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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
4
The article outlines how current practices set freight and passenger rates. It details methods used by carriers to calculate charges, including base fares, surcharges, and zone factors. It notes regulatory influences and market competition shaping pricing strategy.
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges sweeping changes to establish freight and passenger rates. Shippers would no longer prove rate unreasonableness to take effect and carriers must justify changes as reasonable. The report calls for fixing past rates and broad federal rules on interchange and car use to ease rail traffic and prevent rate disputes.
London reports Premier designate David Lloyd George has begun negotiations with the Labour party to secure backing for a war government. Labour meetings express regret over Asquith's resignation and pledge to back a cabinet with adequate Labour representation, aiming for at least three Labour ministers. The cabinet lineup and Liberal reaction loom large as Westminster adjourns.
William Jennings Bryan outlined Democratic reforms for the next four years at a dinner in Washington hosted by Democratic officials and Congress members. He urged national prohibition and federal suffrage by amendment while opposing railroad control by Congress and universal military service. President Wilson sent greetings praising Bryan. The speech defended the party and urged abolition of the saloon as a moral goal.
The News-Star announces a policy change effective January 1 1917 to discontinue all free papers due to higher print costs. Subscriptions remain $5.00 yearly or 59¢ monthly, with payment in advance and potential future rate increases tied to paper costs. Local advertising rates may rise slightly.
In Jacksonville on December 7 a two day conference begins to organize a State association of Florida real estate dealers. Nearly 200 prominent realty men from various parts of the state attend the meeting.
The Democratic national committee reports total receipts of 1 808 348 and disbursements of 1 684 590. Liabilities amount to 97 055 claims unaudited 99 470 and loans to be repaid 32 000.
El Paso dispatch reports Howard Gray, an American mining man at Parcal, killed by Villa bandits who entered Parcal November 5. It adds all other Americans and property are safe.
New York society gathered at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church for the marriage of Miss Harriet Alexander and Winthrop W. Aldrich. The ceremony, led by the bride’s uncle Rev Maitland Alexander, paired two prominent New York families noted for wealth and social standing.
A broad federal investigation takes form as lawmakers scrutinize rising living costs. Officials outline possible actions and policy options amid public concern over affordability.
President Wilson will urge Congress to act quickly as federal officials launch the broadest ever investigation into the high cost of living. The inquiry will cover food prices and coal shortages with probes across the nation and possible actions by Congress and the Supreme Court case of H Snowden Marshall.
Four responses to the appeal for Good Fellows have come in since yesterday bringing total to twenty since the club opened ten days ago. A foreign born man in Five Points contributed five dollars and offered clothing for children. The planter’s wife donated two dollars by check. Two Grammont Street and Wood Street residents each want to be a Good Fellow for a child. There is work for a hundred Fellows and only twenty have responded.
Central News Agency reports Lloyd George offered Labor two cabinet seats one war council representative and three under secretaryships. Labor decides to accept. Also, Shake Turner a young black man who tried to kill Allen near the city last Tuesday night is jailed with no explanation given.
Official reports claim heavy Romanian casualties and mass evacuations as Berlin states 9000 Romanians captured yesterday. Bucharest and southern territories reportedly deserted while German forces push through Verdun trenches and toward Moldavia, with 100000 total Romanian captures cited.
Washington reports Germany released a note arguing the Arabia, a British steamer sunk in the Mediterranean on November 7, was a troop transport serving Britain and thus an auxiliary warship. Berlin signals readiness to make amends if submarine commanders violated German pledges, while the U.S. holds the sinking not justified without full facts and pledges from the Sussex case. The note adds no immediate action pending complete details.
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