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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1914
Page
1
Ohio voters head to the polls today to cast ballots for the U S Senate seat and other statewide offices. The ballot includes the state ticket and party nominees as campaigns intensify.
Ohio voters started the primaries with a large ballot and heavy expected turnout. The Republican contest centers on Foraker versus Cole and Harding as divisions widen. Democrats back Hogan or Lentz for the United States Senate with Cox seeking renomination. Willis likely to win the GOP gubernatorial nod, Tod a strong challenger. Progressive selections, including Garford for Burton’s seat, shape the ticket.
Ottawa reports Colonel Samuel Hughes aims to mobilize 22 000 Canadian volunteers within a week for Europe. Units already en route include the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, Royal Canadian Dragoons, and the Strathcona Horse, with recruitment closing Wednesday night. King George accepts a full division, plus a Hamilton Gault regiment to the front. Servians in the United States offer to enlist under the British flag.
Bread and cake manufacturers from Canadian cities gather in Winnipeg for a national convention to address important industry problems. Sessions will continue over several days.
The Cleary murder trial ended in a manslaughter verdict with a twenty year penitentiary sentence and became Ouachita parish's costliest trial. Eight days of proceedings produced a projected total over $2000, with juror pay 1109.25, witness claims 327.65, sheriff costs 365.20, and district attorney fees 30, among others. If a new trial is granted, costs could rise further due to higher witness mileage and court expenses.
Washington August 11 The Times Picayune reports at the British embassy that only a complete British navy destruction would close England to American cotton. Observations cite steady English output, large female labor force, and unlikely Liverpool blockade. Northern interests seek to control idle Mississippi mills amid quiet negotiations.
New Orleans August 11. The proposed extra session of the Legislature has been called off for the present. Plans to act on tax reforms and submit constitutional amendments at the November election are dropped. Governor Hall faces two options: a fall session later or mid February next year after a leaders meeting. Consensus favors early next year with doubt about tax reform passage.
Voters in Monroe Parish outside the city will decide on August 18 whether to renew a five mill road tax. The current tax expires this year and the new levy would continue existing road work with no opposition reported, but a majority vote is required to make the election legal.
An amendment to the banking law was introduced in the Senate empowering warehouse receipts for cotton and other staples to be accepted as commercial paper. Currency could be issued up to 75 percent of the value of these receipts. The measure was presented by the Associated Press from Washington on August 11.
Fred Grace faces trouble as money sent to the land office allegedly failed to reach the treasurer. Officials investigate the missing funds and potential misallocation.
Governor Hall orders a wide-ranging investigation into the Louisiana State Land Office after a report found twenty redemption certificates issued by Fred J. Grace without funds reaching the state treasury. District Attorney Holcombe defers comment as audits extend to parish conveyance offices, with likely litigation and title questions from Calcasieu Parish.
The international congress of building and loan associations planned for London today is indefinitely postponed due to the war. Some American delegates have already arrived.
Associated Press reports Belgium remains quiet aside from recon sightings as Germans reorganize in front of Liege for a new push toward France. German papers claim rest then Lille movement, while one officer was disguised as a woman. Meanwhile Austro-Hungarian invasion of Poland continues with heavy casualties and prisoners. The Birmingham cruiser U 15 sank the first German submarine.
San Francisco reports more wreckage from a likely four man-of-war vessel cast ashore by the tide. Two white wooden cabin doors were recovered, one marked Navigation Officer L and the other Gunner. A German warship was sighted six miles offshore.
Wireless from Cunard reports the Lusitania has reached Fastney and should arrive in Liverpool tonight after starting its Atlantic dash. Bulgaria Proclaims State of War as government steps up frontier guard duties across the country.
The Hague reports a state of war declared today in four provinces of the Netherlands, signaling a major escalation and mobilization.
A British cruiser believed to be the Essex approached within about a mile and a half of the Sandy Hook bar in New Jersey on August 11 before turning about and heading back to sea.
Prince William of Lippe and his son died Sunday while leading a German assault on Fort Seraing in Brussels. Reports say eight hundred German soldiers lay dead in a half square mile near the fort.
A London dispatch reports German forces suffered losses in Belgium and France as Allied actions press the front. Details on units or casualty figures were not provided in the brief message.
The Hamburg America Line steamer Caportegal carrying 5 million dollars in specie was captured by British forces. The vessel sailed from Buenos Ayres on July 16 bound for Southampton, per the Daily Mail reporting London dawn.
Shanghai reports a Japanese captain stating 45 600 troops have embarked on transports and are awaiting orders, indicating substantial troop movement.
Philadelphia Aug 11 The German tank steamer Leda once sailing from Rotterdam to Baton Rouge was captured today and to Bermuda, according to a message received by a local maritime exchange from a New York exchange.
Dispatches report mixed signals on fighting near Liege with forts reportedly still battling Germans and a large engagement feared. French forces at Muelhausen Alsace faced strong opposition after capturing the city and retreated. England captures eight hundred German sailors aboard seized ships.
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