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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

days prior to the date Of said election,
according to law,in the Star Progress,
the official journal of the Parish Of
st. Landry, State Of Louisiana, 8
newspaper of general circulation
therein; the notice of the election to
embrace substantially all things set
forth herein, and to further state
that the said board of drainage COM
missioners will meet in open session
at the office of the said board in the
City of 0pelousas, Parish Of st. Lam
dry, State Of Louisiana, at 10 o'clock
a. m, on the 14th day Of January,
1920, and then and there proceed to
open the ballot box, examine and
count the ballots in numbers and
amount, examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare the result of such
election and make, file, publish and
record a process verbal Of their pro-
ceedings.
Section 5-Be it further ordained,
etc., that the proposition to be sub
mitted at said special election shall
be as follows and the ballots to be
used shall be in the following form
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

table semi-annual interest bearing
coupon bonds Of the said Bayou
BOouf and Waxia Drainage District,
representing the said indebtedness;
the amount Of said bonds being less
than ten per cent 10 per cent? OF
the assessed valuation Of the proper
ty within the boundary OF said drain
age district, as shown by the assess
ment rolls Of the said drainage dis
trict last completed, said bonds to
bear interest at the rate Of five per
centum 6 per centum )per annum
from their date, payable semi-annual-
ly, which bonds are to run for Pc
Rod Of from one to not exceeding
thirty-five 1851 years from their
date. Said bonds to be of such de-
nomination and the interest and
principal thereof to be payable at
such time and place as shall be deter
mined by the Board of Drainage Com
missioners and both principal and in
terest of said bonds to be secured and
paid by a sufficient ad valorem tax
| levied and collected in each year that
any of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing in accordance with the pro
visions in that respect contained IN
Article 281 of the constitution and
laws of the State of Louisiana, and
amendments thereto.
The proceeds of said bonds to be
used for the purposes of providing
and creating a system of gravity
drainage in and for said drainage dis
trict. by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the Bayou Waxia, Cow bo-
YOU. Little Waxia bayou, and the lat
erals and bitches Connected with SAID
bavous, as outlined in red on the map
Of said district, and the maintenance
and Improvement thereof, and the IN
-habitants thereof, the title to which
shall vest in said drainage district.
PROPOSITION FOR THE ASSESS
MENT AND LEVYING OF AN
ACREAGE TAX OR FORCED
CONTRIBUTION
(b) To levy and collect an acreage
tax or forced contribution OF sixteen
(16 cents) cents per acre per annum
upon each and every acre of land sub
iect to state taxation, situated within
the said Bayou Boeuf and Waxla
I Drainage District, Parish of st. Ian.
dry, State Of Louisiana, for period
Of thirty-fiye 1851 years, for the pur-
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
SIGNATURE of Voter.

Notice to Voters-To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted upon
the ballot, place a cross (X) mark in
the square after the word "YES;" to
vote against it, place similar mark
after the word mo"
FOR THE FUNDING OF THE
AYAII.S OE SAID ACREAGE
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

Il OST-T Three twenty-dollar bills. be-
tween Shute's Drug Store and my
Residence at Sic South Union street.
Finder viii please return 10 me and
receive reward. JOHN CLARK, Ops
l1ousas. Ia. nov22-
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
aAYOU BOEUF AND WAXIA
DRAINAGE DISTRICT

Mr.. Bean offered the following or
nance, which ordinance is in words
~ figures as follows:
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

thereof, the title to which
shall vest in said drainage
district. -
Taxable valuation ....$-
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

the ballot, place cross (Xl maj
the square after the word YES
vote against it, place q similar
after the word mo"
FOR THE FUNDING OF
AVAILS OF SAID AcREAG
TAX INTO BONDS
Proposition to incur debt -
in the sum Of one hundred
and fifty thousand $780,
100000 dollars, and to issue
serial negotiable coupon
bonds to represent the
same, the said debt to be Sc
cured and paid by the avails
Of the acreage tax OF forced
contribution of sixteen
cents lie cents) per acre per
annum, submitted in the
proposition for levying and Z
collecting Of acreage taxes
or forced contributions, as
hereinbefore mentioned and
voted upon this day by the
taxpaying electors of said
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia
Drainage District, Parish of
st. Landry, State of Louisi-
ana, qualified to vote under
the constitution and laws Of
the State Of Louisiana, and
to represent the funding Of "
the avaiis of said tax into
bonds to run for a period of
from one to not exceeding
thirty-five 1857 years from
their date, bearing five per
cent 6 per cent? per annum
interest from their date pay
able semi-annually, and to be
issued for the purpose Of
providing and creating a sys-
TEN of gravity drainage in
and for the said drainage I
district, by cleaning with
dredges or otherwise the Ba-
YOU Waxia, Cow bayou, Lit
| tie Waxia and the laterals
and bitches connected with
said bayous, as outlined in
red on the map Of said dis
trict, and the maintenance
and Improvement thereof
and the inhabitants thereof,
the title to which shall vest
in said drainage district. r.
Taxable valuation $
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
TON

Proposition to levy an
acreage tax or forced contri-
button OF sixteen cents (16
cents per acre per annum on
each and every acre of land
subject to State taxation in
said Bayou Beouf and Wax
ia Drainage District, Par
ish of st. Landry, State of
Louisiana, for a period of
thirty-five 1851 years, for
the purpose of providing
and creating a system of
gravity drainage in and for
said drainage district and
the maintenance and i'm
provement thereof.
Taxable valuation s.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
BAL.LOT
For the Issuanee Of Bond

hAAG AG8AaA(G ~ ASAAa
Proposition to incur debt |.
and issue and sell serial cou- |
pom bonds of the Bayou |
Boeuf and Waxia Drainage
District, Parish of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, to |
the amount of two hundred |
thousand dollars (S200,000.- |
O00), to run for a period of
from one to not exceeding
thirty-five 1851 years
from their date and bearing
interest at the rate of five
per cent Is per cent? per
annum payable semi-annual-
", for the purpose of provid-
ing and creating a system of
gravity drainage in and for
said drainage district, by
cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the Bayou Waxia,
Cow bayou, Little Waxia,
and the laterals and bitches
connected with said bayous,
as outlined in red on the map
I Of said district and the MAIN
tenance and improvements
thereof and the inhabitants
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

Signature of Voter.
Notice to Voters-To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted upon
this ballot, place a cross (X) mark
in the square after the word YES"
and to vote against, place a similar
mark after the word mo"
FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND
LEVYING OF ACREAGE TAX
OR FORCED CONTRIBU-
TON
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
United States Realizing the
Danger if Britain Gets
German Lines
BUSINESS WOULD BE
UNDER ALIEN CONTROL
Naval Experts of the Peace
Conference Were Un-
able to Agree

Paris, March l2.-Realizing the possi-
biity of virtual monopoly of cable
communication by Great Britain should
her claim to the captured German ca
bles be sustained, with the consequent
submission of the great foreign business
interests of the United States to alien
control in this respect, the American
delegates to the peace conference are en-
deavoring to make a strong presentation
of their case before the legal authori-
ties to whom the subject has been re-
ferred. The naval experts who first con
sidered the question we're unable to agree
and the supreme council, upon motion
Of Secretary of State Lansing, referred
TO legal experts the question of title in
yolved. These experts are being pressed
by the Americans for a decision.
Early in the war the British cut the
two German cables from Emden to
America by way of the Azores and also
the cable between Monroyia, the Liberian
capital, and Brazil. They took one end
of one of the German American cables
to Halifax, thereby securing another
trans Atlantic line for themselves. The
other cable they gave to the French gov
ernment, which So far has made no at
tempt to utilize it, probably because Of
the scarcity Of submarine cable material
and Of cable-laying ships.
The British claim that these cables
are prizes of war. They do not intend
to allow their return to Germany or to
regard them as subject to disposition by
the peace conference The American del
egates, however, contend the cables were
nlawfully cut and unlawfully recon
nected, because the United States was
not at war when this was done and had
an interest in them as being one of the
termin. Nor, they claim, was there prop
er warrant for cutting of the cables be-
tween Liberia and Brazil as both these
countries were then neutral.
There never has been any decision re-
garding the title to cables outside of ter
ritorial waters in time of war and the
Americans are now extremely anxious
that no precedent should be established
that might place American business at
the mercy of foreigners or prevent free
States and central Europe after the CON
clusion of peace.
In addition to the transatlantic ca
bles, several German cables in the Pa
cifc also were seized by the British as
prizes of war; One runs from the island
of Yap, one of the Carolina group to
Singapore, connecting with the Dutch
and British cables Another connects
this cable with the island of Celebes.
Possession of these, it is held, insures
business control of a fair proportion of
Austrian Polynesia, which is regarded
as properly with the field of American
commercial effort.
The possibility of these cables passing
in some degree under the control of ia
pan alone in case the latter is made the
mandatory of the captured Pacific is
lands, is also regarded with disfavor by
the American representatives unless
some plan to prevent any possible dis
elimination is adopted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
The 101st Trench Mortar
Battery Has Long Been
in Service
1T WENT OVERSEAS
IN OCTOBER, 1917
Captain James A. Walsh
Praised Men for Their
Valiant Work

New York, March l2.-With 1922
troops, the steamship Iowan arrived here
to-day from st. Nazaire. Units included
the l0lst trench mortar battery. four
officers and 1873 men, of the 26th di-
vision-the first troops OF this New Eng
land division to arrive home. These
troops are assigned to Camp Devens.
Captain James A. Walsh of Boston,
Mass, commander of the l0lst, said his
battery at one time during the battle
of the Marne was within seven hundred
feet of the German lines and that its
slight casualties, four killed and 25
wounded, Notwithstanding participation
in the battles of Seicheprey, Chateau
Thierry. st. Mihiel and the Argonne,
were remarkable" He praised his men
for their valor.
The l0lst trench mortar battery land
ed in England Oct. "a, 1917, and reached
FRANCE four days later. 1t was in train
ing for three months at the big artillery
camp in Coetquidan and first went into
action Feb. p, 1918, in the Chemin des
Danes sector of the French front, The
unit operated throughout the war with
the 26th New England division. French
guns were used at first, but later the
unit was equipped with British six.ineh
mortars and did effective work with
these pieces.
Three men Of the battery returned in
the ships sick bay but no case is danger
Gus. They are Corporal Harold Tibets
Of Portland Me, Private Edgar Colin
of Rockland, Ne, and Private Kim
Stephenson of Boston.
Corporal John l.. Casey, Fairfield,
Conn, who returned as casual wore
the American distinguished service cross
and the French war cross, awarded for
exceptional bravery in carrying messen-
gers under heavy fire. He. volunteered
to carry a message at Chaeau Thierry
last July after three men who had pre-
reded him had been killed on the same
mission. Casey, who went over with the
l02d infantry, was wounded in the leg
while engaged in liason duty near Yer
dun Nov, I.
Also on the Towan were the 3l4th,
3l5th, 3l0th, and lOsth trench mortar
batteries; SD company transportation
corps, 9th battery trench artillery, and
supply detachments of 657th aero squad.
ron, The hospital ship Mercy arrived
from Bordeaux with 3Sl sick and wound
ed. most of them bedridden.
Among 80 casual troops on the steam.
ship Chinapa, from La Hallace, was com
pany number IS Of Massachusetts,, one
officer and is men.
The steamer Calamares arrived from
Bordeaux with 1857 troops. Units
aboard included the 26th engineers head
quarters detachment l6 officers and 344
men; headquarters detachment of 3lst
brigade coast artillery corps. two off
GERS and 81 men; q medical detachment
Of the 34Sth infantry and casual com
pany from Massachusetts,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
BURIAL AT BURLINGTON.
Body of Ex-senator Edmunds Brought
from California.

Burlington, March l2.-The funeral of
ext. S. Senator George Edmunds, whose
death occurred at his home at Pasadena,
Cal, on Feb. q, was held yesterday aft
ernoon at 2;30 o'clock at st. Paul's
church. At the request of the family the
casket was not opened Rt Rev. A. c. A.
Hall and Rt.. Rev. George Y, Bliss Off
ciated, assisted by Rev A. Il. Montgom-
cry. A delegation from the Vermont
House and the Senate was present.
Washington lodge, of which Senator Ed
munds was the Oldest member, attended
in a body and delegation of city Off
cials, headed by Mayor J. Holmes Jack
son, was also in attendance
The honorary bearers were Senator
Carroll S. Page, Dean George H, Perkins
of the University of Vermont, H. L.
Ward, General C. p. Miller, F.. V. Hoyt
and DR.. j. B. Wheeler The body bear
ers were members of the police force.
The vested choir sang "Guide Me, o
Thou Great Jehovah" and as the body
was borne from the church, j. W. Cros-
ley, organist, played the Chopin funeral
march.
The interment took place in the family
lot in Green Mount cemetery beside the
body of Mrs. Edmunds,-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
RHINE MITIGATION
OPEN TO ALL NATIONS
Is Recommendation Made to Peace Con-
ference To-day-Kiel Canal to Be
Used By All in Times of Peace.

Paris, March Recommendation
that the navigation of the Rhine be
opened to all nations without discrim-
ination was made in report to the
peace conference to-day by the commits
sion on the international regime of wa
terways, railways and ports. 1t is sug-
gested the Rhine be controlled by a com
mission similar to the Danube commits
sion.
The status of the Kiel canal has been
settled by the commission on the basis
of the freedom of use for all nations for
merchant vessels or warships in time of
peace.
The canal would continue under Ger
man ownership and operation.
The question of the fortification Of the
canal is left by the commission to the
decision of military and naval experts.
The report of the commission was not
favorable to allowing the Belgian claim
that special duties be imposed on Ger
man vessels
The report further recommended that
general conference be held within a
year to deal with all questions pertain
ing to the navigation of international
waterways which are regarded as too
intricate or complex to be settled finally
within the limited life of the peace con-
ference
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12

July of the year preceding the payment
of taxes. Read the first time and placed
on the orders Of the day for tomorrow.
Reported by the committee on banking
and Insurance, to amend section 1868 of
the general laws, relating to investments
by banks in municipal bonds. Sub-diyis-
ION is amended so that not more than
$4,000 can be secured by any one bank.
Read the first time and placed on the
orders of the day for tomorrow.
Reported by the committee on munici.
pal corporations, to amend section 35 of
No 1865 of the acts of 1894, as amended,
Incorporating the city and town of Barre,
providing fees for the clerk Of the city
court. Read the first time and placed on
the orders of the day for tomorrow.
House Tuesday Afternoon.
The closed primary law (H l7l) was
passed by yea and nay vote Of Ia to
05, and an unusual sort of debate oc-
Cured on H. l54, which would have per
mitted veterinarians from outside the
state to practice in Vermont without eX-
animation or license. Mr.. Hatch of Thet-
ford championed the bill in behalf Of a
Dr. Frank Sanbprn of New Hampshire
who desired to practice in Vermont, and
had the laws of New York, Massachu-
setts and New Hampshire read, also a
large number of letters, certifying as to
DR.. Sanborn's ability and character
Messrs. Wheeler of Hartford, Buttles OF
Brandon, Hills of Chittenden, O'Brien Of
South Burlington, Belknap of Rocking
ham and Tewksbury of Ryegate opposed
the bill. Mr. Stoddard of Andover fa-
yored the bill, which was killed by a
vote of 1853 to 81.
Mr.. Aiken of Putney made one of his
deadly and unexpected attacks on S B2
increasing the salaries of the county
clerks of Chittenden, Orleans and Wind,
ham counties, saying that if he voted
all alone he would vote against every
measure to raise salaries. He called at.
tention to the growth of taxes, local
state and federal, and, despite the favor
able action Of the Senate and the ear
nest defense offered by Messrs Cudworth
and O'Rourke of Derby, torpedoed the
bill by a vote of l09 to SO.
The House passed s, 78, relating ia
fishing Through the ice; H. 26l, the state
accounting bill; II. 262, amending char.
ter of Springfield; II. 2G3, permitting
Rockingham to appropriate money for
certain cemeteries; Fl. 264, relating to
commissions of justices Of the peace
and II. PCS, relating to returns for county
officers.
Third reading was refused on II. 223
{ Continued on eighth page.)
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
CLERGYMAN SUES AGAIN.
Rev. Aiken Wants Damages from Swan
ton Young Man.

Burlington, March l2-Rev. Orlando
Il. Aiken of 1873 Loomis street, formerly
pastor Of the Methodist church at Fair
fax, but who is now under suspension
by the Vermont Methodist conference
has filed in Chittenden county court a
suit to recover damages of $4,000 and
Just costs from Frederick Bell of Swan
ton. The suit is the second legal action
in a elimination of the preferring of
charges by the Methodist conference in
connection with his pastorate in the
church at Fairfax. w. d. Stewart of
Fairfax is attorney for Mr.. Aiken, who
formerly held pastorates at Cabot, Swan
ton, Canaan and Derby.
Frederick Bell will be remembered as
one of the young men who testified
against Aiken in the suits which the
former pastor at Fairfax brought last
year against Rev. W. b. Dukeshire. su-
perintendent of the st. Adams Meth
odist Episcopal conference district; H.
L. Southard and Mr.. and Mrs. Cherrier,
all of Fairfax. Aiken only pressed one
suit, that against the Cherriers, at the
time, and was awarded damages of ST.
He claimed that the other defendants
settled literally with him and paid all
expenses, but Attorney Elmer johnson,
as counsel for the defendants. said that
they paid expenses, but no damages.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
NEWPORT BOY DIED IN FRANCE.
Corp. Harvey W. Allison Was About to
Sail for Home.

Newport, March l2.-Word has been
received of the death of Corporal Har-
vey Wesley Allison, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Duffy Allison of this city on
Feb. "a, succumbing to bronchial pneu-
monia in France.
He was "a years Of age, He attended
the Newport high school and was a grad
uate of Dean academy, being good
student and popular in musical and ath-
letic circles. After graduation he was
employed in Woodsville, N. H., until he
went to Camp Dix. He went overseas
April 25, 1918, with the 3O0th infantry,
18th division and was in the thick of the
fighting up to the time the armistice was
signed, being in the battle of the Argonne
and atChateau Thierry. Since cessation
of hostilities he had been employed as
an instructor in French and in letter
received by his parents on Monday he
said he believed he would sail for home
about April /.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
TWO PLEADED GUILTY
To Being Accessory Before the Fact in
Big Robbery.

Cambridge, Mass, March l2.-Eight
men, under arrest and indictment in con
nection with the robbery of the $4,000
payroll carried by Frank R. Brown, pay
master of the General Electric company
at Everett Dee. 20, last, were arraigned
in the superior court mere to-day. Charles
S. Whittemore, auditor for the General
Electric company at its Everett plant,
pleaded guilty to the charge of being ac-
cessory before the fact to the robbery
and to conspiracy, Charles Celeste, alias
Mortal, made a similar plea.
Louis (Poco) Bennett. son Of the late
'Poco" Bennett, Harvard old clothes man
and money lender, pleaded not guilty
to a conspiracy charge and John MulhaIi,
alias Martin Samstirrat and Hugh
Owens, all of New York, pleaded not
guilty to assault and battery. Counsel
for Owens and Mulhal, who claimed that
the court was without jurisdiction be-
cause the prisoners were kidnapped
from New York" obtained permission to
make a change of plea before next Sat.
urday. Harry Gavin and Richard Swee-
ney pleaded guilty to charges of rob-
berry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-12
SAYS INTERVENTION
Is THE ONLY HOPE
Former Grand Duke Alexander Michaelo-
witch Of Russia Says That Otherwise
Russia May Be in Disorder
for Decades.

Paris, March l2.-Former Grand Duke
Alexander Michaelvitch, who arrived in
Paris recently from the Crimea, told
the Associated Press to-day that unless
armed allied Intervention in Russia be-
gan at once the situation would become
so hopelessly desperate that it would take
years, perhaps decades, to restore a SEM
blance of order and bring about peace in
eastern Europe. The former grand duke,
who is a brother n-law of the former
emperor, continued:
81 do not ask the allies to fight for us.
We merely ask them to keep order in the
territories wrested from bolshevism by
the governments already fighting the
soviet.
81 came here in January in an attempt
to help my country as a private citizen
acquainted with conditions in Russia.
thought / would find justice and sym
pathy at the peace conference, but have
been disappointed, as found only per
sonal intrigues, party politics and ma
tional egotism visible.
81 requested President Wilson to re-
ceive me, but he replied through his
secretary that he was too busy with
peace conference matters. What matters
can be more momentous to the peace
conference than the Russian problem? |
asked to be allowed to go to England,
but was refused passport, yet they re-
ceived Kerensky. I dare not request per-
mission to visit America, not wishing to
invite rebuff"
Abiding to the proposed Princes Is
land conference, the grand duke said the
proposal was a mistake, as it gave the
bolsheyiki strong weapon to WELD in
Russia over the covering population
The bolshevilc are claiming, he added,
that the allied governments have recog-
nized them because they feared them
"0n Jan. 25," he continued, "seven
days after the Princes Island proposal,
the bolsheyiki led out my two brothers
and two cousins from the fortress of St.
Peter and st. Paul and shot them with
out trial. They never would have dared
TO do this unless they had been sure of
the moral support afforded by the semi
recognition by the peace conference.
Had President Wilson come out
strongly and surely with reputation
of and non-recognition of the boIsheviki
it would have encouraged the govern
ments warning against them. Bolshevism
will be the devil in the future league Of
nations