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NEW1BER1A * AND INDE PENDE NT"'OBSERVER—CONSOi SDATED M. W. FISHER, Editor and Proprietor. DEVOTED TO TUE A!) VA.WEM ENT OF HOME INTERESTS. ESTABLISHED IX J885 VOLUME XXXHI. NEW IBERIA, LA.. SATURDAY, JUNE 23d; 1917. NliMBEP, BRITISH LOSSES IN TONNAGE liceman recovered a banner from INCREASE. ; Timmius, but it was beyond re- ; pair, so the suffragists contented I Canadian Army Headquarters themselves with holding the dara- THINGS PATRIOTIC! ELKS THEATRE , in France, June 20.—Canadian aged frames aloft in evidence of I troops today captured a nest of their "martyrdom" as one of Week—Beginning Sunday, June 24 I German trenches at the foot of them expressed it. GREETING CARDS ANJ) POST CARDS i reservoir hill and have made the The torn banner was carried b SUNDAY VITAGRAPH j entente approach to Lens less dif^Miss Lucy Burns, of New York, Tally Cards Favors KENTUCKY GIRL ESCAPES FROM TURKISH HAREM , ficult. The new positions have and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, of Enticed by Raschoud El Kadir to Turkey to become his I been incorporated in the British Philadelphia, of the executiv Place Cards Electric Shades favorite and Sixteenth Wife, Olette, the simple Southern girl, lines. board of the National Woman's now a famous dancer, escapes to America and becomes the Party. They stood at the v. est Seals ice and Nut Cups. 3ancee of her newspaper reporter rescuer. In this beautiful London, June 20.—Twenty- gate of the Pennsylvania side of and refreshing play we see pretty Peggy Ilvland at her best. seven British ships of more than the White House and unfnrled it The management takes pleasure in giving this picture its 11,600 tons have been sunk, ac- jost a few minutes before the : All at Reasonable Prices at personal endorsement. You will be delighted with ! cording to the weekly British Russian mission was driven iiuo summary given out today. Five the grounds. Members} of the British vessels under 1,600 tors , mission paid no attention to it- also were sent to the bottom. No "THE SIXTEENTH WIFE?" fishing vessels were destroyed. featuring Peggy Hyland 4 Marc MacDermott. Boston, June 20.—The Warren Lee's Drug Store liner Bay State, from Boston, 6. May 31 for Liverpool, has been sunk 'by a German submarine. Ad­ KING CONSTANTINE IS Charles Murray and Louisa Fazenda vices to the company today gave IN SWITZERLAND. WEEKLY MARKET BULLETIN. F. E. Armstrong, Vidrine, l'n- IN A KEYSTONE SCREAM. nothing regarding the fate of the known cow peas. crew of the steamer. Large Number of Germans Await Wants. D. S. Seal, Angie, pea seed. HER FAME AND SHAME Monarch's Arrival at Station Pickering Land & Timber Co , C. C. Lafleur, P. (). Box 1 OR, 5é 15é Rome, June 20, via London.— Cravens, 3 pure bred Hereford Kinder, 1 gin stand, improved The Italians resumed the offensiv«; Lugano, Switzerland, via Paris, bulls, tick immune, not over 3 system. MONDAY yesterday. The war office an- June 20.—Former Kins, C'onstan- years old. J. M. B. Porter, Lake End, one nounces the capture of Austrian tine of Greece, arrived here to second hand hay press. Matt Gilmore, Wakefield, 1 reg­ position on Monte Ortigara and J day. Officers and debvafis of C. S. Bonsall, R. F D., No 2, istered Guernsey bull, 1 to - MAE MURRAY 936 prisoners. the Swiss government mot him Baton Rouge, 1 second hand grain latlhe frontier and tira'years-,®!d- ,, , . (drill; 1 second hand one (torse a sensationally successful and charming screen star, has se­ London, June 20.—The weeklyj in^he name of Switzerland. A! -A. Kime, Mayna, 1 Holstein; wagon. cured a play ideally suited to her. Also, there is Little Billy list of British losses in torpedoed^ large number of German per o- bull, 15 to IS months old. Edmund M. Fournet, St. Mar-* • • Jacobs as a crippled child and Tom Moore as the young doctor. ships which will be issued today, ' nages waited for the King 'it t1:?' S. G Higginbotharn, Mer tiuville, 1 second hand auto ti'u-lr for farm purposes. (( »9 will show the hiehest average of depot, including Prince and Prin- Rouge, 1 good Holstein cow. many weeks, the number of shipsjee^ von Buelow and Dr. von 1 A. Kime, Mayna, 1 Holster,j George Keller, Torr,-is, 2 r» mis­ THE PRIMROSE RING being comparable to the worst, Maèlhberg, German minister to heifer. tered Shorthorn bulls, roan ny,' is a fantastic story with enough of the prosaic for balance. It [ week since the ruthless F-boat the.Vatican. The Greek minister j ^ McDonald, Bay >t. color, 1 to 1 t/o years old. will b î one of the signal successes of the year. I campaign began. The returns to Berne was also present. Con-! Louis Miss. 1 registered Puroc Dr. A. E. Fisher, Choudront. I ! registered Holstein cow. 15tf j week by week for the last three ' stantine and his suite drove di- Jersev boar '5 to 6 months old. months show that the F-boat ac- j recti y to the hotel where rooms] j \y Summerlin Rav ville 1 George Keller, Torras, a few TUESDAY TRIANGLE tivities run "in waves and it is as- had been reserved for them. Upoktered Tlamnshire boar old registered Shorthorn cOw$ '"and sumed that this week-h the er«t| A number of German diplomats I '„"ugh for heifers; 25 to .'X) common heiilers of a period of super-activity arrived here in anticipation ofj "WJ. Brown Loranger 1 pure or young cows. ! noticed the pre* ions week. j the coming of the former King t,re(i' Scotch Wood ram, 1 yea: J. H. 'Fuitzer, Jr., Harvey, one CHARLES RAY The week includes one day j who was delayed by the illness of " ii Holstein cow, not tick immune. „ which is regarded as a record for ; his wife. A l^ig "telegram from, j M ß porter Lake End a Ralph W. Shaw, Loranger, reg­ -IN— Th 11 w 1 J 1 the number. of .vessels lost. |i' -the- German''**•—-— Emperer was handed-- 'i f ' w J1 { , sI ' _ istered Jersey cows, tick immune- situation, howeter is-not regard-|to Constantine as soon as he left A. Wime, Mayna, a pair of Remy Landry, Lafayette,* ' T it grade Jersey milk cow. THE CLODHOPPER" ed over pessimistically by naval ^ the train. The immediate future Angora goats. men who insist that the admiralty movements of the former monarch W- D. Fairbanks, Jr., Fair- H. B. Wren, Vivian, 1 regis­ methods of fighting the subma are unknown, but it is believed banks, several Angora nannie tered iDuroc Jersey gilt, bred. N&w Triangle Feature Production. rines are constantly growing in he will shortly 20 to Germany to goats and 1 Angora billy . E. L. Woodside, Baton Rouge, efficiency. Œn support of this they visit the Emperor. 2 Cheviot rams, 1 years old. 1 H. L. Katz, P. 0. Box 007, SDNESDAY : i 5'jgi point to the constantly increasing o New Orleans, March or April II. S. Smith, Slidell, I pure-bred number of boats which escape the FOOD CONSERVATION. hatched White Leghorn pullets. Shropshire ram; 30 common t * submarines. The Germans aie ewes. A. Kime, Mayna, a trio of Sil­ Charles Chaplin resorting to every possible Washington, D. C., ver Laced Wyandotte chickens. Holland-Delta Co., Lake Provi­ method of circumventing the pa­ June 16th, 1917. H. E. Hubert, 3615 Ilelpomene dence, 2000 head of sheep; 1000 trols and the submarine frequent­ M. W. Fisher, Editor Enterprise, St., New Orleans, larse bull frogs. head of goats. ly change the scene of their ope­ New Iberia, La. : Pineview Farm, Ilefiin, a few Mrs. Regina Bonnemaison, 2613 rations. Onzaga, St., New Orleans, 1 good «THE ÖOUNT" 1 himes of lltalian bees. o Dear Sir—'I write to ask you; milk goat. special cooperation in an import­ Bruce Poultry & Seed Co., 782 ANGRY MEN TEAR UP Poydras St., New Orleans, pota­ P. L. & G. B. Couvillon, Plauche- 5é 15é ant phase 0f the work of conserv­ toes for fall planting. ville, 12 pure-bred Plymouth Rock WOMEN'S BANNERS. ing food for ourselves and our cockerels. Allies. The plan I now have in V. M. Capellar, Grappes Bluff, THURSDAY Peaceful Pickets At White House Bunch Yam potato slips, any Mrs. S. L. Porter, Kinder, one. mind is designed primarily to Bantam cockerel and one S. C. Finally Provoke Near Riot- quantity. reach the church people and the B women, but with the help of the Bruce Poultry & Seed Co., 732, ™wn Leghorn cockerel Blanche Sweet Washington, June 20.—The press it can be made to cover the Poydras St., New Orleans, South- B Bonsall, R. K I ., No. 2, peaceful picketing of the White ern Grown Winter rye. i I Y whole community. ld Vh,t the star of such signal Paramount successes as "The Warrens House grounds by silent sentinels Under date of June 18 there Orleans Corn & Grain Co., P.!<> ^ ? Wyandotte chicks; si c of Virginia," appears in L I of the suffrage cause resulted in ! will be mailed to every minister O. Box 646. New Orleans, oats in guinea eggs for hatching. the first disorder today when a whose name I can secure a per- large quantities. ! „ Leon La,t.ou.r' Box, 39> haioa Bruce Poultry & Seed Co., 732 ! Ro««e, garlic in car lots. crowd of angry men tore down Sonal letter over my signature banners the women were holding \ asking him to preach upon the Poydras St., New Orleans, Rust | Mrs. W. D. A. Gortoii, Water- "The Silent Partner" proof, Porto Rican sweet potato 1 Proof seed oats. for the Russian mission to see subject of Food Conservation on plants or vines. when it visited President Wilson. ! Sunday, July first. In the same Louisiana Central Lumber Co., a gripping drama of loyalty and business. Edmund Goulding, Chas. II. Welch, Tupelo, Miss., the author of many Paramount successes, wrote the story and Clarks, a quantity of Mammoth The rumpus was over before the letter, I shall express the hope roasting ear corn and tomatoes. it was d.'rected by Marshall Neilan, who made the "Bottle police got on the scene, and no that this day will become known Yellow soy bean seed. Imp" with the "Lasky" forces. arrests were made. as "Food Saving Day," and Ascension Red Cypress Co., Elton Boudreau Co., 505 Board The banners were inscribed: that it may be made the purpose Whitney Bldg., New Orleans, 1, of Trade bldg., New Orleans, car of No. 1 hay. i Creole onions and Irish potatoes; FRIDAY TRIANGLE "President Wilson and Envoy and motto of every household in Root are deceiving Russia. They America to Save the Waste and R. A. Voorhies, Carencro, June Nancy Hall and Yellow Pumpkin it »9 say 'we are a democracy. Help Win the War. seed corn. i Yam sweet potato slips, any PAWS OF THE BEAR us win a world war so that de­ May I have your assistance J. M. B. Porter, Lake End, two quantity. mocracy may survive.' bushels of June seed corn. ! Note.—This bulletin will be sent A Strong Drama of War, Love and Intrigue. along the following lines; First, "We, the women of America, on Monday, June 25 (but not be­ Louisiana Hospital for Insane, free to any one desiring it, by ad- tell you that America is not a fore) and on succeeding days, to Pineville, 500 bushels* of ear corn dressing the Commissioner of WILLIAM DESMOND democracy. Twenty million wo- in shuck. Agriculture Baton Rouge, La. V announce in your paper the gen- men are denied the right to vote. eral plan for Food Saving Day, F. L. Hopkins, Paradis a quan- Kindly communicate with all Is the Young American— -gj President Wilson is the chief op­ with whatever local arrangements tity of cow peas- parties direct. ponent of their national en­ for observing it may be decided CLARA WILLIAMS franchisement. Help us make upon, and to support it 'editor­ this nation really free. Tell our ially. it, the Beautiful Countess Olga, of the Russian Secret Service. government that it must liberate Second, on Monday, July 2nd Together They Enact Many Tense Scenes, Full of its people before it can claim free (but not before) and on succeed­ of Thrills and Surprises. Russia as an ally." ing days, to carry in display type The banners attracted groups the motto "Save the Waste and SATURDAY of men passing, who stopped and Win the War," to print also notes discussed them, Finally discus­ abstracts of sermons preached QGoodyGoody!! The Rising Star of Pietureiand or sion gave way to action. on July 1 and most important of Cries of "traitors," "treason,'* all, to drive home the lessons of M4 and "they are enemies of their food conservation by your own EMMY WEHLEN j country," were shouted at the editorial comment. : two men holding the banner and j I should be especially gratefel In the play by Charles A. Logue and John Clymer. -after one yelled "let's tear it if your influence and that of your zxxnsm ! down," the crowd jumped for- paper could be used to enlist j ward ancl the canvass was torn : civic, fraternal, patriotic, and CANOES ; from fastenings leaving the suf-j other organizations in the effort ragists holding the frames and, to make Food Saving Day really m The Dicks of Doslt poles. „ (effective in conserving the food One of the White House police supply for us and for our Allies, A METRO wonder production adapted and directed in Five pursued a man who, he said, was and in reducing the cost of living brilliant Acts by George D. Baker. leading the crowd. The man was to our own people. " SEGURA'S DRUG STORE, Walter S. Timmins, of New York, Yours faithfully, Prescription Experts. an electrical engineer. The po- HERBERT HOOVER. PHONE 20. WE DELIVER.