, who was
tried by an extraordinary court martial
Mt Berlin on the charge OF melting to
high treason, resistance to public au-
thority and transgreSslon of the prohi
bition against participating In the III
rection of the general strike, was sen.
fenced to Ave years confinement IN Il
fortress.
1.
unionist member of the house of com;
mons for West Down. was fined $1,000
In London and costs for food hoard
Ing.
The London Daily Express CORE.
spondent In Geneva wires that the
Journal de Geneve learns from Berlin
that strikers threw bomb against the
imperial palace In Berlin. Military
guards and the police dispersed the
strikers, making % arrests.
A number of anarchists, delegates to
the all-Russian assembly OF soviets nj
Petrograd, were arrested by the boil
sheviki government ns the result Of
threats to hold United States Ambassn-
dor Francis responsible for Americas
treatment Of Alexander Berkman.
- Z fa.< = T.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

The Interstate commerce commission
at Washington further suspended from
February Z to August the operation
Of increased carload rates on potatoes
from points in Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Upper Michigan, North Dakora, South
Dakota and Iowa, to interstate points.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

Emperor Charles, II is announced
officially in Vienna. has appointed
Generals Won Boehm-Ermolll and 10
rocvic 10 be field mirslials.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

Miss Marian Mcdonald. a magazine
writer, was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Samuel n.
Hitchcock at New York and held in
$1,000 bail for examination on the
charge Of impersonating an oficer az
The department. Of .ustice. 49,,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30

Surgeon General Gorgas reported TO
Secretary Baker at Washington that
ms a result of the special campaign for
the enlistment Of army nurses the de-
ficlency In that branch has been made
up.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-30
Domestic

The remaining counts In the indict-
ment against Mayor Mollman OF East
st. Louis, arising out of the race riots
there last July, were dismissed In the
circuit court at Belleville, Ill.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
FATHER SOURIS TO
LECTURE HERE
FEB. 1919
Is a Native Frenchman and has
Seen Two Years Service in
TrenchesW Will tell His
Experiences

Father Souris, a native
Frenchman, who has been sent
as a delegate from his country
to lecture in the United States
will be in Opelousas on Mon
day and Tuesday, February 18
and 10. Father Sourfs will
make a tour of this country,
lecturing in the cities and col
leges as he makes his way. He
He comes here from ST. Charles
College and Sunset.
His lecture in this city will
be an illustrated one, he brings
his films with him and it is GER
tain the scenes he will display
for the people of Opelousas
will, in themselves, be an at
traction. This, added to the in.
terest that must of necessary
attach to his descriptions OF
trench life, assures a large at
tendance at his lectures.
Father souris win be with
Father Engberink while in Ope
lousas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
POLICE JURORS BUY
LARGE QUANTITY
CHARBON SERUM.
Put the Parish's Guarantee Be
hind an Order for Ten
Thousand Doses Which
Will be Sold at Cost

The members of the police
Jury, at a meeting held during
the first part Of this week, an
thorized Mr.. Babin, the parish
demonstration agent to con.
tract with a New York firm fol
ten thousand doses of charbon
vaccine. The serum is to be in
Mr.. Babin's charge and is to
be sold to the people of this
parish at actual cost, the paro-
chial law-makers having sirnp-
'ly put the parish's guarantee
behind the order. The demon
stration agent is to make a
monthly report to the parish
treasurer Of the sales he has
made and to whom sold, and
the funds derived thereform
are also to be turned over to
the treasurer, who will then
make the payment for the Sc
rum.
It is understood that the
cost of a dose of the vaccine
+
will be reduced from about
fifty cents to twenty five cents,
and the users Of the serum are
to derive the benefit of this re-
duction. The vaccine will be
on hand at all times, and our
farmers will be able to obtain
it at a moments notice in large
or small quantities, just as it is
needed.
Efforts Of this kind appeal
to the people Of this parish,
Such constructive measure are
what they want. The Police
Jury also purchased recently 3
lot of serum for hog cholera,
and this is now in the hands OF
Mr.. Babin. It, too, is intended
for sale to the farmers Of this
parish.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
LOANASSOCIAH0NlFT
CHARTER THIS
WEEK
Now Authorized to do Business
with Federal Land Bank
One Y.~aa for IS, 500 Has
Been Made Here

The st. Landry National
Loan Association received dur
ing the week it's charter from
the Federal Land Bank in New
Orleans, and the local organi-
cation isl now empowered ano
authorized to receive the loans
in the sums applied for and
transact any other business
that may come before it.
Each day brings the st. Ian
dry Loan Association nearer
an actually. Already one loan
has been made for the sum Of
$4,000 and the money has
been received by the borrower.
The rate Of interest on this
loan is s per cent, but the cost
! incurred IN arranging the loan
| will bring it q little above that
rate for the first year. After
this year, however, the money
will cost only 5 per cent.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
BROWN IS REELECTED
CHIEF OF LOCAL
FIRE COMPANY
Banquet Postponed TO We'd
nesday, March 27Fire-
men Would Not Hold
It During Lent

At the annual meeting Of
the fire company held on
Thursday night, A. S. Brown,
Sr., was reelected ehief, by a
majority Of one in twenty
one votes. DR.. F. J. Pulford
was made president, Adelin
Durio, captain, Robert J.
J. Kleiser, lieutenant, w. A.
Robertson, secretary, Herman
BodemuIler, secretary, Frank
Garbo, stewart. DR.. B. A.
Littell and Clarence Reynolds
were elected ON the house COM
mittee.
After the election Of officers
the question of the annual
banquet and the date. for it
were subjects of a lively dis
cussion. It was finally agreed
that the banquet be postponed
until after Lent, and the date
was set for Wednesday, March
27.
The banquet will be held at
q cost Of dollar plate to
the members who attend, and
reservations must be made five
days prior to it.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
ARE: READY
FOR BIG DAY
TOMORROW
1. Paul Amiss, State Deputy,
TO be Here Other Prorni-
INIT Speakers to Make Pa
triotic Addresses

All is in readiness for the
big Knights Of Columbus cele-
bration here tomorrow. The day
will be featured by a parade
of local and visiting knights, a
public blessing Of the Ameri-
can flag, immediately after
which it will be raised, the ini-
tiation of a large class of can
didates into the organization,
and big dance to bring the
festivities to q close. Many of
the leading Knights Of this
state have announced their in
tention of being present, and,
the weather permitting, Ope-
lousas is certain to be visited
by a large crowd.
The parade will leave the
Catholic Church Immediately
after High Mass at 9:30
o'clock, and will move down
Main Street to Landry, and
then around the Court House
square and back to the knights
of Columbus Hall on Main
Street. There the flag will BE
blessed and hoisted to the time
of patriotic airs. The music
throughout the day will be fur
nished by the Breaux Bridge
Band, one of the best in the
state. After the blessing of
the national emblem the
knights will proceed to Inn
press upon the large class of
candidates some Of the amys
teries" Of Columhianisnl
After the initiation the local
council viii entertain at
dance.
The Opelousas knights send
forth the message that the
celebration will be an Amert
can affair. and all are invited.
The day will be rife with The
spirit Of patriotism, and they,
as an organization, want 10
publicly affirm their allegiance
to the flag.
Several Of Louisiana's favor
ite sons will speak, and among
the number is Z. Paul Alniss, Of
Baton Rouge, who is now the
state deputy of the knights of
Columbus. Mr.. Aniss cancell-
ed an engagement elsewhere,
to come to Opelousas.
Come to Opelousas tomor
row, Sunday February 10.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
SHERIFF'S OFFICE /
CROWDED WITH
TAXPAYERS
Rolls Arrived and Collections
Begun on Thursday Sher-
iff Calls for Mere Help
in Office

The tax rolls, somewhat be-
lated, arrived here during the
latter part of last week, and
the sheriff's office began the
collection Of 1917 taxes on
Tuesday Of this week, the Of
fee having been closed on Mon
day in agreement with the fuel
Administrations orders.
Tuesdays opening was fol
lowed by great rush on the
part of the people to pay their
taxes and throughout the week
a continual stream of people
poured in, all anxious to get
rid of disagreeable duty that
should have been done and for
gotten several months ago.
So great has been the rush,
and it is expected to continue
for some time yet, that the
sheriff has sought more cleri-
cal help from the Police Jury.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
LAWLER ASKS CARPEN-
TIERS TO SEE HIM

]. G. Lawler real estate
dealer Of this city who is the
chairman of the labor commit
tee of the Parish Council OF
Defense asks that all carpent-
ers confer with him relative to
the need of shipbuilders. Ships
will win the war, and the gov
ernment needs carpenters to
build them. The carpenters
are in great demand in the
ship yards and a fine wage is
paid them. The Council Of
Defense has been pressed into
service in an effort to supply
the governments needs.
Mr. Lawler can give further
information on the subject.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
ANDRUS ASK PROPERTY
OWNERS TO FILE LISTS

Assessor A. L. Andrus re-
quests that the property own
ers of this parish come into his
office as soon as possible and
file their assessment reports
for the year 1918. The las'
year rolls have just been com
pleted and turned over to the
sheriff for collection and the
assessors office force has turn
ed right back to the work fol
the coming year.
Making the assessment re
ports in person is the fairest
way for the taxpayers and il
saves the assessor a great deal
Of work.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-02-09
HENRY LANDRY TRAPS
A FUGITIVE FROM
JUSTICE
Attley Viltz, Charged as an
Accomplice in the Killing
of Placide Emonett in
1914, is Arrested

Henry Landry, well known
police officer Of Eunice, has adj
ded another to a long string of
important arrests ,and has
landed behind the bars of the
parish prison Attley Viltz, who
has been a fugitive from jus
tice since August, 1914. The
negro was taken into custody
in Eunice in the first part of
this week, and was brought to
Opelousas by Mr.. Landry on
Tuesday, and was positively
identified by Dr.. F. Octave
Pavy and Alexandra Moreau
on the following day.
Viltz is charged with being
an accomplice in the killing of
Placide Emonett, a white man,
near Leonville on the night Of
August /, 1914. Emonett and
a party of his friends had start
ed to a ball near Leonville on
that night, and on the way
they learned the ball had been
postponed. They were return
ing home and stopped at the
point where the shooting took
place, and were conversing
there when six or seven ne
groes came along in a wagon.
The testimony adduced at the
corners inquest states that the
negroes were drunk and were
noisy and boisterous as they
travelled along the road. AS
they approached the white
men the blacks called out, we
are the best men on the bayou
The white men replied that
they, too, were men. The ne
groes demanded more Of the
road, and they were told by
one Of the white men they had
as much road as they needed.
The negroes drove fifteen or
twenty steps past the white
men and opend fire. Three
shots were fired and Emonett
walked several steps and fell,
saying, Il am mortally wound
ed"
Some of the negroes con-
tended the white men had
thrown a bottle at them which
missed it's mark and struck one
of the horses, but Edward Ed
mond, who was in the wagon
with the blacks, denied this
and said he had seen no bottle.
Some of the negroes turned
states evidenced in the case
and testified that the shooting
{ = -,
was done by Clebert Matthews
and Attley Viltz, alleging that
Matthews fired one shot with
a shot gun, which was follow
ed by two shots from Viltz's
pistol. Immediately after the
shooting several of the negroes
were arrested, but Viltz made
his escape, and nothing was
ever heard of him until he was
brought here by Officer Ian
dry. He has been incarcerat-
ed and will be held over until
the next session of the Grand
Jury.