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Inc fees which doctors received on
Dehalt of these assured persons worked
out to not more than fourpence visit
with the result that to make living
a doctor had either to undertake more
work than his own health or his medi.
cal conscience could justify. or to on.
deavOr TO increase his income bv
private practice.
1t is said that some 21.1OOOOo nor.
sons who formerly were private no.
dents will now be under the insrr.
ance scheme; and the medical nrofes.
sion will be ruined.
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SAYS PHYSICIANS FACE RUIN
Leading German Newspaper in Violent
Protest Against Recent Act of
the General Assembly.

Berlin.-The KOlniSche Zeitung re-
minds its readers that every political
party in Germany. including the most
extreme socialists. was united in praiS-
ing the medical profession for It's deyo-
ton. skill and self-Sacritice during the
war. But. II asserts in protesting
editorial. doctors cannot live only by
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fine words, and the national assembly,
without protest from any of the pO-
hticai parties. has sanctioned altera-
tons in the regulations for compulsory
insurance that will ruin the profess
sion.
Before the war the compulsory in
surance scheme applied To the labor
ing classes and to those whose earned
incomes were less than $725 year.
Persons who could satisfy the auth0ri-
ties that their earned incomes did not
exceed $1,000 year were permitted
TO join the scheme II they so desired.
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Won Hindenburu Pesiuns.

Berlin.-Field Marshal Won linden
burg, who resigned as chief Of the gen.
ersf staff June %, is reported to have
told students from Goettingen, who
called on him, that IF our foes want
TO stand an old man like me, who has
but done his duty up against a wall,
they may have me. They would only
load another disgrace upon them.
selves
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

The first balloon" to cross the At
iantic. the British dirigibIe R-34, com
manded by Major Scott, which was to
have arrived at Roosevelt field, Min
cola, \. Y, late in the afternoon Of
July ., came to grief in the Bay OF
Fundy. between Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick. A United States DESTROY
er was dispatched to her aid from the
Otter Cliff station at Bar Harbor, Me.
The airship evidently was following
the coast line in Il Southwesteriy direc-
ton toward New York. The dirigibie
started from East Fortune. Scotland
ut LAS on the morning of July =, and
despite the accident. the achievement
is considered in aviation circles as a
success. The new motor that was in
stalled worked splendidly until near
the end of the voyage, and the crew
of % men, including one American,
had nothing but praise for the conduct
Of the big airship before that.
Scores of army and navy officers
were at MineOla To welcome the Brit
ish flyers, and general sympathy WAS
expressed. During the voyage the di-
rigible had been in almost constant
touch, by wireless with ships, and
nearing the end, with shore stations,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Senator Burah. rampant opponeut Of
tho league. broke out IN now place
last week, with charges that the propa-
gaudu of the league To enforce peace,
headed by oN-Pre>idcnt Taft. is
financed 10y Wall street, Mr. Tafts or
ganization glorieS in the fact that most
of its financial support comes from
men at big business and broad vision.
1T may ne" said Senator Borah
that the occasion for the opposition
upon the part of small men is not 8
limitation of vision il may possibly
be thar their investments are not the
same and their interests are not the
same.
1T may he that they are combining
themselves to the interests of their
own country and believe in the tradi-
tioHs and policies of their country, and
it may possibly be that those who
take Il wider view of The matter are
those who have large investments in
other countries. and who propose to
have more investments there, which in
vcStments will be worth very little IN
less they are underwater by the Unit
ed States government"
Ii is not easy TO see why American
business men should be criticized be-
cause they wish TO see peace perma-
nently established in Europe so that
they can resume trade, commerce and
industry with the Europeans, An in
stance of what they are getting ready
to DO Is SUPPLIED by the news that ]
hree great American construction con-
,erns have been awarded a contract
or the rebuilding of the Nancy district
IF France at an estimated figure of
i250,OO0, OOO, which sum may be dou-
lied.
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STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Jack Dempse in three bloody
rounds. during rhich the issue was
never in doubt, attained the worlds
premier nslIc honors by defeating
Jess NlllSlu atToledo, Ohio, Friday.
In the firs& rour1 Demnsev sent home
oody dow Ifol which the big fellow
never recovered, The gong alone say
ed him from detoot in this round for
with swollen chtaks riebt eve closed
Dempsey knockS5 him down or threw
him helpless a2ipst. the ropes seven
times. Dempsei tbouobt he had won
Wheh the gong bounded and had to be
brought back L the ring Willard
VINO lowered absve his antagonist like
lighthouse oyEr tug, acted like
SICK man. he was beaten in the
third round.
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FOREIGN NEWS

Amsterdam.-"The allies only can
have my dead body l will myself
decide on my life or DEATH" the for
mer German crown prince is quoted
as having said Friday in discussing
possible demand for extradition.
This statement, reported by the
British wireless correspondent was
said to have been made TO a Dutch
official who talks daily with the for
mer crown prince.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

:: :,
The harp at Natures advent strung
Has never ceased to play.
II" song tie stars of morning sung
Has never died away
And prayer is mad. and praise is given,
Ey all things near ana far.
The ocean IooketH up 10 heaven.
And mirrors every star.
Its waves are kneeiing on the strand.
As kucels the human knee.
Their white LOCKS bowling to the sand,
The priesthood of the sea,
They pour their EiitterinS treasures forth
Their gifts of pearl they bring,
And all the listening hills of earth
Take up the song they sing.
The green earth sends her incense up
From many mountain shrine;
From folded leaf and dewy cup
She pours her sacred wine.
The mists above the morning rills
Rise white as wings 81 prayer:
The altar curtains of the hills
Are sunsets purple air.
The winds with hymns of praise are loud
Or low with sobs Of pain
The thunder organ OF the cloud,
The dropping tears Of rain.
With dropping head and branches crossed
The twilight forest crieves.
Or speaks with tongues Of Pcntecost
From all it's sunlit leaves.
The blue sky IS the temples arch.
Its transept earth and air.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

DR.. Theobald Won Bethmann-Holi-
veg, former German chancellor, has
formally asked the allied and associ-
ated powers to place him on trial IN
stead of the former emperor. The
former chancellor says that he as
sumes responsibility for the acts of
Germany during his period Of office
and places himself at the disposal of
the allies.
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BY EDWARD w. PIcKARO.

The United States has launched tho
great experiment. Just after the
treaty was signed that nominally
brought the war To an end, our war,
time emergency prohibition act went
into effect and the entire country be
came officially bone dry" Presuma-
bly, rehabilitation will be completed
within two months or so, and there
will be wet spell" at least in some
states until the constitutional amend
ment goes into effect on January 10.
At present there is considerable con-
fusion concerning the scope and the
enforcement of the emergency law. A
federal court has ruled in favor of
beer and wine containing not TO ex-
fceed ~ per cent of alcohol and in
n..s.SSity i5 caiiffss the dealers are taking
a chance and dispensing those drinks.
In most states the old and new laws
on prohibition prevent even this. In
any case the manufacture ana sale of
all drinks with the greater alcoholic
content are barred and Attorney Gen
L
ment OF the law relating to them.
The "wets" have been making
game but losing fight. and the "drys"
have refused to yield at any point
The forces of the latter in congress
are planning 20 pass measures 10 pre-
vent the country from going Oh
whisky basis between the
time Of rehabilitation and January 10
and TO put a stop TO the sale of weak
beer and light wines at once, regard
less of court rulings.
Though the United States is now the
only dry" country, there may be an
other before very long. for the United
Kingdom alliance, encouraged by the
success of the American prohibtioniStS,
has opened a campaign to put Great
Britain on the same basis. American
methods viii be followed and Ameri-
can speakers imported. London CORE
Spondents predict that to deprive the
BritiSher of his ale, porter and beer
would almost precipitate revolution.
British labor is against prohibition.
but so is American labor; and it may
be that John Bull will in the not dis
tant future he reduced to drinking
lemon squashes" and minerals" The
world will watch the American expert
ment, one of the greatest ever made
In economics, with intense interest.
cly ahr
far as might be. President Wilson has
returned to his domestic duties. On
the homeward trip he signed bills and
read documents and otherwise pre-
pared himself for the contest that con-
fronts him la the United States. The
goal he has set for himself is the rati
fication by the senate of the peace
treaty, including the covenant of the
League of Nations Victory will not
come easily. though ii probably will
come, maybe after the covenant has
been amended To meet the objections
now made by considerable number
of senators. Those who are against
the league in any form are very few.
but stubborn. If Mr.. Wilson is equal
iy stubborn, the whole matter is likely
10 become partisan issue despite the
efforts of many party leaders to pre-
vent this. II Is intlmated that, If the
senate makes evident its intention to
refuse to ratify, the president will
withhold the treaty for the time being,
and that would at once make il an out
and-out party question. There is pre-
cedent for such a course.
II the issue is put up to the people
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Mexican federal troops ambushed
band OF men reported to have been
Yaqui Indians Saturday between Te-
coripa and Ortiz, Mexico, killing five
and capturing and executing four.
Members OF the band wore clothing
belonging to Harry White and w. p.
Tevote, American mining men killed
in May in the Yaqui Valley. They also
had papers in their possession which
were identified by the Americans as
belonging to White and Tevote
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II neglected d-StOmach may cause you
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You need the help that EATONiC can give
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

his life from Oh, allies. .ut thar they
sin parra>. ro fry hm for his crimes
is evidenced ny rharr w.w.u- o." l,nI-
land uur ra permit him tn ,~."uo ,r"m
lmt.u territory. md .g L'a}a ',"r-r,
announcements m rh. a..-n "i caa.
mons ,m- William Wilt SOON De- u.a..d
ou trial 100 London.
AIT matter, concerning the p.nce
treaties a.r u.u tu Ih. hands DID,. rh.
urw council ol five. comprising Lam
sing. Pirhuu. Ea,.ur. Tuuut JnG
Maxine. Tuam lot it De- known that
Italy wished an territory taken .ru'u
Austria 10 bee definitely disguised OF
in the austrian treaty which meant
that that pact could not be- formulated
for slime time and not without pro
tractcd debate over the tiumc qucS-
ton especially.
The Chinese delegates said they eX-
pected to sign the treaty with Aus
tria, in which they found nothing Oh
iectioHable, and thereby gain admiS-
sion to The League of Nations despite
the Withholding Of their signatures
from The German treaty. China prob
ably viii make a separate peace with
Germany. In refusing to sign the
German treaty the Chinese delegates
diSobcyed their Instructions from
Picking, being Influenced by the south
China rpvnlutipn1ripS
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Having lived to see the triumph OF
the cause for which she labored for
many years, DIR. Anna Howard Shaw,
honorary president of the National
American Woman's Suffrage aS>ocia,
ton, passed away at her home in
Moylan, Pa. at the age of seventy-one
years. During the war Doctor Shaw
did excellent work as chairman of the
women's committee on the council OF
national defense, and for this she had
just been awarded the distinguished
service medal.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Germany and the allied and associ-
ated powers signed the peace terms
at Versailles Saturday In the same
imperial hall where the Germans
humbled the French so ignOminiOus-
IL 4S years ago. This formally end
sd the world war, which lasted just
81 days less than five years.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

How the United States Launched
The Great Experiment OF
National Prohibition.
EMERGENCY LAW IN EFFECT

President Returns Home to Take Up
Fight for League of Nations-Sena-
tor Borah Charges That Wall
Street is Financing League of
Nations Propaganda-British
Dirigble R-34 Meets With
Disaster When Near End
of Voyage.
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tional on Compf ~
men in the upitRs ls5S.sS s..
erai troops al al the employees
robbed. III

The department of instice will take
no action pendiny decision in nresent
litigation against versions manufacture
Ing or selling beer or vines containing
2% per cent OF less alcoholic CON
tent. This announcement was made
Monday by AttoLnev General Palmer
-
As wartime pL,hibition took effect
Monday the departr emf Of iustice an.
nounced that lS agents throughout
the country would not attempt to stop
IAe sale OF "A Ter cent beer.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

1t was predicted in Washington that
with the return of President Wilson
there would be a radical change in
the governments policy toward Mex
leo. Senator King Of Utah, Democrat,
said the administration would prac-
tically issue an ultimatum to Carran-
"a, demanding guarantees for the pro-
lection of American lives and prop
erty in Mexico and limiting at inter-
ventiou by the United States. The
public has just learned the facts con.
corning the brutal murder of John w
Cornell. an American citizen. near
Tampico on June 1G, and the assault
on his wife. There is every reason to
believe that CarranZa soldiers were
the perpetrators of those shocking
crimes.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Basic. Switzerland. A dispatch
from Weimar says that bin has been
introduced in the German national as
sembly providing for ratification OF
the peace treaty.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Formation of Gigantic $500 000. 600
corporation forth marketing of do
nestle cotton, FIR IT'S financing and to
provide ample heans for holding and
storage of at least one-third of a
normal cotton ton of the South. was
the biggest si,gle proposition that
claimed the atttntion of the directors
OF the Americn Cotton Association
at their meetint in New Orleans, La,
Wednesday.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Observation-Disclosures the media
ton OF allied representatives, an
armistice between the EsthOnians and
Germans has been signed at Riga. 1t
yro,,dts that all German troops shall
leave Riga and that the Germans evac-
uate Letyia at the earliest possible
moment
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

a great city-a great solitude.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Maydelle, a sI,li town ON the Texas
state haliroad Ia few miles east OF
Palestine, Texa will shin forty cars
OF tomatoes tn season.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

The Turkish delegation TO Paris
was sent back home in a hurry be-
cause its ideas concerning the MAIN
tenance of the Ottoman empire were
quite contrary to the plans of the al
lies. These plans, however. are still
inchoate. Greece, which wanted pos
session of COnStantinOple and realizes
that she cannot have it, is urging that
the United States accept the mandate
for that city as well as for Armenia,
but there is more than a chance that
the Americans would not agree to
this. Meanwhile the Greek forces in
Asia Minor are fighting three Turkish
armies over which the government of
Turkey says it has no control.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

I'D CFoR YOUR AcD-SToMAcH

By Havana Cigars direct from Tnnpa
Write " for price list OF standard brands
The Havana Cigar stores Co. Tampa Fla
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Pierre p. Carp, former premier OF
Roumania died at Jsssy, Sunday. He
was 81 years old.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

A serious epidemic of Spanish influ-
enza has broken out at Buenos Aires.
The disease is taking a dangerous
form, and there are over eight hun
dred cases in the local hospitals.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12


Recommending that the legislature
amend the lawto assist the state in
enforcing It's lights to compel com
pliance with IL lease contract and
option TO buy ta Blue Ridge fTexas)
farm, the Joint house and senate in
vestigation con,rittee made its report
Tuesday. The renort expresses the
opinion that Tie state is under no
legal or moral obligation whatever to
respect the attnnted release, execut-
ed in a manns- not contemplated by
law and under circumstances which
are doubtful, mot questionable"
The State Veterinary Medical Asso-
citation, at its knth annual convention
Friday at Fori Worth, Texas, elected
DR.. w. c. Greorv of Fort Worth as
president; Dr.IA q Burns. Cleburne,
first vice presdent: DR.. NJ. A. Peck,
Fort Worth, tsnond vice president,
and DR.. T. T. rrbristiau. Waco, secre-
tary-treasursr.
DR.. Anna Inward Shaw, honorary
president of jba American Woman
Suffrage Ass.ciatiop, died at her
home in Moyla pa. Wednesday She
was II years IA
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12
HOME AND ABROAD
CONDENSED ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO OUR READERS.
THE ENTIRE fLOBE CI2CLE1
important News d the Week Gathered
for the Busy Reader-St7te,
Domestf, Foreign.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WsSllu1tOn.-ltl IS thought that rG.
session OF congress will see enacted
fa., law the free port policy OF tu,
I-1tsd States tariff cimmission loul
aso recommended to congress and
now before that body in bills intro
duc,d by SenatorlSheppard OF Texas
and Represeutative Sanders OF Louis
lana and Senator, Jones of Washing
ton Hearings viii be held during the
/ summer by congressional committees
WASHINGTON. - Congratulations of
the United States. navy upon the sue
oessful first trar3-Atlantic flight OF
the British dirigpie R-34 were sent
to Major ]. H. scott, commander Of
the airship, and NUMBERS Of the R-34' 5
crew bv Daniels immediate
" upon receipt II advices that the
craft had landedeafely at MineoIa.
Naval officers Sre had followed the
discriminating fight of the dirigibIe
closely and madeline attempt to con
cesI their great satisfaction that the
representative ot the service which
recently honored lieutenant Commau-
der 4. c. Read nd members OF the
crew OF the NC4 were able to effect
the first crossingsf the Atlantic by .
lighjer-than-air crit,
Return of worlfpeace was the dom
mating spirit of hashingtOn's cclebra-
ton of independence Day Friday. Pa
geantry, in which the calls OF indus
try and other Gillian occupations to
returning soldief and sailors were
displayed and aparade in which all
OF the nations prayed against Ger
many and Austra were represented,
were the feature of the observance.
The French loses in killed and
missing on land and sea, as officially
established up TO Nov. II, 1918,
amounted to 1,sS.2S5.
-
The shortage d farm labor in Texas
and other statesb bordering on Mexico
would be relieye under a joint resO-
luton Tuesday Resented by Senator
Sheppard suspenilng Tor one year
from Oct | a prlvision of the immi-
grafton law whiP would admit Next
cans to ensageIin agricultural pur-
suits.
Reports of twt additional robberies
IN the Tampico il fields were receiv-
cd this week at he state department.
They said that ~ June Y the pay
master of the % s6.llnlns Company
was robbed of 5 e75hd which he
was taking to pf~s oo nm axes, and
that on June % /, Ma
tional OIL Compf III
=. -s1AA.o <Amp---~---lA
eraI troops az "a the employees
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

=. Villa either killed or took prisoner
the entire garrison of forty home
guurrs the .o~aH o. Sal. - 4s4=ss-
Mexico, when he entered that town
Tuesday, according to advices.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

Forty students in the military col
lese at Budapest. Hungary, have been
executed by order Of the hungarian
communist government. Bella Kun has
issued a proclamation declaring that
since proper appreciation had not been
shown "ot the mild treatment OF the
past three months, blood shall flow
henccforth If necessary TO insure the
protection OF the prOletarial"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-07-12

John Andrew Hamilton, Lord Sum-
ner, will preside over the five judges
representing the United States, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan at
the trial of the former German emper-
or, according to London papers.