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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
Capt. I. |. Morse Re-
views Dry Dock S.
tuahon

A few remarks about what is con.
sidered the most essential need
of the Government. It is the
concensus of opinion among
those who know that our success in
this war is an efficient merchant
fleet to handle our men and mate
rial now and the need will be great
er I it after the war when we, "the
L. So will be called upon to trans
port men back home, and also to
furnish supplies of all kinds to- our
European Allies whose homes are
no. being devastated and laid waste
by the enemy, and to replace vessels
d dyed at sea by the submarines.
s very vital necessity that will
~ Mt itself is docking facilities
r. Il these wooden vessels being
GO ructed for the Government.
r. is not dry dock west of New
G rs and there are about one
h'-~f5od wooden vessels being built
at Morgan City, Orange. Lake
G.. rs and Houston Should any
thi~e happen to these vessels in
la ing, which Is not at all i'm
r1oen 5la" how i the Government
eoi-.- = rorair them andar the Wa
tor her the dry docks II New Or
~ are kept busy now with taking
cas- af the vessels arriving at the
rorr \ committee sent here bv
Adr n Capps to look over the sit
uaciea were most pronounced in
the -iews as to the desirability Of
ennipping the wooden vessels at this
point but they were very pro
nouncad in their opinion also that a
dry cock would be very necessary
t. pEuedite and econcrniZe in this
WORK: but they were also very en-
Dhatic in their views that it would
be ncoessary for the people here to
get together and get the necessary
organization to go ahead and get the
necessary statistics as to what our
facilities are, as to water and rail
transportation, as well as to show
the authorities that we can and will
build dry dock Of sufficient ca
pacitv to take care of a 6,000-ton
vessel and that we should be lively
and get at it Immediately as other
por:s5 were considering the dry dock
pro- -;tion seriously and might
Cheat lis to it."
A dry dock company to fill these
requirements would require cap
ital Of $30O,O0O.O0. The matter has
been gene into thoroughly by some
of our citizens who are conversant
with drv docks, and if we could get
the assurance of the Shipping Board
to give US assistance in the way of
putting us on square footing with
ship builders in getting saw mills to
furnish timber, and also to assure
us that our dock would be given the
docking of all wooden vessels in this
southern territory where our rates
would be satisfactory as New Or
leans
It is now up to our people to get
after the authorities and get from
them definite Yes or No as to
whether it will be possible to get a
dry dock here where it is very much
Eeeded :
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
P is B Ing ON e
For YIN. c. A. Drive

Campaign Committees in parish
es throughout Louisiana are busily
engaged completing their plans for
the Y. M. c. A. War Fund Drive,
which is nation wide to be conduct
ed from November 18th to 10Th.
Of the $35,O0O,O00 to be raised,
Louisiana has been allotted the sum
of 100000.
New Orleans. has organized a
committee of which Mayor Martin
Behrman is chairman. The COM
mittee has agreed to raise one-half
of the State allotment and has is
sued challenge to the rest of the
State to raise the balance of
100000.
Through the efforts of the New
:Orleana Executive committee,
model cantonment has been erected
in Elks' Place, Canal Street, for the
purpose Of visualizing the war
work of the Y M. c. A. among the
soldiers and sailors. A company of
soldiers from the barracks and a
company from the Algiers Naval
Station have been detailed to pitch
their tents in Elks' Square for the
week Of the drive. The Y. NJ. c.
n. Building will be operated like
the buildings in the training camps
Of the Southwestern states. ". A.
cot1 who IS managing the Cam
paign in New Orleans for the Y. NJ.
4. \, and who is the Camp Score
tary 1t Camp Bowie, Texas, will in
stall the necessary equipment and
men in the building.
At conference held in the
Grunewald Hotel, Thursday, repre-
aentatives from parishes Of South
ern Louisiana reported that condi-
tons in their respective parishes in
dicated that the allotted amounts
woa!d be raised.
In Bogalusa, Mayor W. H. Suili-
van is Chairman of the Campaign
Committee. A military form of
organization has been effected
among the workers.
Sunday, November 18th will be
observed in churches of all COM
munions, as Y. M. c. A. War Fund
Sunday It is expected that the
clergymen will use as a basis for
their sermon, the appeal for funds
for the Y. M. C. A.
Commenting upon the Campaign
in Louisiana, J. A. Goodell, State
Campaign Director, said that Louis
lana will not lag behind other states
in its contribution.
Everywhere in Louisiana the war
work of the Y. M. c. A. is being
favorably considered" said Mr..
Goodell." The reports that our
managers are sending in,f indicate
that all the people are interested in
financially aiding the extension
work, not only among our own sol
diers and sailors, but among those
of France, Russia and Italy.
"In one parish in the state asked
to contribute $3.50 one organization
alone subscribed $3.50 before the
occasion began. 1t is our hope that
this condition will prevail every
where.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09
Attention Dealers

WE ARE NOW READY TO
FURNISH NEW TIGER ISLAND
BRAND SYRUP IN FOLLOWING
SIZES: NO. /, NO. l Sd, NO. S
AND NO. 10. ALSO CAN FUR
NISH SYRUP IN BARREL LOTS.
WE WILL BE PLEASED TO
HAVE YOUR INQUIRIES.
LOUISIANA SYRUP 4 CANNING
COMPANY St
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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-09

QUALITY is the specific center of
the selling system employed at this
market. All of our meats, including
our poultry and fish ar pure. sweet
and tender Pay your table the
compliment Of buying its wants here.
Octave ]. Delaune
PHONE MOI
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trance Of tie tenn and showed her with
in. Following her, lie seized her aS&ia,
beating her ru hles&ly.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-29

ordinary fedora hat and ordinary
heavy shoes. He wasn't half as snowy
as the newspaper men who were with
him. not at his Invitation but unbe-
known to him until they burst in on
the landscape and discovered him
calm, pleasant and unafraid.
We went into Fremont county one
day. The miners had been in an ugly
mood. Rockefeller couldn't be distin-
guished, by them, from the others, for
they had never seen Rockefeller. He
inquired for one of the miners. This
fellow had the reputation Of being u
bad actor. Rockefeller found him at
the mine mouth. They chatted few
minutes and then stepped on the cage
and down they went, several hundred
feet into the earth.
At the first level the rich mans son
stepped off the cage and peered
through the dimly lit streets of the
underneath. Then he said:
"Men, 1 am John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
What seems to be the trouble out
here?"
They were dumfounded, helpless.
the dark places with his face taking
on a goodly veneer of black dust. He
looked his men straight in the eye,
firmly but kindly, and asked them what
they thought could be done or should
be done to better conditions. He didn't
patronize, apologize, strut or talk
loudly.
So he walked, in the earth, with his
men who had hated his name.
When he came up to the top of the
world again he walked down the min
ing town street to the Golden Bow
saloon. This was the only town in the
Rockefeller group that had a saloon.
He inquired for Tony. the barkeep.
Rockefeller shook hands with Tony,
while Tony's eyes all but jumped out
of his head. Tony was disappointed,
There was no plug hat, no policeman,
no proud and naughty person before
him, no sour face no overlooking bus
iness-just a pleasant, mild-mannered
and unafraid man.
John D., Jr., said he had heard Tony
was interested in him and he had
taken the trouble, which was no trOu.
Bile at all, to come and say hello and
wish him well, although doubtless
wishing to himself Tony would get
into some other business.
Down south Of Trinidad. up high in
the hills where the fourfusher lasts
about a second, Rockefeller sent
everybody back to Trinidad. He stayed
! for the night-alOne. He rolled up In
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-29

his office, where number of telegraph
and telephone operators sit at keys
and switchboards. A cup of coffee Is
steaming at his desk, a broad, fiat ta-
BILE, upon which is spread great de-
tail map with flags marking the line
of attack. He drinks the coffee, lights
his pipe and turns to greet his brother
officers.
Men Go Over the Top.
The hour of the attack Is marked by
a general glance at watches and then
the phone rings. The men are over the
top! Several phones ring. A number
of objectives have been reached. An
S. o. s. signal from "A" section. All
reports are marked upon the big map
by flags, and as each objective is
reached new flag is added. AS re-
ports of trouble come from different
points certain barrages are instructed
to cut loose with everything they have.
A "cut-in" shows the men lying by
their guns, which are loaded and
trained upon certain points. The s.
o. S. signal comes to the gunner near
est the string, who reaches out and
gives 1t yank while the other gun
ners jump into action. Before the
first shell has reached Its destination
second is on its way and the big
show is on in full swing. We see the
men bombing the Germans out of dug
outs; fighting hand to hand in the
open ground with vicious thrusting of
bayonets.
Finally the picture reverts to head
quarters, where we see the officer,
tired eyed but smiling, reading the
congratulations from all along the line
and transmitting them to the victori-
Gus men out in the shell holes and
trenches.
81 don't believe there's one OF US
that wouldn't have given great deal
to be right down there with our men,"
he said. "Thats the worst of having
view of things and stay out Of the
show, which isn't pleasant task, es-
pecially for that young officer who just
handed me this report. I'll venture to
say that he'd yell with Joy IL he got
orders to 60 back to his regiment to-
night"
Along toward midnight our disabled
car came limping up to headquarters
for us and our farewells were said
outside the door in the lnky blackness
of rainy night. We shook hands
there in the darkness with these men
who had been our hosts. From the dis
tance came the deep-throated growl of
heavy guns.
1--WE never let up on them," said
voice from the steps. ''It has been
lust as you hear 1t now for months,
and we'll keep on until we finish the
Job. We are going to win."
And that Is the spirit that pervades
not only the headquarters staff but
every camp and every dugout on the
| British front.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-29

a miners blanket. The next morning
when we found him he was washing
his face In a tin basin. Then he looked
out over the receding slopes of the low
er plateau and observed earnestly that
1t truly was noble country.
We came into Walsenberg finally. In
the civil war some of the Bulgarian
miners placed a cannon on the noun
tain top and fired into the militia.
Just how many were killed was never
stated.
They were surly. Rockefeller had
been informed. He was advised to
watch himself.
Well, wonder of wonders, he had q
'-society" evening at the big camp
some miles from the town. They had
an orchestra-trombone, accordion,
fiddle and organ. They played selec-
tions from most of the Italian operas,
and then Rockefeller suggested n
dance. Not such another dance was
ever held in the eternal hills Of Colo
RADIO. Rockefeller is some dancer, too.
He danced with the miners wives and
daughters, and before they knew it he
was the one normal person there. They
forgot he was the son of John d. Rock
efeller, after a while, and had the
time of their lives.
Again he fred us all back to town.
"Come up in the morning." he said.
He was alone that night again with his
men-his partners, as he called them.
We came back in the morning. He
had explored the mines with his men.
He had inquired about the school fa-
cilities, how they would like to have
bandstand, provision for small gar
dens, Y. NJ. @. A. and lot of things
like that.
We found him, us down beyond Trim
idad. standing on the high bluff, look
ing out over the foothills, wrapped in
the flooded gold of the sunrise.
"Td like to live here part Of thu
year." he said.
And SO from mine camp to mine
camp, always insisting that he go alone
to see his partners.
The Big Meeting Called.
At one mine camp he went alone to
the homes of the miners to talk with
the wives and the children. Hs was
so affable, so mlld-mannered, 50 ap-
parently sincere, that the half-billion-
dollar business soon was lost sight of
and they felt somehow-these human
beings with only wretched chance at
the best but with soul and a love Of
life like his-they found a friend.
They were coming together from the
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-29
DESCENDS IN BURNING PLANE
British AIrman Receivers From In.
Jurles Received After 1000
Feet Drop.

London.-After one Of the most
miraculous escapes of the war, Major
Bannatyne, ID. s. o., Is today recover
ing from his injuries in the Circen-
cester hospital. While flying alone ut
a height OF more than 1000 feet his en-.
gine caught fire. He headed the ma
chine toward the ground. Soon the
flames reached his feet. He climbed
out Of the seat and crawled along
the body Of the plane toward the tall
while the blazing plane plunged to-
ward the earth. The flames reached
him again. He swung himself Off the
frame and hung by his hands under
the machine-now n mass of flames.
He fell into plowed field and was
picked up suffering from broken arm.
scores Of cuts and with all his hair
scorched to crisp.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-29
ROCKEFELLER, JR.,
WINS HEARTS OF
COLORADO MINERS
Proves to Men and Families That
He Is Human and Interested
in Them.
FIRM and KNOWS NO FEAR
How Son Of Americas Money Mag
nate Brought to an End One OF
Country's Greatest La
Dor Wars.
BY CHARLES N. WHEELER.

Mr.. Wheeler is a reporter on the Chi
cago Tribune staff, and was sent to Colo
RADIO to report Mr.. Rockefeller. Jr.'s, visit
during the coal miners strike, He gives
an interesting impression of the worlds
richest mans son and only made heir
Editor.
A rather mediocre literary person
once advised all young and mediocre
reporters-one of whom / am, both
young and mediocre-to pick the big
gest subject in the world If he would
get away with it. He mentioned two
subjects as the "biggest"-money and
the Bible. He put the Bible first.
Both subjects, somehow, fit into the
story of John d. Rockefeller, Jr., but
of the two subjects the Bible end, or
the man himself, is the one worth
bothering about. Fortunes change,
Character usually is fixed
To write about a million dollars is
easy. To write about hundred mil.
lion dollars is easier. To write about
say, half billion dOllars-the approx
innate size of the Rockefeller pOt-is
easiest. But to write about the man
entirely disassociated from his money
that is a horse of another color, but
withal, not unpleasant, If one happens
to know his man.
Believing every wallop ever aimed
at the Rockefellers, and it was con
genial believing. hurried of to hob
mob with the very rich mans very rich
son, gloating in my soul at the oppor
tunity to break another lance on his
supposedly soulless hide-and. also. tC
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-29

Members Of the National party, re-
sentlng the suggestion that their White
House pickets are not as patriotic as
some of their less militant sisters, are
pointing out the record of Miss Eleanor
Hill Weed, granddaughter of the late
Representative Ebenezer ]. Hill Of
Connecticut. Miss Weed, who assisted
in picketlng last spring, was one of
the IL vassar college girls who spent
last summer on farm, accomplishing
sum total of products sufficient to
feed 1900 persons all winter and 20
head Of live stock until next years
crops are ripe. Miss Weed is n sopho-
more at Vassar this year.
Gilpin observer., 1917-11-29

be perfectly fair about 1t. But 1t sure
was to be "spurlos versenkt" for John
D., Jr.!
An old philosopher said that while
distance lends enchantment to the
view it also begets a dimness fatal to
our purpose.
Hand to hand, elbow to elbow, soul
to soul, right up close where men can't
camoufiage-well, 1t was a violent dis
illusionmentl
I make bold now to assert, mindful
of inherent prejudices, that this is the
man:
Take all his money from him, set
him down on the top of the mountain
or in the midst of the interminable
desert and he would be all there
just a man, the rightest of the right
He'd do his part-without q whimper.
He'd be the last man to give up.
He went up against sure-enough
proposition in Colorado. He won over
to him-as man-hundreds Of una
fraid men in the mountains who Judge
fellow humans by stern standard
nerve. They might hate the power Of
his money, probably still do In way,
g but they liked this human being.
That's the acid test In the high hills
and on the desert. He went through
unscathed.
There wasn't man among us after
two weeks who wasn't ready to agree {:
swell, what do you know about
that? He's human!"
At the hearing by the federal trades
commission in New York, after he had
surprised the members with his up
parent grasp of industrial and soclolog-
ical problems, Mother Jones, angel of
the miners everywhere, laid her hand
on his shoulder and asked him to come
to Colorado.
II believe in your sincerity" she
said, substantially. II believe you
mean to do what is right, but you don't
know. Come and see for yourself,
john"
He said simply:
"Tll come"
Some one asked him II he didn't
fear such a trip.
He said: mo"
Common Everyday Man.
He would not permit detective or
policeman to accompany him. He wore
the kind of clothes he wears In New
York-fabrlcs of ordinary texture,
probably costing about $40 suit. He
wore an ordinary overcoat that prob
ably didn't cost as much. He wore an
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-07
Thursday, June z, 1917.
TIE JEFFERSO OMAN

lutionized that the Federal Government is in
supreme command, oil the time.
1t Congress is allowed thus to illegally
combine the mighty forces of purse and
sword, then, it's long Farewell to the liber-
ties for which your ancestors fought and died,
In countless struggles against the damnabIe
partnership of Pope and King
AS reported by the international News
Service Of May 30th, President Wilson said,
In his Memorial address at Arlington;
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-07
PAGE THREE

Ihey soberIy and practically declared in
the familiar Preamble to the Constitution,
that tier purpose in creating the Federal
Government was
10 form . more perfect union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
Tor the common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and oar p0ste,ity"
That's sane! That's practical And that's
all that the Constitution authorizes Congress
and the President to undertake.
When they commit themselves to any other
purposes, they are acting outside the law
which brought them into existence.
When they employ the vast powers of the
Federal Government for any other objects
than those stated by the Makers of the Con
stltution, their conduct is usurpatory.
When they embark upon chmerical. vision
AIRY, QuXotlc designs Of carrying "libertv,"
by blood and treasure" to the balance of
the world, they abandon the known channels
Of navigation, they throw down the chart and
the compass; and they reckesstv drive the
ship OF state into a shoreless sea. without the
slightest assurance that any safe mooring will
ever be made again.
The President now says that eve did ae~
set this government up, IN order that VIC nli1 -
have selfish and separate liberty"
The Sage5 who made the government de
clared that they did set it up, for tbat ce1y
purpose.
They were creating a government for rs,
and for our own c0untry-selfishly and sepa-
rately.
No other government ever was created con-
sclously for any other purpose.
Every government is necessarily selfish ana
separate
Ireland is bowling for one. right now. and
this very Congress went out Of its way to back
her in it.
Russia recently tried her hand at one, and
we are backing Russia
England's government is for England and
the English: Frances government is for
France and the French: the American govern
ment was sanely intended for America and
the Americans
Any other idea, is sheer sentimentalism.
1t will not bear the slightest test of reason:
and the country would have laughed it to
scorn, sir months ago.
The President himself 8c0rncd 1t, last Fail!
Addressing a crowd at his New Jersey
h0ne-ShadoW Lawn-in October he warned
the American people against changing our
foreign policy, and he was universally under
stood to be referring to Mr. Roosevelt and
o'Ii0l0 u tiit same way VI THINNING, VINO were
then clamorinG for war.
President Wilson then said
Shadow Lawn, N. J.. Oct. 14-The American
people have no disposition to Exchange hand
some certainty for unhandsOne uncertainty"
President Wilson declared this afternoon from
the porch of the autumn White House in speech
more sulphuric than any he has thus far hurled
at repubiCanism and it's leaders.
His talk warned against the sinister influences
bosses the dancers chang
ing the American foreign policy now
Compare the rational tone of this sort of
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