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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1917
Page
1
A stark wartime lament questions rising German victory and American resolve as the Kaiser’s advances appear to outpace U S efforts. The piece frames national pride versus perceived humiliation amid ongoing hostilities and calls for steadfast stance.
A front page editorial calls for a nationwide surge of patriotism to boost Liberty Loan subscriptions. It urges landowners and landlords to double their pledges, wealthy citizens to support, and workers to personally solicit bonds, with a call to millions to take action Tuesday morning to save their community and state.
In Bringfield Missouri on June 1 guards protect six kidnapping suspects after a disturbance. Four prisoners remain in Stockton jail while Claude Pierson and Cletus Adams are moved to Kansas City. Local tension flares over alleged abduction plots.
Associated Press reports the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a prohibition amendment with amendment. The measure, championed by Senator Sheppard, mirrors a failed resolution from the last congress and now moves forward.
President Wilson declares clear war aims opposing any return to the pre war order. He emphasizes enduring principles, self determination, and the defeat of autocratic power to secure lasting peace.
President Wilson’s message to the Russian government outlines US war aims. No territory changes hands except to aid inhabitants. no indemnities except payment for manifest wrong. He rejects restoring the prewar status quo and calls for a future of peace and liberty. The communication, delivered by Ambassador Francis at Petrograd, stresses liberation from autocratic rule and allied cooperation.
The article argues for breaking the entangling meshes of war planning and undoing wrongs done to secure a lasting peace. It condemns imperial German aims to restore the prewar status quo and calls for a settlement that guarantees liberty and self government for all peoples.
Butte Montana June 11 The rescue of twenty five men believed dead in the Speculator line shaft revived hope that some of the 92 still believed buried may be saved. Latent figures raise known dead to 65 with a probable total of 145.
New records for the season were set in cotton futures with July at 24.02 cents in New Orleans and 24.57 cents in New York. Spot middling sold around 23 cents in New Orleans.
British reports say an additional advance south of Messines occurred as trench raids extend seventy miles from north of Ypres to Ephey. Allies threaten German bases at Ortend and Zeebrugge while preparations to resume the Macedonian offensive grow. Russian Cossacks back the provisional government and peasant support appears strong. British press lauds Wilson’s message to Russia as a powerful reinforcement.
A letter from W. W. Boxley urges citizens to support Liberty Bonds and demeans those who refuse to buy. He says financially able individuals who do not buy are not American and should be drummed out of Monroe.
Congress proposes to finalize war bills and resolve pending war legislation. The session focuses on funding measures and authorization acts to shape military and foreign policy.
Washington plan to finish pending war measures and begin new legislation this week. Senate and House debate war tax, espionage, railroad, and food control bills while considering Jamestown site issues, army promotions, and a $3.0 billion war budget with $750 million for a merchant marine. Prohibition questions rise as committees move toward final action.
Senate Judiciary Committee holds session to review resolutions by Senators Sheppard Curtis Thames James of Washington Shafroth and others urging national prohibition. An amendment to war tax bill imposes a prohibitory tax on distillation of foodstuffs into whisky and other spirits during the war. Receivership of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway terminated by federal court order. Supreme Court rulings limit injunctions against labor unions to government action, dismissing case against New York Carpenters' unions.
Mrs Royden Douglass of New Orleans, a leader in women’s work, will address Monroe women at City Hall at 4 p.m. Tuesday on the National League for Women’s Service. She will be a guest of Mrs J R Wooten. the group aims to apply woman power to wartime conditions and cooperates with the Red Cross.
R. C. Grant as Receiver Hubert F. Thomas began paying a final dividend of 46 percent to Union National Bank depositors this morning. A large crowd gathered at opening hour. callers must present checks promptly or they will be sent to Washington by July first. Earlier claim sales by frightened depositors cost them greatly, while several men profited by buying claims.
General Pershing and Ambassador Page dined with King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace in London. The king invited the enlisted men in Pershing’s party to visit the palace today.
June 11 Paris report states the American officers of General Pershing's command arrived to review preliminary work for caring for U S troops. French and American officers conferred informally on coordination.
The Chautauqua program concluded with high class lectures and entertainments that left attendees inspired. Organizers praised the quality of speakers and performances and announced plans for future courses.
Dr McConnell spoke in Monroe delivering a powerful critique of the Kaiser and German war conduct while praising French and English heroism. He shared about his two sons enlisting in aviation and the pride of a telegram announcing their enlistment, urging parents to support brave service. The audience applauded heavily and the afternoon lecture titled Dead Lions drew strong support during the Lincoln Chautauqua, though financial results lagged.
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