Allies Unite for New War Against Turks Near Fitzgerald
State militia detachments from Cordele and Macon arrived in Fitzgerald to take charge after an attack on the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic train. Captain H D Russell commands. Three companies of Georgia National Guard were ordered to Fitzgerald to restore order as 100 shots were fired at the engine. Engineer W T Reid suffered severe injuries including both legs broken. The unrest followed wage disputes and non-union labor use by the railroad, with fears of martial law pending.
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Associated Press
Fitzgerald
Cordelle
Macon
Atlanta
Birmingham
Atlantic
H. D. Russell
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
W. T. Reid
Georgia National Guard
Small’s Mill
Reid
United States Labor Board
Turkeys Nationalists Gather as Threat to Constantinople Grows
London reports that Britain France and Italy may take concerted measures if Turkish nationalists advance on Constantinople amid anxiety in Allied circles. An Angora dispatch cites fighting near Bogha did and British Mediterranean fleet concentrates near the capital as reinforcements depart.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Constantinople
Sea of Marmora
Harrington
Paris
Boghadid
Angora
Baptist Orphanage Children Visit Monroe Site Tonight
Thirty six children from the Louisiana Baptist Orphanage Lake Charles arrive at 12 30 from Ruston under Supt F C Flowers and Miss Malva Ponder recreation leader. They will tour Kansas plantation at 4 this afternoon the site bought for future relocation to Monroe A program is planned for 8 p m at the First Baptist church with a free will offering.
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Louisiana Baptist Orphanage
Lake Charles
Ruston
F. C. Flowers
Malva Ponder
Kansas Plantation
Baptist Orphanage Board
Monroe
Audrey Craig
Lula Mat
First Baptist Church
Peace talks fail to halt Dublin street arms search
Dublin reports ongoing peace negotiations in Ireland have not yielded an armistice. Soldiers swept Dublin streets suspected of concealing weapons. In Newry, five men were shot and left by the roadside. A schoolteacher Miss McAnuff was killed yesterday while trying to shield her brother from attack.
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Dublin
Ireland
Newry
Miss McAnuff
Republicans Plan Magna Charta in Fordney Tariff Bill
Washington July 6 Republicans on the House ways and means committee aim to draft a permanent tariff bill described as the magna charta for perpetuating American living standards and universal prosperity. The plan was outlined in a report filed with the House by Chairman Fordney.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Fordney
Siberian Border Clash Kills or Wounds 500 Koreans
Reports from Seoul cite a battle on the Siberian border between Japanese forces and Koreans. About 500 Koreans were killed or wounded in the clash as details filter in from headquarters.
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Associate
Seoul
Korea
Siberian
Jury Secured to Try Mrs Kaber in Cleveland Today
Cleveland Ohio July 6 a jury to try Mrs Evan Catherine Kaber charged with murdering her husband Daniel F Kaber was obtained a few minutes after noon today No women are in the panes
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Kaber
Cleveland
Ohio
Evan Catherine Kaber
Daniel F
Monroe Boy Taken After Escape From Reform School
Luther McElroy, sought in an alleged Larche store robbery and car theft, is in custody in Little Rock on counterfeiting charges. He may not be returned to Monroe. investigation will occur there. He allegedly teamed with Sam Brown and the Jennings Brothers to pass counterfeit money and had escaped from the Louisiana Training Institute after prior Monroe arrest for robbery.
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Luther McElroy
Monroe
West Side
Louisiana Training Institute
Little Rock
McElroy
Jennings Brothers
Sam Brown
Reform School
Oil Gas Leases Bring Good Price in Ouachita Parish
Arthur C. Call sold to James E. Henderson of Monroe a one sixth undivided interest in oil and gas rights on 640 acres in townships 16N and 18N for 8780 dollars. W. W. Willhite sold to Call oil and gas rights on sixty acres in 2-18-2 for 600 dollars. These are the year's highest prices paid for oil and gas rights in Ouachita parish.
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Arthur C. Call
James E. Henderson
Ouachita Valley Oil Company
Monroe
W. W. Wilhite
Ouachita Parish
Fair Directors Meet to Set Budget and Plans
The North Louisiana and Ouachita Parish Fair Association board met at Monroe Chamber of Commerce to fix expenses for the Louisiana Experimental Station fair at Calhoun on October 19 to 21. They planned steps to unite other parishes and arrange a $2,500 premium list.
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North Louisiana and Ouachita Parish
Texas border arrest ends eight year jewel theft saga
Dell Ray alias Ed King a.k.a. Dr Warren, a fortune teller accused of robbing Monroe woman Cleole McNathy of 1400 in jewels, was captured in El Paso. Sheriff Arthur Grant says witnesses are scattered and the state does not want him back for trial, uncertain if the victim can be found. Ray posted 3000 bond before fleeing.
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Dell Ray
Cleole McNathy
Monroe
Ray
el Paso
Ed King
Dr. Warren
Cleole
Perils of the Nation address frames tariff loom in New Orleans
Rev. E K Means delivers The Perils of the Nation at First Methodist Monroe. He clues into Jesus lament over Jerusalem and stresses cost of love and sacrifice. Thomas E. Flournoy of Ouachita parish attends Southern Tariff Association Congress in New Orleans to rally support for a tariff protecting Southern industry and wealth. Congress aims to back Southern producers against Eastern competition with a nonpartisan stance. An equitable Louisiana tariff could add about 76 million in revenue.
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M. E
MR. Flournoy
New Orleans
First Methodist
Monroe
E. K. Means
Means
Chris
Jesus
Jerusalem
Thomas E. Flournoy
Ouachita National Bank
Ouachita Parish
Southern Tariff Association Congress
John H. Kirby
C. H McHenry
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
South
Kirby
Louisiana
Mr. Kirby
Congress
Amercan
Washington
Southern Tariff Association
Republican Congress
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Notice to Gas Consumers Pay Bills by 10th to Save
Gas utility reminds customers to pay by the 10th to receive a ten percent discount. All bills unpaid by the 20th will incur service disruption without further notice.
Goree Well Amid Haynesville Oil Boom Promises High Yields
Haynesville La July 6 delegates report Goree No 1 in section 27 23 8 could yield 5900 to 6000 barrels daily as Widman Harmon Hunt No 1 shows promising flow while Florsheim No 1 tests begin with a 500 barrel tank reading and cap depths noted. petroleum engineers Gaume Maxwell of Nowata Okla lead Hercules Oil Syndicate in planning latest location in section 29 18 21 Makedonia district Columbia Ark.
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Edgar Florsheim
John Foster
J. H. Trousdale
Fred Stovall
Haynesville
Monroe
Florsheim
Widman
Harmon
Hunt
Florsheim Et al
Goree
Gaume and Maxwell
Petroleum Engineers
Nowata
Okla
Hercules Oil Syndicate
Macedonia District
Columbia
Ark
Rail workers to vote on wage cut by September 1
Chicago July 6 sixteen railroad labor organizations including the big four brotherhoods will decide by September 1 through a referendum whether to accept or reject the 12 per cent wage reduction enacted on July 1. General chairmen said full membership must decide by that date, and refused to assume responsibility for the wage cut ordered by the Railroad Labor Board.
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Chicago
Big Four Brotherhoods
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Railroad Labor Board
Fitzgerald
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Stolen pipe case nets US magnate arrest in Ouachita
Oil operator J. D. O'Brien was arrested in Shreveport on a fugitive warrant from El Dorado Arkansas amid allegations he received stolen oil well casing and piping. Investigators trace pipe movement from Monroe to El Dorado Strong and Union Parish. O'Brien denies charges claiming pipe worth about 2000 dollars, purchased from W. Quimbey in Monroe, was his property and that he did not engage in Arkansas transactions. The case links to a broader Ouachita Parish pipe theft probe and Clarkwell No 1 drilling plans continue.
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Shreveport
J. D. O’brien
el Dorado
Ark
O’brien
Arkansas
Union
Ouachita Parish
C. F. Alexander
Homer- FE Dorado Oil Company
Monroe
Strong, Ark
Clark No. 1
Union Parish
Homer- el Dorado Oil Company
Union County
McRae
Parker
Baton Rouge
W. ©. Quimbey
Strong
Louisiana
Clarkwell No. 1
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Turkey
SAY
Malta
England
Baptist Orphanage
Belfast
Texas
MR. Means
Quachita Area
Clark Well
Seattle
Wash
Thatcher & Webb
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