09 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1912
Page
1
Republicans nationwide mark Lincoln Day with events and speeches as party members rally to honor the historic holiday. The observances highlight party unity and political sentiment amid current campaigns and public interest in Lincoln era ideals.
President Taft heads to Newark and New York for Lincoln Day events while Taft allies plan speeches in Milwaukee Detroit Minneapolis and Portland. Mac Veagh speaks at Lansing. Albion hosts Calhoun Line Club dinner with Osborn and other lawmakers. Georgia Georgia Republicans meet in Atlanta for national convention delegates with Roosevel adherents pushing for a Roosevelt chair. Taft camp appears untroubled by the activity.
Louisiana Grand Lodge F and A M adjourned after a two day session at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Caron-del street electing EK H Addington grand master and a slate of officers headed by Emil Sandbers deputy grand master Richard Lambert grand secretary and William M Baker grand lecturer The Shriners entertained Illustrious Potentate John F Treat Imperial Recorder B W Rowell and others at a banquet in the Masonic Temple before departing for Mobile Ala.
Weather outlook shows rain and cold with unsettled skies while political maneuvering heats up. Roosevelt followers seek an instructed Chicago delegation as Taft supporters predict a solid delegation. Governor Woodrow Wilson plans a Chicago visit to speak on Lincoln Day and meet Western Democrats. Missouri holds a Democratic primary in St Louis to choose 216 delegates for Joplin convention. The Joplin meeting will decide whether Folk or Clark secures Missouri’s presidential endorsement.
The Inter state Commerce Commission ordered a general investigation into the issuance of passes franks and free transportation by all interstate carriers. Reports indicate many carriers violate the law and may face prosecution.
UK. Dowling will lecture at the auditorium this Saturday on cerebrospinal meningitis. The event is listed in local notices with details for attendees and time.
Dr. Oscar Dowling president of the State Board of Health arrives by local train Saturday afternoon at 4 o clock. He will lecture at the Auditorium about cerebro spinal meningitis and its prevention. The health car includes pure food exhibits and a two film moving picture unit.
The National Association of Retail Milliners in Chicago endorsed spring hats in small to medium sizes with bold colors especially red. Novel Turkish designs and umbrella hats appear among Turkish towel red stripes and turban effects. Styles aim for lower cost and simplicity yet vibrant color, according to president Mrs Marie Harris.
Thousands of young delegates from across the United States and Canada gather in New York for the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America annual meeting. General Sir Baden-Powell, founder of the movement, will lecture tonight and begin a tour that ends in San Francisco in the second week of March.
The Minnesota Socialist party will hold a nomination event in Minneapolis this month to select its state ticket. Local party officials confirm plans and publicity materials outline candidates and platform follows.
A report on the conflict between town builders and the drones with non progressive factions reaping where they have not sown. The piece highlights social friction and political divides impacting local development.
A reprinted editorial from Denison Herald and Beaumont Enterprise argues that selfish residents block urban growth. It praises unselfish citizens who back development projects and warns against those who reap benefits without contributing. Citizens should support all moves to build the town.
The passage condemns residents who refuse to contribute or participate in community projects. It contrasts proactive citizens who invest in shared value with selfish individuals who avoid small subscriptions, delaying neighborhood growth and property value.
Washington D C Feb 9 Arrangements for the annual banquet of the League of Republican State Clubs at the New Willard Hotel are complete Six hundred party leaders will attend President Taft will be present Addresses will be delivered by Charles W Fairbanks Governor Hadley Governor Goldsborough John Hays Hammond Job Hedges PD Woodmansee and J Hampton Moore
The House subcommittee debates a proposed one cent sugar duty and its revenue impact. Chairman Underwood seeks to finish sugar first before moving to the chemical schedule amid talks of an internal tax to offset losses, while reformers wrestle with protecting refiners and domestic producers.
Governor Bags proclaims Health Day in New Hampshire with statewide observance. Public schools taught preventable winter diseases and speakers detailed costs to individuals, state, and nation as state Grange health boards and women's clubs joined in the effort.
Authorities from the United States and Honguran powers clashed over the rights involving a New York syndicate. The confrontation centered on jurisdiction and control, affecting ongoing business operations and potential regulatory outcomes.
In Puerto Cortez on Feb 7 the US gunboat Petrell landed seventy five marines and assumed control of the Inter Oceanic railroad and wharf under a contract with Honduras. Honduran troops halted trains and the governor protested to foreign consuls over the action.
The Honduran Congress declared all contracts with American W. B. Valentine relating to the Puerto Cortez railroad, wharf, and lighthouse cancelled. It ordered President Bonilla to seize the property immediately in the name of the government.
The State Department watches developments as Honduran officials move to seize Valentine properties. The U S gunboat Petrel and sailors were sent to Puerto Cortez to guard against violence. Title to the disputed property will be settled through diplomatic and judicial means.
In Washington on February 9, Circuit Judge William C. Hook's concurrence in a circuit court ruling that sleeping cars and dining cars are luxuries not afforded to the black race led to his defeat for Supreme Court nomination. The suit by E. P. McCabe and four others who were denied sleeper accommodations on a Santa Fe train prompted the objection, as Jud Hook upheld the Oklahoma Jim Crow law in the case.
Memphis railway and private detectives hunted five men linked to a Rock Island train hold up on Wednesday. The posse traced clues from the scene to the riverbank near Presidents Island but reported no arrests or leads by nightfall. The suspects were believed to have escaped by skiff or launch into the Mississippi.
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