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The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27

Notice of Teachers Examin-
alton.
The next teachers examination will
be held at the st. Martinville High
School OD July %. 80 and 81 twhite,
and Aug. 1. and 3 3(colored).
By order Of State Examining Com.
+. q. CHAVEZ,
Parish Supsrints ndent.
July II. 1918.
The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27

and recorded on Nov. 10Th 1915. In Con.
Book 70 folio 2l5 under No. 383O9 OF the
Records OF the Clerks and Recorders
Office of this Parish. 20 we'll 40 all
rights. claims. privileges and preten-
sions which belongs to the estate Of the
said Amede Joseph bv virtue Of an obli-
CATION entered into by the said Robert
Martin to paw certain sums In case oil
was discovered on said three acre tract
Of land. and In fact whatever presents
rights or future contingent rights the
said estate Of Amede Joseph may hass
to said three acre tract Of land or in the
contract and act Of sale above referred
tO-which said tract Of land described
as the East half of six arpents Of land
In LOT four az Section sixteen (l6) In T.
Ten (l0) South Range (6) East. South
Western Land District of Louisiana. In
Cypress Island. in the third ward of st.
Martin. La, being the East half of the
North half of the South half of the said
lot four az aforesaid;
3. One horse. 4. One mare. s. Ona
mule. 6. One mule. Z, One old wagou.
8. One plow. .. One hsrrOw. 10, Ono
SOW with four little pigs. II. Que lot
Of household furniture.
IL. All Of the rights. titles and in
terestSan pretensions Of the estate Of
Ameds Joseph in aud to q certain rice
crop now growing. and which was be-
ing made by the said Amsde Joseph at
the time Of his death with Joseph Rous-
seau OF the Parish Of St. Martin, Lou
iiiana. and which said crop 10 being
made on forty arpents more or less. of
land belonging to Mrs. Jules Rousseau.
In the 3rd ward Of this Parish. bounded
North and East by lands Of Mrs. Rou.
81 au. South by Ben Potter and West by
Public Road one half Of said crop be-.
longing to Jos. Rousseau aud the other
half in equal proportions TO Amede
Joseph. OLesiph0re Thib0desux and 4
partO name
oll IL
The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27
Red Cross News.

Miss Lois Upshaw Field, Secre
tary of the Gulf Division of the
American Red Cross effected q
complete reorganization of the To-
cal Red Cross at a meeting held
last Saturday evening.
The st. Martin Parish Chapter
was organized with headquarters
at st. Martinville, branches of the
Chapter are now establish at
Breaux Bridge aud at st. Martin
vile and under the new organiza-
tion it will follow that splendid re-
suits in all lines of the work will
be obtained from the increased
efficiency, cooperation and uni
formity of activities.
The officers of the Parish Chap
ter are j. S. Gonsoulin, chairman,
L. j. Liable, vice-chairman, Mrs.
j, j. Burdin, secretary, A. G. Gau-
thier, treasurer.
Executive Committee: - H. Ri.
voire, A. q. Broussard, K. f. Do
mengeaux, l.. C. st. Germain, Ro-
bert Martin. Albert Bienyenu. Da-
vid Duchamp and T. j. Liable.
Parish Committee chairman.
Finance, r. z. Halphen, Civil
lian Relief, DIR. j. 5. Martin.
Military Relief, Luke Bonin.
Junior Membership, F. o. Cha
vez. Development Mrs. T. j,
Liable. Woman's work, Mrs. G..
A. RousseL Publicity, F. 0. Cha
vez.
Mrs. c. A. Roussel chairman of
womsns work, received supply of
material this week and the work
room is now opened for the ladies'.
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If you intend to work for Fire
Prevention, there is no better place
to, start than right at home.
The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27

Sold to pay the debts Of thu said estate.
Terms and c0nditiOns-cash.
Eve Joseph.
Administrative.
The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27

"A little thinking and a little
cleaning will help to prevent
great many fires.
The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27

Give US your next Printing
The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27
MSS. Y,

If you intend to work for Fire
Prevention, there is no better place
to start than right at home.
The weekly messenger., 1918-07-27

We here publish a letter from
France to show the impression our
boys are creating "Over There"
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
L LATEST WORLD NEWS,
Germany is Given n Hours to Accept Terms
Anarchy Spreads over Germany;
Kaiser's Brother, Fired at Escapes
Mackensens Army in Rumania Can't Evacuate;
TchekoSlovacks Block Way

ress of Metz has been flooded by
the retreating enemy. Since Nov
ember / the Americans have cap
tured $4,000 Germans and liber-
ated 700 miles of French territory
The latest captured towns and
villages are Villemontry, Mont de
Bruno, Autrecourt and Coinage,
and further west, in cooperation
with the French, Omicourt has
been reached. During the day we
advanced between 6 and kilome-
ters, capturing tremendous
amount of war material. East of
the Meuse River, and in spite of
the resistance of the enemy, we
advanced between 3 and 4 kilome-
ters, taking Maravaux Fontaines
and hill number 284. The main
weapon used by the enemy, in the
defense Of the high ground which
they have occupied since 1914, is
the machine gun.
PARIS.-It has been officially
announced from Great Headquart-
ers, that four German officers with
white flag reached there, this
afternoon, the Germans having
previously notified the French, by
wireless, of the time and place
where the plenipotenciaries would
pass the lines. The delegates are
Matthias Erzberger, General Win
terfeldt, Count Won Overdorff
General Won Cruenel and Captain
Won Salow, of the Imperial Navy
WASIIINGTON-Lord North.
cliff, speaking to-day to the
Pres Representatives in New
York, declared that in his
opinion, the two paramount per.
formances during the entire War
are the selection after conscrip.
tion of the people of America, and
her sending across the sea Of the
colossal army she has sent and is
sending. Nothing has been done
like that before, in the whole his
tory of the world, he said.
PARASITIC German delegates
have been handed the text of the
armistice terms, after previous
reading of the document before
them. They requested the i'm
mediate cessation of hostilities,
which was curtly refused by the
Allies, 72 hours being given to
Germany for an answer to the
Allies communication.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States Washington, ID. G.


The war service committees re-
present the most important and
best informed body of business
men ever associated for practical
and patriotic purpose and the con-
ference therefore will be one of the
most important businesses gather
ings ever held in this country.
Certain common interests and
duties that together all the war
service committees include:
WAR INDUSTRIES: To keep
efficiency and production at the
highest possible point through
stable labor conditions and steady
flow Of materials through plants,
thus assuring the utmost aid in
carrying out the war program OF
the government.
NON-WAR INDUSTRIES: To
keep plant organization and pro-
duction from falling below the
danger line in thc fact Of shortage
Of materials, labor and transport
alton.
JOINTLY: To face squarely
the reconstruction period and to
be ready through accurate and
exhaustive study to lay before
such governmental agencies as
may be created to deal with recons
truction the necessary data bear
ing on the subject.
Questions foremost at this time
in the minds Of every business
man will be discussed at the con-
ference by the best authorities
that can be assembled. Speakers
who already have accepted invita-
tions to appear include Secretary
of Commerce William c. Redfield,
A. C.. Bedford, ,iameS A. Farrell
land Paul Warburg.
The conferences will include
general sessions at which ques-
tions common to all industries will
be taken up, sessions of committees
within particular industries at
which specific industrial problems
will be discussed, meetings of re-
lated war service committee
groups, aRd conferences OF indi-
\ vidual war service committees.
i National councillors Of the Cham
\ ber of Commerce al so will hold
separate sessions.
The main conferences will be
held on the Million Dollar Pier.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09

Monday morning, October %,
1918.
Washington, October: = Plans
for assembling at Atlantic City
December 4, 5, and 6, all members
of the country's more than 300 in
dustrial war service committees
for great war emergency and re-
construction conference, were
announced today by the War Ser
vice Executive Committee Of the
Chamber Of Commerce Of the Unit
ed States.
+ The meeting will bring together
from 1000 to 1900 industrial lea
ders to discuss problems that have
arisen with the war. National
councillors of the Chamber, repre-
senting the more than 1,100 COM
mercial and industrial organiza-
tions which comprise its member
ship, will meet at the same time
and place.
The main purposes Of the conf
erences will be the determination
of practical methods whereby in
dustry may cooperate still more
closely with the governme N n t
through a more centralized sEeme
of organization. This probably
can be accomplished best by the
creation of a federation of all the
wall service committees. Questions
of reconstruction, too, will be
taken up.
For nearly a year the Chamber
has been engaged in directing the
organization Of war service com
mittees in all lines Of industry to
assist the government in mobiliz-
ing most effectively the country's &
industries for prosecution of the
war 1t is evident that however
fer away the end of the war may
be it is necessary to begin to out.
line a general program Of organi
zing business for the period of re-
construction.
Single industries, acting indi'
vidually, can scarcely hope to pre-
pare for reconstruction on th'
scale that will be necessary and
federation of all the war servic'
committees of all the industries
will be of inestimable value il
cooperating with those agencies O
the government TO be created Il
deal with this subject.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
Brother,

| LONDON Germany has Y
hours to decide ON the Armistice
terms given by Foch to the Ger
man plenipotenciaries. These in
Icluding the Imperial Secretary Of
State, Erzberger, communicated
by wireless with the Chancellor
and the German High Command,
advising them that their proposal
for general cessation of hostili-
ties had been rejected by Foch.
They sent a courier to speak of a
means of communications, and
this courier should cross the Ii
nes between six and eight thirty.
Word came from Berlin today
that the various parties in the
Reichstag were to meet, in order
to determine upon the course to
be taken. The Paris Temps lays
stress on the presence of the Kai-
ser at Spa, where the terms are
being examind by the Germans.
BERNE.-Reports of distur-
Dances amounting to revolution
continue to come from German ci-
ties. The official organ of the
Socialist party says that the So
cialist demanded from Prince
Macmillan, the Chancellor, the
abdication of Emperor William
and the renunciatiOn by Prin-
ce Frederick William to the I'M
Iperial Throne. IL these demands
were met with, the socialists pro-
missed to withdraw from the Gov
ernment. A dispatch received to-
day from Munich says that a Re-
public has been proclaimed in Ba-
varia, a powerful public demons
tration having taken place at the
capital.
LONDON.-From Copenhagen
comes the report that the ports
of Bremen and Cuxhaven are in
complete control of the reyolu-
Itionists. The Schless Volkszeitung
is credited, with this report. The
same paper says that Prince Hen
lry, the Kaiser's brother, left Kiel
to-day, by automobil, being pur-
sued by revolving marines, who
fired at him several shots.
AMSTERDAM. = The C0Ioqne
Gazette says that Hamburg is in
the hands of the reyolutionist.
LONDON. Practically the
whole German Fleet has revolted,
according to news coming from
the Hague. Workmen at Kiel
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
IMPORTANT FOR MARINERS.

Office of the Superintendent OF
Lighthouses,
San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. G.,
1918.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS
PORTO RICO-Northwest Coast.
Notice is hereby given that on
November 5, 1918, Point Borin-
quen Lightstatiol was dismantled
and an oculting white light 120
candlepower characteristic three
seconds light, twenty-seven Sc
conds dark is now shown on a
white pyramidal tower 65 feet
above sea level.
By Order of tine Commissioner
of Lighthouses.
Hingsburg.
Office of the Superintendent of
Lighthouses,
San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. 6,
1918.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS
Porto Rico-West Coast,
Mona Passage-Mayaguez Bay.
Notice is hereby given that the
Point Jiguero Lightstation recent
ly damaged by the earthquake has
been repaired and the light restor-
ed to its former characteristic of
group flashing white fifteen Sc
conds three flashes.
By Order of the Commissioner.
Hingsburg.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
WERE MADE, in which the
people GAIN NEARLY SIX
g HUNDRED THOUSAND Do

"WERE MADE, in which the
people GAIN NEARLY SIX
"HUNDRED THOUSAND Do
"LLARS; ,Chach has made possible
/" for the Food Commission TO ope-
"rate Without necessity to touch
zone single cent, OF the sum aut],0-
''riaed. by the Law."
(The Capital letters are ours.
So, the merchandise was sold
before being paid for by the Com
mission, and with the proceeds OF
the sale the bills were settled, af-
ter deducting, naturally, the fat
profits derived from the operations
made by the Commission during
the short time that Mr.. Barcclt
managed it. We wish to record
all that here, because it will be
useful to,us for further arguments
Just now we only wish to put the
following questions to "La Derdo.
cracia":
How long did Mr.. Barcel6 pre-
sided the Food CommissionY
What means Mr.. Barccl6 eni
ployed to perform those brillia1.
transaction?
Should any civilized govern
ment, whose elevated mission it is
70 guarantee the life and property
the governed. establish official or
CARNATIONS to compete with pri
vate industry, and to the detr,
ment Of samei
We would thank La Dcmocraci'
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
Sustain me in Most Critical Period
Says President to Nation

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Fol-
lowings is the Presidents appeal:
"My Fellow Countrymen-The
Congressional elections are at
hand. They occur in the most cri-
tical period our country has ever
faced or is likely to face in our
time. If you have approved Of my
leadership and wish me to conti-
nue. to be your unembafrassed
spokesman in affairs at home and
abroad, l earnestly beg that you
will express yourselves unmistak
ably to the eject by returning a
Democratic majority to both the
Senate and House Of Represent
atives.
"I am your servant and will
accept your Judgment without
cavil, but my power to- administer
the great trust assigned me by the
Constitution would be seriously
impaired should your judgment
be adverse, and | must frankly tell
you so because so many critical
issues depend upon your verdict.
No scruple of taste must in grim
times like these be allowed to
stand in the way of speaking the
plain truth.
81 have no thought Of suggest
ing that any political party is par
amount in matters s~ef patriotism.
| feel too deeply the sacrifices
which have been made in this war
by all our citizens irrespective OF
party affiliations to harbor such
an idea.
81 mean only that the difficult
ties and delicacies Of our present
task are of a sort that makes it
imperatiyely necessary that the
nation should give it's un divid-
led support to the Govern
ment under a unified leadership,
and that a Republican Congress
would divide the leadership. y
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09

control of the House and the
Senate should be taken away from
the party now in power an oppos-
ing majority could assume con-
troll of legislation and oblige all
action to be taken amidst contest
and obstruction.
"The return of a Republican
majority to either house of the
Congress would, moreover, be in
terpretative Oh the other side of
the water as reputation of my
leadership. Spokesman of the
Republican party are urging you
order to elect a Republican Con
gress in order to back up
and support the President,
but even if they should in
this impose upon some credu-
lous voters Oh this side of the
water they would impose on no
one on the other side. 1t iswell
understood, there as well as here,
that the Republican leaders desire
not SO much to support the Pres
ident as to control him.
EFFECT UPON TILE ALLIES.
"The peoples of the allied coun-
tries with whom we are ass0ciat-
ed against Germany are quite
familiar with the significance of
elections. They would find it very
difficult to believe that the voters
Of the United States had chosen
to support their President by elect
ing to the Congress a majority
controlled by those who are not i'll
fact i'll sympathy with the attitude
and action of the Administration.
II need not tell you, my fellow
countlymen, that | am asking
your support, not for my own sake
or for the sake of political party,
but for the sake of the nation it.
self in ORDER that its inward unity
Of purpose may be evident to all
the world. In ordinary times |
would not feel at liberty to make
such an appeal to you. In ordin-
ary times divided counsels can be
endured without permanent hurt
to the country. But these are not
ordinary times.
"If III these critical days it is
your wish to sustain me with undi-
yided minds | beg that you will
say so in a way which it will not
be possible to misunderstood
either here at home or among our
associates on the other side of the
sea. | submit my difficulties and
my hopes to you.
WOODROW WILSON,"
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
LAST MINUTE NEWS
(From Our Special corcspondcnts.)

s Barcelona, Nov. 9-The Girona Building, Medina
Cell street. of the best structures in the city, has been
blown up with dnamite. Many persons have been in-
jured
a. fMadrid-Up to nav Count Romanones has not met
yvh success in the formation of Cabinet despite
the support given him by Vllanueya President of the
House of Congress- and of the Leaders OF the
Liberal Party having control of OF the political dl
vision of the organization.
! Amsterdam-German Revolution is spreading fast,
East Prussia being already in arms. DIR. Lieclnecht,
the famous socialist is at the hend of the revolutionary
movement. The Red Flag floats Bremen, Hamburg,
Cuxhaven Kiel Tisit and many other cities all over the
empire AT Kiel the feet after hosting the Red flag,
sailed away destination unknown probably to give the
ships up to the Allied Fleet bOckadng Germany Prince
Henry the Kaisers brother fired at by Sailors but
succeeded in escaping by automibile
Ra Berne-General Mackensen is here, requesting
Swiss friendly offices with the TchekO Slovaks and Hum
garians order that they permit withdrawal of Ger
man Army from Rumania.
Madrid Nov 9-Mnisterial Crisis still unsoIved.
Marquis Aihucemas has advised the King to charge Vii
anueva with the formation of the Government Vii
aneva who is the President of the House of Deputies
looms high in Spanish political situation.
London.-The British forces have occupied Tournai
and are marching on Brussels the Capital of Bel
gium. The Americans continue their advance north
east of Sedan, placing in jeopardy great part of
the German Army. The French have captured Liart,
twenty miles north of the important base of Rethe thus
cutting the rail road line to Mezeres and leaving only
one rail lie which the Germans must retreat The
whole German defense is crumbng this part of the
'front.' and great capture of prisoners whole armies,
may be looked for at any moment.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
HER NAME IS MARY
PROVIDENCE.

On November / the Stork paid
a visit to the home of our excel
lent friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Keelan,
at Santurce. The bird left a pack.
age containing a fine little girl
whose names will be Mary PrOvi
dence. Mrs. Keelan is doing we'll
Our congratulations to the happy
parents. =
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
"THE GREAT COMMERCIAL
CONCERN CONDUCTED BY
THE JNSTLAR GOVERNMENT

CONCERN CONDUCTED BY
THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT
On November 1st. there appear
in "La Democracia' an editorial
article, in the course Of which some
statements are made, in connection
with the Food Commission. 1t
was our intention to refute imme
diately those statements, and if We
did not do it before, was merely fer
private reasons that do not concern
the general public.
We regret to say that our OPT
mon on the subject is different to
"La Democracla So. If there were
not numberless of other reasons
against the Government s going
into commercial transactions, with
ONE MILLION DOLLAR .capi-
tai from the Public Treasure, and
having at its disposal all the many
advantages that official instihi.
tions always have, in competing
with private enterprise, it would
lie sufficient to show the immora-
lity of going into gigantic specula-
tions, to such an extent that, ae-
eording to our colleague, during
the short time that Mr.. Barcol6
directed the Food Commission,
great profits were made. We quote
"La Damocracia":
"Renember that. whis Mr.. Bar
"cel6l presided the Food Commits
"iOn RICE TRANSACTIONS
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09
UNITY OF COMMAND.

''The leaders of the minority in
the present Congress have unques-
tionably been pro-war, but they
have been anti-Administratio
At almost every turn since we
entered the war they have sought
to take the choice Of policy and
the war out of my hands and put
it under the control Of instrument
atilies of their own choosing.
"This is no time either for diyid-
ed council or for divided leader
ship. Unity of command is as ne
cesary to win civil action as it
is upon the field Of battle. If the
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09

si Barcelona Nov. 9-The Girona Building, on Medina
Cell street. of the best structures in the city has been
blown up with dnamite. Many persons have been in
jured.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1918-11-09

have Joined the sailors in a gen
eral strike.
WASHINGTON. - While the
German plenitpotenciaries are at
Foch's Headquarters receiving the
terms for the arlmistice, the
French, British and American
armies are driving steadily back
the Germans, along the whole
front. The Americans command
the situation at Sedan, but have
not occupied the whoel city as
yet. The presence of the Ameri-
cans at Sedan, however, will make
extremely difficult for the German
Army to withdraw between the
A,isne and the Disc, as the space
though which they must neces-
sarily pass is less than 30 miles
wide.
| NEW YORK.-Andre Tardieu,
French High Commissioner to the
United States, has declared that
France has lost 100000 men
dead, wounded and permanently
sick or disabled and captured !;
besides 100000 homes have been
destroyed. The total value of the
damage caused by the war is COM
puted at ten billion dollars.
WASHINGTON. - Control of
the Senate is claimed by the Re
publicans, and this seems fairly
definite. 1t appears that New
berry, Republican, defeated Ford,
in Michigan. Senator Fall, Re
publican has won in New Mexico.
When returns are verified by Of
fetal count, the Republicans will
have forty-nine seats in the Senate
and the Democrats forty-seyen.
The senatorial race in Idaho is
still undecided, but Nugent, De
mocrat, is leading by two hundred
votes. The Republicans, it is cal
cula6ed on the basis of late \re-
turns, will ShqRi2S4 and the De
mocrats 194 IN the House of
Represent taNtl oyernor Walsh,
Of Of Massaeh'l Ma ss,I been pdasst;s elected
lean, has b In F1 TX, DS@9crat.
R. ~
(BYEFrench Caple. .1Co.)
Nov. 9.
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY, IN SEDAN.-The Bridge
over the Meuse River, at this
place has heen DESTROYED. and The