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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1912

Page

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Government Estimate for Cotton Crop 1912-13

The government provides an estimate of 13 820 000 dollars for the cotton crop of the 1912 13 season.

Cotton crop projection for 1912 13 totals 13.82 million bales

The first government estimate puts the 1912 13 cotton crop at 13 820 000 bales of 500 pounds not including linters, down from last year s record 15 692 701 bales. The five year average is 11 847 270 bales with value around 775 822 000 dollars.

Associated Press Washington Crop Reporting Board Bureau of Statistics Department of Agriculture

Daily Call Loans on New York Stock Exchange Climbs

Testimony before the Money Trust committee shows New York banks loaned forty to fifty million dollars in call money on the Stock Exchange. J H Griesel of Griesel & Rogers said he handled loans for Chase National Bank Kuhn Loeb & Co and Speyer. He noted on November 25 when rates spiked to 20 percent he lent ten million between 2 and 2:30 PM.

Washington New York Stock Exchange New York Money Trust J. H. Griesel Griesel & Rogers Chase National Bank Samuel Untermeyer Stock Exchange Greisel

Union Pacific Weakness Leads Early Stock Decline

New York stock market opens with extreme weakness in Union Pacific as it drops four points to 151 in the first half hour. Canadian Pacific also falls while banks and trusts reduce lending amid price shrinkage. Union Pacific later recovers much of the initial loss on large supporting orders.

New York Union Pacific Canadian Pacific

Denunciation of interracial marriage ban proposal in House speech

Washington reports Representative Rondenderry of Denver urged a resolution to prohibit intermarriage of whites and negroes. He warned that allowing such unions could trigger national conflict and called the legal procedure to grant marriages across races a dangerous edict.

Washington House Rondenderry Denver Rodenderry

Weather Forecast For Resort Area Tonight And Friday

Tonight expect fair skies with a risk of frost and cold conditions. Friday remains fair with warming trends continuing into the afternoon.

Morality Debate Over Jack Johnson Marriage Sparks Vicious Claims

In Chicago a speaker denounces interracial marriage tied to Johnson’s union as degrading slavery era vice, accusing an African man of seeking a marriage license to wed a white American woman. He condemns blacks for defying white moral supremacy and warns of social collapse.

Jack Johnson Chicago Rodenderry Mr. Rodenderry

Suit Against The Horse Shoe Trust

The Federal government files a civil antitrust suit seeking an injunction against the Master Horse Shoers' National Protective Association and manufacturers of drilled horse shoes, adjustable casks and rubber hoof pads to stop a alleged plan to limit sales to horse shoers and block direct sales to horse owners.

Associated Press Detroit Horse Shoers’ Trust Wickersham National Protective Association

Cudahy Children Reunited With Parents After Court Order

Four children of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cudahy were returned to their parents today by a circuit court order in Kansas City after nearly three years apart. The children had been in the care of grandmother Mrs. Michael Cudahy of Pasadena following a family dispute and divorce between Mr. Cudahy and Jere S. Lillis. Parents had been granted limited visit rights and later remarried, intensifying efforts to regain custody.

Kansas City J. P. Cudahy Michael Cudahy Pasadena Cal Cudahy Jere S. Lillis

Kensler Captured in Texas to Face 1908 Murder Charge

A white man named Joe Kensler, cited in a 1908 murder true bill for killing Hank Perzack at a Spring Hill railroad tie camp, was arrested near San Augustine Texas and brought back to Minden Louisiana to await January district court action.

Minden Joe Kensler Hank Perzack Spring Hill C. P. Clement San Augustine Texas Clement District Court

Banquet Honors Dr Theodore Gill On Friday the Thirteenth

Friends of zoologist Dr Theodore Gill of the Smithsonian arrange a Cosmos Club banquet to honor his 75th birthday. The event, planned for Friday the thirteenth, will feature exactly 113 guests as a playful defiance of unlucky dates.

Washington, D. C Theodore Gill Smithsonian Institution Congress Cosmos Club

Strikers Open Fire on Strike-Breakers at Coal Docks

Strikers using shotguns opened fire on a boatload of strike-breakers at the coal docks, escalating tensions at the waterfront.

Conference Day Two Signals Busy Methodist Session

The second day of meetings features a morning business session at the Methodist church with active discussions and attendees engaging in agenda items.

Second Day Open at Methodist Conference as Bishop Recalls Past Judgments

The Ruston District leader Tucker learns his wife is paralyzed during the conference. Bishop Mouzon opened the morning with devotion and led scripture from Paul’s Timothy. He reflected on pastoral letters and personal faith while urging ministers to forsake salary talk and pursue diligence.

Mouzon J. L. Herper Louisiana H. H. Ahrens Paul Timothy St. Paul Pauls Jesus Jesus Christ God

Striking railroad workers in Edgewater clash with strikebreakers

In Hackensack New Jersey on December 12 a riot near Edgewater left two railroad detectives dead and several wounded as strikers attacked a boatload of scabs at the coal docks. Three hundred Susquehanna railroad workers quit for five cent wage increase. Edgewater officials led a security force to patrol the docks.

Hackensack N. J New York Palisades Hudson River Edgewater Fire Glass New Jersey Stone Erie Railroad Andrew Craw Binghampton N. Y Lawrence Mallory Craw Frank A. Brown Wm. A. Wood John Leshar John Lewis Crow Mallory Glass Hudson Susquehanna

Singer Company May Build Big Mill in Tallulah Parish

Gustave Alexander, president of Singer Sewing Co and several attaches, visits Tallulah to inspect timber lands and discuss a future lumber plant. Local talk suggests establishment of a plant here will materialize, boosting the town's existing industries. Also noted: Fifth District Levee Board officers to assemble on the 18th with Kell favored as president and a secretaryship contest between a Madison veteran and a Concordia youth.

News-Star Tallulah Gustave Alexander Singer Sewing Co Fifth District Levee Board T. P. Kell Madison Concordia

Big Fire Damages Huey & Philip Hardware Co Building

A Dallas fire today caused about 250000 in damage to a three story Huey and Philip Hardware Co building and stock. One fireman was injured as flames swept through the structure.

Dallas Tex Huey & Philip Hardware Co

Preachers Face Admissions in Evening Proceedings

In a tense church meeting, names were called for admission as deacons and preachers faced scrutiny. Bishop Mouzon and Presiding Elder Miller sparred over conduct and illness claims while W. Falcon faced questions about language skills and tobacco use amid applause and laughter.

Mangum Miller W. V. Falcon W. D. Skipper Committee On Admissions Falcon Skipper Mouzon Texas Ek. B. Troy West Monroe F. J., Tucker Shreveport C. E. Fike J. E. Craig

Agreement May Be Reached By Senators

In Washington on December 12 an amicable Senate plan emerged to handle Taft administration nominations. The approach would block confirmations in states with two Democratic senators while allowing confirmations in states with Republican senators. Democratic leaders favor delaying Southern appointments and a Senate pro tempore is to be Gallinger until March 4. Bacon would be permanent presiding judge in the Archbald impeachment trial.

Washington Senate Taft Gallinger Bacon

Board of Pardons Acts on Petitions in New Orleans

The board refused a pardon for Join Fulso sentenced for life. Rene Canton received a life-prison commutation and Wyatt A. Ingram was denied a pardon. Several North Louisiana cases saw mixed outcomes with commutations and refusals, including forgery, murder, rape, larceny, robbery, and liquor offenses across multiple parishes.

New Orleans Join Fulso Dossier Parish Rene Canton Wyatt A. Ingram North Louisiana Joe White Vernon Parish Adolphus Lajeune St. Landry Parish John Pelkington Lee Brice Bienville Parish John Pryor Bossier Parish C. A. Downs Webster Rex Rameey Pleasant R. H. Gregory Calecasieu T. A. Owens Claiborne Parish Paul Mitchell Natchitoches John Hewitt Clai

Stock Exchange Hearings: Witnesses Press For Testimony Delay

A group of New York bankers demanded immediate testimony as the money trust hearings continued. Samuel Untermeyer pressed witnesses including Rudolph Keppler George Ely Frank Sturgis John Milburn and John Ashegren to explain delays while details on copper metal withholding and Amalgamated Copper stock were discussed before the committee. The session covered copper stock activity in 1907 and the Hocking pool manipulation in 1909 with Perry Morse and Tobias Wolfson detailing market moves.

Washington New York Samuel Untermeyer Banking and Currency Committee of House Money Trust Mr. Untermeyer Rudolph Keppler New York Stock Exchange George W. Ely Exchange Frank Sturgis John G. Milburn John Ashegren New York Produce B Exchange Untermeyer Stock Exchange Amalgamated Copper Tobias Wolfson United Metals Selling Company Hocking Pool Perry Morse Wolfson H. A. Rogers William Rockefeller Maren United Smelting Company Amalgamated Amalgamated Stock Mr. Wolfson J. M. Fiske & Co Columbia Hocking Valley Coal and Iron Hocking Valley

Mrs Leslie Carter Returns to Small Town Stages

This winter Mrs Leslie Carter will venture out in a repertory of her old successes designed for the smaller towns. She will appear in Jim Zana Camille and The Second Mrs Tanqueray.

Leslie Carter Jim “Zana Camille Tanqueray

Also Mentioned on This Page

Weather Resort Cudahys Hitler R. W. Tucker Ruston F. M. Hocutt T. J. Norsworthy Sonuth Missouri Armstrong S Henry South Carolina W. A. Mangum Susquehana Road Singer Company Dallas City Board OF Pardons
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