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D, IL MASON, Editor COVINGTON, LA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1918 VL LVN.1
SUBMARINE SINKS AMERICAN TRANSPORT, 2179 MEN
Farmers Warned That Germans Will Attempt To Poison Crops
EXECUTIVE ANDL
PARISH BRANCH
OF RED CROSS
HOLDS MEET
Ordered That Covington 1
Organize a Separate
Al xiliary.
MEETING OF
PARISH BRANCH.
Report of Mrs. Warner,
Chairman of Supplies,
for St. Tammany.
The Red Cross Executive Commit
tee for St. Tammany Parish held a
meeting at the school auditorium in
Covington at 2 p. in., Wednetday.
Miss Kate Eastman presided and Dr.
A. G. Miaylie acted as secretary in
place of Mr. P. A. Blanchard, of
Madisonville, who wa; unavoidabiy
absent.
Consideration was taken of a corn
munication from headquarters in
New Orleans requesting the organi
sation of a Covington auxiliary.
Heretofore Covington has been
merged in the Parish Branch, but
the work of Covy:n;ton has been kept
separate end proceedings will tie
available for the Covington auxili- I
ary, which was organized yesterday, 4
but too late for the proceedings to ]
be published this week. They will 4
be published next week.
After the adjournment of the E:
ecutive Committee meeting the Par- ]
ish Branch meeting took place. Mrs. 1
J. H. Warner has been appointed
surgical instructor for the parish in
the making of gauze bandages suit
able for use in the field. These will
be different from the standard hos
pital 'bandages. Mrs. Warner will
go to New Orleans, where she 'will r
receive special instructions in this
work.
Among those present from out of
town were 'Mrs. P. A. Blanchard,
Mrs. Chas. Koepp, Mrs. Gus Mire,
IMiss Annie Oulliber and Mrs. Vic
tor Chatellier. of Madisonville, and
,Mr. and Mrs. Eads Poitevent and Dr.
A. G. Mayli, of Mandeville, and
Capt. G. E. Millar, of Abita Springs.
,Mrs. Warner made the following
report:
Report of Mrs. Warner.
Covington, La., Feb. 6, 1918.
To the Officers and Members of St.
Tammany Branch Chapter of the
American Red Cross:
I beg to submit this my report
for the month ending February 5,
1918.
During the period we have had ten
class days with an average attend
ance of ten members.
Since last report we have receiv
ed work fromt the auxiliaries, as fol
lows:
Slidell.
1386 pieces of assorted surgical
dressings; 60 convalescent robes; 24
-indershirts; 16 knitted sweaters; 1
knitted helmet; 15 pairs knitted
hocks; 2 pairs knitted wristlets; '1
tale of oakum. shipped direct to
New Orleans.
latombe.
70 pieces assorted surgical dress
ing; 6 convale;cent robes; 12 bed
shirts.
Folsom.
136 pieces assorted surgical dress
lags; 19 convalescent robes.
)Mandeville.
105 pieces assorted surgical dress
lags; 1 *bed shirt; 30 undershirts;
10 coevalescent robes: 11 knitted
fleaters; 3 pairs knitted wristlets;
1 pair knitted sock <; 51 knitted
pieces for quilts.
224 tiieces atcorted surgical dress
legs, shipped by Manidevifll On Dec.
22, 191, were stolen en route, anti
were found latnuarv 12. 1918. anI
turned in to hoadquarters., sonic be
lug too badty soiled for use.
MIidisonville.
204 pieces assorted surgical dress
Ings; 16 convalescent robes; 2 knit'?
jIhelmets: 1 pair knitted wristlets.
Colored Aux illrr' to Madiseonville.
aS pieces assorted suirgical dress
ings; 9 bed shirts; 6 convalescent
robes.
Talisheck.
12 spairs knitted socks; 4 pails
knitted wi'i stlts; 8 knitted sweit
era, 16 convalescent robes.
('ovington.
566 piet 9s iseiried surgical dress
lugs; 2t bed shirts: 14 undershirts;
39 con',ales tot robes: 52 knitted
r weater,: 27 pairs knitted socks; 3
pairs knitted wt'istlets; 4 knitted
ash rags. pair pajamuas; 2 knitt
44 nuilliers.
Making a totasl for the mon~' 0
2525 pieces ass'rted surgical ~i s9
lags, 314 garnients and i;: knitecd
articles.
We have ' for'warded to New Or
leans chapter. since last repoct. the
following: 2 252 pieces su:'gical
dressIngs, 43 lied shirts; 6S under
Shirts; 202 convalescent rjbes: 1
-pair pajamas; 90 knitted sweaters,
(Uesstmse* em s 3?e t'
AMERICAN BOYS
MAKE A FINE
SHOWING AT
FRONT
Official Report to Head
quarters Paid Tribute
to Artillery.
ENEMY DUGOUTS
WERE DEMOLISHED.
Two Americans Were Kill
ed and Nine Wounded
In Engagement.
New York, Feb. 4.-The Asso
ciated Press today summarizes its
war dispatches as follows:
American troops in the front in
Lorraine have engaged Germans in
a heavy artillery duel. The enemy
subjected the American trenches. t
a heavy fire. In replying the Am
erican gunners did consderable dami
age to 'barbed wire entanglements
and first line trenches. Little dam
age was done by the German tire.
Two Americans were killed, nine
were wounded and one suffered from
shell shock during the bombardment.
Raids in isolated points and ar
tillery bombardments in various see
tors marked the operation on the
other fronts, in France and Italy.
Fourteen enemy airplanes and one
captive baloon were brought down
by entente aviators on the Italian
front, while in northern France the
British airmen accounted for ten
German machines.
Vigorous prosecution of the war
until peace can ibe obtained "based
on the prinepleu.of freedom, justice
and respect for International law"
has been decided upon by the su
,preme war council, which has just
completed its meeting at Versailles.
The council found the s:eeches of
Chancellor von Hertling and Count
Czernin unfavorable.
The supreme war couacil took
steps toward a general military pol
icy in all the main war theatres.
The functions of the council were
enlarged and It was announced that
it arrived at a complete unanimity
of policy and measures for the pro
secution of the war.
AMERICANS WIN PRAISE.
Gunnery Declared Neatly Perfect By
French Verdun Veteran.
With American Army in France,
Sunday, Feb. 3.-(By the Associat
ed Press)-American officers are
elated over the results of the first
artillery duel between American and
German gunners, which followed a
preliminary shelling by the German
Saturday evening.
In official reports to the head
quarters of their orriun'aation the
infantry commanders today paid
tribute to the promptness with which
the artillery responded to the call
for a barrage and to the effective
ness of the artillery fire.
A serial reconnaissauces to-day
showed that the American gunfire
had had a very destructive effect.
It will require several nights of hard
work under artillery fire for the Ger
mans 'to repair the first line trenches
caved in by the American 75's and
to patch the gaps in tre barbed wire.
Three Enemy Dugouts
Were Demolished.
It is known that at least three
enemy dugouts were. demolished,
probably with some casualties. On
the other hand, the damage done to
the American trenches will -'he re
paired before tomorrow morning.
In regimental headquarters in a
village shelled by the Germans,
buildings were wrecked completely
or in part, the debris being piled in
the streets. There were no casual
ties among the officers. The whis
t-ing of two big shells gave warning
of the coming bombardment and of
ficers and men sought shelter in the
dugouts. The bombardment of the
headquarters village came at the end
of a period of shelling which had
extended gradually along several
kilometers of the front.
The German artillery opened the
engagement with a desultory born
hardment of the American trenches'
at a certain point, firing many shrap
nel shells. In the midst of this a
red rocket calling for a barrage as
cended from the German first lines.
Before the German artillery could
respond, the American 75's summon
ed into action by a-signal from the
first line, laid a curtain of fire along
the enemy first lines. Then began
the 'battle of the gunners. The. in-'
creased intensity of the German tire
was met Immediately by the Ameri
cans, who not only showered shells
on the original sector, but quickly
extended their activity to a wide
front.
Within 20 miAi. the 75's and
larger pieces w boo ning all along
the valley the Ii dunally spread
(Cogtlt*O ai page 6) -
How Germans Ruined Interned Ships; Trucks On Way To Seaboard
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.ej
Uhi S. a grapphinnck lustrtowngo how the Gra crews metdfof the needGra
boiler by dry firing, probably using "thermit" to intensify the heat.
SPEAKERS TALK
TO FARMERS
AND SCHOOLS
By Felix iachemin, Jr.)
The farmers' meetings held at
Waldheim and St. Tammany (Peace
Grove) schools, Thursday. February
7th, were weHl attended by the farm
ers and citizens of those communities
and some valuable pointy were
brought out by the speakers that
will materially help the farmers In
their ;lanting.
Superintendent Lyon opened the
meetings with a short talk on pro
grewh i ,ess, citing such examples as
hei,,r schools, better roads, and or
rauizttion of rural communities for
the i'n-rvemen{ of their conditions
and st re -sed that, under present con
ditions, the government has gone to
the enormous expense of placing
specialists in the various branches of
agricutturet there are no reasons why
farmer; cannot use these advantages
and improve their farming condi
tions. He also spoke on saving and
the practice of thrift, and the ne
cessity of better management of
things under the present conditions
that our country is facing .now.
Mr. L. P. McCann, swine special
ist from the Live Stock Extension
Service, Louisiana State University,
spoke on the necessity of Increased
pork production, giving facts proven
,by feeding experiments that more
money can be realized by raising
hogs than any other live stock pro
duced on the farm. He demonstrat
ed by figures that better returns can
be obtained, faster and more eco
nomically, by marketing hogs from
6 to S months old than by raising
mature hogs. Compared climatic
conditions of the northern states
with those of the south, and showed
where the northern farmers, handi
capped with only six months of pas
turage on 'legumes and forage crops,
netted $15.00 -per hundredweight on
pork, why can't the southern farmer
do the flame, having twelve months
in the year in which forage crops
and some legumes can be fitted Into
.a rotation and produce luxuriant
growth. He gave the -mixture of
corn and velvet beans pasture as a
"bal-anced ration" for preparing pigs
for market, from weaning time to
miarketing.
.Mr. A. T. Rolf, poultry specialist,
from Baton Rouge, took up a lengthy
dio ussion on the history and ,pres
ent development of the modern farm
chicken, tracing back every -step
from the "jungle fowl" to the farm
bird we know to-day, impressing the
fact that the poultry of to-day is
purely an artificial bird, and natural
ly. artificial methods must be em
ployed to he successful in increasing
egg production, and keeping 'up the
standards selected. He also dis
cussed #early hatching, proper feed
ing, and keeping of premises and
pens for successful poultry raising.
- Mr. Rolf :brought out clearly that
poultry products being unable to be
ke;nt or cured. like other meats, can
wni be used for feeding our soldiers
and their associates, but must be
I used as a substitute for, them local
ly, and 'being produced so rapidly
- there are no reasons 'why every farm
I (Costinued on ,* 2)
ST. TAMMANY
DOES BIG WORK
Y.M.C.A. DRIVE
The recent campaign for funds for
the Y. M. C. A. War Work resulted
in the State of Louisiana - making
another record for herself in help
ing along the different organizations
asking for financial aid since the war
started. When the different states
were being apportioned their share of
the $35,000,000 necessary for the
execuion of the plans of the National
War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A..
Louisiana was allotted $123,000 of
that amount. With incomplete re
turns from some parts of the state,
C. S. Watson, who has charge of the
collection headquarters, 106 City
Bank Building, New Orleans, reports
that $299,000 had been pledged.
This shows that the people of Lou
isiana have far more than doubled
the amount they were asked to give.
There could be no better proof of the
splendid patriotic spirit that exists
all over the state than the way the
friends of the Y. M. C. A. have sup
ported this camipaign for giving
comfort to our boys in training and
at the front.
The district including Tangipahoa,
Livingston, St. Tammany and Wash
ington parishes, raised a total of
$18,704.99. Of this $2618.78 came
from Covington, the remainder 'being
given by the other towns and rural
districts of the parshes.
The main towns of each qf the
thirteen districts gave the following
atpounts: Shreveport, $21,280.67;
New Orleans, $109,977.00; Ruston,
$3,484.73; Mlonroe, $5,027.68; LMans
field, $3,677.91; Winnfield, $2,071;
Alexandria, $9,077; Lake Charles,
$10,90h3.50; Lafayette, $2,031; Bat
on Rouge, $13,000.00; New Iberia,
$2,040; Bogalusa, $8,270.81; Thibo
deaux, $2,555.00.
Since some of the above districts;
have not sent il complete reports
there may be some changes in these
figures. Should any pledges or cash
be outstanding, kindly forward to
the above address. Mr. Watson is
very profuse in his expressions of
the prompt and kindly way in which
every one over the state has helped
to get together these funds and es
pecially the hearty suport in every
way possible by the press during the
campaign.
ASSOCIATION OF fO4MMERCE.
W. C. Morell was elected secre
tary at the meeting of the Associa
tion of Commerce. Monday night,
Mr. Boes having resigned, because of
business demands.
A plan is under arrangement for a
system of investigation as to means
of advancing municipalities and a
campaign of publicity. Mr. Morell
will therefore have a large amount
of correspondence to attend to. He
Is qualified for the work and will be
of considerable value to the associa
tion.
More attention, also, is to be given
to Increasing membership and gain
ing the help and co-operation of eiti
zens In the work that is necessary
to be done.
Attorney F. J. Heintz was appoint
ed to go before the town council in
the mwtter of badly drained edhool
A military freight service has been established by the quartermaster
general to carry ammunition by army truck and relieve the railways of some
of the congestion. The first truck train of 80 machines started from Detroit
to the Atlantic seaboard, the trucks also to he shipped to France. Two of
the ma'chines carry supplies for all. The photograph shows the leading truck
on a ditlu tlt hit of road
WARNING GIVEN
GERMAN SPIES
MAY POISON
CROPS
Chairman Davis Receives
Notice From State
Council Defense.
INFORMATION COMES
FROM WASHINGTON.
Shipment of Poison Will Be
Made From Germany,
Where Prepared.
Mr. E. G. Davis, chairman of the
Parish Council of Defense, on receipt
of the following notice from the
State Council, immediately wr >te fur
further information and con lrma
tion of report. He was lujor-ned
that the statements therein were im
portant and should be given due pub
licity.
Farmers should use every means
to guard against seed being impreg
nated with this pollen. A careful
watch- should be kept of strangers
about the fields or near seed bins,
and no one not positively known to
be trustworthy shouild have access
to seed. Also be careful of whom
seed is bought and accept no gift
of seeds from parties unknown:
To All Parish Councils of Defense:
We are in receipt of confidential
information from Washington to the
effect that there has been prepared
in Germany for shipment to the
United States a quantity of pollen
which is to be used by bcret agents
of the German governmo t for the
purpose of destroying the grain
crops of the United States.
This is a matter of very vital im
portance, and we suggest that you
make it a point to put every farmer
in your parish on guard-see to it
that some member of your Council
or some person appointed especially
for this purpose takes this up sys
tematically, and report when all the
farmers have been notified.
Yoursw sincerely,
JOHN MARSHALL,
Secty. State Council of Defense.
VICTORY BREAD FOR WEiD
NESDAY.
In conformity with instructions
from U. S. Food Administration, the
J. M. Ooueille Jefferson Avenue Bak
ery and the Pellegrin 'Bakery served
their customers with War Bread on
Wednesday. It looked a good deal
like rye bread and was no doubt en
joyed by many as a change. Begin
ning February 3, '"hakers must use
at least 5 per cent of wheat-flour
substitutes in all the bread and rolls
baked by them, and this amount
must 'be increased as rapidly as pos
sible until by February 24 they are
using at least 20 per cent of these
usbstitutes in all their output." So
we must get used to the dark look
ing bread, which in reality is more
wholesome than the bread that has
been furnished heretofore. Graham
flour or whole wheat flour is exten
sively used for this purpose. Oat
meal, rice flour, buckwheat, potato
flour, bean meal, corn meal and
other substitutes are also used.
grounds, the matter being brought
u) by Mr. John Haller. Also to look
into cost of removing stsmps and
Oiling in.
PROMINEITCITIZEN BATON
ROUSE CHOSEN DY S0,
PLEASAIT CHAIRMAN OF
SPEAKERSCOUNCILDEFENSE
Hon. T. Sambola Jones.
T. Sambola Jones
Will Speak In
Covington.
Hon T. Sambola Jones, of Baton
Rouge, recently appointed by Gov.
Pleasant as chairman of the Speak
ers' Bureau of the Louisiana State
Council of Defense, will adiress the
St. Tammany Parish Council of De
fense at its regular monthsly meet
ing to 'be held at the courthouse next
Wednesday, February 13. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend this
meeting.
Dr. Sevy Will Rid
This Parish of
Ticks By Fall
Dr. Sevy, of the-k. S. Department
of Tick Eradication, will now be sta
tioned in- St. Tammany parish, and
with the help of the people will at
tempt to make this parish tick-free
by fall. He has accomplished this
for Washington parish, and people
who were formerly against the meth
ods of accomplishment are now its
warmest friends. It is to be hoped
that Mr. Sevy will be given all the
assistance within the power of the
people. *
-0-
AT PARKV1UTW THEATRE.
Monday's program at Parkview
Theatre contains one of the best bills
presented this season. Mme. Olga
Petrova will be seen in one of her
greatest screen successes, "Exile,"
Along with this will be a two-reel
scream by Bert Williams, America's
greatest )iegro comedian, in "A Nat
ural Born Gambler." This picture
has been presented at the biggest
movie theatres in the country. In
all there will be seven reels of pie
turek Prises for Madlts 1e, echild
ren 10s. War tasx utzse
U. S. TRANSPORT
SUNK, 2179 MEN
ON BOARD BUT
FEW LOSTw
All Saved by Convoy Ships
of War Excepting
110 Men.
TUSCANIA IS FIRST
TRANSPORT SUNK.
Submarine That Fired Tor
pedo Is Sunk By
War Ships.
Late advices give the mnuber
on hoard as 2397. Lost, both
crew and soldiers, 210. Lost
among soldiers, 113.
Louisiana and Mississippi Men on
Board.
The following Louisiana and Mis
sissippi men were said to have been
on board ship:
First Lieut. M. Saunders, New Or
leans; Capt. Jas. M. Farrin, Gulf
port, Miss.; 'Tommie W. Cook, Ray
ville, La.; Phil H. Carroll, Alexan
dria, La.; 'Leon F. Terzia, Monroe,
La.; Will P. LeBlane, Garyville, La.;
Hungh J. Stoghtille, Rayville, La.;
John A. Johnson, Pollock, La.; Nd
ward Lanbiere, New Orleans, 14.;
Gus Deron, Reeves, La.; W. L. Lan
caster, Kossuth, Miss.; Jno. W. Rut-.
lege, Mira, La.; Jno. L. Foster, An
acoco, La.; Lester R. Turner, Ful
lerton, La.; Earl Farr, Quitman, La.;
Thos. W. Wasson, Kosciusko, Miss.;
L. M. Perry, Vinton, La.; A. H. Gol
)ins, Grennsburg, La.; Chas. B. Bar
'nett, Moss Point, liss.; M. M.
Moody, Poplarville, Miss.; Wm. M.
Robin, Jeanerette, La.; George J.
Sears, Hammond, La.; Jas. G. Mitch
ell, Grayson, La.; Capt. John D.
Ewing, son of Hon. Robt. Ewing, and
Capt. Dan Thompson, of New Or
leans.
Ccontinued on page 5)
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Masons Pass Impor
tant Resolutions In
Grand Lodge.
A. L. Bear, Worshipful Master of
F. & A. M. Lodge No. 188 of Coy
ington, returned Thursday evening
from New Orleans, where he went as
a delegate from his lodge to the con
vention of the Grand Lodge he9 d a
New . Orleans Wednesday. AmongŽ
other'things passed upon it was re
solved that no one engaged in the
manufacture or sale of intoxicating
beverages could not be admMed a
member of the order. Present mem
bers will not be affected by this or
der.
An important action, also, was a
resolution to re-unite the Grand
Orienit and the Grand Lodge Of
France with the Grand Lodge of
Louisiana. The Grand Orient and
all American lodges have been gepa
rated for years.
Mr. Bear was made worvhfpfi4
grand steward.
Red Cross To Help
Enlist Volunteer
Shipbuilder.
Leigh Carroll, sManager Gult Di
vision, is in receipt of a telegram'
from Harvey D. Gibson, GenerallIan
ager, American Red Cross, WasbiDg'
ton, urging that an appeal behma
to all chapters and meinbers of tha
Red Cross to rally to the support of
the government shipptag program.
"The effectiveness of Red Oibs.
work," says Mr. Gibson,. "as well as
the supplying of the armies of th
United States and those of its allies
with materials, and the consquent
winning of the war £epen argt9
upon shipping facilites ad )he Qs
rying out of the 8hiplitig 4B a ,
program."
Necessary ship yard Ott
for construction .an d.
on the work here already `"
vided by the governinet. AfltI
is lacking is the. Mnlletment on ,
ficient skilled. labor, gad a k .'
edge of the nee& of such will crests
a spirit in the nation that will
sure ships being bu6it at onee.
provide necessary labor the Sbip
Board, In co-operatitn with tie -
lie Service Reserveyr eflroi l yt
25O,OOO mon for aevoe In" .
yards. " It is undertood
men are not to be cslled toh'*1
yards at once, bsut 'will !be . '
mousetld whent
being emsrol ' ýhe r
under the nasSS& 41! . i 4
jShip yard=7 Vod4* x`'rE ly