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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
1
Reports from Berlin describe ongoing armed clashes between communist and government troops. Casualties include twenty four Spartacans executed after capture and heavy fighting in Robr district and nearby suburbs. Food shortages persist as authorities fight to restore order while strikes threaten in Bari district.
Quigg and Morris, Monroe oil operators, plan the second deepest well on the western side of Creachita parish north of the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad. The derrick will be erected this week and drilling should begin next week in section 26, eighteenth township. The Allen Company, drilling near West Monroe limits, reports the well down to 850 feet with seven heavy water flows controlled.
Eight thousand deaths reported since the revolt began on March 14 with eight hundred fifty in Berlin. Spartacist forces in the Ruhr valley number about 26,000 to 40,000, organized with artillery and equipment. Government troops plan to surround the Ruhr while the Spartacists resist. conditions in Germany described as extremely severe by the ministry of justice.
Paris dispatch says Germany plans formidable propaganda to revise the Versailles treaty and seeks a new international conference with vanquished nations to modify or eliminate clauses. Washington reports an official copy of the Versailles treaty is back in President Wilson's possession after being returned to the White House. No decision announced on the President's next step.
Real estate transfers totaling over sixteen thousand dollars reflect Monroe's local market trend with a mix of in-town deals and some capital seeking entry. Transactions include Breard and Bell, Hal and Griffin, Colbert and Fatton, Colbert and Webb, Mobley and Colbert, and Ethridge with Turk in Steele Madden and D A Breard Jr Home additions and adjacent subdivisions.
J. T. Lewis of the Bull Bayou Mystic Oil Company based in Shreveport has purchased an 80 acre lease near the Rhymes well from Leon Marx for 12.50 per acre. This is the only acreage his company has bought outside the Bull Bayou field. Lewis says conditions here are favorable and Ouachita and Morehouse are set to become major oil fields.
The Monroe News-Star launches a ten week Trade at Home campaign with weekly pages of talks and ads. A 1.60 prize will go to the best Trade at Home letter addressed to the editor and printed in the center of the campaign page. The paper urges citizens to write a 150 word letter explaining why they should trade at home.
A dispatch from Ireland reports the murder of Thomas Marc Curtain, lord mayor of Cork, triggering intense but restrained protests across Ireland. No arrests have been reported as motive remains unknown and London papers condemn the crime without noting any new terror.
Washington March 22 hearings to determine the basis for adjusting railroad rates so railroads receive five and one half percent on aggregate value under the new transportation law began today before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
On Friday March 26 the third marine band from Camp Pike arrives with fifty soldiers. They will stage boxing matches basketball baseball and other demonstrations to aid Army recruitment as they tour the state.
Inspector Robert E. Heap orders a citywide sweep of motorists lacking 1920 license tags. More than 100 cases will be called before Judge Charles Schulze, with fines up to 50 dollars possible. Forty to fifty defendants are already charged. warrants allege operating without proper plates.
Emir Feisal, recently elected king of Syria, calls for a boycott against France and England as occupiers. He forms a commission to foster better understanding between Muslims and Christians across the Arab lands.
Thousands thronged the streets to greet Ignacio Bonilas Mexican ambassador to the United States who announced his willingness to run as a civilian party candidate in the July 7 general election. The demonstration is viewed as the first real presidential campaign gathering.
Consulting Engineer Walter G. Kirkpatrick of Monroe has been named to a six member American Society for Municipal Improvements committee based in Buffalo. The group will develop standards for municipal engineering work and Kirkpatrick’s inclusion places Monroe among leading U S cities in the field as it prepares the annual year book for improvements.
A negro youth, possibly named Brown, was shot in the left breast about 2 pm near the Washington street area in Monroe. The white shooter fired a 22 caliber rifle and the incident is described as accidental by some. the victim is in precarious condition with physicians at his side. No arrests have been made. The event occurred near the Arkansas and Louisiana Midland railroad, in the eastern Monroe area. one account says the shooter was once a reform school inmate.
Senator Francis of Maryland warns that Republican liberals may form a new party to fight Bourbon autocracy and restore liberty. He frames repeal of national Prohibition and Espionage Act as tentatively guiding platform and urges liberals to raise battle cry against reactionary forces. He deems both parties decadent as issues quickened them into being.
The Parker residence at 215 North Walnut Street, a two story dwelling built 15 to 20 years ago, was sold for 35000 by Blanks Realty. Purchasers include R O Morrigen Henry Colbert and Dr Henry Cole though final possession unsettled. Numerous Walnut street transfers signal strong redevelopment and rising property values in Monroe. Additionally J G Ray acquired multiple lots in the Register addition for 9000, covering several square lots.
Rear Adm Benson told Admiral Sims not to let the British pull wool over his eyes and that the United States could fight Germany. Sims testified to the Senate committee detailing the remark made in Berlin era and repeated later in Paris.
Washington March 22 Republican Senate and House leaders plan conferences to shape a possible peace declaration. Some favor simple affirmative wording while others push for repeal of war status and concessions from Germany or a policy declaration. Opponents fear a binding stance amid Knox’s peace resolution. Weather turns warmer with increasing clouds.
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