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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
1
Russian soviet forces push toward Warsaw from northeast and east, reaching twenty five miles from the city as a siege is declared and civilians are barred from streets after 10 pm. Polish defenders report gains on the northern front with Bolshevik withdrawals from Radzischoff Lopatyn Stanyslavezky and Toporof.
A brief legal update notes a petition seeking a court ruling in a higher tribunal over a 1 percent issue. Local officials and plaintiffs await a formal decision that could affect related financial arrangements and policy interpretation.
The Standard Warehouse and Compress Company of Monroe has filed for and been granted appellate leave to the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit from a federal district court decision in George McFadden v. The Standard Warehouse and Compress Company. The suit involves about 100 claims by northeastern Louisiana planters for compensation for 1918 cotton stored at the company’s Monroe warehouse and allegedly not reimbursed when the company liquidated.
Paris Aug 1 IPC reports renewed talks are under consideration following the Britain France leaders meeting with Premier Lloyd George and Premier Miller and others possibly attending the conference.
Paris reports a French government note to the United States expressing pleasure that Paris and Washington share views on the Russo Polish situation. The note asserts France never wavered from supporting the US principles and explains recognition of General Wrangel and non-approval of Soviet terms to Poland unless aligned with those principles.
London August conference voices strong opposition to any British intervention against Soviet Russia. The party backs Poland's independence and pledges to resist military intervention, with speaker James H. Thomas warning of possible direct action by the labor movement if needed.
Washington reports Polish officials pressing for permission to purchase war materials from the United States and to recruit Poles in America for the Polish army. The War Department and State Department are weighing options to strengthen Poland’s military力量 and honor assurances in the recent U.S. note to Italy.
John H. Malone of Holmes County shot his wife to death at their home in Jackson last night and then killed himself with a shotgun. Witnesses say a domestic quarrel preceded the shooting.
In Albany on August 1 the International Typographical Union chose Quebec as the site for its 1821 convention. The union voted to raise the per capita maintenance contribution for the Union Printers' Home in Colorado Springs from 20 to 30 cents. The secretary treasurer reported 74,719 members, 42,150,001 dollars in earnings for the year ending May 31, and total assets of 1,966,908 dollars as of July 31.
Raleigh Aug 15 Governor Bickett urged the North Carolina legislature to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment declaring women should have the first right to speak on world governance and urging action to join the suffrage cause.
Emergency crews responded to Calypso Street where a telephone pole caught fire from a live wire but caused no damage. At noon crews found a kitchen blaze at Eighth and Calypso already extinguished with no damage reported.
Tonight and Saturday expect partly cloudy skies with a chance of local showers. The conditions will feel somewhat cool with cooler overnight temperatures.
Local officials urge building a new Ouachita parish jail after repairs prove inadequate and unsafe. Transportation costs to Shreveport or Ruston strain finances, with many inmates, including several insane, causing disruption. A bond election for a jail and new courthouse is proposed, amid years of talks on a new facility.
Paris August 1 Venizelos Greece premier was wounded yesterday at Lyons railway station. Assailants Geogros Thryiskis and Apostolos Iserppis were removed from the Greek army and navy for pro German sentiments. Physicians say Venizelos is not in danger.
Nashville reports the Tennessee senate approved the federal woman suffrage amendment by a 25 to 4 vote. The action aligns with national momentum for women's voting rights.
Boston Bank Commissioner Allen said no evidence links other banks to Ponzi scheme. Ponzi held on bail of 55000 as investors, roughly forty thousand, are said to have contributed up to twenty million dollars. Hanover Trust president Henry M. Comielinski said the bank is solvent and will repay every depositor with interest. State Treasurer Burrell noted Massachusetts holds 125000 in Hanover Trust.
The district grand lodge No. 21 G U O of O F closed its three day session in Crowley with over 1000 delegates attending. More than $130 000 was raised for the year and all officers were re elected unanimously. Monroe was named the next meeting place.
Esteban Cantu from Mexico City offers to abandon his Lower California rebellion if kept in office through December. Government advisers doubt the plan, fearing it would let him exploit tax revenue and gambling concessions.
L G Lenert in charge of anti malaria work in Monroe will address the Boy Scouts of the city at the Knights of Pythias hall tonight at 8 o clock. Stereopticon views will illustrate the campaign in which the Boy Scouts are devoting their energies. All Boy Scouts are requested to be present.
Transfers at the court house this morning show Abe Arent moving to Monroe Building and Loan Association for lot four of square F in the Jackson Avenue land addition for 1200 dollars. Queen Johnson transfers to Monroe Building and Loan for lot five of square F for 1200 dollars. Monroe Building and Loan Association to Arent for the same lot four for 1200 dollars and to Arent for the same lot five for 1200 dollars.
In Rome on August 13 Pope Benedict XVI slipped on a polished marble floor while moving from his bedroom to his private library, sustaining a light knee abrasion according to the Messagero.
Chicago experts warn that if divorce trends continue, the city may have as many divorces as marriages by 1950. William F. McDermott notes last year 37,583 marriages and 5,000 to 6,000 divorces, with a 20 percent rise since 1911, plus factors like childlessness and apartment living driving unstable homes.
The city of Monroe sold a strip of land in the Ouachita Cotton Mills addition to Thomas E Flournoy and Allen T Rochester in exchange for a fifty foot wide strip nearby. An ordinance previously adopted ordered Peach street between St John street and the Ouachita river to be closed.
The Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad plans Sunday start of a revised schedule for trains Nos 1 and 2. Train 1 from the east to Monroe will arrive 12 15 PM and Train 2 from the west to Monroe 6 00 PM, with other trains mostly keeping current times. Freight and tourist travel have risen, and railroad improvements continue amid strong patronage.
More than 131 diamonds believed from the Russian royal jewels were seized by New York customs on July 22 from Swedish sailor Neil Jacobson. Testimony in Ludwig Martens deportation case reveals a courier system between Bolsheviks in Sweden and Soviet agents in New York. Proceeds from the diamonds were suspected to fund Bolshevik propaganda in the United States.
New York August 13 Ludwig Martens the unrecognized Soviet ambassador to the United States testified at his deportation hearing that he knew nothing of diamonds addressed to him. Customs officials said the gems were intercepted in New York.
Ouachita chapter of the Red Cross outlines arrangements for the Better Babies campaign to run the week of August 23. The event begins at Ellis Hall Monroe with a dedicated day for colored babies and continues at Swartz Calhoun Mt. Vernon and Logtown through August 28 with scheduled registration and examinations by location and date.
Postmaster John T Bryant reports Fairbanks post office reopened with P S Donnelly in charge after J D Pace quit due to revenue shortfalls. The office had been closed briefly causing mail delays while machinery restarted. The piece notes that Uncle Sam’s jobs are not always sinecures and even fishing roles can be preferable.
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