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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1912
Page
1
A forecast notes next week brings heightened political energy as Wisconsin residents anticipate the primary. Key figures and party battles shape expectations with campaigns pushing voter engagement and turnout.
Washington March 30 The Wisconsin primary Tuesday will nominate delegates to national conventions under a new law. La Follette likely leads Wisconsin delegates with Roosevelt as second choice. Tait forces seek to block a unanimous La Follette slate. Alabama Democrats on Monday vote for delegates and President preference with Underwood favored.
Unsettled weather brings showers tonight and Sunday with warmth lingering tonight. Expect variable skies and showers across the region as temperatures edge higher tonight.
Commemoration marks fifty years since the Battle of Shiloh and follows the death of Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston. The town observes with ceremonies and historical remarks recalling the Civil War clash and its leadership.
The farthest north Republican convention meets in Cordova to select delegates for the national convention in Chicago. Delegates travel long distances by dog sleds over deep snow to attend the territorial gathering. Governor Clark signals the President may receive Alaska votes in the renomination contest.
The Real Estate Show at Grand Central Palace, initially set to open today, is delayed to the last week of April. Management cited need for more exhibitor preparation time.
Advertising for the Moisant Aviators suggests large crowds in Monroe for the Elks Big Aviation Meet on April 6 and 7. Harold Kantner will showcase a sensational four thousand foot flight over Dallas earlier, with high winds and a safe recovery. The Moisant party arrives April 4 and will prepare at the Fair Grounds for 2:50 PM weekend flights.
Ouachita Parish Democratic Executive Committee met at the courthouse to authorize the chairman to appoint fifteen delegates to cast the ten parish votes at the Louisiana Democratic State Convention in Baton Rouge on June 4, 1912. Delegates named by Chairman R O Randle include L B E Hall, Millsaps, Anders, Bryant, Speed, Everett, Curtiss, Mitchell, McHenry, Sholars, Dawkins, Parker Jr, Peter David, R H Oliver Jr, and R O Randle. delegation to vote as a unit.
New York, March 30. Willis Vernon Cole, a Christian Scientist, found guilty of practicing medicine without a license after forty five minutes of deliberation. Justice Seabury fined Cole $100.
Mrs Morris wife of Marshall Morris manager of Gay Oil Company died suddenly last night after visiting the picture show. She was stricken at home on South Sixth street and died within fifteen minutes. Remains shipped to Simsboro for interment. Funeral services held at home this morning by Rev. R. A. H. Wharton of the First Baptist Church.
A telegraph from Juan Asconca, secretary to President Madero, says government forces are moving north with large troops and expect a decisive victory as rebels near ammunition exhaustion. The message implies a strong push against the Rebels in Mexico.
At a noon meeting the Parish Democratic Executive Committee selected and seated ten convention delegates. The gathering reviewed party affairs and outlined upcoming campaign steps for local representation.
A flood of alarming rumors circulated about Mexican separtion causing concern among residents and officials. While details were unclear the chatter spurred calls for clarity and calm amid growing unease.
Washington reports President Taft maintains no reason for U.S. intervention and pre cautious measures are only for readiness. Officials deny plans for a border force buildup while noting arms shipments and naval movements are not policy actions.
An unreliably sourced report claims Torreon surrendered without resistance, while a Nuevo Laredo consulate dispatch says Federals are fortifying Torreon for a strong stand against revolutionary forces.
The article states New York will arm the American colony in Mexico City on Ambassador Wilson’s recommendation with full Mexican consent. It clarifies residents serve as a police force and must not aid either side in the conflict, and rejects plans for a separate embassy guard or marines deployment.
Major R A Woodruff and party report levees along the Mississippi from Rosedale to Greenville in good condition after a river inspection. High water is just beginning to break from banks and press against the levees.
Seventeen year old Friel Allen, a member of the outlaw Allen clan, was captured in a carriage shed near Hillsville eight miles from town. He agreed to arrest and gave a boyish account of Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards’ involvement while naming Sidna as the killer of Judge Thornton Maste and Wesley as the shooter of Commonwealth Attorney Wim Foster.
Five workers remain unaccounted for after a nitroglycerine plant explosion in Tulsa Oklahoma at the Central Torpedo Co facility. The plant had opened just three weeks prior and the cause is unknown as wreckage blankets the site.
Operators and coal miners will gather to settle differences over a proposition. The meeting aims to chart terms and resolve outstanding issues affecting labor and production. Local union leaders and company representatives will attend.
In Ohio and Louisiana clippings the page reports a jealousy motive in the Zee Runge McRee case with questions by District Attorney Dubuisson about prior claims of Allan Garland’s affections. McRee denies saying Garland liked another woman or would never marry.
On March 20 near Guild Tennessee more than five hundred residents abandoned houses as the Tennessee River rose to the thirty one foot mark. In Indiana the Grand Williams Dyke failed near Sheboy and Schnedder releasing fifteen feet of floodwater. No damage reported to the lock and dam.
Telegram from Director Cline warns flood stage of 40 feet will reach Monroe on the Ouachita River by April 2. At noon the level was 38.8 feet with a .6 rise in the past 24 hours. Sheriff Parker and deputies report arrest of three African American men for cattle theft from R. L. Moore and others on the Island.
Washington March 30. Senator Robert L. Taylor remains in critical condition following gall stone surgery performed several days ago. Stomach trouble has since developed, prompting concern about his recovery.
Putney England March 30 The annual eight oared rowing contest between Oxford and Cambridge was declared no race after both shells became water logged.
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