11 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1913
Page
1
Petticoat soldiers prepare to head to Washington for the inauguration. The article highlights women volunteers mobilizing for the event and their expected roles at the capital.
feverish activity marked New York Suffrage Association HQ as Rosalie Gardiner Jones prepares the march to Washington D C for a national demonstration the day before inauguration with a thousand strong petticoat brigade planned including Inez Milholland leading a cavalry unit and Miss Gladys Hinkley as Joan of Arc.
Rebel and federal troops in Mexico City prepare to battle as liquidation plans move toward decisive action. An eleven million dollar bond issue faces disposition as authorities push toward resolution.
Harmony and good feeling characterized a state board session as the school board approved six months of operation for summer normal schools. Bernard will receive his money as ordered.
A Louisiana circular from State Treasurer Ledoux Smith targets 3000 bond dealers in the United States and Canada to promote the eleven million dollar bond issue due before January 1, 1914. Governor Hall will set bond sale date as public notices proceed.
A report from Jonesville La states M A Wilkinson 28 shot Joe Kater 23 after a dance incident with Kater trying to break it up Wilkinson fired three times. In Washington the House Naval Affairs committee approved two battleships at fifteen million dollars each.
Sofia reports the Turkish army on Gallipoli lost 6000 men and fifty officers in fighting at Bulair. Bulgarian official sources confirm the tally amid ongoing Gallipoli operations.
The Grand Lodge of Louisiana Masons held its opening session in the Scottish Rite Cathedral in New Orleans with E. H. Addington presiding. Deputy Grand Master Emil Sundberry of Napoleonville will be elected Grand Master tonight as Brittain B. Purser and John Armstrong arrive. Alexandria delegates may offer a no cost site if a state building is proposed, though New Orleans remains the likely headquarters.
City warns all owners who have failed to build sidewalks abutting their property that after ten days the city will enforce sidewalk ordinances. Mayor A. Forsyre signs the notice from Monroe Louisiana dated February 1913.
The battleships Virginia and Georgia left Guantanamo today bound for Vera Cruz and Tampico, Mexico. The Colorado and South Dakota are at San Diego under orders to sail today to Mexican Pacific ports.
Pedro Lascurain states in a telegram that President Madero has not resigned and that government forces control the capital while Diaz forces hold only a limited position.
Violent riots hit Osaka with attacks on pro Premier Katzura newspapers and reports of several deaths. In Tokyo, rioting left about seventy killed or seriously wounded and led to the semi official resignation of Premier Katzura and his cabinet.
James A. Patten pleaded guilty in federal court to a sixth count of the restraint of trade indictment tied to the cotton bull movement. Judge Mayer fined him 4000 dollars, paid immediately. Co-defendants Brown Hayne and Scales will not plead guilty, sayingPatten intended to plead guilty and they would be stultified by pleading guilty to charges they deny.
Washington February 11 supporters of the Webb bill to curb liquor shipments to dry states faced a parliamentary error in the Senate. The substitute passed by the House was given a wrong number by the Senate, and the House parliamentarian ruled it creates an entirely new measure requiring referral to a committee.
The Senate approved the Webb liquor bill, replacing the Kenyon Sheppard measure. It would bar shipments of intoxicating liquor into states where receiving laws prohibit them. The bill goes to House conference and then to the President for signature. July 1, 1913 operative date was part of the debate.
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