21 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1916
Page
1
Decisive developments are anticipated today as Tim Pennings updates signal potential closure of the Railways project. Officials say major changes could unfold this week, with stakeholders awaiting movements from governing bodies and labor unions.
President Wilson holds week of talks with railroad employers and unions amid a looming nationwide rail strike. He defends arbitration as a principle and seeks to keep future conflicts from recurring while awaiting decisive developments within ten days. Railroad officials resist eight hour day proposals as labor leaders await a clear decision.
Washington Aug 21 Western railroad presidents arriving to confer with President Wilson to avert a threatened national strike. They oppose the plan without arbitration but seek a counterproposal while urging arbitration for industrial disputes. The White House conference to follow aims to preserve service and the principle of arbitration.
Washington reports adjournment chances hinge on an amended revenue bill and military spending. President Wilson may veto the army appropriation, stalling final action. The House will reshape articles of war before sending to the Senate amid hopes for quick passage of the $205 million revenue plan.
Corpus Christi Aug 21 The tropical storm that hit Corpus Christi and ten south Texas counties caused 13 deaths including nine crew members of the freighter Pilot Boy. Mexican casualties occurred near Katherine and San Diego. Total damage statewide about 2 million dollars with losses to cotton and widespread property damage across towns such as Aransas Pass Rockport Altee San Diego Robstown Bishop Kingsville and the Rio Grande valley.
A Ruston citizen expressed strong distrust of U S banks after the Lincoln Parish Bank closed, noting only twenty percent recovery from Union National Bank of Monroe deposits. The article also covers railroad arbitration talks, White House meetings, and calls for arbitration from commercial groups as President Wilson and railroad leaders seek a settlement and status quo pending federal review.
Mr. Herbert Dickard, recently with the Shreveport branch of the Overland Automobile Co, has returned to Monroe to enter the automobile tire and repair business. He plans to establish branches in all major cities of the state and may operate in New Orleans.
Mr. W. H. Hodges Jr. of Elm Grove Louisiana was listed as a registered guest at the Monroe hotel on Sunday.
A trusted official in Texas allegedly succeeded in wrecking a prosperous bank in Longview. Authorities scrutinize the case as investigators seek details on the mayoral involvement and financial impact on the institution.
Longview Texas Peoples State Bank suffered a $125,600 loss from false entries and embezzlement by cashier G N Campbell and mayor G A Bodenheim. They fled after a hotel check aroused a state examiner, with warrants issued for embezzlement and misappropriation. Bodenheim, a longtime mayor, and Campbell vanished in an auto with significant mortgage tied to Bodie hotel holdings and other property.
The Longview banking scandal unfolds with Bodie and Bodenheim at its center. The People's Bank allegedly hid losses by routing drafts through Houston and Eastern firms, while a savvy gambler’s vanity and market manipulation led to crippling margins, destruction of trust, and a lasting Longview stigma.
Marion La Aug 19 The first male born in Marion this year is recorded in local notes. The event marks a milestone in the town’s census and reflects growing population data for the region.
Messrs Gibson Douglas and Gray, Shreveport timber and mill men, bought hardwood timber near Riverton and intend to build a mill near Monroe or south of Monroe on the Liron Mountain railroad to process the timber into cotton bale stock. Clarence and Hew Hollis delivered the bale to Nettles & Edwards gin and it sold to Thompson & Cox at sixteen cents a pound, totaling 102.89 for 455 pounds of cotton and seed. Prospects predict a stronger cotton crop and grain and feed yields not far from 1915 and 1914 levels.
Frank James, member of Caldwell parish's prominent family, died at his home in ward two Saturday of swamp fever. He was buried in Columbia with Masonic honors and was a Woodmen of the World member. Services at the Methodist church were followed by a Masonic burial. The infant child of merchant David Chapman also died and was buried Saturday.
A letter to Postmaster J T Bryant states Washington Postoffice may extend free mail delivery to upper and lower city sections once residents meet requirements. Current coverage ends at River Front above Allan Sholara and Judge Thompson's Jackson Street home.
In Jackson Tennessee on August 21 a boiler explosion at the Harlan Morris Manufacturing Company plant killed eight people, five white, and left several more missing or injured. Three boilers exploded and ruins hinder search efforts.
A formal declaration of war between Germany and Italy is anticipated, prompting Italian participation in wartime measures. The move signals a widening conflict and coordinated actions with Axis partners.
London reports Salonski says Italians will participate with the Allies in the Balkan campaign, reinforcing 700,000 Allied troops on the Saloniki front as hostilities widen. German and Italian involvement hints at formal war declarations, while fighting persists along Macedonia and Verdun fronts with renewed thrusts and heavy artillery. Russians claim advances along the Stokhod with 1200 prisoners taken, one cannon, eighteen machine guns, and ammunition in two days.
A brief notice from Petrograd dated August 21 notes the rite continued on page four.
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