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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1915
Page
1
Urgent representations were dispatched today to General Venustiano Carranza as part of ongoing Mexican national crisis diplomacy. Officials pledge continued pressure on key leaders to secure safe guidance and prevent further disorder.
Urgent representations to General Carranza signal a policy shift in Washington. The note presented by American Consul Silliman is cautiously interpreted as not an ultimatums or threat of force. The note's contents remain guarded by President Wilson and trusted advisers as headlines grow over the Vera Cruz landing and rising foreign inquiries.
Indianapolis reports trial set today for 126 Terre Haute officials and politicians indicted by the U S District Grand Jury last December on charges of conspiring to corrupt the November 3 election. Judge A B Anderson will hear demurrers from 27 defendants as 115 have been arrested and 31 plead not guilty including Terre Haute mayor Donn M Roberts and Vigo County figures.
States District Attorney will handle the prosecution. It is said that 409 witnesses will be called by the government and the case will not be completed until May. Following this trial, five Republicans including a congressional candidate will be tried on separate conspiracy charges intertwined with the Democrats’ case. The five Republicans appeared in court on Feb. 25 and pleaded not guilty.
London reports the Salvation Army has placed ten thousand members with the British army, many serving at the front or in training. An additional thousand trained to meet military standards. A Salvationist officer has four sons in service, plus a daughter on Red Cross duty. Ambulances are fully staffed by Salvationists and funded by a $12,500 drive plus nearly $20,000 for the Prince of Wales Fund.
The second Monroe Chamber of Commerce luncheon, held at the Monroe Hotel, drew 43 business men, a notable increase from the first gathering. Mayor-elect Apgar pledged to serve all citizens, while Petrie urged a new road from Richland Parish and Keller touted the river steamboat line to New Orleans.
Manufacturers who advertise in this newspaper are the prophets of profit to retailers selling the goods. They address a definite audience and build business for merchants who cooperate. Their demand will reach many store doors as shrewd merchants showcase the advertised goods to attract patronage.
The U S Navy heightens training and readiness with expanded programs at yards and ordnance facilities nationwide. heightened activity includes improved drills and supply chain updates across multiple bases and shipyards.
A lengthy naval update notes drills off Guantanamo Bay and planned maneuvers to keep the fleet together through May and June. The next exercises move from Narragansett Bay to New York and Hampton Roads with a congressional review scheduled, as the U S Navy expands with Oklahoma and Nevada joining the fleet.
Navy officials push ahead with larger ships including Pennsylvania Arizona California Idaho and Mississippi at 52 600 ton displacement and 14 inch guns. Work intensifies at Watervliet and Indian Head arsenals and Newport torpedo station sees record civilian staffing as Cuba raid distractions fade.
Berlin reports Turkey's wartime reform program in schooling, selecting Professor Franz Schmidt from the German Foreign Office education bureau to lead Turkish educational modernization. He will join the Turkish Ministry of Education and influence broad educational life akin to German military instructors' role in the army.
Nearly 700 prisoners captured on February 3 were sent from Cairo barracks to a desert camp at Toura. Most were Turks from Syria with Bedouins and two Indians who switched sides to the British. They wore varied uniforms and appeared not unduly fatigued, as Egyptians watched the predicted fate of Turks.
Associated Press report from West Orange New Jersey notes that only one building of Thomas Edison’s plant remained undamaged after an early morning blaze. The lab was used by Edison and the fire destroyed the structure despite salvage of valuable phonographic records kept in a vault.
Charles Burpede, among six indicted in a scheme to obtain false American passports for German reservists, pleaded guilty to one indictment count and the second count of another. He was sentenced to three years in prison. maximum possible term was twelve years.
The new Morehouse Court House building was officially accepted by Col. W. L. Stevens, the architect, marking completion and approval of the design.
Morehouse parish celebrates the formal turnover of its new court house by Falls City Constructors. Col W L Stevens of New Orleans and company executives attend as the 2 1 4 mill tax funded 71 thousand dollar project becomes a modern fireproof building with a grand exterior and interior arrangements to be detailed in a future description.
The article notes plans for a 1914 Morehouse Parish courthouse with Stevens & Nelson Co. as architects and Fails City Construction as contractors. It reports candidates lining up to challenge current officials including G W Naff, Sheriff Carpenter, and John Morris as the new building stirs political competition.
Dispatches report Greece faces a grave crisis from political deadlock as King Constantine opposes the Premier's wartime policy. The National Bank governor struggles to appoint a cabinet after resignations, while Dardanelles bombardment intensifies tensions and stirs public opinion across Europe.
News dispatch from The Hague reports heavy gun fire in the North Sea today for the first time since Admiral Beatty engaged the German fleet in January.
High Mexican officials describe the situation as grave yet not hopeless. They urge calm and unity as relief efforts continue amid mounting challenges across regions. The public is asked to stay informed through official channels.
US officials fear unrest in Mexico City amid Carranza Obregon tensions and potential foreign danger. Reports say relief efforts may move to the city, Villa's possible shift to aid supplies, and continued diplomacy with Vera Cruz and Washington.
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