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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
1
A county document outlines official salaries for sheriffs clerks assessors and other officials with line items and totals. The report lists amounts paid to each office and notes any changes from prior periods.
An auditor reports salaries and net incomes for sheriffs and clerks across Louisiana parishes. Jefferson parish sheriff leads net pay while Calcasieu and Caddo show high gross incomes. St James and Quachita reveal low nets. The document outlines annual expenses and varying parish budgets, with data from parishes including Jefferson, Calcasieu, Caddo, St James, and Cameron.
Forty two reports have been received from sheriffs clerks of court and assessors with more expected daily this week and next. The information is needed to shape the declaration and support reforms as officials review outputs and work toward a basis for action.
San Antonio reports three batteries of the Sixth Field Artillery moved to Douglas Arizona, a key district point opposite Mexico where Sonora fragments concentrate. General Pershing notes limited activity by Mexican forces beyond his lines. The Pershing Gavire conference is expected near Casas Groner.
The report notes heavy fighting around Verdun with French resistance delaying German advances. British dispatches mention bombardments along the Meuse and Austrian withdrawals in Tyrol amid ongoing European combat.
Antarctic explorer Shackleton and twenty-two companions survived after the Endurance sank. They drifted in ice and then sailed 900 miles in an open boat from the South Shetlands to South Georgia, with five men taking the journey. The vessel was beset by ice, and all remained alive despite extreme conditions.
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing weigh Carranza's note accusing the United States of hypocrisy for keeping troops in Mexico and warning of armed resistance unless they withdraw. Administration officials doubt any withdrawal will occur and expect no immediate troop pullback.
Government cotton crop report issued today shows ongoing conditions across major growing regions with notes on yield prospects and weather impacts. Analysts cited variability in moisture, boll development, and pest pressure affecting short-term output expectations.
The Agriculture Department reports the May 25 condition of the cotton crop at 77.5 per cent of normal, down from 80.0 last year, with the ten year average at 79.8. The bulletin notes planting area estimates and regional variations across Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and other southern states, including frost and drought effects and replanting needs. A separate Baton Rouge item announces the near beer bill passing the Senate 25 to 16.
A notice from T. T. Weld announces a bill to require railroads and other concerns to provide protective shoes against rain cold and inclement weather for workers on site. Also included is a Detroit report about an ex convict Reese turning up in uniform as an elevator operator after dodging daylight robbery charges in Canton and being hired by Ford before resuming legal matters.
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite was sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of July 10 for killing his father-in-law John E. Peek. The court denied a motion for a new trial. Waite thanked the court and prosecutors and expressed sorrow for his crimes.
Governor Kauflin G. Pleasant agreed to head the parade and walk the entire route to the reviewing stand. He will join a committee of Senators Labarre and Thoele and Representatives Bond Kentz and Palanque who presented concurrent resolutions. Col. WOC Dares, grand marshal, accompanied the delegation to the governor as he pledged to participate fully in the Americanism demonstration.
Washington reports authoritative statements that U.S. troops will stay in Mexico until Carranza can guarantee border protection. The president favors withdrawal when feasible but waits for clearer Carranza control. War Department seeks concrete details on Carranza troop dispositions in Chinaguia and Funston’s command guidance.
Miss Maria Hardenbrook of New York will wed George Byron Ford Jr. of Ontario California at eight tonight in St Louis at Mrs. James Vanswearingen Barrett's home. Family from New York attends. the groom will take the bride to orange groves near Pasadena.
Wilson will lead a foot parade here on June fourteenth to mark preparedness. He will also review the procession and oversee the event's activities.
Mrs Jogiah Evans Cowles of Los Angeles elected president of the General Federation of Women's Childs defeating Mrs Sneath by 540 votes. The federation also voted to align with the National Council of Women.
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