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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05
EXPLOSION KILLS 26
American Red Cross Does Notable
Service in Succoring Victims
of Disaster

Belgrade, Jan. 5.-The American
Red Cross, which is still at work in
Serbia, had occasion December % to
succor victims of mysterious ex-
olosion which wrecked one of the
hi;:s-:.tt CONNIE" .. II :ld:ngs in Bel
grade. The explosion exceeded in
violence and effect the most power
full sheels used during the war.
Dynamite is supposed to have
been used and the explosion is be-
1ieved by many to be connected with
recent plots against the life of
Prince Regent Alexander.
Twenty-six persons were killed
by the explosion and fifty others,
who were seriously injured, were
rescued by ambulances Of the Red
Gross.
One effect Of the explosion was to
leave Belgrade almost entirely with
out window glass in the depth Of the
winter, and no more will be obtain
able until it can be imported from
CZecho- Slovakia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05
LOOT IRISH PosToFFIcE
Motor Cars Fired on by Striking
Drivers; Seven Are Smashed

Limerick, Ireland, Jan. 5.-The
Limerick postoffiee was raided about
midnight Thursday night by twelve
masked and armed. men who seized
several thousand pounds in cash and
money, orders. The postoffice staff
numbering twelve persons was held
up until the piilage was completed.
The employees were then warned
not to attempt to follow the raiders,
VINO escaped unmolested. Military
forces occupied the postoffice today.
Dublin, Jan. 5.-The smashing OF
seven motor cars within the last two
DAYS and serious attacks on automo-
bile drivers is believed to be the work
of striking motor vehicle drivers who
it is reported, are attempting to force
The government to abandon its order
recurring motorists to obtain permits
to operate their cars. Friday near
Mullingar, county Westmeath a car
was riddlcd by bullets fired from the
roadside and the chauffeur only es-
capped injury by throwing himself in
the bottom of the vehicle.
Motor owners of the county of
Queens have been notified in an
anonymous circular that all motor
vehicles will be forced to stop run
ming until the government order is
| withdrawn.
Another automobile containing two
army officers, it was reported late to-
day, was shot at near Mulligar last
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05

driver Of the machine was taken to
the Memorial Hospital in Winches-
ter, Va, and Rudacillswas rushed to
his home in a private machine. The
condition of both boys is said to pc
be serious. Eas
j.. NJ. Bauserman, of Wocdstock,
supervisor of the census IN the
Seventh Virginia District has en-
countered much difficulty in obtain
ing enumerators in all OF the suboa-
visions, and the work of taking the
census was begun Friday with. the
force of counters incomplete.
There has been an inclination on
the part of many men to reject Of
fers of appointment on the ground
that the pay is insufficient, and as a
result the job has gone begging IN
Some localities. Ten and twenty
years ago, it is recalled, there were
lively scrambles among Democrats
md Republicans for the, positions
which were regarded as political
aplums,b and factional leaders were
active IN the interests Of then
friends.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05
MANY REDS" ARRESTED
Activities of Federal Agents Extend
to Every Part of Country-New
York Heads List

Ac1HlLleS Oh FcuSAai 1A5S'
to Every Part of Country-NeW
York Heads List
Nationwide raids on radicals have
Jagged 5,4s3 suspected Reds in fifty
me cities, according to II cures re-
ported IL Washington.
The raids may continue for two or
hree days until all Of those marked
or examination and possible deporta-
ion are caught, according to Federal
officials here.
New York with 300 arrests, headed
he list. Boston and Detroit have
,ach reported 500; Chicago $50, in
.luding a large number taken by
State officials; 200 in New Hamp-
hire; 164 at Phil, Pa, 100 each in
Cleveland, Trenton, Youngstown
ohio, and Brockton, Mass.
Assistant Attorney-G General Garvan
n charge Of the raids, said more
han 1000 persons were held on per
'ect cases. and that the raid promis-
ID to be not only the greatest If
cope, but also the greatest in re-
:ults Of any in history.
In every city where the raiding
machinery was set in motion, he said.
uccess attended the efforts. -Four
thousand warrants were issued, but
he arrests exceeded that number.
Besides the 1000 perfect cases, "
Tr. Caravan said Federal agents OBJ
aimed sufficient evidence to Justify
he arrest of the others.
Scores of parlor Bolshevists were
,mong those arrested in the raids.
,fficials said. These, it was admitted
nay have to be dealt with under State
. avs, as they are citizens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05

The attack cuiminated in hurting
of bombs 4 One: end Of the build
ing was blown up and the raiders
rushed through the, breach and help
ed themselves. to everything they
could find. =
After ransacking the! premises
they :handcnffed the. police. Then
they heldaa :"twar council in the
barracks to decide whether to shoot
the constables They finally decided
to let them live.
An hour later news reached Cork
that a strong party of police had
been ordered to the scene. These
released the bound and handcuffed
police.
Late last night news comes OF 9
shooting of policemen at Ballylcng,
ford and of attacks on the, police
barracks at Inchigeela and Carrig.
navar, both in County Cork.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05

Czecho- Slovakia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05
POLICE MOBBED

2ombs Hurled in Cork-Sergeant
and Five Ccnstables Captured
London, Jan. 5.-From Cork
ONES a detailed report Of three
our pitched battle Saturday night,
When 300 armed men attacked the
certified police barracks at Carrighe
Hill, County Cork defended by =
;erpeant and five constableS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05
LORD JELLICOE IN CAPITAL

Commander ct Fleet THU StHI
Boche Scurrying off Jutla.nd
Visits Washington
admiral of the fleet, Viscount
John Jellicoe. of Scapa, 6. c. B.,
o. NJ, and G. C. V. o., most I'M
popular in Germany for having
iiumbled the Fatherland's proud
fleet at the Battle of Jutland, May
81, 1916, arrived in Washington at
3 p. M, yesterday about as unos-
tentatiously as any tourist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-05

night. Many bullets hit the car. bqt
the occupants were not injured.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01
JUDGE DUPRE
ROMPS ON ITEM
St. Landry Hornet" Takes
Newspaper. to Task on Ac-
count of Suffrage Row

To the Editor of the Item:
1t is indeed unfortunate that God
Almighty gives to some people bas-
ket full of brains and to others only
thimble full.
The fellow with the thimble full
can think, and does so. The other
one, provided with the basket of
brains, ridicules the smaller one, and
talks to him about logic and syllo-
gisms. Logic and syllogisms go hand
in hand with the college-bred man,
but to one like the writer, who was
educated at the University of Hard
Knocks, facts will satisfy him. And
do you know that facts are stubborn
and will not yield to ridicule? Truth
is truth to the end of reckoning.
l wrote you a few days since that
the adoption of the suffrage amend
ment would invest the negro women
with the right to vote-a qualification
or right which she does not now pos
sess. And l insist that all the logic
you can command will not permit you
to deny successfully that having OBJ
tanned this right, no white man can
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01
LEBLANC-HIDALGO

Louis Leblanc, well known and
popular young employee of Soniat &
Deblieux, and Miss Alexandria Hi
dalgo, pretty and accomplished young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Hi
dalgo, were married at the Catholic
church in this city on last Monday.
The contracting parties are well
known in this city and enjoy large
circle of friends.
The groom comes from one of the
most prominent of the pioneer fam
lilies of Iberville parish. He came to
Opelousas about two years ago to re-
side, during which time he has made
a large number of friends. The
bride is a member of the prominent
Hidalgo family, among whom are
numbered leading farmers of st.
Landry. She has been employed as
bookkeeper at the Soniat & Deblieux
mill and is an accomplished young
lady, enjoying a wide circle of popu-
larity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leblanc left Mon
day afternoon for Biloxi, Miss, where
they will spend their honeymoon, up
on the completion of which they will
return to this city to take up their
permanent residence here.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01

A man all diked out in his Sunday
go-to-meetin' clothes got off de train
de other day and walks up ter me
while | wus err standin' dar watchin'
de folks a pilin' off dat ar Frisco
train from New Orleans. l say dis
shere man jes' comes right up ter me
as if he thought | knowed most ev-
erything and SEE ter me all exc tied
like: "Whar's de fun'ral gwine ter
be helt?" l look him right in de eye
and axes him "What fun'ral yer talk
in erbout?" Dat ar dressed-up fell
Ter jes' look at me kinder foolish like
and sed; "Why, l heard dat Opelou-
sas wus dead already, and Ise come
all de way from-from-f rom"-now
whar did dat man sed he come from?
Well, sar, Use plumb forgot. But dat
don't matter. He sed dat he had
been told by some drummer men dat
Opelousas wus dun dead, and he
wanted to tend de buryin' kase he
never seed a dead town buried.
Now, dat made me so mad dat |
jes' wanted ter land on ter dat ar po'
white trash. / specks would err dun
it, but | happen ter reckermember
dat Use already 'quainted wild de
sheriff man, and | amt er wantin'
him ter come prowlin' round my
house no mo-. So jes' sed: Mister,
/ don't know de color of dem drum
mer men't hair, but | does know dat
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01

he intends to carry out into law when
he. assumes charge of the states af-
fairs. The new governor has devised
means of raising additional funds
for the state treasury by imposing a
two per cent production tax on oil,
sulphur and salt.
AS was to be expected, the big in
terests threaten to go to court for a
final settlement of the wrangle that
is now inevitable. The governor is
determined that they shall pay the
tax, if the legislature will back him
up.
The production tax, in our estima-
ton, is just and feasible, and there
should be no occasion for the legisla-
ture to repudiate the governor in his
advocacy of such law. Louisiana
is rich in natural resources and for
years outside capital has been reaping
harvest of gold from our oil wells,
sulphur and salt mines, without pay
ing any taxes at all, except on their
physical property. Is it not fair for
the state to expect those who reap
such large fortunes through its natu-
raj resources to pay portion of
their wealth to the state?
The burden of taxation has been on
the landowners. Should not the rank
and file of the citizens and taxpayers
of Louisiana back up Governor Par
: ker in his just demand that others
than landowners be made to assist in
defraying the expenses of govern
ment, and in the operation of the
states educational and charitable in
situations? Surely, Louisiana should
not allow a handful of oil, sulphur
or salt magnates to dictate the poll
cies of the incoming administration,
| but they should be compelled to pay
their just proportion of taxation, as
planned for in Governor Parker's pro-
posed two per cent production tax.
st. Landry's delegation will DOUBT
less be found backing up the COVER
nor when the legislature convenes
this month. 1t is to be hoped that
our citizens will interest themselves
sufficiently in this matter to sec that
our representatives asst the COVER
nor in putting some Of the burden o.
the rich fellows"
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01
THIS PAPER PUBLISHED BY
THBBENNETT SToRES.IN INC:
S=-<5s 7z5o Name is lie Guarantee $50
Editorial

Mixing oil and water is a
hopeless job. Mixing politics
and business is poor policy. But
the injection of a few business
ideas and methods into politics
and governmental affairs has
become a necessity of our State
and National governments. Ex-
travagance in Congressional
appropriations must be curbed
before we can expect a lessen
ing of individual extravaganza.
Without discussing various
forms of taxation, it may be
confidently stated that the
present Federal taxes enter
largely into the high cost of
living problem. Their Unequal
tiles eventually strike hardest
at those least able to pay. The
effort to make any one class of
our population pay more in
proportion than some other
class will always prove a boom
erang. The effort to restrict,
and harass legitimate business
activities is demagogic and un-
American. All of this is class
legislation and class legislation
is fundamentally wrong. ALPS
well with the good old U. S. A.
Soon the sunshine of prosper
ity will drive away the vapors
of unrest and the chimeras of
cranks and fanatics. All that
is required of each of US is
full days honest work in ex-
change for the full dinner-pail
the Good Lord has sent us, and
keeping to the fore our Ameri-
can spirit of fairness toward all
fellow Americans, no matter
what our respective positions
or occupations.
-Rv r. K. EASTMAN.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01
RASTECUS, THE TOWN CRITIC

dey dun tole a whoppin' big one dat
time, shorep'
~
Guess l wouldn't er writ all dis
down if l hadn't er been so mad ter
think dat any mean white trash
would SANDER dis shere town. Now,
if you ever hears anybody say dat
Opelousas is er dead town, you jes'
ak him ter rent you de empty hall
he's er carryin' on his shoulders, kase
it's sho dar.
3
Use gwine down ter de printin' or
fee ter see if der printer-man can
read my 'ritin' fore l writes down all
dat I feels bout dis scandalous re-
port.
P. 81 don't kno' what "P. S."
means, less it means 'please see." l
sees 'em at de bottom of letters when
de writer says something WORT read
in
.
Well, de printer-man sed he would
try ter fix dis up so he could let it go
in his paper. So, if you sees it you
will know dat he fixt it as best he
could. He sed dat he wouldn't print
any mo- less l learnt ter spell better,
and would tell de people who is, and
now l got my name. If dis does find
de waste basket, | want you ter re-
member dat Opesousas amt dead,
nary bit of it.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01
Personal and
Other Mention

Tony Venezia is as versatile
in the Store as a printers devil
in a newspaper office. Tony
sweeps and can dust, but some
times forgets it. He runs er-
rands, delivers your packages,
sells goods occasionally and is
learning to use the typewriter
and operate the Multigraph.
Tony is O. K.
Express regulations have be-
come so strict as to shipping
packages that our boss shipping
clerk, Mr.. Gil's patience was al
most exhausted. We got him
a sealing tape machine just in
time to prevent complete ex-
haustion of his tongue, also.
wT~
We. believe in training the
young idea, bending the twig,
as it were. When you receive
a circular letter run off by our
Multigraph machine, you may
know hereafter that Joe East
ham was the artisan. Well, ar
tisan is a more remunerative
word nowadays than artist. Joe
says he is going to become a
storekeeper like his dad. No
accounting for tastes.
Friends and customers of
Mr.. Melancon will be pleased
to know that he is on the high
road to recovery after nearly
three weeks of malaria. Re-
ports are that Ed. will come
back to the Store reduced to a
perfect SO.
We claim that more goods
are sold from the small show
window of our Ladies' Ready
to-Wear Department than any
similar space in the City. Miss
Lura .Sandoz deserves the cred
it-she dresses the window.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01

successfully abridge it. And no state
can do this directly or indirectly. The
reason is obvious. The fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments protect
them against an Arrangement of the
right you are seeking to have us con-
fer. You laugh at me and assert the
amendment does not say ''that women
must vote" That is rot, pure and
simple. The amendment gives to
women the right to vote, and the right
once granted, can not be denied by
any state. And it can not be abridg-
ed nor interefered with on account of
color. So that if can hold you down
to the facts, you are obliged to admit:
That women, white and black, will,
with the adoption of the amendment,
be granted the right to vote. A
right they do not now possess. That
the right, once granted, can not be
abridged, because of existing laws
springing from the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments.
/ have not been so simple as to as
sert as you would have me say, that
all women shall voten What | said
and what you can not gainsay, is that
the women, black and white, are, I'M
der this amendment, going to be
grant the right to vote. And that the
right being given, it can not be inter-
fered with to the prejudice of the
black ones by reason of their color
or previous condition of servitude.
A black woman can not now vote.
The amendment will give her the
right, and when this is accomplished,
she falls back upon the fourteenth
and fifteent amendments and as
serts: "You can not discriminate be-
tween me and my white sister. If
she votes, am going to vote, also.
And if you adopt any evasion of the
law in favor of the white woman
against me, l will have your statute
avoided"
Ny yard hoy (black as the ace of
spades, with the brains of peacock
knows that women need not vote, UNI
less they desire to exercise the right;
but he knows that if the negro wo-
man is given the right to do SO, she
will do it, at the point of the bayonet,
if any white man will lead her. And
Sambo will follow also. He wants to
vote. viii do SO at any time the
white people divide.
All this talk about this being a
white mans country and that he is
going to rule it, is buncombe. He will
rule if he stands united. But divide
these forces-aye, let number of
white men in every community insist
upon the negro's right to vote-and
then have these United States say he
he shall do this, and we of the South
land can no more oppose Uncle Sans
might with the bayonet to enforce his
laws than could a SNOWFALL refuse to
melt within the gates of hell. Why
double our burden? Why not bear
the ills we have rather than fly to
others that must of necessity in
crease our burdens?
GILBERT L. DUPRE.
Opelousas, La, April "a, 1920.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01

Since 1914 the labor cost on
a suit of clothes has increased
I225 e. Working hours in the
industry have decreased from
So hours to A hours per week.
Production is off between 25 e
and 500 from all causes. Wool
zen fabrics have increased IN
that same period 275 %. Mo-
hair lining, canvas, buttons,
cotton goods and sewing silk
have registered an average in
crease of 242%. Fabrics and
trimmings show a further adj
vance for the Fall, 1920, sea-
son. Costs of doing business,
including Federal taxes, have
increased an average of prob
ably 33 1-3 g. Under these con-
ditions is it not remarkable, not
that clothing has advanced
greatly, but that we can still
sell you an all-wool, well-tailor-
ed Suit at from $27.50 to S37.-
so?
One of fashions fads is the
wearing of furs in the Spring
and Summer.
Had you ever thought of the
fact that this fad is responsible
in large part for the increased
prices of mems felt Hats,
amounting to as much as
2OO%? Fur formerly used for
telling has increased in some
instances as much as 700%.
This is an apt illustration of
how a seemingly trivial fad
may tend to throw out of gear
a whole great industry.
Let economists expound and
dreamers dream, yet the fact
remains self-evident that prices
must stay up or even advance
so long as production lags far
behind demand. We do not
pretend to know how long this
condition will continue, but a
thorough study of conditions of
trade and transportation con-
vinces us there can be no recess
sion for six and probably
twelve months to come. Buy
your necessities with conf
dence. Luxuries will be lux
uries tomorrow as today.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01
CHILDREN'S UNDERMUSLINS
price of $3.50.

softfnished muslin, batiste and nansook dany but dur
ably trimmed for frequent tubing They be had from
for the bare of the no bother with making
Gowns in sizes to "A short sleeves sleeves neat
embroidery trimming and with little rosebud Little u
dies cry out with joy when they them-s5c, ssc.
Princess Slips to IA years, special values at &c..
you like Store News Sheet write and tell u.s. We win
that you put mailing list among the first
of any special offering
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01
THE MUNICIPAL BOND ISSUE

The citizens of Opelousas will
shortly be given the test of their pro-
gressiveness, when the $25O,00O mu-
nicipal improvement bond issue is to
be voted upon This city, in late years,
has never failed to take step for
ward whenever the opportunity pre-
sented itself, and it is to be sincerely
hoped that we will all join hands in
this matter and endeavor to put over
a proposition that will mean so much
to the future progress of our COM
munity.
We understand that more than half
Of the bond issue will be devoted to
the establishment of an efficient,
modern, p-to-the-minute electric
light and water plant, while the re-
mainder will be for street improve
ment
There is no citizen, who has given
the power plant any thought at all,
who can deny that Opelousas is in
dire need Of a better electric light
plant at the present time. As far as
our streets-expressing it in the old
time phrase-"the is plenty Of
room for improvement, and we are of
the opinion that the citizens will agree
with us that we could not invest our
money in better manner than in
more paved streets for this city.
The objections levied against the
proposed quarter million dollar bond
issue are petty, in our estimation, and
should not be considered. The peo-
pie of Opelousas have been paying
high rate of taxes, it could be admit
ted, but have received very little re-
turns for their money, for the simple
reason that there never was sufficient
available funds to make any construc-
tive improvements, since 1913, when
Opelousas ventured to spend $780,
900 on street paving.
We need power plant of sufficient
capacity to take care of the needs of
this city for several wears to come.
1t is an admitted fact that we could
use many miles of paved streets-all
of which would add considerable to
valuation of city property.
The Star-Progress has repeatedly
spoken of the power plant-so much
so that almost any argument in ia
vor of new plant we could advance
would be a mere repetition. Our sole
desire is to see Opelousas progress
with the times, and we have enough
judgment to know that the present
plant is entirely too inadequate to
fill the present needs of our commun-
ity, especially since electricity is be-
ing commercialized by the use of
hundreds of motors. A new plant
would, therefore, in our estimation,
be an incentive for many of our COM
mercial enterprises to more generally
use electricity for power, and would
also afford opportunity for many
housewives to enjoy the comfort of
electrical ranges and many other cleo
trical appliances so conveniently used
in the modern homes today.
We unqualifiedly endorse the pro-
posed bond issue and will give it our
wholehearted support, trusting at the
same time that the progressive, wide
awake business men and citizens of
Opelousas will see it in the same light
and will give it a unanimous vote,
when placed before the taxpayers. of
this municipality.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-05-01

pride that their ancestors helped in
preserving the memory of the sacri-
flee the soldiers of this state made in
the war, or blush for the ingratitude
that the absence of a name means.
This list should include the name of
every man, woman and child in Lou
isiana.
May 3-8 is the week set apart by
proclamation of the governor for
Louisianaians to show their apprecia-
ton of Louisiana soldiers and sailors
who lost their lives in the world war,
by contributing to the $500, 900 state
campaign for a soldiers memorial