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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-05-18
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Be 1t further resolved that the voting
shall be secret ballot with one or more
booths fixed as thu State elections; pro-
vided that two Sample Ballots Of each
kind marked Sample Ballots" shall be
posted in front of the polls at the open
ing Of the Box In order that the voters
may familarizs themselves with the
forms Of said Ballots aud the names and
devices thereon.
Be it further resolved. that the quail.
6cation of candidates and voters OF said
Election shall DO that they have paid
their Poll Taxes for the year 1916 and
1917 in the wear in which they were due.
and that they shall BIZ duly Registered
according to law aud possess all other
qualifications prescribed by the Town
Charter.
Be it further resolved. that the Polls
shall b. open from the hours Of six (6)
4. NJ, to seven 20 Pm. -
BIZ 1t further resolved. that it shall be
the duty Of the commissioners of Elec-
ton immediately after the counting VI
the ballots, to make their official re-
turns. in triVlioats, duly sealed and
signed. to the Mayor. pns Tally Sheet
ard List Of voters to bs placed in the
Ballot Box. which box shall be sealed by
the Commissioners and Clerk of Elec-
ton, QUE Tally Sheet to bs delivered to
the Mayor. and the Third Tally Sheet,
to b. sent to the Secretary Of State. F..
Be 1t further resolved that the Town
Council shall met Ia open session OH
the Twenty First (22) day Of May 1918 at
Twelve (l2] O'Clock NJ. at the Town Hall
Cor the purpose of compiling the returns
and prcmulgatiug the results of said
election.
The candidates for Mayor. aud the
Five ~ candidates for Councilmsn. and
the candidate for Chief Of Police re-
csiviDg the highest number of votes for
said respective offices, shall be declared
elected Mayer, Councilman and Chief OF
Police.
BIZ 1t further resolved. that the Mayor
shall provide Ballot Box with lock and
key for said Election; which said Bal
lot shall he properly sealed audi signed
by the commissioners aud clerk after
counting the Ballots and the placing
therein one tally sheet and list of w.
tsrs As aforesaid, aud which shall then
bs delivered to the Maysr as aforesaid
The Mayor then appointed, with the
advice and consent Of the Council, the
following qualified electors Of st. Mar
tinville. Louisiana. as Commission rs
aud Clerk to serve at the said municipal
election to be held Oh May goth 1918:
c. o. BrOussard. ID. +. Duchamp. l.. f
Gary. commissioners and Athos Roy,
Clerk. Luke BONN and j. e. Bienvsnu.
Watchers.
Said commissioners to prseide ut said
election, and they with the clerk 10 do
aud perform all duties incumbent upon
them by law
There being no further business upon
motion of Mr.. A. C.. Gauthier seconded
by Mr.. W. j. Bisnvenu the meeting ad-
jOurned. j.
j. II. Duchamp. Mayor PrO-Tem.
Sidney +. Dslahoussaye. Secretary.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-05-18

"A rlESSAGE TO PARENTS.
Over 100000 Babies Die Every Year in the
United States.
Half Of Them Could be Saved if All Births
Were Registered Promptly.
This One Reason why the United States saws
Register Your Baby's Birth at Once
Other Reason are;
Birth Registration Aid Prevention of Infant Kindness
Birth Registration Proves the Chds Age Essential Pontn
Admission to School s#
a. Leaving School to go to work
Marriage :,
Voting
Gs Jury and Military Service
Admission to and Practice of Professions 81
and many Public Offices sis
Birth Registration Proves the Chds Identity Essential Point in
Administration of Property > IL
-. Settlement of Inheritances 49,
Settementsof Insurance and Persons 81
Various matters in the Criminal q
/. Passports to Foreign Countries ts4f
Residence in Foreign Countries L.N -, 4
headmson to the United States after Residence abroad
Doctors and Midwifes Required by Law to Regis-
ter Brths-SOmetimes They Forget
BE SURE THAT
Your Children are Properly Registered
: 1T COSTS NOTHING TO REGISTER A BIRTH r
Mrs Harry Smedes Parish Chairman of Child Welfare Dept
Mrs Albert Lever Parish Chairman Council of National De-
tense. t -.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-05-18
TO THE FARMER.

fyou have anything to sell pertaining
to agriculture. horticulture livestock.
dairying. ETC.. write the Commissioner
OF agriculture. Baton Rouge. La. and he
will use every effort to dispose Of any
thing grown Oh the farm in Louisiana.
TIL" Commissioners has inargurated a
D'.I,au oi Markets and wants to aid Won
in every way possible.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLn
NEWS ABOUT JEWS EVERYWHERE

blame for the timer disintegrat1on"
of Germany upon the Jews. he
ascribes to the Jews an extraordl-
nary influence in politics and socl-
ETY., and says that this is largely
due to the sensitiveness of his tel
low antisemites, who are both to be
stigmatized as the enemies of Juda-
ism. Another article Of a similar
tone by Herr Won BodelschWlngh
regrets the withdrawal of Herr
Helms anti Jewish motion in the re-
cent debate on the franchise in the
Prussian Parliament, and calls on
his readers Ito take up the struggle
manfully and boldly against these
traitors and corrupters OF our peo-
ple." The "Deutschvolkische Blat-
ter" demands tax on Jews, and re-
calls the fact that a similar tax was
proposed 40 years ago. 1t quotes an
article of 1875 which called the Jews
a luxury article" for the State-the
quotation evidently being made with
reference to the proposed luxury
tax now before the Reichstag.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
ATTENTION, READER!

Scan the list of Jewish boys Gin
SERVICE very carefully. Do you
know of a name beginning with one
of the letters covered by our present
list, which has been omitted? Can
you supply the missing data, branch
of service, camp or cantonment and
home address for the names pub
lished? If so, you will confer a
favor not only upon us, but also
upon the community by sending us
the information.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
MORE JEWISH CHAPLAINS.

Twenty-Five rabbis are needed at
once to go abroad as chaplains with
the A. E. F. The Jewish Welfare
Board United States Army & Navy
has been requested by General Per-
shing to recommend to the War De-
partment the names of at least
twenty-five rabbis for appointment
as chaplains. The following tele-
gram was received by Colonel Harry
Cutler, Chairman of the Jewish Wei
fare Board from general headquar-
tiers Overseas:
General Pershing desires twenty
five rabbis, Request DR.. Cyrus Adler
to recommend to this office i'm
mediately and furnish papers OF
twenty-five rabbis eligible for ap-
pointment as chaplains, in addition
to those already recommended.
Must be naturalized citizens".
"Signed: Mccain"
Eight Jewish chaplains have al
ready been appointed, seven by the
War Department and one by the
Navy. Four are now Overseas.
There has been an insistent demand
from Jewish boys with the Amer
lean Armies abroad for spiritual
leaders of their own faith To be
recommended for a chaplain's COM
mission, rabbi must be an Amer
lean citizen by birth or of parentage
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
SVEN HEDIN ON ZIONISM.
(By the Anglo ewish Press

NgtHCy.J
The famous explorer, Sven Hedin.
has just published a book entitled
"Jerusalem," forming the first part
of larger work dealing with Pal
estine, in which he defines Zionism
in the following words: "Zionism
is the struggle of Judaism against
annihilation, and it's object is the
building up of genuinely Jewish
population in Palestine with agricul-
ture as it's economic basis and He
brew as it's vernacular."
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
SWISS JEWS TO PURCHASE
LAND IN PALESTINE.

(By the Anglo Jewish Press
Agency
According to the Israelitisches
Wochenblatt fur die Schweiz, the
"Makkabi" Zionist Society of
Zurich, in response to an appeal of
the National Fund Commission, has
decided to purchase at least 100 to
200 dunam of land in Palestine. The
Jews of Switzerland have in this
way commenced to fall into line
with fllose If Galicia, Poland and
Rnssia, where large sums have been
subscribed for this purpose, espe-
clall- Gin the last named country
since the British Declaration.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
THE PRO ISRAELE" SOCIETY.
(By the Anglo-J Jewish Press

BY the AnglO-JeWlSn fIeSS
Agency.)
According to the Israelitisches
Wochenblatt fur die Schweiz of
July 5th, a non Jewish society en-
titled "Pro Israele' has been formed
in Rome for studying the Jewish
problem and the possibilities Of its
solution. At the first meeting held
on May 21st, at which many pro-
fessors, Press representatives, and
well-known personalities were pres
ent, it was resolved to enter into
communication with the leaders Of
the Jewish movement in Italy and
abroad.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
August %, 1918

other than German, Austrian or
Hungarian.
The need for chaplains is so
urgent that volunteers are requested
to notify National Headquarters OF
the Jewish Welfare Board at l4o
Fifth Avenue, New York City by
telegram of their willingness to go
Overseas, or to wire DR.. Cyrus
Adler, Chairman of the Committee
on Appointment of Chaplains,
Dropsie College, Broad & York
Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
RUSSIAN POGROMS?

A stockholm report of June ~
states that the Jewish National
Council of Russia representing all
Jewish parties in the country is
protesting against the Jewish
pogroms which are spreading wide
ly over Russia. The Council states
that the authorities not only do not
protect the Jewish population
against pogroms, but in many places
are criminally suppressing the Jews,
alleging as an excuse that the Jews
are in sympathy with the counter
revolutionaries. The Council says
that through this policy the Govern
ment bears the responsibility for the
blood that has been shed.
According to the "Novaya Zhizn"
the question of Jewish pogroms was
recently discussed in the Petrograd
Soviet. The Bolshevik speaker laid
the blame on the counter-revolution-
airy movement. The spokesman of
the Revolutionary Socialists and
Mensheviks declared that the po-
groms were the result of the policy
of the Bolsheviks, which tended to
incite the masses against the edu-
Gated classes, and sowed discord
and civil war. AS against this, the
first speaker pointed out that the
pogroms were taking place not in
the Russia of the Soviets but in
those parts where the Revolution
airy Socialists and Mensheviks we're
predominant. The Commissioner
for Jewish Affairs blamed the Re-
evolutionary Socialists in the Ukraine
as the chief authors of the pogroms.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-23
PAN-GERMAN ANTISEMITISM.
(By the Anglo-J Jewish Press
Agency

Agency
The "Deutsche Zeitung," the or
gan of the Pan-Germans, recently
published a virulent antisemitic ar
ticle by Freiherr Won Gebstattel,
leader of the Pan-German Union,
in which the writer laid the whole
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-05-11
A, W, OWEN NOW A
 CANADIAN MAJOR

The Illustrated World for April con- tains a leading article entitled twill the Allies Ho!d?" by Major A. Wallace Owen, of the 4oth Battalion Canadian Overseas Forces. A paragraph in personal sketch of Major Owen reads:
 "If there was any mixup he missed while on the Western front, it ism on record Among other things, he en- loved a strenuous time on the SOmme. His regiment reached there with 4,O0O men instead of 10000. Soon German offensives were in order and when the sky cleared Major Owen still held his ground but had only 29 men,
 Major Owen was one of the early stampeders to the Klondike country and resided in Dawson until the spring of 1910, when he joined the rush to Iditarod, where he remained during the summer, and did considerable pros pecting in the district. He is now in command of the Western Division Of the British Canadian Recruiting Mis- sion,
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-05-11

vance the ball unless it was getting encouragement from the girls on the side lines.
 Now for the boys.
 Perhaps you have heard about the Working Reserve.
 It has been carefully organized under government supervision. It has re- ceived the official indorsement of the President The whole plan is working out successfully wherever it is under stood.
 The trouble is that some of the boys and some of the parents are still little doubtful regarding enlistment, because they don't know how much of an obllga- tion is assumed.
 Here is the plan in a nutshell: Thou sands of enlisted and selected men have gone to the training camps. It may be that thousands more will go next year. These men are being called from fac tories and workshops and farms. Every factory and every farm must continue production if we are to render full ser vice to our faithful allies during the war. How can we fill the places of the young men who have gone away to fight? We must rely upon the boys who are old enough and husky enough to work. but who are still too young for military service. So here is trumpet call for all city boys and town boys between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one. Prove your patriotism and help your country by jumping in and doing the work of soldier who has gone to the front.
 Go to the recruiting officer andsenlist for the Boys Working Reserve. Then, when you are called upon, go and make good in the job assigned to you and win your medal and wear it and be proud of it.
 Doesn't your common sense and your knowledge of addition and subtraction tell you that if we suddenly take l,00O,- 900 or more men right out of the pro- ductive industries of this country, we must either find million men to take their places or else go short on produc- tion?
 The boys between sixteen and twen- ty-one can and will supply the short age of man-power.
 There will be loud call for them in 1918 and they must answer the call.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-05-11
MARRIED HIS MOTHER -IN-LAW

New York, March 21,-Dunkin Rob- ertson 30 of this city married his mother in law on July l6, 1917 and then sought exemption on the ground that she had weak hearts The District board has compiled by placing him in Class IA.
 Robertson was married first four years ago. His wife died year after the marriage. Senator George B. Agnew said he was satisfied Robert sons latest marriage was ''slacker one." One half of the mans Army pay he said would support Mrs. Robert son.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-05-11
LINCOLN RED g CLUB

In celebration of Abraham Lincoln s IO9th birthday, we, the undersigned, do hereby each agree to pay to the Amer ican Red Cross Society, through it's local organization, five dollars (S5) on the 18th day of each and every month os the duration of the present war. Geo. w. Albrecht A. $. Bourne C, P. Wood Chas. F.. Taylor R. C. Button Wm. B. Thomas Mrs. c. Baker Iditarod Pioneer w. F. Solibakke w. w. Nelson Sam'l Applebaum k. NJ. Hall Alex Dickson Harry Leland Tbos, N. Turner A Friend John A. Nelson. F. Hill A. D. Currie c. Anthonison Capt. J. H. Mclean Wm. H. Jones Jay J. Smith
 The Red Cross needs your "bit.'
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-05-11
HELPING TO WIN
 THE WAR
ADVICE TO AMERICANS BE- TWEEN THE AGES OF
 l6 AND q
By George Ade

This is letter to the fortunate ones who ten years from now, will be enjoy ing the benefits of what all future his tories will call the Great war.
 You (the girls of sweet sixteen and slightly upward and the boys who are getting ready to vote) will know more about this war when you are plump and middle aged than one can possibly know this year.
 When the dust has cleared away and the large events of the war can be seen from distance then you will under stand that the issues involved had to be fought out, that the United States had to take part that the task we are now undertaking had to be accomplished.
 Let us hope that each of you can say. twenty years from now, II was young at the time but I knew what the war meant, and 1 helped'
 Not all of the heroes are in the trenches.
 To prove that brave men remain at home, here am 1 case-hardened bach elor, yenturing to give advice to young women, everyone of whom knows all about the war or at least about one young man who has marched out to win the war.
 No need to tell them to knit. They are knitting.
 Why whisper to them to beware of "slackers." The poor "slacker" al- ready has felt the scorn of their glances.
 Perhaps some hints may be tabulated in the methodical style so dear to pro- fessors.
 Efficiency of soldiers at the front and in the training camps is dependent upon:
 (a) Physical welfare, resulting from comfortable garments and sensible at. tentions, provided by young women between the ages of sixteen and twen- ty-one.
 (b) Mental calm, induced by the knowledge that all the girls at home will postpone definite arrangements until the soldiers come back.
 (c) Spiritual exaltation, encouraged by the occasional receipt of letters from young ladies between the ages of sixteen and tweuty-one
 From the above analysis it becomes evident that the successful prosecution of the war is not dependent upon the President and cabinet, or even upon the council of nat tional defense, but upon Flora and Elsie and Agnes and Jessie.
 Don't let anyone tell you that war is strictly business proposition.
 We can't win the war unless the band play and the girls wave their handkerchiefs.
 The French weep little and kiss one another On each check and sing the "Marseillaise' and then thay are ready to capture some moro trenches.
 Repressed emotions sometimes turn sour. Don't be ashamed to let your enthusiasm float publicly to the breeze.
 You never saw football team ad-
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-05-11
NO MORE WINTER MAIL

@Word has reached this city from Mail Carrier Smith to the effect that no more overland mail will reach here this spring. The incoming consign- ments will follow the ice down the Innoko river, and will reach it's desig- nation in the sweet ultimately.
Iditarod pioneer., 1918-05-11

The Red Cross needs your "bit."
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Restoratives Needed in Berlin.

Socialist members Of the German
reiehstag are asking awkward ques-
tions just now. Somehow the startling
information reached them recently that
troops had actually reached France de-
spite the submarines. Shocking! 1t
could not be. Verboten. Yet the infor-
nation was explicit and trustworthy.
So the Mortified socialists hare asked
the reichstag naval committee to get the
facts. Now it is to be feared that the
socialists of the reichstag are due for
an awful jolt if they get the whole
truth. Aceord;Ag to information given
TO our own people by a member of
che House of Representatives the 9th
er day, two and half times as many
men as those mentioned by the in
quisItive socialists reached France
from these shores in the FIRST ten days
In May. The total transport for May
is reported to have been FIVE times
as great as that shocking forty thou
sand. And all the while Tirpit1s
trusty submarines we're on guard.
Himmeli
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Fish Prices.

Lower fish prices for the people of
Washington may result from present
efforts Of the food administrator to
prevent discriminatory rates and prof
iteering. Mr.. Wilson is to meet the
fish dealers representatives soon and
seek to arrange a scale Of reasonable
profits beyond which hone will 60. Re-
cent instances have come to light Of
extortionato prices charged for fish in
this city, far beyond the range of JUS
tifable profits. Considering that the
people are urged to eat fish and save
meat. it is essential that the prices be
kept to a reasonable point.
In this, as in other cases, the house
holders can aid in the maintenance of
fair ecale Of rates by reporting ex-
tortionate prices. They are urged, in
fact, by the food administration to
keep records Of the prices they pay
and to call official attention to any in
stances of overcharging. The law does
not give the food administrator direct
power over the retailer, but this power
can be exercised through the whole
saler, whose license may be taken
from him if he continues to sell to re
tailers who attempt to profteer upon
the necessities of the people.
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Youths Who Have Enlisted.

While some disappointment has been
felt respecting the number of regis
trants in the "191s class"-that is, those
who attained the age Of twenty-one
since June 5, l917-it is felt that there
has been no Stacking on the part of
these young men. Either the esti-
mates based on actuarial computations
we're too high, or many Of those who
fall within this class have already en-
listed for service. The enlistment
minimum age is eighteen, 50 that it
is entirely likely that many Of the
youths who otherwise would have been
subject to registration now have taken
advantage Of the opportunity and
gone into the service voluntarily, with
out waiting to become eligible under
the draft. There can be surely no
complaint on this score. Tho eager
ness Of these boys to get into the
ranks is altogether commendable. If
it be true, as Is most probable. that
one or two hundred thousand Of the
"19ls class" are already In tho service
there has been no loss whatever. On
the contrary, there has been a gain Of
time In the training and possibly in
tho service itself Of these youngsters.
Presumably many Of those who would
have registered Wednesday had they
waited are now in France, taking part
Evening star., 1918-06-07
The U-Boat Invasion.

Politics, we may all be sure, has had
no part or lot in the appearance Of
German U-boats in American waters.
The true explanation is plain. A heavy
German drive on the western front is
in progress, American troops are on
the field, and others are going forward
across the Atlantic. Food ships like
wise are increasing in number. If pos
sible, the German army staff and navy
staff want to cripple this activity. It
will be to their advantage to SOW tor
ror if possible. That is their game to-
day.
Nothing said in the Senate or In the
House recently or at any time about
any war matter has aided or enlight-
sned or encouraged the enemy. The
situation has been known to Germany.
It has been Of importance to her to
keep informed by her own methods
Of our activities and inactivitiss.
The Navy has been doing good work
In heaa4 waters and European waters.
Evening star., 1918-06-07

Criticism, little free at one time, has
all but ceased. This the Germans must
have noticed, and hence their decision
to strike at the Navy's usefulness in
u direct way. They really compliment
the Navy by this invasion.
Secretary Daniels secs the point. and
Is moving to meet the emergency. He
accepts the challenge, and will in
crease the Nays alertness and activ-
ity. The Navy will redouble its pro-
lection Of both troop ships and food
ships. The Navy is in kelter, and
equal to the new requirements.
Padlocking the lips Of senators and
about the war and its
conduct would serve no good purpose,
even if it could be, and were, done.
They have declared the war, and are
voting supplies for carrying it on.
Surely they may be relied upon to dis
cuss the subject in public upon their
official responsibility.
A political campaign is opening. and
presently will he in full swing. There
are issues in plenty to support It, and
both parties will employ all legitimate
political resources. But the war is not
o political issue, and cannot be madc
one. Any effort Of that kind will in
jmre only the author. The country is
well ad, ised about the records of the
two parties as to hostilities, and knows
that both desire, ard are aiming at. q
decision by force. That fac. is beyond
successful dispute, and should not for
any purpose be questioned.