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The Only Fair and Safe Solution
of the War Says Russian
Council Lies In Pact
Allied Nations
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Petrograd, via London, May 15.—
The Council of Soldiers and Work
men's deputies has issued an appeal
to the army which declares that
German imperialism is seeking to
destroy revolutionary Russia and
enslave the Russian people. It ap
peals to soldiers to defend Russia
with their power and declares that a
separate peace is impossible.
The appeal says that the only so
lation of the war must be a general
peace among all nations by common
agreement. It asserts that the coun
cil is aiming at peace by calling for
• revolution among the workmen
and peasants of Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary, but that peace cannot
be achieved unless the enemy at
the front is checked.
The manifesto concludes with
begging the soldiers not to re
nounce their offensive and warns
against fraternizing with the enemy,
which it says cannot end the war.
The executive committee of the
delegates after discussing the inter
nal situation in Russia, decided by
forty-one votes against nineteen to
favor the participation of represen
tatives of Socialist parties in the
provisional government.
Before voting in favor of the par
ticipation of the Socialists in the
provisional government, representa
tives of the general staff visitfed the
ixecutive committee of the Soldiers
and Workmen's deputies and spoke
anost earnestly of the seriousness of
the situation. According to their in
formation, the speakers said, several
army commanders purposed to fol
«SAFETY FIRST"
We take pleasure in announcing to our friends that Mr. Beaumere,
an expert, representing the Mosler Safe Co. is with us installing the
new Mosler Deposit Box System, which has a prominent feature in
THE YALE LOCK AND KEY. This is not an
"Ordinary Safety Deposit Box"
Let Mr. Beaumere tell you more of them.
Peoples State A Savings Bank
MORGAN CITY, LA.
On Busy Railroad Avenue
Open Saturday'» until 8 p. m.
GU3 DREWS,
President
E, VV, DR EI B HOLZ,
Vic '-Presdi
The Bank ot Morgan City
FIRST ON THE ROLL OF HONOR
YOUNG COUPLE
Remember that saving money is
a duty you owe the old couple you
will some day be.
Insure their comfort and inde
pendence by opening a bank ac
count now.
BANK Of* MORGAN CITY
A HIGH MARK
Uptil £5,000.08 Supin »WWW
F. D. WINCHESTER,
Cashier
A. B. O'BRIEN,
Asst. Cashier
, low the example of M. Guchkoff mm
, ister of war and marine, and resign,
owing to the impossibility of fulfill
ing their duty to the country under
I the present conditions.
I The Council of Workmen and
j Soldiers' delegates today issued an
j appeal to the Socialists of Germany
and Austria to prevent their troops
from being hurled against the west
ern front in order to crush France
and then dash on to Russia.
CIVIC LEAGUE MEETING
The Civic League met at the City
Hall in regular session Tuesday af
ternoon at 3:30. A good attendance
was present and a number of impor
tant matters were acted on by the
meeting. A complete report of the
meeting will probably be presented
by the Civic League Press Secretary
at an c&rly date.
WANTED TO BUY
All kinds of old machinery, me
tals, junk, rubber, auto parts paying
the market highest price. No pur
chases from children.
Phone 208. W. J. LEVI,
lmo. Morgan City, La.
We have made arrangements wit.h
Dr. C. G. Sails, Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat specialist to visit Morgan
City in connection with the Imper
ial Jewelry Company on the first of
every irionth. Dr. Sails comes highly
recommended. Any information
wanted ring 46. * 2wks.
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General Pétain, the Idol of
Ii»e Soldiers Will Give New
Initiative in French Drive
Paris, May 15.—Genera! Petain
was appointed as commar.der-in
chief of the French armies opera
ting on the French front at a cabi
net meeting today.
General Nivelle was placed in
command of a group of armies.
General Foch, who has played an
important part in the battles of the
Marine and the Yser, succeeded
Genarl Petain as chief of staff at
the ministry of war.
The transfers were approved by a
cabinet council on the recommenda
tion of the ministry of war. General
Niville some time ago succeeded
General Joffre ir. chief command
along the western front. Recently a
new military office was created, that
of chief of the general staff, to
which General Petain was assigned
with authority to act as the princi
pal adviser to the minister of war
upon all military movements.
This continued General Nivelle in
chief command at the front, with
General Petain as the chief consul
tative authority at the ministry of
war in formulating movements, but
without actual command of the
troops in the field, for which hi*
experience appeared to qualify him
The new arrangements gives Gen
eral Petain actual command at the
front and General Foch will assume
the position of chief of staff at the
ministry of war relinquished by
General Petain.
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
London, April 30.— (Correspond-
ence of The Associated Press)—A
general tightening of belts has been
necessary after meals in restaurants,
hotels, boarding houses and clubs
since April 15th, when the new
feed order went into effect.
-The scale of allowances now in
force are as follows:
Msat
Breakfast 2 ounces
Luncheon 5 ounces
Dinner . 5 ounces
Tea nil
Sugar Bread
2.7 ounces 2 ounces
2.7 ounces 2 ounces
2.7 ounces 2 ounces
2.7 ounces 2 ounces
The new order provides that there
shall be one meatless day a week, in
the city and metropolitan area on
Tuesdays and elsewhere in the Uni
ted Kingdom on Wednesdays. Only
on meatless days and on Fridays
may potatoes be eaten.
Restaurants keepers are already
loud in their grumblings at these
regulations and predict the total
disappearance of the well-known
chop and steak luncheon which has
been an institution of city and West
End life for many years. They say
a chop or steak of only five ounces
cannot be worth eating and certain
ly will not suffice for a whole meal.
The Director General of Food
Economy declares that the country's
stock of foodstuff is low and urges
everyone to be his own food con
troller to carry through the volun
tary ration as laid down by Lord
Pevenport and so get through Sep
temper without having to resort .to
the annoying of compulsory ration
ing.
At the same time, he said, great
efforts are being made to prevent
excess profitting and, within the
last few days, wheat had fallen two
shillings a quarter. Stocks of food
stuff must not be allowed to fall be
low a danger line and if, in spite of
all warnings and appeals to patriot
ism, the country refused to respond
to the appeal for economy in the use
of bread, compulsory rationing
would be instituted at once.
Petrograd, April 27.—The name
of the town and port of Romanoff,
on the murman coast, has been offi
cially changed to Murman. The port
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Few Days
President Not Expected To
Disapprove the Roosevelt
Proposal
Washington, May 15.—The war
army bill probably become a law
within the next few days and before
the end of the week the comprehen
sive plans of the War Department
for raising a force to fight Germany
will be in motion.
Conferees of Senate and House
agreed upon .the bill today, deciding
to retain the Senate amendment un
der which Col. Roosevelt may be au
thorized to raise not more than four
divisions of infantry for service in
France. The report will be taken up
by the House probably tomorrow
and its adoption there is expected to
be followed quickly by final action
in the Senate.
P rom the Congress the bill will go
to the White House for the signa
ture of President Wilson before it
becomes a law. AV:hough the admin
istration opposed attaching any vol
unteer provision to the selective
draft plan, it is generally believed
the President will sign the measure
if it reaches the White House with
ihe Roosevelt provision in it. The
bill as it stands merely would au
thorize, not require, the recruiting
of a volunteer force for service in
France.
Jassy, Rumania, April 25.—King
Ferdinand told the Rumanian soldi
ers during a recent inspection that
they are all to participate in grants
of lands and to have greater politi
cal rights. The King is himself giv
ing the example by distributing his
own lands to the peasants.
"This land," said the King, "will
be given to you and I, your King,
will be first to set the example in
making the gift. You will, moreover,
be granted large participation in the
conduct of public affairs."
The King's speech has caused gen
eral satisfaction throughout the
country, half of which is now under
German domination.
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has recently acquired great impor- j
tance by the opening of railway ac
cess.
Paris, April 29.—Dogs have ren- j
dered valuable service in Red Gross'
work in France during the past two
I years, but the society in Paris, which
I supplies the dogs to the ambulances
! at the front, has issued a request
j that no more sporting dog be preent
I ed to the army. "Although intelli- :
! gent, resourceful and courageous,
! dogs which have ben accustomed to
! go • out with sportsmen will not do
for war service," says the society's
notice. They are so compeletely the
slaves of their oid passion that no
training can cure them. A pointer,
once he scents a pheasant, can't re- ;
sist the temptation, and will aban- ;
den a wounded soldier to go in pur
suit of the bird."
CIVIC LEAGUE
I
' The Civic League will meet in
regular session Thursday afternoon
'at 3:30—City Hall. Important busi
C^;Slning (NEewe of Ger
mans Against British
at Bullecourt Fails
are Heavy Oa
Assaults Against The French
Protected By Their
On New Position
What had been every there
thought to be a commencement of
a strong offensive by the Germans
agains.t the British along the Lens
St. Quentin line and the French
from the region northwest of Sois
sons into Champagne apparently
was only one of the sporadic counter
attacks which the Germans have
been throwing against the fronts
since the spring offensive began.
Around Bullecourt the intense
fighting which has been going on for
more than a week continues assault
after assault against the British.
Tuesday four of these were launch
ed, the Germans losing in all of
them except the last, when then
troops drove back .the British in the
western portion of the village for a
distance of about 100 yards. In all
the attacks the German casualties
were extremely heavy, in one of
them about 250 dead and wounded
having been left inside the British
lines.
Along the front held by the
French artillery, actions prevailed
throughout Tuesday, the Germans
failing to follow up their infantry
attacks of Monday, in which the
French war office says they suffered
heavy losses.
The Italians have assumed the of
fensive against the Austrians in the
Isonzo region along a front of near
ly twenty-five miles. Following ex
tremely heavy bombardments the
Italians loosed their infantry in
frontal attacks and made consider
able progress at various points, ac
cording to the Italian official com
munication. The battle is still in
progress.
Another success by the Venizelist
.troops, fighting side by side with the
French forces in Macedonia, is re
corded by Paris, two works extend
ing over fronts of more than 1500
yards having been captured and held
in the face of counter attacks.
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Business men believe in the Federal Reserve
System, but many of them know little about it or how
it operates.
To tell our community ho.v the system benefits
them and how they can contribate directly to its sup
port, we have prepared a short pamphlet.
If you haven *t seen it we shall be glad either
to mail it to yon or give it to
yo u if you wil1 call.
" «Y8TWI
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BETTER BABIES CAMPAIGN
The week May 1 to 6, set aside by
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs as Nation-wide Baby Week,
was fittingly observed in Morgan
City.
The work was in charge of the
Health Committee of the Civic
League, Mrs. E. A. Pharr, Chair
man.
The program for the week con
sisted of educational articles in the
newspapers.
Educational exhibit of panels and
pictures.
Series of slides shown at the two
moving picture theatres three days
free, showing all places of Child
Welfare.
Cradle and Font Roll exercises.
Sermons on Baby Sabbath ir. the
various churches.
Distribution of literature.
A model nursery and a rest room
were fitted out in the City Hall
where Dr. Kimhurger of New Or
leans assisted by Mrs. Fllis and Mrs.
Hodge examined the babies.
35 babies were thoroughly gone
over and a written report as well as
verbal advice given the mothers.
Last year five babies scored 100;
three of them, Ray Pierron and
Irma gouner were again entered this
year and scored another 100. Ray's
twin brother Roy, scoring 79 t-2.
Dr. Kimburger was puzzled how
to mark one baby of 18 months
who in measurement and weight
went much over the standard, but
finally declared him super and in a
class by himself.
Following is a list of babies scor
ing 100 points.
Corinne Foster
Ray Pierron
Alexander Martin Blum
Irma Gouner
John M. Parker Gray
Lynn Arcenaux
Lea Maria Bertin
Danielle Theresa Fleury
Much credit is due the Committee
tor its excellent work n this highest
order of public service for Better
Babies, Better others, Better City.