23 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
1
A Christmas appeal from a Monroe area child asks the Good Fellows club to provide shoes coats dresses and a stocking cap for five siblings while other neighbors contribute funds and goods. Grand jury reports a $1450 donation plus various smaller gifts from residents and local workers to support the relief effort.
Charleston West Virginia detective notes Mott Jarroll, alleged slayer, surrenders after hours of fatigue and exposure. The case arises from a violent incident prompting a security lockdown and police inquiry.
Deputy Silas FF Nance died early today after a revolver duel with Jarrell who tried to arrest him for drunkenness. A 9 year old boy Henry Ratcliffe was struck and died late today. The incident also injured Mrs. Jos Hine Wines and Belle Adams in Oakley last night.
Chicago reports a major deal in the American league with sale of the New York club to Jacob Ruppert and T. L. Huston. Six players from other clubs and a championship class A manager are to join. Wild Bill Donovan is named as pilot, with players including Rehg Pipp High Mills and a $420000 price tag floated for the franchise and contracts.
London reports soldiers and sailors tattooing banners of the British and Belgian flags with anti German mottos. Belgians and Britons adorn arms with regimental names, wives and children, and even a bulldog by the Union Jack. A cross tattoo is linked to punishment fears and a survivor from the Bulwark disaster was identified by marks.
London December 28 Four German schooners Else Gerhard Theodor and Bolivar captured as prizes were sold by order of the Marshal of the Admiralty. They are the first prize ships sold in London since the Crimean war. Buyers signed declarations they were not alien enemies and not purchasing for enemy subjects. Brisk bidding yielded good prices. chronometers sold separately.
Probers examine the Caddo lynching案 as potential deals and agreements remain scarce. The testimony cited faces skepticism from officials and observers while authorities pursue leads and gather evidence.
In Shreveport on December 23 witnesses told Attorney General Pleasant and District Attorney Matry that most did not recognize any engaged in the Watkins Lewis lynching. One man recalled a few sightseers. a barber shop waitress admitted accompanying an automobile party to the scene and feeling ill afterward.
News reports Alfred Henry Lewis, noted author and newspaper man, died in New York on December 23. Colonel Pleasant announced the adjournment of today’s hearing after the session closed, with the hearing to reconvene after Christmas. The attorney general will depart tonight for New Orleans.
New York Dec 23 The General Education Board distributed 10 5 million dollars with Millsaps College Mississippi receiving 25 000 and the Mississippi College 125 000 in grants for higher education programs.
After eight days of deliberation the grand jury issued 45 indictments from 99 investigated cases and blasted jail conditions. It urged Dr. Oscar Dowling to push improvements or close the jail, noting shared baths, overcrowded cells, poor lighting, and unsanitary floors. It also urged use of the State Training School for juvenile offenders.
The House defeats the amendment while national prohibition supporters hold a majority in the chamber. The result marks a setback for reformers and confirms the governing bloc’s strength in this session.
In Washington on December 23 the Hobson resolution to amend the Constitution to enforce prohibition failed 197 to 189 in the House, short of the two thirds needed. Prohibition leaders said they would push the issue in 1916, while doubts remained about Senate action this session.
Boston dispatch reports Charles W. Eliot, Harvard educator, sparks a national controversy by defending John D. Rockefeller. He extols Rockefellers benevolence and the Foundation while acknowledging past objections to rebates and Colorado unrest amid broader debates on monopolies and prohibition.
The report details heavy German attacks at western ports while French and Russian forces defend positions. It notes contested advances near Perthes Les Hurlus and Boureuilles in France and Belgium, with German gains disputed by Allied communiques. The text also mentions Russian retreats and German counterattacks, and a major battle west of Warsaw as Russians push toward Germany.
Hans Halle and George Summers were arraigned in criminal court on charges of preparing a bomb to blow up a ship. Two other detainees were dismissed. Halle admitted planning to send the bomb by express to New York for a French ship, with intent to destroy the vessel at sea. They are held in $1000 bail with potential twenty year penitentiary terms.
New York reports an alleged plot to blow up a French liner with twelve days of prior knowledge in New Orleans. A French line agent said precautions were taken regarding freight aboard the vessel.
The speaker denounces federal dispatch of armed officers to enforce laws in his state. He cites that most of his district remains dry and vows not to abandon Democratic principles or endanger southern people with federal police power.
Lieutenant Crenshaw of the Panama Canal Zone reports to the Navy that the wireless apparatus aboard the British steamer Protesilaus in Balboa harbor was dismantled by Panama Canal Zone police on December 19 after it was found sending code messages.
The Central News Cologne correspondent reports Emperor William with his entire star arrived in Cologne from Berlin today, moving toward the western battlefields as part of his wartime travel.
Paris reports deputies approved a war loan totaling 1.7 billion dollars on December 23. The large issue aims to fund military needs and national defense during the ongoing conflict.
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