The Morgan City daily review., January 30, 1918, Image 1

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on German's terns, and
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t 0 tfgn minister, intends to
hpudistely to Brest-Litovsk
of peace conversa
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gu ftor Petrograd 'ispatch
idAylias reiterated t"> the
of Workmen's and So'.die-s'
■ (hot Bolsheviki will
U^nocratic peace. One Pe
pttpal declares that Austria
- already has offered to con
amunte peace with Russia,
af Germany.
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7. W- DREIBHOLZ,
Vice-President
OF MORGAN CITY
OF OUR DEPOSIT BOXES, PRICE $3.00*
h»op and pco t o ct your valuable papers and
•h. Theuahones or* made of steal. Vault larg
dspusit vault in this Parish.
SURPLUS $52,500.00
RESOURCES $420,OOOjOO
A. B. O'BRIEN,
A«*t. Cssl.ler
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Teuton Airplanes Bomb
ing England For Sec
ond Time
Monday Night's Attack on
London Is Followed By
Raid Tuesday.
London, Jan. 30.—12:48 a. m.—
Another hostile air raid over Eastern
England began at 9:30 o'clock last
night and up to the present hour is
still in progress, according to an of
ficial communication issued.
None of the enemy machines has
yet been able to penetrate the Lon
don defenses, although there are re
ports that bombs have been dropped
in the outskirts of the city.
"Hostile airplanes crossed the
coast of Essex and Kent about 9:30
p. m. Some machine attempted to
penetrate into London about an
hour later.
"Up to t 1 ' ■> present none of them
has succe'- ' ! in penetrating the Lon
don def ^' r s. Some bombs are re
ported f~ having been dropped in
the outskirts.
"The raid is still in progress."
London, Jan. 29. —German air
planes made their first attack of the
year upon London and its suburbs
last night, their bombs inflicting
casualties officially reported as for
ty-seven killed and 169 injured. No
serious material damage was done
and the raiders suffered the loss of
one machine, which fell in flames
from a height of 10,000 feet, its
three occupants being burned to
death.
A larger number of machines par
ticipated, but apparently only three
or four succeeded in dropping explo
sive and incendiary bombs into the
town. The gunfit« lasted intermit
tently through five hours and for
two hours of that time was almost
continuous. There was an an hour's
interval before midnight, when no
firing was heard except an occa
sional distant gun off toward the
coast
Morgan City has a Thousand Dol
lar War Stamp Purchasing Club.
Thibodaux ought to go to Morgan
City one better and organize a Ten
Thousand Dollar Club. Just ten of
our citizens 'could each buy $1000
worth of stamps and bring the club
into existence. We've got the citi
zens who have got the money, and
they should "come across" for four
per cent on money is not a bad in
vestment, especially when your
money is invested to help the gov
ernment.—Lafourche Comet.
The Government has sent létters
to 124 clergymen in the interest of
the income tax measure. It claims
that more adulte are readied through
the prese and clergy than any other
sources.—Glenmora Patriot.
Any little woopU or abrasion^ of
a bad sore sad is difficult to heaL
Apply BALLARD'S SNOW UNI
.MENT at once when such accidents
happen. The wound heals promptly
the flesh occuricg in cold weather
that is not promptly treated becomes
and soon does away with the annoy
ance of a bandage. Price 25c. 50c
and $1.00 per bottle. For sale by
BELANGER . DRUG CO.
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Instance of the capability ot\uyMern women is furnished by two girls of Brooklyn who are operating a
and making a success of It.'
Next Draft Date De
pends On Army
Groth Overseas
That To Be Determined In
Turn By Shipping and
Foreign Events
Washington, Jan. 29.—Expansion
of America's fighting forces beyond
their present strength depends upon
such factors as eevnts abroad and
the shipping situation, Secretary Ba
ker said tonight in disclosing that
the War Department has not fixed a
date for another draft nor even de
ermined how many new men shall be
called.
When Mr. Baker told the Senate
military committee yesterday the
United States would have half a mil
lion men in France early this year
and that in all a million and a half
could go across if ships could be
found to carry them, he referred to
the divisions now in training camps
and those already in Europe. Future
developments will decide what addi
tional forces will be sent.
The secretary made clear today his
opinion if events made It nectssary
to cell out mors than another incre
ment of half a million men, the exec
utive's authority to drafa men for
f%bting units Qther than reserves
would be exhausted and further leg
islation by Congress would be neces
sary. He said, however, that under
the authority to call two increments
of Has soldiers of 500,00 each and
such additional numbers for recruit
battalions and special units "as the
Présidant may deem necessary" the
second draft might bring out in all
as many aa a million man.
The Senate committee today ten
tatively approved legislation propos
ed by the War Department to provide
for the registration of yantha attain
ing the age of 21 years since June 5,
authorizing the fixing of quotas on
ths basis of Claas 1 of ths new* class
ification and empowering the Presi
dent to call men noedqd for special
industrial or other, pnpjc.
COLD AND RAIN INTERFERE
WITH CANE PLANTING
Frees The Houma Times:
The prevailing - «old rainy wea
ther seems to greatly hamper the
farmers in this parish who wish to
lay down them plsnt cans for the
1918 crops. Many ,of the planters
in Terrebonne fear that the condi
tion of the weather being unfavor
able for planting, will mean a great
loss to. them. And as one farmer
stated to the editor of this paper,
that it will ,also mean a very late
crop.
We have never before experienc
ed in this parish such unfavorable
weather for cropping, as we have
I this year. The last cold spells have
destroyed all garden plants that usu
I ally thrive abundantly in this sec
of the country, during the mild
1
Enlargement of the Draft
Age Limits in Future Se
lective Service Acts Are
Discussed in Get. Crow
der's Report
Discussing the enlargement of the
age limits for selective military ser
vice, Provost Marshal General Crow
der says in his report to the Secre
tary of War. ___
Should the class of draftable per
sons in future drafts be enlarged or
diminished, as to the ages to be in
cluded?
A pronounced majority of the
boards favor some enlargement, but
there is great diversity of opinion
as to the projjer age limit. Nine
teen and 35 are perhaps the limits
most frequently suggested but some
recommend 40 or 45 years as the
upper limit. There is a distinctly
stronger demand for raising the ma
ximum age than for lowering the
minimum.
The reason given for advocating
this enlargeemnt is the fact that there
are many good men under and* over
the present limits who could more
easily be prepared than an equal
number within the limits.
The following additional sugges
tions are made by a number of
boards: (1) That young men who
are under age should come within
the law when they reach the mini
mum draft age; (2) that young men
of 18 or 19 should be enrolled and
trained, so as to be ready for ac
five service immediately upon attain
ing draft age.
It is obvious that we are at the
threshold of ibis problem, in our
further provision for the conduct of
the war, and that a wiae foresight
should be employed in setting it
The two most important prelim
inary inquiries are: What art the
numbers of available men in the
additional age groups? Which
groupa can we least affard to draw
from?
Available Numbers by Groups.
The available numbers are as fol
lows:
Male population available 1918:
Males, 31-45 years, both inclu
sive (éstimated) 10,683,249.
Males, 21-45 years, both inclusivt
-«-not yet called, 6,503,559.
Males, 18-20 years, both indnsiva
(estimated) 3,087,063.
Males arriving at age of 21 about
June, 1918 (estimated) 1,000,000.
Inasmuch ,*s ;nost (96 per cent)
of the age 18-20 group are not mar
ried and moat (77 per cent) of the
age 31-45 are married it will serve
sufficiently the purpose to estimate
the number of single persons avail
able in each of these groups, accept
ances, as shown by the percentage
of acceptances in the first draft.
'Wheezing in the lungs indicates
that phlégm is obstructing the air
passages BALLARD'S HORE
HOUND SYRUP loosens the phlegm
so that it can be coughed up and
ejected. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00
per bottle. Sold by BELANGER
T*7V7ff CO.
Kaiser
Alarmed; Ger
man Workers Con
tinue Restive
Refuses Vote Of
by
Vote, k Report
Socialist
Unrest among the working people
of Germany has not yet quieted nor
has the political conflict between the
Pan-Germans and the non-militarists
lessened apparently. Concern over
the internal security of the empire
appears in the message sent by Em
peror William in answer to birthday
congratulations from the Reichstag.
To President Kaempf, of the Reich
stag,, the emperor expressed his "ar
dent daily wish," that the German
people may "preserve their union un
til the final victory of our arms."
The emperor declared that he enters
upon "a serious and decisive year."
The Reichstag, however, is reported
to have refused to vote confidence
in the government, mainly through
Socialist opposition, and Chancellor
von Hertling may appear before it
again in a few days to discuss the
question of Belgium.
Efforts to agitate a general strike
in Berlin on Monday are declared to
have failed, according to a message
reaching Amsterdam. Leaflets call
ing for such a strike were distributed
widely in the German capital, but it
is said that workmen in only a few
factories were idle. Lack of central
directions is said to have brought
about the failure.
Tbo Morgan City Fir* Department
will |faw n done* tomorrow night
.(Thursday) at tbo' City Hall—Ad
mission 50 coats.
Morgan City Daily Review deliv
ered at your home 40c a month. v
TheFirstNational Baric
OF MORGAN CITY, LA
Captai aid Surplus $100,000.
RESOURCES OVER HALF-MILLION DOLLARS
Banking in aO af its branche«
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT
Receives deposits on accounts subject to chock] loans money on
commercial paper and approved collateral.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Christmas Savings Club, Liberty Loan'Bond Club, 3 1-2 per cent,
interest paid on Certificat« of Deposit.
Wo sell Foreign Exchange, Traveler's Checks, Rent Safe Deposit
Boxes $1.00 and tap per year.
Any Thing in Banking We Have It
Wa invite your account large or small
Herbert M. Cotten, President
E. A. Pharr, Vice-Pres. K. R. Hood, Cashier,
M. E. Norman, Vice-Pres. C. P. Lynch, Asst. Cashier.
Morgan City's Strongest Financial .Institution.
Italians Launch Midwin
ter Drive
Invaders
Against
Furnish Military Surprise in
Forceful Attack Upon Aus
irc-Cermans
Notwithstanding the fact that
Italians have carried out successfully
a spectacular drive against the Aus
tro-German lines in the mountains
region of Northern Italy and captur
ed strong positions and more tran
1500 men.
The blow was delivered on the
Asiago plateau sector and the en
emy positions penetrated were ten
aciously held, despite strong coun
ter-attacks in which Austro-Germans
were repulsed \ ith heavy casualty.
The eBrlin war office, in admitting
the reverse to . :e Teutonic allied
line, asserts that the Italians repeat
edly tried to bring up reinforcement
to widen the breaches they had made
in the enemy but that their efforts
and 360 Italians were made prison
ers.
That airplanes aided materially in
the fighting, full details of which
have not yet been received, is indi
cated in the Italians offical commun
ication, which asserts that during the
progress of the battle, the enemy
lost twelve aircraft.
Tax Income Officer
The Income Tax Officer arrived in
Morgan City last Monday and in
stead of being located at the Post
office as heretofore announced, be
is to be found m theCourt room at
the City Hall. Those who are in
need of advice about making their
return will do wel to call on him as
heavy penalties are imposed for
non-performance to comply with the
law of the Income Tax.
The Morgan City Fire Department
will giv* a dance tomorrow night
(Thursday) at the City Hall AA
mission 50 cents.
We Have Secured lbs
Dodge Agency
And are able to make
Immediate Delivery.
Dodge Touring Car
1980 Delivered
St Mary Garage
And
Machine Stop
Fraiddm, La.