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The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
LOCAL NEWS FROM HOPE

MIR. i. J.. Smith went TO Haughton on
business Friday.
Miss Eura Frye went to Mindci
shopping Thursday.
MIR. Jep Reeves spent Sunday after.
noon at jamestown.
MIR. Fred Ledbetter visited relatives
at Haughton Sunday.
Hope defeated Minden in a game OF
base boil at Mindcn Thursday.
Mrs. II. b. Scott left last week to
visit relatives in Birmingham, Ala,
Mr.. Joe Wedgeworth and sister,
Susie Nae. Of Shreveport, spent Sunday
with homefolks.
Everybody welcomes Mr.. Willime
Murphy back home, He arrived last
Saturday afternoon.
Dubberly and Hope played base ball
here Saturday. The score was G to
"A in favor Of Hope.
MIR. Arthur Scott, Of Winfield, Wis.
tied his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Il,
Scott Saturday and Sunday.
i we are all very sorry to hear that
Miss Mia Rogers will have to undergo
all operation.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
~
Huns SUBMIT TO PEACE
TERMS Of THE ALLIES

The Imperial German Government
has placed It's official signature to the
peace treaty as submitted by the allied
nations, and this act will no doubt be
recorded as the greatest event III
modern history.
The signing Of the peace treaty took
place in the famous Hall of Mirrors in
Versailles. France. on Friday, June %,
and from the facts disclosed III press
dispatches. we would Judge that the
Germans protested to the last minute.
Those signing for the United States
were President Woodrow Wilson, and
Messrs. Lansing, White. House and
Bliss. who composed the American
peace delegation.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
LOCAL NEWS FROM SALES
Mr.. Otis Cole was a visitor to Gibs.
land Saturday.

Mr.. Otis Cole was a visitor to Gibs.
land Saturday.
Messrs. Il. P. and J. T. Cole were
visitors to Brycelanl Saturday.
Mrs. Gertrude Jeter, Of South Maus,
field, is the guest Of her sister, Mrs
H. l.. Aubrey.
The many friends of Mrs. J. l.. Cole
who has been ILL.,, are glad to know
that she Is slowly improving and wisi
for her Il speedy recovery.
The heavy rains that have fallen IL
this community for the past week, hay,
done great damage to the crops. Boil
weevils are injuring the cotton yer,
much.
Mrs. W. r. Garrett has received
telegram from her husband, Corpora
VIM. H. Garrett telling Of his arriva
in Newport News. June Path, after tel
months service In France.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03

which are official. 1t seems that world
wide peace has not yet been established
and that the League Of Nations has a
great task before it.
In Mexico there is a revolution rag
ins and may III short while become
a war with the United States. This
of course depends Oh Meyico's action
as the [. $. has no desire to enter a
conflict with that country.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
list CHURCH
NEARING COMPLETION

Baptist church which was
iediately after the first
was destroyed by fire Is
ring completion. Several
9 have been made In the
and it will be a NOR,
trueture than the one that
e OF the improvements Il
roof. The flooring anL
{ better grade material, be-
minor improvements.
ng committee is to be com
p the rapidity In which
was let and the worI
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
WORK on WATER AND LIGHT
PLANT TO BEGIN AT ONCI

In an interview with Mayor Barnette
this week 1t was learned that the work
on the water and light plant would be
in progress In a short time, and that
the material was already arriving. HI
stated that some of the electrical sup
plies had been received and that thu
pump was Ell route.
Mr.. Andrews who has tho contrac;
for building the house for the plant
will 10 doubt begin work the latter
part OF next week. The plant will BE-
built on the location Of the presea,
light plant.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
MEMORIAL DAY TO BE OBJ.
SERVED AT BEAR GREER

The Democrat was informed this
week by J. W. Sutton. Of Bear Creek,
that next Saturday, July 9Th, woult
be observed as memorial day at tina.
place. Everybody is invited to come
and bring basket, and especially those
who have friends or relatives buried
in the Bear Creek cemetery.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
AGED NEGRO WOMAN
GUILTY OF bOO1LECCINC

Several days ago city marshal join
Botldie entered the home Of Elm Burns
an aged negro woman, and secured d
gallon or SO of wine that she had manu-
featured. The negro woman State,
that she made the wine for "sacra
mental purposes and the revenue de-
rived therefrOm was used TO pay her
church dues, hut upon investigation
the city marshal decided that the wine
had a little too much kick" for those
who observe sacrament. A quantity suf
flcieht for a test was forwarded to Dr.
Willis p. Butler, Of Shreveport. who
made the test and reported that the
wine tested a little over IL pen cent
alcohol.
Upon receiving this information
from DR.. Butler, Marshal Boddie i'm.
mediately placed Ella on trial before
Mayor Barnette. and the mayor being
thoroughly convinced that the wine
was made for ''sacrifcial" purposes in
stead Of ''sacramental.' asked Ella to
sacrifice $4,000 and the cost Of the
court. which she did.
While Mr.. B0ddie was looking around
Elias residence he found that she had
on hand one barrel Of sugar, and from
this, one would Judge that she was eyi.
IDENTIFY engaged IN the wholesale bust.
hess of making sacramento wines.
This negro woman, it Is stated, has
had blind tiger under captiyit.
for several years. and is one Of the
"old timers" at the game, and Mr., Bod
die is to be commended OH his success
In experimenting these offenders and
bringing them to justice. We also
wish to compliment our mayor for the
price he charges the viOlators Of the
law.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
MAN FINED FOR NOT OBSERV.
ING go TO THE RIGHT" Law

Acting mayor Il. H. Fisher, who was
serving In that capacity on last Satur.
day In the absence of Mayor Barnette.
placed fine Of $1,000 and cost Oh
man, an alleged "whiskey runner en-
route from Monroe to some point In
Texas, for going to the left of the post
placed TN the business section of Ar.
cadia in conformity with an ordinance
Of the town council.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03

In proclaiming peace We hesitate
Tor a moment, and call to mind the
fact that at present there are at least
eighteen wars raging in Europe These
wars would have been considered i'm.
portant had it not been for the enormity
OF the great war between the Allies
and Germany. From these figures
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
PETIT JURY TO MEET
FOURTH MONDAY IN july

District court issued an orier this
week setting over the meeting of the
Petit Jury from the third Monday in
July until the fourth Monday in July.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03

FOR S.ALE.-second.hand, FIVE pas.
senger, Dodge car, in Arst.class run.
ming order. A bargain.-J. s. Nc.
ConathN
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03

The roads over which the American
Red Cross commission to the Balkans
Is trying to get Its automobiles, load.
ell with Red Cross supplies for the un,
derfe'l of central Serbia are almost i'm.
passable and present shocking views
for many miles. Between Saloniki and
Belgrade they are lined with tens OF
thousands of skeletons and rotting car
casses OF animals. and soldiers graves
thinly screened with earth, skirt thu
highways
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03

Each Wsrks T. sss,s E.e.
The ease, the luxury. a.4 tie sspnA&
abce Of the highest Natc q rttnsa>
ton, are as productive Of se.ashress
Is the difficulties, the privations. and
the steltlltles Of the lowest -co.toA
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03

China refused to sign the peace
treaty with Germany because Chine
would not be allowed to make resrva.
tons concerning the province Of Shan
t'lng and also had been refused the
privilege Of making a declaration at
the time Of the signing Of the treaty
Failure Of China to sign the peace
treaty will probably exclude her from
the League Of Nations, as well as worl
to her detriment in the resumption of
trade,
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03
BRIEF items OF LOCAL
and FOREIGN INTEREST

President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
left France Sunday afternoon aboard
the [. $. $. George Washington, and
are expected to arrive in New York
by Monday Of next week.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1919-07-03

the L. s. s. George Washington, and
are expected to arrive in New York
by Monday Of next week.
Conditions revealed by the war call
for unprecedented exertions TO check the
progress Of tuberculosis. The National
Tuberculosis Association adopted reso.
lutions providing for a $6,OOO,OOO Red
Cross seal campaign IN December.
Again, the authorities of New York
State are haunting Harry X. Thaw,
and extradition papers have been is.
sued with the intention of taking him
from Pennsylvania to New York IL
face charges Of assaulting Frederick
Gump, Of Kansas City, No., in New
York several years ago.
According to reports issued the
wheat crop of Kansas for 1919 prac
tically equals the wheat crops for the
three previous years, viz: 1916, 1917,
and 1918, combined. The 1910 produc.
ton is estimated at 22229, III 600 bushels
and Is 1922, 900 more than the states
yield In 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Complete Inner Workings
Of System Expected To
Be Revealed When Case
of Vessels Comes Up
Called ssMaster Mind
So. Called Paymaster of
Propagandists in Peril
of Death if Convicted

The complete workings Of the Ger
man system of intrigue and plotting in
the United States will be revealed
within fortnight, Federal authorities
said last night. when Hermann Wes-
sells, or Carl Rodiger, called the mas
ter spy and paymaster" of all the Ger
man propagandists in this country,
will be placed on trial.
After year and half in the Tombs,
this German naval officer and special
government agent will be tried before
Brooklyn Navy Yard. He will enjoy
all the rights and privileges usually
had in civilian case. He will be
defended by counsel. either civil or
military, will call witnesses and will
take the stand in his own defense. If
convicted Vessels will be placed be-
fore q firing squad and made to pay
che death penalty.
Although spies have been tried in
this country before. no case ever pre-.
scented all the interesting sidelights of
this. There scarcely was an anti
American plot conceived during the
war in which Vessels did not have
hand, it is charged.
Confess:o IONS Lead to Arrest
Federal authorities expect to show
Vessels not only acted as the Imperial
German government paymaster, but
transmitted military information to the
enemy and tried TO bring explosives
into the country.
For long time the Department Of
Justice was at a loss to ascertain who
was the muster mind beh nd the Ger
man propagandists They made numer.
Gus arrests, but failed to round up
the arch spy. Early in 1918 two pris-
oners confessed and told the authori
ties of the central agency
Acting on this lead, Harry Jentzer
an agent for the department started to
run down the spy. Early in May he
arrested Vessels. 1t took the author
ties long time to collect the evidence
of the many activities of the prisoner
and it was not until last December that
Vessels and his alleged co-workers
were indicted.
Took Up Bernstorff's Work
From the evidence presented at that
time Vessels came to this country in
1916, entering with a Swiss passport
under the name Of Karl Schrojers." 1t
o. charged he imned lately became a
s'ember of the inner clique Of German
propagandists in the United States, of
which Count Won Bernstorff then Am
nassador, was the head. In the three or
four months that escaped before vor
Bernstortf's dismissal, Wesse s, or Ro-
digger. as ne was then know, qualified
as his successor.
sTogether with Nine. Marie K. de Vic
torica. Wesse.s, it is charged, tried to
keep open the avenues of communica-
ton with Germany They are said to
have used Jay Willard Robinson, a
friend and associate of jeremiah
O'Lear, ~to carry messages Intended fol
the German admiralty to Hol and and
other neutral countries At Robinson's
trial Nine. Victorica told of having
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Neighborhood Health
Centers New City Plan
DIR. Copeland Believes This
Would Spread Benefit of
Work to More People

Discussing proposed changes in the
Department Of Health's administration
methods, Commissj oner Copeland said
yesterday that his department contem-
plated the Capitalization in one build
ing in each neighborhood in the great
err city complete health departments
where clinics will be operated and
where citizens may come for infor-
nation on health matters At present
various bureaus of the department are
scattered throughout the city.
II think instead of having all these
bureaus scattered heller SHELTER
throughout the city they ought to be
centralized in probably 100 complete
neighborhood health departments, all
of them, of course, under the control
Of the Board Of Health activities,' said
Doctor Copeland
"In my opinion there ought to be
in every neighborbood an officer of
this department capable Of performing
virtually every required community
service and TO be the source Of public
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

has accompanied this unit from the
first Mons to the Rhine and back home
again, Major u. Breton draped n price
less decoration-the golden FOUR gere
of the French Military Medal. Already
the little banner was weighted with
seven French War Crosses, three with
the star, indicating three citations sub
sequent to the award of the decoration,
and four with the palm, which told of
four additional citations
Exclusive Honor Conferred
The GROWING honor was conferred
upon the unit yesterday. Section GAG
is the only foreign unit which has ever
Militaire, and the only autom obile unit
in the French army which received it.
Major E. Dupont, who, like Major
Breton, is attached to the French mill
tary mission to the United States, re-
cited the val6rous record of the unit
The major traced the war history Of
the unit from the day after the first
battle of Mons, when the French army
was broken by the first flood, wave of
the Boche. At that time Herman II.
Harjcs, an American living in Paris
took his own automobiles, and some
which he borrowed from friends, and
evacuated the wounded. The Harje
Unit was at once organized
later to become an integral part of the
French Ambulance Service, and after
he entrance OF this country into the
war to take its place as the foremost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Charleston Dry Dock
Essential, Says Daniels
Secretary of Navy Expresses Dis
approval of Repeal of
Appropriations

WASHINGTON, Nov. l5.s-- Disap-
prevail of Senate bills providing for
repeal of appropriations to construct a
drydock at the Charleston Is. c. Navy
Yard large enough to accommodate the
biggest battleship of the navy and a
channel of corresponding depth was ex-
pressed by Secretary Daniels in q state
ment before the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee to-day
Construction of the projected dry
dock, the Secretary said in statement
filed with the committee, is abso utely
essential to a proper deve' opment and
maintenance of the navy. The Charles
ton Navy Yard offers the only suitable
point south of Cape Hatteras for the
construction of a dock that would ac-
commodate the navy's biggest ships.
the Secretary said, urging the stra-
tegical Importance Of providing drydock
facilities for these vessels in the South
Atlantic.
Construction of the Charleston dry
dock has been held up because of un-
sa.,s. actory bids submitted by con-
tractors, but the plans have been en-.
tirely completed, 1t was said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

sent one report written in invisible ink
on the black back pages of a Bible. On
another occasion the messages were
sent on four white collars, three white
handkerchicfs and one white tie. Rob
inson was acquitted.
German Firms Supplied Funds
Albert Paul Fricke, an American
citizen, was indicted together with
Vessels. At his trial, Fricke said he
first heard of RodiCer. the name Wes-
sells was then using, IN October, 1919,
when he received cable message from
him, telling of an intended trip to the
United States Shorty before "Rodi-
said. from a German firm which he
was representing, telling him to honor
all of Rodgers demands for money.
More than $40 900 was in the fund
available for Rodgers use, and about
5000 of it was spent by the German
propagandists. The jury acquitted
Fricke.
In the indictment against Vessels it
is charged he unlawful ly gave aid and
comfort to the enemy. Besides trans
uniting information to the enemy. he
is charged with having made efforts
to introduce secretly into the United
States exp ,osives and ingredients for
the manufacture Of explosives whic
were to be used in hampering Ameri-
can military operations. Then came
long list of other charges.
Accused of Being Spy
The specifications filed against him
in the Judge Advocates Office in the
Navy Yard 60 right to the point and
charge him with being q spy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Court Ruling Delayed
WesseIs's Trial Until No,u

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-steps for
the trial by naval court martial Of
Hermann Vessels. alleged German spy
and officer of the German navy. indict-
ed by Federal grand jury on charges
of treason and conspiracy to commit
espionage, have been taken bv the
Navy Department.
Vessels has not been brought to
trial because of court ruling in the
case of another alleged spy arrested
with him--that conviction of treason,
under the construction of the statutes,
requires two witnesses to each overt
act
For that reason the Attorney Cen
eral, through the United States Attor-
ney in New York. last July requested
the Navy Department to take cogni-
zance of Wessels's case and try him as
a spy by naval court martial under au-
thority of the statutory articles giving
the navy jurisdiction in cases Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
New Rupture at Barcelona:
General Strike Enc,sa

MADRID, nov. 1.-THE ri ,tu . he.
tween the employers and the 40 kmsn
at Barcelona has been renew ed Thu
delegates OF the trades unior5 alksd
out of the mixed committee 0 sr,n Az
ers and workers engaged in Sc til 2 The
lockout dispute.
The workmen accuse the 6 nh ovar.
of not carrying out the tern 80
compromise The Minister H.
terror expressed fears that . .nera1
strike would be declared in Bar .,ons
Monday. '"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
French Fourragere
Is Conferred on
u. S. Sanitary Unit
Gallant Record of Section
No. Go. Recounted as
Priced Decoration, Is
Draped Upon Standard

A dozen suits Of ancient armor stood
stif1y al attention in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art yesterday and watched
fifty men arrayed IN modern fighting
clothes receive their just award of
honor.
1t WIS the comforting upon lie
Formati II Haries, also known as SAM
tary Service Americana, No. s; as
Section Sanitaire Unis, No. s, and as
Sanitary Section Unit, No. 5-643, and
finally IS Sanitary Section Unit. No.
GAG; but famous wherever fighting
men tell tales of the great war as the
American Ambulance.
Upon the tiny green fanion which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
unit Of the American Ambulance Ser
Section In Continuous Service

unit of the American Ambulance Ser
vice.
Section In Continuous Service
From 1914 to 1919, the section saw
continuous service. 1t was attached
successfully to the Fifth Division Of
the French army, to the Sixty sikh
Chasseurs Division, then to the Second
Moroccan Division. and after the
mis'ice hod suspended hostilities, to
the Second Polish Division. It's
crosses were awarded at different
times by Marshal Petain, General
Maistra, and General Brissaud- Des
maillet -
About two hundred men have passed
through the records of the unit. Many
were killed, and more wounded. The
section holds the honor of having
among its numbers the oldest and the
youngest Americans to be awarded
he Croix dc Guerre, in the persons of
S. II. p. Pell and Gordon Kitchen,
respectively.
After photographers had "shot" the
scene Maurice and Florence Walton
entertained the party at the Biltmorc
Maurice was himself a member of the
section
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

espionage or corruption" directed
against the navy.
Charges OF espionage against Yves
sells have been formulated by the naval
authorities, and court fol-. his trial
This is the frst case Of alleged
espionage during the war over which
the navy has assumed Jurisdiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
health activities that should r.diat.

health activities that should r.diate
from such a point
leases expire it is my int nti IN 70
bring about this concentrated E az
tivities and ultimately to es ab.ish q
mu ltitude of health CT ; ers We horlS
make every effort TO populs riz, the
New York City Health Departrlen !, and
this can best be done by n d.. ~ ;,
easy for people to get the I en-. fit of
all its facilities"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Belgian Ship Seizure Upheld

ANTWERP, Nov. 15.-The prize court
has dce'lod that fftythree German
boats az. rating 100000 tons, seize(
by the Belgian authorities in 1914, in
the port Of Antwerp, are lawful prizes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Luxembourg to SeIlCermaap!a,,.

LUXEMBOURG, Nov. 15.-Tfe s,lo -
German manufacturing plants = ~.
grand duchy was authorize " W.
Chamber of Deputies to-day. '''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Pershing Cited by France

PARIS, Nov. 15.-General Pershing
is cited to-day in the Journal Officiel,"
which says:
General Pershing. as commander In
chief of the American forces, displayed
most distinguished qualities as an or
ganizer and chief. He never ceased
during decisive operations to bring aid
to the Allied cause by his energetic and
highly developed cooperation"
President Poincare in Paris
PARIS. Nov. l5.-President and Nine.
Poincare arrived in Paris to-day from
Calais.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-05-29
BlBRA PIRACY.
- KREUTZER
E.JvIekn.e BIuro Pracr.

NnJWIeA11e bAuNo NFACts
-orRzEBA wieIs dziewcxSt do rsstAu.
N.vI klub0w Z nied3lela Tub bez. tak4e
rSsoharek Ia. dzlewczat do pantry.
$3.50 table, do zbierani& statkow 70
stofow takke do hotelow, fsbryk, prai-
nL Koeiss IA x5SskiS ns s1dI s0S eTs5aP.
taSS Take me5czyzn do r~estauracyi
p nomocy W kuchni porterow. zg&o-
a ~ MILwAUKEE AVE. 2xIe pistro.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-05-29
KUpNO ISPRZE

MA sPRZEDAz dom 7 rent6w ma
Wojciechowie. Lota 36R stop szero-
ka. 1884 w. 21sza ul. 4
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-05-29

POTRZEBA zdolnego europejskiego
cukiernika "a dobrem ~wynagrodze-
MEM. Zgfosie sic listownie do euro
pejskiei cukierni. 1915 Chene I'll. =
Detroit, Mich. 20-22-24-26-27-2S
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-05-29

POTRZEBA ~dziewczat do lekkiei ia
brycznej piracy PREY drill presses;
take milling maszynie. Universal
Stamping and Mfg. Co. 1925 South
Western ave. 20
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-05-29

POTRZEBA panny do ofisu m6wia-
cej po angielsku i po polsku. Dobra
zaplata. DR.. III. G.. Snyder, 1858
S. Ashland ave. 21-29-ol