City's Favorite Son Crowned Victor at God Meeting
The article proclaims Miguel as the favored son and victorious standard bearer, hailed as the city's leading figure at a recent gathering.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1911
Page
1
Michel Supporters Rally in New Orleans Meet for Governor
Large precinct gathering hears Assistant District Attorney Daly vow to place fraud and perjury evidence against Good Government League canvassers with prosecutors. Speakers defend John T. Michel and attack Judge Hall while pledges to expose truth mark the lively Democratic rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
The
Picayune
Good Government League
Ben J. Daly
Seventh Ward
St. Boniface Hall
Lapeyrouse
Galvez
John T. Michel
Michel
Daly
Louis D. Lagarde
Hall
Aswell
Ben T. Waldo
Judge Hall
Mr. Waldo
John M. Parker
Waldo
Leys Charbonnet
Dr. Aswell
Baton Rouge
A. J. Tete
McDonogh High School No. 1
Midnight Trial In Louisiana Ends In Stringent Sentences
Two 18-year-old African American men admitted entering a young woman’s bedroom and attempting to rob a diamond ring. Believed guilty of assault with criminal intent, they were sentenced to twenty years each at the state penitentiary after a special early session judge and district attorney convened at 2 am. Local indignation followed the nighttime incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Dee
Baton Rouge
Mistrial Entered in Gage of Canton Brothers Campaign
The piece reports a mistrial tied to Cantons Brothers political happenings as voters head to polls amid a heated race for governor John T. Michel. Supporters claim broad backing from business interests and newspapers while critics denounce the campaign tactics and tout Michel’s likely landslide on January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michel
Prof
Tete
James J. A. Fortier
Louisiana
Judge Hall
Mr. Fortier
John T. Michel
S. J. McCall
Hall of Aswell
Mr. McCall
Dr. Aswell
Baton Rouge
Charles &. Labarre
Seventh Ward
Louis Knop
John T. Pender
Gage OF
Canton Brothers
Noted Confederate Dead From Monitor and Merrimac Battle
Hardin B. Littlepage died at 70 in Washington. A Virginia-born former midshipman who left the Naval Academy to join the Confederate Navy, he fought in multiple engagements including the Monitor Merrimac clash at Hampton Roads on March 8 and 9, 1862.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monitor
Merrimac
Washington
Hardin B. Littlepage
Virginia
Naval Academy
Hampton Roads
Coal Creek Mayor Killed by Live Wire in Fire
Knoxville Tenn Dec 15 Mayor Thomas Watts of Coal Creek was instantly killed when he touched a live wire stretched across a tin roof while fighting a blaze at the Roy M Edwards undertaking shop at Creek Street and Depot Avenue The store burned to the ground at a loss of 2000 partly insured Watts was active in Briceville mine disaster relief and had urged mayors to raise relief funds Coal Creek is six miles from Briceville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Thomas Watts
Coal Creek
Watts
Roy M. Edwards
Creek Street
Depot Avenue
Briceville
Old Political Trick Crowds at Goo Goo Rally Suspected
A New Orleans letter claims four to five hundred people were moved from street cars into a Thirteenth Ward Goo Goo rally hall to inflate attendance and mislead the public, with the observer noting the crowd's origin before the meeting began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Crescent City
Thirteenth Ward
Show Girls Graham and Conrad Freed in Stokes Case
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad were freed on criminal charges tied to the W E D Stokes shooting after a fifty eight minute verdict. The jury convicted only on counts two and three assault charges with intent to kill and to injure. During deliberation the defendants remained in a secure room as spectators noted their tense reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. E. D. Stokes
Stokes
Marcus
Miss Graham
Miss Conrad
Taylor Bets $3,500 on Sanders Nomination in 1915
Sam W. Taylor delivered a certified check for 3500 to the Picayune claiming he would bet Sanders to win the Democratic nomination for the 1915 U.S. Senate race. He notes other attempted bets by Alphe Fontelieu and Dominick O'Malley failed or carried strings. Taylor says his wager is a straight bet with no conditions. He cites thorough study of city and country and references a cold New Orleans Broussard gathering as confirming his view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
New Orleans
The
Picayune
Sam W. Taylor
Ofce
the Picayune
Hibernia Bank and Trust Company
Taylor
United States
Alphe Fontelieu
New Iberia
Dominick O'Malley
Broussard
mistrial in Canton brothers murder case in New Orleans
A mistrial was ordered in the Rene and Lucien Canton murder case in New Orleans. Rene Canton was found guilty by eleven to one on the first degree murder count after forty ballots. Lucien Canton’s verdict remained hung after a robbery at Edgar H. Farrar Jr.’s home. A new trial likely in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Rene
Lucien Canton
Burgar Brothers
Edgar H. Farrar, Jr
Rene Canton
Young Farrar
Farrar
Russian envoy protests abrogation of 1832 treaty with United States
Washington reports the Russian ambassador George Bakenshoff formally protested at the White House against ending the 1832 treaty with Russia. The move, tied to the Sulzer resolution on Jewish discrimination, is viewed as a threat to sever long standing U S Russian friendship if Congress proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Bakenhoff
White House
Russia
Sulzer
House of Representatives
Senate
Taft
Knox
United States
Congress
May Settle China's Troubles
Shanghai December 16 The coming week may be the most notable in China’s revolutionary history as peace representatives of the government arrive Sunday. A peace conference will assemble in the town hall and observers see a good chance of settlement through mutual concessions. The revolutionists demand the dynasty be ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Parker's Share in Cotton Gambles Questioned
In New Orleans on December 16 1911 Dr. Aswell pressed a line of inquiry into Thomas Parker regarding alleged cotton futures speculation and patronage demands. He quoted a critic calling his own remarks jokes while urging the public to judge the governor race on home rule and appointive power. He sought witness statements from Shreveport about patronage demands tied to backing a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Dr. Aswell
Shreveport
J. B. Aswell
Grunewad Hotel
John M. Parker
Monroe
E. L. Sanderson
Natchitoches
J. B. Aswelly
Grunewald Hotel
Louisiana political letters on Judge Hall and Parker
A sequence of letters from Louisiana figures allege pressure to distribute patronage in New Orleans and Monroe. Parker and others are questioned about campaigning methods and potential leverage over appointments. The missives lampoon Judge Hall’s proclaimed reforms and accuse him of shifting positions on liquor policy and the poor man’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
New Orleans
Hall
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Tensas
Rayville
Louisiana
Senate
Michel
Bastrop
Acquittal for McKnight in Mail Fraud Case
Huntsville Ala Dec 15 The jury in the fraud case against John W McKnight found him not guilty after seven hours and forty minutes deliberation The tense afternoon led to hopes of a mistrial but the jury returned the verdict as Judge Grubb ordered quiet in the courtroom concluding the long trial Hutchinson? Greenleaf read the verdict and the jury announced not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
John W. McKnight
McKnight
Grubb
Greenleaf
Testimony Links More Explosions to McNamara Case
Federal grand jury hears details of explosions beyond the McNamaras as Kansas City police chief Griffin testifies and Miss Mary Dye provides records from the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Hotel clerks nationwide are subpoenaed to reveal McManigal movements with about thirty thousand papers to be digested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
McNamaras
W. E. Griffin
Kansas City
Ortier McManigal
Griffin
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Mary Dye
Miss Dye
Pittsburg
Iron Workers
Andrew J. Hull
Federal Building
McManigal
Grand
Possible Indictments In Western Dynamite Plot
Four indictments likely to be returned next Tuesday or Wednesday against California residents suspected of involvement in a national dynamite plot. Miss Tillie McCarthy of San Francisco and Thomas Mills testified before the grand jury, with Mrs. Maud B. King recalled as a witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Tillie McCarthy
San Francisco
Asiatic Exclusion League
Thomas Mills
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Noth
Maud B. King
Grand Jury
Milton A. Schmidt
Times
Week in Washington Preview: Jubilee Mass and Pulitzer Wedding
Washington reports a quiet Congress as Christmas recess nears. Archbishop Treland of St Paul celebrates the golden jubilee of his priesthood on Thursday. Edith Pulitzer Moore, daughter of Joseph Pulitzer, will wed William S Moore quietly in New York following the father’s death. A quadruple execution is slated in Chicago Friday for the October murder of a truck farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Treland
St. Paul
Edith Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
Wiliam S. Moore
Pulitzer
New York City
Illinois
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wlhather
I A
Mayor
WhiteHlouse
Parker
Tron Workers
Ire
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