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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
1
In Pennsylvania debates about compulsory military service unfold as lawmakers, veterans groups, and citizens discuss wartime needs and constitutional bounds. Officials warn of potential draft expansion while advocates urge timely action and clear criteria.
Secretary Baker testifies before the Mouse military committee that universal obligation to serve is essential with a selective conscription model favored by some. President Wilson awaits a definite plan while Maj. Gen. Scott pushes for service legislation amid calls to reform national defense and mobilization policy.
Washington December 20 the census board reported 10,845,989 running bales ginned before December 12 with 188,403 round bales and 110,448 Sea Island. State tallies include Alabama 551,076 Arkansas 1,045,582 California 23,671 Florida 9 and more. notes on militia strength and training also referenced in the briefing.
Tulsa area reports that the National Bank of Skiatook ten miles from Tulsa was robbed last night of 20000 dollars by bandits who escaped. Posses are pursuing them.
Washington notes that Lloyd George’s plan to nationalize British shipping aroused keen American interest. The move raises questions about its impact on American foreign trade and on the status of British ships sunk by German submarines, prompting official concern.
One man, Elmer Kirkpatrick of Florida, died when a Central of Georgia bound train overturned and rolled down an embankment nine miles from Opelika Alabama. Several others were injured. a broken rail is reported as the cause.
The official route of the Jefferson highway linking Winnipeg to New Orleans was announced. The Louisiana segment runs east of the Mississippi from New Orleans to Baton Rouge then north via Port Allen Melville and Alexandria to Shreveport before continuing through Denison and Muskogee to Joplin and Kansas City. About half the highway is paved or funded. the rest is in good travel condition.
Government discussions consider raising sugar duties to boost the U. S. Treasury. A tariff readjustment is seen as the best method to fill fiscal gaps and strengthen revenue.
Washington officials and lawmakers debate boosting revenue with tariff changes. Fears of a $300 million deficit push plans for tax shifts, sugar duties, or excise taxes on foreign and domestic sugar, with Frank Lowry redefining sugar politics and Representative Martin weighing in on fiscal strategy.
A local plea urges Monroe residents to fill empty stockings for needy children on Christmas day. The article describes poor families, including a child without a father, and asks for prompt donations from individuals and businesses. It notes several existing gifts from a hardware store, a druggist, a furniture store, and school pupils, and asks others to respond.
The advisory argues a deficit possibly reaching 300 million dollars should be met by raising import duties on sugar and rice. It notes sugar as a strong revenue source and suggests an extra half to three quarters of a cent per pound, claiming it would boost revenue without raising prices. It cites war impact as similar to a 2 1/2 cent pound duty and argues Cuba’s sugar advantage. urges parity for U S sugar with Cuban imports and links to Democratic policy and the Underwood bill.
In Washington the Senate moved toward a final vote on Senator Sheppard's prohibition bill for the District of Columbia with a expected passage today. The key clash centered on Senator Underwood's referendum amendment, which failed in committee, though supporters hope for a separate vote. Vice President Marshall's potential tie breaking vote was anticipated before today’s session.
The Senate, after filibuster risk and parliamentary maneuvers, adjourned to executive session and left the bill. Before voting, the chamber approved the referendum 54 to 15. A Williams amendment opened suffrage to all persons regardless of sex and extended literacy and tax compliance requirements to residents of other states in the district.
Paris news agency dispatches from Lisbon on December 16 report revolutionary outbreaks in several regions of Portugal but an official note declares they have been entirely quelled.
Washington dispatch reports two hundred Americans held by Turkish forces in Syria and Palestine may depart on condition of internment at Beirut for one month. The arrangement aims to limit further complications while their status is resolved.
Richmond December 20 Dr George Ken Johnston a noted surgeon died here this afternoon of heart failure in his city home.
Developments await reply as European peace movement is halted pending receipt of a formal note. The pause follows diplomatic exchanges and a temporary standstill in mediation efforts. Officials from involved nations indicated scrutiny of the note before any further steps.
Association dispatch notes a nearly ended German drive in Roumania with comparative quiet on Franco-Belgian front. Artillery persists on Verdun. Russian and Austro-Italian fronts show only exchanges. Refugees remain destitute as weather hampers Macedonia operations amid awaiting Entente reply.
Petrograd reports thousands of Roumanians flee homes and property ahead of advancing Teutons, entering Russia in destitution and helplessness. The influx widens Russia's refugee dilemma and raises humanitarian concerns.
Eighty men were entombed by an explosion this morning in the Edgewater mines of the Tennessee Coal and Coke Company twelve miles northwest of Birmingham Alabama. There is some hope of rescuing the entombed men. Later reports say eight hundred miners were rescued after rescuers cleared the openings. A slate picker was killed a negro seriously burned and the lives of about eight hundred miners endangered by the explosion in the lower shaft.
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