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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14
American Artillery Des-
troy Enemy Gas
Machines
Projectors Were Discovered
By Aeroplane Photograph
Taken In Flight

! With the American Army in France,
Tuesday, March 12.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. .)-The American forces north
west of Toul carried out an important
raid on the German lines Monday night.
The artillery preparation lasted forty
five minutes and the Americans entered
the German defenses as far as the see
ond line They foynei number of Ger.
man dead from shell fire, and some of
those who were retreating were shot
down.
The American engineer accompanying
the infantry blew VI enemy dugouts.
No prisoners were taken, chiefly be-
cause Of the fact the Germans did not
remain to fight, but ran preeipitately at
the approach of the Americans. All the
| Americans returned to their own lines,
and considerable information was Sc
cured.
The American artillery last night COM
! pletelv oblterated a German position,
in which two hundred gas projectors had
| been set up ready for 4 gas attack. The
projectors were discovered late yester.
day in photograph taken from high in
the air.
AS soon as they were definitely locat.
ed, there was great concentration OF
American artillery fire, and the projec-
tors and the entire positions were de-
stroyed. In the last gas attack upon
American troops only seventy pro-
| jectors were used. The new attack,
therefore, had been planned on a much
more extensive scale.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14
They Will Come Here Too

New Iberia, La, March 13.-New
Iberia completed it's aerial landing sta
ton the latter part Of last week. To cell
ebrate the occasion Lieutenant D. A.
Dimitry, New Iberia boy, and Instruc-
tor Jones, both OF the United States Ae-
rial Service stationed at Gerstner Field,
near Lake Charles, made flights to this
city and were accorded royal welcome.
From this time on visits from the fu.
ture "aces'' will be daily occurrences.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14

crackers, cakes, macaroni, spaghetti
and similar articles.
REGULATIONS FOR THE SALE
OF FLOUR
l. Retailers OIL selling flour shall re-
uuire of the purchaser that he buy an
equal quantity by weight Of other ce-
eals. Irish potatoes are not to be con-
si,lered as substitute.
2. Where application is made by the
farmer to purchase flour on the
grounds that he has his own corn
ground, the retailer may satisfy himself
that such quantity Of corn has been
ground and that such quantity of corn
will be used with each purchase. The
method of enforcing this ruling is left
to each Ward Member, but the way
suggested is that certificate be requir-
cd from the Miller.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14
II,1sd Information As
/ /, Food Conserva-
~ (.
| ion Ii ST. Mary
ssy,as Should Be u Urged
bhpieily Observe These :,
l,,,|aiops" "---Parish A(-
;drator Brunly

,,e unarimous opinion of the
!, rooa Committee, compose o.
e -, Administrators, that the fol
=, rules be put into effect:
.s,1 ALTON OF MEAT SALES
= r,..d.v is to be observed as a
!. -. 1,r. and nc meat is to be sod
a. \. ~ r. the butcher shop. Meat
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14
JulyLists Drawn
CLERKS OFFICE.

ST. MARY PARISH, LA.
I, Wilbur H. Kramer Of the 3rd
Judicial District Court, st Mary Parish,
Louisiana, Ex-Officio a Jury Commis-
sioner, do hereby certify that q
meeting of the Jury Commission in and
for said Parish, held this day in my Of
flee, at the Court House at Franklin,
La, in accordance with law, and pur-
suant to an order Of the Honorable
23rd judicial District Court, issued Of
date Feb. 23rd, 1918, there was select
ed 20 Grand Jurors to serve said Court
for the term commencing Monday April
18th, and until succeeding Grand Jury
shall have been empanelled and there
was drawn three Petit Juries of Thirty
Persons each, to serve said Court for
the weeks commencing respectively, Mon
day April 22nd, Monday April Goth,
and Monday May 9th, 1918, as follows,
r. wit.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14

to pass the stenography part of the el-
animation to apply a once. Exa"lina-
tion are ile'1 at least c':ce e week in 45O
Of tic principal cities Definite inform
.rat.n and application blanks NAV be
c.tained from representatives OF the
Civil Service Commission at post offices.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14

Is G. A. Roussel 5
10 E. c. Kuhlman, 8
20 K. S. Foster 6
List OF Petit Jurors drawn to serve
for the week commencing Monday April
End, 1918.
NO. NAME WARD
Thomas Bodin :
Joseph Trimple 1
s Jules Levy S
4 L. j. Aucoin s
5 ]. H. Collins. Jr. 8
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-14

Continued on Last Page,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
French Riddles and Yn1ks
Combine Xmas Pleasures

PARIS, Dec. %. - An American
Christmas for American soldiers and
for French children is the great Yule-
tide project OF the American Expe-
dictionary force, aided by the Young
Mems Christian Association. Thou
sands OF tinselled trees decked with
presents have been distributed In read
mess for the day; thousands OF red
Santa Claus costumes with the accom-
panying white whiskers have been pro-
vided and thousands Of Christmas en-
tertainments have been prepared for
presentation on Christmas eve In the
Red Triangle huts-"his home over
there
The Americans have shown the
French what they can do in the way
OF fighting, and now will present their
peculiar ideas in the way of celebrat-
Ing the day of universal good will. the
birthday of the Prince of Peace. Last
December, when there were less than
100000 Amrican soldirs in Franc, and
those mostly busy training for the
graf knockout which they delivered
to militarism this past summer, the
boys in khaki and the "Y' workers
managed to show small sample of
the American Christmas idea to the
French. This year, the 100000 Am
orleans here will import America
Yuletide bodily and set it down on
the sacred soil of France where the
people have learned to expect the
Yanks to do everything on a grand
scale.
The celebration will divide into two
parts, the Christmas for the American
boys so far from their own firesides.
and the gift day for the youngsters of
France, so long denied real observa-
ton of their beloved Noel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
Miss Elizabeth Kolp
at Murray This Week

The many friends Of Miss Elizabeth
Kolp. OF Richmond and vicinity. will
have the pleasure Of seing her head
line the vaudeville bill opening at the
Murray today. sharing the honors with
her dancing partner. Mr.. Frank Ne
vile. They form an ideal combination
possessing youth, personality and tai
ent, and Miss Kolp's local admirers
are not surprised that the outside the
atre-going public should accord them
recognition. Their offering Is entirely
new this season. comprising comedy
talk. singing and of course Elizabeth
will dance and show the home folks
the latest In gowns. Her appearance
is more than welcome, and comes as q
Christmas gift to Richmond vaudeville
devotees. Lahore and Rozelle will
offer 1.-THE Bone-Head Minstrels." with
special stage settings and chock full
of laughs. Sax, Wood and Lawson
form a trio Of harmony singers who
have played all the Keith houses, and
their acquisition to the bill is more
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
"A. P. WINS SUIT
IN FEDERAL COURT
my Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON. Dec. % Injunc-
lions granted the Associated Press to
stop the pirating of news by the Inter
national News service were sustained
today by the supreme court of the
United States.
As between the public and news
gathering organizations, associate JUS
tice Pitney delivering the opinion. ex-
pressed doubt whether they could be
any property in uncopyrighted news.
AS between rival news gathering or
CARNATIONS, he said, there was a quasi
property interest.
referring to contention of the Inter
national News service that the Assoc
ciated Press was guilty Of the same
practices charged against the defend
ants, Justice Pitney said that there is
nothing in the proceedings that puts
the Associated Press in the position of
having "unclean hands,
Justice Holmes, in an associate opin-
ion, said he partially agreed with the
majority but dissented from the prin-
ciple that there is property in news.
Justice Pitney announced that Justice
Clark took no part in the proceedings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
NATIONAL BANKS
RESOURCES TOTAL
$19,821,4O4,o00
New High Record Established
Exceeds Combined Re-
sources of Leading Nations.
tRy Assoclat.d Pressl


WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-Resources
OF the national banks Of the country
on Nov.1. the date Of the last call
aggregated $19,821. 100000. Controller
OF the Currency Williams announced
today. This not only was a new high
record. but was an increase Of $1,777,-
10000 over the total shown by the
call last Aug. 81.
The resources OF the national banks
of the United States. Mr.. Williams
said, exceed the combined aggregate
resources OF the national banks OF
Issue Of England, the Dominion of
Canada. France. Italy. the Neither.
lands. Norway. Sweden, Denmark. ia
pan and Germany, as shown by their
latest available report.
One Failure Reported.
Mr.. Williams also said that the ma
tional banks resources were only
$1,000, 100000 less than the combined
resources Of all state and other banks
and trust companies in the country, as
shown by the reports Of June, 1877,
and that In the last five years the
growth Of the resources Of the nation
al institutions had been greater than
the increase which took place in the
preceding twenty-five years.
During the present year the control
ler's report said, only one national
bank in the entire country had failed,
that being a small institution in Cali
fornia. This was declared to be the
best record since 1870.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
SOLDIERS PROTECTED
FROM WINTER RICOR
(Ry Associated Press.)

TOURS, Dec. 23-Mothers, sisters
and sweethearts in America need not
worry about protection of their sol
uierS in Europe against the riSOrS OF
coming winter. The Quartermaster' >
:'1rps specialists in France declare to
she Associated Press that the boys
are better equipped than the majority
ST them ever were in civilian life.
Each soldier has two pairs OF heavy
.iail clinchod and dubbinel shoes
which are impervious to water, five
pairs OF wool socks, three suits wool
underwear, two complete wool uni
f,.,ms. two wool o. d. flannel shirts,
tie short bue heavy overccat, trench
style. and one pair of wool knit spiral
ruttees ten feet long.
The Quartermaster's Corps estimates
that the average soldier in campaign
wears out ono paid of trousers every
two months and makes provision On
this basis, although the r'..mal life
Of pair of breeches is six months
Every soldier has also an overseas cap
that has a felt protector to pull down
ever his cars. He is not allowed 70
wear the old issue Of campaign hat
that lis folks at home are used to see
ing. He has wool gloves and one
finger leather mittens over them ami
each soldier is provided with at least
three blankets and waterproof slick.
err or raincoat.
In addition to all this, every sol
der on outdoor duty has leather
waistcoat to wear beneath his over
coat This leather waistcoat is newly
issued and much admired.
Apart from what the men have on
them and in their possession, the
Quartermasters Corps in France has
in well distributed stocks available
for issue: Breaches and trousers, L.
$4,000 pairs: wool coats. 100000; I'M
derdrawers, 100000; understands. q
714,OOO; wool gloves, 1850 900; leather
waistcoats or jenkins, 106S,000; nil
tens, 746.000; oevrcoats, 379,500: wool
siral puttees. 1.71S.000; field shoes
2,570,000; wool o. ID. flannel shirts,
2.349 900; slickers. 633 900; heavy wool
stockings, 1907 900; blankets. 800
This after the Quartermaster's Corps
in France turned over to the Medical
Corps more than one hundred thou
sand blankets.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
(By Associated Press)

CIAUMONT. France, Dec. 33.-This
little city of the Haute Marne Is the
home Of the General Headquarters OF
the American Expeditionary Forces.
Until now its mention has been taboo
and the whereabouts Of "a. H. O." one
Of the secrets OF the war.
Here lives the Chief
and In the building OF the French gar
rison is housed the offices Of the Gen
eral staff and all the auxiliary organi-
cations that go with 1.-THE nerve CEN
ter of the Army. A city of normally
about fifteen thousand inhabitants,
Chaumont lies on the Eastern Railway
lines, 1853 miles east of Paris. 1t was
formerly the capital of Bassigny and
Is now the capital of the Department
Of the Haute Marine.
Like most of the older cities of
France. Chaumont seems to have been
founded on a site Of strategic defen-
sive value. 1t crowns a high plateau
between the Marne and the Suize and
from the walls and towers of the old
city Is a wonderful view Of the valley
OF the Marne, here the river being
hardly as wide as the Marne Canal
that flows beside it be tween It's pop
lar bordered banks Northward over
the narrow vale Of the Suize the view
takes In a wide sweep of rolling fores.
crowned hills.
General Headquarters were removed
from Paris here in September Of last
year. Chaumont being selected after a
careful search of available locations
1t lies In the center of what was the
American training area, every camp as
we'll as the Toul sector in which the
American forces first saw battle, and
all the lines from Toul eastward
where we were located, being within
reach by motor
The French post occupied as Head,
quarters offices is typical of French
garrisons. Three long, four-story. red
tile rooted barracks form three sides
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
Little City on Marne Now Scene Of
Activity as A. E. F. Headquarters

OF great quadrangle facing wide
avenue. A group Of lesser buildings
and the customary iron fence and
ornamental gates Is the remaining
boundary. On either gatepost flies the
Tr1color and the Stars and Stripes.
Sentries pace their posts on every
hand. the quadrangle is filed with
hurrying officers and orderlies and
clerks, hands flash In salute, bugles
give their almost hourly calls for the
various military events and periods Of
the day, staff cars and motor cycles
roll in and out and now and then the
sentry at the gate stiffens even moro
1gidly and brings his piece up with
more snap when q great olive dran
car, shining like yacht, slides In, the
scarlet tab on the wind shield with
four white stars signifying the Com.
mander-in-chief.
Frequently the Generals car ap,
proaches unheralded and SO swiftly
that the sentry's cry Of, Turn out the
guard" Is too late and the Commander
in-Chief Is gone before the guard can
tumble from the guard house.
Until last spring General Pershing
near Headquarters. He soon found
however, that SO near the workshop OF
the Army he could not have the quiet
and lack Of intrusion necessary to his
growing responsibilities and he re
moved in May last to beautiful
chateau about five miles from town.
Here, in great rambling castle stu
ated in the Marine avlley among groves
and wide sunlit lawns, he lived with
his personal staff. Connected by tele-
phone with every divisional. corps and
army headquarters, his own offices in
Chaumont and with Paris he did his
work there when not with the army.
Chaumont itself has become almos:
Americanized by the presence of the
Headquarters. It's little hotels are al
ways crowded with officers. 1t has
been very hospitable to the American
occupation. Nearly every home with
spare room is thrown open as q
billet for officers and many Of the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
THE RICHMOND AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

finest residences have been taken over
entirely by the hundreds Of messes
In many of them the officers have In.
stalled electricity and bath rooms and
In some cases central heating plants
and with French servants live COM
fortably. almost luxuriously as meas
ured In military terms. Hundreds less
fortunate or lacking In rank take their
chances on whatever billet may be
found in the crowded town where q
bed is always at premium.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23
CHICAGO EDUCATOR DIES.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Prof. George
Burman Foster. since 1905. professor
OF the Philosophy Of Religion at the
University OF Chicago, died Sunday,
after an Illness of several weeks.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-23

than acceptable. It Is a strong noii-
day bill. and should be relished Dy
amusement seekers.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-22

S"s, and ono high explosive. They
game 10 close together that ono could
not detect the difference. So / hap.
pencd To yet the full benefit Of the
pGs shell while one or two Of the
other boys got the Shrapncl and high
explosive.
We were first taken To the dress
Ing station. From there to the Field
Hospital. ! stayed there over night
and from thorc VIC were taken TO the
Base Hospital No. &c. Here we were
given bath, put into clean clothes
and put into clean beds. don't
know how long we will have to ctny
In bed. We get the best treatment
In the world. Last night about ten
thirty the head nurse came ~ snd
cut bread W. aud pn, syrup On Il for
every one VI W. II certainly went
swell. Ths night before they passed
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-22
Arvada Boy Cassed, But Game;
Says Huns Are Dirty and Proves Il

A letter from cover there. Just
the other year the writer was a kind
ly faced Arvada high school boy
Today q veteran Of the American
Forces in France.
He is son of Mr. Il. Porter Smith
Of Arvadn, n Grand Army man, who
isis now attending the Annual Roun-
ion Of the q. A. X. at Portland, Ore
gVn, with his wife, the soldier boys
mother.
Amer, ENpd. Forces, July 3l.l9lS
Dear Mother
Great things have happened over
here since wrote TO you or received
letter from you. suppose you've
read the papers and no doubt have
an iden what the Americans are do
Ing, IL was In one of these drives
that ! got mouthful OF gas. AS
luck would have it, didn't get n
very large dose of it. Enough to lay
me up for a few days.
The Dutch sent over three large
shells in bunch, one shrapnel, one
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-22

around little surplus bag, II piece
containing n tablet. envelope, pencil
pocket knife, tooth brush and paste
1t all came in hand, US ! lost every
thing ! had in my pack whcn W
went into action. ! lost all my pi,
lures. One of them Mamie sent m,
of the baby and the other Of the bal.
ancc rock, received the day before
We we're ordered over the top.
The Dutch played VI dirty righ.
from the start. In enc place we nd.
vanccd upon bunch Of abou
fifteen. When they saw us they
threw up their hands and "hollcrcd'
"kamrad" We were nearly tickleG
to death MS it was our first prisoners.
When We got within about u hundred
yards they dropped down in II
wheat field and their machine gunG
opened up on US. They wounded
number of the boys and got away.
The same bunch paid for their dirt!
work tnat same afternoon. We
thanked them, got them where We
wanted them and throwing up their
hands didn't get them n thing. We
just kept moving them down. The
next time l 80 TO the front III never
think OF n German 10 IA prisoner. He
Is n dead dog If he gets in my way
Their arcoplanc3 open fire o. GU
Red Croas men rs they arc. carrying
wounded from the tielA. One new
er knows What Kind Of n trick to
lock vut FOR next. We always loo!,
for something.
II seems n skame though. to have
to kill them. They are uo.hin. bu'
kids. sixteen or seventeen yeaga OIL
and look like 'hoy haven't had any
thing TO or. Tor month. En, st
that's nll we can do.
The Dutch don't seem to have tho
nrrksmeT they ulpi 10 have E2,n
tho an,3rrs don't seem 70 br Ub!r TO
hi, anything i'nr most Of OF
'YoundoI are shot thru the les Of
arms Very fcw of them NJ, killed..
Wei, mother. don't worry about
,pp. think ! am able to take caro-
Of myself win write agpia In few
days. viii close for this time.
Hoping this finds you and father
H. the best Of health. am. ~ ever,
Your 10, ing son,
a. SMITH.
The ADDRESS will be the same
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-22
WORD FROM D. d. PORTER

Dear Editor Mobcrly and Friends:
Rather a surprise to most of you,
but on receipt of u telegram last
Friday afternoon. August 9th. stat
ing my father, W. NJ. Porter. had re-
ccivcd II stroke Of npoplcxy. l i'm
h,edintcly mRdcc arrangements and
left Denver Mt q y. M, Saturday. ar
irving here Monday Mt b.3O y. IN.
But was too late TO see my father
alive, ns he pnsscd into the great be-
yond Mt t:25. Saturday morning. not
having rcgaincd consciousness. The
funeral md burial took place Tues
day n. m. the remains being laid Mt
rest in Riverside cemetery.
Bro0mficld Crescent Grange No.
1876 is to be thanked for the large.
beautiful floral piece and my mother
and Ralph JOIN mo In expressing our
sincere thanks to our friends in
Broomficld community for their
mnny kindncsscs In our present be-
rcavcmcnt.
Ny plans for the future nrc rnth-
or vague, but will be- bnck in Broom
field ON the mail route on or about
the 2sth Of thl. month.
Yeuv~ truly,
d. B. PORTER
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-08-22
SOLDIER Nay NOTES

Naturally an occasion like the one
pulled off by Arvada Sunday could
not be without its humorous 'fe.-
lures and we will recite one or two
of the funny things that happened.
which caused a great deal of merri-
ment. One was the following Of a
funeral party by about twenty of the
soldier boys cars while they were
motoring thru Denver to Arvada.
In some way the rear guard of the
soldiers procession got lost from the
others, which were being escorted by
policemen on motorcycles thru the
parks and city, and before their mis-
take was discovered they were half
way to Fairmont cemetery. Imagine
what the people along the route Of
funeral cortege must have thought to
see the profusely decorated cars fol-
lowing in the wake Of the process
ion. f. @. Murchison, who was well
to the rear, first discovered the mis-
take and started out around and call
ed them off. This made q part Of
the procession u little late In getting
into Arvada.
The next mishap was when the
mayor of our quiet little city who
usually il decorus enough, and also
respectful Of the l;ws CT the COM
monwealth. disregarded Marsha! G
C. Townships traffic rules ana "a"
smuch-dab thru big rope which he
had stretched ccio5s the street with
crOss-bones on it meaning certain
death to anyone who should violate
the sacred rights Of the "peeple." In
addition to breaking the ropa he nlso
broke one of the very beautiful Light
globes on Mr.. Davis fine park. effect
post. OF course, the marshal took
into consideration who 1t was and aigo
allowing for the stre5- Of cycil an'en'
the mayor was under as he was com
ing in on tho lome-s.retch, ~ II were
with the big bpnner "Tha Ya~lss arr
Coming" flnring out to the breeze,
amid n!l the glad acclaim Of tho popu.
lace In welcoming the soldiers.
Anyway. the mayor proved an ali
bi by saying that Josiah Ma!oncy was
supposed to be his plot, and the only
real excuse Josiah cHuld produce for
not seeing the rope was that he could
not sec on account of the brim OF
his big sombcro. which Josiah sayf
is emblematic OF pretty nilkmnids
dairy cows and milkfed chickens,
Ons very pleasing feature attend
vnt upon the oecasion Of Sunday was
the rivalry that seemed W find ca'
preston like this, "W. ccrtninly
had the niccst bunch Of young fcl'
lows In the lot at our house" The
soldier boys also seemed to have
good deal the snmo feeling about
the people who entertained them.
All are agreed thnt II the boys
who came to Arvsdn are fair sam.
pie Of the rank and file Of Uncle
Sans army-and no doubt they are
every American citizen has great rem
on to he proud and nt the same time
thankful for such nm army. u ranks
with any army the world has ever
known and the destiny Of the nat
ion Of can rest safely bsh,nd u,