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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
1
The Texas senator Joe Bailey made his farewell address on Thursday in a picturesque setting. The event marked his swan song as he concluded his long public service with a final valedictory message.
Senator Joseph Bailey of Texas delivers his final Senate speech condemning the initiative and referendum as a threat to American government. He attacks Hearst as a miseral dog, cites President Wilson, and predicts a 4 year contest with Roosevelt and Debs as dominant foes.
A historical remark argues that only one man can defeat Roosevelt by appealing to radical voters while the Democratic party should focus on appealing to traditional Democrats rather than pursuing radical support.
Monroe Louisiana reports two new meningitis cases on January 3 1913. A colored man at 1317 Breard street and a white woman at 618 Oak street with no new deaths. Prof J T Petty dies in Calhoun from cerebro spinal meningitis. Lepanto Arkansas shows 22 cases with 17 deaths and refugees fleeing to Memphis.
Fort Smith records the citys first cerebro spinal meningitis death in months with three additional cases within municipal limits today.
In Dyer county Tennessee sixty one cerebro spinal meningitis cases have developed with thirty five deaths. Dr J A Albright says twenty one cases and eleven deaths occurred in Dyersburg and two new cases in the town and two in the county in the last day. Immunizing agents are being used and public gatherings are stopped as measures are pressed.
Balkan envoys press for a direct and unequivocal answer to sharp questions on policy and regional tensions. Delegations urged clear commitments and immediate clarification from involved governments amid ongoing diplomacy and strategizing.
Members of an investigating committee work to locate a wealthy man referenced in a report. Details remain sparse as officials pursue informal leads and check possible residences.
London January 3 The Balkan peace envoys plan to ask the Turkish delegation if the Ottoman government will surrender Adrianople immediately. A decisive answer within twenty four hours could end the conference. otherwise the allies will suspend discussions and not consider other topics.
Washington today centers on the money trust probe as Chairman Pujo reviews methods to compel William Rockefeller to testify. The House sergeant at arms and a corps of deputies remain near the Rockefeller home after failed service and rumors of forceful measures.
Paris reports a rumor that Adrianople has fallen to the besieging army while London dispatches suggest the fortress is in desperate condition and its capitulation may be imminent.
The Turkish sailing vessel Theodore was blown up today by a floating mine at the entrance to Smyrna bay.
The Turkish garrison on the island of Chios, about 2,000 men, surrendered unconditionally to Greek forces today in Athens reporting.
President Taft informed Senator Brandegee that he would not send to the Senate the nomination of Col George W. Goethals for civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Democratic opposition in the Senate is cited as the reason for the decision.
Representative William W. Wedemeyer of Ann Arbor Michigan who went sane at Colon Panama during Taft's 1909 visit jumped overboard last night from the ship there. The body has not been recovered.
William Smith, a young man living near Cheniere, died last night from pneumonia. The funeral was held this afternoon with interment in the Smith cemetery.
A House committee member discusses the need to subpoena John D. Rockefeller and his health, noting that service must be properly acknowledged or a subpoena issued. The committee offered to obtain deposition at Rockefeller's New York home or office with his counsel present, but health concerns and authority questions remain unresolved.
Government agents probe a report that William Rockefeller, sought as a witness, secretly sailed from Brunswick on a private yacht. Reportedly seen on Jekyll Island with his family days earlier.
United States Senator Jeff Davis died at his Little Rock home at 12 30 am from apoplexy. His death may prompt a special primary to choose a successor with Governor Donaghey and W A Oldfield expected to run. Davis had served as governor three times and had been elected to the Senate in 1907.
Washington dispatch says Woodrow Wilson selected three cabinet posts and could appoint William A Glasgow as Attorney General. The Philadelphia lawyer is favored for the justice portfolio, with Bryan Daniels Burleson Peel and Palmer options discussed, and Glasgow seen as a strong, though not certain, contender for the top legal post.
Valenca De Minho Portugal January 3 Nine cowboys were killed and fourteen wounded in a desperate clash with smugglers near the Spanish border. The attackers impetuously routed the herdsmen and seized ninety thousand dollars in cash from cattle sales.
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