Free-for-all GOP race clouds nomination hopes in Chicago
As the 1920 Republican convention nears, Wood, Johnson and Lowden backers push for advantage but none gains beyond a quarter of delegate support on the opening ballot. Delegates arrive unled as critics lament bossism while New York delays candidate discussions at Nicholas Murray Butler’s request.
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Wood
Johnson
Lowden
Chicago
Nomi
Chenges
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Arkansas Louisiana Midland railroad slated for sale tomorrow
Special Commissioner W. P. Leary will sell the Arkansas and Louisiana Midland railroad in Monroe at noon under orders from Judge George W. Jack unless the Interstate Commerce Commission intervenes. Prospective bidders include carbon companies and junk dealers. sale may include junking rights north of Bastrop. Monroe Bastrop shippers, via the Monroe Chamber of Commerce traffic department, oppose junking. Notables from the carbon and railroad sectors are present for the sale in Monroe.
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George W. Jack
United States District Court
Post Office
Monroe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bastrop
Junkine
Junking
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Southern Carbon Company
Arkansas & Louisiana Midland Railroad
Alfred Cowles
Chicago
George Otis
Colorado Springs
Col
Edwin Ford
New Orleans
Curtze
New York
R. L. Carr
The
Carbon Company
J. G. Pribble
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Oil Strikes First Gas At Monroe Field Extension
The West Virginia Oil and Gas Company reports its West Virginia No. 1 well in Ouachita parish near Wham shows gas at about 2100 feet with indications of a large gas discovery. No oil shows yet but exploration continues as interest grows in extending the Monroe gas field eastward beyond the Huber No. 1 well.
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West Virginia Oil
FIRST
Huber
Wham
Monroe Was
West Virginia Company
West Virginia Oil and Gas Company
West Virginia Timber Company
Charleson
W. Va
J. M. Huber
New York
Banks No. 1
West Virginia
Spa conference postponed to July confirmed
London confirms Paris report that the Spa conference will be delayed until July. Officials cited scheduling conflicts and ongoing negotiations as the reason for the postponement.
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London
Paris
Spa
Orleans shops open on open shop basis in New Orleans
Machine shops and iron works in New Orleans opened today on an open shop basis, despite a two week old strike by union workers. Few applicants appeared for work as employers carried out threats to operate without union labor.
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New Orleans
Gompers Urges Unwavering Support for Labor Strikes
Montreal June 7 Samuel Gompers at the AFL fortieth annual conference declares any effort to ban strikes unconstitutional must be resisted. He asserts no fear of consequences and vows to defend workers rights to freely strike without external ownership or coercion.
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Montreal
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Immediate $25 Million For Railroad Rolling Stock
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced an immediate appropriation of 25 million dollars from the 800 million revolving fund under the transportation act to assist railroads in purchasing new rolling stock.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Negro Charged With Murder Arrested by Deputy
William Ashley a negro and railroad fireman for the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific is arrested by Deputy Sheriff D L A Roper of Monroe at 12 45 this morning in Logansport. He is alleged to have murdered a fellow black man and was taken as his eastbound train arrived.
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William Ashley
Logansport
D. LA Roper
Monroe
Ashley
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Lincoln Parish Tops Drive for Ruston Orphanage
Lincoln Parish has gone over the top in the 500 000 Ruston Orphanage Expansion Campaign led by Ashley E Hodge and backed by Charles C Ditto of Lancaster Ohio. Ruston leads the drive with Superintendent Robert S Vaughn guiding child welfare efforts as the church plan expands. The drive plans a parish wide campaign starting June 3 with six citizens pledging 30000 and optimistic messages from state leaders.
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Monroe News-Star
Charles C. Ditto
Lancaster
Ohio
Monroe
Methodist Church
Ruston
Ditto
Jdtto
Liberty Loan
Lincoln Parish
Robert S. Vaughn
Louisiana
Geo. T. Nickerson
E. Hodge
W. B. Banks
Guy Empey
Mr. Hodge
Monroe Defeats Delhi Adds Laurels in Baseball Contests
Special to Monroe News-Star from Columbia June 7. Coroner's inquest finds J. W. Lindsey murdered with multiple shooters. Bill West charged and jailed awaiting grand jury action. Witness Ben Howe accuses West. West alleged to have shot after claiming a fish incident. Coroner's jury rules death at hands of unknown party or parties. over 1,000 people witnessed a baseball match at the park yesterday.
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Monroe
Delhi
Bill West
Ben Howe
West
Linsey
Lindsey
Alligator Bayou
Monroe Elks edge Delhi in 7 to 5 thriller at home
In a tightly contested Monroe game watched by over 1,000 fans, Monroe Ellis beat Delhi 7 to 5. Daughtry and Gladney each had three hits with Daughtry playing hurt at first. Higginbotham caught despite regular shortstop duties and Bond shined at shortstop. Staples and Dryer also contributed notable plays as the late punch sealed the win.
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Higginbotham
Staples
Dryer
Bond
Daughtry
Gladney
Monroe Elks
B. Bond
Notice to gas customers payment deadline
Gas utility warns consumers to pay by the 10th to save ten percent. Bills unpaid by the 20th will result in service disconnection without further notice. NATURAL GAS CO. Inc.
Elks Monroe Lodge 454 Urges Members to Attend Meeting
Notice for B P O Elks Monroe Lodge No 454 requests all members to attend Wednesday night meeting. J M Cobb E R F B Surgaine Secretary emphasize business of importance.
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Monroe Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
J. M. Cobb
E. R. F. B. Surgaine
Stcy
Supreme Court Finds Prohibition and Enforcement Act Constitutional
The Supreme Court declared the prohibition amendment and the enforcement act constitutional. Rhode Island and New Jersey petitions to block federal enforcement were dismissed. Justice Van Deventer authored the main opinion with a brief concurrent by Chief Justice White. Justice McReynolds offered a narrow concurrence noting uncertainty about construction of the eighteenth amendment.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Rhode Island
New Jersey
White
van Deventer
McReynolds
Justice van Deventer
McKenna
Clark
Jail Richburg DelS Pitcher Charged With Crime
Murry Richburg known as Foots, a Delhi baseball pitcher, is jailed at Rayville on a rape charge involving Miss Virgie May of Forest in West Carroll parish. The alleged assault occurred in Delhi after a drink and a moonlight walk near the Delhi baseball ground. Richburg is a well known amateur pitcher in northeastern Louisiana and recently pitched for Monroe.
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Murry Richburg
Foots
Delhi
Monroe
Rayville
Virgie May
Forest
West Carroll Parish
Richburg
Louisiana
J T Bryant Named Monroe Postmaster For Four Years
Postmaster J T Bryant has been confirmed by the senate as Monroe postmaster. He will serve a four year term starting July 1 with a $300 annual salary increase. Other postal employees will see raises also effective July 1.
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Senate
J. T. Bryant
Riley J. Wilson
Washington
Monroe
Byrant
Drainage Recommendations for Westside by Sanitary Workers
West Monroe drainage committee and the Commercial League form a subcommittee to map watershed boundaries and raise funds for initial engineering work. Sanitary measures urge opening stagnant water containers, preventing river and boat refuse discharge, weekly to monthly water testing, cleaning premises, screening all openings at businesses, and keeping stables and stores free of refuse and decaying matter.
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FE. G. Calvert
Henry Hamilton
Drainage Committee
The
Commercial League of
West Monroe
Sanitary Committee
Commercial League
West Side
E. Powell
E. H Hill
W. A. Burt
State Board of Health
ALABAMA SHOPMEN STRIKE IN MONTGOMERY
About 3000 Atlantic Coast Line railroad shopmen walk out in Montgomery after a Federation of Shop Craft walkout. The strike follows labor action by mechanics boiler makers blacksmiths and apprentice helpers. In Paris reports the U S share of Germanys reparation bonds for the first twenty billion marks under Versailles will be about 500 million dollars for the initial twenty months of Rhineland occupation.
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Montgomery
Ala
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Federated Shop Craft
Paris
United States
Germany
Rhineland
Bernstorff Drubbed in Reichstag Election
Paris dispatch reports that the majority socialists captured thirty four seats in the Reichstag. Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, running as a German nationalist, was defeated in yesterday’s vote.
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Associated Press
Paris
Reichstag
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Weather Forecast Osage River Area Tonight and Tuesday
Tonight and Tuesday fair with warmer conditions. Readings indicate dry skies and rising temperatures into Tuesday. river gauge data unavailable due to garbled text.
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Ooint
Spe
Cial
W. P. Leary
Shreveport
Guachita Parish
Oj and
Ouachita Parish
Edgar Florsheim
John Potts
Mr. Trousdale
Orleans
Gompers
Ff E. Orphanage
Bull” West
Caldwell Merchant
Columbia, Ha
Coro
Ner
J. W. Lindsey
Ward Seven
Monroe Ellis
Delhi Baseball Aggregation
Supreme Court
PILES
J.T. Bryant
Westside
Wood Street
Bernstorff
Ouachita
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