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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
1
President Wilson makes a high profile appeal to all warring nations urging immediate talks on terms of peace. The call emphasizes urgency for multilateral negotiations and a halt to fighting as world leaders consider a peace framework.
President Wilson sent notes to all belligerents and neutrals urging discussion of terms that could lead to peace. He did not propose or offer mediation, but sought early talks to learn each side’s views and gauge how near a peace could be reached. Officials were surprised by the action and secrecy surrounding the move.
The piece laments poverty blocking children from Christmas joy and urges generosity through the God Fellow movement. It argues happiness should be a birthright and hopes the season inspires lasting charity, noting storefront temptations and daily small tragedies for the needy.
The Golden Grain Milling Company mill and elevator near East London burned today ending a blaze that caused an estimated loss of 300,060 dollars. Fire crews fought the flames through the day with damage extensive to buildings and equipment.
Washington report states the cattle quarantine has been raised from over 1000 square miles in the South, freeing those lands from the cattle tick during the past year, according to the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Washington December 20 The agricultural appropriation bill carrying about 25 006 000 was completed today by the House agricultural committee It will be acted on in the House after the holiday recess The measure names funds for the agriculture department and related programs and reflects committee approval prior to the adjournment for the holidays.
Since yesterday four prominent young men sent in 12.50 to the Good Fellows fund. A East End woman sent 25.90 and has aided charity before. A parish official gave 5.08. A country Good Fellow will provide a load of wood. An attorney sent 14. Dollar contributions came from a social leader and a six year old girl mailed two five dollar bills with a note for a child needing shoes and clothes for school.
Cotton opens higher on hopes from a presidential note but closes about 100 points below yesterday after Lansing statement. Wheat falls seven cents on Wilson peace note amid stampede in Chicago. War shares slip as market opens. U S Steel block offered at lower prices. heavy initial trading volume recorded.
The United States population trends toward urban centers as Census Bureau estimates from 1900 to 1910 show 49.9 percent living in cities, a 2 percent rise. Florida records the largest increase among statesReporting censuses since 1910 with a 22.5 percent gain.
A heated debate unfolds over the future of the present military system. Prominent figures clash on policy, funding, and strategic direction, signaling deep divisions within the defense establishment and political sphere.
Washington witnesses sharp cross examination of Major General Hugh J. Scott as lawmakers challenge findings of the general staff on border mobilization. Senate and House committees plan further hearings with General Scott and General Leonard Wood while universal training remains a debated goal.
Washington reports a parliamentary misplay disrupts an immediate vote on Senator Shepard’s District of Columbia bill, pushing final action past Christmas. The Senate will consider the measure again in January after a land bill withdrawal incident sparked by Senator Ashurst, provoking sharp backers and critics and a heated exchange over parliamentary procedure.
Lawmakers clash over readiness as General Scott cites a mobilization report showing 47,000 of 95,000 guardsmen available for federal service and critics argue the guard and regular army were not in existence when the border call came. Recruits numbered 15,000 in four months at high cost per man.
United States near war risk as unidentified submarine seen south of New Jersey by the American steamer Advance crew. Russian and allied legations seek U S help to reorganize a ten million pound loan amid President Wilson’s curiosity about each nation’s aims.
Laurel Miss December 20 eight hundred employees of the Eastman Gardiner Lumber Company received bonuses totaling $18,000 as appreciation for faithful service during the past year according to company officials read in an official announcement.
Texarkana Ark Dec 21 The Tri-State Medical Society finished its annual session with papers on infantile paralysis appendicitis pyonephrosis and goutle Members elected include President J M Rodenheimer Shreveport vice president for Arkansas T F Kittrell Texarkana for Louisiana T E Wright Monroe for Texas C M Rosser Dallas secretary treasurer E L Beck Texarkana and new councilors L H Lanier Texarkana Oscar Dowling Shreveport Nettie Klein Texarkana Next year’s meeting will be in Shreveport A memorial committee was named for Doctors A Smith George Abell Texarkana and S F Vaughan Was kom who died last year.
Secretary Lansing explained President Wilson sought peace terms not from material rights but to protect American rights as the United States drifted toward war. He said notes to the belligerents aim to reveal each side’s aims, potentially hastening an end to the European conflict and restraining actions that could push U.S. into war. A German ambassador meeting with Lansing followed.
In Lower Verapaz near Guatemala a volcanic eruption near the village caused the deaths of fifteen people. The disaster was reported from San Salvador on December 20.
The American steamer Kansan was damaged after striking a mine off Nantes on December 21. No injuries reported, crew remained aboard as engineers assessed the vessel’s flooding and structural impact.
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