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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
Would Abolish
Military Service

Abolition of military service and
socialization of industry are among
the demands of labor in Norway and
Sweden, according to an article in the
March number of the Monthly La
Dor Review, United States Depart
ment of Labor. The facts were Sc
cured from European publications.
In Norway a manifesto issued by
the National Federation of Trades
Unions and the executive committee
of the Norwegian Labor Party urges
realization through education and
organization of the following ends ::
Specialization of industry, banking,
and wholesaling; an effective solu-
tion of the land and housing ques-
tions from the point of view Of COM
munitY interests; 1essening the bur-
den of taxes on the working people,
with stiffer progressive direct tax;
UNIVERSAL pensions; just system of
voting, with equal franchise rights
for all men and women over 81; in
PRODUCTION Of the eight-hour day;
complete abolition Of military SER
vice and the transfer of military es-
tabiishments to the purposes of use
full production.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
Elks Drive Closes
With lis Applications

The Elks 1919 drive for new men,
bers closed on the tenth instant with
lis applications turned in. The quo
ia set for the drive was placed at 100
new applications, and the teams
speeded up and went over the top.
The applications will be passed upon
at a meeting to be held Wednesday
night.
The day set for the big doings is
April 9th. Morgan City on that day
will turn out all dressed up in honor
of the Elks. Purple and white will
decorate every home, and the stores
and business places will observe the
day by hanging out flags and decorat-
ling the windows.
The different committees are busy
with the plans. The committee on
eats is going to look after the inner
man, while the initiation committee
is also going to look after the candi-
date 1t is rumored that a strong set
of batteries has been ordered, and a
number of goats have been engaged
for the day. 1t is also feared that the
poor candidates will be made to lead
the goats in the parade. The best of
care will be taken of the candidates
during the initiation. Two promi-
nent surgeons will be on hand to look
after them when the teams let them
go. Sticking plaster, arnica and lini-
ment has been purchased, and every
thing outlined for the great day.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
The Quest Of the
Cloudland Fleece

Like gray moths waiting to spread
their wings
Unfinished air craft stand.
Mute prophecies they, of wondrous
things
By bold adventure planned.
Across their bodies the workmen
creep, .
Turning their shafts Alright, n
For a birdman's ready his tryst to
keep
With a record-breaking flight.
Oh, which shall be first 'mongst these
to rise,
From it chrystalis state set free,
To win for man his coveted prize
In the race to span the sea?
Oh, craftsmen, temper the brace of
steel,
Oh, cable the aileron true;
The hand that will pilot the sky-boat
wheel
Is trusting his nerve, and-you!
Oh, bolts and sockets and cotter pins,
Propellers and struts and stays,
Whatever the name of the man who
wins,
With you he must share the praise
When out of the factory, mine, and
mill,
The forest and field and stream,
The man and the man-made bird full
fill
The "Transaslantic Dream!
Sophie E. Redford in the May Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
M organ City Council
Knights Of Colum-
bus Initiates Large
Class
Visiting Knights From Sur
rounding Country Throng
Morgan City To Parti-
cipate in Event

Morgan City Council No. 1873,
Knights of Columbus, initiated a
class of As candidates here yes
terday. The celebration was
held in the City Hall, visiting
Knights from Patterson, Frank
lin, Jeanerette, New iberia, Hou-
ma, Thibodaux, New Orleans and
other parts of the state partici-
pating.
A parade of 200 members
opened the celebration, the pro-
cession marching to the Convent
School where the candidates
were in retreat, and thence to
the church. The parade was
headed by the visiting members,
who carried the stars and
stripes, then came the K. C.
Goat, and tn eemblem of the or
der. The local members brought
up the rear. At the church,
Father Souby delivered an elo-
quent sermon and talk to the
members and candidates. After
mass, the candidates and Wis.,
itors were rendered a banquet at
the City Hall.
Promptly at one o'clock, the
initiating team got busy. This
team was made up of members
of the New Orleans, Thibodaux
and Morgan City degree teams.
They spent the afternoon work.
ing on the candidates and swear
ing them in. -
Among the notables present
were: Representatives L. 0. Pc
cot of Franklin, district deputy;
DR.. Mienville of Houma, DR..
Mayer of Thibodaux and John K.
Weggman of New Orleans, dis
trict deputy of that city.
The Knights of Columbus is q
most praise-worthy institution.
It's primary motive is the adj
vancement of religion, the love
of God, and the Christion doc
trine. It's motto is Religion and
Charity" It is the apostle OF
the Catholic Church, and fights
to uphold the principles for
which the Church stands.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
Shock Troops Mastering
For League Campaign

New York April l4.-Twenty
thousand picked men and women. all
of them well-known citizens in their
own communities, have been muster
ed by the League to Enforce Peace
to lead its campaign for ratification
of the League of Nations Treaty by
the United States Senate. These
"Shosk Troops" according to an an
nouncement today at the National
Headquarters Of the League, are per-
sons who reistered at the recent con-
vntions of the organization held
throughout the country and other
wise have pledged their interest in
the cause.
In a circular letter addressed to
these adherents, the League urges
immediate organization. not only in
every county of the United States,
but in every town and precinct. Many
OF the States are organized to carry
its work further Into the smaller po-
litical divisions. In several states
this intensive organization work al
ready is in progress under the direc-
ton of state headquarters.
A manual of instructions, entitled
Working for League of Nations"
which accompanies this letter, opens
with the following appeal:
You are privileged to take an ac-
tive and responsible part in this great
patriotic movement for League of
Nations in the territory ow which
you have assumed charge as the rep
resentative of the League to Enforce
reace. Cooperation to the utmost is
to be achieved. National. State and
County Organizations working as one
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
The Stumbling Block
At Paris
(From Brooklyn Daily Eagle.)

From Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
According to Paris dispatches the
present crisis in the peace conference
turns on French claims to territory
Alsace and Lorraine go back, as a
matter of course, to their former al
legiance. But that does not satisfy
France. She asks that the valley Of
the Saar River, an affluent of the
Moselle, be ceded to her for the
touble purpose of strengthening her
frontier defenses and recompensing
her for the devastation of her indus
trial areas by invasion. The Saar
Valley is small but important in
hustry district. 1t is rich in coal
mines and manufactures. 1t is un-
scathed by war and its possession
would mean new wealth to France,
impoverished by the deliberate ruin
of provinces once fertile and pros
porous
But the Saar Valley is German,
not French. 1t became French for
a brief period through conquest. but
was detached from France in 1915 by
the congress Of Vienna. Its people
are of German stock. German capi-
tai has developed its industries There
is no reason to believe that the ap-
plication to it Of the self-determina-
tion principle would result otherwise
than in a positive affirmation of its
Germanic preferences. Its Germanic
history, its Germanic connection
would be ignored if the French an
nexation claim were recognized at
the peace conference That is why
the American and British delega-
tions first opposed the French de-
mand, although they realize the JUS
tice of the claims for reparation with
which the Saar Valley question has
been interviewer. If purely German
lCIIItOIy ID " OC uSuVCU OVCA "
France under guarantee from the
league Of nations the fundamental
principles of the league are outrag-
ed and the seeds of future war de-
liberately planted. No sympathy
with Germany is necessary to admit
this. 1t is plain corollary Of certain
obvious facts.
1t is reported that the American
and British conferees, while opposing
consent to French ex-
ploitation of the Saar Valley for a
period of years, as part payment of
indemnity claims. That is doubtful
compromise, but it may work 1t is
better than annexation, because it
does not mean the forcible detach-
ment from Germany of population
which is German by inheritance and
habit alike. The danger of it lies in
the future when French commercial
enterprises have multiplied in the
exploited district, and there comes
the inevitable clash between those
enterprises and the fully restored
control of the German government.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14

unit is our best earnest of success.
"The crucial hour has struck. "A
spirit is abroad in the world The
opportunity of the centuries is at
hand and we are privileged to work
for the immediate realization of an
age-old ideal in government. Our
part may be an humble one. Men
may not remember our names, but
if we can accomplish even the begin
nings of this world organization for
peace they will in generations to
come look back to US with gratitude" !"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
.bned Officer T e lis
Vby Victory Liberty
Loan Should be
Successful
|. 4 Carving on War Six
,aoaths More Greater
Than Quota OF
Loan

.a,,,,. Ca, April l4.-"lf you peo-
.,d been over there and seen
have seen, you'd dig SO deep
4. Victory Loan that it would
orer-subscribed the first day:
Young officer of the Seventeenth h
;;se.rs, the regiment which built
,,,.t St. Nazaire railroad yards
s,,cce. at Camp Gorden today.
,,e;ment has just returned from
&c for rehabilitation,
got unless you were in Paris the
!. we're making that great drive
rear can you understand what
United States saved the world"
continued. Germany was not
a. when she quit. She quit be-
., she knew she was going to be
IA And the thing that convinced
xas the billions of dollars Un-
= Sam was spending to carry on
v,r. Germany began to under
"a that we were in that war to
= Il il took ten years and every
lr and every man in the United
htu And when that fact once
e il TO the German intellect, it
y IL off. The Hun quit cold.
ne waf didn't stop when the ar
Is6ee was signed. The country had
J any on. as the English say. II
Rgc keep its men over there until
y muld Be brought home. 1t had
ufy out ito contracts, and it had
Eaish paying the bills. These
u viii not be one hundredth part
~ cest Of six months more Of
:, which We should have had if we
"a made the Hun quit. And I
IN think any redblooded American
u talk It paying the bill. I've
~ l part { my share in twenty
oaths Of railroad building in
e%but I'm going to put every
! ssn scrspe together into my,
lt5s binds. Boys, you don't
~ what ! country you live in un-
pa've seen America in France"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
FEAST or PASSOVER

. q sundown begins the feast
= osef, the annual observance
nemeacy Of God to the He
.hea, snitin the Egyptie ms
- ne Hebrews whose houses
.sked with the blood Of the
haA Services will be con-
: tAe Local Synagogue at 7
s0a'sht and At 9 in the nom.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14

THE MORGAN CITY REVIEW I0
THE ONLY DAILY EEWSPAPE1
PUBLISHED IN A TRADE POP.
ULATION OF $4,000 PEOPLE
COVERING A TRADE ZONE OF
Os0 SQUARE MILES.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
Mrs. Harriet Pole

Mrs. Harriet Pole died here this
at the home of her son, Wal
ter A. Pole, local manager of the
Western Union. Mrs. Pole had been
here for few days on a visit, and
was stricken by heart failure. She
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14

was 62 years of age. The body will
be taken to Jeanerette for interment
Deceased is survived by two sons, w.
A. and Wesley Pole, one daughter,
Miss Maud Pole and her husband, T.
F. Pole of Jeanerette. The mother
of Mrs. Pole also survives her.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-14
laflS VISITS MORGAN CITY

tnsressnian w. P. Martin of
aesdaux was in town Saturday
nag hands with old friends and
asns old acquaintances. Mr..
= = one Of the shining lights of
lcuse at Washington, and is a
h g Louisiana and the third dis
y Welcome sign is always out in
lefpa City for Whit.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-18
FARMS FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS ARE
PLANNED; AWAIT CONGRESS ACTION
Minnesota Result of Senator Nords Bill to Create State
Cooniz alton Commission, Takes Initial Step Toward
Proper Settlement-Land Available

would have 35 years or more to pay
for the farm. The colonization COM
panies being licensed by the state.
would report on the land, assuring
the farmer of its condition. The COL
.onization company could issue bonds
up to within rs per cent OF the value
of the land and these bonds would be
endorsed by the state.
Bills similar to the Nord bill In
Minnesota have been introduced In
the Wisconsin and Michigan legisla-
lures.
The home builder bill is the only
settlement plan now before the North
Dakota solons and provides that upon
deposit of 20 per cent OF the value OF
the project, a man may engage IN
farm industry. fully equipped, under
contract to pay up within twenty
years.
Many plans have been discussed In
South Dakota and bills following the
plan outlined to President Wilson by
Secretary of the Interior Lane are
under consideration In almost every
northwestern state legislature. Ac-
ton on these bills in several states
has been prevented because Of con-
f1icting constitutional provisions.
Rectifcation of constitutional defi-
ciencies to adopt the Lane plan would
require two years.
But the land is available. Mlllionf
of acres of cutover and swamp land
available for tiIlage or stock raising
in Minnesota, Michigan and Wiscon'
sin are awaiting development. Secre'
tarfy of the Interior Franklin X
Lanes recent survey showed Mime
sofa has 14.022,0O0 acres Of stumI
land available for colonization ant
l5,S32,3O8 acres Of swamp land. Wis
consin Is second in the United States
! in stump land, with 13,24e,000 acres
Of swamp land available. Michigan
The Badger state has 100000 acres
has 11,tS6,000 acres Of stump an,
E2,947,439 acres Of swamp land avail
able, while in the United States ther
Is total OF 228,509.000 acres o
stump land and 79,005,022 acres @
swamp land waiting to be developed
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-18

Farms for returning sailors and
soldiers in the Central Northwest are
largely waiting on congress. In the
absence of any unified plan to utilize
the vast amount Of untitled land in
the nation, the state legislatures In
this section have been trying to for
mulate limited schemes for land util-
ization.
The states are waiting to see what
the federal government will do--but
northwest state Legislatures Will
have adjourned until 1921 before con-
gress can act.
Minnesota has taken the first step
toward land settlement in considera-
ton Of Senator Leonard Nord's bill
to create a state colonization COM
mission, with power to license and
govern colonization companies.
The only plan Of settlement now in
effective operation is a private enter
prise headed by Benjamin F. Faast,
Of Eau Claire, Wis, who Ia director
of the St. Paul Federal Land bank.
Faast has been colonizing northern
Wisconsin successfully for eighteen
years and is the first coionizer to in
augurate farm colonies with churches
stores, schools and community centers
already provided.
The Minnesota Plan" of which
Senator Nord is the author is based
upon the system worked by Faast,
but also embodying plan outlined
by e. G. Quamme, president OF the
st. Paul Federal Land bank, that for
the first time would permit coloniz-
ing, not only "back woods" 4country,
but the already settled communities
Of southern Minnesota.
The Nord bill would eliminate
"land autocracy," which often has
resulted in stagnation Of high grade
producing land by its lying idle OF
producing only a small PERCENTAGE OF
capacity. It would enable the man
of moderate means to pick his farm
anywhere in the state and have q
colonization company purchase and
improve 1t for him Under the plan OF
payment his expenses would be small
the first four or Ave years and hf
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-18
SOLDIERS PLANNING ......
TO ATTEND BANQUET
SHOULD LIST NAMES

1t is important that every returned
military man register his name at
the Army and Navy club IL 1t is his
intention to participate in the ban
quet to be given in honor Of dis
charged soldiers at the Markham
hotel the evening of March 81. The
committee must have complete re-
cord of all desiring to attend the at
fair that accommodations may be
provided. <
Every citizen of the city is urged
to give financial assistance to the
plan, as the banquet Is for the home
boys. A community and country
wife celebration being planned for q
later date, probably July 4. Dona-
tions should be left at the Northern
National bank or mailed to Mrs. A.
Lord or Mrs. A. A. Warfleld.
There will be several speakers, but
the returned soldiers will not be
called upon to respond to toasts
Following the banquet there will be
dance.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-18
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS. !: ...:.....s;. ! :
GIVE FINE PROGRAM

Another program of much merit
was presented by the Qui Vive Liter
ary society of the high school yester-
day afternoon, Although" the enter,
tainment was shorter thHn those pre-
yiously giyenctt was very In terestfng.
The opening number was g rom
splicing demonstration by Sanfof&
Hurlocker, and Martin Kingston, thts
demonstration showed how the rope
was prepared for splicing, then aa
the demonstration progressed the
demonstrator showed how the rope
was woven in Together making 4
strong splice which would not pull
out, and ending the demonstration
by showing the strength and neat
ness of such a splice.
Henry Jorden and Victor Jahr
gave a demonstration on testing the
termination of seed corn. Gorden
Smith told of the marketing Of eggs.
and suggested where fresh eggs may
be purchased and their freshness
guaranteed. Mary Kirshbalm and
Carolyn Groves played a piano duet.
which was thoroughly enjoyed.
Peder Peterson gave very in
teresting Current Event" on the
peace problem and the conditions OF
the American troops In Russia.
Jerry the Bobbin Boy" was an ex-
citing reading given by Dorothy WILL
son, telling how a small boy who
cleaned the bobbins in the great mills
saved them from destruction by cut
ting the timber which held the Ice
Jam, risking his own life in the at
tempt. The Irish medley, which was
sung by Grace and Pearl Mclaughlin,
Alceira Deneau, and Stella De Russia.
was fine, this being the only Irish
feature on the program.
The Blarney Breezes, the second
edition Of the Zig Tag, was also read
which caused much excitment and
mirth.
The audience sang the Marseillats
and the Star Spangled Banner. the
singing being followed by the critics
report from Carlton Crothers.
Mr.. Balcom presented the foot ball
and basket ball boys with their
sweaters and letters.
Boys who received letters for play
ing on the foot ball team in three
championship games were John
slmons, Leo Opsahl. Harold Dahl.
Kenneth Kenfield, Earl Cochran. Ru-
pert stechman, Max Boyce, John
Koors, Arlo Achenbach. and Frank
Phibbs. Those receiving letters for
playing on the basket ball teams In
three championship games were Edla
Rudy, Elsie Shannon. Lorain kreatz.
Earl Cochran, Rupert Stechman and
Roy Trafton. ~.
Those receiving sweaters were the
seniors who have won two letters and
have played in at least six champion
ship games, these were. Elsie Nuss
Madge Trafton, John Simons, Lex
Opsahl and Kenneth Kenfield.
This idea of giving sweaters y
seniors who have won two letter
and who have played in at least 81!
championship games has only bee
worked out this year, formerl
sweaters were given only to the boy
who went to Carleton to participaf
In the tournament.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-18
CLUB HOUSE FOR
GOLFERS PROVIDED:
l.ss
EXPERT SECURED
Bemidji Followers of Sport An
ticipate Big Season-Mem-
bership Nears Limit.

Bemidji golfers are awaiting with
much anxiety the opening of the sea-
son, and they anticipate splendid
year. Through the generosity OF Of
ficials Of the Crookston. Lumber colu-
pany the building used last summer
at the foot Of Third street as a SOL
diers' barracks has been provided the
club and It. has been moved to the
golf course and will be used az a club
house. Is..!., 49,
The club house has been placed on
the hill near number one tee, q, most
attractive location, and it will be
used until the permanent building
planned hy the club can be erected.
The building will. be greatly I'M
proved, a fire place being added and
the porches around the entire struc-
ture screened. r.
Extensive improvements to the
course are also planned and H. G..
Baer, president of the club. says that
II, is probable that q; water System
reaching all sections of the links will
he installed. The greens are to be
improved and bunkers placed. ", ..
Members Of the organization are
enthusiastic over the securing of Or
willie w. Chaplin, assistant atethe Min
ineapolis Minikhada Golf club, as In
structor. this year. Chapir, is q pro-
fessinRaf golfer and he comes here
with the Recommendation OF many
prominent players, including George
Taylor, one Of the best known pro-
fessionals in the Northwest.
The membership limit Of the golf
club is near and it Is urged that those
desiring to join, do SO at once, there
by protecting themselves from being
placed on the waiting, list. ,.r.r ~,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-18
.STORK WINS OVER GRIM
REAPER DURING 1918

Even though 1t unexpectedly en-
the strenuous opposition of
influenza, the stork won over the
grim reaper in Beltramt county dur
ing 1918 by a most substantiol mar
gin, according to fige,irs quoted by
Fred Rhoda, clerk of court. ..& T..
The report Of the State Board OF
Health and Vital Statistics >hows
that there were 789 births and 378
deaths III Beltrami county last year.
as compared to 832 births and $40
deaths in 1917. In Belnidji last year
there were 263 births and 1873 deaths,
the figures for 1917 showing 214
births and 81 deaths.
In Baudette there were Al births
and Is deaths; Blackduck % births
and 8 deaths; Kelliher- Ia births and
six. deaths; spooner 33 births and II
deaths.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-03-18
O'CONNER VISITS BEM1DJI.

Lieutenant Burt O,Conner, who is
now stationed at Washington, d. c.,
is spending several days in Bemidji.
O'Conner left Bemidji for Camp
Dodge in February, 1918. His work
In the army soon attracted attention
and promotions followed one another
rapidly. He served in the engineers
as corporal, sergeant, regimental ser
geant major and last August was
made a lieutenant. - Lieutenant
OConner was overseas ten months
and for more than three months was
on the battle front. He was returned
to this country as a casual, in con-
sequence of eye trouble and he is now
awaiting his discharge