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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
1
A gathering organized by interested parties at the Capitol aimed to promote road funding and unity for better infrastructure. Participants urged bipartisan support and public awareness for improved roadway projects and maintenance.
The New Orleans Baton Rouge Good Roads Association was organized in Baton Rouge with Governor Sanders calling for a continuous highway along the Mississippi river linking New Orleans and Baton Rouge. About a thousand delegates attended as Sanders urged disposing of all state farms except one for a receiving station and using convict labor on roads rather than plantations. His plan was cheered as a revolutionary shift in convict labor policy. The convention then moved to permanent organization.
Avery Blount, scheduled to hang on October 15, faced his war sentenc e with outward fortitude. He said the signing is an unnecessary formality and relies on the Pardon Board to commute his sentence to life imprisonment if his witnesses are heard.
New Orleans reports Pure Food Commissioner Jones replying to W A Marley that if a physician omits the words Do not refill on a prescription, it may be refilled without limit, applying to liquors as well as medicine. He adds that those filling prescriptions are responsible to federal and state liquor laws, regardless of rulings.
A dispatch from Opelousas reports Sheriff Marion L. Swords yesterday made an assault inquiry in New Orleans area matters and is pursuing possible charges. The report highlights the sheriff role and ongoing investigation.
In St. Landry Sheriff Swords struck Felix De Zauche with a pistol as a club causing two light scalp wounds during a dispute over an Item editorial. De Zauche, a news agent, had posted the piece with the caption That Item Editorial Read it. They separated with no arrests reported.
Baton Rouge reports that state financiers worry over funding the current calendar year. Some expect a loan to cover expenses until 1909 taxes arrive, but as of September 1 the state has met all obligations. Last year borrowing began in June, and so far no additional loans are needed to bridge October and November.
Three Fort Omaha soldiers Sergeant Fuller and Privates Goodman and Schmidt were declared immune after a typhoid fever vaccination and a final drinking test. They drank water with over one million typhoid germs and remained symptom free after seven days and ten days of observation.
Seattle Wash Aug 13 Scores of trained athletes gathered in the Stadium of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition for the national track and field championships of the Amateur Athletic Union. The senior events will be run tomorrow and the meet marks a Pacific coast first since 1905. Strong representation from New York Chicago and San Francisco clubs contrasts with high Pacific coast competition and several unattached athletes joined the two days of events.
Unusual crime details report a blast at a printer shop resulting in the death of a newspaper manager. Investigators probe motive and suspect links, while local authorities urge caution as the scene is secured.
A Tennessee saw mill fire left one dead and two seriously hurt as strong jealousy and strained neighborly ties surfaced. Fort William reports soldiers patrolling the strike district with searches for weapons. In New York a mother and child perished in a panic fire. In Bisbee a printer killed a former paper official. a labor dispute ties to the slain men at the Review.
Justice Mills signed a recommitment order for Harry Thaw to the asylum on August 1l, with five extra days at White Plains jail granted on his mother's plea. The order makes Thaw's prior asylum privileges mandatory for the new period.
Dr R E E Oden of Kinder, Louisiana, felt motion under a buggy seat near Lake Charles and found a four foot rattlesnake. He jumped from the moving buggy breaking two ribs and injuring himself internally. The snake’s entry not confirmed as accidental or malicious.
Annapolis Aug 13 The court of inquiry into Lieutenant Suttons death nears completion Henry Davis counsel for Mrs Sutton began summing up this morning The judge advocate announced he would present no argument leaving the final decision to the court.
Madrid reports all Spanish naval vessels ordered to Mellila where about thirty eight thousand troops under General Marina prepare to oppose a Moorish gathering angered by the killing of eight Spanish laborers.
Almost the entire town of Milton Delaware was destroyed by fire early today. About one hundred houses were burned along with lumber yards and the bank building, leaving many homeless. Losses exceed one hundred thousand dollars as only twelve houses escaped the flames.
Henry Kennerson a young white man about nineteen or twenty was arrested by Deputy Sheriff T A Grant on a warrant alleging he attempted to assault the twelve year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Barr of Travelers Rest stock farm He was on a wagon with the couple but fled toward the prisoners camp above Trenton when a farm worker arrived to help
Centerville Tennessee reports a saw mill explosion at Evans and Stinnett in Only. One man died. Two were fatally injured and three seriously hurt. Authorities investigate the blast and its cause.
In Nashville on August 3 Williams Wiggs a leading carpenter was shot and killed by James Hamilton at Hamilton's suburban home. The motive is alleged to have been a dispute over a wage claim.
A Times-Democrat letter from August 10, 1969 urges Louisiana and Mississippi farmers to ship the large corn crop promptly. It advises selecting sound grain, using new sacks, consigning to reliable commission houses, shipping immediately, and not overholding for higher prices.
Flood conditions on national lines have greatly improved in Monterey Mexico with all delayed trains reaching the city. The Mexico City train, stalled at Garcia, resumed service and arrived yesterday morning after last Tuesday’s delay. Bridges near Golondrians and Villaldama were restored quickly and the Durango line train ran on time last night though routes toward Rata faced ongoing issues.
A note outlines that the Girgle broadens actions with implicated party Ed in the Persch matter. Authorities investigate possible complicity and relations affecting ongoing proceedings.
New York Aug 13 Daris Persch linked to a $110 0600 copper stock collateral fraud for a $50 000 Windsor Trust loan. W J Clark, Joyce broker, arrested for $10 000 profit from curb sales, released on $10 000 bail. Persch rearrested on $44 000 profit claim, bail set at $50 000 but not posted.
New Wilmington Pa Aug 13 The fourth annual United Presbyterian Missionary Conference opens for ten days with hopes of a highly successful meeting. Ministers religious educators and returned missionaries attend with speakers including Rev W M Sawhill Washington Iowa Dr Samuel M Swemer long time Arabia mission lay Rev Elmore Harris Toronto Bible Training School and Rev Joseph Kyle Xenia Theological Seminary.
Reservations on the special V., and P. sleeper to Washington and Cincinnati should be made in advance. Call on or phone 71. J. L. THOMPSON, Agent.
Antwerp August 13 Emile Vandervelde leader of the Belgian Socialist party began a Congo trip to defend American missionaries Revs William H Shepard and William H Morrison indicted for criminal libel against Congo Free State corporation Kaisai Rubber Company The mission may become a Belgian parliamentary issue Vandervelde known critic of King Leopold and reform advocate also a wealthy lawyer and prolific journalist.
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