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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
1
In the House of Commons Premier Lloyd George said he remained hopeful of peace amid the Russo-Poland crisis. He criticized Polish attacks on Russia despite Allied warnings and affirmed that the allied aim is peace with independence for ethnographical Poland.
A Texas arrest ties a local Liberty Bond theft to a broader clash over disloyalty claims. the Monroe youth accused of attempting to sell Liberty Bonds in Texas is detained as authorities pursue the case amid wartime tensions and journalist reports from Tokyo.
Albert Ross a Marshall Texas postal clerk is under arrest for stealing a registered package from Longview containing Liberty Bonds valued at 38 200 Ross allegedly tried to sell 3200 in bonds at Monroe Bank and Trust Company days earlier A reward of 500 prompted an intensified search and authorities say Ross has confessed and bonds recovered
Arch Bishop Mannix of Australia landed at Penzance aboard the Steamer Baltic and arrived in London to a restrained scene. A small press and clerical group watched as police guarded Paddington Station where many kneeling followers sought the archbishop. He declined to reveal plans for his immediate future in England.
Authorities probe death of Hattie Henderson found at 1469 Adams Street and report a pattern of alleged intoxication deaths linked to antiseptics lemon extracts and other products. Officials note sales by small grocers near Monroe and across the region and say federal input may be needed to decide scope.
A Havas dispatch from Hythe reports premiers may respond to a Bolshevik push on Poland by blockading Russia with the British fleet and asking neutrals to halt exports, with a later move to seek land isolation by Germany.
Paris August report from the Hvethe conference says Allies deem sending troops impracticable and unnecessary to rescue poles. Western Poland frontier integrity is guaranteed, blockades against Russia may follow later, despite doubts over effectiveness. Russians cut the Warsaw Danzig railway and advanced patrols threaten Warsaw vicinity.
Reports from Columbia Louisiana indicate Transcontinental Oil Co plans to sand rock at Burroughs Well No 1 about 1400 feet deep two miles east of Columbia and expects oil or gas. White Eagle Oil prepares to drill near town while International Petroleum Co seeks rights at high prices, offering heavy terms for forty acre tracts and promising mineral shares if active drilling starts within time limits.
Monroe launches an anti rat campaign by the state board of health with cooperation from the United States Public Health Service and local boards. Ten cents per rat delivered at the rear of the Central fire station. Rats must be tagged with date place and catcher name and dipped in coal oil before delivery. Deliveries run daily 2 30 to 3 30 p m except Sundays. Officials urge public cooperation and say traps must not be tampered with.
The Soviet government and Lithuanian delegates reach an agreement at Riga to evacuate Northern Lithuania including Vilna by August 11, move troops southward by September 1, and complete remaining evacuations as strategic needs permit.
Three bandits entered Sol Bergman’s jewelry store on East Ninth Street Cleveland early today. They shot and seriously wounded two employees looted the safe of jewelry and diamonds valued at about $30 000 and fled in an automobile.
The U S railroad board orders a $30 million annual wage increase for American Railway Express Company workers. About eighty thousand employees affected. retroactive to May 1. Messengers and train service staff gain $38.40 monthly. other workers $32.64. Rates may rise to cover the extra cost. Rules and working conditions decision pending.
M. M. Green sold to Mrs. M. L. Green twenty acres of land in 1918N 3K for $400. The Missouri Pacific rail road leased 3,400 linear feet of 56-pound rails to the city of Monroe. The lease was negotiated for $1,229.32 and recorded at the court house.
S. W. Pipes sold 160 acres in 9-18N-1E to L. C. Mayes for 2000 dollars. Adolph Wolff sold 100 by 150 feet in Layton's Monroe addition square forty four to M. J. Foster for 800 dollars. M. C. Redmond sold oil and gas leases in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of 2-18N-3E to Earl P. Hartshorne.
A cave-in at the Oak Jackson corner closes the street with a temporary trestle for street railway cars. Quicksand blamed for a crater about twenty feet deep, as repairs proceed with experienced laborers cautious about the hazard.
Decision number 2 outlines just and reasonable wages and working conditions for railroad employees. The new pay rates take effect May 1, 1920, though the decision arrived July 28, 1920. Carriers will implement the scale from August 1, 1920 with back pay calculated separately.
Little Rock Arkansas voters cast ballots in a statewide primary selecting candidates for United States senator governor congress and several minor state offices as August 10 polling areas opened.
Raleigh officials report the North Carolina legislature convened in extraordinary session to consider ratifying the federal suffrage amendment and addressing local tax matters. The session marks a major political move with broad implications for voting rights and fiscal policy.
J. E. Heckford, a white Union parish farmer, was arrested by US Deputy Marshal H. R. Kirkpatrick on moonshining charges. He allegedly operated a plant six miles from Farmerville. Held on $500 bond, he appeared before US Commissioner William A. O Kelly and pled not guilty. He waived examination and will be tried at the October term of the US district court at Monroe.
Oil and gas activity expands in Richland and Franklin parishes as drillers resume Lowery well operations in Richland parish and plan deeper drilling toward 1800 to 2000 feet. Multiple companies lease land across Richland and West Carrell with new rigs set near Delhi and Mangham while geologists from Sebring Oil and others acquire blocks for forthcoming drilling.
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