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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1914
Page
1
Readers learn that candidates push club subscriptions to gain extra votes in a contest. Subscriptions, especially yearly or longer, count toward club totals with an extra ballot offered for limited days. Three month plans do not count toward clubs, and readers are urged to act before June 10.
Special Correspondence News-Star Baton Rouge June 5 describes a heated fight in the Orleans delegation over the Johnson education bill a radical proposal reorganizing the State Board of Education by creating three gubernatorial appointees from railroad districts. It notes support and opposition, Senate passage of related Davy and Rhinehardt measures, and expectations for House action with the Capitol removal bill next on the agenda.
The submarine tender Fulton was launched at the Foreriver Ship Building Company's yard in Quincy Massachusetts today. It is the first of its type in the United States Navy.
Paris June 6 Associated Press reports M Viviani informed the President he would give up the attempt to form a cabinet. The move follows political pressure and reshaping of the French government.
Attorney John A. Carver testified before New Haven investigators that William Rockefeller was too ill to testify due to trouble and palsy, and could not write. He admitted attending recent New Haven board meetings but said his role was merely formal.
Lillian Schmidt testified in the Schumann Heink Rapp divorce that she saw Rapp at the Dew apartment wearing an apron while fixing the stove and that Mrs. Dean kissed his photographer. Sever depositions were introduced as the defense has not begun.
Associated Press reports Senator Norris, Republican, seeks a vantage point by offering a resolution that nothing in toll repeal implies surrender of U S right to exempt coastwise vessels. The measure would be voted on before the repeal bill, stirring Democratic fears of conceding the amendment.
Washington June 6 The President's chauffeur was fined ten dollars in the country court for speeding with a White House party. The President ordered White House chauffeurs to observe all local laws.
Judge Hill of Fulton county Superior Court sustained the State demurrer to the motion to set aside Leo M. Frank's verdict of guilty for the murder of Mary Phagan. The ruling followed claims that Frank's constitutional rights were violated by the verdict being returned during his absence from court.
In Poplarville Mississippi on June 6 John Lee and Boyd Ladner killed each other in a street duel renewing a long family feud. Ladner shot Lee five times three through the heart. Lee cut Ladner's throat.
Community observances mark the one year since the socialist community began, with events announced to celebrate the centennial style milestone in New Harmony.
United States senators governors and other prominent figures come to New Harmony Indiana for a week long centennial commemoration of the town founded as a socialist cooperative by Harmonists and later shaped by Robert Owen. The article traces the movement from 1780 in Württemberg through Owen's experiments in England Scotland and America.
Advertisements from railroads and resorts offer a lively bid to attract travelers. The News-Star urges readers to study resort literature and request booklets as a fun, educational guide to travel and recreation.
The text traces Robert Owen's social reforms and the New Harmony colony. It notes his store in pursuit of cheap goods, his influence on reformers and dignitaries, and his 1824 purchase of Harmony. It covers the 1826 New Harmony constitution and its Declaration of Mental Independence, Owen's return to London, and the enduring, though reformed, cooperative legacy at New Harmony with notable residents over its century-long history.
Chaplin Milne Grenfell and Co suspended due to financial operations affecting Grand Trunk line stocks. Authorized capital listed as 1 750 000 dollars. Bankers and merchants in London affected by the suspension on June 6.
Topeka June 6 The jury decided in two minutes today that no damages should be awarded to Mrs Luella West in her suit against Governor Hodges.
A letter received by the News-Star claims Monroe is at the center of a larger oil bearing region than Shreveport. Signer F Humphries predicts Monroe's field surpasses Shreveport and invites geologists to dispute the claim.
Miss Georgia Jay won twenty thousand dollars from Homer Rodeheaver choir master for Billy Sunday over breach of promise to marry. The verdict, reported by Associated Press in Chicago, stems from a civil suit accusing breach of engagement.
The Interstate Commerce Committee reported out the trade commission measure of the trust bill. The move is seen as signaling limits to the administration’s program for this session of Congress.
A Rayville senator’s anti gambling bill to ban poker rooms sparks citywide efforts to withdraw the measure. A petition signed by many residents circulates to Mr. George Wesley Smith asking him to drop the proposal, which backers say would hurt Monroe’s key industry.
A chamber of commerce meeting led by Mrs. L K Ridley launched a driven campaign to secure Andrew Carnegie’s library in Monroe. A publicity committee and a ways and means panel were named to organize a mass meeting later this month with state educators invited and local leaders pledging support.
Washington reports indicate that mediation expectations remain guarded as South American envoys await Carranza’s movements from Durango to Saltillo over the next two days. No clear policy on ammunition shipments to Huerta loyalists, and no orders yet issued to land cargo on the Antilla for Tam paiso allies, officials say.
El Paso dispatch says General Carranza will meet Villa in Torreon to discuss positions as Villa moves south toward the capital. General Gonzales heads to Saltillo to join Carranza, while Natera leads the central zone against San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas with Villa.
London prepares a grand peace centenary pageant and ball at Albert Hall next Wednesday night. The event features tableaux on American discovery and settlement and a procession of the Burghers of Ghent and treaty signatories. Lady Maud Warrender and the Duchess of Marlborough are billed as Britannia and Columbia.
Several hundred delegates are already in Chicago for the biennial convention with more arriving by train. About five thousand delegates and visitors from across the United States are expected when the regular sessions begin on Tuesday.
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