Arbitration of Disputes Fourth Annual Convention
Arbitration of disputes highlighted at the fourth annual convention of the American Peace Congress.
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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
1
Peace Congress in St Louis Opens With Broad Participation
The fourth American Peace Congress gathers leaders from farming, finance, academia, and diplomacy in St Louis on May 1. Notables include Congressman Bartholdt, Senator Burton, Andrew Carnegie, and Bishop Tuttle as sessions cover inter American relations and disarmament.
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St. Louis
Fourth American Peace Congress
Richard Bartholdt
Congress
Odeon Theatre
Bishop Tuttle
Major
Kiel
United States
Theodore E. Burton
The
American Peace Society
Burton
Andrew Carnegie
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Senor
Don Ignacio Calderon
Hill
University of Missouri
Thwing
Western Reserve University
Hutchins
University of Michigan
McVey
University of North Dakota
Mitchel
University of South Carolina
Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Fannie Fern Andrews
American School Peace League
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Percy V. Pennybacker
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Charles W. Fairbanks
Unite States
Booker 7
Washington
Tuskegee Institute
James Brown Scott
Carnegie Eindowment For International Peace
Paul S. Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
William I. Hull
Swarthmore College
Edwin D. Mead
World Peace Foundation
Fairbanks
Dean Shailer Matthews
Universit’ S of Chicago
P. P. Claxton
Educati
Peace Celebration Talks Focus on 1914 15 Centennial
Eminent U S and Canadian representatives will meet Saturday morning to plan the 100th anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples. Canadian speakers include Justice R Russell Halifax Justice Williams Riddell Ontario and John Lewis Toronto Star editor. Afternoon sectional meetings cover Scientists and International Peace International Peace Through International Law and The Relations of Business and International Peace.
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United States
Canada
R. Russell
Halifax
Williams&. Riddell
Supreme Court of Ontario
John Lewis
The
Toronto Star
Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay
Washington May 1 Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Manila Bay battle that brought a swift US victory under Commodore Dewey during the Spanish American War. The American fleet attacked at dawn amid mines and darkness, destroying the Spanish ships with the loss of no American lives and more than 400 Spanish casualties.
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Washington, D.C
Manila Bay
Dewey
United States
Spain
Havana
Hong Kong
South China Sea
Manila
Philippine Islands
Last Confederate Veterans Reunion Opens In Chattanooga
The 1913 United Confederate Veterans reunion May 27-29 is seen as possibly the last pilgrimage to Lookout Mountain Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. 15000 veterans expected. 30 day rail rate offered. tents cots loaned by War Department. free lodging and meals for attendees. United Sons of Veterans also meet at the same venue with Southern sponsors and civic entertainment anticipated.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga
Mission Ridge
United Confederate Veterans
Southeastern Passenger Association
War Department
United Sons of Veterans
South
Wilson Will Appeal To Legislature On Jury Reform
Secretary of State Bryan telegraphs he will go to Washington with the latest alien land owning bill developments. President Wilson plans to travel to New Jersey to urge voters to press Democratic lawmakers to pass the jury reform bill and call for a constitutional convention.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bryan
Sacramento
Wilson
New Jersey
Natatorium Opens for Bathers After Spring Cleaning
Monroe's famous salt water natatorium reopens tonight with lights on signaling the start of the bathing season. The facility resumes for healthful waters as locals are invited to enjoy swimming and the season's initial swims.
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Monroe
Mother denies Bruce Anderson link to boy in Dunbar case
Julia Anderson, mother of Bruce Anderson, failed to identify the boy as her son in Opelousas. She sought Walters and asked to be taken to him as the Dunbar case unfolds in Mississippi. Governor Brewer expected to honor orders to return Welters to Louisiana to face kidnapping charges.
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Opelousas
Julia Anderson
Bruce Anderson
W. C. Walters
Columbia
Miss
Anderson
Walters
New Iberia
Dunbar
Bad Slough Crevasse Near Poydras Threatens New Orleans
A dangerous crevasse at Bad Slough near Poydras posed an imminent risk to New Orleans today. Authorities warned residents to stay alert as water breached levee lines and repair crews moved to shore up the area.
Flood Threat and Levee Breach Near New Orleans
A levee at Poydras near New Orleans shows a crevasse imminent and sandbags rushed to form a temporary dike. Laborers from nearby plantations assist as the city faces potential flooding of Plaquemine and St Bernard parishes while relief lines are strengthened.
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Ty Associated Press
New Orleans
Poydras
Plaquemine Parish
St. Bernard Parish
Ends of Gibson Crevasse Threaten Vidalia Flood Reach
In Vidalia Louisiana on May 1 crews work to seal a Mississippi river levee crevasse at Gibson's Landing. A tarpaulin weighted with railroad iron covers the north end while the south end is prepared for repair. The breach is about a half mile wide and flood waters threaten Concordia parish crops and several towns with Vidalia possibly flooded by Friday.
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Vidalia
Gibson’s Landing
Concordia
Mississippi River flood slows near levees at multiple towns
Vidalia Louisiana April 30 reports say the Mississippi River flood spread inland through crevasses near Mayersville Mississippi and Gibson’s Landing Louisiana but made little headway against standing embankments. In Greenville the dike weakened but was repaired and declared no longer dangerous. Water from the Gilson’s Landing breach spreads slowly over Concordia parish plantations as Harrisonburg and nearby villages remain threatened.
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Vidalia
Mayersville
Miss
Gibson's Landing
Greenville
Gilson
Concordia
Harrisonburg
Refugees Moved to Natchez After River Flood Refugees shelter in city
Hundreds of evacuees from flooded territory are taken across the river to Natchez Mississippi. Some find shelter at a city camp others stay in private homes or take advantage of hotel rates. Relief teams report improved conditions as water recedes and camps on levee ridges receive rations.
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Natchez
Miss
Vidalia
Mayersville
Ridgez
Mississippi
Case Postponed Witnesses Gone
The trial of Sely Seligman in the District Court was indefinitely postponed due to the absence of the State's key witness who disappeared after his arrest in Chattanooga Tennessee. Weldon Seligman remains confined at home recovering from wounds and charged with manslaughter for killing a Syrian with a billiard cue.
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Sely Seligman
Seligman
Parker
Chattanooga
Tenn
Weldon Seligman
Monroe Furniture wins big contract for St Francis Sanatorium
The Monroe Furniture Company Limited has been awarded the contract to furnish the St Francis Sanatorium. The project covers beds bedding wardrobes dressers window shades curtains oper ating tables and a large hotel range and steam table for over one hundred rooms across the sanatorium and three cottages. The firm secured the deal amid competition from bidders in St Louis New York and Philadelphia.
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Monroe Furniture Company, Limited
St. Francis Sanitarium
Monroe Furniture Company
St.Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Monroe
Forward Movement in Sunday School Work Planned
Sunday School workers and church pastors will meet this afternoon at Mr R O Randle’s office over New South Drug to launch a forward movement in Sunday school work. Shreveport already hosts a large turnout with about 4000 weekly attendees, half of them adults, and officials will finalize plans at the meeting.
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R. O. Randle
New South
Sunda
Shreveport
Mountain Train Derayed At Pollock
Derailment of the Iron Mountain passenger train near Pollock in Grant Parish halted service. The engine tender and mail car overturned, and the mail car split a switch on the station track as the train bound for Little Rock passed through Pollock. Alexandri reports limited details available.
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Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Alexandria
Pollock
Grant Parish
Alexandri
Monroe Clubhouse Plan Prompts City Library Compromise
A historical note outlines Monroe’s bid for a $10,000 riverfront club house with motor boat access and guest amenities. It compares a Crossett Club model offering housing, dance, gym, and billiards funded by labor and capital, proposing a city club solution alongside a library for public good.
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Monroe
Crossett Club
Crossett
Crosshitt Club
Stgonroe City High School
Cawday Crossett
Crossett Sumer Co
Wynroe
Willi
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