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The Washington times., 1918-11-05
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY
Miss Margaret Wilson the Diplomats and Official
Folk Weddings and Engagements. i
1:sO to 10 O'Clock. beginning ysst.r.

1850 to 10 O'Clock. beginning ysstsr
Gay.
Mrs walter s. Uford and Mrs A
v. WadhatnS will speak Of the Home
Service Of the Red Gross At also p. n
wednesday at the war service meet
ing Of the Anthony League, 2Oo7 Co
lumb!a road. Mrs. Kondrup will re-
ceive knitted garments and distrihuts
free wool
The regular monthly meeting will
be held at 2e07 Columbia road Thurs-
day At 1880 p. m Mrs. Frances c,
Axtell. chairman OF the Fedekal Ena-
ployes' Compensation Commission, and
Mrs. John Turnbull, chairman Of the
legislative committee OF the WaShlng'
ton State Federation Of womsn's
Clubs, will be the speakers The pub
lie Is Invited to both nsetings-
Miss Alice Hutehins Drake will
give the second Little Talk on .
Large Topic" tonight at o'clock At
175T K street. There viii be . cur
rent history review followed By .
program Of poems dedicated 20
France in war time
Miss Eva Il Bshn and MIS- King
hSN~ - FRAN NAHNNN - Wv
The YiatsI. AIss BeRn sad Mss King
rsprSSeatsd tia' stOtr ~ ATfzona az
maids ~ hoRor Of the christening 81
the z, s. 8. Ar.zonG At the BESciSly n
navy yaSd IN 1875.
- Held Daaess.
The Arion Club Of the signal eerps
and air service viii resume its series
4 dances at the Thompeon School on
'YoessSdAy evenings Of each week.
Mra 8. D. HsaIsa. the IGissss Mabel
and Lillian Akins. and Miss Pearl
Southland entsrta ned At q Halloween
party At 233 First street northeast
4 number Of soldiers were among
thsir guests.
AZ VERDI Cluh.
Miss Alice Thornton Jenkins has
gone to New York TO be the hsnor
guest OF the Verdi cluS at It's OPEN
Ing tomorrow at the waldorf AZ
toTia- Mics Jenkins will Be tas guest
OF her sister-in-law. Ma Florsnes
Foster Jenkins. the president Of the
Verdi Club. The opening eenesrt vii
be most interesting eeeaEoa-
Besides lliss Jenkins seven hTiAas
win be honor guSstA among them
MIRA Enrieo caruso.
Mrs Jenkins IL president and ogigi-
mater OF the Verdi Club. she has
given several concerts dpTiREl the
past two years, the proceeds Of which
have gone to the Red Cross. The
Verdi Club has also bought and
equipped an ambulance for France.
Miss Alice jenkins II known as q
singer IN Washington. she was q
pupil OF Mrs.. ZaIdee Smith and has !
lyric soprano Voics. She was Mrs.
Smiths understudy when abe was
soprano OF 81. Matthew'S Church,
often singing solos for her.
Mrs. F1orsncA Foster Jenkins Is
well known IN Washington. not only
as the dauEhteT-in-iaW OF the Ats
Admiral Thornton 4 Jenkins and
wife OF the late Dr. Francis ThoFnton
Jenkins. but as . singer. During the
TAFT Administrator she sang at the
White House. and her musical career
has been and Is most successful
Mics Alice Jenkins will remain IN
New York for . week with her sister
at the Hotel Seymour. where Mrs
Jenkins has = charming apartment
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PLAID BLANKETS, double bed size, heavy cot
ton mixed, in large block design, in combinations
of pink, blue, tan. and gray, combined with white.
Very warm, comfortable blankets, Ct IN
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur willert will
go to New York this evening for q
brief visit.
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Lamont-HopkIns.

Word has been received in Wash
Tgton OF the marriage OF Miss Jean
Fopkins, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
louis J. Hopkins. Of Chicago. an"
Robert p. Lamont. jr.. son OF Col. an|
IRIS Robert P. Lamont. Of Wash ne
IN. formerly Of Evanston and chi
Ego but now living In Washington
hose engagement was announced 2
w weeks ago.
She was attended ~ h"r s's'~- W.
Ruth Hopkins. as maid Of honor AM
'''ss Dorothy Lamont sister ~ tn"
bridegroom. Mrs John Wolabird. a
71atron OF honor. and Miss Doroth''
lamont. sister Of the bridegroom. Mis-
~ bridesmaids.
John G. Cnwles. ~ Ch'car,o. was h,~'
man; the ushers were Richmond Nab
att Henry zoe Russell EeIIey. an
""nald Stewart all of Chicago.
Mr.. Lamont is one Of the heroes ~
'h's treat war. He was in se~vi""
IN France, when one Of his hand"
as shattered by q GArwnn shell
He was awarded both the Fren"'
'iIitarv medal and the CroiN 4"
~ner-e end was mustered out o. ser
80" some months ago.
The young counle viii rHsid" 90
N"rry Park ranch. Larkspur, Colo.
II SorIetS des Concerts An Consc-N-
loire de rIs. unHer tho dlrN~fII1 =
rdre Massager. will nlHv b"'"re
'ashIorahIe ana cror''H~H NNusS tN"' o..
row afternoon IN PoIi's -he"ter There
las been such demand f"r tich.'
hat all seats wer" sold on S-tu-i""
-he orchestra wiz return to WRshin~-
IN and rive another n-o"-@ul rov'
Sunday afternoon in Polls Thea'er al
o'clock. Tho program for ~" cor
'nrt tomorrow viii he ~ rnllo'"s'
Patrie, overture. by c. Bizet; Sympho
7ie en- Re Mineur bv Cesar Frsnrk
prelude a L'Apres-AIidi dun Fsune
ny c. Debussy; ouartieme Concerto
by c. Saint-Saens. played by Alfred
CoFot, the famous French pianist, and
re CarnaTd Roman, overture, by Il.
rsrhoz 4 different program will be
The Washington times., 1918-11-05
LOOK Foa HEAVY VOTE.

HARRISBURG, Pa. Nov. B.-with
clear weathe- all over Pennsylvania
today a big l. te in the gubernstoria'
eontest is expected. This lies be-
tween State Senator William c.
Sproul, Republican, and dry. and
Judge c. BsnniweH, Democrat, and
vet,
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NsVe to Boston.

Major and Mrs. Gist Blair Of this
city, will spend the winter In Boston.
They have leased the residence Of
Mrs George Won L. Meyer widow OF
the former Secretary Of the Navy. at
81 Beacon street Major Blair is at
tached TO the stan OF Major General
crosier. Mrs Meyer has gone to
Italy 70 spend the winter with her
daughter, Nine Brambil4, wife Of the
former counselor OF the italian en-
baSsy. She vas formerly Miss Julia
Meyer.
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Captain Lseombs, Of the Freuc
High Commission. and Nine. La
combe will go to New York mex
week for q brief visit. They eX
psct 10 be in Washington during IN
coming winter. and Will again &C
cupy Rear Admiral and Mrs. Franz
Beatty's apartment in Florenc
court Nine. LacoTnbe Is conva
!escing after az attack OF inrlusnzt
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# HE President cancelled his In
tended trip to New Jersey to
cast his vote IN today's cleo
lions and il remaining a
his desk to keep in close teuc
with the history making event
which are transpiring. The news tina
Margaret Wilson had landed IT.
France ard was travelling incognitC
visiting base ports, came as rather 81
surprise. Her absence from the White
House, IL noted, had caused little re-
mark, for in the last year she ha
spent many weeks touring the coun
try and singing for the soldiers in
the various camps and environments.
President Wilson yesterday after
noon received the Rt. Rev. Charles
Gore, D. D., d. c. L., lord bishop of
Oxford. He was accompanied to the
White House by the Rt. Rev. Alfred
Harding, Bishop OF Washington.
After the audience Bishop Gore
went to Baltimore, where he IL the
guest of Bishop John Gardner Muir
ray and Mrs. Murray, and where he
spoke last night at the Lyric Thester
under the auspices of the League to
Enforce Peace, Governor Harrington,
Of Maryland, presiding.
Mrs. Robert Lansing wifi Be hostess
1t an informal tea this afternoon, en-
teTtaining IN compliment to Nine.
Avail de SSinee CToix, who u here In
the interest OF the Y. W. G. A. On
Friday Nine. de Saints Cgoix will go
to Philadelphia and on Saturday >
luncheon will be given for her ct the
Ritz-Carlton. with = committee OF
prominent women Is hostesOes.
Mrs. John L. saItonstail will en-
erJaiR At dinner this evening. Mrs
Saltonstall has taken the residence
1926 Seventeenth street. which she
Ter husband. Lieutenant SGltonstalL
U. S. N. who Is on overseas service
Lieutenant and Mrs. SAltoRstRil
whose home "a in Boston, spent las
winter In Washington. He was then
m one Of the war bureaus II q
civilian capacity.
Mra. FtelG's CHEST
hrs. Ha-e Bppincott 80 WITH Mrs
Marshall Field at hs= residence IN
Sixteenth street n
Miss LotA Robinson, Who has bsen
In California for several months, has
started for her home IN New York.
Mrs. TrlIxtup BeaIe is accompanying
her on her trip across the continent.
ChariemaGne Tower, formerly ara
basSader to Germany, and Mrs. Tower
and their family, Miss Tower and
M. and Mrs. ChaTlemagns Tower, IT,.
are in Atlantic City and are staying
at the Chelsea They have as their
guest Major ". o. Robinson, q. s.
A., Of Washington.
Mra Henry n. Rogers Is al the
Plaza Hotel, New York, fer a brief
visit. Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers have
bought house in Washington, and
will spend the winter here.
MIA Vanderbilt Returns.
Mrs George Vanderbilt. who spent
last week In New York. at the Ritz
has returned to Washington.
Mrs. John Harrison Knapp is spend '
ing short time AZ an Atlantic port
to be with her husband, Paymaster |
Knapp, q. 8. N.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur wiIIsrt will
go to New York this evening for a !
brief visit
Capt Gabriel JarroSsoE, Of the
French hiG hcoRnission, and Nine
Jarrosson have rented for the winter |
the residence iS43 Harvard |
street, from Lieut.. Col. Xavier ReIIle, !
also OF the French high commission, !
Ead Baroness RtiIle.
The Washington times., 1918-11-05
WRRE-EWYNC

arranged fOs the Sunday AFTERNOON
concert
At Reception
The guests Of honor az . tea and
reception given by the Friday Eve
ming French class OF the Beaux Arts
salon. 1413 II street, on Sunday aft
ernoon, were Lieutenant Colonel
PoussaVie, Capt G. Birabsn and Mes
s!eurs Ledissez. RousseI and Gendrop.
OF the French high commission.
Among the guests were: Mr.. ard
MIS-. a Seitz, Mr.. and Mrs. o. l.
Foote, Mr.. and Mrs. R. w Brookes,
Mrs. Agnes l. d. Angel. Mr.. and Mrs
Sutphen, Miss Anice Page Cooper.
Miss Ida lyon. Mics Frances Ransom.
Miss Josie a Hatch, Miss Media Nc
Hansy, Miss Marion 2. Usher, Miss
Ruth 3. Johnston, Miss Edith h.
Thomson, Miss Margaret Evans, Mss
Birmingham. Miss Elizabeth Baldwin,
Miss True, Mrs. Leila B. s. Grant
P. J. Murphy. S. L. Sloane, Rudolph
de Zapp ard others. There were
ch-ysanthemum decorations and 8
buffet tea was served At = reception
TO be given next Sunday afternoon
for the Tuesday Evening French
Glass, Mrs. Anna NJ Frame will pre-
side at the tea table.
For Red Crosa-
Tie RED Cross Auxiliary Of st
Thomas Church, Mrs. S. A. Kimberly.
Chairman. will meet every Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday from to
o'clock, and Monday evening from
The Washington times., 1918-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs Chandler P. Ander-
son are established in their home,
1918 Twenty-hrst street. for the win
ter, after an absence OF some years.
Mr.. Anderson's duties in the war
work have called him here Mrs. An
6srsoc is a sister OF Nine. Is Riano,
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
Pink camisoIes 59c

OF Wash Satin and SILK Crepe de
Chine, trimmed with machine1made
Filet lace. All sizes at Soc.
Third FlSSF.
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w. B Corsets,

Worth to $Z, at S1.39
A limited quantity Of W. b front
knd back lace corsetS: double boned
throughout: made Of coutil. in me-
Special for Friday only S1.3o.
Bargain Basement.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
ChiIdren's SoclCS 35e

A special purchase OF hbrs silk
socks, in black, white, tan, romper
blue, pink, sky; also mercerized and
Isle thread hoSe. in the new striped
effects and fancy tops. Sizes to
bh. Street FloOF.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
$1.00 Pongee KnonoS
Friday ak S8c

OF hne Cotton PoRgee, with won
derful designs and colorings In ORR
entail effects; finished with satin fold
Friday at SSc. Third FIOOr.
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Linens
Specially Priced for
Friday ONLY.

s1T90 heavy Rleached Cotton
Sheets. $500 value. at SI-59.
; pair diminished Cotton
Blankets. with silk binding,
$3.50 value. Friday. 5000 pair.
8 pieces heavy BleacheG kitch-
en- Crash. 1Sc value. at I5c yard
6 all pure linen Damask Pat
tern Cloths. slightly sOiled, 20
inches wide. 2l5 yards long,
$3.50 value. at $3.50 each.
/ extra fine double Damask
Pattern Cloth. 81 yards long
and 2lE yards wide. slightly
soiled. $500 value. at $500.
heavy double Damask Pattern
Cloth. 2ik yards wide and
yards long. $500 value, Fri
day. $3.50.
10 dozen Rleached MerceriZed
Napkins, S1.5O value. at SI.25
dozen.
PaIaIs ROyaI-SecOnd Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
Flower Hat Trimmings
Worth to CSC at 25c

100 dozen sample flowers Of every
wanted style. color. and description
Flowers in the lot worth from SOC
10 9Sc- Special for Friday only at
25c- See0hd Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
Children, Hose 29e

In black and white; for boyB and
girls. Sizes 5 to 10. All perfect
Csc and 39c qualities
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
Chldren's
Hats S1.OO

White pique hats. in dainty styles,
with pink and blue ribbon button
hole: stitched around the edge.
Sizes to 4 years. Sl.5O values.
Special for Friday only at 81 90.
Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
Tailored and
Sport Hats
S1.25
Worth sI.9s and sZ.4e.

W enc h Ows. Liseres. Milans,
Hemps. and other popular straws,
in all the best summer STYLES
Neatly trimmed with gros grain
ribbon bands and bow. Shown in
a good variety OF Colors. Special
for Friday only at S1.25.
Second Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
$3.50 to $1.75
Wash Skirts at S129

A new lot OF pique and repp
skirts, with gathered back. wide
belt, two fancy pockets, and trim
med with buttons Waist band =
to 30 inches. Special for Friday at
S1.29. Bargain Basement
The Washington times., 1918-05-16
SunfaSt Draperies
Friday Only, 4Sc Yard

Ideal summer hangings for door
or wtndoW-of superior madras, in
washable and sunfaSt colorA Fri-
day At only 4Sc yard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10
Dickens Forensic Masterpiece.

Dickens lawyers are legion, bu,
none Of them has q stronger hold on
the memory Of his readers than Ser
geant Buzfuz, whose peroration In
Bardell VS.. Pickwick ranks as loren.
sic masterpiece: But Pickwick, gen
tlemen. Pickwick, the ruthless destroy
er of this domestic oasis In the desert
of Goswell street-Pickwick, who has
choked up the well and thrown ashes
on the sward-Pickwick who comes
before you today with his heartless to
mato sauce and warming pans-Pick-
wick still rears his head with unblush.
Ing effrontery and gazes without a sigh
on the ruin he has made. Damages
gentlemen, heavy damages, is the only
punishment with which you can visit
him-the only recompense you car
award to my client. And for those
damages she now appeals to an en-
nghtened. h:gh-minded, a right-feel
Ing. q conscientious, dispassionate,
aJupafhlxing. contemplative jury q
~ e1Tllized countrymen.-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10

Certaldo, little Italian mountain
town near Florence, Is chiefly noted
as the probable birthplace and the In
dubitable home of one BoccaccIo, an
author much read by learned savants,
because he was In some sort the foun-
der of modern literature. giver OF
ideas to Shakespeare and the Eliza
bethans, forerunner of the short story
writer Of today. and. as such, respon-
sible for the American magazine. Ger
taldo Il. mildly conscious of the honor
of being the home Of Boccaccio, but
they are not excited about the fact
there, writes a correspondent. They
have named hill after him and q
street, and they show you his house,
and there Is a statue supposed to re-
semble him down by the railroad sta
ton, but q celebrity five centuries old
is hardly good enough to constitute
the principal industry Of city, even
city as small as Certaldo. They are
grateful for what tourist traffic Boo
caccio brings In, but they are farm
ing folk, particularly interested In the
raising Of onions.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10

On July l this year Secretary
of War Baker addressed a note
to the President saying More
than a million American soldiers
have sailed from the ports in this
country to participate in the war
in France.
The President Immediately
made public this statement,
which he correctly judged would
eIectrify the people of the. United
States, and be so satisfactory
to the country that its publica-
ton will be welcomed and will
give additional zest to our nation
al celebration of the Fourth OF
July"
Secretary Baker accompanied
his note to the President with
the following itemized statement
of embarkation by months:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10
The Good Work Still Goes On.

The Friday morning newspaper
headlines continue to look good.
offensive on Twenty Mile Front
Net Ten Thousand Prisoners.
Besides leo Guns and Munitions
and Other Booty" That is the
way the report reads of fighting
by French and British between
Amiens and Montdidier on Thurs
day, when the allies gained from
5 to Z miles advance along a front
of twenty miles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10

The Schwenkfelders are religious
sect who, like the Friends, the Dunk
ards and the Mennonites, profess the
doctrine of nonresistance. They are
the followers Of Kaspar won Schwenk-
field, q German religious reformer OF
the sixteenth century. He was an adj
vocate of the Reformation, but his
views differed greatly from those Of
Luther. He did not found church as
it was inconsistent with his principles.
but after his death his followers held
meetings and different congregations
came into existence In various parts of
Germany. particularly in Silesia. They
suffered much persecution and many
left their homes. In 1874 "a families
emigrated from Silesia to Pennsyl-
vania and settled in Montgomery and
Berks counties. They have In this
country six churches and 1.043 MEM
bers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10
Uncle Sam Now Controls All Wires.

Uncle Sam Now Controls All Wires. !.
By virtue of a proclamation OF
President Wilson issued in pur-
suance of the power invested IN
him by act of Congress, the Fed
eral Government at midnight
July 81 took over control of all
telegraph, telephone, cable and
radio systems of the country,
and will continue to exercise such
control for the duration of the
war. The wire systems will be
operated by the Post Office De-
partment under the direct super
vision of Postmaster General
Burleson.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10

The cane Of early American history,
like that Of biblical times, was part
Of the repertory Of the ieaoers Of the
church. 1t was the principal badge Of
the deacon. The cane was about I'VE
feet long. One end was embellished
with big knob. the other with feath-
ers. When the small boy rebelled
against the stratght-back pew. he got
a rap on the head with the unchar-
liable end of the cane. II the head Of
the family got to dreaming about his
old English home and the cozy little
nest In one Of the shires, the turkeys
plumage on the deacon's cane feath-
cred the sleeper into life again.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10
The Tax Should Be Continued Another
Five Years.

The school treasurer's financial
report on our first page shows
that school district No. l, which
embraces the whole of ward one,
Grant parish. has overdrawn it's
financial balance $40. 821.91.
This overdraft has been grow
ing for four or five years, owing
to the burning and rebuilding OF
the Colfax high school and other
expenditures. There has been a
pretty good revenue coming in
all the time and conditions were
not regarded as very serious un-
til within the past year, when II
became evident the revenues OF
the district were to be decreased
by the expiration of the 5-mill
tax voted five years ago.
The re-voting of this tax is a
matter of vital consideration al
this time, and, as it carries with
it no more onerous burden than
we have borne for the past five
years, and appears to be abso'
lutely essential for the welfare
of the schools. we regard the
continuation of the tax as a wise
and prudential measure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10

While visitors were having dinner at
q friends home a neighbours little boy
came along. Seeing that the guests
were at the table, he seated himself
on q couch on the side Of the dining
room. He remained quite until the
hostess passed him with a tray on
which she had the dessert. Then he
smiled brightly and said, my, but that
pie looks good going BY"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10
Camp Beauregard to Have Wooden
Barracks.

Alexandria, La, Aug. 5.-Au-
thentic announcement was made
today that the construction of
barracks for Camp Beauregard
has been officially authorized by
the war department, and that
plans for same are now in the
hands of the construction forces.
1t is stated that construction will
be commenced Immediately and
be pushed to completion as rapid
ly as possible.
The buildings, which will re-
place the tents, which have here
tofore been used, will be the
regulation barracks, two stories
high, and will be erected along
the line of the company streets,
where the tents are now located.
The present mess halls will be
retained and used as formerly.
1t is also announced that work
OH the construction of the sewer.
age system is progressing as rap
idly as men and machines car
pushit. There are three excavat
ling machines at work, and thu
pipe is being laid as the ditche.
are dug. There are also severa
filling machines at work cover
ing the excavations as the pipes
are laid. 1t is expected to have
the system completed and il
operation by September 5.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10

FIneersPrInt Identification Not New.
According to scientist Of the Field
museum. Chicago. the taking Of finger
prints as q means Of Identification was
used by the Chinese and Japanese at
least thousand years ago. Writing
in Science to controvert Sir William ].
Herechers claim to the credit for the
Invention. he quotes Rashid-eddin, the
famous Persian historian, who de-
scribed In 1908 the then ancient CHI
nese custom; Soleiman. an Arabian
merchant. who wrote In A. d. 851 that
in China creditors bills were marked
BY the debtor with his fingers, and
three contracts dated A. ID. 762 and
788. both finger marked and bearing q
note to the effect that the parties
thereto had AFFIXED the impressions Of
their fingers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10

Since the above information
was made public Secretary Ba-
ker has reported that more than
800, 600 troops were embarked to
France during the month of July,
and the intimation is given that
another million will be crossed
over before 1918 expires.
OF this entire number only POI
men have been lost at sea, owing
to the efficient protection which
the navy has given. The U-boat
peril is now regarded as very
small. and the great increase, in
the tonnage of ships gives assur-
ance that the allies have ample
means for all overseas efforts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10
Status Of {. R. & N. Under Discussion

Status of L. r. & N. Under Discussion.
Washington, Aug. discus
sion of future handling of the
Louisiana Railway and Naviga-
ton Company has been taken up
by the railroad administration.
William Edenborn. president of
the road: H. B. Helm. vice presi-
dent and Judge r. E. Milling,
general counsel of the company
are in Washington. The railroad
administrations announced de-
termination to run the line as
two separate and distinct units.
both east and west of the Miss
issippi river has been held up,
pendind the conference.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-08-10
1872. POT Men Summoned for August.

1872, 207 Men Summoned for August.
Washington, Aug. z. 1Calls
for 100, 2O7 draft registrants
qualified for general military SER
vice to join the colors before the
end of Augustwereissued tonight
by the provost marshal general.
One hundred thousand white
registrants from 43 states are or
dered entrained between Aug.
rs and Aug. 80. Twenty-one
states and the District of Column
bia are directed to furnish 3d.
2O7 negro registrants to entrain
August 22-24.
These orders bring the num-
Der of men called out in August
to. about 300, 900. the number
contemplated in the present
military program.