The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-06-26

consideration Of money measures for |
this session by the passage Of the sun
dry Civil Bill, carrying $4S3.OOOOOO.
This bill marked the first actual step
taken by Congress to rid the country
of Reds" Attorney General Palmer
was given S1,4OO,OOO to use in ferret
ing out and prosecuting the radicals.
Dr. Epitacio Pessoa. president-elect
Of Brazil who is visiting the United
States for the purpose of studying our
government, is a guest Of the higher
officials in Washington. At a dinner
given in his honor by Secretary Glass
Monday night DIR. Tessoa said that the
two great republics must work in har-
inony for the building up. of the world
in an age in which isolation is fatal
to nationafitieS.
Miscellany.
1t has been decided to patrol the
wheat belt Of Kansas with armed
guards until after harvest. 1t is said
that there is grave danger of the
|. w. w. repeating the work of 1917,
when many grain storage houses were
burned.
Though foreseeiRg mo reason to
doubt that wartime prohibition will
become effective July 1st," the Inetrnal
Revenue Bureau. in accordance with
the opinion Of the Attorney General,
will continue the sale Of tax stamps
for intoxicating beverages after that
date.
lost collier Cyclops-all of which SO
far have been explOded-turned up in
Columbia. $. C., Tuesday. when the
mother Of Otis Ramsey, a seaman on
the ship. received telegram from New
York saying he was safe in this cOun-
try and that the missing vessel was at
a German port.
With the fight championship contest
between Willard and Dempsey set for
decision on. July 18th, Tex Richard.
EproaaoteI Of the match, has announced
that the cash receipts now OH deposit
in Toledo banks total x32:1 900, which
assures financial success for what will
probably he the greatest sporting spec
tacle of its kind in history.
In a race with the falling river, the
destroyer Isabel and submarine K-5,
attached to the antisubmarine tiotilla
cruising waters of the Mississippi Val
ley in the interest Of naval recruiting.
| ran aground in the Mississippi River
| about twenty miles north of Cairo, ILL.,,
last Saturday night and are said to lie
stuck fast in the rivers bottom.
Edward DE Valera. president Of the
Sim Fein Irish Republic" emerged
dramatically Monday night from the
seclusion in which he had kept HIM
self since his arrival in the United
States. In statement to the press at
his hotel, where he was greeted by
followers. he said he had come to
America Ito speak for the Irish
iii ation."
Replying to complaints sent to Sena-
tor Chamberlain. of Washington, that
American cemeteries i'll France were
| not properly cared for, Secretary Ba-
ker wrote the Senator Monday that
the grave registration service was
moving the bodies from isolated burial
grounds to large cemeteries. The Sec.
retary said that the cemeteries were
being cared FOR i'll every way.
Charles Nelson, of West Hammond
Ind. died in st. Margaret's Hospital
in Hammond, that state, last Saturday
night after they had just given him I;
hath. Doctors believe the shock killed
him. Nelson was an itinerant juni
peddler and was arrested for drunken
ness When he sobered up he returned
to West Hammond and became i'll. HI
had never bathed since his bOyhOod.
Efforts to get Sgt. Earl Caddock
heavy weight wrestling champion o1
the world. to return to the mat ar,
being made by virtually every wrest
ling promoter in the country. A fail
sized fortune in purses is assured tn
champion, who has been challenged fO
number of bouts, with guarantees
totaling $15O,OOO. Caddock has only re
Gently been discharged from the Army
Governors Of the four states whicl
are included in part or in whole in th
, Eleventh Federal War-Savings Distric
have issued thrift message week proc
| llmatiOns, calling on the people 0
their respective states to join In the oil
servance of Thrift Message Week, til
! 29th to July 9th. During Thrift Mes
, sage Week every one Is called upon t
! purchase war-savings- stamp or
; thrift stamp every day.
: Plans for nationwide antftObacc
campaign. intended to follow til
actual PRONUNCIATION Of prohibition
were given setback in pittsburg. Pa
last Friday. when Judge James NJ. cal
! penter handed down an opinion in con
mon pleas court refusing to grant
charter to the No-TobaccO Corporation
I The petition was signed by churc
leaders and ministers of Pittsburg an
other cities of the country.
!. Declaring 4. A. Mann, manager, la
! failed to be man. the girl ell
+ ployees Of a Waco. Texas, store wall
cd out Tuesday morning. The strik
1 came when the manager failed to hay
!. the electric fans in the establishmel
e turned on at $50 O'Clock. The girl
e had served notice they would walk OF
! unless the xephyrs blew, and walk OF
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