The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 2

WEDNESDAY MORNING 805,228 Immigrants Admitted During Year (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. -Immigrants admitted to the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30 nun bered 805,228, as compared with 001 for the previous year and with an average of 1,034,940 during the prewar years from 1910 to 1914, it 19 shown in figures made public today by the bureau of immigration. grant aliens admitted during the year numbered 172,395. the last Departures year from included the country 247,718 during immigrants and 178,313 non -immigrant aliens. In the preceding fiscal year 28 ,315 immigrants and 139,747 non-immigrant aliens departed.

During the fiscal year 4,517 aliens were deported, including 1,260 Mexicans, 389 English, 380 Russians, 252 Germans and 246 Italians. Of the total 446 were anarchists. Commissioner General Husbands, in announcing the figures, said immigration rapidly was assuming its pre-war rate when the new percentage immigration law went into effect. A vacant seat indicator for theaters has been invented. City Council Holds One Bid on Culverts, Others Are Rejected At an adjourned meeting of the eity council yesterday morning all bids for the construction of the culverts at Southern avenue and Dalzell street were rejected except that of E.

M. Campbell, which was held for further consideration by Mayor the Ford and City Engineer Barnes, former being given the authority to sign the contract in case certain conditions are complied with. The next regular meeting of the council was called for Tuesday, September 6. who fell from a boat and drowned Saturday while fishing on Caddo lake, will be held at the Wellman undertaking parlors at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. W.

A. Mangum, pastor of the Queensborough Methodist church, officiating. Interment will taka place in Forest Park cemetery, pallbearers will be selected from among members of Shreveport Local No. 212, Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers' Union, of which the deceased had been a member for a number of years. FUNERAL OF PATTY LEONARD.

Funeral services for Patty Leonard, For Tots 6 mos. to 2 yrs. Special Sale White Dresses 50c! tie NOTE- -The following sale frocks have neither sash nor bloomer. This sale announcement is most too good to be true--just a lucky New York purchase we are passing on to our patrons. Your skepticism will vanish when your eyes behold the truly wonderful values embodied in this special sale group of dresses for tots.

-Of fine grade white nainsook in several different styles- -yoke or neckband style -plain hemstitched hem; others finished in lace or embroidery edging at the bottom and sleeves finished and trimmed to correspondsizes 6 months to 2 years. Ten dozen for distribution. Sale Price 50c each. Third Floor Gowns and Teddies Spic and Span Merchandise 49c Women's Muslin Gowns and Envelope Teddies, a new shipment of those famous values we have offered on several occasions this season. -The gowns come in soft white nainsook and teddies in blue stitching, with shirring.

The teddies come in flesh nainsook wtih yoke motif of French knot embroidery and also finished in blue stitching. We advise orders being placed at once. Special 49c each. Third Floor Wonders Never Cease at Baird's More Flannel Coats At $10.00 Be first to respond to this announcement- -delay may bring you disappointment, as others experienced just recently; such unusual values wing their way quickly. New flannel sports coats, soft medium weight flannel, tuxedo style, in bright red and French blue, just the coat to usher in the new Autumn season- -especially smart for school wear, good looking on the links.

Values that will be hard to duplicate in the future. -Extra Special $10.00 Second Floor I Baird Can You Please Your Husband? Come to us for a change in diet. Hom e-made Ham Relish, Potato Salad, Stuffed Eggs, Stuffed Crabs, Home Baked Hams, Home-Made Veal Loaf, Cooked Roast Beef, Pimento Relish, Home-Made Cakes made of Postel's Elegant Flour, fresh Calves Liver, Beef Tenders and the best fresh meats in town. Wiener-Loeb Grocery Co. THE SHREVEPORT TIMES AUGUST 31, 1921 NEW FACULTY AT INSTITUTE Several New Figures in Lit of Instructors and Officials at Lafayette Institute Special to The Times.

Lafayette, Aug. new members of the faculty for 1921-22 at Southwestern Institute is Thomas Ray Mobley, of Coushatta, who was member of the faculty several years preceding the great war, in which he volunteered and was a captain of infantry, Prof. Mobley WAS popular both as teacher and as athletic coach, in which latter capacity he turned out the greatest football team Southwestern has ever had. His return to Southwestern will be hailed with delight by all of his old students and his associates on the He will again coach athletics faculter, the directorship of Prof. C.

McNaspy. Another former teacher who will return to Southwestern after a number of years is Miss Emily H. Huger, of New Orleans, who returns to her old position in charge of the art department. Miss Huger has been teaching for some time in the Newman Manual Training School in New Orleans, and is recognized as one of the best art teachers in the country. She was trained at Newcomb College under Prof.

Ellsworth Woodward. Miss Jane Gibbs, who retires from the art position at Southwestern, will study at the University of Texas. Miss Edith Garland Dupre, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southwestern, will take leave of absence until June 5, 1922, during which time she will live with her brother, Congressman Garland Dupre, in Washington. Proton Harry L. Griffin, of the Department of History Social Science, will act as dean during Miss Dupre's absence, and Miss Mary L.

Gitchell, graduate with master's degree from the University of Iowa, will have charge of Miss Dupre's work in English. Miss Minnie B. Fisher, professor of chemistry and dean of women, leaves the institute to accept a similar position in the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. She will be succeeded by Miss Delie Bancroft, of Hot Springs, as dean of women, and by Prof. James A Johnston, of Illinois, as professor of chemistry.

Miss Bancroft was already a member of the institute faculty and is a gradmate of Newcomb College. Miss Esther Kendrick, of the department of Latin, was married during the summer to Mr. Henry R. Bodemuller, of Lafayette, but will retain her position in the institute. Miss Dorothy Kidd, of Ruston, has been appointed teacher of domestic art, to succeed Miss Elizabeth Denbo, resigned.

Prof. Irving P. Foote has been appointed dean of the College of Education. Miss Elizabeth Tally, of Greenville, has been appointed teacher of piano. Life Long Resident of Keachie Dies at a Local Sanitarium Miss Lita Gibbs, aged 28, of Keachie, died in local sanitarium at 12:15 o'clock Monday afternoon, following an operation last Saturday for chronic appendicitis, after an illness of one year.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. A. P. Gibbs, of Keachie; two sisters, Mrs. A.

A. Lyon and Mrs. C. S. Wall, of Shreveport; six brothers, B.

B. Gibbs, A P. Gibbs, W. W. Gibbs, J.

B. Gibbs and Norman Gibbs, of Keachie, and E. H. Gibbs, of Shreveport. Miss Gibbs was born in Keachie, and lived her entire life there.

The body will be taken by the Wellman Undertaking Company to Keachie at 10 o'clock this morning, where funeral services and interment will take place at the Keachie cemetery at 3 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. J. B. Douglass, assistant pastor of the First Methodist church of Shreveport, officiating. Association Display Men to Have Meeting The regular meeting of the Shreveport Association of Display Men will be held in the rooms of the Shreveport Advertising Club at 8 o'clock tonight, according to an announcement made yesterday by R.

B. Hirsch, secretary. Mr. Hirsch stated that many topics of much importance to the members would be taken up at the meeting, ineluding the judging of the display windows and the awarding of the trophy cup for the month of August. Much interest has been shown by the members of late, especially by the new ones, and it is expected that this will be one of the best meetings of the year.

All members are expected to be present. NEGRESS GETS TERM. In the city court yesterday Leona Matthews, negress, was found guilty 00 two charges of larceny, and was sentenced by Judge Samuel to serve a total of 60 days in jail, 30 days for each offense. John Robinson, Jones McKenny, and Lucius Minor were fined $2.50 each for boarding a moving train in the eity limits, and A. Anderson Leslie Burrier were fined $2.50 for minor traffic violations DE.

E. W. COFFEY Genito-Urinary Diseases, Examinati Treatment and Advice. Majestic Bldg. DRINK Mint Cola of Announcing the Opening of the Newest Addition to the BUY -LO Chain--at 418 Milam Street, Ardis Building Thursday, September 1, 1921 Which store will serve most conveniently all of Shreveport's grocery buyers in the downtown district those who travel on Highland, Fairgrounds, Union Depot and other car lines in the vicinity of Milam, Edwards, Marshall and Texas streets.

Our complete stock of high-grade groceries will be sold at the lowest prevailing grocery prices in Shreveport. 25 lbs. for Bits 10 1bs. for Cane 5 1bs. for Cane Sugar Del No.

Del Domino Sugar $1.65 Domino Sugar 65c Domino Sugar 35c 2 Monte Sliced Pineapple 29c Monte Sliced and Grated Pineapple, No. 1 20c Wisconsin Cheese, lb. Pet and Carnation Milk, small 6c, large 12c Dime Brand Condensed Milk 13c 8. lbs. Mrs.

Tucker's Shortening $1.05 8 ibs. Snowdrift Shortening $1.12 Del Monte Sliced and Grated 39c Lipton's Tea, 9c, Pineapple, No. and 39c 10 lbs. Fancy Colorado Irish 45c 24 Ibs. Pike's Peak Self Potatoes Rising Flour $1.10 Fancy doz.

California Lemons, 24 Ibs. Flour Perfection Plaid $1.20 Free Demonstration of Orange Nip, Grape Juice and Sherbet By Armour Company 2 Shreveport Stores-2 418 Milam Street, Ardis Building Texas Avenue at Christian Street Bu Stores.