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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1909
Page
1
A drastic proposed measure targets unlawful evasion of prohibition law. The bill seeks tighter controls and penalties to enforce temperance statutes. Public debate centers on enforcement reach and civil liberty concerns.
The Fuller measure passed the Alabama House 45 to 31, banning liquor possession except in homes, prohibiting liquor ads on newspapers, billboards and dodgers, and making liquor deliveries evidence of sale. It imposes warrants, chastises noncompliance with fines up to 200 dollars and six months hard labor, and bans saloon signs and outside solicitations.
Forty five members of the Vicksburg Board of Trade led by E. J. Bomer and F. H. Andrews visited Cottonwood Landing and Rice properties in East Carroll parish. They inspected Nicholson Amacker, Tyrone, Keene, Hill, Donovan and Daley plantations then enjoyed a barbecue at Baxter's Bayou before continuing to view crops of Voelker.
Seattle August meeting of the American Association opens with 300 delegates including prison managers physicians and chaplains. Sessions run through Thursday at the exposition grounds auditorium with speakers such as Judge Ben Lindsey Bishop Fallows Maud Ballington Booth and Rabbi Samuel Koch listed among participants.
An enraged husband shot his wife fatally after marrying a woman of African descent and then turned the gun on himself in a grim domestic tragedy.
Canadian Pacific docks in Fort Williams Ontario see fifty strike breakers unloaded under military protection. Greek Hungarian and Italian laborers remain uncooperative while the Royal Canadian Mounted Police patrol the streets with rifles. Thirty strikers were reported wounded in Wednesday’s clash.
A joint note signed by Britain Russia Italy and France, the four protecting powers for Crete, has been presented to the Turkish government. The document signals international concern over Crete's status and the balance of influence among Allied powers.
A New York dispatch reports Standard Oil broke ground at Bayonne New Jersey for a $60 000 building to install machinery to convert petroleum into butter despite denying dairy ambitions The move aims to avert a possible Turkish naval response and keep Cretan tensions from escalating. W B Ingram ex secretary treasurer of the State Board of Health is to begin a three year penitentiary term after embezzlement conviction. clemency appeal was denied.
Passengers on the Iron Mountain describe a negro lynching near Doss on Thursday night. A mob is said to be involved, with two men possibly responsible for the death. The body was hung by a road limb and riddled with bullets.
The trans-Mississippi states push public works progress and Panama canal plans as cities vie to host Congress next year. San Antonio leads with a $10,000 guarantee fund, while St Paul New Orleans Los Angeles St Louis and Omaha compete. Col Ike T Pryor chairs the executive committee and may become president succeeding Thomas F Walsh.
Jessie Johnson, seventeen, had his right arm cut off while attempting to steal a ride on an Iron Mountain freight train near Grayson Louisiana. He sustained internal injuries and may die. He had worked in Selma Louisiana and hails from Liberty Kansas with only a cousin nearby.
An explosion on a Russian submarine at Neva harbor near St. Petersburg killed two sailors and wounded several others. The incident occurred today and details on causes or casualties beyond the initial report were not provided.
This week the shop lists new products including Kitchen Bouquet Chip Potatoes Shelled Pecans Shelled Walnuts and Shelled Almonds. Fox Grocer Co Ltd. Leaders.
Delegates from Danish Brotherhood lodges in Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Massachusetts arrived in Perth Amboy New Jersey for the eastern branch convention to be held there tomorrow Local Danish societies welcomed the visitors and organized an engaging program for the event.
Chicago Aug 14 Jack Johnson declared he would demand a forfeit of $20,000 the day final fight arrangements were signed with Jeffries. He claimed Jeffries was bluffing and not serious about fighting, seeking advertising at his expense and insisting on payment if he wanted publicity.
The Board of Equalization will review and aim to adjust assessments for Glass Corp Timber, evaluating values and determining any changes in property taxes. The action focuses on correction of assessed worth and potential tax implications for the company.
In Baton Rouge on August 14 the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Good Roads Association president pledged full energy to advance the group’s goals. Louisiana’s State Board of Equalization plans timber reclassification to ease valuation, moving Class A lands to 14 000 feet per acre, Class B to 12 000, and Class C to 8 000, with final figures undecided and a Monday adjournment noted.
In New Orleans the New Orleans-Baton Rouge Good Roads Association closed its session after raising an extra 500 for the fund and planning a follow up Executive Committee meeting with Governor Sanders. About four hundred delegates stayed for a second day as adjournment moved from Chief Executive parlors to the House of Representatives. Chas Farwell, elected president, presided and pledged to expand membership while pursuing two permanent highways linking Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Aug 14 Boston hosts an extensive mimic war the northern states have seen. Gov Draper calls Adjutant General Brigham to defend the city with seven thousand troops under General Pew. General Leonard Wood acts as chief umpire for the contest. Major General Bliss commands the invading blue force while the red army shows stronger numbers and uses an automobile role. Capt Clark secures giant tacks to block sandy Plymouth and Bristol roads. No fighting today or tomorrow, but maneuvers reveal positions.
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