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MORGAN CITY, LA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917.
No. 57
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)raft Plan To
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Washington, Oct.
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new plan
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for
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applying
selective draft which
prehensive
the army
toold take first only men without
dependents and of no particular val
je to war industries and establish
various grades of dependency and i
yjjtjial value from which future ,
^jfts would be made strictly on
the selective basis has been worked
o«t tentatively by the provost mar
All general's office and discussed :
with the President. I
The olan, it was learned today, \
ns submitted recently to a con- :
femnce of civilians who directed ex -1
«ption board activities in a num- j
her of states and received the en- ;
(tenement of most of them, who now ;
ire discussing the proposed plan
iith their state governors. I
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taros would first take all men phy- i..
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h is proposed to formulate
«ch local draft district a table
IÜ registrants, placing each in a
column denoting his dependents and
industrial value in the war's prose
cution. For instance, horizontal
cution. For instance, horizontal
columns or classifications would be
tiled upon dependency. Men with
io dependent would be placed in the
first class, those with dependent dis
tant relatives in the second class,
those with wives in the third class,
sad those with a wife and one child
m the fourth, and so on.
In selecting men for examination,
«ally fit having neither dependents ,
•or value in essential war industries. !
When this class was exhausted, draft
S* 7* *7 on ! he c,asses
Z? ■I'Shlest dependency!
owns ana tile least value in essen
tàl industries. Theoretically, the
dnft would work down through the
hWe to the classes with most de
nts and highest industrial
fts plan involves a determination
to 4e government of what indus- 1
®«ire the most valuable, and this
*Pffflg officials considerable diffi
ll understood the entire pro
will be made known as soon
•> Ä B completed and approved by
C. A. Bibbins, Cashier.
H. R. Fleury, Ass't Cashier.
^ W. J. McClellan, Pres,
j p- DeGravelles, Vice-Pres.
*' **• Fisher, Vice-Pres.
WE EXTEND YOU
perfect a Banking service as it is possible to acquire, and
it every accommodation compati oie with sound conser
"fi business.
per cent Paid on Savings Accounts
1 rniy the Peoples Batik"
Peoples Stale «& Savings Bank
p .. MORGAN CITY, LA.
sy Railroad Avenue. Open Saturdays until 8 p.m.
AY. TREIBHOLZ,
Yice-Presdt
G DS DREWS, v ■
President *
The Bank oi Morgan Citv
first on the ROLL OF HONOR
RESOLVED
that from now on to spend a little
less than you earn—to save a little
rnore every day—week or month.
The above resolution will be easy to
keep if you will start a bank account
^ith us today.
—ifopHal] $25,000.00 Surplus §52,000.
Resources $360,009.00
-®- W INCHESTED
Cashier
A. B. O'BRIEN,
Asst. Cashier
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Neutral Nations To Feel
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Runnii
German Empire
Entente Allies See Necessity
nting Supplies
Washington, Oct. 17.—Neutral na
tions and particularly those in Eu
rope must be prepared to share ev
en greater deprivation anil burdens
mat ] e necessary by the war under
the decision of the recent Allied con
ference at London,
i Details of the conference are be
, ginning to reach Washington
through official channels. They
show that the Allies are determined
to support the armies in the field by
: cutting off as far as possible all
I supplies for the German army from
\ neu t ra l sources through a tightening
: of tbe blockade.
Attention was called at the confer
j ence to the necessity of preventing
; Sweden from supplying Germany
; w * tb metals and the general opinion
was tba t hereafter the neutrals
I should be compelled to furnish the
j Allies with goods of their own pro
| duction which they cannot consume
I in exchange for supplies from the
Allies. They will be required to use
j their own ships for this trade.
"Such is the new blockade form
ula, which must be strictly applied,
and which will make it impossible
for Germany to continue the strug
gle," said one declaration of the con
ference. The extent to which the
United States will be influenced by
the decisions of the London confer
ence has not been revealed, but that
this government is in accord with
them is evidenced by the rigid re
strictions placed upon exports to
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the European neutrals from this
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,view. It will only cost
m011th _ , lriiverK ,
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view. It will only cost 40c per |
to your home by j
carrier.
FOR YOUR BOY lN THE ARMY
NOTHING WOULD 3E MORE AP
PRECIATED BY HIM THAN THE
HOME PAPER.
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President Wilson, to allay the anx
iety prevailing throughout many ir.
dustries over the next draft, which
had been planned for as early as De
cember before the new plan was pro
posed, but which may now be de
layed.
PROVIDENCE MEN OFF FOR NATIONAL ARMY CAMP
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once, K. I.. :iuin-;iii;g lue city parade ground before leaving for the Natioual array
inis Is the .second quota of men sent to the camp.
1000 More Shipbuilders Expect
ed Within Few Months
Government Operations Reaching Place Where
Many Men Will Be Required
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Within sixty days 500 more men
will come to Morgan City to be em
ployed at the Union Bridge and Con
struction Company Shipyard. Soon
thereafter, 500 more are expected to
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cordance with advices given out
from reliable sources. 1000 men,
many of thgm doubtless men with
families, to be added to the popula
tion of this city, a city already
crowded from a standpoint
commodations.
Government officials are writing!
j the Chamber of Commerce to as-j
I certain conditions here in regard to
! accommodation which men employ
i ed in the s-overnment wnrk
come here to take part in the same J
work. This information is in ac .
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cvernment work may ;
find. Snould property owners fail j
to proviee - or tne great increase. '
which is confidently expected by
all men who have made investiga
tions to be of a permanent nature, it
is probable that the government will
take a hand and build a cantonment
here for the men who are to work at
shipbuilding. The effect chat such
a move would have on the establish
ed business districts of Morgan City
is a question in the minds of many
merchants. Should the government
boarding and rooming barracks for
workmen be established at the scene
of the Union Bridge and Construc
tion Company operations, it has beer,
pointed out that -new business es
tablishments would spring up to
provide the big new settlement with
all the necessaries of life and that
j the merchants now established and
in a position to ';ji; > car? of many
! times the custom thaï now falls to
I them would suffer by the move.
Boarding houses, hotels and restau
rants would probably lose a great
deal cf business which they might
get should the new comers be housed
throughout the city in the usual
manner. But the greatest loss
would probably be experienced by
j the owners of vacant property who
j might improve their holdings and
'derive splendid returns therefrom.
Property owners and capitalists
of Morgan City have given serious
thought to the question of building
rent residences here, but there is ex
isting an uncertainty in the minds of
many as to the permanency of ship
building operations on their present
enforced scale. This hesitation is
held as justified when it is consider
ed that the Union Bridge and Con
struction Company may, perhaps,
complete only the one contract on
which they are now working. Being
absolutely fair minded, the officials
of this great company state that
while their operations here may be
continuous they are not yet in a po
sition to so state. Yet it is the be
lief that the building of ships will
be of a permanent duration at thi s
, point and that the operations will
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be on even a greater scale in the
future.
The character of the yard being
established here by the Union
Bridge and Construction Company
îeads to , the belief that U wiU be P er '
manently used for shipbuilding The
site supplied for the yard by Mrs.
M. M. Young and her sons is perhaps
the finest on the gulf coast and the
equipment and ways being built
on it are acknowledged to be supe
rior
ac-i:'"V"r V ^V ar ? n °Z ZS*'?.
in the Gu!f Coast section. Should
'the company of famous bridge
builders now occupying this site de
cide to vacate it upon the termina
tien or' their government shipbuiid-1
ing contracts, it has been pointed
ou f that the great demand for ship?
' D y private owners which the er. ,! ~ '
Vf - ar will create will demand
utilization of all the shipyards
the world for many years to come
and that the wonderful facilit: ■?
here established will be eagerly
sought by builders who must sup
ply that demand. These conditions
being true, it appears that capital
may be safely invested in modern
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Eyeglasses
correctly
fitted
The fitting of glasses
is no mere "side-line"
v. ith us.
Our optical depart
ment is in charge of
an exnert optician—a
man thoroughly fami
liar -.vi'h the most ad
vanced optométrie? 1
practice.
We have in stock a
complete line of eye
glasses in all design?
and in all types of len
ses, including the pop
ular tortoise shell
•style,
You —.ill do the wise,
the safe thing to com' 1
to re. And you v'U
save money, too.
imp. Jewelry Co.
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VerlTMrxWatcK
MORGAN CITY'S SECOND TEAM
SHOWS GOOD BEGINNING
The Morgan City High School 2nd
Team played against Patterson
School second team. It was a com-
plete victory for Morgan, the score
being 7 to 0. Both teams did good
work. Thorgerson starred by catch-
ing a forward pass thrown by
Schmidt, and made a touch-down.
Morse kicked a clean goal; Getroc
Chauvin and Grazzilla also starred
by making bucks and end runs.
Both teams were pressed hard from
beginning till last quarter, when the
touch-down and goal kick was made.
The line-up for Morgan City was
as follows: Schmidt, quarter; Chau-
vin, L. H.; Tetroe, F.; Grizzappi, R.
G. ; Green
H.; Thorgeson, L. E.; Larocca, L.
T.; Campus, L. T.; Raiehe, C.; Po
iasky, R. G. ; Morse, R.
wald, R. E.
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The line-up for Patterson was as |
follows: T. Loveland, Quarter; [
Loveland, L. H. G.; atsworth, F.; :
Mahon ey. R- H.; Xorgress, L. E ;
R 8nt hrop, L. T.; Serburne, L T
DoriSi C _. Felterman , R. G .; LeV y, R.'
q- . r g
Substitutes: Guess,
median.
Christy, Sou
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E. A. Pharr, Vice-Pres., K R. Hood, Cashier,
M. E. Norman, Vice-Pres., "O.fP. Lynch, Asst. Cashier.
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TAILOR
PHONE 273»
Carrière I
From Wall, Attack
ing Guards
Desperate Patrie in Cell For
Hfcur Before Condemned
Man Is Conquered
Suddenly tearing a four-foot sec
tion of two-inch piping from the
plumbing in his cell in the parish
Prison shortly before midnight Wed
nesday, Hilaire Carrière, condemned
murderer of Sheriff Marion Swords
of St. Landry parish, made a desper
ate attack upon Captain Richard
Meredith and deputy sheriffs who
were guarding hirq. The act follow
ed the declaration by Carrière that
he would commit suicide before al
lowing himself to be hanged Friday.
A terrific struggle of an hour fol
lowed in the ceil between the power
ful murderer and six officers be
fore he was conquered.
When Carrière was finally over
powered he was handcuffed, leg
chained, and chained to the cell door
in the effort to prevent him com
mitting any other act upon his life.
He continued struggling in his bonds
and swears he never will be hung.
Report on City Water
New Orleans, La., Oct. 15, 1917.
Mr. J. H. Evans, Superintendent,
City Water Works,
Morgan City, La.
Dear Sir:—
Report just submitted by the labor
atory on 3 samples of city water
sent by you, October 11, shows that
this supply meets the requirements
and may be considered safe for po
table purposes.
Assuring you of our pleasure in
rendering the citizens of Morgan
Eitv* this service I am
Yours very truly,
OSCAR DOWLING,
President.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. D. Breaux,
a nine-pound boy.
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