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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06
TAX ON GASOLINE
Is NOT POPULAR
Dealers Object to. Plan for
Raising of Road Rev
enueS

Automobile dealers and owners
throughout the states of Louisiana
and Mississippi have been aroused to
the fighting pitch by the movement
started to place a tax on every gal
lon of gasoline sold, says the secre-
tary and general manager of the
Louisiana Mississippi Automobile
Trade Association. The tax idea is
being fostered by several organiza-
tons and in a canvass CT its members
recently, hte Louisiana Mississippi
AutOmotive Trade Association regis
tered almost a unanimous vote
against the plan.
As proposed, the tax would be from
one-haf to two cents per gallon. The
money is intended to be used in the
maintenance of roads in the various
parishes. The method of collection
seems to rest with the wholesale
dealer, with the charge passed on to
the customer.
Dealers are pointing out that the
automobile owner now pays a tax of
5 per cent on the purchase of car,
5 per cent4on the purchase of any and
all accessories, 5 per cent on the pur-
chase of tires ind batteries, tax of
25 cents per horsepower for state
license and on top of this a personal
property tax. This leaves the auto
mobile the most taxed commodity on
the market today.
The dealers are in favor of a wheel
tax or other plan for good roads, but
term the proposed plan class legisla-
ton.
The Automotive Trade Association
of Acadia parish, Alexandria, Opelou-
sas, Baton Rouge and many other
sections have unanimously adopted
resolutions against the plan.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06
SALE.
ESTATE OF EDWARD NELDARE
No. 1854, Probate Docket, Sixteenth
Judicial District Court, Parish
Of ST. Landry, Louisiana

By virtue of an order Of Hon. B. H.
Pavy, Judge of the Sixteenth Judi
cial District Court of the State of
Louisiana, in and for the parish of
st. Landry, and pursuant to a COM
mission of said court issued thereun-
der, directed to the undersigned ad-
ministrator, or any duly qualified
auctioneer of st. Landry parish, there
will be sold at public auction, to the
last and highest bidder, for cash, at
the principal front door of the court
house of the parish Of st. Landry, in
Opelousas, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER II, 1919,
at II o'clock a. m, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
One ~ lot Of ground, with all the
buildings and improvements thereon,
and known as Lot No. 4, in Block No.
n, in the John o. Leblanc subdivision
to the town of Port Barre, La. and
situated on Third Street of said SUBJ
division. Being same property ae-
quired by deceased from A. D. Hanks
by act before C. o. Dejean, Notary
Public, May 1, 1919, duly recorded
in Conveyance Book u" No. IL, at
Page AIT.
TERMS-CASH.
ALVA D. HANKS,
nov22-6t Administrator.
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preaching they turned their eyes the
other way, but their judgment, based
on the outer appearance, was quite
wrong. Many code is rough on the
outside, but broken upon it is filled
with flashing crystals.
All his life long, men misjudged
Oliver Goldsmith. He has been called
a battered angelo and also san in
spired indiot." Through all the years
he was an eternal child. Only man
with tender heart and with guileless
simplicity could have mistaken a rich
mans house for a public inn, yet out
Of that blunder his best comedy was
born. He failed in his study of law,
he failed in his study of medicine, he
failed as a clerk, and to the end, he
pursued delusive hopes, while laugh
ter and tragedy chase each other
through his life as cloud and sun
shine fill the April sky. Worldly
men laughed at him, successful men
peered him, yet many popular Off
cial of his time might well have en-
We'd Goldsmith-"his misery, his gar
ret and his fame" Madame Roland,
Just before her death, said she ''was
dying of that strange disorder that
the English call "a broken heart. "
The picture of Goldsmith spending his
last guinea in buying tulips for his
uncle.
Little wonder that George Mac
Donald owed his story of the angel
who had strayed from her path to
that touching scene in which the old
vicar suddenly realizes that he has
been cursing his daughters intended,
and says: II did not curse him,
child, did II" Indeed, sir, you did;
you cursed him twice" "Then may
heaven forgive me and him if ! did"
Through all these pages blow the
winds of paradise. The world is filled
with men who are not strong men, nor
Wise IIlSHs AOI ouSCCSS4Q "a AhCAly OGG
who, within, have beautiful souls.
Alas, for those whose breath is crit
icism and whose presence exhales
sneers and contempt. Tears can fall
like the rain that calls to life the
sleeping seeds. Sarcasm falls like
acid on flowers. To be kind towards
ones fellows, and gentle in judg
ment, just in praise, to pass by all
the accident of clothing and position
and judge men on the basis of their
truth and manhood-that it is to be
in way a perfect man, honoring
ones fellows, because they also are in
the image of God, big with destiny
and carrying two eternities in the
from an Exchange.
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don't make good, the $500 fund will
be shy just that much"
Theodore H. Price, in telling this
story, says shat Murtha's revolving
fund was active many years. In all
those years, and in all the transact
tions, there was only one instance in
which the borrower did not repay"
Murtha tells US that there is a Pc
culiar honor in the underworld that
is more exacting than a higher soci-
ETY.. Over and over again, the use of
this bit Of money, tided the ex-pris-
oner over the first month, and made
new men out Of persons that might
have become habitual criminals. In
reviewing his experience, therefore,
he affirms that about half of the
loans made to his friends have been
repaid, but that his loans to criminals
had all come back with one single ex-
spark Of good that is found in every
ception. It is a singular tribute to the
man. It goes to show that often times
a crime is committed in a weak hour
and an off moment by a man whose
real nature and disposition are anti
criminal.
No better illustration Of this inn
portant principle can be found than
in the story Of that youth who sud-
denly began to drink, and after a long
"spree" found himself in this western
mining town, hundreds of miles away,
in which he had once lived. The cit
liens of the village were holding
nominating convention for mayor.
The saloon crowd had just nominated
candidate, and the honest men knew
that there was not a ghost of a show
of their defeating the liquor interests.
When this intoxicated youth stun
bled into the meeting, to show his
contempt for the other candidate, q
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06

merchant arose and nominated the
boy for mayor, saying, seven though
he was drunk he was thousand times
better candidate than the nominee
of the machine gang"
To the establishment of the COM
munity, the youth was elected. He
never drank another drop. He stud
led law, gave the town a perfect ad-
ministration, won a host of friends,
became an ideal citizen, fulfilled a ca
reer of honor and distinction. That
strange nomination was like power
full tonic to his intellect and his con-
science. Men had trusted him and
he became worthy of their conf
dence. It is some times said that
"every Shakespeare who ever grew
up has been heard from" In terms
of poetry that may be true; but in
terms of manhood and heroism, not
every noble soul has been heard from.
Many man is full Of undeveloped re-
sources, packed with latent treasure,
that wait for the hour when some
friend will evoke the latent gift and
start the youth on a new and noble
career. Nine times out of ten, con-
fidence is repaid, and men answer
trust with loyalty, friendship with in
tegrity. It is this that explains the
steady upward progress of the race,
and the fact that society is gaining
from year to year. One little book
of "reminiscences by Warden Murtha
is worth whole library by syndical-
lists like Foster, and pessimists like
Marx, who believe that man is only
selfish animal, that every man has his
price, and that force is the real in
strument of human prOgress.-Se-
lected.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06
DANGER OF CONTEMPT
FOR OUR FELLOWMEN

George Macdonald has a story Of
a young woman who went astray. A
youth who insisted that he loved the
girl broke down all the hedges that
protect the flowers Of innocence. A
rose garden is a sorry sight after the
swine have broken through the gates,
torn up the sod and flowers with tusk
and snout! Deserted, the lovely girl
lost her beauty and fell upon evil
days. A minister found her one night
standing upon his door step and
brought her in, guessing what her
tale would be. His little daughter,
going upstairs with her mother,
asked: "Who is it who is in the IL
brary with father?" The mother was
wise woman, for she gave the child
this answer: "An angel, my dear,
who has lost her way and father is
showing her the way back home"
Nothing is easier tina nto judge
ones fellows by the shell without.
Tested by clothes and the street in
which they live and the house that
gave shelter, some Of the noblest fig
ures in history would not have passed
muster and would have been ranked
very low. Dr. johnson looked like an
unkempt, broken-down failure. For
long time he lived in most squalid
street. His rooms were scarcely bet
Ter than garrets. His plum-colored
coat was spotted with grease. When
1is Few acquaintance saw him APP
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06

United States marshals acted as
enumerators at the first nine decen-
NAL censuses. Each marshal had as
many assistants as were necessary to
properly cover his allotted territory.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06

NOTICE OF TREsPAss-Hunting
~ is strictly forbidden on Silvermine
farm,l coated near Rosa, La, this par
ish. T. c. FooTE. nov22-6t
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
Gov. CooIridge of Massa- chusetts Says They are Public Officials of the
 Commonwealth
ARE NOT EMPLOYEES
The Attorney General Has Been Asked to Render a Decision on Their
 Status

BOSTON, Sept 13.-Gov Coolridge in replying to demand for a public statement of his attitude towards the striking policemen, said the mcr were in the same class as deserters He said it was not of the pature of a strike as the mems work was in the nature of public work and they were public officials.
 We cannot think" said he, "ol arbitrating the government laws ol the commonwealth, nor any compro mise with them either"
 It was announced last evening that the policemen's union is willing to return to work and await the result of the conference at Washington. Pc lice Commissioner Curtis said he had issued orders not to reinstate the strikers.
 The Attorney General has been asked to give a decision whether or not the policemen are employees or government officials, without the right to strike.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
HOOVER IS HOME, TO TAKE REST
 FROM DUTIES
Arrives in New York City and Will Leave at Once For His Nome in Cal
 ifornia

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Herbert A Hoover, food commissioners for Am erica and the Allied Nations during the war and who is said to have held the most responsible position of any man on a dollar year salary, has arrived here and will leave for his home in California next week, for a rest It is said that Hoover is rela. lively poor, having spent the most of his large personal fortune in assist. ing the Belgian children before the United States entered the war, and paying his own expenses during his administration as food executive dur. ing the war.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
SEATTLE IS DECORATED

SEATTLE, Sept. 13.-In the Paci fc fleet which arrived in the harbor yesterday afternoon are 51 vessels Secretary Daniels, who has visited Victoria, arrived late in the day and spent the remainder of a busy day at Bremerton yard, the guest of the Rainier Club.
 Great throngs welcomed the war ships The city was gaily decorated for the occasion, and last evening brilliant clusters of electric lights glowed red, white and blue.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
TROOP DEPARTMENTS ENTER FIUME UNDER
 ITALIAN AVIATOR
Rome Dispatch Declares That the Movement Is In Opposition To the Governments
 Orders

ROME, Sept 13.-The noted Ital- ian aviator and poet has arrived at Plume with a detachment of grenad- iers and machine gun trops and ar mored automobiles. The movement is made in violation of orders from the Italian government Officials here fear that the action will fur ther complicate the Plume problem, which the Allied Conference has been trying to settle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
AUSTRALIAN NAVY TO BE ENLARGED
 IN A SHORT TIME
Admiral Jellicoe Recommends An nual Expenditure of Five Million Pounds Until
 Year 1923

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept 13.-Ad- miral Jellicoe, in completing his re- port for the organization of the Aus tralian navy, recommends eight bat tie cruisers, twelve light cruisers, 24 destroyers, 12 submarines and sev- cral supply ships, entailing an an nual cost of 5,OOO,OOO pounds, until 1923.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
NO DANGER FROM ENGLAND

SPOKANE( Sept 13.-President Wilson speaking in the Armory here to 4,5O0 people said that the fact that decisions in the League of Nations, according to the covenant must be unanimous, removed the danger of England having the preponderance Of the yu,.ng power. He said the Uui.ed States could exercise an ab- solute veto with it's own vote The President left yesterday afternoon for Tacoma
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
BIRD OF ILL OMEN PERCHES ON VESSEL
 BEFORE IT IS SUNK

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 13.-Many hours before the liner Corrydon sank in Bahama channel, with a loss of 27 lives, the surviving sailors assert that vuIture fol- lowed the ship and even perched on the vessels spars. The sail ors took this as an i'll omen and were certain that some mishap was about to befaIl the vessel. The American members of the crew, by their cool attitude when the ship went under from the force of the sudden hurricane, saved many lives.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GREETED BY CROWDS AT SMALL
 STATIONS

YAKIMA, Sept. 13.-Section hands locked and spiked all of the main line switches preliminary to the pass age of the Presidents train, which has been stopping at the small towns, the President being greeted by large crowds and shaking hands whenever the opportunity offered.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GERMANS FIND COAL

LONDON, Sept. 13 - The coal strata of from 12 to 16 feet thick which has been discovered in Stein helm and Binsbeck. Germany. is said to be of good grade. The mine field area is about 544.64e acres and the two mining compan- les which are operating in the district have great expectations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
TELEPHONE WAITS

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.- The av- craze wait for an answer to a tele- phone call in New York City ir 1916 was four seconds and is no" IDA seconds; then one call in 2e went wrong, and now the record is enc in every IT, according to the Tribune.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
RAILROAD THEFTS

NEW YORK, Sept. 13. - The World says since the Railroad Ad- ministration took control of the railroads, $7O,OO0,0O0 worth of mer- chandise has been stolen rom freight cars, for which the shippers and consigneess must be reimbursed d. The losses in New York amounted to $15,000,000.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GERMAN VESSELS TO
 BE UTILIZED FOR
 UNITED STATES SOON
Gen. March Informs Committee He is Not at Liberty to Re- veal the Details of
 the Plans

WASHINGTON, Sept i3.-Gen. Peyton (. March informed tho House Military Committee today that the United States would retain pernla nently some of the seized German liners. He said President Wilson soon would decide on the allotment of the vessels, but asked to be ex- cused from discussing the plan, or the disposal of the vessels, which he said would be discussed and decided soon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
CONCRETE BLOCK MACHINE

LONDON. Sept. l3.-S. s. Ton kin, Australian, has invented ma chine that turns out .i-inen con crete blocks at the rate of one a minute. A test was made in Lon don and the machines promise te reyolutionize house building.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GoMPERs SENDS COPY OF TELE
 GRAM.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has sent du- plicate of his telegram which he sent Mayor ePters of Boston, to Gov. Cool ridge of Massachusetts, saying that he appealed to the policemen of Bos- ton to return to work The criticism was offered that the American Fed eration of Labor through Gompers was abetting the strike, which Com pers denied. first asserting that he had sent such a telegram, and after wards to remove all doubt sent duplicate to the Governor
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
WILL RAISE RATES

NEW YORK. Sept. 1S.-Steam- ship rates on the British lines be- tween North American ports and England and France will be ad- yanced SIS for the first class. $lo tor second-class and $5 for third class passengers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
TO LIFT WAR MEASURE

BOSTON. Sept. 13.-A Washing ton special to the Boston Globe says President Wilson plans to lit on October 1st. the wartime pro hibition which went into effect on July 1.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GEN. PERSHINC TO
 HURRY UP DETAILS
 OF OVERSEA FORCES
He Has Re-established His Head querters With the War De partment in Washing
 ton City

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-Gen. Pershing has re-established American headquarters for the American EX- peditionary Forces here at the offices of the Department of War. for the purpose of winding up overseas busi- ness. The House is considering pre- senting Gen. Pcrshing with sl0.00o and a sword The General is 59 years old today
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GROWN PRINCESS AND
 HER TWO SONS ARRIVE
 AT AMERONGEN CASTLE

AMERONGEN CASTLE. Holland, Sept. 13.-The former Crown Prin- cess of Germany and her two sons have arrived here and were wei comed by the former Emperor and Empress.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
HUN PEACE EFFORTS WERE TURNED DOWN
 BY THE SOCIALISTS
Herr Scheidemann Says He Was Commissioned to Try and Get Peace From French and
 British

BERLIN, Sept 13.-Herr Sche'd' man, former Gcnman Premier, de clared in a speech here that Herr von Bethmann Hollweg, former I'm pcrial Chancellor, in November. 1914 commissioned him to work with the British and French Socialists in be. half of peace. He said he did so' but that all of his attempts failed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
 IN ITALY KILLS AND
 DOES MUCH DAMAGE

ROME, Sept. 13.-An earthquake severely shook several villages in the Selma Province. A number of houses were damaged in Piancasto. One person was killed and several injured. In celle ten persons were injured,
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13

SHERWOMEN DEMAND FOUR DOLLARS A DAY
 AND THEIR NOON MEAL

CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-Washtr- women along the north shore higher wages and better work ing conditions. They now get $3 per day and car fara They demand $4 per day and their noon meal and shorter hours.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
SAYS WAR WILL BE THE RESULT

RATHBURN, Idaho. Sept. 13.- Making his third talk from the car platform. President Wilson declared here that war would follow the fail ure of Congress to ratify the peace treaty. He said America cannot disentangle itself from the worlds af- fairs, as much as some of the people may wish to keep isolated; that a new ordol and a new age confronts the worlds powers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
MORE SCHOONERS
 LOST IN STORM

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 13.-Two schooners were lost near the Bahama Islands during the recent hurricane. Two other schooners were lost at the Windward Islands. Houses were destroyed on several islands.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
SENATE PASSES BILL TO CURB BOARDING
 AND PROFITEERINC

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-The Senate yesterday passed the House bill extending the food control act so as to penalize profiteering The bill now goes to conference. The measure is designed to assist the agents of the Department of Justice to make headway in the national drive against hoarding and profiteering.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
SEARCH GIVEN UP
 BY GOVERNMENT FOR
 THE MISSING AVIATORS

SAN DIEGO, Sept. IS. The search in Lower California with aeroplanes and vessels for the miss ing aviators, Lieut.. Connolly and Lieut.. Warehouse, has been aban- doned by the War and Navy De- partments. All hopes have been given up of ever finding the two men alive.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
 BIG FLEET IS REVIEWED. BY THE PRESIDENT
Wilson Arrives in Seattle and Reviewed the Fleet This Afternoon From
 the Oregon

SEATTLE, Sept 13.-President Wilson reviewed the Pacific fleet this afternoon and will speak this evening. He arrived at 1:30 this afternoon He was given public dinner at the Hippodrome. All of the seats in the Arena have been taken. The President reviewed the fleet from the dcks of tn historic Oregon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GERMAN GOLD BEING SHIPPED TO CANADA
 TO BUY SUPPLIES

LONDON. Sept. 13.-It is reported that approximately $22.00O.0oo worth of gold bullion from Germany has reached London. part of which Is eo- ing to Canada to buy foodstuRs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
Reached There Today and Will Speak in the Arena Tonight Before Crowd
 ed House
IS AFRAID OF WAR
In His Idaho Speech Says War Will Result if Treaty Is Not Signed-His
 Spokane Speech

TACOMA, Sept. 13.rPresident Will lons train arrived here early this morning from Spokane, and was vel comed by, an immense crowd, The President left ,e almost at once for Seattle. ..,s, 6tef a754
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
eoRAH SPEAKS IN OMAHA

OMAHA, Sept 13.-Senator Will fam E. Borah Republican. speaking here against the League of Nations said President Wilson was a dodger and a cheater and subservient tool. who compiled with every wish ef England The crowd cheered when the speaker referred to the "exiled American soldiers in Siberia"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
MORE AMERICANS
 LEAVE FOR SIBERIA

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13-The steamer Great Northern will leave today with 1,700 volunteer troops to replace the American troops in Si- beria.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
TROOPS FIRE ON MOB

BOSTON, Sept. 13.-One Ierson was killed and another wounded when the guardsmen this morning fired at a mob which refused to move on.
 Police Commissioner Curtis an- .nounced today that the pos.2 de- serted by the striking policemen VII be filled
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
SHELL EXPLODES AND
 TWO MEN ARE KILLED

BONHAMPTON. N. J.. Sept. 13.- The explosion of a six-inch shell be- ing unloaded from a barge in the river at the Raritan arsenal exploded. killing two men and injuring six oth- CTS.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
CHILEAN MINISTRY RESIGNS

SANTIAGO. Sept. 13.-Following the recent disorders. the Chilean Ministry has resigned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
JoHNsoNs ST. LOUIS SPEECH

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 13-A huge crowd packing the Coliseum here cheered Hiram w. Johnson of Cali fornia for IS minutes when he ap- peared to oppose the covenant of the League of Nations.
 President Wilson came home with out his IA points the American peo- pie did not quit; that somebody else quit. He said: The United States Senate stands between you and the loss of your liberties"
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
GENERAL ELECTION IN ENGLAND
 EXPECTED SOON

LONDON, Sept 13.-As the result of the by-eelctions in Windsor and Lancaster, in which Labor Leader Henderson was elected a member oi the House of Commons, the conclu sion is. reached that the coalition gov ernment has been dealt a severe blow. and that probably general cleo tions will soon be held.
 A Cabinet reconstruction is long overdue. The coalition government seems unable to solve the Irish ques tion, and it is claimed sentiment is running against the present govern mont.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-13
COL. BELL ELECTED
 COMMANDER OF GRAND
 ARMY OF REPUBLIC

COLUMBUS, Sept 13.-Col. James D. Bell, of Brooklyn, was unanimous ly elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.