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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14
NAVY LEAGUE COMFORTS

The Civic Leauge acting under ar
invitation just received from the
"Navy League of the United States
will form a unit to >:.it outfit; ard
do light sewing for the sai'o.. Of tho
bettleship "Louisiara.
The objectt of the ;,ayue is to
furnish mufflers, Sleeveless, jackets
and wristbands. The men Of the
,;avy require d'eie,r:t lc:essitics
from those of the arm :, tn, con-
forts of the latter are now available
but the navy is seriously in need of
comforts, for they are exposed to
the severest weather in submarine
service, mine laying, etc.
The League Committee will un-
dertake to help make comfortable
the men who are first to go in the
discharge of their duty,-so all wo-
men and girls of Morgan City and
Berwick are urged to help in this
great work. There will be instruc-
tors to teach knitting and we will be
very grateful for the assistance of
those who already knit.
The meeting will be in the City
Hall on Tuesday afternoon. May Is,
at 4 o'clock.
"The navy has never failed US,
We must not fail them"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14
Petrograd, via London, Nav 49,

Petrograd, via London, May 13.-
Albert Thomas, French minister of
munitions in a speech yesterday to
the executive cc.nmittee of th.
council of workmen and soldiers
delegates, indicated what French
public opinion expected from new
Russia, and declared France was at
times uneasy regarding the assist
ance which Russia might lend. The
hopes of the French democracy,
however, were that the new pussia
would help France unreservedly.
M. Thomas then analyzed the mis-.
takes French Socialists might make
the ideas of Russian So
cialists and vice versa. He explained
why the majority of the French So
cialists cosidered it impossible to
meet the majority of the German
Socialists in a conference which
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

at the sitting on Friday, according
to a Reuter- dispatch from Amster-
dam which quotes the Norddeutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung, questioned the
government about the incorporation
OF foreigners into the German armv.
he declared the foreigners in his
category included North American
citizens who had been provided with
official identification papers.
Col. Marquardt, replying for the
government, said the war minister
would communicate with military
commanders and after an investipa-
ton of the whole question would or.
der the release of any persons un-
justly incorporated into the army.
kunert then asked whether the
chancellor was aware that the same
compulsory measure had been an
piled to Frenchmen and Poles and
Marquardt replied that he had moth
ing more to say.
When -kunert insisted upon know
ing what action the chancellor in
tended to take against such a viola
ton of international law and vio-
ence Of conscience, the president
interviewed.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14
EVANCELINE TUESDAY

Having scored such pro-
nounced success on the Paramount
Program in "Pasquale," George Be-
ban, the wonderful portrayer oi
Italian characters, will be seen in
the Olivier Morisco Paramount Pic
ture, "His Sweetheart" In this
thrilling drama MIR. Beban is seen as
Joe, the iceman, of a New York
tenement distrist. His sweetheart is
his Mamma Mia" whom he has
brought over from Italy, much to
the CONSERVATION of Trina. the shoe
rlaker's daughter III tn" ne>t base
n:Cnt
81 ul! of hur1 y. patEos and hu-
man il eerest is :,:;s excellent story,
tina: il is expected Nr. Betan will
score even a greater triumph than
he did in "Pasquale" of "The Sign
of the Rose"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14
TWO IMPORTANT MEETINGS
SET FOR TUESDAY NIGHT

Morgan City and Berwick Cham.
Der of Commerce will meet at the
City Hall Tuesday night. Matters
of Importance to every cit
izen will be discussed and every
member is hereby urged to be pres
ent. Each member is also asked to
bring an acquaintance who is not a
member of the recognized busi-
ness body as the final reading of
the Bylaws will be presented and
every member and citizen will get
an idea of the scope and utility of
the club. New business directly
concerning every citizen will be pre-
sented and all men and women of
the community are expected to show
their loyalty to the community by
their attendance. The meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce of Nor
gan City and Berwick will be held at
1880 p. m. Members and citizens are
requested to attend promptly at the
hour set as another meeting is
skeduled for $3.50 o'clock and many
may wish to attend both meetings.
At $3.50 o'clock Tuesday evening,
Mr.. w. j. Leppert, Director of the
Gulf Division of the American Red |
Cross Society, will address the citi-
zens Of St. Mary Parish at the City
Hall in this city Every member of !
The Red Cross Society in the St.
Mary Chapter and every citizen not
a member, both men and women,
are cordially invited to attend this
meeting and get further idea of
he gerat Red Cross work. St. Mary
las been organized into a chapter of
he American Red Cross Society and
he citizens of the parish have
hown that they are awake to the
Importance of the organization and I
appreciate its scope and power
There will be no charge and no col {
ection for this meeting. It is being I
eld for the purpose of supplying t
nore information to the citizens of t
It. Mary Parish concerning the in '
work for humanity 1
7hich they are now carrying no. S
Every citizen has something to
ain by attending both of the above o
le.ings.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

Mr.. Edwin O'Brien returned to-
day from Cuba where he has Just
finished the sugar season. Mr..
O'Brien stated that he was in the
section where the Revolution occur
red, and that there were some ex-
citing times. He knew little of the
war situation until he returned to
the States. The last paper having
been received April Is.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14
ASSOCIATED PRESS CORES.
PONDENCE

London, April 30.-(Correspond-
ence OF The Associated Press)-
lnere are 2,8O4 volunteers at work
IN this country under the national
service plan started four months
ago as a reply to Germany's indus
trlal conscription. These and other
figures were given in Parliament
the other day to show the progress
made in putting everybody on work
OF national importance.
The figures showed that there are
11,S26 volunteers who were still
awaiting replies from employees. A
total of 10000 volunteers had been
offered to emplomers. The employ
ers accepted 2,8O4, did not reply TO
1880, which left a balance of
about 1,40O who were rejected or
otherwise disposed of.
Opponents of industrial service
are elated over the showing thus
made. They say that national ser
vice has been failure in GERMANY.
This is because there is such wide
and impossible gulf between mill
tary conscription and industrial con-
scrlptlon. Forced military service,
they point out, is easily applied, be-
cause raw material is taken and
quickly trained by one system of
machinery. Any healthy young man
'an De turned into soldier in
quicker time, they say, than it takes
o teach an office boy how to COPY
etters. On the other hand under in
tustrlal conscription the crisis point
'ut the government has to train
nen to become farm workers, en-
'meefs, shipwrights, miners, etc.,
md it has no organization for do
ng so.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14
Bunecoult Nearly All Held By
Allies Now
British Make Slight Advance in Region North Of The
River Scape
States Americans Have Been Forced Into
German Army

: After days of intense fighting, in
which positions have changed hands
numerous times, the British troops
have recaptured the greater portion
Of the village Of Bullecourt and re-
pulsed violent counter-attacks deli
vered by the Germans.
Along the Scarpe river, to the
east of Arras, there also have been
sanguinary encounters, but again
the advantage rested with Field
Marshal Haig's forces. Portions of
the village Of Reoux have been TAX
en- by the British and another step
forward has been gained by them on
the western slopes of Greenland hill.
There has been no let-up in the
air fighting which has been going on
since the spring offensive began.
Eleven German airplanes were ac-
counted for Saturday by the British
ten of them in air battles and one
by an anti-craft gun. The British
lost six machines.
On the southern end of the line
held by the French, the Germans
Sunday morning made strong at
tacks on the plateau of Craonne, on
the section north of Rheims and in !
the region of Maisons de Cham
payne. Not alone did the French put
down all three attacks with the fire
OF their artillery and rifles, causing
heavy casualties, but they pushed
bsck the German line and in addi-
ton made prisoners. |
There still is no indication of the
approach of any fighting of mo-
ment between the Austro-Germans
and Russians on the eastern front
from the Baltic sea to Rumania.
Along this entire line the operations
consist merely Of small skirmishes
and reconnaissance.
In Macedonia, violent artillery
duels are in progress along the en-
tire front, with the preponderance
2 the gun powder apparently on the
Entente side. Sunday saw no infan-
ny action there.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

New Castle-On-Tyne, April 3d.
Small dried peas called "carlin," o,
maple peas, are now being eaten as
substitutes for potatoes in the north
OF England. They are cooked like
marrowfat peas, sacked overnight,
and boiled for twenty-five minutes
the next day. In times "carlins'
were eaten very generally on Carlin
or Passion Sunday. They are light
brown color outside and cream COL
ored under the skin and sell for
from eight to twelve cents a pound.
much less than beans and peas.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14
ARCADE TONIGHT

E; Lucille Lee Stewart. the Vita
graph star who plays with William
Courtenay in the screen adoption
of Ramsey Morris well-known stage
hit, "The Ninety and Nine" which
was directed by Ralph w. Ince and
which is the attraction at the Ar
cade Theatre tonight is native of
New York, being born in Sheepa
heads Bay not a great many years
! ago
Miss Stewart is a slender, dainty
blonde, conspicuously lacking in the
vacuous stare so frequently associa-
ted with this type. Her features are
so plastic that they readily lend
themselves to the portrayal of all
| emotions and aid their owner to no
small extent in her interpretations
of different characters.
This player. who came to the fore
so rapidly, is fond of all outdoor
sports, being an expert skater, ten
mis- player and bowler. Her move
ments are both vivacious and grace
ful-a peculiar combination in the
same person.
She is hard, faithful worker.
Every morning she arrives at the
studio at nine o'clock and puts in a
days work which would be very ia
tiguing to the majority of screen
people Of today.
Decidedly talented is Miss Stew
art, for she is also we'll versed in do
mestic utilities-being able to cook
and perform other household tasks
with skill and satisfaction to those
who have been fortunate enough to
be her guests at her beautiful coun-
try home.
1t is we'll to emphasize one other
quality which Miss Stewart possess
es. Gifted by nature with all the
qualities needed to score success in
her chosen field, she has been tire
less in her intense cultivation Of
those qualities; she has never been
with "good enough" and
never exerts herself to surpass any
former achievements.
The role of the trusting country
girl in this production is one well
suited to her capabilities and in it
'he scores tremendous hit with
which her many friends will be we'll
pleased.
LOST near school grounds, child
ain coat and hat, reward.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

Lieutenant-G Governor Mouton, Mai
or Frohman and Mr.. J. L. Clark
were guests of Captain Collier and
Lieutenant Hardin Of Company &C"
Sunday. The visitors were enroute
from New Orleans to Lafayette.
Mrs. G. c. Collier of New Or
leans, wife of Captain Collier COM
manding Company &C" of the 1st
Louisiana Infantry now quartered
at Morgan City, will spend a few
days here this week with the Cap
tain.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

Mr.. Jos. Patterson has returned
from Monroe, La, where he spent
several days attending a convention.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

would have been convoked without
preliminary recognition of common
principles.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

WANTED-Pull boat Engineer
none but. first-class man need apply,
and must furnish reference in very
first letter. Address p. O. Box 26,
Morgan City, La. ...1wk.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

Dublin, April 29.-All meetings
or professions in Dublin were pre-
vented from April % to May 13, un-
less authorized in writing by the po-
lice, according to an order issued
by General Sir Bryan Mahon, COM
manding the forces in Ireland. The
prohibition was aimed to cover the
first anniversary of the rebellion
which began on Easter Monday,
April oath.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

London, May 13.-Herr Kunert,
Q Socialist member of the Reichstag,
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

LOST near school grounds, child
rain coat and hat, reward.
Mrs. j. A. CcColley.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

Brighton. England, April 80
Sir John Howard a widely known
engineer who planned the Spanish
American cable route, is dead here.
He was formerly mayor of this
summer resort and was a great
benefactor to the town, his last
gift being twenty-four cottage homes
for nurses in memory of Miss Edith
Cavell, who was executed by the
Germans.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-14

Paris, April 29.-The recent con-
ference in which David Lloyd
George, Alexandra Ribot and Signor
Boselli, the British, French and
Italian Premiers, participated took
place in French town on a siding
the Italian frontier.
Hull, England, April 29.-High
freights are being paid for the
carriage of coal to Christiania and
Copenhagen. For coal which costs IS
to 81 ton, a record freight of $45
a ton was paid, and recently the
freight charges on a cargo of 23OO
tons shipped to Christiania amount
ed to 100000.
Mexico City, May 10.-The De-
partment of Commerce and Indus
try has ordered suspended all nego-
tiations regarding the denunciation
of mining lands held by foreigners
who have not registered their treaty
in compliance with the decree of last
September. This suspension will
last until the organic law outlining
the regulation of mineral and oil
l>~:.ds as provided for in the new
constitution is passed by congress.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
Commercial Problems As
Result of European War
A Non-Technical Explanation of the Big Ques-
tons Confronting Business Men At This
Time of Worlds Upheaval.
Bv SAMUEL WANT.

Since the promugaton governing
of the accepted
dogma of international blockade legally effective
must consist actual and blockade the the country
boaded That the Declaration Of Paris abolished the soed
blockade under which had been the practice for country
to declare the of another without actually pang
the coasts of the latter country
Where the blockade legal accepted proposition that
merchant vessel neutral otherwise attempt to enter the
bockaded under penalty onon destruction Where the
blockade blockade penalty cofscion imposed
wherever the found although had reached the
declared blockade this
confscaon blockade that the Declaration of Paris
adopted.
England in excluding neutral and otherwise from German
violation Of the spirit Of the Declaration Of Paris than
the action of Germany similarly restricting with England
Both of restrictions international have been
the effects blockade by subng conscation destruction
which the respective countries violation
the the prescribing the soaed barred
actual blockade Of the Of the
begeent within Of the Declaration Of Paris
arising of the modern scheme
which justified by both sides of self
protection by way of the instruments
conditions in the international sua
ton the adoption the Declaration
situations confronting the begerents not cons
Nevertheless the technical violation of the fundamental principle Of
voatd and will doubt
claim the of this
both vessels destroyed and for the
resulting interference with American commepe.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
THE BRITISH PROHIBITED LIST

- -,
A certain eccentricity will appear
to the outsider to characterize the
new British prohibited list of i'm
ports. Why England should bar
shoes and leather, for instance, is not
easy to explain. Tea, coffee, and
cocoa, we are told are plentifully in
stock, but if more agricultural effort
is imperative it seems odd to shut
out farm machinery.
To Americans the list would seem
to be rather helpful. 1t ought to
cause immediate cheapening of many
manufactured articles here, notably
shoes, over the prices of which there
is much repining, and certain articles
of preserved food which are now too
high for ordinary pockets.
At the same time the loss to our
foreign trade can hardly be ruinous,
as the staple foods and all munitions
and articles used in war remain un-
restricted, and it is these that make
up the bulk of present exports. In
time of peace the list would be intol-
cradle to the British and to export
ing nations alike. But there is moth
ing the foreigner can justly resent in
it in war time, and no doubt it is the
product of scientific study of the war
situation and its requirements.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

The meeting of the National Suf-
frage Association in Polls Theater
yesterday was distinguished by the
Hne and constructive spirit that has
fways marked the proceedings of
that body. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Hatt made an ideal presiding Off
Ter; the suffrage veteran, DIR. Anna
Howard Shaw, made an inspiring
address; Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton,
of Ohio, the humorist of the suf-
frage movement, described the pro-
cedure by which the recent victory
in her State was won; and the reso-
lutions pledging two million women
to the service of the Government in
peace or war contained, with the nat
ural hope that war may be averted,
the sober recognition of the fact
that if war should come the women
will be found, as they have always
been found, upholding the banner of
patriotism and making their sacri-
fees for the country's veal. Secre-
tary of War Baker, in felicitous
style, accepted, in behalf of the Gov
ernment, the proffer of services so
admirably made and his appeal to
Ene women to carry out the spirit of
their resolutions in the stoppage of
useless waste was appropriate and
timely.
The association is to be congratu-
lated upon its recent State victories
and upon the prospect of even more.
Notable success in the coming
months.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
GYPSY SMITH

This deservedly famous evangelist
closes his series of meetings tonight,
having won the favor of people of all
creeds as well as of those Of no creed,
in Washington. The dedication of
thousand lives in one community to
higher and better things is no mean
or temporary success. 1t has really
been a blessing to the city merely
to have the minds of so many thou
sands of auditors turned from the
issues of politics and of war to the
things that are lovely and of good
report, against which there is no law.
Into his work in other fields, Gypsy
Smith will carry with him the af-
fectionate and grateful remembrance
of many Washingtonians. The old
proverb still stands: He that win
meth souls is wise.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
PRECAUTIONARY LEGISLATION

The quality of the protests against
pending legislation designed to pro-
tect the country against traitors and
plotters is significant; those pseudo
patriots who are so fearful for their
own personal liberties don't make
a good impression on the American
people.
These pending bills, whose purpose
is to arm the Government efficiently
in a dangerous situation created by
an unprecedented system of clandes-
tine propaganda opposed to genuine
American interests, are misleadingly
grouped, in the popular phrase, under
the title Espionage bills"
Some of the proposed laws offer
more adequate protection than now
exists against political spies and for
eign agents of any sort; but much
of the legislation needed is concerned
with other offenses than espionage.
These laws are needed by Uncle Sam
when he finds himself threatened by
highwaymen abroad and assailed by
those whom he has warmed and fed,
and who now threaten him in his own
house.
The great outcry raised against
these needed laws by certain individ-
uals reflects directly upon their mo-
tives; the objectors come under sus-
picion at once as anti-American and
pro-German; their talk is next door
to seditious. The old couplet applies
to them:
No rogue e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.
The odious and unpatriotic talk
from these suspects about the oppo-
sition of Thomas Jefferson and other
American statesmen to similar legis-
lation is simply disingenuous, con-
Jemptible, and deserving of the re-
proof Of all good citizens. Some of
the proposed laws are urgently
needed
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

thought for the poor little imaginary
creatures.
The New York Medical Journal has
been discussing the researches of
Carlson, of Chicago University.
These appear to show that we are
hungry all the time, but that we
do not realize it till the condition
grows acute. There seems to be a
special reflex mechanism" which
normally keeps up a continuous
series of contractions in the stomach
walls. These tend to increase when
they are not inUerfered with till
they break through our conscious
ness. If we are interested in read
ing, for example, it takes a louder
ringing of the dinner bell to turn
the brains attention from the library
down to the kitchen.
The entrance of food into the
stomach stops the hunger contrac-
tions. The Carlson experiments in
dicate that a certain long cherished,
popular belief is founded on fall
lacy:'.
Stimulation initiates the
secretion of gastric juice in the
stomach, but this, contrary to cur
rent opinion, does not increase the
hunger contractions. 1t serves
rather to inhibit them. The same
effect is induced experimentally
by introducing acid or other
chemical substances directly into
the stomach cavity.
In other words, it seems to be pos
sible to fool the poor hard gorking
stomach. Or perhaps it gets so tired
of contracting that it seizes on any
pretext to slow up. Very likely this
explains the well:known fact that
cooks eat less than others. Their
occasional habit of taking food
checks the hunger motion. The al
most continuous odor of it may serve
a like purpose
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
WHAT is HUNGER d?

Our medical friends are forever
bothering their heads over questions
any child could answer. There is the
story of a little girl that told her
mother she had an "orange stomach
ache" "Has anybody given you an
fOrange?" asked the mother. "No,"
was the plaintive answer, "but wish
somebody would" There is a good
deal of that kind of aching nowadays
for various kinds of food that have
gone up out of reach.
=. But the scientists are not con-
cerned with any little discomfort SO
incidental and commercial in its ma
ture. They keep right on with in
svestigations that may help to cure
iqur great-grandchildren. 1t is a
god thing somebody is taking