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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-06
PROCLAMATION

One of the greatest losses in tn,
United States every year is that
caused by fire waste. Every eff
fort should be made by the people tc
reduce this annual expense. The
Governor has designated,
Tuesday, October 9th, 1917
the forty-sixth anniversary Of the
great Chicago Fire, Fire and Acct
dent Prevention Day.
The citizens Of Morgan City are
urged to use this day by removing
any Condition from their Premises
likely to Cause or Spread Fire. All
Rubbish should be Removed from
Yards; Vacant Lots should be Clear.
ed of Grass and Weeds, and Special
Attention should be given to Flues
and Chimneys, to Make Them Safe
for the Winter.
M. D. SHANNON, Mayor.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-06
Prominent Speakers To Cam
paign For Liberty Loan

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 6.-(Special)
The Publicity Committee for the
Second Liberty Loan in the Sixth
Federal Reserve District is planning
to secure for various points in the
district the middle and latter part of
October, some speakers of national
prominence.
Chairman St. Elmo Massengale
has been in telegraphic correspond
ence with headquarters in Washing
ton with the result that the decision
has been reached to send to the dis
trict a number of the most promi-
nent speakers who can be secured.
No announcement has yet been
made as to places where speakers
will appear, but definite arrange
ments are now being made and the
information will be forthcoming in
the next few days.
There is being distributed over the
district letter written by Governor
Chas. Henderson of Alabama,
strongly urging every citizen who
can possibly do so, to make a sub
scription to this bond issue. In part,
Gov. Henderson says:
"If one does not contribute to the
support of his government he is not
likely to possess that real feeling of
partnership in governmental affairs
that should exist with every citizen
Of democracy. An investment in
Liberty Bonds bring to one the as
surance that he has aided his govern
ment in the time of need.
eve are at war and the only thing
we should ask ourselves is, what can
we do to aid in shortening it's dura-
ton and bring victory to our cause.
The intelligent aid and cooperation
of every citizen will tend to this end.
"These Liberty Bonds are better
than money. They bear interest
and are readily convertible into
cash any time at their face value.
To know that you possess bonds Of
your government gives one feeling
of greater security and creates a de-
sire to possess more of them"
Chairman St. Elmo Messengale Of
the Publicity committee for the 9Th
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-06
+. The Parish Chairman Of
Tr Woman's Committee,
Council Of National De-
fense

This is an important let.er o. IN
..~,et;on which requires your imme-
d;ote attention and the promptest
no.sible response. The various points
,,;l, he numbered and we shall be
.honkful to have you send your an
sver Except for list Of officials) in
as nearly the same form as possible,
e. point by point, according as the
note demands.
- We are enclosing an advance
copy of the rules we found necessary
10 make for the details Of procedure
on Registration Day. The purpose of
this is that you may at once call a
meeting of your ASSISTANTS and famil-
iarize yourselves with the rules.
2. Send to headquarters at once
your complete report, (unless it is al
ready on file.) 1t should contain:
A-The name of the Chairman and
Parish.
B-The names of your Emergency
Committee, Capable women not reg
ulariy assigned as commissioners and
clerlu) who shall be able to serve as
officials, or help otherwise on Regis
tr,tion Day, if necessary. They
should be stationed at convenient
points subject to call for advice or
active assistance.)
C-Tbe names of three commits
sioners and two clerks for each booth
md the addresses Of each booth list
d ward by ward. If the ward is sub
divided into precincts, list them, too,
ID order, with the address of the
beotA and names Of the officials.
NOTE-New Orleans must state
The boundaries Of each precinct. Else
whore it vii be sufficient to state
afsgistrants" who are the men of the
tanily vote.
:. Al officials will be commissioned
b tie Governor and notification
nust reach them before the 18th. It
vil require At least TEN DAYS for
taia, . hurry your list.
!. You may appoint your own as
asfant clerks, as many as necessary.
They are only semi-official, however.
8. A formal announcement of the
Governors proclamation and list,
rsdinet by precinct, Of your parish
iesshation, booths and officials
hould be printed in the official pa
pr Of your parish, and other local pa
pm 4 possible, at least once, on or
nearest registration day. 1t will be
oes'rable to publish this data for sew
81 days Let Us know Immediately
z Yen can be depended upon abso-
aesly to attend to this, when notified
y that your officials have been
leenally appointed by the Governor
~ Il We must look after the matter
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from headquarters.

from headquarters.
6. Plan at once your house-to-hous,
canvass as outlined in the Booth Di
rections.
Z. Make whirlwind publicity cam
paign.
A. Hold open meetings, and have
men as well as women speak.
B. Get flashes on the moving pic
lures.
c. Get all press notices possible.
8. There will be three distinct
sets OF cards in the booths.
A. Registration, instructions for
filling same in Government slips,
supplemented by our Booth Direc-
tions.
B. Food Cards, instructions for
same in our Booth.
c. Vital statistic cards, (instruc-
tions issued on separate slips from
the Board Of Health
Q. After registration this is what
you are to do with the cards:
A. File the registration cards in
your own parish. Effort is being
made through headquarters to Sc
cure filing space in the local court
house. An enclosed slip tells what
action your police jury has taken in
the matter. No slip enclosed means
that the request will have to be fol-
lowed up and we will advise you la
ter.
B. The Food 'Pledges are to be
turned over to tie Parish Chairman
appointed by Mr.. Parker to repre-
sent the U. S. Food Administration.
Also give him names Of those who
did not sign Food Pledges.
C. The Vital Statistic Cards are
to be mailed in to us. Postage will
be refunded through US if requested.
10. There is help due you from
three sources.
A Mr.. Parker will notify his Par
ish Chairman to help you, primarily
with the Food Pledge Campaign.
B. Miss Alice Hickman, head of
the demonstration agents, will like
wise direct her agents to assist you.
C. A school holiday is to be de-
clared on the 18th. because the State
Superintendent has been assured
that there is a general need for the
active assistance Of the teachers.
We have agreed to instruct you to
confer at once with the Parish Sup
erintendent as to the help you will
need from the teachers on the 18th.
Please attend to this promptly.
NOTE:-"Get together" at once.
II. Ask each police Juror to as
sist the women of his ward in the
booths on Registration Day.
IL. Be sure as soon as you get a
report of the number Of registrants
from all your precincts to report
parish total to your district chair
man and to headquarters.
13. Provisions shall be made for
women who through illness or alb
sence will not be able to register on
the 18th. They shall be allowed to
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-06
FLASHES FROM THE
PARISH SEAT

Mr.. E. A. Pharr, of Morgan City,
representing the Atchafalaya Bay
and Ship Channel Co., appeared be-
fore the Police Jury Wednesday aod
received quietus from that BODY
Tor all claims which he had or was
supposed to have on account of the
one-mill tax bonus voted by the cit
liens of St. Mary for the benefit of
the channel.
Fifty dollars reward is offered bv
the United States Government for The
return of Elphege Lasseigne, of Nor
gan City, who failed to report to the
Local Board when called for military
service. Lasseigne passed the phys
ical examination in Franklin and
filed application for discharge, on
the grounds that he has been mar
i ried, but failed to suppoet the claim
with an affidavit. Lasseigne, when
last heard Of stated that he was 60
ing into the swamps to trap Nothing
has been heard of him since and the
Local Board, after making inquiries,
were forced to post him as a desert
er. The United States government
offered fifty dollars for his capture.
r. Mr.. R. T. Morton, formerly Of Dou-
glas, Isle of Man, the British Island
made famous by the pen of Hall Cain,
and now of Morgan City, has filed
an application for American citizen
ship.
Hon. Jas. Peterman has returned
home and has again taken charge of
the affairs of the Kyle Lumber Co.
Ltd, much benefited by his summer
trip. While away, Mr. Peterman
visited the National Capitol and was
the guest Of the Louisiana Delega-
ton. He was very much impressed
with the standing and esteem in
which Congressman Whit Martin was
held by the administration.
Mrs. Roland Hale has returned
from Sewanee, Tenn.
The additional one and one-half
mill tax that the School Board is ask
ing the people of St. Mary to vote
will add increasing revenues of $17,-
900 which eliminate the $4,000 de-
ficit and give a surplus of $4,000 for
needed improvements on school
buildings.
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teed for six months, at THE RE
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Mrs. Roland Hale has returned
from Sewanee, Tenn.
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r. Mr.. R. T. Morton, formerly Of Dou-
glas, Isle of Man, the British Island
made famous by the pen of Hall Cain,
and now of Morgan City, has filed
an application for American citizen
ship.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16

Baltimore on It's first trip to america,
has great radius of action and has
been fitted with six torpedo tubes.
The submarine, it is said, may soon
leave for the Pacific to operate against
traffic from San Francisco. The U
boat was to have started activities
some time ago, but. an explosion on
board while the vessel was on trip
made necessary repairs which took
considerable time.
The German losses in submarines,
according to the informant of the
Associated Press, who recently had
been at Wilhelmshaven and with the
German fleet, has been 20 to g boats,
this figure apparently covering the
losses since the start of the unre-
stricted submarine warfare cam
paign. -Four additional boats are
said to have been lost in the Mediter-
ranean.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16
BERLIN AWAITS BIG BLOW
Expects Great Offensive by Allies on
West Front.

Expects Great Offensive by Allies on
, West Front.
Berlin, Aug. 1G.-Anothcr great
offensive by the Entente allies on the
western front is expected by the
Berlin newspapers. The Lokal An
zeiger, however, says:
eve know that the enemy hitherto
never has succeeded in charging his
small initial successes into really de-
Gliding events"
The Tageblatt says: Doubtless Of
fensive plans on a great scale exist
on the French side, and simultane-
ously we must reckon with a resump-
ton of the English attack in Fland-
ers. The strong fire playing inces-
sanity on three local points on the
Aisne, at Yerdun and in Flanders an
nounces that these attacks can speed
lily be expected"
The Vossische Zeitung says: ut is
true also that these attacks in the
beginning can bring the enemy here
and there at the front in possession
of piece Of trench, but this must
not brighten or worry us. On the
contrary we will be grateful to the
,nnar arnv command thet in The
new, well-tried methods of defense
in past months it has found means
of maintaining the spirit and strength
of our troops and fresh spirit and
energy for our attacks, even when
yielding to the enemy portions Of
positions which have been battered
down by eemy fire and have been
impossible to hold because they offer
no protection"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16
CAR SENT TO SIBERIA
Plots for Counter Revolution to Re-
store Throne Responsible for Sc
I,---:-i.. ac

Plots for Counter Revolution to ke-
store Throne Responsible for Sc
cret Banishment of Romanofrs.
Petrograd, Aug. 16.-Through the
vastness of the Russian steppes
northward, train was speeding last
night, carrying Nicholas Romanoff,
his German wife, four daughters
and the little former Czarevitch.
The former is headed for Tobol5k,
Siberia. Just before dawn the former
Gar and his family were taken from
the prison palace at Tsarskkoe-Seio-
to the railway station by order of
the provisional government.
1t was an exceedingly mysterious
affair, and the mystery is not yet
lifted. Until the destination is reach
cd nothing definite will be said.
The statement that Tobolsk Is 20
be the new prison comes from the
semi-of1icial News Agency. Others
say he is being taken to Kostrona, on
the Volga, 200 miles northeast of
Moscow, the original seat OF the
Romanoff family.
1--WE decided to get Nicholas out
of the way before circumstances
o,.;ca which would make this
difficult" said Vice Premier Nekras-
off. SECRECY was dictated by con-
siderations of absolute necessity.
Everyone knows that the chief con-
sidcration is one figuring with a
conntcr revolution. There have been
more than one sign of late that the
"sinister forces" are hard at work
Manning for coup rs sudden as the
March revolution itself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16

has ordered the immediate distribu-,
ton of 2O,79O additional empty cars
among the lines operating in the
South, the Middle West and ScaIa-
west.
This will make total of lO6'O3a
empty cars that have been ordered
from one railroad to another regard
less of ownership, during the past
two months, in. order to mobilize IN
different sections of the country a
sufficient number Of cars to handle
the abnormal Government and com
mercial traffic that war conditions
have produced.
of the latest cars ordered by the
wor BOARD to be distributed where
thew will be most needed, 1880 are
- ba nlaced in the grain producing
country. >,
10 nrotect the vegetable and South
ern watermelon crops, more than o.
oOO cars have been sent to- lines
operating the the Southeast; hun
dreds Of cars are being rushed daily
r. the lumber states of. the South to
take care of the tremendous move
mont of lumber to the army canton
ments and shipbuilding yards.
Thousands of cars are beng as
dustries: hundreds are being sent &c
nrotect the movement of sulphur Tor
munition factories, and more than a
thousand stock cars have been sent
into Texas to enable the cattle
raisers to get their herds into west
ern pasture country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16

raj strike n Washington: Oregon.
Idaho, and Montana, according to a
statement by James Rowan district
secretary of the organization. : The
strike caH is addressed to agricultu-
raj and construction workers and
erumerates the following demands:
Release of all I. W. W. members now
in custody. A ten hour day in the
harvest fields. Better sanitary condi-
tions. No discrimination against the
organization. Various locals to De
allowed to conduct business without
interference.
Berlin dispatches quote the All
deutsche Batter (Pan-German Sheet
as declaring that conditions in the IN
terror of the empire are growing
worse. If the war were to end inn
medately, the publication says, the
the soldiers returning from the front
WOulu llUI llIlu " Oi X bClehuSS. VI LhS
exhaustion OF the primary stocks,
principally raw. materials. The stores
and shops are virtually empty, it is
added.
Authority for putting into effect
Herbert c. Hoover's food control
program, as applied to grain, was
given yesterday in a proclamation
issued by the President. Predicated
on the food and fuel act, the procla,
nation Of Mr.. Wilson gives the Food
Administration the power to license
the storage and distribution of wheat
and rye and the manufacture, storage
and distribution Of all products de-
| rived therefrom.
A falling off in British tonnage SUM
last week by mines or submarine:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16
HOME PRESS HITS KAISER
Berlin Papers Asssil irresponsible
Conduct in Sending Note to WilccR,

Copenhagen, Aug. disqualification
of Emperor Williams telegram to
President Wilson in the memoirs
Of ex-Ambassador Gerard and the
lame and belated attempted at ex-
PLANTATION made by the semi-official
Norddeutsche Allegmeine Zeitung
calls forth criticism in the German
press of what is termed the Ger
man Emperor's irresponsible conduct
of the foreign affairs of the empire.
The various Berlin newspapers
comment on the system which per-
mits a sovereign to pass upon such a
proposal from neutral power ana
to draft an important state docu-
ment without consultation with re-
sponsible minister, or even without
the necessary record subsequently be-
ing made.
The incertitade of the semi-officlal
organ which can only say that pos
sibly" the Emperor may have drafted
some such memorandum occasions
general discomfort.
The German press also sharply
criticises the action Of the censor,
who prevented the publication of any
reference to the Gerard disclosures
for nearly a week after the Entente
and neutral newspapers had printed
full particulars, and the inability Oh
the new German foreign secretary,
DR.. Won Kuehlmann, in his first offic-
ial action to produce firmer or
more convincing refutation or ex-
PLANTATION.
The Berlin newspapers intimate
that the question of ministerial re-
snonsibilitv or nonresponsibility for
Emperor Williams autographed doc-
ument will be raised in the Reich
STAG. the situation in general nnes
resembling that arising from the ia
NOUS interview with the Emperor
printed in the London Daily Tele-
graph several years ago, which like
wise appeared without the Chancel-
lor, Foreign Secretary or other re-
sponsible officials having any definite
49, e 81 ooo+ontS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16
CONDITION OF NEuTRALS.
People of Sweden Facing winter
With Dread.

People of Sweden fac'"s "'~
With Dread.
New York, Aug. 1G.-"The north
ern neutrals, and especially Sweden
are worse off than some of the belli-
perents, +" said Pehr Goesta Noroerg'
special correspondent of the swedish
Telegraph Agency of Stockholm, who
b,s inst arrived at an ATLANTIC port
from Sweden. !,
an Sweden it is question OF
where the bread for today IS coming
from The Swedish people are facing
the coming winter with dread"
Mr.. Norberg, who is here on q
mission for his news agency, sa'a:
"The prices of commodities IN
Sweden have risen from 100 TO ooo
per cent. all along the line. we nave
boan having bread cards since ccto-
her 1916. At that time the allowance
of flour per capl1a ""'
$50 grams (about 8.5 ounces) per
day. Since then the maximum mas
been cut down to 200 grams inc
Government has appealed to the we'll
TODD to surrender rs great quahti-
tv as possible of their bread cafu"
50 that the working people may &c
enabled to obtain an extra supply
The response to the appeal has oeen
general.
"Whitc bread has been unohtaiha-
HE since last autumn IN sweden
NORWAY and Denmark are a little
better Off in that respect.
Oatmeal is to be gotten only on a
doctors prescription, like drug. !
had not had a potato in my house Tor
two months until the new crop came
in. But the supply of potatoes IS
very small s.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16
THE PEACE PROPOSAL.
Austria Hungary Believed TO be at
Rnttnm of Movement.

The belief is settled in the minds
of all allied diplomats that the dire
necessities OF Austria-lungary are
at the bottom Of the peace proposal
from Rome, although on all sides
there is lively appreciation OF the
human impulse that caused the Pope
to make the appeal AustrIa-Hun-
gary is in far worse condition than
Germany, and the desire for peace
there is not so easily suppressed by
imperial authority.
The promised profits that were to
be reaped by the Magyar plutocrats
have failed to materialize. Nine-
tenths of the Magyars have been OPP
posed to the war from the first. The
Slavic variants in the Hapsburg do
minions are straining at the leash,
while the Roumanians, of Transyl-
yania. are now under virtual slavery.
Added to the political troubles are
the universal famine, the rupture OF
those relations between people ana
the crown which made Franz Josef
secure. and the general knowledge
among the Austrian rank ana ME
that the war is lost. These tremend-
one ovnlosive factors are shoulder
ing throughout the empire at the
moment when the tortured and lead
erless people face the. biting coia
of winter.
Never since the war began mas
peace without victory been more I'M
nrobable than at this moment. Never
has neace bean less acceptable to
the allies, seeing that their great
goal is nearer than ever.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16
RAILROADS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM

N. B.-Following schedule hgures
published only as information. NOT
guaranteed. -,
Trains leave Union Station, Alex
andria:
Apt a. M, Daily-Memphis Spec
ial. Sleeping cars and coaches Tor
Lynchburg, Roanoke, Knoxville,
Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis
Washington sleeping cars open after
1000 p. m. Dining car.
7:57 a. M, Daiiy-Local to Stras-
burg, connecting daily except Sunday
at Strasburg with E and . tram
leaving there 100 p. m. for Harrison
burg. Operates through to HARRISON
burg on Sunday. Buffet parlor car.
SIT a. M, Daily-Local to sta
tions between Manassas and Char
lottesville and limited beyond to AT
lanta. Coaches only. ;,
GIT a. M, Daily-U. S. fast mail
Coaches and sleeping cars to Char
lotte, Atlanta, Birmingham, New
Orleans. Sleeping car Salisbury TO
Asheville. Dining car.
POP D. NJ, Saturday only-Local
to Harrisonburg. Buffet parlor car.
1902 p. M, Daily except Saturday
and Sunday--Local to Harrisonburg.
Buffet parlor car.
4:22 D. m, Daily--Local to Char
lottesvilie. Parlor car to Warrenton.
1852 p. m, Daily-Birmingham
Special. Coaches and sleeping ears
to Atlanta and Birmingham. Dining
car. Daily tourist car to California.
5:22 p. M, Daily except Sunday
Local for Warrenton.
7:17 p. M, Daily-Augusta Spec
ial. Coaches and sleeping cars to
Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken and Au-
gusta. Sleeping cars to Ashevllle.
Dining car.
1902 p. m, Observation-Disclosures &
Chattanooga Limited. Via Lynch
burg). Coaches and sleeping cars to
Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga,
New Orleans. Dining car.
Hop p. m. Daily-New York &
New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train. Club and Observation cars to
Atlanta and New, Orleans. Sleeping
car to Macon. Dining car:
S. D. SHELTON,
Union Ticket Agent, Alexandria, Va.
r. H. DeBUTTS,
Division Passenger Agent, Washing
ton, d. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-08-16
WOULD MAKE IT FELONY.
Bill Provides Heavy Penalty fol
Dislcyal Language.

Dislcyal Language.
Washington, Aug. 16.-A bill d.
rected at the activities of the Indus
trial Workers of the World making
utterance of disloyal language a
felony was introduced yesterday by
Senator Myers and referred to the
Judiciary Committee. The measure
would penalize utterances of any
"disloyal, scurrilous, contenptuous.
slurring, abusive or sedltlous IAN
guage" about the government, Con-
stitution, President, Army, Navy or
a flag or the utterance of any other
language calculated to bring the
government or the President into
contempt or scorn or which might
incite resistance to state or national
authority. with fine OF from SOU to
$4,000 and Imprisonment of from SIX
months to five years.