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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1917
Page
1
The senate favors a clause of the administrative espionage bill, supporting expanded government access to records and heightened security provisions. Supporters say the clause strengthens oversight and national security while critics warn of civil liberty risks.
Washington lawmakers back a wartime censorship clause in the espionage bill. The Senate approved the provision by 43 to 23, allowing penalties up to 16000 dollars or ten years imprisonment for publishing information about military movements or defenses.
A Baptist revival starts at the local church this Sunday and continues for a week or more. Dr. G L Yates of Tyler Texas leads the revival with morning and evening sermons by Rev F H Farrington. Morning topic The Use of Contrary Wind and evening talk The Wide Gauge Religion.
The document lists prominent financiers and industrialists including Vance Mc Cormick of Harrisburg, Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, George B. Taliaferro of San Antonio, Henry Morgenthau and other leaders from New York Boston St Louis Portland and New Orleans.
Lancaster Pa April 21 Eugene W Wehr a divinity student answered the president s call for clergy cooperation in democracy and human rights by enlisting in the United States Marine Corps He said after long debate he must quit his Dickinson Theological Seminary studies at Williamsport Pa to serve as the first line of defense The former Williamsport senior becomes a Marine in a notable pledge of faith and duty
Premier Al presented the resignation of the entire cabinet to President Machiado following an adverse deputies vote on creating a national economic council in Lisbon.
In Tuskegee Alabama on April 21 the nationwide health week effort returns for a new run starting tomorrow with support from black organizations and churches nationwide. It follows Booker T. Washington's significant posthumous push for racial health progress at Tuskegee Institute.
Berlin reports strong artillery firing along the River Sisne front and in Champagne. It says the enemy was repulsed in the Chemin Desdamen and in Champagne, with bombardment increasing between Loos and the Arras Cambrai railroad.
Opposition lawmakers debate a revenue bill as they consider a BST plan aimed at meeting necessary expenditures. The discussion centers on funding options and fiscal strategies to cover shortfalls.
Washington April 21 fights over the administration war program start as the Ways and Means Committee opens talks on taxation to fund war costs. A bill to raise revenue through income, profits, and tariffs faces partisan debate with emphasis on an army draft versus volunteers.
The government plans treasury certificates to cover obligations while awaiting a 4.6 billion bond issue and war tax receipts. The next 5 billion bond tranche may be offered to the public within about 60 days, not earlier.
The Chamber of Commerce announces prizes to boost food production with $25 for any gardener and $15.90 for youths under 16, plus three $15 prizes for planting and maintaining a garden or vacant lot. A three member judge panel will select winners. Mr. Jackson will advise Saturdays at the chamber office.
New Orleans April 21 The Most Rev James Hubert Henk since 1906 archbishop of the New Orleans province died here Friday aged 62? years Cause of death due to heart trouble complications He was born July 2 1856 in Netstadt Havanna to Protestant parents and came to New Orleans as a child He studied at Kelley College and in France He served as rector and later bishop of Porto Rico before returning to New Orleans where he contributed to church and education progress
A Constantinople dispatch reports Turkey notified the American embassy that it has severed diplomatic relations with the United States, following Austria-Hungary’s example. The move marks a sharp escalation in wartime tensions amid the global crisis.
Two hundred people were fatally hurt in a related clash involving Villa Bandits. Ammunition and horses were captured in the confrontation.
Unofficial reports from Murguia bases claim Villa forces faced government artillery in a dawn battle at Babicora Chihuahua. About 1,200 Villa troops retreated toward San Jose de las Cuevas after two hours of combat with 50 casualties on Murguia’s side.
A Villa loyalist courier reportedly passed through El Paso toward the interior of the United States with papers for Miguel Lombardi to deny German influence and pledge to oppose any Mexican faction aligning with Germany. The courier said Villa’s message urged Lombardi to go to Washington immediately. General Eduardo Hey denied knowledge of German influence.
The safe department today announced that British Foreign Minister Balfour and his party have safely landed in Diebleatee in April. The notice confirms their arrival and security.
Reports describe sympathy shown for the German minister in the congressional galleries on Sunday but a speaker halted any demonstrations. The official policy of strict neutrality was cited to keep debates free of diplomatic demonstrations. In New Orleans Miguel Diaz Lombardo left a boarding house amid rumors of travel with bandit leader documents. He had planned to stay about ten days longer.
London report says the relief steamer Ringhorn carrying safe conduct for Rotterdam has been sunk. The Belgium Relief Commission received word of the disaster and its probable loss of the ship and its cargo.
The first informal offering of treasury certificates for 2.6 billion dollars has been greatly oversubscribed. The rate is five and one half percent. Indications show the initial 200 million dollar issue will be quickly followed by further large issues.
Onsining New York April 21. Petrius Vandercorpus was executed by electric chair after Justice Jenks denied habeas corpus petitions. The condemned man professed innocence as he spoke his final words. Barbara Wright was the murder victim in the case.
Ten thousand munitions workers riot in Magdeburg while German censorship hides a growing economic and political crisis. General von Hindenburg appeals to strikers as Allied and French actions press toward the Aisne front and Cambrat sector.
Argentina protests the sinking of the Venteprotegida and demands complete satisfaction from Germany. The Argentine minister is instructed to break diplomatic relations if Germany evades responsibility for the loss.
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