The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-11-06
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the East were found wholly or partially
unfit, he said. and 81 per cent of the
men between twenty-One and thirty
one years of age were rejected.
Control of Montgomery Ward l. Com
pany, Il Chicago mail order house. has
been acquired by the United Retail
Stores corporation interests according
to New York dispatch. The corpora
ton also controls the United Cigar
Stores Company.
The breweries Of Newark, n. j., vot-
ell last Saturday to discontinue the
manufacture of near beer, declaring
it an outrage to ask decent people to
drink it. The city's 800 liquor dealers
also voted to close their places until
wartime prohibition is lifted
DIR. \. 5. Garrett who has been
practicing physician ut Hot Springs.
Ark. for forty years. died in that city
last Thursday. He was ninety years
of age. He was said to have been the
widest known physician in the United
States and the last survivor of the crew
of the famous irOnclad Merrimac. Of
the Confederate Navy.
The estate Of the late Mrs. Russell
Sage has been appraised ut SIS. Oj1 .O4:I.
according to il New York telegraph
story of last Friday. The principal
individual beneficiary of the will is
Mrs. Sase's brother. Joseph jeremiah
Slocunl. who receives $7.157.7O3 More
than fifty educational and charitable
institutions receive requests ranging
from S1OO.tNW to $1.WW.WD
Miss Carmen Martin was awarded Il
verdict for S15.OtO damages against the
Great Southern Hotel Company at
iulfport. Miss. last week. Miss Mar
tin had been put out Of the hotel by the
wife of the manager for alleged I'M
proper conduct with married man
and the defense in the suit failed to
make good its charge. The jury was
out only seventeen minutes.
The announcement comes from the
Mccook Aviation Field in Ohio that
reverseable airplane propeller has actu-
ally been successfully tried out there
during last week and that the inven-
ton means that an airl,lane can now
he stopped and landed within 80 feet
10y actual test The climbing speed of
the plane is said to lie increased 10
per cent and the altitude may pos
sibly he increased to 5000 feet.
Alexander rabbi, nlotOrnlan, says
an Edgewater. \. J.. dispatch. saved
the lives of his thirty passengers last
Saturday. it being the last act Of his
life The car was about to descend
an incline that would have thrown it
over the palisades Of the Hudson
River. inasnluch as the mOtorman was
dying of heart disease. He put on
the brake. which threw all the pas
SenSerS out Of their seats and stopped
the car. They found him dead ut his
post.
Astountled by the mass of evidence
tending to show that the Government
had been defrauded Of thousands if
not several millions Of dollars, in the
construction Of Camp Sherman. says
Il Columbus. Ohio, dispatch Of last
Saturday. Congressman Lewis {. Nc
KeEZie. chairman of the congressional
subcommittee which is investigating
camp construction. declared that he
will introduce 4 bill in Congress max
ing the defrauding of the Government
in time of war Il reasonable Offense.
King Albert. of Belgium. his queen
and the crown prince. sailed from Old
Point Comfort. VA. last Friday OH the
George Washington for home. after
touring the United States from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast during
several weeks. being received by Con
yre>S and by the PRESIDENT and in all
manner given Il truly cordial reception
by the American people. The King
sent Il radio message when his ship
was well out to sea-. saying that lie
would never forget the cordial wei
come he had received.
\ Charleston. W. Va, dispatch of
last Saturday says an attempt will
be made to introduce in Congress this
week IL bill to force the incorporation
Of every labor union in the country.
according to Tom {. Lewis. formerly
president of the United Mineworkers
He Is now secretary of the New River
Coal Operators Association. Such
law would make union leaders reSl,On-
Sible. he says. like all other corpora
ton heads: whereas now they are res
polSihle only to their unions. The
unions could then he sued for breach
of contract. such as is said to have
been committed in the present strike