President Wilson Outlines Fourteen Points For World Peace
Wilson speaks to Congress presenting war aims aligned with British Premier Lloyd George. He lists fourteen points including open covenants, freedom of the seas, removal of economic barriers, armament reduction, and autonomous development for nationalities, with a plan for a league of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
United States
Lloyd George
Russia
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Montenegro
Balkan
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
Monroe Gas Co Turns Gas into City Service Mains
Monroe Gas Company begins supplying city service mains this afternoon after completing an eight inch pipeline from Fairbanks field to a receiving station near the city limits. Gas will reach north side consumers immediately with taps and meters under way and is expected to serve the entire city within 30 days at a domestic rate of 29 cents per 1 000 cubic feet. Officials say a cross river gas line is planned and the supply main allows a 48 hour reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Monroe Gas Company
Louis Lock
C. H. McHenry
Victor Teegerstrom
Columbian Carbon Company
Fairbanks
Teegersiron
Gas Line Work Advances Between Field and Monroe
Work on the new gas line between the field and Monroe began mid November and city service mains started about December 1. Construction manager Louis Lock said all work was finished in 29 working days. The Monroe Gas Company runs an office in the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
Monroe
Louis ‘Lock
Monroe Gas Company
Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
Registrants Added Ten Number Now Classified
Ouachita parish registration board classified eighty more registrants who returned questionnaires. Classification proceeds rapidly under new regulations, with five classes and multiple divisions. Class 5 registrants exempted. classes 2 3 and 4 temporarily discharged. Appeals must be filed within five days of notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Council Rejects Labor Offer and Prepares Contingency
By a 6 to 1 vote the Monroe city council rejected the Monroe Labor Council street Carmen's Union proposal for a one man operation with future wage negotiations and authorized hiring of extra operatives to run street cars and other utilities. The move appears to prep for a possible sympathetic strike affecting the city electric light plant and water works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Union Car
Monroe Labor Council
Union Street
Dee
Culpepper
Powers
Apgar
Monroe
Water light and traction committee report received
Motion adopted to receive the report of the water light and traction committee recommending continuation on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear
M. H. Marx
J. Ss. Bloch
J. Y. Covington
Water, Light and Traction Committee
Sufficient street car operatives ready to run all lines
Mayor Apgar and Superintendent Mangham announced that enough street car workers are available to operate all cars on all lines. Mangham says only five cars on two lines are running now, with full service on all three lines likely soon. A trial date is set for four imported operatives, and labor tensions continue amid talk of a sympathetic strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apgar
Mangham
Municipal Street Railway
Schulze
J. &. Lawson
Carmen's Union
Lawson
Monroe
The German Offensive on Western Front Likely To Open
The article reports on expected major German offensives on the Western Front with British and French forces ready. Russia seeks Brest-Litovsk peace talks with the Central Powers while German political tensions grow over peace policy. Intense artillery duels persist as British and French repulse German raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
von Ludendorff
Militarst
von Hindenburg
von Reuhimann
Londo
Jloyd George
England
Petition seeks enlarged quarters for welfare work
A petition presented to the City Council asks that the city owned building at St John and Wood be devoted to public welfare work. The action was deferred for a hearing with renter J M Munholland. The council favored granting the request but deferred final action to hear Munholland if he speaks. The petition also asks space for the Associated Charities, a parish probation officer, and an Anti Vice Committee headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John and
Wood Streets
J. M. Munholland
Kaplan
Austin
Mr. Munholland
Associated Charities
DeSiard
Admas Street
John Fost
Nineteenth
Twenty-second
Godfrey Liquor Company
Keller Building
Grand Street
Paul Keller
Julius Lemle
A. E. Ferrand
D. Masur
H. P. Marks
Good substitute for wheat found
Mr. I. McCarthy of the City Bakery reports success using sweet potatoes as a partial substitute in bread. The mix of two parts white flour to one part mashed potato saves about 30 percent flour and yields bread nearly identical to wheat bread, with fermentation knowledge key to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. McCarthy
City
McCarthy
Hoover
Russians to Continue Negotiations with Central Powers
Reports indicate that Russia and the Central Powers are expected to press ahead with talks. Diplomatic observers note cautious optimism amid new proposals and potential interim arrangements.
German Offensive Might Be Greatest Assault Yet
Secretary Baker's weekly war review says the German onslaught is likely the western front's largest attack to date. He notes sixteen fierce battles where British and French forces steadily advanced and suggests the German drive was postponed to amass ammunition guns and troops. French gains on the Italian front are also highlighted as turning the tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
Baker
Washington
Jan. S
Teutons
Government shipbuilding aims fail to speed work
Washington January 8 Homer Fergusson president of the Newport News Ship Building Co testified before the senate committee investigation that government commandeering of ship construction aimed to speed work but has not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer Fergusson
Newport News ‘Ship Building Co
Senate
World Wide Distribution of Wilson's Message Planned
The New York committee on Public Information arranged a global distribution of President Wilson's message to Congress today by cable and wireless. The plan aims to reach all parts of the world with the presidential address through rapid communication channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
White House
Senate
House
New York
Jan
Committee On Public Information
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
General Association of Nations
Monroe Gas Co
Missouri
Tennessee
Megquire Catple
O., Inc
Court House
City of
M.S. McGuire
Draper
Boaliys
Henry Williams
Zelia Pressley
Polet Roy
Jake Henry King
Dennis Murphy
Charles Pinckney Brigham
Charles Embry Gaylor
James Roy Standard
Ras Clark
Willis Green
Jack Clark
Charles Robert Coats
Floyd Jackson Crowell
Morris Willice
Richard Lenard Chadick
Loince Dossey
Taylor McFadden
Ned Bolden
Oliver Ramsey
Pete Young
Albert Burrell
Armstrong White
George Garrison Walker
Leroy Baker
Cornelius Bass
Grant Robinson
Richmond Dunn
John Robert Gernon
Sim Jenkins
Franklin Pearce Hill
Naaman Barnes
Dosie Williams
Melvin Donaldson
van Browning
Lonnie Schooley
Paul Cooper
Randolph Hubbard
Arthur Bradberry
John Tugwell
Cornelius Kedley
Frank Miller
Oswald Jerome Miller
Ilius Loeb
Elishea Randler
John Lindsey Gilbert
Dave Taylor
Bob Edd Tucker
Wade Vernon Smith
Eddie Johnson
George Fienderson
Claude Allen Smith
Napoleon Ducan
Lucius Jackson
Lewis Lorenzo Langford
Sollie Glass
Emmit Jas. C. Burroughs
Joseph Airoldi
Chas. Bunn Bayles
Edward Oscar Hooter
James Hansford
Lee Wright
Monroe, la
Carmen
S. H. Awl
Co. A. Dowdey
Aubrey E. Ostrom
O. M. Woods
J. B. Lawson
P. Ss
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Copenhagen
Brest- Litovsk
Trotzky
Gates
Wood
Munholland
Ouachita Natural Gas & Oil Co,., Inc
Teutons Peage Parley
Teutons’ Geatest
Lyceum Theatre
Bille Bennett and
Jack Livingston
Keystone Comedy and
Lyceum Orchestra
Lyceum
Sessue Hayakaway
Secret
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!