12 Jul 1911
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1911
Page
1
Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee are busy as they frame up cotton tariff policy. The report notes committee action and anticipated debates shaping duties and prices.
Washington reports Chairman Underwood and the ways and means committee began revising the cotton schedule with a plan to apply ad valorem duties generally. The Payne schedule averaged about 56.04 percent. the new plan lowers duties toward 50 percent, aiming to preserve roughly $38 million in revenue. The article notes anticipated quick Senate passage on related bills and Penrose predicting early adjournment by late July or early August after handling reciprocity and free list measures.
Judge McLean ordered Swinton Permenter tried in Montgomery Mississippi on the second Monday of October after defense motions to move the case and a prior death sentence was set aside by the Supreme Court. The change was granted despite unsettled county selection and the State’s representatives and defense team attended the hearing. Permenter arrived late, accompanied by his father and brother, with Mr. Sharpe and son present.
A donation was recorded for the Good Samaritan Home totaling 838.50 dollars received yesterday plus a separate 5.00 dollar amount. The entry notes prior receipt of 838.50 and a 5.00 contribution.
Defense lawyers request a venue change amid alleged local bias after the murder of George Fulton Jr. in a crowded court. Judge McLean urges respect for law and warns against mob violence as the grand jury of eighteen meets with foreman B. O. Webster. Trial set for next Monday. prosecution opposes the move.
Special to The News-Star reports strong backing for Congressman Jos E Ransdell in his Senate bid against Senator Foster. Friends cite endorsements from every Louisiana parish and New Orleans, predict wins in New Orleans and rural parishes, and note his farming ties and recent Ruston rally influence. He plans to visit every parish.
A fast moving blaze reduced the twin towns of Osodar and Au Sable to ashes today, destroying homes and prompting evacuations as firefighters fought the stubborn flames and officials assessed the damage.
Bay City dispatch reports twin communities Osconda and Au Sable at the mouth of the Au Sable river in ashes. A relief train carried food for more than a thousand survivors while families fled to swamps and fields. Fires also threatened Cheboygan Metz Millersburg Tower Lewiston and other areas.
Fire rages across a 300 mile woodland north of North Bay destroying Frenchtown Tower and Onawery in Michigan and many mining camps. Heavy losses and reported deaths signal an enormous property toll in the four towns and surrounding camps.
Detroit July 11 reports describe Alpena and Osceda fires reducing homes to ruin and a major blaze in Alpena with fires along the Detroit and Mackinac railroad corridor from Au Sable to Cheboygan. Heavy rain is needed to avert further losses as fires spread in the northern peninsula.
Alexandria reports preparations for the state troops arrival for the encampment with Pineville Hospital inmates cleaning grounds. Troops from New Orleans and other regions arrive July 16, with Col Stubbs staff laying out camps. Governor Sanders to review units July 22 with Boy Scouts participating.
Monroe Lodge No 454 B P O E schedules a special meeting for Thursday night July 13. All members are urged to attend. J M Cobb Ex Ruler and F B Surgaine Secretary sign the notice.
President De La Barra ordered an official inquiry into who ordered the arrest of four state guardsmen linked to a plot to assassinate Francisco Medero. The arresting officer was cited for acting under Interior Department orders and the men were released by the secretary of the interior after being brought to the capital.
In Shreveport police court, Matilda Morris and Mila Norris were fined 30 dollars each for violating the Jim Crow law by occupying white passengers’ Pullman berths. The case involved L. W. Calvert, a Monroe hotel man, who protested the conviction after defender M. C. Elstner. The judge upheld separate seating and dismissed Calvert’s broader critique.
Frankfort on the Main July 12 ten people died and twenty were seriously injured in an explosion at a dynamite factory outside the city today.
Tonight and Thursday expect unsettled conditions with scattered showers. The forecast calls for variable skies and light to moderate rain chances across the region. Local winds remain light, with no significant storms expected during the period.
The insurgent faction presses against Manuel Calero and General Eugenio Bascom as talks of resignations mount. Reports suggest freeing political prisoners and discharging ex soldiers as the Federal army terms end this week amid a power struggle.
Col Frank P. Stubbs of the First Regiment Infantry Louisiana National Guard will depart for Alexandria to command the state encampment. Ill health leads Adjutant General Stafford to transfer command to Col Stubbs.
In a closest Elks Grand Lodge race, John Patrick Sullivan of New Orleans won the position with 814 votes out of 1602. Charles Rasbury of Dallas and Arthur Moreland of New York trailed, while Willard Ticknor and Frank A. King also polled notable totals. Four trustees faced a second ballot as no majority emerged. The meeting set Portland, Oregon as next Grand Lodge site.
Tom O'Sullivan, famed as the model saloon man, closes his retail liquor business at midnight after a state and county crackdown on liquor sales. He asserts never selling to minors or drunken patrons and claims he never served more than three drinks to any one person. Patrons including former governors and Supreme Court judges backed him.
Five deaths were reported in Brooklyn and two in Manhattan due to the heat, bringing the total since midnight to twenty across New York.
In Atlanta on July 12 Gov. Hoke Smith was elected United States Senator from Georgia on the first joint ballot of the General Assembly. He succeeds J M Terrell, appointed to fill the late A S Clay term.
A Senate session reviews the Bay Controller matter with inquiries from members. The brief hearing aims to clarify issues raised regarding oversight and proposed actions.
President Taft and his cabinet discuss an alleged push to aid the Guggenheim syndicate in Alaska front and transportation, promising swift reports to Congress. Miss M F Abbott tests letters linking Charles P Taft and Richard S Ryan to the matter as hearings loom.
Monroe Wisconsin hosts the opening day of the Central Sharpshooters Association tournament with teams and marksmen from many states. The event runs four days and will award several thousand dollars in cash prizes to top shooters.
New York reports refined sugar rising five cents per hundred pounds across all grades today. The move marks a broad price uptick in the sugar market with no unusual exceptions noted.
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