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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09
Scout News.

/ VCVuU 4VOVSe
| DR.. Conrad O'Niell has been COM
mssionesl as Scoutmaster of Troop
No. 2. DR. O'Niell has taken a great
deal of interest 10 this work and the
Troop is already showing the advan-
tages OF regular Scoutmaster on the
/ job The Scouts have been deprived
OF this advantage since Scoutmaster
/ Mccarthy left for the Army.
On Saturday, Feb 2, Scout Troops
Nos. and 2 assisted by the High
School Orchestra, made tour of the
upper end Of the Parish for the pur-
pose of establishing sale agents for
the War Savings Stamps in all of the
stores in Baldwin, Charenton and
Centreville. The original intention
had been to hold the exercises in the
open air, but due to the Indictment
weather the meetings were held in
doors at these points. The musical
program consisted of both instrument
tai and vocal pieces by the young lad
les At each point three speeches
we're made by the Scouts advocating
the purchase of the sale of the War
Saving Stamp by the people and the
necessity of the stores handling them.
Practically all of the stores 10 these
towns have become agents for the sale
of the War Stamps. The following
Scouts spoke during this drive: rheo
Kramer, Earl Adams, Edmond Os-
theimer, Albert Lobdell, Charles
Guidry, Oliver Leblanc, Thomas Ses-
siOns, Harold Dinkins and Rudolph
Keenze. One of the enjoyable features
of the day was the picnic luncheon at
the Clarendon Shell Bank which des.
pite the rainy weather was greatly en-
joyed BY all present. Mesdames Will
bur II. Kramer, w. C. Baker and
Earl Barnett were the chaperones.
The Scouts of Troops Nos. and 2
wish to thank the following citizens
for the use of their automobiles for
the drive on Feb. 2: Mrs. NJ. II. Law
less, Mrs. Minnie COnperly, Mrs. w.
G. Baker, Mrs. E. S.~Barnett, Mrs. |
w. H. Kramer, L. Clarence Lawless.
A. G. Lobdell c.. j. Leblanc, L. G. |
Bourgeois, w. K. Smardon & Co.,
and Charles N, Frost.
Messrs. Albert Lobdell and Evera-
rod Baker have recently been elected |
to membership in Scout Troop No. l.
1t is said that Scout Lobdell and |
'Judge" Baker enjoyed the initiation
very much.
Troop No. l has several applica-
tons on its waiting list, and owing to
the great demand being made on the
Scouts for War Service it is probable |
that an additional patrol will be Or
g aniz I'D in this Troop.
Messrs. Charles Kemper and Teddy
Drummer have been sworn in as men,
bers of Scout Troop No. 2. The 4th
Patrol Of this Troop will soon be full.
The Boy Scouts are very grateful to
Mr.. Vigurie for the use of the Shell
Beech, and especially Of the pavilion
and the dining room, on Saturday.
Mr.. Vigurie has been kind to the
Scouts ia allowing them the use of the
resort.
Plans are on foot for big "drive"
to Patterson and Morgan City for
Saturday. The Scout Troops of Nor
gan City and Berwick taking part as
we'll as the Franklin Scouts, and tue
Camp Fire Girls of Patterson and
City, have been invited to st.
tend. OF course the Franklin High
School orchestra will be on hand.
what's the matter with Patterson
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09

What's the matter with Patterson
they haven't any Scouts?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09

National War S wings Committee,
New Orleans. La. Feb 6, 1918.
Mr.. w. H. Latham,
Editor St. Mary Banner.
franklin, La.
Dear Strive are pleased to
note tn w. s. S publicity given
ia your issue of Feb. 2 This il
certainly foe work aud is the kind
of publ city that is goiog to make
our drive a great succ.ss.
Agsin thanking you, we remain i,
Yours very truly,
S o. LANDRY,
State Dirccto-,
Newspaper and Periodic IL Pub.
licity
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09

WANTED-Lady cashier. Muat
be Intelligent, write a e ,od hand
and willing to assist in Office Adj
dresa Lock Box 2l5. Franklin. La,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09

RUF.MY-TISM = Antiseptic, Re-
lieves Rheumxtism. Spratns. Neural
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09

Plans are on foot for big ''drive"
to Patterson and Morgan City for
Saturday. The Scout Troops of Nor
gan City and Berwick taking part as
we'll as the Franklin Scouts, and tue
Camp Fire Girls Of Patterson and
Morgan City, have been invited to ST.
tend. Of course the Franklin High
School orchestra will be on hand.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-02-09

DR.. Conrad O'Niell has been com.
missionel as Scoutmaster of Troop
No. 2. DR. O'Niell has taken a great
deal OF interest 10 this work and the
Troop is already showing the advan-
tages OF "a regular Scoutmaster on the
job The Scouts have been deprived
Of this advantage since Scoutma ster
Mccarthy left for the Army.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
Drifting om Ice in North
 im Search of Continent

were equipped with plenty of ammu milton and good rifles. They will use bear and seal blubber for fuel. Blub Der does not make desirable fire The smoke from it is surcharged with grease, and after man has been around a blubber flame for about ten minutes, his face becomes as black as that of negro"
 The ice cake on which the party was last seen, according to Killian was 150 miles from the shore and laid to the northward of Cross Island which is midway between Point Bar row and the mouth of the Macken. zie River. Point Barrow is the north ernmost piece of land on the Ameri. can continent. A party from the shore accompanied the men, who are now adrift. to the.r camping place.
 Equipped With Sled
 The drifting party is equipped witt a sled susceptible of being converted into a boat which will be used to cross the open leads in case the ice floe upon which they are living should break up. It is not expected that the party will be heard from until next Summer, by which time they will have drfted somewhere close to the Siberian shore and they will be able to escape to the main land.
 The belief that an unknown con. tinent exists in this region is based on the fact that for many years flocks of cider ducks and Northern geese have been seen to come flying from that direction every Fall, and that this unknown land, island or continent, forms their nesting ground. Because of the danger of being crushed in the ice it is not pcacti. cable to send ship beyond what is known as the five-fathom line, which is only few miles from the . shore. Ships that have vetnured beyond that point. almost invariably
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
CARE OF INSANE.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE. RlOR, Washington, D. C., Decem- Der 9, 1918.-Pursuant to the pro- visions of the act of Congress ap- proved February 6, 1909, sealed proposals in duplicate will be re. ceived in the office of the Secretary Of the Interior, Washington, D. C., lntil p. m., Thursday, January l6, 1919, from responsible asylums or sanitariums west of the main range of the Rocky mountains. for the care and custody of persons le- gally adjudged insane in the Terri ory of Alaska, for the term of five years, beginning January 16, 1920. Proposals should contain a state ment showing the location of the institution and number of patients cared for at the present time, de- tailed information as to the scope and facilities of the institution in ciudmg the number and character of buildings, and the number of patients, male and female, that can be accommodated after January 16, 1920, so that the Secretary of the Interior may be enabled to arrive at an intelligent conclusion in the matter. The number of patients cared for at Morningside Hospital, Portland, Oregon, on September 30, 1918, by The Sanitarium Company, under its existing contract with the Department was 194 males and 27 females. Each proposal must be &C., companied by a certified check payable to the Secretary of the In- terior in the sum of $500 as a guarantee that the bidder will, if successful, promptly execute a sat isfactory contract and furnish a bond in the sum of $1O,000 for the faithful performance of the contract, such check to be forfeited to the Government in event of failure to enter into contract afterward Ad- ditional bond in the sum of $2OOO will be required to safeguard the care and disbursement of moneys be- longing to patients. Proposals should be securely enveloped, marked Proposal for the care of Alaska insane" and addressed to the Secretary of the Interior. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and waive technical defects. Bidders are invited to be present at the opening. Further information will be supplied on application. E. c. BRADLEY, Assistant to the Sec ,retary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
"BLACK-EYED ENC-
 LISHMAN SOUGHT BY
 HIS WIFE OUTSIDE

E. J. White, in charge of the Alas ka Bureau of Publicity, has received letter from Mrs. S. Burton, of 157 South Tenth Street, Newark, New Jersey, asking for information lead. ing to the location of her husband, Edward Burton, black-eyed English man.
 The letter says:
 Twenty-one years ago during the klondike craze, my husband, Edward Burton left for the Klondike. A man told my cousin that he had left him in the gold fields twelve years lgo. He is black-eyed English. nan. l was left with a baby three months old and one three years old. 10 if my husband is out there and las any means it will be Godsend to me. My oldest boy has always )een in delicate health. Kindly do what you can to find him.
 Kindly let us know as soon as possible as I think some of the men know him"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

Adrift on an ice floe in the Polar regions carried hither and th1thef and wonder at the mercy of the wind and tide-perhaps swirled around and around the North Pole by the ever working circular currents - fighting off the death stings of the blizzard, and subsisting on such seal and pol IT bear meats as may fall prey to their rifles-this is what five men, in the cause of science have endured if they are still alive-since last March.
 The men who willingly sacrificed themselves to this certainty of hard ship and privation and the probab ility of death are Martin Killian and Lorraine Knight of Seattle; Stor ker Storkensen, Norwegian; Gus. Massik, Russian Finn, and Adel- bert Gumar, French Canadian. They were members of the Stefansson par tvs exploring expedition.
 For many years there has been a belief that large area of unexplored .dnu-pernapS an Arctlc COnLlnent-- exists to the Northward of Siberia n that part of the Arctic that is known as the Beaufort Sea The hope of discovering this land is the lure that led these five intrepid men nto the wilderness of floating ice that surrounds the North Pole
 On Large Cake of Ice
 They were on a cake of ice at least ten miles wide and about twen- ty miles long when we last saw them," said H. Killian, a brother of one of the members of the party, who was engineer on the power schooner Polar Bear, which rescued Stefansson and his companions about three years ago on Banks Land after they had been lost for fifteen months.
 They had provisions sufficient to sustain them for six weeks or two months if they ate sparingly and they
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
YANKEE BOYS
 NOT MARRY GIRLS
 ON OTHER SIDE
Two Juneau Men Write to George c. Burford About the Life on French
 Soil.

George G. Barford has received word from two Juneau men, Lee Naas and Albert Cooper, two Ju- neau men who are in France.
 Lee Naas, sergeant in the 825th. Aero Squad said that the Alaskan boys are all anxious to get back North and that, with the exception of very few, if any, all the Ameri- cans are anxious to get back home Denying the understanding that many of the boys will remain in France and marry charming French girls, he claims that they are but a temporary fancy and declares that there is none like the sweet American girl
 Albert Cooper's card to MT. Bur ford said:
 Dear George: Just line from one of the doughboys in the 91st Di- vision. Have gone over the top four times.S but am not bumped off yet. Our Division was credited with four successful drives in St. Mihiel, Ar gonne Wood and two big drives in Belgium.
 My regards to all old Channel friends"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
SHOT AND SHELL AND GAS WERE
 ALL "ENJ0yED"
Montfort s. SteeIey Writes About Some of His Ex- perienceS in "Thick
 of Things.

William B. Kirk and H. Wander Leest of the Butler-Mauro Company, received the following letter from Montfort s. Steeley, of Perseverance,. who is serving with the Masonic Ambulance Corps in Belgium:
 "I am well and fine now. Had my right leg injured about five months ago, and was laid up six weeks but have been out again over three months. Well I tell you, I know what it is to be in battle, seeing shot and shells flying. The gas is also terrible. I had little of it, but not enough to amount to anything. I have had more than my share of taking care of the many wounded and many who have died and have been killed in action. I have been on four battle lines and if the censorship allowed, I should like to tell you more details of it, but hope to some day.
 We are Somewhere in Belgium now and have been for about a month Before that we were on the battlefront in France. and say, there is where you see some terrible sights. The civilian population of France and Belgium is in terrible state. M@E
 Three ofsthe boys in my company are sHH H1an the, hospital, wounded.
 Walk now since November 11th.. the day the. armistice with Germany was signed, we have been retained in a large city in Belgium, and as the armistice is thirty day agreement and is being fulfilled by the enemy, they tell us we will soon march back again to Somewhere in France and that means, I think, the end of the war now. If so, we will all soon be home again.
 Kindly give my regards to all whom I know in Juneau"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
Some of the Measures That Are Expected to Come Before the Leg
 iSIature Meeting.
TAXATION EF0R M s
State Tax Commission Will Recommend Real Author
 ity Over All Tax
 Matters.

HELENA, Mont. Dec. 27.---Mem- bers of the sixteenth session of the Montana Legislature which will con- vene in Helena, Montana, Monday, January 6, 1919, seem determined to prevent the passage of unnecessary or frivflous legislation. While freak bills are expected to be plentiful, there Is the expressed intention up- on the part of the leaders in both Senate and House to kill them as fast as possible.
 The Republicans are in control of both branches by more than two thirds majority. Probably some of the earliest acts of the new legis- lature will be inauguration of inve1ti- gations into the present state of ad- ministration, which is Democratic and which the Republicans allege, has been wasteful of the States funds. These investigations are in tended to wipe out some of the. bu- reaus and departments which the Re- publicans claim are useless and main tained to provide positions for nNm- bers of the opposition party.
 An effort is expected to be made to change the States primary law, 30 as to remove some of the features of the act which are declared to be objectionable Among other meas ures suggested are revision of the herd law, providing tests for gasoline, making it mandatory for elevators viding changes in irrigation laws, weed laws, grain inspection laws, seed loan association and lowering interest rates.
 A committee representing the State Bar Association will present a number of bills practice in Montana courts. These will include measures to simplify the matter of securing new trials and appeals to the su- preme court, intended to eliminate delays and reduce costs in litigation
 Governor Sam V. Stewart will transmit to the Legislature the re- port of the State tax commission which recommends the creation of permanent tax commission with real authority over taxation and the re form of some of the present laws re. lating to taxation.
 The prohibition question will re- cefye some attention, though the State goes into the dry column De- cember 31, 1919. The legislation to be sought will provide means for the strict enforcement of the prohi- biti0n laws. Prohibition forces are understood to be preparing to urge the passage of beneficiary measure which Is intended to prevent the sale of even near-beer.
 One other measure which has been suggested in law to empower off. :. cers with the right to confiscate li- quor when found.
 M Another State normal school will he sought to be located in the East. ern part of the State. Billings, Lew fstou. Terry and Livingston are con tenders for the location. A bill pro viding vocational training schools for girls will. be introduced.
 The Legislature will adjourn on March 9th.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

have been lost. Many of these ves- sels have been caught in the ice and never seen again. They form the basis for the Eskimo supersti- tion that fleet of phantom ships floats through the Arctic ice
 The drifting party will make care full observations of the currents, and, wherever possible, will take sound ings of sea depths and samples oe the ocean floor. All Arctic na7i ya- tors will keep a sharp lookout for the party next Summer, by which time, it is hoped, they will have reached the shore and one of the most perplexing mysteries of the Arctic will perhaps have been solved -(Seattle Times.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

The documents presented to the committee by MT. Bielaski gave the names of many well known Amer jeans heretofore not mentioned in connection with the work of the Germans in this country.
 Unfortunately, it appears from the evidence submitted by MT. BialAski, which was $. there l over 2eriud If years, that many Amer itan citizens lent themselves to this ?>'ck, ra.tly from sy apathy with C. ru.nuy put usually fir, Ill the love of G"rmrn m 'n-y. The lit of na nes just IS 1t went 1tt the o'ii- cial r.cord f ue con mite. 'n- cluded SO, If the s-st ,no"n Ter $ Il te ts'ed ..Sns sld s.'e d.. ~J Il the so.~ mpaaysnG AS,.ct.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
HERDERS VICTIM OF INFLUENZA AND
 SHEEP ARE SPRAYING

WINNEMUCCA, Nevada, Dec. 26. Many herders were victims of the recent influenza epidemic as a re- suit whole bands of sheep number ing many thousands are reported straying over the hills and deserts without anyone to look after them. A call was sent to Winnemucca for herders, and although $100 q, month and board was offered, few men could be found to go.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

Remarkable disclosures of the methods of the German propagand- ists in the United States pr.or to the war were made by A. Bruce Bic laski, chief of the Division of In- vestigation of the Department of Justice, before the Overman sub committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. This subcommittee started out to investigate the cir cumstances under which brewers financed Arthur Brisbane in the purchase of the Washington Times, but now the '1id is off, and MT. Bielaski and the subcommittee made known their intention of fol- lowing the trail of the German propagandists wherever 1t may lead. More st2rtnDE dL clr sures arc nronisac lata- nv N. Bl~,e.,i
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

and travel lecturer placed On the of the "OjJL Livingstone Stanley According trophy antique Bond street. Londcn
  Ben" integrity unquesioned This
 
 NJ African wnds find the plorer. Dr. Livingstona
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

We all have our ups and downs, but the man who gets to the top doesn't mind going down in history.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

Where does Dupont" Murphy live? Phone 10. 2t
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

Where does B. M. Behrends live? Ask phone No. 10. 2t
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27
WHERE EXPENSES AR EcUT

WASHINGTON, Dec 26.-The $2. 0o0.000,O00 war department contract cancellations. of which Secretary Me Adoo advised the Senate finance com nittee few days ago, included: Pow der, $275 5,0O0,000; artillery. $75O.OO poo; motor vehicles s282,O0O, ,000; tex files $264 100000; airplane parts s265 100000 and gas defense equipment 100000 ,OO0.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

Don't neglect your family in order to spend your mornings as a volun- teer in munitions plant, and then keep some better worker from one of the war industries by offering higher wages for her to work in your own kitchen than she could get in the munitions plant.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-27

Phone if to Tho Emnire No RIA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16
SOLDIER HAS
B | c j 0 B | n
CASTING 70 TE
SYSTEM EMPLOYED IN vOT-
ING BALLOT OF THE MEN
IN CAMP DECIDEDLY COM
PLICATED.

Copies OF the Republican and Dem
ccatic state primary ballots an1 th'
blanks 10 accompany them, used In th'
soldier voting in training camps hay'
reached Guthrie. They were sent ou
fy Secretary OF State Lyons, and
newspapers have been provided with
samples.
/ The system employed Is very COM
rsscated. and the average soldier
would nave considerable trouble in
making OUT { ballo, and properly pre-
laring the affidayiss statements and
data required by the regulations pro
ElElgated.
Incidental TO the haliosing is the
number Of ENVELOPES required Three
large envelopes 50 with each ballot.
On the outside OF the large ballot.
including the return address OF the
secretary Of state. Is the following
Use only one ballot destroy
other. Care IN voting and carrying
ont instructions saves time and
causes your vote to be counted Two
halluss are enclosed for the reason |
d. not know wha. ticket you vote
hai you can only yo;e one ticket.
E1ch man will be checkerd on the
return ballot. and Il Is necessary that
you vote your own ticket.-if Re
publican. vote TIE Republican ticket:
II Democrat. vote the Democratic
ticket"
Inside Of this IS another envelope.
which contains directions thas pest
masts~s shall take q receipt from the
addressee before delivering 1t. On the
irSite OF this envelope. Is another en-
yelope. and with 1t is the ballots of
tie leading parties a certificate of au-
thority to east vote for absent elec,or.
arli large fine printed sheet contain
ii.g the instructions TO the voter. The
whole system complicated and difr-
cult to understand
The ballots and blanks are sent to
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16
NO ATTORNEYS FEES
FOR MEN IN SERVICE
This Rule Also Applies to Folks
Back Home Says War De-
partment Bulletin.

Washington. July ls-Free legal and
business advice for all men in the mil
itary service and their families at
hcme. wherever they may be, soon
VIII be available The war depart
r,ent announced that a complete sys-
TEN for the purpose now is be,ns
worked cut By the judge advocate gen
ersl Of the army. he American Red
Cross. the council OF National De-
tense and the American Bar Associz-
tscn.
Men in camps or m the field are
otviss4 By the division or camp judge
advocate where the problem NUS be
settled and at the mans home the
home service section OF the Red Cross
viii handle Il. with the assistance OF
: local legal advisory organization
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16
AMERICANS TAKE
1000 IN DAYS DRIVE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE,

serves he undoubtedly will be put the fighting line
robaby extending the of toward the Argonne
Violent artillery fire continued last night the fighting fropt
dens Paris again heard the and the flashes Of
guns There dim fickerng in the sky resembling
lightning varied and then by red flash reflected from
" clouds.
reports the faint than Sunday night
"a Monday felt rather than heard An intermittent dull NUT
ring by occasional heavier thuds from the French
avies kept up during the night
the suburbs shaken slightly but in places
rocking Of the sufficient splsce pictures the
Aals
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-16

Z children left TO mourn her depart
ure with le grand children and II
great grand children.
The funeral will be at l0:3o We'd
nestay morning. July II. 1918. at
the residence. ia f Villas Ave-