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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25
i Card.
May 20, 1918.
70 the right thinking people of New iberia

70 the right thinking people of New IBERIA
my asonshment several the declaration
has to knowledge that unfounded
circulation fellow citizens to the effect that
myself and family German and other remarks OF like
nature which calculated to do and mine rreparab
lifelong injury
Being native born and respectable old resident New
being familiar with my fes history treated these
After due consideration and reflection
concluded the within these
sanderous ephets intend to prosecute both cvy and
crmnay inscriptions to indulge in spreading
gossip Of this kind
enlightenment of those who do know will
in the home in which live and after reach
manhood devoted time the welfare which
years enjoyed the honor be its Mayor My
mother native of ST Mary Parish father
citizen We're life he
would despse the barbarous rulers Germany
have always pactced that Christian feeling of charity and
justice fellow and those who vouch
standing American citizen worthy of humane treatment
Now justice to those and dear would do them
injustice reute such and it's origin
My giving his loyal his nation and father
mothers grief the separation from
beliefs unloyay then that disappointed with
teachings received early boyhood 1t should not be
for the public assert convictions this
but will tend these do unto others
they would be done unto them probably they might realize the
great injustice done to and to my children.
Sincerely,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25
WEIGH YOUR COMMUNITY BY
WHAT IT CAN DO FOR ITS
CHILDREN.

More than two million babies
in town and country, rich and
POOR, well and sickly-are tipping
the scales and standing up to the
yardstick, unless they are too
little to stand, in answer to the
request Of the Children's Bureau
of the U. S. Department Of Labor
and the Woman's Committee of
the Council Of National Defense
that parents enter their children
in the nationwide test which be-
gan on April sixth. as the first
step in the Children's Year CAM
paign to save 100000 babies.
This weighing and measuring
test is a spring inventory Of the
welfare Of the nations children.
The draft took stock of the men
who will go to the battle front in
France. It found less than two
thirds of them physically fit for
service. Many Of these men were
rendered unfit by defects which
authorities declare could have
been prevented if they had been
discovered and cared for in child
hood.
The children who survive to
manhood and womanhood with
defects bear the sears Of diseases,
injuries, and general conditions
which have proved fatal to others.
The infant death rate is nearly as
great as that Of men and women
who have completed their allotted
three score years and ten; nearly
a fourth of the deaths that occur
at all ages are those of babies
under five.
Is it necessary that these little
children run so great a risk Of
DEATH Newsholme answered that
question when he said that il
children were well born and well
cared for the infant death rate
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25
LIST OF REGISTRARS.

List of Registrars, Wards and
Precincts to serve at the usual
voting booths on June 9Th, 1918,
for the registering Of all males
who have become twenty-one
years of age since June 9TH, 1917
LIST Ward lst Precinct.-Gus-
tave Leblanc, Alphonse Migues
and Ulysse Lemaire.
7st Ward, End Precinct--W. y.
Tibb@ts 10. a. Bell.
End Ward-Jules J. Olivier,
Frank Greig and Louis Pesson.
3rd Ward. IS. C. Sumrall. L.
j. Gonsoulin and Hon. J. A,
Babin.
4th Ward.-John O. BONN,
Huville Gonsoulin and Jules Pc,
let.
5th Ward.--Albin Segura, Sid.
ney Norres and Leonce Sandoz.
9Th Ward, New Iberia. La,
Court House,. NJ. Compton,
Chas. J. Guillot and Rev. Martin
Hebert.
It'll Ward. LIST Precinct.-D. L.
Delcambre. CASTOR Messenger and
Aymar Delcambre.
7th Ward, End Precinct.-E. A.
Mc1lhenny. A. D. Dufour and Sid
nev Bradford.
9Th Ward. Jeanerette, La
Charles A. Poirson, Charles
Schexnayder and Sam Karnofskv
Local Board, iberia Parish,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25

There are so many ways for our
property holders to beautify
their premises, we often
times wonder why some concerted
action is not taken by GIVE
body to have everybody do some
thing to make New Iberia the
most attractive little City in the
State. SO much could be done,
with but little expense by plant
ing shrubbery. flowers and trees,
especially when our climate will
permit roses to bloom nearly the
year round. Shade trees could
be planted on every plot OF
ground outside Of the business dis
trict and the unsightly fences re-
moved which adds a thousand per
cent to the appearance of yards,
If kept as they ought to be.
Take the lower portion of Main
Street from the Post Office. there
ID not an Avenue in any City IN
the South to compare with it. yet
many of the property holders
literally hide the beauty Of the
Landscape with unsightly fences.
Some three or four weeks since,
the Gebert's. who own one of the
prettiest properties in East End
took down a nicely proportional
and well-kept fence. one that
would have lasted ten years more
in order to still further enhance
the looks Of their place. What \
transformation it was to the eye
Of the passerby. Numerous other
property holders in that vicinity
have discarded the unsightlv
front yard fence and a decided
change is apparent wherever It
was done. Fences are unneces-
sary and expensive propositions
and they should all be removed
now that we have a stock law
and the owners of stock realize
II. Division fences even could be
lined MP with the houses and not
project to the end Of sidewalk.
A nice hedge could be planted
showing the lines between the
estates which would be sufficient.
X Won do hot care to take down
your MfisiQn fencG grow ~ nic4
s6t 44una sde Of \ and t6dk hid
the nsixltllv pickets The
properly holders. on Duperier
Avenue seem to take the lead in
matters IL this kind as can be seen
from the appearance Of most Of
their yards. others should emulate
the example set, by the residents
Of East Side and New Tberia be
made more attractive to the visi-
tor when he comes to New Iberia.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25

record of your child's exact
weight and measurements and a
copy Of that record sheet will be
sent to Washington. This is a
war measure adopted by the Gov
eminent to improve the health Of
children and every mother is ex-
pected TO do her part.
Every baby must be weighed
aud measured.
The Child Welfare Committee
has arranged for weighing and
measuring children on Thursday.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25

would be practically negligible.
The weighing and measuring
test is giving thousands of CON-
munities in the United States op-
portunity to find out whether
their children are well born and
well cared for. Weight and height
are a rough index of the health
Of the growing child. and the test
will show individual parents and
communities just how each child
compress with the average. Fol-
low-up work will be planned to
fit the needs shown by the test,
and will continue throughout
Children s Year. The Bureau be
lieves that individual mothers
and fathers must realize how
vitality war time conditions affect
the welfare Of their children it
100000 lives are to be saved dur
ing Children's Year.
First of all the test can give
parents an indication of the health
Of their own children. Tn addi
ton it can provide basis for
judging how adequately the COM
msnity is guarding all its chill
dren. The test can thus offer a
starting point for bettering the
conditions which affect children S
welfare. Some adverse conditions
individual parents can remedy I;
others demand community action ;
but the Children s Bureau believes
that in ane way or another chill
dren must be given increased pro.
lection if the baby death rate is
to be reduced here as it was in
England during the second year
Of the war.
Government Weighing and Meas
uring Test.
{ During the week beginning
May 9th to June / every baby in
Iberia Parish should be weighed
and measured iii the weighing
station open for that purpose in
every precinct Of every ward of
the Parish. You will be given a
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25

70 just the same. I have the pic
lures that you sent, they are very
good. l came from the trenches
with Lieut.. James Monk, he is
liked very much by his men. We
soldiers are so well treated by
the Red Cross they seem to be
sent from heaven. The dear
nurses it makes us feel like home
when they are around. administer
ing with their angel hands.
Work for the Red Cross, they DO
noble work for we soldiers and
those in need. Give literally when
you are asked to contribute to the
Red Cross.
Last night it seemed that the
whole world was afame; every
one Of our guns ] am sure were
busy, it is not possible to explain
the sensation these reports i'm
part, it is just one continuous
roar.
We boys from home are to-
gether. Kramer Hatch sends his
love, he is fat and well, also the
rest.
When the bugle blow taps in
Berlin and the seventy-five miles
are taken, and the command is
given to go back to the States
Til be in a condition most fit To
be gentleman.
Give my love to friends and
much for yourselves
/ am devotedly your son,
Private Odelon Breaux,
Hgs. Troop And Div, A. 3. F.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25
NEW IBERIA MANS TROUBLE
ARRESTED.

"Th- cast four years have been going
down. down with catarrh of the stomach
and had TO give up work year ago be-
cause CT my weakened condition. suf-
fered terribly from bloating and collie at
lacks. Mayr's Wonderful Remedy was
recommended to me. took course Of
q and am now feeling fine" 1t is sim
RE, harmless preparation that removes
the catarrhal mucous from the intestinal
tract and allays the Inflammation which
causes practically all stomach. liver and
i-.estirs, ailments including Appendix
ci+is. One dose will convince or money
refunded. Sold by Estorge Drug Co.
(Advertisement.)
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25
Proper Food for weak Stomach

Proper Food for Weak Stomachs.
The proper food for one man
may be Ill wrong for another. Ev-
cry one should adopt q diet suited
TO his age and occupation. Those
who have weak stomachs needs to
be especially careful and should
ut slowly and masticate their
food thoroughly. Il il also inn
portant that they keep their
bowels regular. When they be.
come constipated or when they
FEEL dull and stupid after eating.
hey should take Chamberlain 4
Tablets to strengthen the stomach
and move the bowels. They are
Easy to take and pleasant in Ct
Feet.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25
Notice 10 Holders d Parish Warrants Prior 10 and
lDe|udlnr thO Year 1916.

Unless every holder Of Parish prior to and in
GLIDING the year 1916 deliver to the Secretary Of the
Police Jury and receive receipt representing the face value
unable to proceed with the foray Of issuing Certificates Of
indebtedness for the purpose Of qudang the Indebtedness
created thereby.
Consequently every party interested is requested to
send in their warrants at once.
The sooner it is DONE the better twill be for all
q PAUL BASsIN, Secretary.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25

May 3Oth from 9 A. M. to s P. M.
at the following places: Magnolia
School. Live Oak School. Julia
Street School. Duboin School,
Morbihan School, Corona School.
MRS. ED. ESTORGE,
Chairman Of the Child Welfare
Committee, Sixth Ward.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25
w 81 81.

= Johnny, I don t believe you 70
studied your geography = No
mum; / heard pa say the map ct
the world was changing every
lay, an I though I'd wait q few
years till things rot settled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
/. w. w. BOMBS WRECK
HOMES OF OFFICIALS
No One Is Hurt in Phiiddel-
phia Explosions.
specigI pegpatcA q rnE srx.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 80. Bombs
thrown by emissarics q, the J. W. W.
tonight wrecked the homes Of Justice
Robert Won Moschzisker of the Supreme
Court. William II. Mills. acting Superin-
tendent OF Police, and Judge James f.
German OF the Municipal Court in
widely separated neigh hbOrhoods. Al
though all the Inmates of these dwellings
were asleep at the time, no one was in
jured
Police Were sent TO guard the homes
OF Mayor Smith, f. T. Stotes5ury and
other prominent men 1t was through
the literature found in the ruins OF the
houses that the police learned this was
evidently the initial move In a campaign
by the !. W w.
The explosion at the home OF Judge
German. SiXty-first street and Church
road. occurred about 10 30 and was fol-
lowed twenty-five minutes later by the
attack on the Mills apartment, on the
second floor OF ll29 North Forty-hrst
street. Five minutes later the bomb
wrecked tho Won MoscEzisker house at
2lO1 Delaney street.
Capt, Mills found III the debris at
his home the shattered pane of the
front door with the remainder Of a
printed warning that had been pasted
on the glass. These fragments read
ITO the eXploiters. the policemen, tine
Judges. the priests. tn" soldiers. The
handful OF parasites robbed millions.
The. policemen nnd sold'crs preying on
brothers are their protectors"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
WILSON AGAIN
GUEST OF KING
President Spends Last Night
in England at Bucking-
ham Palace.
TRAVELS TO PARIS TO-DAY
Manchester Speech Believed to
Have Fortified Him for
Peace Conference.
TRAVELS TO PARIS TO-DAY

Copp''gHI, 1913; an rtDhfs rcserrsd.
LONDON, Dec. Returning to-
night from Manchester, President Will
son is spending his last night as a
guest of the King In the Buckingham
Palace. He will leave for Paris to-
morrow. and will start to Italy
Wednesday.
The Manchester trip was another
manifestation OF the Presidents strik-
ing hold on the British people, and
Of the popularity of his principles.
The President feeling at home in the
Lancashire atmosphere. preached the
Amertcanism which will govern the
peace conference, and made clear that
America would enter no combination
of nations that did not include all OF
them. He also issued a warning TO
statesmen against attempting to op-
pose the "compulsion OF the common
conscience"
1t is thought that the Presidents
warning was inspired by discussions
now going on over the Italian and
other boundary claims. The impress
sion has been conveyed that the Pres
ident will use these demonstrations of
approval OF his course as an instru-
ment for gaining his ends in the peace
conference. particularly when opposed
by statesmen who do not agree with
him.
The decision to go to Italy ahead of
schedule was made to-day, and was
due to the Presidents desire to have
the preliminary peace conference be
gin on January 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
GAS EXPLOSION
COSTS 10 LIVES
Acetylene Tank Bursting at
Lebanon, n. j., Wrecks and
Burns Buildings.
SHOCK FELT FOR MILES
Odd Fellows Hall, Post Office
and Stores GOne-Fire
Balks Rescuers.
SHOCK FELT FOR MILES

Ten persons at least. and possibly
twice that number. are believed 10
have been killed last night when an
acetylene gas tank blew UP in the Gel
lar of the Odd Fellows Building at
Lebanon, y. j.. an agricultural village
on the main line OF the Central Rail
road OF New Jersey about eighteen
miles from Somervil;e.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. The building housed the vii
lage post office and a confectionery
store. kept by Joseph Stryker. who is
believed TO have been killed. The post
office had been closed at o'clock in
the evening. an hour before the explo-
sion occurred, and all of those who
were killed We're gathered in the store,
the prlncipa! gossiping place for the
townsfolk after dark.
Buildings for many miles around
were rocked by the explosion, which
left scarcely one unbroken glass pane
in Lebanon. Windows in farmhouses
six miles away We're broken. The
shock was felt plainly in Somervilie.
Attempts at rescue failed when flames
swept through the wrecked building i'm
mediateis' after the explosion. G<oans
and cries OF those who had been caught
in the explosion could be heard dis
tinctly by rescuers, but these subsidcd
n little later, leading TO the belief that
every o.e in the wreckage had been
burned TO death.
The town has TO fire department nor
hospital, and relief trains were hurried
from Sonerville and other nearby
towns. Only two persons, 20 far DIS
could be learned, had been rescued up
to 10 O'clock They were George NJ.
NJ Manning, who was reported to be
dying In Somerset County Hospital at
Somervile, and Leslie Apgsr business
man OF Lebanon. who was carried un-
cor rscious in.o the Lebanon Hotel. Man
ming was found with his clothes blown
of lying on the sidewalk across tie
street from the ruins.
The force of the explosion blew the
roof OF the building seventyive feet
into the air and flung it into the street
half block away. Parts of the walls
also collapsed. adding to the difficulties
OF the rescuers.
Besides StryEer those reported to
have been in he confectionery store
when tho tank blew up were Henry
Bragg, Clarence Emmons. Oscar Apgar,
Peter 8. Nlper. the town undertaken;
John ,SmO K, William Apsar, Russel
and Herman Albsugh. Per-
sons In the Lebanon Hotel said there
were many more in the place, however.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
INTERNED ENEMIES
FACE DEPORTATION
Congress WiH Be Asked to
Send Them Home.

WAsHINGToN. Dec. 20--Dcportatton Of
most Of the 3.o0o or 1000 enemy aliens
no" intern'd H. the United States will
be recommended 20 Congress by the be-
paltment of Justice.
Special legislation will be required for
the deportations. and. 4 was learned TO-
day, the department. will also ask co,
authority 10 prevent tho rNontry Of these
men into this country later
Some of the intened alters are not
considered dangerous now all no effort
Will be made to deport them Careful
investigation OF the records however
convnces the Department Of Justice o..
hcials that the iarser proportion Of those
ntogncd should not be LEFT In this coun-
Try 10 foment future trouble,
The number OF encmy aliens hold IN
internment camps Il understood 20 be
between 5000 and 1000. Most Of them
are Germans and few are women.
About half are understood to be men
vino served actively at one time as GER
man agents In the United StateE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
FIRM ON
WILSON POINTS
French Foreign Minister Re-
affirms Adherence to the
Basic Principles.
SAME RULES FOR ALL
Security. Restitution and Rep
aratiOn Are Elements in
the Settlement.
By ne Associated Press.

PARIS. Dec. 3O.-Stephen Pichon. the
Foreign Minister, said TO the Asso-
ciated Press to-day:
'YVu asked me in what spirit the
French Government is preparing TO
participate in tho peace negotiations
Il is agreeable and easy for me to
reply that the ideal which sustained
us during the war is guiding us efrec-
lively on the eve Of peace. This
defines our policy.
we have been attacked: we want
security. We have been despoiled: we
demand restitution. We have been
devastated; we. want rcparation.
But that which we ask for our
selves we demand TOR all. and hence
are closely in accord with President
Wilson. We intend that peace. in
crssing the effects OF the German
crime, shall bring TO all peoples the
certainty that this crime will not
be renewed"
NJ Pichon, while apparently fatiguel
from tie eighteen hour session in tha
Chamber of Deputies yesterday. made
these statements with great energy
In order to achieve this" he con
tnucd, the world must he constitu, II
Oh Il now basis. The basic points you
know. President Wilson has expressed
them; We have adhered to them.
"Ru'nors OF suspicious origin have A.
tempted in the past two weeks % lea i
one to the belief that notable differences
"Xisted between the Allies or the con-
Ception oc peace. IA order to dispcl
doubts and 70 bring forth the truth.
cannot do better than 10 apDNo-
PIRATE the words spoken in London by
your President and TO declare that the
exchange OF views which has just taken
place between him and the Allied Gov
evnments has proved the complete ac-
cord regarding the meaning and purpose
of the duty for the accomplishment OF
which we have gathered
Together we have saved the worlds
democracy. together we will esta blsh
laws which will record in peace tho
immortal principles for which our sol
diers died. The voices from the grave
dictate our duty TO the living, and We
are Jointly and fundamentally ready 20
fulil it
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
WHOLE WORLD COVENANT
ADVOCATED BY PRESIDENT;
NO PARTY TO AN ALLIANCE
President VIII Pass :
New Years Day in Paris

PARIS, Dec. 30. - President
Wilson plans to pass New
Years Day in Paris and leave for
Italy New Years night.
1t is understood generally now
that the President will remain in
Europe for about month after
his return from Italy, and that
he will take passage for America
about February 10.
Rome is to be the only city in
Italy the President will visit. He
expects to be away from Paris a
week, returning there January 8.
The Interallied Conference will
assemble January 10.
While in Rome the President
will be the guest of the Italian
Government. It seems certain
now that he will visit Pope Bene-
dict and also call at the Metho-
dist College.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
Smoke Puffs Mean
a Pound of Pleasure

A GROUP of doughboys con-
l. valescing in Base Hospital
107 in France all are now we'll
enough to write back their thanks
to THE SUN Tobacco Fund and
its donors, and a sentence culled
here and there from their cards
may be read on page 7.
Sergean: canacott of Com
pany B, Supply Train Motor,
writes: at is a surprise and a
pleasure to know that the donors
are still mindful of u.s."
WARNING! THE sun TO-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
tion or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
Hudson's only 5000 Ton ship Here

The only 5000 ton steamship ever
built on the Hudson River made fast at
rier late yesterday afternoon and the
job OF slowing her maiden cargo will be-
gin this morning. She is the L. s. S.
which was launched on Labor
Day ut the Newburgh Shipyards, Inc.
Capt. John Mcleod. Z. 5. y, H.. sailed
thc ship down the river under her own
steam and turned her over to the Naval
Overseas Transport Service
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
DANES GREET U. S. WARSHIPS.
Cruiser and Two Destroyers Ar
rive at Copenhagen.

CoPENHAGEN, Dee. 30, -- American
warships which arrived here to-day
were greeted by the cheers Of crowds
on the harbor front. A British fleet is
at anchor outside Langeiinje. The
new spapers welcome the American and
British bluetdHhels.
The American naval vessels which
came in were the cruiser Chester and
the destroyers Wickes and Aylwin,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31

Dover, Dee 3O--Houo.s similar to
those he received on his arrival last
Thursday viii be paid President Wilson
when he sails from Dover for Ca'ais at
II u'clo,,, tomorrow morning. HIS train
will he taken direct to tie Admiralty
pier. where nlitar" and naval guards
will be awaiting th1 President.
The return trip across the Channel
will be made on the Brighton. the same
steamship on which the Prcsidr'l. came
To England. British destroyer will
escort the Presidents ship To midchan-
uel where 1t will be met by French de-
stroyers, which will accompany 1t 10
Calais. An aerial escort has been ar
ranged for the entire voyage
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
ALLIED ARMY FOR BERLIN.
Representative DooIittIe Suggests
Triumphant Occupation.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 30,--A resolution
proposing that an army OF Allied and
United States troops triunlphantly enter
Berlin to impress upon the minds of the
Germans the fact that Germany has
been declsively defeated was introduced
to-day by Representative Doolittle CKan-
sas), Democrat.