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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1911
Page
1
Last night the sermon by Dr Ray Palmer on the theme no man cared for my soul attracted many attendees. The speaker urged compassion and personal responsibility, emphasizing the need for spiritual care and communal support.
Large Baptist Church turnout as Dr. Palmer preaches on No Man Cared for My Soul urging Christians to work. He cites Gladstone's charity, praises Jews and Catholics, and warns Sunday School teachers against card playing. He urges every member to be a worker and recalls lost opportunities to witness.
A preacher closes a stirring sermon with the message that Christ cared for every soul and invites sinners to seek salvation. The final appeal moves many in the congregation to rise and request Christian prayers.
Representative Rucker of California introduced a resolution calling the president to furnish all correspondence on Japanese immigration to the United States and its possessions. It asks for actions to restrict further Japanese Coolie labor and requests information on immigration from Canada and Mexico via Hawaii Guam and the Philippines. The resolution seeks details of presidential communications with California and San Francisco over the past five years.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska collapsed with vertigo outside the Pension Office and was rushed to a hospital where his condition was reported not critical. The San Joaquin League has been organized in California with teams in Bakersfield Visalia Fresno Tulare Porterville and Hanford.
President Taft may attend the consecration of the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York with Governor Dix and Mayor Gaynor for a ceremonial opening next week. A Danville grand jury will continue probes into Hendricks County vote buying and the Lesener case. A French soldiers memorial will be unveiled at Annapolis on Tuesday by the Sons of the Revolution. Sam Houston memorial at Huntsville Texas is to be riveted Friday. Earl Grey expected to preside at Ottawa National Art Gallery opening. Multiple conventions and meetings noted in Washington Memphis Indianapolis Jacksonville Philadelphia and other cities.
The measure passed the House and requires publication of campaign contributions.
Bankers outline a new plan to minimize gutton frauds and safeguard shipments by rail. The proposal focuses on tightened controls, tracking measures, and surety requirements to reduce losses and improve security across routes and cargos.
Washington April 15 The Democratic whip faced early trouble as a Democratic suppression of a Republican amendment narrowly failed to gain a decisive advantage. The House passed the Rucker bill on campaign contribution publicity before election, with 52 Democrats voting with Republicans to adopt an amendment extending publicity to individual receipts and expenditures.
Washington April 15 Senator Foster will visit nearly every section of Louisiana over ten days or two weeks while the statehouse prepares legislation for the Senate. He left for New Orleans last night and will meet potential opponents and gauge conditions before any contest develops. Meanwhile Rep Ransdell and Pujo shape staff and committee roles as Louisiana prospects loom.
Nashville dispatches report regular Democrats in the Tennessee house adopting resolutions to keep the session open until the 34 absentees return, framing the runaways as minority obstruction to the majority. Absentees from Decatur Alabama vow to stay away, while Louisiana politics and Gov. Sanders McEnery succession are noted as ongoing fights.
The New York banker will verify duplicates of cotton bills with a central bureau before purchasing. Thirty two railroads in the South and Southwest approve the scheme, along with the Liverpool conference, and European bankers are expected to accept it. Fred I. Kent of the Bankers Trust Co. announced a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce in New York on April 12 with representatives present.
Report hints at possible American involvement in a second attack on insurrectos at Agua Prieta with officials evaluating no final action. The note emphasizes potential U S role without confirming detailed plans or outcomes.
Agua Prieta Mex April 15 with an assault feared on the Insurrectos in Douglas Arizona residents rely on Capt Gaujot and his hundred First Cavalry to guard the city. Federals hold machine guns and would stop cross border fire. Taft pledges defense of American soil as the two nations tensions heighten.
A Census Bureau study shows Louisiana mills produced 3.55 billion feet of lumber in 1909 valued at 50.54 million dollars, while Washington led in total production and value. Mississippi and the southern states posted strong gains, with southern output rising 78 percent in ten years.
From Juarez to the border El Paso watches as Col. Antonio Rabigo leads several hundred Federal cavalry from Chihuahua while Insurrectos move toward Juarez. Garrison braces for defense awaiting which force reaches first and whether a battle may erupt across the river.
Washington notes indemnity for losses at Agua Priesta has not been raised and is a matter for the future. The present priority is to ensure no American settlement faces danger from Federal or Rebel bullets.
The White House says Insurrectos leader at Agua Prieta promised to prevent further incidents that killed and wounded Americans. The fate of fifty Mexican federals who surrendered at Agua Prieta and are overseeing American forces at Douglas creates a legal puzzle, as the United States does not recognize a state of war with Mexico and may lack a statute to detain them.
President Taft ordered the Mexican government to prevent further clashes near the US border following the Agua Prieta incident where two Americans were killed and eleven wounded. He directed warnings via the State Department to Diaz and Madero to protect American lives and property.
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