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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1913
Page
1
Members of the Wilson administration report good harmony within the cabinet and with the president after a series of tasks. Officials describe smooth cooperation and a stable working relationship across departments.
Washington reports that the Wilson Cabinet appears congenial and cooperative with President Wilson. Bryan sits to the right of the President and openly voices his views, while other members, including Lane, are new to each other, yet all seem eager to support the administration.
Tonight and Tuesday are expected to be fair with rising temperatures. Sundown to late night will bring milder conditions across the region and a warm trend continues into Tuesday.
An intimate friend notes President Wilson leads with quiet authority at cabinet meetings. He comments on Bryan accepting a cabinet post, suggesting the move involved risk and a surrender of outside leverage, trading independence for loyalty within Wilson’s political circle.
A late night blaze destroyed the Theory goods and crockery sections of the One Horse Cash Grocery, with dry goods, crockery and groceries losses totaling about 18 000 for stock and 1 000 for fixtures. Buildings owned by J E Peters partially burned insured for about 3 000. Fire origin in dry goods. Fire department responded promptly and fought the flames along with three other alarms that Saturday night and Sunday.
Interest soars for an April 7 8 program featuring Prof Perry G Holden on Louisiana agriculture titled The New Kingdom of Corn in Monroe. Rail lines offer low round trip fares and local business leaders plan broad support for the event with topics on farming effort cooperation and farmer prosperity.
Italian authorities publish a detailed article describing corn varieties in Charlton. The piece notes a so called splendid feature by an alleged murderer who is to surrender, with emphasis on corn saving techniques and related agrarian reports.
The article outlines corn varieties including pop, sweet, pod, flour, flint and dent with origin in Central America and notes their features. It then reports Porter Charlton's extradition battle over the 1910 Lake Como murder of Mary Castle Charlton, detailing Supreme Court proceedings and issues of treaty validity and mental competency.
A trunk with the body of Mrs Charlton led Italian authorities to seek her husband Charles Charlton. He fled via Como Genoa to New York aboard the Princess Irene under the name Jack Colman. Capt Henry Harrison Scott helped locate him on arrival. Charlton confessed and his lawyers plan an insanity defense to block extradition.
Washington reports low temperatures will prevail this week across most regions east of the Rockies with frost in the Central States. Florida remains mild under a generally fair pattern elsewhere. A disturbance crosses the Far West Tuesday or Wednesday, sweeps the Middle West Thursday and the East by Friday or Saturday with rising temps and local rains.
In London March 17 the Holy Week mood mixed with strong St. Patrick's Day display. Irish flags flew from public buildings as crowds backed home rule. Catholic services marked the day and Irish Guards received shamrock tokens at the Tower of London parade.
A big battle began in Nuevo Laredo as Carrancistas seized a factory and fought US border area fighters. Refugees fled across the international bridge as bursts of rifle fire woke residents in Laredo. Col Brewer urged no fire toward border points. After hours the Carrancistas retreated with heavy casualties reported in the Mexican town.
President Wilson issues a proclamation calling lawmakers to meet on April seventh. The session aims to address legislative matters and set the agenda for upcoming parliamentary debate.
A suffrage delegation urged President Wilson to act on women's voting rights. The report notes the president issued a proclamation calling Congress to meet in extra session on April 7 to consider tariff revisions, with the rationale stated as public interest.
A committee of national suffrage leaders presented a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage to President Wilson in Washington on March 17. He said he had not decided on action for the upcoming special session and did not want his stance read as a general attitude.
The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order to halt William Luther Lurleton from enforcing the newspaper publicity law while it considers its constitutionality. The court announced no major decisions today.
London reports rising Allied and Turkish movements with skirmishes near Tehatalja and Kadikeul. Bulgarian and Turkish clashes leave 300 dead and wounded. Gallipoli remains quiet while Montenegrin siege guns bombard Scutari. Greek forces capture two Turkish battalions near Arnitza.
Manager Bill Dahlen of the Brooklyn Superbas believes he has landed a real star in Leo Callahan, a youngster who played with Elmira last season.
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