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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE TEXAS OIL FIELDS

New York reports are to the effect
that all indications suggest continu-
alton of great activity among prOmot-
ers in the flotation of new oil enter
prises. 1t is also intimated that the
future promises to witness number
of important mergers to include pipe
lines and producing companies. Fig
the entrance into the oil business of
1o4 4unoo0B sIqBV9I 90 o. PICS sam
153 new companies during Septem-
Der representing an aggregate au-
thorized capital of $515, 100000.
During the first nine months Of the
current year, 1850 companies have
been incorporated with an aggregate
authorized capital of $780, 900, 900.
This tremendous output of new oil
flotations greatly exceeds all previous
records for all time and throws a
strong sidelight on the deep-roOted
optimism that prevails throughout
the country in regard to the future Of
the petroleum industry. Further
more, the compilation embraces only
companies with an authorized capital
of 100000 or more.
The rumor that the wells of the
Desdemona district are suffering
from salt water, are emphatically de-
MED in that district. 1t appears that
salt water got into one of the town
site wells and spread to some others,
causing their abandonment, but as
for the trouble being of any extent,
no credence need be given to that
statement. "Desdy' is still in the oil
producing business and has extended
its scope of operations in every di-
rection.
A Texas oil operator just returned
nom the east is authority for the
statement that the consensus of opin-
ion is that conditions are such that
the price of oil will be compelled to
advance during the next eight months
in a varying degree, depending upon
the section of the country and that it
has only been held back so far by
the labor situation.
Speaking about stripping the land OF
its wealth, they are OVERRIDING that
down in Louisiana. Oil is being TAX
en- from beneath the soil by the
thousands of barrels, yellow pine
logs are being hauled from the for
ests and in the valleys, cotton and
corn crops are being harvested. And
number of farmers have become
weakly from three sources, all on
one tract Of land in some cases-oil,
timber and crops.
Wall street is turning its attention
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
SEVENTY YEARS OLD,
DRIVES $4,000 MILES
Mrs. VIM. Upton, on Cross Country
Tour, Makes Own Adjust
ments on Automobile

On her return trip, Mrs. William
Upton, the seventy year old woman,
who alone drove Ford runabout
from San Francisco to New York
City, visited the Ford Motor Com
pany's main office. She was intro
duced to the officials of the company,
was photographed, held in her hand
a Ford check worth two figures of
millions, recounted the experiences
she had encountered on her trip, and
before leaving made arrangements
for securing new Ford car immedi-
ately upon her return to her home in
Bakersfield, California.
Mrs. Upton has already driven her
present Ford more than twenty-five
thousand miles. seven thousand of
which were driven since she left San
Francisco May IL, the longest days
drive being one hundred and sixty
miles. At Springfield, Illinois, Mrs.
Upton's birthplace, she plans to dis
pose of the car and after visiting her
many friends there, will return home
via rail.
When commenting on her trip, she
said that in making the drive from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, it had not
been her purpose to follow a direct
line of travel, but to visit the most
cities and places of interest. She Wis
tied the Petrified Forest, spent sew
eral days in the national capital, drove
to Mount Vernon, visited the site of
the battle of Gettysburg, and then
after touring to some of the Allan
tic coast cities, made her way to New
York.
She experienced practically no
trouble with her car, although she
pointed out the fact that she under
stands the Ford motor and made her
own adjustments. Before leaving the
Ford Company, Mrs. Upton expressed
the hope that her next Ford, prob
ably another runabout will be equip
ped with a Ford starter.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
Now Is a Good Time
To Drive Out Catarrh

It is now an established fact
that catarrh is due to impure blood
and that lotions and salves do nor
give relief. The experience of 9TH
ers has proven that S. S. S. strikes
at the root of the trouble by its
action upon the blood. Waste no
time in this matter, for it is Of the
utmost Importance. S. 5. 5. IS a
splendid system cleanser; it is not
sold or recommended for venereal
diseases. Write to our Medical
Advisor about your case Address
Swift Specific Co. Dept. $. Ate.
llanta, Ca.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

The Trouble Is in the Blood.
Summer catarrh, with its nause-
Gus discharge, stuffed up glands,
difficult breathing, and summer
colds, is bad enough, but the worst
of it is yet to come if you neglect
to check the growth that is form
ing to attack you with ten-fold
greater power during the winter.
That's why it is 50 important to
treat catarrh with S. S. S. during
warm weather.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
NOTICE OF TREsPAssINc

Notice is nereDy gwen that hunt
ing or trespassing on my Sackett
plantation is strictly forbidden and
that violators will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.
MRS. NATIVE S. BoAGNI,
Sept. u Cts Opeluosas, La
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
FOR SALE

sA arpents of land, known as the
mend Deville place.
arpents between RaOul LeBOuH
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

TOR SALE-Five pairs young Mis-
/ souri, mules fifteen and one-haH
hands high. In first class shape and
at bargain. ]. P. SATAN, Opelou-
sas, La. oct18-tf
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08

TRESPASs NoTIcE-Hunting or
j trespassing on my Linwood Plan
tation, near Opelousas, is positively
forbidden. Violators will be prose-
cuted. M. D. CHANOVE. oct1S-6t
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
Boston Begins Campaign
To Cut Sale of Luxuries
Department Stores TO Center
Ads and Window Displays as
on Cheaper Merchandise
.Spccial Corrcspondcnce

opfctut COTc5pOHncHcs
BOSTON. Dec. 29.-At the sugges-
tion of the National Dry Goods Asso-
citation Boston department stores have
opened campaign for the sale of
moderate priced goods. Display win
dows, store cards and newspaper ad-
vertising will be devoted largely by
the stores to directing the patrons at
tention othe less luxurious articles.
Vice president Kirkstein of William
Pilene's Sons said to-day:
eve have already cut our profit on
certain articles that are worn at this
season of the year. We hope to ex-
tend these to all parts of the store.
But whether the movement will
meet with the buying publics sym
pathy is a thing that only the future
can tell. With many laboring men
making more money than ever before,
they desire to give outward form TO
their greater prosperity. They have
been doing this during the last two
years by purchasing finer clothes for
themselves and families"
Vice President Rivers of the c. F.
Hovey Company says:
eve plan to shorten our profits on
moderate priced goods in the hope that
the public will take interest in that
class Of merchandise. By increased
volume of sales we hope to make I'D
the difference between that and the
luxury goods"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
u. S. WillLead
In Ship Building
For Next 2 Years
Government Contracts Drop,
but Private Construction
Is Gaining at Rate of
-25O,OOO Tons a Month

American shipbuilders, snys a state
ment issued yesterday by the Atlantic
Coast Shipbuilders' Association, are
viewing with complacency the falling
off in government contracts, for the
reason that private contracts for new
vessels are steadily increasing in vol
ume. The yards have in hand to-day
250OOO tons more than in November
and nearly 100000 tons more than in
October. The total of private shipping
now under construction is given as
oob,O0O tons, equivalent to more than
100000 dead weight tons, and cond-
tions indicate a steadily increasing de-
mand for American-built tonnage.
AS matters stand to-day" the asso-
citation bulletin continues, "the United
States is the only nation in the world
in position to supply merchant ships
quickly and In quantity. British yards
are tied up with orders for two years
to come. Other countries are unable
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
Hindu, ID, Finds Gates
OF u. S. Closed to Him
Dressed in Bellhop Uniform, He
Arrives on Adriatic With His
Bombay EMPLOYERS

LuXman, nothing more nor less than
plain Luxman, fourtecn-ycar-ol old
Hindu dressed in the buff uniform Of a
hotel bellhop, was detained yesterday
aboard the White Star liner Adriatic,
which arrived Sunday night from
Southampton.
Unless the Secretary of Commerce
intcrvencs in his behalf he will be
deported on the Adriatic January 3. al
though he came over as tirst-class
passenger.
Luxman is bright boy who speaks
excellent English and wears a silver
identification disc upon his right
wrist. Apart from the fact that he
came here unaccompanied by given
name he was unaccompanied by parent
or legal guardian and automatically he
is debarred from these shores.
His father and mother are dead.
He doesn't remember them, for when
an infant he was brought up in the
household of n. NJ. Marshall. a wealthy
Parsee of Bombay whom he accom-
panied on the Adriatic.
Luxman is sort of valet to f. N,
Marshall, son of the Bombay iute
merchant, and father and son were
greatly disappointed yesterday when
Informed that Luxman would have to
so back on the Adriatic.
The Marshalls have come here on
business that will keep them in this
city until February.
The congested condition of the im
migration bureau was augmented YES
terday by the arrival of the steamship
Presidente Wilson which brought 1863
passengers from Trieste, Patras,
Naples and Palermo
Some of those returning were Ital
ian reservists and were permitted to
land as soon as the vessel docked but
the majority of the travellers were de-
tanned aboard ship because of the CON
gested condition of Ellis Island and
the depleted staff of immigration in
spectors.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
Lusk Committee
Got His Secrets.
Asserts Martens
Counsel Declares His Private
Papers We're Seized in
Raid by Federal Agents
and Later On Returned

All of the secret papers of the Rus
sian Soviet bureau, ITO West Fortieth
Street. to obtain which the Lusk Legis
iative Committee two weeks ago started
contempt proceedings against Ludwig
{. A. X Martens, head of the bureau.
were n possession of the committee
last summer and were returned to Mar
+sns. according to statement made
yesterday by Isaac Hourwich, counsel
for Martens.
Mr. Hourwich said the committee
took all the papers in raid but re-
turned them. Later Martens removed
them from the jurisdiction of the state.
Martens himself, by going to Wash
inston, avoided service OF an order for
his appearance to show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt.
Mr.. Hourwich announced yesterday
.rat Mr. Martens would return from
Washington to-day and would be pre-
pared to tight the contempt proceed
iags.
When the Lusk Committee had our
papers last summer they were in pos
session of our so-called secrets" said
Mr.. Hourwich. THE fact is that our
bureau transacted no business that
might be considered illegal. Mr.. Mar
tens was carrying out his conception
Of international law, which is that com
munlcations between a government and
ITS agent are confidential.'
AS for Soviet government maintain
lng courier service between Moscow
and New York. that is easily explained
The money to carry on our work here
IS sent to Stockholm. A Mr.. Strom
here, who acts as our consul, buys a
draft and forwards it to New York.
That is all the mystery there is to it,"
Of'ic ais of the Lusk committee said
Yesterday the papers most desired by
them came into Mr.. Martenss posses
sion long after last summers raid.
David Hirschtield, mmissioner of
Accounts, who was authorized by Mayor
Hylan to investigate the activities Of
the police in suppressing the Peoples
Freedom Union walk" up Fifth Ave
nue. on Christmas morning, said yester-
day he is arranging for q public hear
ing to be held next week.
Charles N. Chuckrow, S39 West 10th
Street; +. II. McColloch, 552 West
Hist Street. and Fannie NJ. Wither-
spoon, secretary of the union, wrote
letters offering to testify.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

to meet home demands and are seeking
tonnage here"
The abnormal condition of exchange
rates, however, serves as a barrier to a
flood of foreign orders for ships.
Demand for Oil Burners
while American tonnage prices are
still only about 10 per cent above the
British on a basis Of currency parity
the dollar, due to the abnormal ex-
change situation, temporarily imposes
on the buyer of American products a
handicap Of about 20 per cent"
In addition to the S05,000 tons under
construction, it is stated. American
shipbuilders have contracts for 1OOO,-
900 tons of ships on which work has
not yet been begun.
The recent marked development in
oil-burning ships has enlarged the de
mand for tankers, the bulletin goes on.
Whereas in October freighter tonnage
under construction exceeded tanker by
100000 tons, contracts for tankers
have cut that excess to 10000 during
the last month
Delivery a Big Factor
The greatest amount of tonnage is
being constructed by the Federal Ship
building Company, with 156,276 tons of
freighters and $4,000 tons of tankers
under way. The Bethlehem Shipbuild-
ing Corporation is next with 144, ,43S
tons of tankers and 7,7OO-ton cargo
carrier.
"The factor for speedy delivery is a
powerful asset for American ship
Yards" the bulletin continues. Lead
ing British shipbuilders frankly admit
that the output in the United States is
at rate two or three times that of
the British yards. Furthermore, with
the great rapidity of turnover, the
American shipbuilding industry is get
plants that this factor will result in a
marked lessening of production costs"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
Prisoners Plotted
To Frame Detzer.
Sergeant Charges
Provost Marshal at lie Mans
Also Defends Captain Ac-
cused Of Brutality and
Calls Him Highly Efficient

Sergeant Stephen Madden testified
yesterday at the court martial of Cap
tain Karl w. Deter, charged with
brutality to prisoners at the detention
camp at LIE Mans, that the details of
a plot to frame up" Captain Deter
had reached him by prison elcgraph.
1t was in July, Madden said. when
he was in solitary confinement in a
cell with walls two feet thick. Ser
gcant Hoyt, another subordinate of
Captain Detzer's, was in the next cell,
Madden said, and drilled under the in
tervening wall with a broomstick,
whispering his information through the
aperture.
Hoyt told him, Madden said. that the
only way to get out of trouble was to
put the blame on Captain Deter and
that he (Hoyt) had got Schmitt, Lacey,
Yates and other prisoners to make
statements to the Inspector General
which incriminated Captain Deter
Madden declared that he refused to
'oNS oHy N''AhS W wv Nil!i VIC SCutlUc Z
and was put on arduous fatigue duty
and sometime received no water for
twentyfour hours, while Hoyt was al
lowed to receive visitors and had lux
urics.
Madden asserted that he was I'M
prisoned for siXty-six days without
counsel or trial. He denied charges
made against him Of abusing prisoners
though he admitted "smacking" some
who were disrespcctful in the pres
ence of officers. Except for this, he
said, he used his fists in only self
defense.
Colonel William r. Pope. COM
mandant of the Tennessee Military
Academy, who was provost marshal at
lie Mans, testified that Captain Dotzcr
was a highly efficient officer and had
been commended by French civilian au-
thorities. In fact, Captain Datzer was
overconscientious, Colonel Pope said,
and worked overtime, becoming ia
tigued sometimes.
During Captain Detzer's regime.
Colonel Pope went on, there was a
crime wave in France and one news
paper at the time had an average of
five or six stories day attributing
crimes to American soldiers. He ad-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
Many Landlords Complain of
Heat Order, Saws Concland

Royal S. Copeland, Commissioner of
the Department of Health, announced
Yesterday, that complaints about lack
or neat should be made to the Health
department Headquarters in the various
the various headquarters follow.
Bronx, fremont 1885, BROOKLYN. Main
427o; Richmond, Tompkinsville 440:
Queens, Jamaica 1900, and Manhattan
Worth 9400. Commissioner Coneland
said that he had been receiving many
anonymous complaints from Landlords
about his heat orders.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
Estimate Boards Power TO
Raise Aldermen's Paw Dcn;ef

The Bureau Of Municipal Research
in an extended report issued last n,cbt
raises the point that the Board of Es-
innate and Apportionment is without
regal power to raise the salaries of the
members me-, OF the Board of Aldermen
The proposition is before the Board of
Estimate to-day and the committee on
salaries and grades Of the Board of rs.
innate was favorably reported on the
proposed raise. WV
The bureau says that under the char
ter only the Legislature has the power
to raise the salaries.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30
U. S. Clerks i'll Wage Pocket
Pay Increased Only y Cents in
Eightv.three Years

WASHINGTON. Dee. Interestinc
figures on government salaries were
given to-day to the joint Congressional
committee on Redistribution by wit
nesses employed in the Pension Office.
The average pay of government clerks
increased only 70 cents from 1883 to
1916. 1t was said, the average now be-
ing Sl,l38 a year. In the same time the
pay of Congressman has advanced 700
per cent and the salaries Of Supreme
Court justices 300 per cent
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

mitted on oss-examination that tho
paper was aid to bc owned by adher-
ents of the former Premier, Caillaux
against whom n charge of treason was
lodged later. Asked whether he would
rcappoint Captain eDtzer, he said:
If | did not have faith in him 7
would not have kept him in that posi-
toh, adding that Captain Detzer was
glad to give his daughter in mnrriac" w
New-York tribune., 1919-12-30

d%a y:
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Dainties
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s Blouses S
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8 hand EN- broidery, 3
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4 models. &
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-12
SALE OF SAKI
CAUSES WORRY
Port Board May Ask Help OF
Japanese Consul

How are the sailors on Japanese
ships In Seattle harhor to he stopped
from selling saki TO thirsty long.
shoremon1
This question has worried Port
Commissioner Bridges for moro than
a week. 80 he called meeting OF all
the rcputed bootlegger tlnxes In Sc
attic Friday. but the riddle only be.
came further involved
Ben Moore. assistant 4. $. attor.
ncy. said he had no Jurisdiction at
all. Lieutenant Collier. OF the dry
squad" asserted he could take
enough "hooze" off OF American
boats 20 supply the whole police
force. bat when the precious stuff
was on a Japanese ship. he couldn't
touch ~. W + iieeka. Internal rev.
cnue officer. admitted that hin men
could search the ship and even roo,
out the hooticEgera, but that he had
no power Go eonflscate the liquor or
prosecute the offenders
Hut Commissions bridges II de.
termincd 10 stop tho practice and
thinks that by referring u TO the
Japanese consul tho longfhoremen
will once more have 60 sali hack on
the old apple cider In the mean
time he has issued an order that
any empioyo OF the port commits.
sioncr who buys. or even imbibea.
amy OF the hot" stuff win be dis
charged.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-12
SEEK TO RAISE
HOSPITAL AIMS
National Officers Coming to
Seattle April IL

10 promote the international hos
pitai Improvement movement Rev.
e. Y. Mouiinier, president OF the
Catholic Hospital association and re.
gent 81 Marquette University School
- Medicine. Milwaukee, and John G.
Bowman OF Chicago. director OF the
American College OF surgeons, are
nov making a tour Of Inspection OF
TN hospitals OF the West. Southwest
and Northwest
they viii arrive In Seattle. April
~ or Is, and will make their head
us,n rters az Providence hospital,
April l6. Both are members of the
nstionai committee on standardlza'
tion Of hospitals. whose whole aim f.
1, trtng about mere scientific service
III hospitals The committee asks
( that all hospitals follow these fun.
dAu,entai principles:
careful Organization OF the stan,
whh regular meetings in the fullest
spirit Of cooperation,
Iptodate laboratory service. with
skilled technlcians and patholosists
a. the basis OF diagnosis.
careful. systematic records for
~ n patient.
This Is n campaign preliminary 10
= rating OF all hospitals which VIII
xc:ae within year or two. when the
a. pitaiS' standing viii be given IA
HE public. as an 4. y. c. u or II
II Tuition. The committee Is consid.
crate and patient. and does not wish
30 embarfass any institution, but viii
lD<irt upon proper service. can
{aIkn for public health Is the spirit
~ the Undertaking. More than 500
~ pitfalls viii be visited on this trip,
n each city Father Mouiinler and
B MI. Bowman will meet the fellows OF
lhc American College OF Surgeons
Z anJ the hospital people for radius
~ 900 or 900 miles The object OF
ktektnx improvements in hospitals is
70 obtain for the patient as near as
possible 100 per cent medical service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-12
SPRING MEDICINE
Hoods >arsaparilla u Needed Now
A. l>ever Before

Because. although the war 10 over.
it's work. worry and excitement have
undermined your reserve strength.
Because the coughs. colds. grip
and maybe sevcrcr Illness. have
broken down your power OF resist
ancc.
because winters work and close
confinement have worn ont your
stomach and exhausted your blood.
Can YOU afford the good long rest
the doctor adVinesf
II not. take course of tho ia
nous old medieinc--the one that
mother used to take-Hood'a Sarsa'
parilia. It's the finest extract OF
Natures purifying, WALKING and
strength.maklng roots. herbs. harka
and berries. such aa physicians pre-.
scribe. prepared by sklilful pharma.
clsts. In condensed and economical
form
II you want the best Spring medi-
cine you'll surely set Hoods Sarsa'
parilia. Hoods Pills help the liver.