Suit to fix rights of lessor and lessee appealed to state supreme court
A civil suit in Monroe concerns the Ouachita Natural Gas Company and related parties. L. L. Lieber appeals after a Monroe court decision nullifying or affirming terms of a gas well contract. The case centers on mineral rights and royalties in the Ouachita field.
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State Supreme Court
L. L. Lieber
Quachita Field
Quachita Natural Gas & OT Company
Caert
Monroe
Lowe Lieberge
Lobe
Supreme Court Lovisienn
Logebtana
Troeere
Fred Mo Osem
Pactrop
Tonmet
Amyrard
Vaachica
Leward
Mauathita Nucleas
Miro Lieber
Wea
Lieberghin Natural Gas & O81
Vrouw Et No Gaseer
Lieber
Kdeber iv
Ap. Freed Madison
Basd
Ouachita Natural Gas Company
Hudson, Ernstein & Sholere
Supreme
Coutrel
Thined
Weeping by Christmas Fund Prompts Monroe Plea for Help
In Monroe a plea highlights the Great movement to aid poor children during Christmas through the Goodfellows' fund. The Meadesroe News-Star urges readers to remember needy little boys and girls and to contribute before the fund ends.
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Bundare
Goodfellows
Meadroe
Wets Seek Pay From U S On Booze Loss Amid Prohibition
New Jersey liquor dealers consider compensation from the federal government after a Supreme Court decision. Monroe Haver and others report substantial liquor stocks as disposal options are uncertain. Estimates of on hand value range from 30 000 to 250 000 with mentions of eight to ten carloads possibly stored locally.
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Monroe Haver
United States
Embargo on Florida fruit lifted today officials say
Embargo on the movement of Florida fruit is lifted today by officials of the American Railway Express Company. The decision follows new arrangements and signals a return to normal shipment flow.
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Ngton
Florida
American Railway Express
RIA TO GET LIEF ALLIES ARE DECISION
RIA plans relief actions as allies weigh decisions. Officials outline measures under consideration and seek rapid coordination with partner groups to address unfolding needs. Officials emphasize timely aid and cross border cooperation amid developing events.
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Ria
Lief
Sky High Sugar Forecast Scares Congress
Washington on December 16 Associated Press reports lawmakers fear sugar prices will soar and push for full government control of prices and distribution. The House Agricultural Committee plans formal action to remove a McNary bill provision repealing government licensing power.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
Mexican Chiefs Plan Conference to End Trouble
Reports say governors from all Mexican states were summoned to meet in Mexico City with President Carranza to discuss pacification efforts. A San Antonio dispatch cites a sensational claim that Gaston Prode, a famed sportsman, was executed by Villa after attempting to reach Chihuahua to rescue a rebel leader, with the veracity of the dispatch uncertain.
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Carranza Asas
Mexico City
Associated Preas
Mesica City
Dee
Tye
Mexico
Carranyga
San Antonio
Tevas
Gaston
York
New Orleans
Seth
New York
Frangiace Wille
Unhinuabua
Gayernmient
Thibuphua Atate
Desdoof
Ria
Villa
San Antonoo
Unidad Juarez
Chihuahua
Release Ordered After Hearing In Suspect Case At Tijuana
Mexican authorities report Theodore J. Minden and Lua Angelen dia mond broker held as suspected individuals in Baja border matters were ordered released after a hearing before military officers. Gov. Cantu received advices confirming the decision today.
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Mexicali
Lower California
Theodore J. Minden
Lua Angelen
Tijuana
California
Cantu
German Delegation Arrives to Discuss Scapa Flow Sinking
The new German delegation arrived in Paris to discuss compensation for the sinking of German warships at Scapa Flow. The group is led by Chancellor Seelinger, a member of the foreign ministry's commercial department.
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Paris
Scapa Flow
Seelinger
Foreign Ministry
Esteemed Lady Elizabeth Perkins Dies at Parents Home
Miss Elizabeth Perkins of Ruston dies at 7 o clock after a lingering illness at the residence of her parents Mr and Mrs P W Perkins in Ruston. She was 19 and well known in the community. her death is mourned by friends and family.
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Elizabeth Perking
Ruston
Miss Perkins
P. W. Perkins
Mosroe
Mekales
Plan to Purchase Old Potato Stock Sparks New Company
The Southern Sweet Potato Company plans to join with the Quachita Sweet Potato Curing Company to form a new organization. Stockholders from both firms may participate, with a possible plant on the old site in West Monroe after a fire wiped out the curing house. Estimated losses include 35000 dollars in cash and 44000 dollars in potential futures, with insured buildings and stock totaling 20000 to 25000 dollars and farmers holding about 3900 bushels uninsured.
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Southern Sweet Potato Company
Quachita Sweet Potato Curing Company
Jackson
Plana
West Monroe
Coe Foas
Ovtachita Sweet Otata
Association Doubles Capital Stock At Board Meeting
The board of directors of the Ouachita Valley National Farm Loan association passed a resolution to double the corporation’s capital stock. Directors listed include J.C. Montgomery president, W. Haynes vice president, B.R. Weil, G.M. Ralphelde, S.P. Lewis, and W.A. Johnsten. Orders of the association are posted in the Central Base Co. Archives.
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Oachita Valley National Farm Loan Association
J.C. Montgomery
W. @. Haynes
BR. B. Weil
Q.m. Ralhbelde
8. P. Lewis
W. A. Johnsten
Orden
Association
Poy
Central Fase Co
Contempt Case Aimed at Mine Officials Delayed
Indianapolis December 16 hearing on contempt dates against United Mine Workers of America officials was postponed. Alexander Hoevstt, a Kansas miner resident, remains in the case and Howatt was ordered to appear next Monday.
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Indianapolis
Jad
United Mine Workers of America
Alexander Hoevstt
Kansas
Anakofited Yeien
United States
Howatt
Belgium Rejects Neutrality Return
The Belgian government will not return to neutrality, according to Independence Belge. Declares from Premier Delacroix will define the new stance, the newspaper adds.
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Associated Presa
Brusseix
Independence Belge
Delacroix
President to Control Food Prices by Law
The House Agricultural Committee ordered a favorable report on the Senate bill extending the United States equalization board through 1920 after approving an amendment to retain the President's authority to control sugar prices and movement under the food control law.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Agricultural
Senate
United States Equalization Board
Return of Railroads to Private Control Proposed by Hines
Washington reports new recommendations by Director General of Railroads Walker D. Hines call for returning railroads to private control. The White House and Hines decline to disclose specifics or endorsement details to President Wilson.
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Associated Prana
Washington
Walker D. Hines
Wilson
Hines
White House
New York Liquor Interests Threaten Civil Action Over Prohibition Losses
Lawyers for major New York liquor interests signaled possible civil suits against the United States seeking compensation estimated at 200 million dollars. They argued the Supreme Court decision effectively configures the liquor debt owed, tying the ruling to the ongoing prohibition dispute.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
United States Supreme Court
Distillers Alarmed by Supreme Court Ruling on Whiskey Stock
Louisville Ky Dec 18 Distillers and former saloon proprietors express concern over a Supreme Court decision that raises how to lawfully dispose of about thirty eight hundred million gallons of whiskey worth roughly 400 million dollars and they see a chance for President Wilson to lift the wartime ban soon.
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Louisville
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Wilson
Unfavorable House Vote on War Time Prohibition Repeal
The House agricultural committee ordered an unfavorable report on the bill to repeal war time prohibition by a vote of 1 to 8. Representatives Rainey of Illinois Voight of Wisconsin and Ward of New York cast relative votes.
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Associated Real
Washington
Deed
House Agricultural Committee
Rainey
Ilinois
Voight
Wisconsin
Ward
New York
Liquor Dealers Ask Supreme Court to Strike Prohibition
The Retail Liquor Dealers Association of New Jersey petitions the U S Supreme Court seeking to declare the national prohibition amendment unconstitutional and to enjoin New Jersey and federal authorities from enforcing it.
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Washington
Dee. Lo
New Jersey
United States Supreme Court
Tiquor Dealers Association of
Atlanta Coffee Prices Capped At Five Cents
The fair price committee orders hotels restaurants soda fountains and similar venues in Atlanta to charge no more than five cents per glass for coffee tea cocoa chocolate milk and related drinks starting today. Some sellers in nearby Moorce reportedly charge ten cents a cup. The prewar rate is restored as the fixed price amid a wider price control effort.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Fair Price Committee
Anthrax Case Reversed by Appeals Court
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court ruling in a Mississippi case involving an anthrax-related matter. The decision cites errors in the lower court’s handling and remands for further proceedings consistent with appellate guidance. The parties and exact case name are not fully clear in the damaged OCR fragment.
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Associated
New Orleans
States Circuit Court of Appeals
District Southarn
Cage
Boy Drowns After Falling From Houseboat in Ouachita River
A two year old named Roota Maryem, child of eight years, drowned Saturday afternoon in the Ouachita river near the mouth of Tapan creek after tumbling from a houseboat where his parents lived. The body was found Sunday noon as rescuers, hindered by swift swollen current, continued search efforts. The father, a fisherman, kept his houseboat anchored there. full name not released. Boots, the boy struck by an automobile in Monroe weeks prior, was treated at St. Francis Sanitarium and later recovered.
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Boots
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Pershing Highway route eyed through Monroe to New Orleans
Monroe welcomes the Pershing Highway plan promoted by Herbert F. McDougal to blaze a 2000 mile north to south route from Winnipeg to New Orleans via Monroe. Organizers seek $6 membership for five years and aim to publicize the highway to boost tourism while skipping road construction.
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Monroe
Pershing
Gihe
Herbert F. Ei Cedar Falta
Cronn
Chamber of Canin
Ouachita Parish
Winnipeg
Canada
New Orleans
McDougal
United States
Cedar Alls
Minnesota
Cedar Rapeids
Keokuk
Hannibal
St. Hans
Little Rock
Alexandria
Bunkie
Hewan
Opelousas
Louisiana
Shackelford Urges Rise of New Orleans as World Cotton Center
Colonel T J Shackelford of Georgia and the American Cotton Association addressed the largest Winnsboro audience to back a movement toward making New Orleans a world cotton center with promised cooperation from a united South.
Methodists Aid German Tubercular Children
About two hundred tubercular children from German cities will spend three months in the Black Forest to recuperate under a donation by Americans. The program is organized by the Methodist church in cooperation with the German Red Cross.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Dee
Goodfellows Fund Growing Through Generous Gifts
The Goodfellows drive asks for elastic Christmas hearts to help provide gifts for children in need this season. Readers are urged to submit names at the News-Star office as donations are tallied and acknowledged, with several local contributors named including Leathe C. J. Meyers, Mrs. W. A. Pennington, Mary Pennington, C. Ammons, Mrs. J. C. Ammon, and Heninger among others.
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Girdes
Goodfellows
Gene Roully
Goodfellow Fund
Newa-Star
Leathe C. J. Meyers
W. A. Pennington
Mary Pennington
C. Ammons
J. C. Ammon
K. Heninger
Srd
Ouachita
Three Shot in Carolina Duel Near Columbia
Report from Stephena states physician J.H. Pratt his brother in law John Bell and Royal Cotton of Charleston were killed in a duel near Columbia, South Carolina on December 16 according to incoming dispatches.
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Carolina
Columbia
Associated Preas
8. C
Der
J.H. Pratt
John Bell
Royal Cotton
Charleston
Stephena
Weather Forecast Tonight Fair and Warmer Noted
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight with a slight rise in temperature and continued fair conditions into Wednesday as temperatures edge upward.
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Nesday
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