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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1915
Page
1
A state league meeting is announced with an excursion aboard a steamer on Monday. Principal Roe will entertain the feature attraction during the event, showcasing local talent and community involvement.
The New Orleans Times Picayune reports the Louisiana League of Homesteads and Building and Loan Associations will hold its annual convention in Monroe on April 23 and 24. Emile A Wagner announces a strong New Orleans delegation and speakers include Emile A Wagner and Geo C Walshe. Aimed at cooperation with city interests, the meeting covers credentials, resolutions, and officer elections with various addresses on building and loan topics.
A near hundred strong New Orleans delegation will travel Friday by special sleepers from Union Station Rampart Street and Howard Avenue joining the Texas and Pacific line for a fifty mile hoat ride and Friday evening departure at seven o'clock.
Stockholm reports Swedish author Harold Waegner notes Danish leaders and people favor total neutrality. Danes value harmony, education, and culture, reject revenge for 1864, see Schleswig-Holstein as German, and would align with the northern kingdoms rather than any belligerent side.
Anarchists Frank Abarno and Carmine Carbone were sentenced by a New York court to terms of six to twelve years in Sing Sing for the Tomb in St Patrick's Cathedral. The verdict followed the attack on the cathedral and related anarchist actions.
Associated Press reports in New York that Supreme Court Justice Hendrick reserved judgment on Harry Thaw’s request for a jury trial to determine his sanity. The judge asked for briefs.
The Monroe Gun Club team defeated Shreveport in a Saturday tournament at the local club grounds. Joe Austin led 24 shooters with a perfect 50 from 50, while Tisdale, George, and Henry posted strong scores. The local team finished with 183 of 210 after missing 17 targets, losing by 12.
Baron De Reuters, managing director of Reuters Telegram Company, was found dead at his home near Heigals Surrey. A discharged revolver lay beside him and authorities say he committed death by own action. He mourned his wife’s death last Thursday.
A well known Chicago merchant credited his rise to focusing his advertising in daily newspapers. He said a real message in the advertising columns drew readers who were ready to respond, a pattern echoed by many successful business people.
Two high schools achieved victories in a school rally with both girls and boys teams claiming top honors. The event showcased student participation and school spirit across activities and competitions.
Monroe City High School wins the literary trophy with 20 points while Ouachita Parish High takes the silver cup for best athletic percentage at the Northeast Louisiana Athletic Association rally held Friday and Saturday. Ouachita leads track with 26 points. Monroe 25. Central 22. Winnsboro 18. Delhi 1. Bayville 9. Farmerville 6. Championship teams include Bastrop in boys basketball and Ouachita in girls basketball, baseball and girls tennis doubles. A Bastrop Monroe game was protested over officiating. Ouachita beat Monroe in baseball 12 to 9 with Hodges Kay and Dillard Fluker as batteries.
The Despard Arms, a model public house founded by suffragette Mrs Despard, opens in a London laboring district. It is upstairs to avoid stairs as a barrier to tea and soda pop, and lacks beer taps and liquor display from the old style tavern.
The room has a smooth floor and white oilcloth tables with daffodils, prints on the walls, and a corner pieno for music and approved games. Amateur cooks sell delicacies for a nominal price while alcohol is taboo. The venue draws workers and suffragettes, yet ordinary patrons feel out of place.
Reports from Rome and Geneva indicate the German General Staff may abandon plans for a general offensive in France. An official note to the Italian cabinet and German officials hint at reduced hopes for further breakthroughs. A war council led by General von Hindenburg reportedly shifts forces east to Poland and Galicia. No major engagements are claimed in the west and Berlin says the eastern situation is unchanged.
Constantinople reports Field Marshal Von Der Goltz has been named commander in chief of the Turkish army in a move unfolding in the capital on April 19.
Berlin reports French aviator Roland Garros was captured by German forces at Ingermunster Belgium. The notice confirms his capture while on a mission with the French air service.
Friends urge the City Council to provide a plain marble slab over the grave of the late Mayor A. A. Forsythe as a final city tribute. The move follows his service as head of the city's government and is described as a small expense for enduring memory.
Fifteen Terre Haute election fraud prisoners, led by Mayor Donn M. Roberts, depart for Port Leavenworth Kansas penitentiary accompanied by deputy U S marshals. Six others who withdrew appeal remain free at home. sentences range from one year and a day to six years with fines up to two thousand dollars.
The Times reports a neutral German observer noting increased support for the Emperor. He is seen as the ideal figure reflecting national tastes, piety, and bravery, though military leaders now limit his direct influence on strategy.
Budapest April 19. The Hungarian Reichstag opens with expected spirited debate. Independent members plan to discuss military actions led by the Przemysl sortie of March 19 in which about 10 000 men were sacrificed for no clear result amid ongoing peace talks.
Petrograd reports the Austrian attempt to retake the Heights of Mez olaboroz in Hungary has subsided after six days of fighting.
New Orleans April 19 Baxter 8 Braswell plans another statewide bid for state treasurer He believes he is better known across the state and will run after Ledoux Smith Braswell is president of Lincoln Bank Ruston and of Bank of Simsboro He attended the Louisiana Bankers Convention.
In Syracuse on April 19 the $50,000 libel suit of William Barnes against Colonel Theodore Roosevelt began with a large crowd at the courthouse. Roosevelt and Barnes attended but ignored each other as Barnes' lawyers selected twelve jurors. Roosevelt’s side started questioning potential jurors in the afternoon.
A terse report notes that Frank IA faced a decision today and was rejected, with officials or authorities delivering the outcome. The event occurred in a setting likely tied to local or regional matters. No further details are provided in the accessible text.
The United States Supreme Court rules against Leo Frank in his habeas corpus petition over the Mary Phagan murder. Justices Pitney Holmes and Hughes dissent. court affirms that Georgia court procedures afforded Frank full rights to be heard. The decision leaves possible presidential pardons as the remaining remedy.
Atlanta April 19 Frank’s attorneys say all court avenues are exhausted and plan to petition the Prison Commission for sentence commutation. Frank, disappointed, vows to continue the fight as the Supreme Court mandate is awaited and the solicitor general may seek re sentencing.
Washington reports Leo M. Frank’s bid for life amid repeated Georgia court refusals since 1913. Seven denials of new trials and three death sentences marked his path, with two US Supreme Court appeals, the second decision reached today in the Mary Phagan murder saga that drew national attention.
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