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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
1
Convention a Success Marks Progress and Divisions Over Greer
The fourth annual Louisiana State Federation of Labor convention closed amid harmony with a split over Greer’s election. Ballots finished at 3 26 with 182 votes counted. Delegates debated compensation reform, minimum pay, compulsory insurance, and public school fund allocation, while Brandeis support was endorsed in a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State Federation of Labor
New Reans
Alexandria
Louis D. Brandeis
United States
Supreme Court
Louisiana
French Continue Violent Attacks North of Verdun
Paris dispatches report the French pressing gains north of the Caillette wood and near Poy almont as German assaults are repelled. An intense bombardment east of Verdun signals potential new action in the Woevre district while Lorraine artillery halts German infantry. Dutch vessel torpedoed in the North Sea and Holland affirms neutrality with furlough suspensions framed as army precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Vagsx-Douatmeont
Verdun
Parte
Caillette Wood
Battlegrond
Poyalmont
Meise
Woevre
Moulainville
Chatillouis
Lorraine
North Sea
Holland
Favorable report for child labor bill
Washington April 5 The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted to report favorably the child labor bill amended to prohibit interstate shipment of goods manufactured by children under fourteen Southern cotton manufacturers opposed the bill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agasdale
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Water spillway plan faces opposition and delays
Report notes stronger resistance to higher line spillways and to steps aimed at delaying water flow from plow irrigation operations. Local officials debate impacts and feasibility while alternatives are considered.
Levees and spillways in flood plan debate
Walter Parker of the New Orleans Association of Commerce urges spillways and higher levees as a regional fix to Mississippi floods. He warns universal levee heightening risks, advocates local spillways for New Orleans, and challenges the Mississippi River Commission while lawmakers weigh Newlands and Broussard flood bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter Parker
Veners
New Orleans Association of Commerce
Parker
Mississippi River Commission
Clarence 9
Sherrill
spil'Wéigs
New Orleans
Mississi Ra River Commission
Teymben
Ths
Mississippi River
Humphreys
Cairo
Gulf
Mississippi
Lekeg
Congress
Broussard
Newlands
Lyman E. Cooley
Raines
Donelson Caffery
Clapp
Minnesota
Fiji District Medical Society elects Dr Cosby president
The Fiji District Medical Society afternoon session featured Dr G W Gaines on general practice difficulties in Delray Country. Dr O W Cosby of Monroe was elected president with D H Alverson Newelton first vice president and J B Vaughan Collinston second. Ruston chosen as next meeting site. Dr John T Halsey Tulane spoke on Dipitalis and Dr S Logan on Prostatectomy with a new post treatment instrument. The event marked the society’s most successful meeting to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji
D. H. Alverson Newelton
J. B. Vaughan
Collinston, Sr
8. L. White
Ruston
Tary
John T. Halsey
Tulane Universit New Orleans
Halsey
S$. Logan
Tulane University
Logan
Monroe
Wright
Miners of Hocking District Meet Opens
Logen O April 5 The annual convention of the mine workers of the Hocking coal district opened here today. Delegates expect to finish by Saturday and join with the operators committee next week to discuss future wages and employment conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Logen
Hocking Coal District
More Troops Needed to Capture Villa in Large Area
The article reports General Pershing facing a widened search for Villa within a 1600 square mile region. It notes increasing difficulties, training for mountain operations, and new military support as the Mexican expedition extends southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa
Carranza
Villa band attack near Parras ends in heavy losses
In Torreon on April 5 a Villa band led by Simon eyes and Chacon failed to surprise the Carranza garrison at Parras. Forty-two were killed as the garrison under Col Gonzales repelled the attack, seizing arms and horses. El Paso reports U.S. forces await word on Carranza permission to use Mexican railroads for expedition supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torreon
Simon Eyes
Chacon
Carranza
Parras
Here
Gonzales
el Paso
United States
Mexico
Col Brown's Calvary Defeats Villa Band in Texas
San Antonio reports Colonel W C Brown of the Tenth Cavalry defeated a Villa band near Guerrero, with 30 to 40 reported killed. General Pershing relayed details via General Fuston, noting no American losses. The engagement followed pursuit after Brown encountered the band near Aguas Calientes, 20 miles southeast of Bachineva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Funston
Dodd
Seventh Cavalry
Providencia
Pershing
Aguas Calientes
Ville
Guerrero
Villa
Brown
Mexico
Bachinera
San Antonio
Texas
Tenth Cavalry
W. C. Brown
Fuston
Vilay
Deiie
Rubio
Major Evans
Bachineva
Germany's Military Force Yet Unexpendable
Berlin April 15 Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg defended Germany in the Reichstag denying plans for aggression against the United States. He delivered a comprehensive war speech reviewing military, political issues, warfare means, and German American relations, insisting on guarantees for postwar European peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollwee
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Europe
Interest Still Keen in Chamber of Commerce Activity
The Chamber of Commerce Finance Committee nears completion of its canvass having raised almost $8,000. Business interests and citizens continue subscribing. New subscribers include Hotel Monroe, Consolidated Ice Co, A Grant, Fred R Miteneil, Dixie Bedding Co, L J Gimler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Monroe
Consolidated Ice Co
A. Grant
Fred R. Miteneil
Dixie Bedding Co
L. J. Gimler
Parker Campaign Sinks Under Mayor Behrman Assault
A Shreveport Times special from New Orleans reports Mayor Behrman attacking Parker on April 4, calling Parker’s followers crooks and renegades. Parker backers deny the line, noting Democratic leaders still support Parker’s gubernatorial bid and predicting Parker carries New Orleans on April 18. John H. Overton seizes on Parker’s record to bolster his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport Times
New Orleans
Rehrman
Parker
Reform Movement
Mr. Parker
Behrman
Croc
Theodore Wilkinse
Charles F. Claiborne
George W. Flynn
J. Zack Spearing
H. Dickson Bruns
Donelson Caffery
James Wilkinson
C. Harrison Parker
Good Government League
Democratic Party
Wilson T. Peterman
Third Ward
John H. Overton
Ppterman
League
John M. Parker
Overton Anil
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Louis P. Brandeis
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