Daily Clarion-Progress from Opelousas, Louisiana • 1

TP I A nl Opelousas Will Celebrate Fourth Tomorrow In Patriotic Fashion IIIIIIlIHi JllllilHIIIIill WEATHER REPORT. To-Night and Tuesday unsettled probably local thunder showers light to moderate southerly winds DAILY CLAW YOUR COMMUNITY Is Just What You Make It. A Good Word for Opelousas Will Help to Build It. VOL 1. NO.

31. Member Leaed OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1922. Delivered Anywhere in City by Carrier JULY FOURTH CELEBRAT10 PRESENT STRIKE HAS ONLY PASSING EFFECT ON RAIL OPERATION SAY OFFICIALS PROMISES TO ECLIPSE ANY I FORM PATRIOTIC EVENT: Committee in Charge Has TRAINMAN SENDS Maintenance of Way Expected to Issue Strike Call in Which Event 350,000 More Men Will Be Added to List of Strikers Railroad Heads Employing. Strike Breakers Labor Board Warns ho per aft Union is Outlawed and Suggests New Organization to Take Its Place. CHICAGO.

I1L. July 3. The railroad shop crafts union which called strike last Saturday has lost ah standing before the United States Labor Board, it was announced' t-day. The board declared that the striking organization would be no long recognized and urged that the men who remained in the employ of the railroads, together with the newly employed men, form an organization to take the place of the union. NEW YORK.

July 3. The wa ut ordered by the United States la-board board was held as the chif reason for the strike, of the 400,00) shop employees and were branded bv the Federal Council of the Church of government officials at the confer-Christ America as bringing pay ence following a secret caucus of the "below living standard." opposing factions on the govern- "lt is perfectly patent" "said --giiss thzi rr-l ftrbit- statement by the council "that ths ration committee be appointed to lay wage reduction ordered brings the the foundation for a settlement, earning of a large number of employes "We hope there will be more chance below the level cf minimum standard of an agreement after the miners and of living. operators have been home and talked Price 5 Cents Per Copy HARDING COAL CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER PLAN Adjournment Taken Until Mon day To Allow Factions To "Think Things Over." WASHINGTON, July 3. President Harding's coal conference today adjourned until next Monday without taking any definite action towards settlement of the national strike. This announcement was made by things over with their people," Sec- retary of Labor Davis added.

Secretary Davis said he did not carry out his announced plan of suggesting that the selection of a small committee composed of both factions be made to negotiate a settlement In the absence of this plan the entire force of operators and anion leaders will reconvene Monday. COTTON JUMPS AS RESULT OF CROP REPORT ISSUED Bearish Report Sends Fleetly-Staple Upward More Than Five Dollars A Bale WASHINGTON, July 3. Cotton jumped five dollars a baie on the New York exchange following receipt of the crop report NEW ORLEANS, La, Fu tures on the New Crwans cotton ex change shot upwards on the announce ment of tfc government crop report today, prVes advAiM-ms. from 111 to 136 points frt-ti the opening. oW up 128 po tubrr si 22-10, up 136; Jsnur! 1.70 on 111 points and Mnh 6t-.

113 WASi.IM.tv Tk cotton area under ccltiv.itioa the United States this year is 34.12 000 acres compared with Jl.67i.000 last year, the department of agriculture estimated today. This is an increase of 3,137,000 acres or ten per cent over last year. The condition of the growing- crop on June 25th was 71.2 per cent, compared with 69.6 on May 25th this United Wir Service NINEPEOPLETO DEATH IN MISHAP, I Makes Veteran Signal Man Mistake And Asks To Die Along With Passengers ATLANTA CITY, N. July 3. "My God 1 have sent No.

33 on the wrong track" John De Wault signalman at Winslow Junction, sent out this fi antic telegram to the dispatchers office at Atlantic City a few -minutes after the Philadelphia and Reading "midnight flyer" flashed past the tower. Atlantic City made desparate but unsuccesfsul attempts to ra4se De Wault after the message. He had fainted. PHILADELPPHIA. Pa- July 3.

-Probe into tb-s wreck of the re 1.1-right flyer" of the Reading railroad was started toiay, Charles E. Ewing Tice president of the road, stated day. Officials of the road placed thi dead at and the injured In hospital at 32. WINSLOW SIGNAL, N. J.

July 3. Nine persons were killed when the Philadelphia-Reading "midnight flyer" shot through an open switch and was completely wrecked here today. The New Jersey state police announces this afternoon that 33 persons had been injured. ,7 man, was found in his home by a de- tail of troopers under Lieutenant Wil liam Stickley, who went to question i him. An attempt was made to take the old man to jail but his enfeebled condition made it impossible- Troopers on each side of aim at- tempted to help him through the door- way to jail, but the oM man becamj hysterical and collapsed.

I "My God" he sent the train through the wrong switch. I sent those people to their death. Oh! why did I do it! Ill hear their mangled bodies of dead men the rest Let me die." he pleaded. "I do not dare live any longer. I want to join those who I sent to Lieutenant Stickley changed his mind about taking the old man to jaiL He was put to bed and guards were posted around him- He will be takes to Camden jail if he ever recovers.

Lieutenant Stickley and his operatives reached the scene of the wreck within tea minutes after the crash. He immediately lead a search for De-Wault ICE CREAM OR HOOTCHT KINTON. N. Jane SO. (U.

-Served ahead of alcoholic drink. at a banquet, ice cream "knocks the props from under the hootch, local ice cream manufacturers declare. Experiments have proved that the fros-en dessert kills the thirst for booxe, least temporarily. Ice cream, it i is claimed, provides ewryuumr whiskey except the kick. will be a good so there's no reason for any one to misa seeing it The minstrel will start promptly at on hand and TnTlrt lrT COUnUI fm -as their benefit affair.

sr. i E. in cf it I i in 10UTBERN PACIFIC WILL RUN SPECIAL EXCURSION ON 22ND Request of Trade Extension Bureau Finally Granted by Import ant Road Jhe Southern Pacific ill peprate petal excursion trains ca July according to an announce 'nnt ry J. Carter, division paeager 6.tnt who has notified the Opelous Trad Ex'ension Bureau that its request tor the special trains has been gran'od. the beginning of the bureau carr-! jaign that would operate a special excursion from Alexandria to Opeloi- sas.

After consideration the officials the road notified the bureau that would not operate the train and would only offer special reduced rates. The bureau, however, not satisfied with the arrangement made specific request from the railroad that a sue-j cial excursion train be operated from Franklin and one from Alexandria. thus insuring a large attendance from the surrounding parishes. Train schedules on the main line are such that excursionists can corns from every point in the state and return the same night. While not definite announcement hM been made by tb as PaciJ1 fii is expect! tht this road w'Jl i als- run special excursions from Crowley and from -Addis to this city, With so many special excursioj trains operating into Opelousas July 22nd the Trade Bureau now feels confident that twenty thousand peopls will visit Opelousas cn Ford Day anl miking the bureau "stunt" the grea-est thing ever pulled off in Southwest Louisiana.

FORMER KLAN MAN MAKES ATTACK ON EDWARD Y.CLARKE D. Wade Claims Ku Klux Spent) $15,000 in Aiding Engtewood i Mob Defense ATLANTA Ga, July 3. Charge that the Eu Klux Elan at the insis-sence of Edward Y. Clarke, acting imperial wizxard, appropriated 000 to defend the Engleweod, Calif-' ornia, mob, were made here today by L. D.

Wade, former secretary of the i order- Wade, together with a number of other former officials of the Elan, is demanding the Immediate banishment of Clarke. In a statement this afternoon directed a number of questions Clarke. One of these was: he1 to "Explain why the order at your in- arnropriated and ratified the 'JZ dfend them ed Clarke. Carpenter Held For Killing Young Girl DO NORA. Pa, July 1.

State police aad dsputy gheriffs patroted jg to Donor today is Rn attempt to head off 200 striking ers npuni OB the march wson nere. The strikers were reported sr day. i i BOARD REFUSES TO APPROPRIATE EXTENSION FUND Delegation of Citizens Petition School Board to Continue Extension Work Without Avail The St. Landry parish school board took, what is in the opinion of a num ber of farmers, ladies and business men of Opelousas and St. Landry, a backward step, when It turned dotra an apppropriatloa of $909 for the operation of the home demonstration agent's office during the coming fiscal year.

A large delegation of representative citizens appeared before I he board and made nrgent appeals that St. Landry be not allowed to Uk3 the step backward and many claimed! that demonstration work had only be-j gun its splendid work among the school children in the rural district, Despite the urgent appeal of the delegation, backed np by Superinten-j dent Prescott the board eliminated: the appropriation from the budget bv' vote of 8 tr 5. Those voting favor were Gaston Horaist, J. J. Judge Baillio.

Lee Hawkkins and J. W. Lyman. Those who voted against the motion were J. A.

Durio, Dr. L. A Guidry, Tilden Meche, B. S. Haw, Ike Stagg and Dr.

'ROTARY CLUB TO MEET IN MORNING Breakfast will be Had at the LaCombe Hotel at 8 O'clock Tuesday Morning President John DebMeux. of the i Opelousas Rotary Club, has announced that the club will meet Tuesday morning at 8 o'clook instead of the usual hour of 12:15. The meeting will take place at the LaCombe Hotel and breakfast will be served. 'Manager Budd. of the LaCombe, an nounces that he will have a splendid-1 ly good breakfast for the hungry Ra-! tartans' and suggests that all attend the meeting and start the glorious Fourth right President Deblieux is very anxious te bring np the Opelousas attendance to the 100 per cent mark.

This city was third in attendance last month and President Deblieux wants to tee if Opeploasas can not move up a peg or so during July. FLORIDA SHERIFF DEFIES KU KLUX Tampa Official Says Kl.n is at Lib- erxy to wan on mm ny Time It Wants TAMPA Fla, July 3 Sheriff Will C. Spencer is ready to meet the Ku Klux Klan at any time, he told the world today, following a notice purported to be from that organization declaring that the sheriff must change "his manner" sf conducting his office or they'd "can on him." Sheriff Spencer said la a statement that "he was prepared for any such call- Spencer became well known through out the south recently when he threatened to clamp stringent bine ta ws on Tanrpa. JAPAN RATIFIES ALL ARMS TREATIES WASHINGTON. July 3.

An treaties negotiated at the Washington arms conference have bean approved by the Japanese privy council Ambsa- warren, at Tokto, mformea U) sUte department today. a NO PAPER TOMORROW Following the custom of nearly all six-day publishers the Clarion-Progress will not publish an edition on July Fourth. There are two holidays In our calendar and we intend asking our subscribers and pstrons to give us the privilege cf observing these, which arc July Fourth and Christmas Day. Join the Clarion-Progress force to-morrow in helping to make the July Fourth celebration one that will be a credit to the community. Get into the long line of parade and enjoy the spirit of the holiday as we expect to.

BIG ARMIES HELD GREAT OBSTACLE TO PROSPERITY CHINESE MINISTER LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST MILITARISM Peking. July 3. Dr. Wang Chung-hui, minister of justice, who was a delegate to the Washington conference, has been chosen by Chinese merchants, students and others to urge the disbanding of China's vast armies. Dr.

Wang said he believes the greatest obstacle to a prosoerou of lar- ciass. "The powers included as part of the official record of the Armament Limitation conference at Washington that Shina abolish her armies, said Dr. Wang in an interview today. "I am convinced that they were giving us warning that no more foreign aid may be expected until we get rid of militarism. It is st-mated that 1.500.000 soldiers ar-s rip-Torted by the Chiene peopp! and 'that these soldiers absorb half he na tion's revenue.

Viewed from its economic aspects alone China is handicapped so long as these soldiers are withheld from industry. To convince the Chinese people of the gravity of the problem I have translated and am distributing widely the delivered by Sir Robert Borden, the delegate from Canada at the Wash- ington conference. Sir Robert's speech warned that wee annot continue to hold the sympathy of the world unless we reduce our armies to the artual needs of defense." Dr. Wang's views are reflected in the Chinese press. Recently the editors and publishers of various Chine papers held a public dernonstratio i against theexistence cf larger Chia- ese armies.

As aa mdieattoa of ths drain on the national resources it was s'ated that the various military lea4- ers owe the railroad administratioj fan OfWl 000 for tra-ns-sortatinr troojj since the overthrow of the Manchj dynasty. Drk a cc AT Tf TC NkUlOl WOMAN ON TRAIN Dining Car Waiter Arrested When Train Arrives at Birmingham, Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 3. W. E. Hayes, negro waiter on a dining car.

was in Jail here today charged with an attempt to criminally assault a passenger on an L. X. passenger tmn last night The negro was arrested whea the train reached here and is being held for Cullman. Als-, authorities. According to police the negro attempted to force his way isto a rest room of a dining car occupied by a Montgomery.

Ala, wojnaa. The gro denies that he is guilty. ns a Everything Arranged for a Most Successful Day To-morrow's the glorous Fourth! kttA Otvlmius is p-ointr to ittinfflv faserve this great patriotic tday with a celebration that will consume the entire day. The big ante mob lie parade will tort promptly at llo'clock, accord-! irf te Mayor Perrault who has charge i of this feature of the celebration. Saiidreds of beautifully decorated automobiles will be in the parade and Opelousas will be seen at its best.

Following the parade there will i Bamber of "stunts by the boys, no- str the leadership of Mayor Perrault-1 1 recess will be taken, after which i pitnotie speaking will be indulged in for tome time by some of Southwsest Lsiusiima's ablest patriotic orators. Eunice and Opelousas will "hook Vf in one of the most impoitant auebail games of the year. A large delegation of fans from the Eunice lection will be here for the game to kdisgaei? teas. Mayor Perrault has issued an peal to the people of this city to dis-, pay the national colors tomorrow 1 tad at much as practicable suitably decorate their homes. Opelousas should be "dressed up all the fine colors of Old Glory and the day should be made the ratst of the year.

Tac vinous committees in charge the big affair have worked hard shape their plans so as to make the day a glorious success. The last ord from Mrs. W. T. Stewart, gen ml chairman, indicates that Opelou- will unquestionably put over a if day to-morrow and the entire will turn out to assist the Citi- fflship Day committee in making the parade all that it is cracked up to be.

The parade will organize promptly o'clock ia front of the old Haas Garage building, lower Main Street Perrault has announced that ttose who jj, BOt show up by that time i2 kt left out a. zuas wiu be grana mar- of pretty Opelousas girls as his coo. tfQON MINSTREL 10 ATTRACT LARGE AUDffiNCE TONIGHT Rl Affair For Ex-Soldier Organization Promises To Be Good One. American Legion minstrel to-t the Opelousas High School Wforium promises to be the great-j ttsical comedy ever attempted Wwl talent, according to H- D. Te.

who has had charge of affair. Th fcinstr! min in vrv wiv Bci and pleasing to the Urge feat is expected. The funds realized from the entertainment turned over to the Opelousas American Legion. fccauae the minstrel will be a i NEW YORK, July 3. The railroad managers association met here to take united action to break the railroad strike and to devise means of maia-1 taining normal passenger conditions.

Strike breakers were hired to re- place the shopmen who walked out In the metropolitan distrfct i According to carriers the condition cf traffic will depend upon the com-i petency of the newly hired men. tins today ran on schedule. Ctty officials are planning to bring food into the city in case rail traffic is clogged or slackens. The strike ia and about New York is about 95 per cent in -effect, according to the best information available. DETROIT, July 3.

Meeting of the executive council of the united brotherhood of maintenance of way em ployees and railroad shop laborers ru delayed until after the arrival of full membership of the board. aj, Md mem. th um.n -nrm-m-nt km wen of the pinion that if the ballots show the men favored the strike it would not be possible for them to halt It. Approximately 330,000 employe are involved In this union. TRADE BUREAU NOT TO MEET TONIGHT Regular Weekly Session of Boosters Defered Until Wednesday- Night.

regular weekly meeting of the Opelousas Trade Extension Bureau 'will not take place tonight on ac count of the Legion minstrel at the school house. A session will be held on Wednesday night instead, according to an announcement by Aaron Jacobs, president of the Bureau. Many matters of vital importance will come up for discussion at the Wednesday sight meeting and it is hoped that a large attendance of business men will be recorded. "Delicious" refreshment committee, composed of Julius Sunder and N. FadoaL year and 69.2 per cent on June 25th last year and the tea year average of 76.9 on June 25th.

A condition of 71.2 June 25 forecast a yield per acre of about 151.9 pounds and a total of 11,065,000 bales. Last year's crop totaled 7r 953,641 bales. fc crown win urn um. tMvm it given under the auspice. show that you supporting the ex- route ia seven trucks stolen at Tw-the benefit of the legion 1 service boys of Opelousas and sur-j light Pa, from the Fry Coal i Com-UkODU a V.fM-aWinip wmiiv mine, which closed down 13- 7 Or Tflalfi 4inhU ha rn1 i kwu uvws'c v.

is a good one and minstrel.