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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29

lSontthued from Title Paae1
a the ground when he flattened
out into a beautiful dive, landed and
received the congratulations of
everyone near enough to applaud.
He is a bird now, or shall we a
eagle, ready to 60 to the front and
muss the German buzzards.
The nights here, too, are interest
ing. The Y. NJ. G. A. e~ntertains with
movies, good American films. On
when movies are not ayaila-
bic, the band gives concerts. Or we
French artists who sing or per-
form on alleged musical instruments.
rendering alleged "jazz'' music. The
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29
N

opelousas, La, June 2sth, 1918.
It seems as II the governing power
Of this state is playing hide and seek
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29

FOR sALE-second hand counts
and second hand shelves and shSS
windows and store doors. Apply
1. L. DANELl
june-29-tf opelousas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29

BUY YOUR CEMENT BLOCK Pill.
LARS and ave money. Apply to
the st. Landry Lumber Co, Ltd,
opelousas, La. iun-2e-tf
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29

FOR sALE-2oo bushels Of rs
class corn. Apply to
ALBERT MOURET.
Jun71s-1 Opelousas
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29

Few Tons Of Cotton Seed HuIls
for Sale. Apply to
J. A. HAAS,
3une-2s-lt opelousas, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29
SOLDIER WRITES FROM FRANCE

Continued from Title Page)
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-06-29
Groves TasteIess chin Tonic

restores vitality and energy by purifying and en-
richins the blood. You can soon feeiit Strength
enins. Iuvisorating Eject, Price CO...
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
.HAIG, MANGIN AND HUMBERT
PRESSING THEIR ADVANTAGE
Thousands of Prisoners, Countless Guns
and Hugh Quantities Of Stores
Are Captured

French armies from the vicinity ol
Lassigny to scissors a mighty wedge
seemingly has been driven in between
the armies of Gen. von> Boehm and the
German crown prince. Over the en-
tire front the Germans have been fur
ther pushed back, at some points dis
tnces from two to three miles, and in
the retrograde movement the enemy
was forced to abandon large numbers
Of guns.
Noyon is now all but enyoloped and
the hill and wooded country in This
vicinity almost cleared of the enemy.
The Divette river has been reached
and both the Disc and the A,lettc
rivers have been crossed and the on
ward thrust of the French on the
eastern end of the line from Scissors
northward seems likely to bring about
shortly the outflanking of the import
ant town of Laon and the forced re-
tirement of the Germans from the Yes
lie river northward across the Aisne.
Viewed in all its aspects the Allied
offensive seemingly shows that Gen.
Foch now has the initiative entirely in
his own hands and that he purposes
to press his advantage for the little
more than two months of good fight
ing weather that remain before the
winter sets in. Indeed, it is not inn
probable that he may elect to keep
after his quarry even when the cold
desends. The Germans nowhere are
standing with their usual zest and
Foch now has a greatly strengthened
army. Foch is obtaining from across
seas the strength in splendid man
power that will permit him to work
out his strategy in his own time.
Even the German newspapers row
are accepting as true, although re-
the statement by the Ameri-
can secretary OF war concerning the
strength of the American forces in
France. Some of them, however. arc
endeavoring to minimize the number
actually in battle array.
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Must Use No More Than Two Pounds
Per Person Month if the Present
Meagre Allied Sugar Ration
Is Maintained.
Stocks VIII Be Short Until Beginning of New
Year-Ration May Be Enlarged Then.

Two pounds of sugar a month-half
a pound week-that is the sugar ra-
tion the U. S. Food Administration
has asked every American to observe
until January l, 1919 in order to make
sure there shall be enough for our
Army and Navy, for the Allied armies
and for the civilians of those nations.
BY New Years the world sugar sit
uation will be relieved somewhat by
the new crop. Cuban sugar of this
years crop will be arriving in this
country.
Every available sugar source will be
drawn on by the Food Administration
during the next winter months to main
tain sufficient stocks here to keep up
our national sugar supply. During Oc-
tober the first American beet sugar
will arrive in the markets. BY the
middle of November some of our Lou
isiana cane crop will be available. All
of this sugar and more may be needed
to keep this nation supplied on re-
duced ration and to safeguard the Al
lied sugar ration from still further
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS
ARE WANTE

The Department Engineer, South
eastern Department, has received a
letter from the Chief of Engineers, U.
S. Army. calling attention to the scar
city of surveying instruments for use
overseas and directing that effort be
made to obtain every surveying instru
ment possible 1t is thought that
many patriotic citizens. under the
circumstances, would offer their in
struments at a reasonable price for
the use of the Government. Such Of
fers should state the kind. type, and
catalogue number of the maker; the
original cost, the year purchased.
present condition Of the instrument,
and the lowest cash price, delivered
to the office of the Department Engi-
neer, Peoples Building, Charleston, s.
c.
There is d special need for plane
tables and plane table alidades.
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reduction. In Europe the present ra-
tion is already reduced TO minimum.
Our Situation.
The situation which the United
States faces. in its efforts to maintain
a fair distribution of sugar to the AL
lied world Is as follows
Sugar supplies throughout the coun-
try, in homes, stores, factories and
bakeries are at a low ebb. We must
make increased sugar shipments to the
Allies.
Production of American beet and
Louisiana cane crops have been disap-
pointing.
Porto Rico crops have been cur.
tailed.
Immense sugar stocks in Java can
not be reached on account of the ship
ping shortage; ships are needed for
troop movements and munitions.
Army and Navy sugar requirements
have increased as we'll as those from
the Allies.
Most industries using sugar have had
their allotment reduced by one-half
some will receive no sugar
Households should make every eff
fort to preserve the fruit crop without
sugar, or with small amounts of sugar.
Later, when the sugar supply is larg-
er, the canned fruit may be sweetened
as it is used.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
WAR FINANCE CORPORATION

A short time ago the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation. with the approval
of the War Finance Corporation OF
the Treasury Department, floated a
$50, ,0OO0 600 note issue. AS the Bethle-
hem company is engaged in an indus
try directly contributing to the prose-
cution of the war. the War Finance
Corporation not only approved the
note issue, but executed a contract
for the purchase at par of $2O,OOo,Ooo
Of the notes, under an agreement
for a resale in the event
that the entire issue of $5O,000,0O0
was placed with the public. subse-
the War Finance Corpora
ton resoId it's $2O,OoO,0OO Of notes at
above par and therefore at profit.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
'(By Associated Press

The German battle line in France
is still crumbling under the impetus
of the attack of the British ard
French
From the region of Soissepa around
the curve in the front 10 nc vicinity
of Lassigny the enemy has been visit
ed with further heavy defeats, while
farther north, between the Sommo
river at Bray to the south OF Arras,
Field Marshal Haig's mea have con-
tinued their victorious thlu5ts.
On no sector of the front have the
Germans been able 10 stay their foes,
who have captured a large number of
additional towns and vantage points
which in the further prosecution Of
the offensive are the utmost Strategic
value. Nowhere is the enemy boing
permitted to pause for breath. The
armies OF Haig, Mangin and Anmbert
are pressing their adyanja&e with a
strength that brooks no denial Of tneir
efforts.
Thousands o. prisoners, numerous
guns and machine guns and large
stores of war supplies have been ad-
ded to the stocks already in Allied
hands as trophies for their valorus
work since the tide of battle was
turned against the enemy by the COM
mencement of Gen. Foch's offensive on
the Marne, July IS. 70 the British
alone in the past two days Of fighting
have come more than 5000 prisoners.
In new offensive begun by Haig
from the north of the Somme TO NJ
bert an advance of two mites eastward
already has been made over the six
mile front. In this fighting the town
of Albert on the Ancre. the keystone
of the German Defense protecting the
Germans north of the Somme, has
been taken. Here the 8rilish made
1,400 German prisoners. The Ancre
river to the south of Albert was cross
Gu Dy INC ID llloIl III h'lNii VI w. 49,
forming serious menace TO the en-
emy around Bray, where at last re-
ports the Americans were III the bat
tie line.
Desperate resistance has been offer
ed to the further eastward advance Of
the British in the sector Immediately
south of ArTas, where he important
railroad town of Bapaume seems to
be the immediate objective. Particu-
larly heavy fighting occurred at
Achit-Le-G Grand, but althoush the
town changed hands numerous times
the vantage belonged to the British at
last accounts. Further Important
penetrations of the enemy line had
occurred and the British were opelat-
ing well to the east of the Bapaume-
ArTas railway
Under the further progress Of he
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
RUSSIAN SITUATION IS
BECOMING MORE ACUTE

Washington, Aug. 22.-Dispatches
from Russia today were of a disturb
ing nature to state department Off
Gals. Vice-Counsul Robert w. Imbris,
at Petrograd, reported in a delayed
dispatch that members of the bolshe-
Ylk government at the former Rus
sian capital had issued a pronuncia-
mento declaring a state of war exist
ed between Russia and the United
States.
In view of the bolsheyik declara-
tion Mr.. Imbrie reported in his dis
patch, dated August 2, that he had
lowered the United States flag over
the consulate and. following the recent
action of Consul-General Poole, at
Moscow, closed the onsulate and
turned over the affairs of the Unlked
States to the Norwegian consul.
Americans in Petrograd, believed 10
number about twenty, were warned to.
leave, Consul Imbrie's dispatch said,
although the consul indicated he would
remain at his post until he had re-
ceived instructions from the state de-
partment.
Announcement in a dispatch from
France on the appointment of two in
ternationel councils, one at Archangel
and the other at Vladiyostok, howevo.
counterbalanced the unfayorable news
contained in the dispatch from Petrc-
grad. Ambassador Francis, as dear of
the dirlomatic corps, will act as the
presiding officer of the Archangel
council, the other members of which
will be the diplomatic representives
of the allied nations,
Persecution of the few Americans in
Petrogad for ten days prior to the DIS
patch of Consul Imbries cabiegram
made state department officials ap-
prehensive as to their safety. Off
cials regarded it as evident that fur
ther messages from the consul have
been held up by the bolsheviki
The reference in Consul Imblie's dis
patch to a declaration of war against
the United States by the bolshevik au-
thorities, however was regarded most |
seriously by officials. 1t was suggest |
ed the speeck of Trotzky at Moscow, |
I.,t ~, fnl "a IL, ,,r,l
that a state of war existed between
Russia and Great Britain and France I
and their allies and which Tchitcherin
in response to an inquiry by
Poole, to a state of de-
Tense against the Allies was the real
basis for the latest development in
Petrograd 1t was thought that upon
receipt Of the report of Troazky's
speech, the Petrograd bolsheviIz au
interpreted it as they saw Git
and issued their declaration of war
against the United States.
Whether the Americans in Petro-
grad will be able to escape was doubt-
full, it was said, despite the recent
agreement with the Finnish govern 4
ment whereby Americans leaving Rus
sia might have safe passage through
Finland Officials here pointed out
that the Films would be unable to
protect Americans against German Of
AL al in
control in Finland
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
RYE PR0CLAIMS
NEED FOR LABOR


Nashville, Aug. Ex-Governor Rye
issued proclamation today calling
upon, the people of the state to aid
the government in securing needed
labor. The government asks that all
patriotic Tennesseans especially those
not engaged in farming, railroad,
work or mining respond to the gov
ernment's call.
Governor Rye says the proclamation
was prompted by telegram to Maj
or Rutledge Smith from Washington
authorities stating that the. United
States is threatened with a serious
shortage of skilled and unskilled labor
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

n MEXICAN families would have less sugar than the
"A people of torn France, if depended entirely
on homegrown sugar stocks
Approximately rs per cent. of our sugar is shipped
shores We produce about 100000 tons of sugar
year. Our imports from abroad amount to 3,O0O
900 tons year in normal times.
The United States Food Administration asks each
family to limit its of to two pounds per month
per person for household The military situation de-
mands that every available ship be placed at the disposal
Of the Army or Navy. When we save sugar, we save
shipping.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

Remember! the men in our Army
and Navy do not expect luxuries
Should we at home expect them? Buy
necessities and War Savings Stamps.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

In the South, $50 county agents
were at work last year helping to
increase crop production.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

Tennessee farmers produced more
Of practically every food and feed
crop this year than last.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

Are you doing your bit" in saving
food for our allies and our soldiers
and sailors?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

A Wiscoasin AirdaIe doc. yahlod at
$500, killed not long ago 5000 worth
of purebred sheep.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

Store the farm machinery so th.t
the weather will not destroy even the
paint on it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24

Offers should be promptly forward
ed to Department Eengineer South
eastern Department, Peoples Building
Charleston, s. G.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-08-24
NATIONAL BANK EARNINGS BIG
AND NO FAILURES THIS YEAR

The Comptroller of the Currency
issues the following:
As result of sounder and more
conservative methods of banking, and
stricter observance of the provis-
ions of the national bank act and the
regulations of the Comptrollers Of
flee; and also because of the admir-
able operation of the Federal reserve
act and the closer supervision and
more rigid examination by the nation
al bank examining force, the national
banks of the United States are today
being administered more satisfactory
and more successfully than ever be-
fore.
Returns Not Completed
The complication of the returns for
the past six months will not be finish
ed for several weeks; but the analy-
sis recently completed of earnings re-
ports of the national banks for the
six months ending January /, 1918,
shows gross profits for that period
of S392,742 600 an increase over the
corresponding six months in the pre-
yious year of S62, ,44S,000, while their
net profits for the same six months
to approximately 100000
600, or nearly 20 per cent per annum
on the aggregate capital stock of all
national eXcelling all previous
records. These large earnings have
also been coincident with a radical
reduction in interest rates in all parts
of the country and the practical ex-
tinction of the barbarous usury which
until recently was being charged by
some banks in certain sections
For the first seven months of 1918
there has been no failure of any ma
tional bank in any one of our AZ
States Never before. in the history
of the national banks since 1870
with the single exception of the year
1881 has there been such immunity
from failures.
During these same seven months of
1918 % State banks and trust COM
Danies in IA different States have
Jailed.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Furniture For the
Dining Room

S218.5O Waxed Quartered Oak
Adam Design 1O-piece Dining
Room Suite. August Sale S174.80
price,
$325.O0. American Walnut Din
ing Room Suite. HeppleD'hite
period design; August S260. on
Sale price,
$z50.OO william and Mary 10
piece Dining Suite, S2OO. On
August Sale price.
I SITS Adam Design Brown
Mahogany 10-piece Dining
Suite, $zz0.
S275.00 Sheraton Mahogany In
laid 1O-piece Dining Room Suite,
August Sale $4,000
Sl2O.D0 william and Mary De-
sign Dining Suite. in fumed or
golden oak finishes; SOC On
August Sale price,,
S315 Queen Anne Mahog-
any 10-piece Dining Room
Suite, $z5z.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Mahogany Chifoniers

At z0% Off Regular Prices
A large variety of Mahogany
Chiffoniers in all the latest
styles.
$500 Chiffoniers, $500
$500 Chifoniers, ,Al.60
&5.OO Chiffoniers, $500
$6AOO Chiffoniers, $500
$500 Chiffoniers, $3.50
5000 Chiffoniers, $6.00
Palais Royal-Fourth Fleo.R
Evening star., 1918-08-07

S425.o0 William and Mary Period Design Beau
tiful American Walnut Suite, Stickley Bros,
makers; August Sale price, $4,000
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Odd Pieces
Mahogany Tables

Mahogany Tables
At zo% Below Regular Prices
A large variety of Mahog-
any Dressing Tables in all
the latest styles.
5000 Tables, $500
$48.00 Tables, $3.50
$3.50 Tables, $4,000
$500 Tables, 5000
Evening star., 1918-08-07

ICCts 1k0S0SG 01S RxxS
Old Ivory Tables
At zo% Below Regular
$3.50 Old Ivory Tables,
eZ2.OO.
$500 Old Ivory Tables,
$3.50.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
The Palais Royal August Sale Offers am Actual Savin
Children'S and Infants
Summer Wearab1eS

Economy-wise mothers will find it
pleasure to select Infants and Chill
dren's Summer Wearables from our
large and varied assortments.
Children's Dresses at $1.25
Dresses in sizes to s years; made of India
Linen and in several dainty styles. Prettily
shocked and stitched in colors. Priced at
$1.25. :. ..-
ChiIdren's Drawers at SOC
Made of soft cambric, neatly trimmed in
embroidery with straight knickerbocker
leg. Sizes 2 to IL years.
NightgOWns at 69c
For children to 12 years. Made Of main.
sock, with round neck and daintily trimmed
with embroidery.
Infants Dresses, 75c
In long and short styles. Made of fine
nainsook, with dainty yokes in various styles.
Sizes up to years.
Shoes and Moccasins, 75c
Babies soft sole shoes and moccasins in
white and colors; also one and two strap
slippers. Special at 75c.
NightgoWns at 75c
BabieS gowns made Of soft nainsook. with
button front. In sizes to years.
Palais Royal-Third Floof.
Evening star., 1918-08-07
NJ EN-
200 Mems
Union Suits
70c

NSSAAsSA " - s~@
Perfect, quality union suits,
made of fine nainsook; with
ribbed cotton at waist and
shoulder; knee length and
closed crotch. ST grades, spe-
cially priced for tomorrow at
only 7oc.
$50 Union Suits, $1.o5-
Genuine Chalmers "Porosknit"
Union Suits with short sleeves and
in ankle length. All new stock
and perfect.
Csc Grade Socks at Soc
Mems Onyx Silk Fiber Socks
with reinforced heels and toes.
Colors are black. gray, taupe and
white. Regular Csc grades at Soc
pair.
S1.zs Grade Shirts and Draw
ers, 75c Observation-Disclosures
shirts have half sleeves and draw
ers are in ankle length, with re-
inforced seats. Slightly imperfect.
Evening star., 1918-08-07

! $3o30o William and Mary Brown Mahogany Suite
consisting of dresser, 3mirror dressing table, chif
forette and bowcnd bed. August Sale price, S2424l
$3oo0o Massive circassian Walnut 3-piece Bed.
room Suite includes dresser, chiffonier and dress
ing table, with pineapple post and claw
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Beautiful Bedroom Furniture

$3z3.O0 Queen Anne Brown Mahogany apiece
Bedroom Suite large dresser; 3-mirrqr dressing ta-
s,szoo Old Ivory apiece Bedroom Suite, dresser
chiffoner bed and trplicate mirror dressing table;
handsomely carved and hand decorations. August
Sale price, SlS56O
szso.0o Brown Mahogany apiece Adam Design
Bedroom Suite, chifonier, 3-mrror dressing table,
bed and large dresser. August Sale price, $224OO
Suite, with futed post including dresser chifonier
dressing table and bed August Sale price, sos so
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Ivory Chifoniers

At z0% Below Regular
$500 Chiffoniers, $26.A 40.
$27.00 Chiffoniers, &21J8O.
$32.00 Chiffoniers, $3.50
$24.00 Chiffoniers, 1890.
Evening star., 1918-08-07

SALES PROGRESS BARGAIN BASEMENT
Evening star., 1918-08-07
$l78.5O Colonial Poster Design,
$1A2 2O

Apiece American Walnut Bedroom Suite, in
cluding dresses, chifonier, bed and 2-mirror
dressing table. August Sale price, $l42S0
Evening star., 1918-08-07
Furniture For the Living Room
Many Thousands of Dollars Worth
Suites and individual Pieces

$4,000 William and Mary Design Brown Ma
hogany Living Room Suite. August Sale
price, S1O3.2O
S3zz-50 Brown Mahogany apiece Living Room
Suite, August Sale price, S258.OO
$z55.O0 Living Room Suite, including chair rocker
and large davenport. August Sale price, S2O4.OO
$4,000 Overstuffed Tapestry Living Room Suite,
chair, rocker and long davenport. August Sale
price, $4,000
S3z5.O0 Overstuffed Tapestry Living Room Suite,
large davenport, chair and rocker August Sale
price, $4,000
August Sale price, S24S.OO
$4,000 Brown Mahogany 3-piece Living Room
Suite. August Sale price, Sl16.SO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-03

would smash those German eggs
Germany as much would the destruction Of her
fleet.
THAT fleet could not possibly be replaced.
without it, Germany could not put up
a pretense of hope Of achieving the ambition for
world domination with which she commenced this
war, or a chance of maintaining mediocre
place in the family of nations.
Apparently the submarine campaign is losing some
of its effectiveness.
But whether or not the U-boats have been beaten,
we have got to remember that the submarine is only
of MANY naval weapons and naval strategy recognizes
the fact that long enemys fleet exists fight
ing force it constitutes continuing menace from which
an attack of kind may be expected at any moment
For this reason drop in the of sub
marine snkings should bind to the desirabity of sink
ing or disabling the German fleet. Z
DIRECT AIR ATTACK
THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING THIS LIES IN
DIRECT AIR ATTACK.
"The distance from England to Kel is only 375 miles,
and from northeastern France to the place is only
400 miles while the distances from these points to Will
helmshaven are only 270 and 800 miles respectively.
"A squadron of Capron airplanes recently made trip
of S75 miles without stopping.
'Airpanes capable of carrying fu-sized orpedoes from
England Kiel of discharging them and returning
cessuy can be constructed, If they do not already exist
WOULD END WAR
'ln my opinion, all the elements of successful direct
attack upon the German navy and its bases available
The appropriate mechansms for the work already have been
invented.
1.-THE effect of the destruction of Germanys fleet could
be calculated 1t would certainly end the submarine
menace and probably end the war;" n