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The herald., 1918-03-28

cription; of establishing financing, develop
ing, managing, operating and carrying on in
dustrial commercial, trading, manufacturing,
mechanical, metalIurgical, engineering, build
ing, construction, contraction, mining, smelt
ing, quarrying, refining chemical. ice, real
estate, logging, numbering, agricultural, plan
tation, dairying and maritime enterprises,
undertakings, propositions, concessions of
franchises in their respective branches; of
constructing, equipping, improving, working,
developing, purchasing, selling, leasing, hir-
ing, mortgaging, operating, and dealing in
and with all manner of development works
and conveniences, including docks, harbors,
piers, wharves, canals, reservoirs, embank-
ments and improvements; sewerage, drainage,
sanitary and other engineering works, not
for public use; water, steam, water power,
water supply and refrigerating plants; ware
houses, markets. buildings, tunnels, bridges,
conduits, viaducts and other works and con-
veniences, not for public use; of purchasing
or otherwise acquiring, maintaining, selling,
pledging, mortgaging, leasing, hiring and
fulfilling any contracts, franchises or con-
cessions for in relation to the construc-
tion, execution, equipment, management, OPP
Grafton or control of such works, and of un-
dertaking, executing, carrying out, disposing
OF, or otherwise turning to account the same
and also. so far as necessary or incidental
to, or connected with any one or more of or
all of the corporate purposes, to undertake
any lawful business transaction or operation
undertaken or carried on by capitalists, or
hnanciers, and to carry on a general fnan-
eial business and financial operations of all
kinds.
The foregoing clauses shall be construed
both as objects and powers, but no recita-
ton. expression, or declaration of specific or
special powers purposes herein enumera-
ted shall be deemed to be exclusive; but it
is hereby expressly declared that all other
lawful powers not inconsistent Herewith are
The herald., 1918-03-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
INCORPORATED

State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans.
Be it known. that on this, the 18th day of
March, 1918, before me, Thomas E Furlow. a
duly conmi ssioned, qualified and acting
Notary Public in and for the Parish of Or,
leans, State of Louisiana, and in the presence
OF the hereinafter named and undersigned
witnesses, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed. and severally declared that. avail
ing, themselves of the general laws of the
State OF Louisiana in such cases made and
provided, they have formed and organized
and do by these presents form themselves
and such others may hereafter become
associated with them into. a corporation and
body politic in law, for the objects and pur-
poses IN the following articles set forth and
express, which they adopt as their Charter
L. ThA name and title of this corporation
shall American Commercial COMPANY
incorporNed, and it shall exist and enjoy
successioh by its corporate name for period
OF ninety.nine years from date hereof. with
all the rights and powers now or hereafter
conferred by law upon similar corporations
Its domicile shall be in the city of New Or
leans, Louisiana, and all citations and other
legal process shall be served upon the Presi-
dent, and in the event of his absence, upon
the Viee-President, or Secretary, in the order
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DIED

Baudean-On Friday, March %, Mrs.
John Baudean, nee Lena Lange, died at
the age of 63 years. Deceased was a
native of New Orleans, and had re-
sided in our district for fifty years.
The funeral took place Saturday eve
ming at 2 o'clock from her late resi-
dence, GIL Wagner street. Interment
in McDonoghville Cemetery.
Sloan-On Monday, March %, at 7:10
o clock a. m, Frank V. Sloan died. De-
ceased was native of our town and
was the son Of the late Ella Simon and
Charles Sloan. He was 26 years of age.
The funeral took place Tuesday, March
&c, at $3.50 o. clock, from the residence
of his uncle, Joseph Simon, 1887 Farra-
gut street. Interment was in st. Bar
tholomew Cemetery.
Brookes-On Saturday at IL o'clock
William F. Brookes, a we'll known
marine engineer, died in the city. De-
ceased was thirty-eight years old. He
was a member of the Marine Engin-
GERS Beneficial Association. The fun
eral took place Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock from the funeral parlors of
A. F. Bultman in Magazine street. In
terment was in the Marine Engineers
plot in Greenwood Cemetery. De-
ceased was a brother of Miss Sarah
Brookes and Mr.. G. E. Brookes.
The herald., 1918-03-28
ISLANDER SUIT FILED.
Mrs. J. T. Nick Seeks to Recover $500
Damages From Joseph Yatter.


Mrs. J. T. Nick Monday entered suit
in the Civil District Court against JO-
seph Yatter, who keeps a furniture
store at 1915 MelpOmene street, asking
for $500 damages for Islander and
abuse. Petitioner AYERS February 9 she
purchased of defendant a number of
phOnograph records, and later discOv-
cred they would not play and were en-
tirely worthless. February 10 Mrs. Nick
returned to the store with the records
md requested Yatter to take them back
He replied she did not buy the rec
Drds from his store and said she wa:
rying to hold him up, and he use6
,ther language. He informed petitioner
hat if she did not get out Ire would
Kill her and would have done it already
# he had his gun on him. The next
lay she returned with her sister and
he and her sister were roughly han
He'd, and the sister was actually throw
,ut of the doorway, and he remarke,
'he was lucky he did not have his GU
m him the day before or the petitione
'would have been sent home in box.
JOSEPH WAITER DENIES ALICIA
TIoNS.
Joseph Yatter, against whom a
SANDER suit was instituted in the Civ
il District Court Monday by Mrs. j.
T. Nick, who asks $500 damages,
said Tuesday he would make his an
swer in court at the proper time, but
in the meantime he requested his
friends and acquaintances to withhold
their opinion until he could be heard.
Mr.. Yatter said he had never sold a
phonagraph record, and that he had
never seen Mrs. Nick or her sister,
who, it was said, went to his store
with Mrs. Nick to seek redress and
was thrown out. Mr.. Yatter denies
the allegations of the petition in toto.
The herald., 1918-03-28
MONSTER COOLING FANS.

MFR. Philip Foto, of Foto's Folly
Theater, has recently contracted for
the installation of two monster cool
ing fans, of the same kind that are
used in all the large picture shows in
the city. These electric fans are
enormous in size, measuring from z
to 9 feet, and they are of sufficient
power that, during the hot nights OF
the coming summer, when the tenn
perature will be in the vicinity Of 100
degrees, it will be delightfully."- cool
in the theater.
The fans are so arranged that the
air will be conducted to them by
large tubes from the roof, assuring
the patrons of pure, fresh air These
monster breezes will be shot into the
theater from the stage and the foul
air will make its exit through the
front door. The system is now being
installed and will be ready for oper.
alton In about fifteen or twenty days.
The herald., 1918-03-28
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

Troop 32 held it's regular meeting
Tuesday evening, March 10, with good
attendance. George Jones was elect
ed secretary and Henry Hildebrand
treasurer for the following year. There
was a joint meeting held with Troop
Is Friday, March %, which was well
attended.
Troop 32 was treated to an outing
at Bonner Home Sunday evening,
March "a, by their Scoutmaster. The
boys practiced cooking and signaling,
the evening was enjoyed by all.
The boys attended patriotic meet
ing Monday evening, March 25th, at
the Athenaeum.
Captain l.. F. Gisch has accepted
an invitation from Dr. Pollock, Scout
master, to become instructor of Troop
80, members of which were drilled by
Captain Gisch last week.
The herald., 1918-03-28


II. The capital of stock of this corporation
is hereby fixed at Fifty Thousand (s5OOOO)
Dollars. and said stock shall be divided in
to and represented by Five Hundred (5OO
shares of the par value of One Hundred
(Sl0O Dollars each. Stock may be paid for
in money, in services rendered to the corpora
ton or in property and good will regularly
transferred TO the corporation.
OF the capital stock herein provided for
Thirty Thousand $4,000 Dollars shall be
common stock and Twenty Thousand &c.
0O0) Dollars shall be preferred stock The
holders of preferred stock issued and out.
standing shall be entitled to receive ratably
all dividends until the aggregate amount of
dividends received thereon shall be equiva-
lent to the par value of the preferred stock
on which such dividends are paid, and in
the meantime, no dividends shall be paid on
on common stock; and such holders shall, in
the event of liquidation, voluntary or invol-
untary, be entitled to receive from the assets
of the corporation amounts equivalent to the
difference between the aggregate amount of
dividends received thereon and the par
value of the preferred stock held and owned
by them, before any payment whatever on ac-
count Of common stock When the aggregate
amount of dividends paid on any preferred
stock shall be equivalent to the par value
thereof such preferred stock shall ipso facto
be converted at par into common stock at
par and the certificates therefor shall be
cancelled and new certificates shall be issued
for such converted common stock. Preferred
stock shall carry the same voting powers as
common stoc.
Ill. The purposes of this corporation are,
to carry on and license others to carry on
all or any part of the several businesses
enumerated in this paragraph. to wit: the
business of manufacturers, merchants, traders,
importers, exporters, and dealers in and with
goods. wares, and merchandise of every des-
The herald., 1918-03-28
$4,000 VERDICT is GIVEN
AGAINST N 0. LEVEE DISTRICT.
TRANSCRIPTION OF SALES.

Teutonia L. & B. Co., to Jos. Mar
tin, lot Webster, Wagner, Diana and
DeArmas, $500 mortgage which was
assumed by Cornelius Cast, Act June
%, 190S-Legier.
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Future Work.
MRS. GRAF PAINFULLY INJURED

Mrs. Anton Graf of Seguin Street
was painfully injured on Monday
about noon when she was thrown
from her feet by a bicycle ridden by
Ira Olroyd. The accident took place
on Alix Street, near Verret. Mrs.
Graf was walking in the street near
the curbing when the young Olroyd
boy came along with his bicycle, and
as there was something wrong with
his rear wheel he was looking around
q see how 1t was acting and during
this time it was that he ran into Mrs.
Graf, upsetting her and tearing her
skirt from her body. Mrs. Crafts arm
and side were bruised and very pain
fully injured.
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Der
neur formerly Miss Irma Ditch) Of
Morgan City, twin boys.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. West OF
403 Opelousas avenue, a girl.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. John Howard
of Opelousas avenue, a girl.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bailey
(nee lone Hildebrand), of Houston
Tex, a girl.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lacinak
of Thayer and Diana streets, girl.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. James Bellalla
of 1901 Nunez street, girl.
The herald., 1918-03-28
COAL no BE CHEAPER
DURING THE SUMNER.

Prices of bituminous coal, as we'll
as anthracite, will be lowered about
so cents ton by government order
within the next day or two, effective
from April l to September 1. The
idea is to encourage domestic con-
sumers to put in their supply of fuel
during the summer months. John G..
O'kelley. fuel administrator for Lou
isiana, is also preparing for an active
campaign to impress upon the people
of this state the necessity of buying
their winter coal during the hot
months.
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hereby included. n es =
~. The corporate powers 4 y
ton shall be vested in q = nrs
of not less than Three W Al -
Five. a majority Of whom $50
quorum for the transaction 2 u
the officers of this cOrpofsn'ss .r<d,
President, a Vice-President 4 u
a Treasurer, with the opu0'
for Secretary Treasurer. 49,. sasl q
The first Board Of Direc'J n y
posed of Leo. c. Browne q v.sstr
Joseph F. Rihani Of Merida, ~
and William LeMonnier Of w.. n
Joseph +. Rihani as "a vi
Browne as Vice-Presidsnl -: y
Monnier as Secretary Nh ~
said Directors and Officers "a n
their successors are eleee' -
Meetings of stockholders D.
of directors shall be nela 80
Tuesday in January OF ss;s M q
Thus done and signee :. q ffsl
Joseph Rosenberg and Sehs e, -
petent witnesses, who "a -
names hereto, together WI I'd
~
and me, Notary, on the aS
ten. II .rcGp
Names of subscribers ana
scriptions omittedD n 70
(Signed) witnesses; Sens
Rosenberg. oc FL
I, the undersigned 'GrIas,
in and for the Parish ., ;fs ~
Louisiana, do hereby GILL; ofoss
and foregoing Act OF insS
American Commercial oo S.S q
was this day duly recorder
Book 1919. Folio n 10
New Orleans, March TE0SD
(Signed) EMILE ,;s;ssI y
A true copy Of the NY nv "
THOS. E. FURLoM, ~
Mch 2s-April +ll-~
The herald., 1918-03-28
FOG BELL FALLS FROM FERRY
SHED.

A few days ago, during a heavy
lind on the river, the ferry boat Of
the Third District Ferry Co. was
driven SO hard against the pontoon on
the Algiers side that it dislocated the
FOG bell which is erected on top of
the shed on the pontoon. The bell
fell from the roof, striking one of the
passengers, Mr.. ]. M. Harris of S19
Nunez Street. A fireman. Walter
Hutson. who was also near at that
time, was slightly injured when the
bell struck him on the leg. Neither
of the parties were seriously injured
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R III!

E. Beard. 2 lots Newton, Diana, Hen
dee and Sumner $500 terms-Gurley
AFFIDAVIT.
BY Martin c. Koning and Thos. F.
Maher, declaring that the following
property lot Newton, Farragut, De
Armas and land of c. Kohn, and lot
on Camus lane, standing in their
names do not belong to them but to
the Commercial partnership styled
the Naval Laundry & Supply Co.
The herald., 1918-03-28
WEST END FOUNTAIN IN OPERA
TION.

Mayor Behrman Tuesday announced
the West End prismatic fountain will
be turned on Sundays, Wednesday
and Saturdays during the afternoon
and night, beginning Easter Sunday.
The fountain has been equipped with
imported lenses which are said to be
far superior to the painted ones for
merly used.
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FUTURE WORK.

The Orleans Levee Board approved
the budget submitted by the finance
committee, showing receipts of $685.
1853, with expenditures of $685., s44.22
estimated balance December 81, 1918,
$l94,351.57. Among the items of the
budget are the following:
Future Work.
Material for stub revetment, Fifth
District, $4,000.
Huguet piled brush dam, $4,000.
Canal street ferry landing to Naval
Station, 100000.
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,AficliiIiik.
CIVIL DISTRICT COURT.

Succession of Mrs. Widow VIM.
Henley, petition to sell real estate.
E. A. Mequet ct ais VS.. Algiers Mfg.
Co. Ltd, exceptions-R. O'Connor.
Succession of Mrs. Mary Ann Mat
thews, motion to make party claim
ant.
$4,000 VERDICT is GIVEN
AGAINST N. o. LEvEE DISTRICT.
Charles Leonhard of st. Louis, who
sued the Board of Levee Commission
ers of the New Orleans Levee Dis
trict for s32, 063.50 on the grounds
that in October and November, 1914,
they appropriated his property next
to the Naval Station for building le-
wees, was granted a decision of $4,-
500 by Judge Rufus Foster in the
Federal District Court Tuesday, Leon
hard sought $4269.75 damages for the
shrubbery alone. The damages al
lowed gave Leonhard a price OF IL
cents a square foot for the 3S,76S
squarqe feet feet the levee board ap-
propriated.- Robt. E. O'Connor, at
torney for plaintiff,
TRANSCRIPTION OF SALES.
Teutonia L. & B. Co., to Jos. Mar
tin, lot Webster, Wagner, Diana and
DeArmas, $500 mortgage which was
assumed by Cornelius Cast, Act June
%, 190S-Legier.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Frank Tuftan to Mrs. Mary Els
worth, 2 lots Opelousas, Elmira, Pa
cific and Slidell avenues, $1,000 cash
-Gurley.
Samuel J. Harding to Ollie Rapid,
lot Brooklyn, Lamarque, Teche and
Socrates $500 terms-O'Connor.
Charles ]. Babst to Vincent Perrin,
lot Pacific, Atlantis, Opelousas and
Slidell $4,000 cash-O'Connor.
julius Bodenger to Harry Hicks,
portion Slidell, Opelousas, Brooklyn
and River $4,000 cash.-Cahn.
Paul Games to The Board of Com
missioners Orleans Levee District,
portion about 3 miles below Algiers
Ferry Landing fronting on MISSISSIPPI
pi River S1242 cash-Peters.
Yupon Realty Co., to Anatole j..
Louvier, lot Patterson, Whitney, Pei
lean and LeBouef $500 terms-Puig.
Mrs. Celina Cullen to Oliver Dor
sey, lot LeBouef, Alix, Pelican, and
Whitney Ave. $3.50 cash-O'Connor.
Union Homestead Assn. to Mrs. Ada
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
JAPANESE BEING
 HELD UP TO LIGHT
Refused to Intervene in War in
 1914 is Report

PARIS, April 5. According to an account published in the Excelsior by II. Bernard, the historian, France SO licited intervention by Japan in the European war at the end of August 1914. Theopile Delcasse took charge of the foreign office on Aug. 2S. His first step was to draft note to the emperor of Japan, in his own hand. II. Bernard says the note was com. municated to the British ambassador. The reply was that Japan's policy was entirely Oriental and that her army was not prepared for action outside that sphere
 NJ Bernard denies, on the authority of N. Delcasse himself, report which has been current for long time that Japan demanded the cession of Indo- China by France as the price of her intervention.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
HEARINGS OF AMERICAN CANADIAN FISHERIES CONFERENCE TO BE H ELD IN SEATTLE. VAN.
 C0UvER PRINCE RU PERT AND KETCHIkAN

The American-Can Fisheries Conference, which has held sessions
 the city of Washington, and also Boston and Glouchester, Massachu- setts, and St. John, New Brunswick, will meet at Seattle on April A, where
 earrings will be held relative to mat ,ers concerning the protection of the salmon in and around Puget Sound md Fraser River, and also protection Of the halibut-the center of this in- dustry being Seattle, Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Ketchikan on the 2acific. Furthermore, the matter re- garding the use of Canadian and Amer an ports by the fishing vessels of both countries will also be discussed at these hearings, as will also quest ions relating to the whale industry,
 nd to the Order in Council of Cana n with reference to the purchase of ha.t and landing of fish by foreign
 essels at ports of British Columbia having direct bearing on the sub fect of fishing vessels putting in at Prince Rupert, B. C.,-together with other fishery mattery that may come
 the attention of the Conference It s proposed to give all those who may consider that their interests are af- fected an opportunity to be heard, in order that the Conference may consid- CT all sides of every question. Fol
 cw.ng the sessions in Seattle. hear.
 ngs will be held in Vancouver and ra'ince Rupert, B. C., Ketchikan Al. 2ska, and at other places in the north west which the Conference may deem desirable, after which both delegat.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
ONLY ONE AMERICAN
 PLANE SENT LOVER"

WASHINGTON. April 5.-The Unit ed States will be doing we'll to have 25 American built battle planes in Eur ope by July 1. according to testimony made before the senate military con- ,nittee, the result of an inquiry.
 Two have been sent, the inquiry de.
 eloped; II have been completed and are ready to go, and about a dozen more are in the last laps of construct ion.
 In the senate recently the statement was made that although the original program called for 12,000 machines by Tu,y the number would not exceed 37.
 It also developed during the inquiry that signal corps officers stated that although the Liberty motor is a suc- cess insofar as it can be used for bombing machines or others where speed is not the principal renu'site 1t is unsuited for use in combat machines
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05

and about the center front of the heavy attack. The French, how ever, hold the neighborhood and the heights and made some pro- gress in the Privesnes region.
 With only nine miles to reach north of Montdidier, the Ger mans in their attacks today are using more than one hundred thousand men, General Haig re-
 orts. He says further that heavy artillery fighting is in progress near Albert.
 The German attack on the French positions southeast of Amiens carried with one hund- ed and eighty thousand men, was wholly frustrated. the war office reports today. The as- sault had for it's object the cap- .ure of important railway com nunications. The report des- cribes the enemy casualties as cruel" l" The French drove the Germans back in the neighbor- hood of Moreuil and captured
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY
 TAKES ON NEW LIFE AND
 HARD FIGHTING FOLLOWS
The French Win Many Important Positions The tighter German Soldiers Described "Cue The British Also Advance Their Lines Various
 Points Enormous Number len Engaged

LONDON, April 5.-General Haig in his report this morning to the war office says: "We were pressed back to the positions east of Villers-PietonneuX, which we are now maintaining.
 North of the Somme in the neighborhood of Bucquoy and in the Scarpe Valley, the enemy's artillery is active.'
 The Germans are renewing their efforts to take Amiens in an extremely violent battle" !" In the Montdidier region and ov- CT g front of nine miles, the en- emy launched an attack with el- even divisions between Grives- ness and the Amiens-Roye road. The Amiens-Roye highway crosses the battle front ten miles east and south of Amiens. In ten separate assaults, the Ger mans gained a few hundred yards. A French report says they captured the villages of Mailly; Rainval and Morisel southwest of Moreuil and in
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-04-05
THlRDLIBERTY LOAN OPENS
 TOMORROW
Additional Names of Com- mittee to Help the Bond
 Campaign

The Third Liberty Loan Bonds will bear interest at A percent. instead of AZ percent. as appeared in yes terday's issue, typographical error and raise of one-quarter per cent over the Second Liberty Loan. Each loan has raised the rate of interest The first issue paid interest at the rate of Sh percent, the second at 4 per cent. and the Third at A percent Payments of the bonds may be made as follows, five per cent or May 9. twenty percent May 2S, thir- ty-five per cent July eighth, and forty per cent August fifteenth. The bonds mature in September. 1928 and will not be convertible. Owners of the first and second Liberty loan bonds may have them converted into bonds of the third issue, which bear a high. CT rate of interest.
 The applications may be obtained at the Merchants & Miners Bank to. morrow, April 6, the opening date, un- til May 4, when the subscriptions close. Subscribers are urged to buy their bonds now, in order to get blue honor flag for Ketchikan as soon IS possible. All towns are to get an onor flag as soon as they have raised heir quota Ketchikan's quota is $56,- 900. How soon can we raise it?
 Following are additional names ad- ded to the list of committeeman print ed yesterday, to help make the Third
 liberty Loan Campaign huge suc- cess-Geo. F. Rounsefell, W. A. Knox, J. L. Jones, Wm. Winston, B. L. My
 rs, F. M. Lawson, Steve Ragan, Judge 'lumley. Chief Blackmar, A A. Brin. He, L. DeLong, MT. Powell, c. A. Smith, " A. Peterson and H. F. FL
 ott.
 What Liberty Bond Can Do
 A $50 Liberty Bond will supply four months sustenance in the field for one of our soldiers.
 A s100 Liberty Bond will supply 200 pounds of smokeless powder for one )f the big guns.
 A $2o0 Liberty Bond will equip and inform four of our blue jackets.
 A $1oo Liberty Bond will supply 1SO ,f our boys with gas masks in which 10 face one of the deadliest menaces of the trenches.
 A $1,000 Liberty Bond will buy gas oline enough to drive one of our sub marine chasers 2,000 miles in our ,ampaign against the underseas raid. PTS of the Kaiser.
 A s2,000 Liberty Bond will supply 520 thirteen-pound shells to sink Ger nan submarines.
 Every Liberty Bond you buy helps actively to shorten and win the war.