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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1915
Page
1
Prominent figures from the Southern Commercial Congress gather in Muskogee to launch a series of discussions and initiatives. The event aims to outline economic and trade priorities for the region with speeches and policy briefings from key governors and business leaders.
A massive gathering in Muskogee Oklahoma opens the Southern Commercial Congress with high attendance and prominent speakers from federal departments and industry. Senator Fletcher presides while cabinet members and experts discuss immigration rural credits trade and development for the south and west.
Governors arrive for early sessions as Southern commercial leaders are asked to share insights. Diplomatic reps from several countries attend. Kai Fu Shak, Chinese minister to the United States, is notably interested. C. H. Trousdale and clerk C. W. Trousdale visit Monroe to probe several recent fires and will stay for days.
The Trenton Baptist church reports forty members, a large rise from the initial signers after organization. A two week revival added 25 members to the original fifteen, and twenty were baptized Friday night. Glen Fleming, formerly Monroe Fair manager and longtime promoter in New Orleans, enters the city real estate market handling Louisiana lands with many local friends cheering his venture.
The Associated Press reports John Bunny, famed moving picture comedian who brought laughter to millions, died at his Brooklyn home from complications of diseases.
In Pekin on April 26 Associated Press reports Japan presented twenty four more demands to Chinese officials, insisting on full acceptance as an amplification of the original twenty one stipulations. China is described as making only feeble military preparations while details remain secret.
No further life loss reported from heavy weekend rains but most crops in the flooded district lowlands must be replanted. Shoal and Waller creeks rose again, forcing many families from homes. Additional property damage noted from south Texas as the Brazos and Guadalupe rivers rise.
A political discussion centers on extending official terms by two years to preserve peace and avoid elections. The idea envisions no immediate electoral contests while governance continues.
In New Orleans discussions revolve around extending state and all officers’ terms by two years to enable a new constitution and unified program. A banker and key figures steer a harmony project, with Behrman Hall talks planned but not yet held as lawmakers and senators weigh the proposal.
Plaquemine La April 26 General Thomas J Shaffer commander of the Louisiana Division United Confederate Veterans died at 9 30 o clock Saturday in the St Mary sanitarium after an illness of some duration Interment will be in the local cemetery He was born in Terrebonne parish seventy one years ago educated at Centenary College and in Virginia He served in the Army of Northern Virginia including the 26th Louisiana Regiment He later led Confederate veterans and helped secure pensions and taxes for their care He leaves a widow Miss Hattie Jones and two children
London reports half a million fresh German troops in Flanders and the Woevre as they press the line against British and French positions. Allied counterattacks claim success in places, while German reports boast progress toward Ypres. Eastern front sees limited action. Dardanelles bombardment continues amid Allied landings being prepared. Greece and Italy debate intervention terms as Vienna weighs terms.
The speaker argues Louisiana suffers from factional rancor and calls for a peaceful interim to frame a new organic law. They propose extending governor and state officer terms to six years, with interim legislation to implement the new constitution, and a first election under it in 1918.
German forces launch a renewed attack in Flanders described as a forerunner of a larger effort to smash the Allied lines. The report emphasizes the impending push and strategic aims as soldiers clash along the front.
A Athens dispatch reports the country must be guaranteed before Greece arms. A decision is expected later this week. Ivy Faulk resigns from Southern Grocer Co to join Faulk & Clark of West Monroe as bookkeeper, with Will Myatt succeeding him at Southern Grocer Co.
H H Kopman and W B Holmes inspectors from the Bureau of Biological Survey under the U S Department of Agriculture lead in Ouachita parish to investigate reported violations of the migratory bird and game laws. The department warns violators will be prosecuted wherever caught and urges local residents to respect the federal protections.
W Sizeland and Geo W Welmen, two white men who assaulted Conductor Welter Morgan of the W S & P and delayed the train in the yards, were placed in US custody by Marshal Kirkpatrick on charges of interfering with not defeying the United States mail. They were moved from the city jail to the parish jail after appearing before U S Commissioner W A O Kelly and each bond set at 500, which they could not furnish. Both had prior heavy city court sentences for violating city ordinances.
A Shriners committee visits local businesses requesting all to display decorations on Wednesday in red yellow and green to honor the visiting Shriners. Home fronts along the park car line are urged to join, and the committee may not meet everyone, so decorate without further notice.
The Knights of Columbus hold a State convention in Shreveport from May 9 to 11 with a large candidate initiation on the 9th. Monroe council delegates Adolph Renaud and J B Larkin are named to attend.
Reports describe a dramatic and widespread public reaction to the largest engagement of the European war currently underway. Citizens across cities react with alarm and concern as frontline actions unfold and authorities urge calm.
German forces renew offensive along the Yser Canal in Flanders with General von Hindenberg reportedly brought from the east to direct operations and Emperor William en route to the west. Austrian claims of Carpathian successes appear uncertain while the German report speaks of a wide western front and Vosges victories.
The Kronpriz Wilhelm was shifted to a coal pier at Newport News to load 4000 tons of coal believed enough to reach a German port. Provisions and water for ten days were arranged, with a customs conference held but details kept secret.
Hugh W. Jones of Borden Springs Alabama calls himself the vegetarian pedestrian. He travels by foot toward San Francisco to attend the Panama-Pacific Exposition, delivering lectures on temperance and the harms of tobacco and drugs. Jones says he walked from his hometown to Washington six years ago and is a cousin of Sam Jones.
Monroe residents hold stock in the Federal League Oil Company and United Oil and Gas Company and celebrate the Sure Shot Company's lease oil discovery adjoining their properties. Wells are now being bored by both firms.
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