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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
NEWS or WORLD IN TABLOIDS

Martial law has been proclaimed in
Hamburg.
Five transports, carrying 1925
troops, arrived at New York Thursday
from French ports.
Fuchow reports 5000 students ar
rested and heeld by the Chinese and
Japanese military authorities, accord
ing to a dispatch from Annoy.
A London dispatch says the military
authorities have the situation in hand
at the Canadian camp, near EPSON,
where serious riOting took place.
A Fresno dispatch says the Cali
fOrnia raisin crop for 1919 is estimat-
ed at 100000 tons, the highest in the
history of the state by more than 35,-
600 tons.
The miners strike has been settled
TO the satisfaction of both sides and
work was resumed In the coal mines
of northern France, according to Paris
newspapers.
Official announcement was made by
the censorship board at Washington
that the United States postal censor
ship would be discontinued at the
close Of business next Saturday.
Six officers and 212 men Of the Sew
enty-eighth base hospital were among
the 1897 troops arriving at New York
from Marseilles on the transport Ali.
ghieri. The others were casuals.
Appropriations approXimating 5000
100000 for the army il 1920, instead
of 1871, 100000, as voted by the house,
were recommended by the senate mill
tary subcommittee at Washington.
The Italian government met with
defeat in the chamber of deputies at
Rome when the chamber rejected a
vote Of confidence in the government
by go to 20. The Orlando cabinet re-
signed.
After reconsidering its action for
an extension Of federal control of tele-
graphs and telephones, the house at
Washington passed the amended sen.
ate bill requiring return of the lines to
private control.
The senate at OttaT'a, Ontario,
adopted an amendment to the prohibi-
ton bill, which makes the prohibition
order in council effective only until
peace is signed instead Of for one year
after that date.
In defending the United States en-
ployment service before the house and
senate labor committees at Washing
ton, Secretary Wilson denied that the
labor department was being operated
solely in the interest of organized Ia
Dor.
Organized labor struck q blow at
the bolshevik elements in its midst
when the American Federation of La
Dor, in convention at Atlantic City,
N. j., adopted a resolution denying
American labor'S recognition of soviet
Russia.
Marshal FOch is forming one front
against the Germans from the Rhine
to the Danube, the Paris LIntranSi-
geant says it is informed. The allied
commander in chief, it is added, will
henceforth extend his command over
the Czecho-Slovak, Roumanian and
Polish armies.
1.-TWO German secretaries
thrust out their tongues at the crowd
watching them ride to the Versailles
railway station-and then the fun be-
gam" Such is the latest version OF
the cause of the Monday nights lem
Onstration against the German peace
delegation at Versailles.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
ARMY WORM HITS CORN BELT
Many Fields In Central Illinois Are
Destroyed by Pests Advance
Situation Serious.

Decatur, ILL.,, June 1.-THE corn
belt of the world has been invaded by
the army worm, n of the greatest de-
stroyers of crops. One week ago the
worm was found ut work. Today there
r many fields Of corn and grain In
central Illinois that are complete
losses. Each day brings scores OF re-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
soldiers In control e wlcr,D.o

Winnipeg. Winnipeg, strike torn
since May Is. is under marital law.
After lighting between 1000 strikers
and the city and provincial police, in
which one man was killed, another in
1ured, probably fatally. and more than
= hurt, Mayor Charles f. Gray
formally turned over the city to the
protection OF the federal military
forces.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
FOREST FIRES IN MONTANA.
Nine Separate BIaxes Reported In the
FIathead Timber Country.

Missoula, Mont.-Fourteen forest
fires were reported burning in forest
district No. 1. with a force Of 800 men
fighting them. Nine of the fires were
reported in the Flathead forest, three
in Lolo forest and one each In Mis-
soula and Madison forests. The most
serious blaze, in the opinion Of Of
ficials, was n burning on a two-mile
front on the south fork Of the Flat.
head river.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

Paris.-Germany's new cabinet,
headed by Gustav Bauer, has asked
for and been given a vote Of conf
dence by the German national as
sembly at Weimar, and the assembly
has announced it's willingness to sign
the peace treaty.
The offer has been communicated
to the members Of the peace congress
in Paris, who have discussed it's pro
visions, including reservations made
by the Germans against af1xing their
signatures to the document while it
contains clauses acknowledging the
responsibility Of the German people
for the war and demanding the trial
Of former Emperor William.
All the requests Of the Germans for
ly rejected by the allies and Germany
now must give her a~cquiescence to
the treaty as 1t stands before the ex-
piration of the time limit Monday aft
ernoon, on pain Of having the allies
further invade her territory.
Allied Troops Prepared.
All is in readiness on the part Of
the allied troops in the occupied
areas. More than a half million SOL
diers are concentrated there and are
only awaiting the word to march east.
ward into Germany if the Germans
prove obdurate. About 100, 900 Amer.
leans are included In this force.
Preparations also are being made
at Versailles to hold a session of the
peace congress during the present
week at which the Germans may affx
their signatures to the treaty in the
famous hall Of mirrors in the Trianon
palace. While the hall has been ord
cred prepared by Tuesday, the belief
prevails in Paris that the ceremony
will not take place much before
Thursday.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

st. Paul, characterization of the
central section of Fergus Falls, Mimi.
by Q tornado, with a loss Of a~pproxi-
mately 200 lives, was reported by rail.
road officials and dispatches from
nearby towns. The strom struck the
city. destroying among other build.
ings, the Grand hotel, in which il is
reported 75 persons were trapped
when the structure collapsed.
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Labor sufficient for Harvest.

Kansas City, No., June 17.-That the
middle Western wheat crop will not.
from present indications. suffer for
want of sufficient harvest labor was
the declaration of A. l.. Barkman. In
charge of the federal employment serv.
Ice In this city.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
GENERAL BIDDLE GETS LEAVE
Succeeded a. Commander OF American
Troops In England BY
Colonel Pierce.

London. June 16.-General Biddle.
who has been In command Of the Amer
lean troops In England since the United
States entered the war. has relinquish-
ed his command to Colonel Pierce.
General Biddle. win remain in Europe
ia leave for some time and probably
will visit the continental battlefelds
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
where the doughboys distinguished
themselves.
FRANCE TO HAVE U. S. CRAFT
Chairman Hurley Of Shipping Board
Approves Orders for 100000
Tons Of Ships.

Paris, June 16.-Orders placed in
American s~hipyards for 100000 tons
OF merchant ships TO 60 under the
French flag have been approved by
Edward N. Hurley.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Power Plant Burned OUT

Helena, Mont.-A forest fire near
Canyon Ferry, burned out Helena's
light and power lines. leaving the
city In darkness and without street
cars for many hours.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Injustice of Pact in Its Present
Form Is Cited in Docu-
ment.
DECLARES ARMISTICE
AGREEMENT VIOLATED
Foe Uses 10000 Words to Reply to
Demands of the Victors-Says Ger
many's Importance is Independent.
Of Military Position.

Paris, June 16.-"Germany'S impor-
lance Is independent of her temporary
military and political position. If she
Is not admitted Ito the League of Ma
tions) Immediately on the signing of
peace it is impossible TO speak Of Il
League OF Nations
This Is one of the points raised by
Germany in her 10000 word reply 10
the peace treaty, in which she makes
a long series Of contemporaries. y
summary Of that reply was issued by
the committee on public information
on the eve of the delivery 10 Count
Won BrOckdorff- Rantzau by the allies
Of the amended pact.
ON the whole the summary covers
little new ground, the main points of
the German arguments having been
covered in press dispatches during the
last few weeks. Beyond putting Off
cial stamp on those dispatches the
summary reveals, however, some inter-
esting details. 1t shows, also, that the
German reply was much stronger,
both in text and tenor of protests and
counter-demands, than hitherto indi-
Gated.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

ports of new fields invaded. In Macon
county farmers worked all day Sum-
day putting out a poison to stop the
invasion and destruction, which threat
ems to become serious.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Trial Of Ex-kaiser.

"As to the trial OF the ex-kaiser.
Germany cannot recognize the justi-
ficatiOn Of such criminal prosecution.
which Is not founded upon any legal
basis, or agree to the competence OF
the special tribunal proposed"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27

In another passage the reply says
Germany "cannot consent to the bar
tering of human beings" and later:
1.-THE German government declines
to make any reparation in the form of
punishment, and still more emphatical-
ly declines to pass on TO individual
parts of the population the punishment
munity."
Annexation of the Saar district is
called the creation of another Alsace-
Lorraine. AS for those provinces, Ger
many claims their cession without
consulting the population would be a
new wrong. She admits that, accord
ing to present conceptions of right. an
injustice was committed In 1871, when
the people were not consulted"
Acceptance of the trial of the ex-
kaiser an dsancticn Of his %extraditiOn
from Holland are fatty refused ON the
ground that mo German subject can
be brought fore n foreign court with
out established law or legal basis"
-Noi viii ShN tobNtht W tic
Of other subjects accused Of war
crimes, but instead proposes an inter-
national court of neutrals Ito Judge
the fact OF crime" The punishment,
however, she claims. must remain with
the national courts.
The document bitterly assails the
abolition Of all German rights outside
Europe as "irreconcilable with the pre-
liminary negotiations and as wholly
impossible to a great people who not
only have supreme needs for markets
and supplies but who have shown
themselves capable Of sharing the
worlds task of colonization"
A summary of the German protests
and contemporaries as computed
from today's official resume, follows:
PREPARATION.
Germany accepts responsibility only
for civilian losses In the Belgian and
French areas occupied by her In the
war. She agrees to pay not more than
$25, 900. ZOO. 1000. provided her other
counter-proposals are accepted. Char
acterixing the allied plan for a repara-
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Drop kIel Canal Question.

The original proposal Of an inter-
national commission for the admins
tration of the Mel canal has been
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-06-27
Main Thread Of Reply.

The main thread of the German an
swer Is the charge that the original
peace treaty constitutes a breach OF
the solemn armistice agreement, based
on the Wilsonian IA points. 1t says
the treaty would mean "the complete
enSlavement Of the German people and
the betrayal Of all the worlds cher
ished hopes of peace" The right Of
self-determination, the Germans assert,
has been ''wilfully violated through
OUT
1t is difficult TO see, Germany AYERS,
how and harsher terms could have
been distated to the former imperial
istic and irresponsible government.
Many speeches of allied statesmen and
Of President Wilson are then quoted
as saying the war "a against that
government, not against the German
people. In the words of the summary {:
To-day, however, theallied powers
are racing not n irresponsible Ger
man government but the German peO-
pie ruling its own future for itself.
This has been utterly disregarded In
the draft treaty"
The treaty is described as merely
q celebration of the last triumph of i'm
perialist and capitalist tendencies"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24

certified cheque on some bank
doing business in Louisiana pay
able to the order of the President
Of the Police Jury of Iberia Parish
for Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars,
$75O.OO), the cheque of the sue
cessful bidder to be credited on
the purchase price or forfeited to
the said Road District as liqui-
damages if he fail to fulfill the
conditions Of his bid. The cheques
of the unsuccessful bidders will be
returned to them on the rejection
of their bids.
The successful bidders will be
furnished with an approving legal
opinion of ohm G. Thomson. Of
New York City. L
All bids must be unconditional
and enclosed in a sealed envelope
addressed to the Police Jury Of
the Parish of iberia. New IBERIA
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24
SALE OF BONDS

In accerdanse with the terms OF an
ordinance Of the Police Jury Of the Par.
ish Of Iberia, acting as the governing
authority Of Road District No. One ~ o.
the Parish Of Iberia, Of date May 22nd,
1919, notice IL hereby given that the said
Police Jury will resolve sealed proposals.
for the purchase, At q price not less than
per and accrued interest, Of CSC, 000. 00)
Sixty Thousand and no-l00 Dollars Of
bonds Of Road District No. One ~ Of
the Parish Of Iberia % authorized at the
Rnecial Election held in said Road Dis
triet ON May 20, 1919, up to IL o'clock.
I. M. on June 26th, 1919.
Bids must be accompanied by . esrti-
fed cheek on some bank doing business
In the state Of Louisiana, payable to the
President Of the Police Jury Of Iberia
Parish. for Nine Hundred Dollars,
$4,000. 0O); the check Of the suscsssful
bidder will be credited on the purchase
price or forfeited to the Police Jury %
governing authority Of said Road District
e liouidated damages II he fail to fulfill
The conditions Of his bid. The checks OF
the unsuccessful bidders will be returned
20 them On the rejection Of their bids.
The successful bidder win be Furnished
with Z propor legal opjnion of. o. Tho0-
son. Of New York City ~ to validity Of
the bonds. FL.
All bids must b unconditional and i'd
dressel 70 the Police Jury Of Iberia
Pasish, New iberia, La, with state
meut on the envelope that It contains
bid Tor the bonds Of Road District No
| One 81 the Parish Of iberia.
Said bids will be opened at IL O'clock
.. M, June 26sh, 1919, in open ression O
1.-THE Police Jury at the Court House, q
New Iberia, Louisiana.
The Police Jury reserves the right T
reject any and Ill bids.
For further information concernin!
said bonds or the legal proceedings lead
ling thereto apply to Graham = Martin
Attorneys, 4l3 Hennen Bldg, New Or
| leans, La, Or to Paul Basin, oecretar!
Police Jury, New Iberia, La.
4. a. THEREOF,
President Police Jury
PAUL BA6OlN,
Secretary Police Jury
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24

La, with statement on the en-
velope that it contains a bid Mf
the bonds of Road District No.
Eight (8) of the Parish Of Iberia.
Said bids will be opened at IL 80
o'clock on June 26th, 1919 in open
session of the Police jury at the
Court House at New Iberia, Lo
isiana. G
The Police Jury reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
For further information con-
corning said bonds or the legal
proceedings leading thereto apply
to Graham and Martin. Attorneys.
413 Hennen Bldg, New Orleans.
La, or to Paul Bassin, Secretary,
Police Jury, New Iberia, La.
(Signed) A. A. THEREOF,
President Police Jury
PAUL BASSIN,
Secretary. Police jury
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24
SALE OF BONDS.

In accordance with the terms IF
an ordinance of the Police Jury
of the Parish of iberia, acting as
the governing authority Of Road
District No. Five (5) of the Par
ish Of iberia, of date May 22nd,
1919, notice is hereby given that
the said Police Jury will receive
sealed proposals for the purchase
at a price not less than par AMI
accrued interest of Forty-seve.l
Thousand Dollars, ($47, 0OO.OO) Of
bonds Of Road District No. Five
80 Of the Parish Of iberia, as an
thorized at The Special Election
held in said Road District on May
Goth. 1919, up to His O'Clock
A. M. on June 26th, 1919.
Bids must be accompanied by a
certified cheque on some bank do
ing business in Louisiana payable
to the order Of the President OF
the Police Jury Of iberia Parish for
Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars,
($75O.OO) the cheque of the suc-
cesSful bidder to be credited on
the purchase price or forfeited to
the said Road District as liqui.
dated damages if he fail to full
/ fiji Tie conditions Of his bid. The
cheques Of the unsuccessful bid.
ders will he returned to them o.
1.-THE rejection Of their bids.
i The successful bidder will be
| furnished with an approving Legal
opinion Of John c. Thomson Of
New York City.
i ALI bids must be unconditional
j and enclosed in sealed envelop'
addressed to the Police jury Q.
J the Parish Of Iberia, New Iberia
lila, with 4 statement on the en-
velope that it contains . bid TO
the bonds 81 Road District Nc
Il Five (5) Of the Parish Of Iberia
Said bids viii be opened =
tI11:15 o'clock on June 18th, 1911
! lin open session Of the Police Jur'
T st the Court House ct New liberia
! Louisiana.
}. The Police jury reserves ia
fright to reject any and all bids
81 For further information COZ
fI.:... .~:a hn,,dn ~. the 1n1S
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24
METHODIST CENTENARY.


cit can be done" has given way
toe.It will be done" and in many
instances to TT has been done, :
20 far as the raising Of the money
for the greatest missionary for
ward movement ever, launched by
any denomination is concerned.
AT least, that is the tendon OF the
reports that are coming in from
Ill over Louisiana and the South
concerning the Southern Metho-
dist drive for $35, O00, 600 for mis-
sions during May 1926 40 fitting
centenary celebration Of 100 years
81 missionary work.
sTen men have taken our en-
tire quota, says Felicity Church Of
New Orleans. lover the top by
. 4 m. the first day, = is the ring
sing message from Med onoghville,
che only Methodist congregation
81 Jefferson parish. Zone day =
Ill Ne need, = was the advance an
nouneemenf from Homer, La. and
from scores Of other places like
reports are coming n.
The Methodist Of New iberia
sre 81 their job with full forces
q work. No detail has beer
omitted and results have come IN =
Is Is u ~ - ~...-...ss.a a,ves, flno Ynnsa1
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24

The Police Jury reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
For further information coil
corning said bonds or the legal
proceedings leading thereto apply
to Graham & Martin, Attorneys,
413 Hennen, New Orleans, La, or
to Paul Basin, Secretary Police
Jury, New iberia. La.
(Signed) A. A. THEREOF,
President Police jury.
PAUL BASSIN,
observation-disclosures Police Jury.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24
Timber Wanted

One Thousand Cords Stave and Head
ing Bolts, 40 and AZ inches long, l6 inch
es and up diameter.
Oak, Gum, Cottonwood, blackberry,
Cypress, Ash. Can't ase Tupelo.
Good Prices.
Delivery by barge on Bayou feche
preferred.
CENTREvILLE COOPERAGE CO.,
g.. Nary Parish, Centreville, La.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24

An elaborate musical program
by local talent commemorating the
second anniversary of His Holy
Death will be celebrated at Saint
Berchman' hall tomorrow, Sun
day, May 25th at 8 o'clock P. NJ.
under the auspices Of the Catholic
College.
The program will be as follows:
La Sorella, Chas. Borel Clerc,
Violin Selection by Mr.. A. Hitter.
Great st. de L. Salle, Recitation,
r. A. Arnandez.
st. de L. Sale Cantata, Choir.
The Little Bird Recitation. r.
F. Girard.
The Boy and the Squirrel Rec
itation. j. ). Landry.
The two Little Kittens ecita-
ton, G. A. Girard.
The Soldiers Farewell Song,
r. A. Arnandex.
Fathers Voice Recitation, y.
P. Landry.
NV Son Recitation. NJ. ]. Con-
rad.
.I,m Trying Hard to Be q
Man, ~ SONG, B. "A. Aknandez,
Lee DeBlanc. j 3. SchWmg, 4 +.
i - 80 - n..:x.%:rv 4.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-05-24
Partition Sale.
OSCAR SEGURA EFT AIS
vs.. mo. 1919
MRS. LAURIE DUGAS EFT AIS.
10th Judicial District Court Of Louisiana,
Parish Of Iberia.

Dy virtue Of . commission issued unto
me the undersigned Sheriff Of the Parish
Of Iberia out Of the above said Court, IN
der IN order granted on the 18th day Of
May, 1919, l will offer for sale for Cash,
(for the purpose of affecting partition
between the plaintiffs and defendants)
1t Public Auction to the last and highest
bidder, on
SATURDAY, 2srH DAY OF JUNE, 10,
between legal sale hours, at the Locus of
the property, situated in the Fourth
Ward Of Iberia Parish, State Of Louisiana
the property herein below described, be-
longing in indivision to plaintiffs aud
defendants, and described % follows,
to- wit:
That certain tract of land situated at
Tausse Points, Parish Of Iberia, State Of
Louisiana, measuring sixteen (l6) super
fetal arpents, more or less. and bounded
on the North by Estate OF Louis Eloi Du'
gas. South by the Estate Of Evariste
Boutte. East and West by Louis L. Dugas.
P. A. LANDRY. Sheriff.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
TRAINING
At BALTIMORE FOR
BLIND WAR HEROES

Seventy-one of the 200 men of the
American fighting forces who were
blinded in the war are being shelter
ed treated Or educated in the Red
Cross Institute for the Blind at Bal
timore. The institution has been
designated as a United States gen
eral hospital and is called Ever
green" Colonel James Bordley, di-
rector of the institute, said that all
the Americans blinded in the war
would be brought here for course
of training, as this was the only
training school for the blind main
tanned by the government. He de-
scribed the morale of the blinded men
as wonderful.
The men are first treated in the hos
statement, after which they are
taught to use a typewriter and read
and write Braille-raised type for the
blind. Then they receive special
training to develop the sense OF
touch.
"After this fundamental hand
training, the men are given special
education to fit them for the calling
in which they are interested and are
qualified successfully to follow" says
the statement.
fThus, those with inclination and
the inherent ability are trained for
usch occupations as stenoSrapherS,
statesmen, correspondents, retail store
managers: Gin connection with this
latter occupation, plans have been
already made to open a chain of re-
tail stores, each of which will have
a blind soldier as manager.)
"Those with love of out-of-doorS
and a natural aptitude for out-of-
door life, will be trained for chicken
raising, bee keeping, truck gardening
and such like occupations. Those of
such caliber and a mentality that
fits them for industrial life are
trained, not merely in shop practice,
but for some particular job that they
can fill and in which they will feel
haDpy.