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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
8
The New Orleans cotton market opened firm on strong cables and bought early, with January at 12.75 and March at 12.86 before profit taking pulled futures back. Exports reached 69,977 bales, spot closed steady up 12 points, receipts 20,350 and stock 684,266.
Ko McGowen transfers Lot 2 in square 107 Lee Avenue Addition to J M Cherry for 500 dollars. L J Bovenkalman transfers Lot 2 in Block 1 of L J Bovenkalman's Claiborne Road subdivision, portions of sections 89 and 40 138N 3E, for 135 dollars.
The New York cotton market was generally steady with a modest opening advance met by southern selling. Prices hovered but edged higher in response to moderate buying and later firming, with March futures around 12.93 and spot midling at 13.05.
Chicago wheat rose early on higher Liverpool quotes with exporters rumored to buy U S wheat. Corn and oats firmed with initial gains, later modest. Provisions mostly slid as wheat closed 3 8 to 25 8 higher.
Poultry firms report receipts of three cars with fowls and turkeys and prices for fowls springs and roasters. Butter markets rise with 4,461 tubs received across creamery extras standards and firsts while eggs show no change with 2,943 cases received.
Liverpool December cotton market shows improved demand and steady prices with 5 000 bales sold including 4 400 American. Spot demand up, receipts 45 000 bales of which 20 100 American. Futures closed quiet with December at 6.67 and October at 7. above values.
United States Pan American flyers resumed their 20 000 mile goodwill journey from Tampico Mexico after engine problems. The four planes set off at 11 o clock for Vera Cruz covering a 136 mile hop with the motors humming smoothly.
Covering by sellers before holidays and hedging buyers pushed prices higher. Improved Liverpool futures and expected strong demand after year’s start support bids while weather outlook reduces expected harvest. The New York Commercial estimates about 15 percent of the crop may be abandoned, with little selling pressure and a potential for further gains.
James M. Hervey, a Lake Charles auto mechanic, is hospitalized in serious condition after being shot in the head by Mrs. Jack Geary at her Eleventh Street home between 7 and 7:30 PM. Police say Hervey, who had been drinking, threatened Mrs. Geary and her daughter during a disturbance and reentered the home before Mrs. Geary fired a .32 caliber pistol from a dresser drawer.
Testimony in Marksville on December 20 details whether R Hill Smith gripped a pencil as he was shot at the Union Cotton Mill in Bunkie. W D Haas Jr and others face charges in the fatal incident, with Haas claiming he saw Smith reach into a drawer for the revolver.
Albany New York December 30 Governor Al Smith III is confined to the executive mansion today by a cold and sore threat. He will be inaugurated Saturday for his fourth term.
Associated Press reports in Harrisburg that Charles Birger faced unclear arrest status over alleged complicity in Mayor Joe Adams murder in West City. Sheriff Turner would not confirm arrest. Franklin County Sheriff Pritchard said Birger is outside jurisdiction and could be taken into custody if moved. Birger called the report a mistake and said he might surrender while seeking rival leader Carl Shelton.
Sheriff Stevens disclosed a prediction that a well known San Antonio professional man would be implicated in the conspiracy to kidnap wealthy banker Dan Sullivan, as one prisoner offered to reveal the inside story. Four men were arrested for conspiring to seize Christmas for ransom, with Clyde Jennings Tom Stanley and William Kemp arraigned.
A mobile with a machine gun and four armed men, seen by the Carlisle marshal north of Little Rock, reached the city and was found to be an advertising party for a proposed international police organization en route to Mexico. Michigan menus note state university history.
Dispatches report the Astoria sinking in the Black Sea near the Romanian coast with 21 deaths, but it cannot confirm American ownership. Also notes Protus loss with eight crew, severe weather disrupting shipping, and Vienna's note about Kaukasus foundering with 45 dead and 16 rescued Bulgaria coast.
ETLOCALLS Superintendent of Police H. D. Ap gar notified all city officers their new uniforms had arrived and were with Sig Haas and Sons for outfitting. Mrs Lilia Petrie, stenographer at Missouri Pacific ticket office, returned from Poplar Springs Mo for Christmas. C S Weaver, assistant city ticket agent, returned from Pine Bluff and visited Memphis and Little Rock while away.
At the Thursday noon luncheon at Hotel Virginia T E Flournoy of Ouachita National Bank spoke on the future of Monroe and the South, predicting strong industrial progress. Miss Emma Louise Biedenharn and Mrs Vernon Proffit sang with Leon Hammonds at the piano, and community singing was led by Guy Stubbs and Walker Glenn. Archery trends noted at Wichita University and Friends University.
Ed Greenblatt, longtime Saenger Theatres manager, is selected to oversee the Columbia and Louisiana theatres in Baton Rouge. The move follows two years of leadership in Monroe and was announced in Baton Rouge. Charley O'Donnell will replace him in the local Saenger management role.
Pearl River at Jackson sits about one foot above flood stage and climbs further as water from the north pours in. The Big Black near Yazoo City spans two miles at the highway crossing and has washed out two miles of road with three cars stranded and three drowned. Traffic on the Jackson Vicksburg route halted as the river overtopped the Warren county line. Illinois Central resumes mainline service. Number 26, northbound, first to pass last night. Flood damage looms to crops and infrastructure along Yazoo Big Black and Yalobusha rivers.
In Aberdeen Mississippi the Tombigbee river stood at 38 feet yesterday, three feet below the 1892 flood record. Local Red Cross and United Charities aid flood refugees in the town.
In western Kentucky the Cumberland and Green rivers swelled further driving families from homes. Calhoun Livermore Rumsey Eddyville and Katttawa suffered hardest as the Ohio Valley saw no fresh rain. Nashville blocks flooded 5 000 housed with relief efforts under way. Memphis and surrounding areas faced widespread displacement as waters rose across Tennessee Mississippi and Kentucky.
Plans are set for the Ouachita Valley Boy Scout council annual meeting this Sunday at 8 PM. J L Pitts of Alexandria will speak on scouting outlook. Reports from committees will guide 1927 aims. Officers for the council will be elected. Representatives from northeast Louisiana towns are expected.
Cumberland and Ohio rivers remain above crest while Nashville shelters over five thousand homeless. City seeks an extra 10 000 for refugees as train service slowly improves and Pan American flyer may be marooned on detour via Clarksville. Illinois Central notes optimism but warns of further delays to Memphis lines. Columbus Mississippi endures worst flood in years as rescue planes aid the city. Ohio lowlands across Kentucky and Indiana damage crops and force relocations to higher ground.
Reports from Rio Grande and El Gallo discuss Diaz forces retreating as debate grows in Congress over Nicaragua. Latimer censorship claims are denied by state department but Sacasa envoy Vaca alleges suppression of true news. Senators Borah Wheeler and Ransdell weigh withdrawal and support amid Diaz government stance against communists in Mexico.
Mexico City reports Pedro J. Zepeda alleges Dr. Juan Sacasa, head of Nicaragua’s liberal government, is effectively prisoner at Puerto Cabezas. He accuses U S Admiral Latimer of censorship of radio stations and disarming Sacasa’s guard, fearing an attack on the president.
El Dorado operators led by Eddie Jones and Sol Simon arrive in Monroe hotels as Richland parish field tests approach early January. Simon, who helped develop Lisbon field, leases 5000 acres northeast of Gulf discovery, with operations planned on his tract. Concurrent reports from Harrisonburg claim a large gas show at Pipes drill, sparking speculation of Gulf-like results and renewed bootlegger concerns.
In police court yesterday Judge Charles Schulze convicted C O McDonald and Walter Mines for traffic violations with fines of five dollars or five days each. McDonald’s fine suspended. E M Steene was fined fifteen dollars or fifteen days. J H Doman paid twelve dollars fifty cents or twelve and a half days for drunken and disorderly conduct. Layton Brown received thirty days for acting in a dangerous and suspicious manner. J C Broadway faced traffic infractions with a seven dollar and fifty cent fine or seven and a half days.
Mellon argues improved prohibition enforcement reduced smuggling and illegal drinking, noting industrial alcohol poisoning rose among bootleggers after stricter controls. He cites coastal and border smuggling declines and medicinal liquor stock concentration, with excessive drinking as a contributing factor to holiday deaths.
Washington reports prohibition chemists plan a New Year denaturant surprise for bootleggers. Chief James M. Doran says wood alcohol adulteration is not the main fatal factor, blame lies in rapid drinking. new formula doubles wood alcohol content to four percent while removing pyrodines to reduce poison and improve palatability.
Monroe friends of Aaron Steeg longtime editor of Square and Compass and staffer at the Jewish Ledger mourn his death at his New Orleans home. Steeg frequently visited Monroe for Masonic lodge and Eastern Star events.
The dispute centers on foreign ownership of mineral deposits in Mexico tied to titles prior to 1917. The United States rejects retroactive revocation of pre 1917 titles while President Calles says no legally acquired rights were destroyed. Oil firms say concessions after 1917 face scrutiny and many pre 1917 properties remain unsettled.
The piece outlines a party struggle over centrist policy and a plan to extinguish state sovereignty. It notes opposition to Colonel Smith’s seating and hints that Republicans may challenge Democratic senators if elections violate the constitution. Senator Ashurst seeks details from Governor Small about Smith’s appointment to finish McKinley’s term.
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