The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-12-16
BATTLE CRY Of PEACE"
Great Motion Picture Spectacle
Call to Arms Against War.

Great Motion Picture Spectacle l
Call to Arms Against War.
"The Battle Cry of Peace" ths
wonderful photodramatic masterpiec.
which will be presented as the Sunda,
attraction at the Gem Theatre, clear
ly and forcefully depicts the terrors
that may some day result from the
unpreparedness of our country tc
meet the assault of a powerful foe
First, we see an ordinary house.
hold, in New York City, with an ageo
mother, two typical American boys
and their sister One of the boys
John Harrison, is in love with Vir,
glnia Vandergriff, daughter of
peace at any price" advocate, whose
actions, guided by the hand of a
foreign spy, have done much toward
keeping our country in it's deplorable
state of unpreparedness. John tries
to reason with Vandergriff, urging
him, for his country's sake, to aban-
don his policy, but the paciist re
mains firm.
Then, in the midst of one of the
meetings over which Vandergriff pre-
sides, patriotically waving an Ameri-
| can flag, the thunder of guns is heard,
the; hall .,Eie i DESTROYED by a monster
alize too late, that our defences are
inadequate and the city is at the
mercy of the invaders. Our fleet, at
ter a gallant stand, is sunk by the
longer range and larger calibre guns
of the enemy, which are able to stand
outside the zone of our fire and pelter
our ships with merciless hail OF
shot and shell. Our coast defense
guns also are silenced by a terrific
bombardment while the enemy fleet
is still outside the range of our fire.
The beautiful sky line of the city is
shattered, the sky scrapers in falling
adding many to the list of the already
numerous dead and wounded. The
city is in panic, refugees rushing to
and fro in a vain attempt to escape
the horrible death which has over
taken so many. The enemy lands,
under cover of fire from the fleet, and
after short engagement, forces the
American army to flee.
New York is now in the possession
of the eRemy. John Harrison returns
to his home, to bid his mother fare
well, as he is going to enlist in the
army and lend his meagre assistance
toward the preservation of his coun-
try. He finds his mother, together
with his brother and sister, stretched
out dead, killed by the shot and shell
which, had we been prepared, would
never have reached our shores. He
has no time to mourn his triple loss.
for he must hurry to the aid of his
country. Before he is able to strike
II blow for the defence of America,
he is seized on false charge of
sniping and sentenced to death. With
Il crowd of other innocent Americans,
among them the pacifist Vandergriff,
he is forced to the wall, where the
enemy opens fire with a machine gun.
Through miracle, Harrison remains
alive, but falls in order to deceive the
execution squad.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Vandergriff has
been compelled to open her doors to
a squad of enemy soldiers, who loot
the home recklessly. When Mrs.
sees the commander of
the squad viewing her daughter, Vir-
ginia, with malicious eyes, she
chooses the only honorable retreat
left to her by shooting both her
daughter and herself.
Harrison, after extricating himself
from the pile of dead, attempts once
more to aid in repelling the enemy.
He Sees the spy who, through his
was largely responsible
for the present condition of the coun-
try, and lis himself upon him, only
to be strueeHdas5wn by the guards and
killed.
This is the story of what would
happen to not only New York, al |
though that city would undoubtedly
be the first attacked, but to every
city in the country, unless adequate
protection is afforded SO that the
United States, the richest country in
the world, shall be able to repel the
attacks Of the strongest nation on
earth. We need more ships, more
guns, larger guns with a longer
range. We need more men to work
the guns, more ammunition and all
the other things necessary to bring
our army and navy on par with, or
superior to, all others on earth, so
that the nation may enjoy peace with
honor, knowing always that our
armed forces are adequate to COM
mand the respect which is our due.
The usual prices of admission
for this wonderful produc-
ton in other towns and cities have
ranged from so cents to 81, but with
a view to placing the fee within the
means of everybody, Mr.. Won Lotten
has fixed the admission price at only
Is cents for children and 25 cents for
adults. There will be special show
at 1890 o'clock for the benefit Of
country patrons. particularly ladies
and children. Continuous show from
l 80 to 1890 p. m.