United States warns Germany over Rintelen case and reprisals
The German demand to exchange Franz Rintelen for Siegried Londer drew a sharp U S refusal and a warning that retaliatory action against Germans in the United States could follow. The State Department noted the exchange proposal and Lansing urged Germany to avoid reprisals while the War Department reported 123 Americans in German prison camps and 216 American civilians interned, with about 500 Germans held in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinon
Bomn
Franz Rintelen
United States
Germany
Berlin
Rintelen
Siegfried Paul Londer
Lansing
War Department
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
The undersigned thank friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of their husband and father. They also express appreciation for the beautiful flower offerings. Mrs Robt Wunsch and children, Mr William Wunsch, Mrs F C Mullin.
Poor Are Inaugurated Swimming Contests At Nat Pool
Mayor Aprar inaugurated the Liberty handicap sprint at the Nat pool last night. In the men s event Paterson led with JS seconds, Ray 39, Winberry 41, Cooper 42 and Roberts 44. The spoon race saw Jesse Losers win and James Roberts second amid a large crowd. The second series is set for Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aprar
Patterson
Ray
Winberry
Loys
Cooper
Roberts
Jesse
James Roberts
White registrants volunteer for Tulane training and spruce service
Ouachita white registrants including graduates with mechanical experience have volunteered through the local draft board for a Tulane course of army training. Men James F. Dudding Ray Mastrsy F Hiltarn Osie S Joiner Luther Hearne Louis Selig Jerry Massengill will depart about the 15th. Other white registrants volunteer for spruce production service in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita White
Tulane
James F. Dudding
Ray (. Mastrsy
Penoint F Hiltarn
Osie S. Joiner
Luther M. Hearne
Louis Selig
Jerry Massengill
Army
Bishop Newton Pipes
Elian James Moffett
Oswald Jerome Mister
Laher Solomeon
James Julian McCabe
Marvin Green
Vdwad Clark McGee
Fined Only for Fighting Says Neal in Court
Pike Neal was fined $12.56 in city court on Thursday after claiming innocence of drawing dangerous weapons and saying the charge was only for fighting, a fact Judge Schulze confirms though wording of the original charges remained unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike Neal
T. J. Whambers
Schulze
News-Star
Fire Station No 1 Honors Five Former Firemen with Service Flag
Fire Station No 1 unfurled a five star service flag in front of the station horse to honor five former employees who enlisted. The banner lists Willie Kelly Hardy Guinn T Mills Lawrence Blanchard and J P Morgan as color volunteers acknowledging their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Willie Kelly
Hardy Guinn
T. Mills
Lawrence Blanchard
J. P. Morgan
Barber Shop of Marvin Spaugh Attracts Local Crowd
A brief note highlights Marvin Spaugh's barber shop as a popular local spot. The piece urges generosity with a Red Cross donation and signs off with a promotional cue and initials P. Naif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Spaugh
Red Cross
P. Naif
Heap to Kansas City for Police Chiefs Meeting
Police Inspector R. F E. Heap departed for Kansas City to attend a meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Licenses to wed issued in Monroe area
Licenses to wed issued to Hull A Fowler and Miss Lavelle Covington of Monroe and to Lawrence D Cade and Miss Zelina Rogers of Bros. Alvin R Graves and Miss Bessie May Washburn of Monroe. Notice to Public: due to government wartime staffing, local office hours shift to 9 p.m. to conserve manpower. night messages and letters accepted during the day. file early. J Fillaoott, Manager Western Union Telegram Co. 6-3t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull A. Fowler
Monroe
Lavelle Covington
Lawrence D. Cade
Zelina Rogers
Bros
Alvin R. Graves
Bessie May Washburn
Fillaott
Western Union Telegramy Co
Registration Day for Boy Scouts of America
Notice to all boys inviting registration on Sunday at 2 30 P M for Scout service and home wartime work. Boys over twelve encouraged to participate with leaders E L Hill and A Stanford Jr urging timely attendance and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Funeral for Will L Pooser in Liberty Church Sunday
Information reached Moortoe that Will L Pooser, resident of the Forksville neighborhood, died at his home late last night. The funeral and burial at Liberty church will take place at 10 oclock Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moortoe
Will L. Pooser
Forksville
Liberty Church
Disorderly House Charges Led to Arrests in Jefferson Street Case
Officers say F M Hutchens remains missing after a drunken disorderly and fighting charge at a rooming house on Jefferson street between Second and Third. Myrtle Scott and Minnie Love were fined for drunkenness or fighting with varying outcomes in city court. Estelle Roberts, 18, from Pioneer La, was involved in a Volunteers of America collector case. McCarty reprimanded for permitting minors at night to solicit funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M Hutchens
Ilutecens
Jefferson Street
Myrtle Scott
Hutchens
Minnie Love
McCarty
Elmore J. Dunn
Estelle Roberts
Pioneer
Schulze
G. L. McCarty
The
Volunteers of America
Roberts
Paralyzed boy fundraiser grows to forty dollars today
The News-Star fund for a 10 year old paralytic boy increased to 40 dollars with a goal of at least 100. Proceeds will cover a charity hospital stay, clothing, transport, and potential medical supplies while seeking urgent surgical care to avoid lifelong invalidity. Multiple local donors contributed as the list updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News- Star
Rs. W
Katherine Goodson
Grayson Guthrie
H.-F
BCA Fc
Commercial Club Charter in Evidence in Raid Case
Evidence on the Commercial Club charter and bylaws is presented as a raid case moves to trial. The court weighs whether a seized record book is admissible and if defendant M F Brock must testify. Officers, officers and bylaws show the club’s literary aims and gambling prohibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Street
Schulze
M. F .Brock
W. G. Saunders
Brock
Mr. Saunders
Commercial Club
H. P. Marks
R. P. Webb
Board of Governors
Pettit, Lanier
Barnett
Lemle
H. P. Markg
Louisiana House approves reform school financing plan
Baton Rouge June 8 Lambda Jones joint resolution to fund a new state reformatory and expand Monroe manual training won House passage after long debate. Senate clashes with governor linger over confirm appointments. Primary law shifts stir Third district Progressives as Thomas amendment provokes party tensions. Open meeting set Tuesday on Thomas. woman’s suffrage moves forward. Haas and Powell bills advance in Senate. three mills school tax debate closes fiscal bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Lambda Jones
Monroe
House
Jones
Pleasant
Senate
Judiciary Committees
Leon Smith
Caddo
Albion Provosty
Point Coupee
Judiciary
Thomas
Munson
Assumption
Atorney Percy Saint
St. Mary
Domegeaux
Lafayette
Prodigal Sons of Democracy
Behrman
New Orleans
J. C. Henriques
H. C. Cage
Hughes
Frank E. Powell
de Ridder
Haas
Powell
Orleans
Board of Affairs
Fastham
St. Landry
Lymne
O'Kelly Commits U S Prisoners to Caddo Jail
W A O Kelly presided over the case of three federal prisoners, all white, charged with defaming the president and disloyal remarks. I D Northern and J M Williamson were committed to Caddo jail in default of $500 bonds, while Clyde Hopkins was released on $200 bond for liquor selling without a license. Williamson and Northern were taken to Shreveport after questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
W. A. O'Kelly
I. D. Northern
Columbia
Caddo
J. M. Williamson
Rayville
Wiliamson
Delhi
Monroe
Mr. O'Kelly
Northern
Williamson
Clyde Hopkins
Morehouse Parish
W. M. Washburn
Marshal Geren
Shreveport
Market Quotations From New Orleans on June Eight Nineteen Eighteen
New Orleans figures show Spots 80 88 steady on Saturday June 8 1918 with high and low prices recorded. Close values list Vesty and several price points including 26.44 3.09 22.61 22.66 22.16 26.69 28.08 22.65 26.45 22.18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nscoccenve As
Sreseea
New York Markets See Quiet Trading Amid Mixed Prices
Market notes show New York listings with minor changes and varied quotes. Prices hover around the mid 20s with small increments and declines noted in several securities.
Liverpool Note Skips Quotation From Report
June 8 1918 report from Liverpool contains no quotation attributed to any speaker. The brief card notes the date and city without sourcing remarks.
Corn and Oats Futures Data for June and July
Corn futures show June prices at .188 with high 242.128 and close 1.367-8 and July at 1.2:38 with 368 high and 1.38732 4 187 8-4. Oats futures list June .693-4 66 5-8 and July .635-8 62 62 5-8.
Market trends point to higher cotton as rains threaten crops
In New Orleans on June 8 the Cotton Letter notes futures may rise if wet weather worsens crop prospects. Labor scarcity in the South raises costs and slows fieldwork, with 280,000 additional men to be called to arms later this month. Despite weak world stocks, new crop demand and insect damage risk prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. &. Smith
Daily Cotton Letter
New Orleans
South
Washington
U. S
Europe
Liverpool
H. & B. Beer
Bulletin Board for Ouachita Parish Defense Council
A large bulletin board has been erected on the Ouachita Parish post office premises north of the building. The project was authorized by the Defense Council and will display government and semi official advertising posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish Council of Defense
Postoffice
Defense Council
Open shop announces no price hikes on June 10
A shop owner announces prices will not rise despite increases elsewhere and declares the store an open shop starting Monday June 10, arguing higher prices would be uncalled for and an un patriotic imposition on the public.
Barber shop price schedule raises cited in Monroe notice
Public notice states from Monday June 10 barber shop cards may not be displayed without a revised price schedule adopted Thursday night. Small price increases include hair cuts massages and shampoos up to 40 cents from 25 cents. Barber employees will receive 65 percent of proceeds up from 60 percent to reflect higher living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
London May Day bride married thrice after war losses
London reports Lady Michael Wardell widow of Viscount Northland who died in 1915, then married Captain Geoffrey Mills who was killed last year. She now wed a third British officer in the Royal Hussars. The tale notes she lost two husbands and remarried during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Michael Wardell
Daniel Cooper
Viscount Northland
Geoffrey Mills
Royal Hussars
An Angelic Organization Red Cross Praised By Soldier
In a letter from a hospital in France, John E. Hopkins commends the Red Cross as an angelic organization. He notes their gifts and services to soldiers are gratis and given with a wonderful spirit. He would give all he could spare to support them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Hopkins
France
Harry L. Hopkins
Home Service Bureau
Gulf Division
Red Cross
Sister of Kitchener Serves Cross in War France
Miss Letitia Kitchener sister of the late Earl Kitchener works with the American Red Cross in France. She dons ARC uniform four days a week totaling thirty six hours and spends Sundays with the British Red Cross, effectively serving as an international Red Cross worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitchener
R. C
Letitia Kitchener
Rain Postpones All Basball Friday Games Across Leagues
In San Antonio Secas League action Shreveport Houston and others were rained out while American League games saw Cleveland 14 Boston 7 New York 1 St. Louis 0 Chicago 2 Philadelphia 1 Detroit 9 Washington 6. Southern League included New Orleans 4 Mobile 2 Chattanooga 8 Atlanta 0 Birmingham 4 Nashville 3 Little Rock 4 Memphis 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Shreveport Houston
Fort Worth
Dallas
Cleveland
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
New Orleans
Mobile
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Birmingham
Nashville
Little Rock
Memphis
Barbersmen Consider Higher Prices in Two Shops
Reports say starting Monday only two union barber shops will operate here while others remain open. Barbers seek a higher price schedule and a 65 percent commission.
Brains of the German Army Named by Local Anzeiger
Amsterdam reports seven officers form Ludendorff’s inner war council in the western offensive. All rise from the ranks or hold colonel rank or lower. The group includes Colonel von Merz Lieutenant Colonel Wetzell Lieutenant Colonel Bauer Major Frahnert Major von Bockelberg Major von Harbou Captain Geyer with Wetzell possibly heading intelligence and Bauer noted for intuitive sense of Ludendorff’s plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Anzeiger
Ludendorff
von Merz
Wetzell
Bauer
Frahnert
von Bockelberg
von Harbou
Geyer
Two Million Tuberculosis Sufferers Stated in U S
Dr D B Armstrong of Framingham Mass told the National Tuberculosis Association annual meeting that about 2,000,000 Americans suffer from tuberculosis based on Framingham surveys and draft-army ratios. He praised local health efforts and noted lower death and infant mortality rates in 1917 compared with the previous decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United States
D. B. Armstrong
Framingham
Mass
National Tuberculosis Association
Armstrong
Famous Actor Captured in German Hands
London dispatches report Major Leslie Faber once a noted English actor now wounded prisoner in German hands. He previously starred in Diplomacy in the United States in 1915 and is son in law of dramatist Henry Arthur Jones. He left the stage to join the army as a second lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leslie Faber
Western Front
Red Cross Organization
Faber
Henry Arthur Jones
United States
Pirates Star Attention Sparks Giants Kidnap Talk
Rumor claims John McGraw praised Pirates manager R Bozdek for a fine showing and fueled chatter about which Pirates player might interest the Giants in a potential swap or recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGraw
Rbozdek
Pirates
John
Giants
For Rent Two Furnished Rooms With Light Housekeeping
Classified ad notes two furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 509 Catalpa. Also seeks to buy a second hand Majesty range in good condition, contact Oliver Byers in West Monroe, Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Byers
West Monroe
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Ouachita Plumbing & Gas Fitting CO
North Third St
E. L. Hill
A. 5
Stanford, Jr
W. L. Pooser
Linc
Bright
Sin-hit
Hobo Medicine Mpf’g. CO
Texas Street
G. L. McCar CY
Charter
Lyceum
Oy As
Adtcraft
Dickres
O'Kelly
U. 5
Caddo Prison
L.l.smith Cotton Broker
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Bulletin Board For
Council OF Defense
S. N. Reed
R. R. Griggs, Co
W. Spindle
H. A. Jasper
Gerard
Ferd Levi Stationery Co
BASE
U. 8
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