Navy report highlights wartime feats and peaceful aims
Secretary Daniels in his annual navy report lauds wartime achievements including transporting two million troops to France with no eastbound losses and notes Marine Brigade action at Paris. He urges continued three year naval expansion to deter aggression and police international disputes while projecting a peacetime role for naval power.
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Navy
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London
America Must Increase Foreign Trade Says Clark
Baltimore Dec 9 Speaker Champ Clark told the Southern Commercial Congress that future prosperity hinges on boosting foreign trade. He urged preserving the wartime merchant marine and said freedom of the seas is a key concern, adding that President Wilson will secure justice for the congress.
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America
Champ Clark
Southern Commercial Congress
Southern Congress
Wilson
Cotton Ginned Through December Shows Increase
Washington reports cotton ginned before December 1 totaling 963,124 dollars, up from last year. Census Bureau data lists state totals for Louisiana 460,202 Mississippi 892,906 Florida 21,983 Sea Island 19,613 year to date through December 1, 1918.
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Wales
Census Bureau
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Mississippi
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British Day Observed at Public Gathering
A British Day observance took place Sunday at the City School Auditorium in Monroe with Mayor Apgar presiding. Rev. BE. Means gave the main address praising Britain’s role in World War I while the program featured music, readings, and patriotic songs led by local performers. the benediction closed the event.
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America
Gand
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Chas. Craig
Shelby Gibbs
G. B. Logan
Will Jackson
D. M. McCranie
Dience
God Save the Kins
T. J. Shelton
A. R. Price
B.C. Greenwood
Great Britain
BE. K. Means
Means
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Berlin
Belgium
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Price
Ex Kaiser Described as Coward in War Causation Debate
London reports from Dec. for The Daily Express based on German dispatches quote Max Harden saying Wilhelm II had no personal role in wage of war and was used by the military party. Another view calls for a state tribunal to judge those responsible for the war.
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Daily Express
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William Hohenzolern
Philip Scheidemann
National Assembly
Weather recall mirrors last year with reversed figures
The article notes that at 7 a.m. one year ago the thermometer stood at 17 degrees and stayed near there until the 15th, while today the same figures are used but reversed, with a warmer 71 degrees keeping conditions comfortable.
Plans for entertaining President Wilson in Paris
Elaborate plans by France for Wilson entertainment include state dinners official calls and a gala at the opera. Wilson will confer with Colonel Wouse after arrival. Virtually all mercantile establishments in Paris declare Saturday a full holiday for workers.
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Dawkins Guest of Honor at District Bar Banquet
Judge Ben C. Dawkins former presiding judge of the Sixth Judicial District receives a candlelight banquet in Leon's as he departs for New Orleans to become Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. Speakers include John M. M opened and H D Squire with wit and homage to his career. The event marks the bar's first honor for a member reaching the state high court.
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Sixth Judicial District
New Orleans
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P Dawkins
Robert O Randel
Ermine Allan
Dawkins
Appellate
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J. Cc. Theus
Ty Henry Bornstein
F. M. Odom
M. C
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H. D. Squire Priges
Puff
H. Russell
Hans Jacobson
C. W. Easterling
Rail and Water Nab Thief Amid Freight Rate Talks
Railway and water freight rate talks aim to cut Monroe shipping costs by 20 percent. H J Fernandez of the Chamber of Commerce plans joint rates east of the Mississippi to New Orleans and Monroe, with a December deadline for shippers to report freight volumes. Meanwhile M L Creech, 47, was arrested for burglarizing Parnell & Co. in West Monroe, with stolen firearms, clothing, and a hat recovered near the C A Johnston Co. warehouse. Deputies and bloodhound searches followed, but Creech confessed to the theft and two trips to move goods.
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Parnell & Co
West Monroe
Creech
Winchester
Sheriff's Office
Roper and Brothers
C. A. Johnston Co
Ienry Hamilton
Harris Averett
Dallas Mimms
Roper Creech
Parnell
Johnston
Lenwis Lew Mill Co
Gant
Crystal Spring Miss
Railroads Move Toward War Forging Transit Rates
Rail Administration plans warforn milling in transit rates rules and regulations for all federally controlled railroads. Mr Fernandez says new rates will apply to commodities moving under transit like hardwood logs grain cotton and grain products. New Orleans Western District Freight Traffic Committee schedules hearing in New Orleans on Wednesday December 18. Interested parties should notify Mr Fernandez care of the Chamber of Commerce by December date.
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Railroad Administration
Warforn
Fernandez
New Orleans
Lieutenant MacDonald May Revisit Monroe Today
A teleletter from Lieut Russell MacDonald reports he has reached West Point Mississippi safely and plans to return to Monroe today. Cloudy weather may delay his flight and his departure time from West Point and arrival in Monroe are unclear.
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Monroe
Appar
Lieut
Russell MacDonald
West Poin
Miss
Leutenant
Wilson invited to visit Cologne by Volks Zeitung
Amsterdam December 9 President Wilson has been invited to Cologne by the Volks Zeitung the German foreign ministry representatives to meet him there are suggested in the invitation issued from Cologne in the communication context.
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Amsterdam
Wilson
Volks Zeitung
Germen Foreign Ministry
Miss Wilson Sings for American Soldiers at St Nazaire
Miss Margaret Wilson arrived at St Nazaire Sunday and sang before 2500 American soldiers who will sail for home within a few days. She will perform at various seaboard cities while awaiting her father’s arrival.
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Margaret Wilson
St. Nazaire
Wilson
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