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The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03
CHICAGO WARNED.
i Million Pounds of Food Wasted in
 Garbage Cans Daily.

Chicago, April 30.-Dr. John Dill Robertson. city health commissioner advised Chicago housewives that they are now wasting over one mli- lion hounds daily of food which is heinz thrown into the garbage cans when it should be conserved.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03

po vou know sanol Chill Tonic lsnoeks the chills and malaria levers? Get a 8 cent trial bottle at the drug store.-Ady
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03

Large Trial Bottle of Sanol for 35e. Sanol is family remedy. Sanol is sold on an absolute guarantee. Re- member if it says Sanol it is all right. 35c and Si.00 at the drug store--Ady.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03
AMERICAN TANK
 STEAMSHIP SUNK
The Vacuum Was Torpedoed While Enroute Home, by German Approximations Are
 Missing.

London, April 30.-The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The captain and part of the crew and the naval lieutenant and nine American naval gunners are missing.
 The Vacuum was sunk by a Ger man submarine on Saturday while on her way to the United States.
 The chief mate and 1T men, in- cluding three of the American navy gunners have been landed.
 A boat containing the master of the ship and the remainder of the crew and nine naval gunners, is missing,
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03
Vacuum From New York.

New York, April 3O.-The Ameri- can steamship Vacuum commanded by Captain s. $. Harris, of this city, left New York on March 30, for Bir- kenhead, England, carried a crew of 34 men of whom fifteen were Amer ican citizens, including nine native born.
 The Vacuum Oil Company Monday received this message from it's agent abroad:
 Vacuum torpedoed 2Sth, 40 miles west of Barra. Number i lifeboat with captain and others missing.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03
Lid is CIamped Down.

Extraordinary measures have been taken by the rulers of the Central Empires to prevent the outside world from knowing what is trans piring within their borders. No German newspaper is allowed to pass into a neutral country and, for the last ten days, all persons have been forbidden to leave Germany. Thus the scanty and dubious news formerly gleaned from the censored German press or from casual trav- elers has been completely cut off and the Teutonic Empires are al- most isolated from the world as was ancinnf IAnan
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03
FRENCH DRIVE
 FORWARD AGAIN
Gen. Nivelle Renews Offensive by Launching Powerful Attack Against German Lines
 Much Fighting in Air.

The expected battle in the Cham pagne region of France, following days of acute gun preparation by the French forces which was answered almost shot for shot by the Ger mans, at last has broken, says the Associated Press summary of Tues day morning
 Seemingly synchronizing it with the somewhat lessened activity on the part of the British against the Germans on the Arras front, the French, eastward from Rheims, launched an attack Monday over a front of about four miles from the south of Beine to the east of Monte Carnillet and captured several for- tifled German trenches.
 \ Sharp, Swift Attack.
 Delivered at midday, the offensive was swift, and sharp, and at its con- clusion the French line had been driven forward into territory pre- yiously occupied by the enemy to depths ranging relatively from 500 to 1000 yards. Simultaneously to the eastward thrust by the French northeast of Monte Haut netted them gain of about two-thirds of a mile and placed them virtually astride the Moronyilliers-Nauroy road.
 That the fighting in this region has not yet been brought to con- clusion is indicated by the official statement of the Paris war office, which announces that artillery duels of violence are still going on. There also has been q continuation of the great artillery activity from St. Quentin to the Disc and along the Chemin-des-Dames, northeast of the Soissons.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03
lAssociated press Report

May day has dawned with the armed hosts of England, France and Germany still locked fast in the most tremendous struggle of the world war. But the eyes of the world are fixed for the moment on the stage behind the battle line, where, inside the closely guarded frontiers of the Central Powers, the bursting of the long brewing storm of discontent is awaited with a mingIing of fear and hope
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-03

For -Two-seated hack, in good
 shape, at R. J Pierce farm.--Adv. f05 St IS it.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28
AMERICAN RED CROSS

The following cablegram, from
the Paris headquarters of the Am
erican Red Cross, received today
shows what the American Red
Cross is doing to assist the farmers
6 France, like veritable pioneers,
ere returning to their devastated
lands.
Red Cross Workers who have
just returned from the devastated
region say that they passed no
building covered by roof. In some
places numbers Il farmers, born
and raised on this land, like their
fathers for generations before them
have come back to their ruined
houses to begin anew.
Repair work has been begun at
three places where the Red Cross
helps farmers to roof at least one
room and to give it windows and a
door. One man, formerly prosper
Gus, asked for such assistance be-
cause Of his comfortable farm
house and outbuildings, only l sta
ole still stands. He asked the Red
Cross to help fix tire roof Of his sta
bic that he might bring his family
back and recommend .tilling his
land which is unusually fertile.
This man said: 1T is hard to
have to begin all over We shall be
grateful for your cooperation as
this land is all we have left. All
the same it is good to be back.
"This is the spirit Of all returned
farmers Of the devastated regions.
To give these courageous, indomit-
able people the chance Of winning
back again their own land, re-
building their houses and, like sec
ond race of pioneers reconquering
their own country, is one thing the
Red Cross is trying to do"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28

Put a porous plaster on the chest
and take good cough syrup intern
ally if you would treat a severe
case of sore lungs properly. Get
the dollar size BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP. With each bot
tie there is free HERRICK'S
RED PEPPER POROUS PLASTER
for the chest. Sold by Belanger
Drug Co.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28

The GARDEN OF ALLAH UNI
doubleday the most wonderful des-
ert story ever filmed, will be at
the Arcade Theatre December 5th
and 9Th. This supreme picture Of
historical drama will be shown
here for two days in order to give
every man, woman and child an op-
portunity to see it. Nothing
grander in pictures has been seen
here.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28
PIE; DINNER DANCE

The ladies of the Catholic
Church will serve PIES like moth
e. always wanted to make from 10
to / o'clock Thanksgiving Day ii
the City Hall A good dinner will
be served from II to 2 o'clock
Children's Dance from 3 to 5; and
at night the grown-ups will be en-
tertained with Fair and Dance.
Fine music and refreshments. Ev-
erybody invited.
"a Call to Duty
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28
REPORT CT THE CONDITION OF
The First National Bank

At Morgan City the the of
Notes and rediscouned (othe bank
acceptance soid} s29e6736 s34l22
T. Bonds deposited (par valued
T. S Bonds 9nd ce.ic,tes CT indebtedness pledged to
L eIISafes Of indebtedness pledged to
postal savings deposits (par
l. s. Bonds and certificates OF indebtedness owned and
d. unpedsed g 100000
Liberty Loan Bonds unpedged
Stock o OF fe sanfS ss so per cent ts5ss
Value of banking house 100000
Real estate owned other banking house l,s55.oo
with Reserve Bank in process collection
Cash ss saS .ss sssss due from xs..p. Banks
MES than include in 49, 4andl5.
porting bank and other cash items 2,262.63
1n,e,s:, ss9ss but no. e..e ,..pxns ssSSs
TOTAL ..r; ~; .so40ool'zl
Capital stock paid in $1,000 ooo 90 90
Undivided O profits . 49,: s2 oos IL '''
current ne expenses and taxes paid
Amount reserved taxes accrued 50
Circulating outstanding 100000
Net amounts due to banks bankers and trust c %
Individual deposits subject to check
lother than for money borrowedJ 15os3s75
6ssts's ssya asso ssgosts isi7s5
Liabilities h4sA for redscounts including those with
STATE FsoS Of f res5Isf Saas
s3sS
Subscribed
T. A. 0l1 Notary anSP Public
! I : s S$sS;si
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28
WILLIAM BLUMBERC

Win be in Morgan City at the office
of DR.. C. C. deGravelles next Fri
day, November 30, and Saturday
December 1. Those who are in
need of proper fitting spectacles or
eyeglasses. will do we'll to call on
him to have their eyes scientifically
tested.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28
K. Of c. Have Turkey
Supper

With Mr. c. l.. Wise presiding as
POSTMASTER, about so members Of
the K of C. Lodge partook of a
turkey supper at the local lodge
rooms Tuesday night. The supper
was a get-together occasion and
was greatly enjoyed by those
present.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28

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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28

List of unclaimed matter adVertis-
ed at Morgan City, La, Post Office,
week ending November oath, 1917.
Is.
Bradcson, Mary.
D.
Delaney, John
Dinger. NJ. Y.
G.
Cash, Ellen.
II.
Howard, Lilly
Hager. Mary
Harris, W. B.
Johns, Withstand.
Lanos, Lizan Especial delivery
Lee, Thelma e
Lee, Edner
Louis, Martin, mare JOS. Daigle.
n.
Neateman, J. F.
p
Poland, Florence.
R.
Robertson. Oscar.
S.
Stoker, Izer
Smith, James.
T.
Thomas, Ethel
W.
Williams, Joe Especial delivery.)
Y.
Young, Madeline.
In calling for the above letters say
ADVERTISED.
J. P. HEBERT, P. M.
Rub q sore throat with BAL
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT One
or two applications will cure it
completely. Price Csc. soc and
$1.0O per bottle. Sold by the Bel
anger Drug Co.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-28
The GARDEN OF ALLAH which

The GARDEN OF ALLAH which
will show at the Arcade Theatre for
two days, December 9Th and 9Th, is
said to be the greatest story of the
desert ever filmed. When this mag
nificent picture was shown at the
Strand Theatre in New Orleans re-
Gently it created more favorable
comment from public and press than
any picture shown in a decade. All
men, women and children should
see this unusual play
Mr.. S. T. Miller, assistant night
mechanic, lost the first finger from
his left hand in an accident which
occurred at the Government Ship
yard Tuesday morning. He con-
tlnued his work and will lose no
time on account of the injury.
The old Bateman residence on
Dateman Island adjoining Morgan
City was destroyed by fire Thurs
day morning. The building was oc-
cupied by a Mr.. Boudreaux and
family who were employed on Av-
oca plantation. The house and
contents were totally destroyed
The Land Of Dixie is glorified in
song and story but the toast to
Dixie, which Mr.. Frank Vaughan
will recite at the Elks Minstrel on
December 9Th is something differ
CIT. His monolog set to music is
going to be one of the big hits Of
performance which carries an all
star cast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
Current Comment

The high cost % living has come 20
be a serious matter. Up to this time j..
has been effective only upon certain
class Of the population, but point has
been reached where each successive sd-
vance in food prices is likely TO pro-
woke the sort Of resentment among the
masses which has been reflected by re-
cent bread riots on New York's East
Side. A good deal of foolish talk has
been INDUCED in concerning the real
cause Of these advances. 1t can be ex-
planned naturally by the extraordinary
reduction in the worlds wheat crop as
disclosed by the official figures given
out by the international Institute OF
Agriculture at Rome, which reported
% per cent decrease for all countries.
The hope is that the next crop will not
be as deficient, for reserve supplies are
so low as TO suggest genuine suffering
II further disaster should be encoun-
tered in the grain area. More efficient
methods Of distribution may relieve the
retail situation in some cities II the
recommendations Of the public commits
sioHs that have been studying the
problem are acted upon favorably -
Ddvid r. ForgGn, Chicago.
One Of the most serious and urgent
after the war problems will be the ef-
fecting of a lasting settlement OF the
relations between capital and labor. The
times in which We live call for the most
strenuous exertions OF employers and
trade unionists alike TO wipe away the
guilt and shame Of industrial strife,
which. if persisted in, will endanger our
existence as a great industrial nation.
National efficiency is an absolutely es-
sential condition IL we are 20 make good
the waste OF war and efectually meet
competition from whatever quarter Il
may come. and there is no hope OF this
except by the establishment OF the clos,
,est cooperation between capital and
'labor.-lMilion S. Sharp. chairman o. ihe
board. Bradford Divers Association. Ltd. Of
Enolond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25

In addition to this, large amounts
of foreign securities have been ac-
cepted by industrial companies in
part payment on contracts for mu-
nitions of war, while American sub
scriptions to Canada's war loans
have been large. Also, United
States banks have something like
500, 100000 on loan in London.
1t is true that all these operations,
aggregating in the neighborhood OF
S4.500.O00,000, have fallen consider
ABLY short of the amount needed to
liouidate the excess of exports In
American trade with the Allies, and
further credits on a large scale are
necessary to keep the account in bal
ance. Nevertheless, there Is no ne
cessity of advancing such a prepos-
ferrous sum as $5,OOO,000,00O. In
deed. the loan of a billion would not
be required at this time. 1t would
be better to grant smaller sums as
thew are needed. 1t would take not
less than sixteen months, with the
trade balance running at the present
rate. for the Allies to absorb a credit
of $4,000, 100000, and the war may
no ended in a much shorter period
than that. Besides. great as our
credit resources are, such vast
loan could not be made all at once
without great strain, perhaps so
great as to seriously hamper indus
trv. Fortunately, it is altogether
unlikely that the proposal will re-
ceive much consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
In Perspective

(The folJol0ing is extracted from
n letter from Mr.. Herbert Fltch, IN
fH recently member Of Stock E"-
change firm. Mr.. Fitch has retired
from octive business to travet IN
South A nerica, NelO Zealand, China
Indie and Russia for the purpose o.
stpdying financial and economic con-
6jtions IN those countries. A series
Of articles, giving the results Of his
observations, ViU appear IN me
Tribune.)
San Diego, Cal, March Is.
To the Financial Editor:
7 have felt like a lost child since
T have been out here. | do not get
the ecstatic thrill which comes to the
traveller who is having five weeks
vacation and who is determined to
eniov every bit Of it, but one thing
| find is that care little for the
stock market, except TO observe the
general trend, and so think my case
is not hopeless.
Viewed "from the mountain" far
from the marts Of trade, the Ameri-
CO.. financial situation seems 70 me
20 be full of sleeping elements OF
danger. 1t appears to me that once
again we have been piling up obi
cations in all lines Of trade never
tnowing or caring how we shall meet
them when they become due De-
mand loans throughout the country
are also large, compared with any
ring we have known since the Civii
Wa The New York stock market,
the exposed nerve in the '0o'n Oh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
and Com m e &c e

The Allied bankers continue TO exercise
an arbitrary control Of the market for
both sterling and franc bills, so that
Developments which Uneer normal con-
ditions might bring marked fuctua-
tons in the rates are without apparent
outward effect. Pronounced ease in the
local money situation mas helped TO
keep rates of foreign bills firm. More
over, the reduction of the American ex-
port movement as a result Of the Ger
man submarine campaign has been an
important factor in cutting down the
floating supply of bills. Francs were
favorably affected by the offering OF
the new sl0O,OOO,OOO collateral loan.
Gold imports from Canada for Allied
account have ceased temporarily They
will be resumed shortly in anticipation
of new British loan in this market.
Russian rubles ruled firm all the
week and closed a slight fraction up at
1855 cents. This compares with a low
record rate Of 2760 cents, made a few
days before the revolution. Rumors
that local bankers might offer the new
Russian government financial accommo-
dation have had a favorable sentimental
influence on the ruble rate. Advices
from Petrograd told of new liberty"
loan for Sl,5OO,OOO,OOO to be issued in
Russia at per cent.
Italian exchange, after dipping 10 p
new low record of 7SS, recovered to
7.75. Plans for stabilizing the rate on
Italy have so far failed to have any
appreciate effect. In the neutral ex
changes one of the most important
movements has been the rise in Span
ish pesetas. rejecting the strong posi-
ton OF Spain in her international trade
relations. Gold continues TO flow to
Spain in small amounts in payment fol
supplies exported to the Allies. Span
ish pesetas closed around 21.35 cents,
compared with 2ll6 the week before
and an intrinsic gold value of 1873
cents.
If you calculate the cost Of the dollar
in terms of foreign money-that is, as
If you were bdying dollars with pounds
marks or francs-its value at the close
Of last week, as compared with a year
ago, would be about as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
New Jersey Amends
Security Tax Law
Legislature Takes Quick Ac-
ton on Bill Affecting Bank
Investments

The New Jersey Legislature has
passed the bill presented Thursday by
Assemblyman Oliphant and designed to
amend the measure signed by Governor
Edge Wednesday for the exemption
from taxation in New Jersey Of all
bonds secured by mortgage on real
property out of the state. This is the
quickest work of the session in amend
ing a new law.
The original measure was intended
TO give financial institutions a wider
field for investment so that some Of
the money which is now piling up IN
New Jersey banking institutions can
be invested in bonds secured by Prop
erty in other states.
Under the old law the property
would be taxed in the state where To-
Gated and the bonds would be assessed
about . per cent here. Therefore il the
bonds paid 4 per cent it would make
the net return per cent on the in
yestment.
After the passage Of the original
measure. however, it was feared that to
throw the investment market wide
open in this manner would be 70
jeopardize the market for municipal
securities and the amendment was pre-
pared and passed. This will make the
exemption apply only to bonds held by
savings institutions, 70 aid which the
original bill was drafted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
Large Part of
Canadian Loan
Taken in u. S.
Estimates Place American
Subscriptions as High
as $6O,OOO,OOO
Rv S. ROY WEANER

Toronto, Ont. March 24.-When sub
scription lists of the third Canadian
domestic war loan Of S15O000,O0O
closed Friday. it was estimated that APP
plications would total probably $780,
600 900. IL is even limited that COM
plete figures may show that the loan has
been doubly subscribed. This means
that banks which subscribed 61,0OO,-
600, or such lesser amount as might be
necessary to make up the total of is
sue. will not share in the allotment.
In lieu thereof. they may extend ad-
ditional credit to the British govern
rnent TO finance munitions orders here.
Insurance Companies Subscribe.
Subscriptions from Canadian insur-
ance companies will reach s30,000000,
or nearly double the total for the sec
ond domestic loan. The Sun Life In
surance Company, which applied for
$4,000 900, was the largest subscriber.
The Canada Life Company is ready to
take 100000, and seven or eight
other insurance companies have applied
for 81 900, 900 or more each.
The attractive yield of 81 per cent
to many small investors and the total
number of subscriptions will probably
reach $4,000, compared with about 3d.
600 for the previous loan.
American subscriptions are expected
to reach between S4O,OOO,OOO and $780,
100000 as against s30,OOO,000 for the
last issue. The increase is explained
largely by the provision making inter
est and principal of the new loan pay
able in New York. The amount is diff
fcult to gauge. since large numbers Of
applications are still being received
from American brokers. Also, in or
der to encourage American investment,
10 is understood that Canadian bond
houses arranged to allow United States
correspondents the entire commission
on all allotments made on subscrip-
lions received through them. In num-
her. as we'll as in amount. American
subscriptions will be much higher than
N the case Of the last issue.
One important effect of large Amer
can subscriptions will be to equalize
exchange between Canada and New
York
II the present loan brings in sub
scriptions Of 100000, 900, Canada's three
domestic war issues will have been
Goubly subscribed TO an aggregate Of
5000, 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
Scandinavian Firms
Locate in Argentina

One of the effects of the European
war has been the location in Argen-
tina of several important Scandinavia
an firms, operating in grain. finance
local industries. Recently an i'm
portant Scandinavian reinsurance
company has applied for the neces-
sary authorization to open branches
in the republic. The capital Of this
company is S2,5OO,OOO. Other Scandi-
navian enterprises contemplated in
the near future include a bank and a
linseed oil factory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-25
Outlook in Northwest

A. the threshold of spring financial
conditions in the Northwest were never
better. This applies throughout the
Northwestern states. At the gateway to
the Northwest deposits aggregate rec
ord figure. Duluth bankers arc well
fortified with cash for the activities
Of lake navigation. In North Dakota
South Dakota and Montana the growth
of deposits has been remarkable. In
Nebraska and Kansas enormous gains
have been recorded. Financially speak
ing. there does not seem to be weak
spot in the American Northwest
The Commercial West.