Riot Leaves Two Die In Oil Field Clash
In El Dorado vicinity near the Standard Oil pipeline a riot between about 100 white laborers and 90 black workers left two men fatally wounded and several others injured. Sheriff Nelson reports 75 shots exchanged and the negro workers fled. two men named Bottoms and Duncan among the injured were in critical condition.
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Shreveport
Duncan
el Dorado
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Smackover
Mississippi River
Shreveport Journal
Nelson
Foreman Cummings
The
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Ark
Perry
F. Nelson
Here
Bottoms
Shepherd's Wife Granted Release Pending Grand Jury
Julie Shepherd, named as an accessory in the slayings of Ward William Nelson McClintock and his mother, was released on her own recognizance on $5,000 bond. Judge Jacob Hopkins promised tomorrow's action. Crowe, the state's attorney, did not oppose bail though she remains jailed awaiting trial May 18.
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Chicago
Julie Shepherd
Wm. D. Shepherd
Nelson McClintock
Jacob Hopkins
Muttini
Young McClintock
Robert E. Crowe
Shepherd
River Stage Changes by River System Brief
River stage readings show Mississippi at St Louis 9.2 rising 1.0 to 2.9 in New Orleans, with Memphis 16.0 and Vicksburg 21.5 and Shreveport 19.1 fall 0.9, Alexandria 18.7 fall 1.4, Ouachita Camden 5.1 fall 0.1 and Monroe 11.3 rise 0.1, Ohio Cairo 21.8 fall 0.3.
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Missippi
St. Louis
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
RED
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Monroe Bathing Revue entrant deadline set
Monroe Chamber of Commerce and the Saenger theatre set Monday night as the closing date for entries in the Monroe Bathing Revue Contest. The winner goes to Galveston for the May 16 to 18 beach pageant, with local awards for Miss Monroe.
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Monroe
Galveston
Big Beach
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Saenger Theatre
News-Star Tomorrow
Monroe News- Star
Modern Woodmen of America Ends One Day Session in Monroe
The 1925 state convention concluded after a day of meetings and a turkey dinner in Monroe. Officers elected include State consul W. F. Brooks of Shreveport and state clerk John A. Evans of New Orleans, with New Orleans named 1926 convention city. A large turnout heard reports and initiated 50 new members after a reception and film program at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Woodmen of America
W. F. Brooks
Shreveport
John AL. Evans
New Orleans
J. R. Petagna
L«na
Milwaukee
Monroe
Bernstein
Brock
Order
Rock Island
Ill
Woodmen of America
New York Life Insurance Co
John Hancock Life
Eas
W. F. Brock
Ruston
C. L. Upchurch
Clarks
Z. L. Buffington
Fullerton
Joe Weldon
Marvin W. Jared
Bastrop
Curly Crain
Arcadia
Elton B. Barnett
Columbia
R. F. Pruitt
Standard
Virgil T. Brown
Selma
Wayne EF
Jackson
Oakdale
Grover C. Lawlis
Kelly
Howard H. Duke
Cotton Valley
Herbert Andrewson
Haynesville
J. Pat Murphy
de Quincy
L. O. Manning
Benjamin J. Tomlinson
Minden
W. S. Allen
Magnolia No
W. M. Long
L. J. Honeycutt
M. W. Jared
R. L. Carns
Second Trial Set for Noted Circus Man Wagner
Kinnie Wagner, 22, famed circus rider and marksman, faces a second murder trial in Blountsville for the December Mississippi deputy shooting and an earlier jail escape. Eight lawyers, including Tennessee’s attorney general, will argue for the state and defense over a weeklong trial starting next Monday.
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Bristol
Tenn
A. P
Kinnie Wagner
Greene County
Miss
Kingsport
Blountsville
Tennessee
Virginia
Wagner
Desperado
W. J. Turner
Leakesville
Turner
McIntosh
Piney Woods
McLain
Orphans to be moved from Lake Charles to Monroe
Superintendent Flowers announced the transfer of 130 orphan children from Lake Charles to Monroe on June 8. A special Missouri Pacific train car will bring them to Monroe on June 9 at 7 30 a m with no formal opening next month due to road paving.
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Lake Charles
Monroe
Flowers
Mr. Flowers
DeSiard Road
Missouri Pacific
Rainbow
Alexandria
de Siard
Los Angeles Dirigible Flight Postponed to Tomorrow
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico May 7 The return flight of the Navy airship Los Angeles scheduled for today was postponed until tomorrow.
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San Juan
P. R
United States Navy
Los Angeles
Cedar Grove Mass Meeting on Election Eve Promises Flogging Debate
In Shreveport Louisiana on May 7 a Cedar Grove mass meeting warned of sensational developments in the municipal campaign. Mayor W E Payne seeks to clear his name over a flogging case while inviting rival Gorion Torrance and others to speak as the election looms.
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Shreveport
Cedar Grove
W. C. Oliver
W. E. Payne
W. Conrad Oliver
W. E. Miller
John Barker
Payne
Gorion Torrance
Vic
N. C. Policemen to Go on Trial Next Monday
Trial of Chief of Detectives Healy and five other New Orleans police officers over Holland case charges will begin next Monday. Senior Captain Thomas Cape, acting superintendent, announced today.
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New Orleans
Healy
Holland
Thomas Cape
Glenna Collett Wins in English Foursome
Miss Glenna Collett and Mrs Alan Mac Beth defeated Miss Dawson and Mrs Sykes of England five up and four to play in the ladies northern foursomes at Stanne England on May 7.
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Stanne
England
Glenna Collett
Alan MacBeth
Dawson
Sykes
Railroads to Spend Big Sum on Ferry Landing
New Orleans May 7 Texas and Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads will spend 1 500 000 on improvements to the rail ferry landing at Algiers to handle rising business. The announcement states expansion of ferrying facilities is imperative due to increased traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Texas and Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Algiers
Mississippi Revenue Agent Sues Ford for 12 Million
W J Miller Mississippi revenue agent sues Ford Motor Co in Hinds county chancery court alleging a criminal conspiracy to violate anti trust laws. Co defendants include all local Ford dealers and many Mississippi banks seeking attachment on Ford funds to guarantee penalties.
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Jackson
Miss
A. P
W. J. Miller
State Revenue
Chancery Court
Hinds County
Ford Motor Company
Mississippi
State Revenue Agent
Bluff City Motor Company
Memphis
Sut
Mr. Miller
Stokes
State Revenue Agent of
Natatorium to Open Formally May 11 at Forsythe Park
Forsythe park public natatorium to be opened for the 1925 season Monday night May 11. Commissioner Will Atkinson reports a large crowd expected with music by the Louisiana Training Institute band. A pavilion dance may be held. facilities cleaned, with improved bath houses and a drained pool. Parking chains will guide motorists to the south end near the bath houses.
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Forsythe Park
Will Atkinson
Louisiana Training Institute
Protest Over Von Hindenburg Election Validity
Berlin officials report socialists have filed an official protest challenging the validity of field marshal Von Hindenburg's election as Germany president.
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Berlin
A. P
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany
Dry Fleet Tightens Net In War On Rum Row
New York May 7. Prohibition forces press the war on Rum Row and its satellites amid a 45 mile gale. More than sixty boats patrol the area with 15 aircraft aiding the blockade directed from Washington. The marshal will destroy 25000 bottles of Scotch and 7000 gallons of alcohol seized.
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RUM Row
New York
Prohibition
Victoria
B. C
Wirless
Washington
United States Marshal
Coast Guard
Clifton
Staten Island
Plug Drilled By Rowe Will Test Well Saturday
Urania May 7 The Rowe Wallace Company reports the Rowe Wallace well has its plug drilled and the hole bailed last night in preparation for a Saturday test. The casing sits at 1470 feet with the elevation higher than the discovery well.
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J. B. King
Urania
Rowe Wallace
Bill Rowe
Rowe-Wallace Company
Ziegin
George Zeigin
Zeigin Et al Hardiner No
Zeigin
Gould Et al Harper
Olla
Kelly
Caldwell Parish
Bates and
Gilliam
Grand Jury Probes Pink Sheet Charges Against LSU Faculty
East Baton Rouge parish grand jury begins inquiry into the Whangdoodle a pink sheet alleging criminal libel against LSU faculty. Three men including a current student a former student and a Tulane alumnus are held on bond as authorities plan to present the bulk of the copy and handwriting evidence. Grand jury expected to take several days with a report in a week or ten days due to the Bar Association meeting.
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Grand Jury
State Bar Association
Woman Receives $25,000 Lusitania Sinking Award
Mrs. Theodore Pope Riddle of Farmington Connecticut widow of the former ambassador to Argentina has been notified she is allowed $25 000 for damages from the Lusitania sinking ten years ago today. She was a passenger on the ship.
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Hartford, Conn
Theodore Pope Riddle
Farmington, Conn
Argentina
Bloodhounds on Trail of W Va Dynamiters
State police and county officers, aided by bloodhounds, hunted for dynamiters believed to have blown transformers at Consolidated Coal Company in Highland Mine area Fa?rmont West Virginia. Authorities warned the high tension line serves other mines and damage could have shut several properties.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Consolidated Coal Company
Highland
Actress Weds Convict Within Atlanta Prison
Mrs. Almeda Allread, 24, an actress from Cleveland Ohio, married E. F. Day, 44, in a ceremony inside the Atlanta federal prison where Day serves a four year sentence for mail fraud. The wedding concludes a romance of several years.
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Atlanta
Almeda Allread
Cleveland
E. F. Day
M. E. Mission Board Hears Foreign Reports
Nashville May 7 Methodist Episcopal Church South board of missions heard Latin American field reports from bishops and missionaries. The centenary commission met as budget talks proceed. Treasurers elected and a 1926 missionary budget of 1,400,000 dollars approved.
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Nashville
Board of Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Centennary Commission
Missing Glenmora girl linked to jitney driver
Mrs. L R Duncan of Cedar Grove asked parish authorities to search for her 17 year old sister Ruth McKenzie who disappeared last January after leaving home with a jitney driver. Authorities say the driver is known but unnamed and no arrest has been made. The case links to a decomposed body found near Longleaf.
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Alexandria
L. R. Duncan
Cedar Grove
Ruth McKenzie
Glenmora
Longleaf
McKenzie
Arthur McKenzie
Glenmore
Sheriff's Office
LeCompte
Corbett
New angle in Longleaf murder mystery surfaces
In Alexandria on May 7 a fresh lead emerged in the death of a young woman found decomposed in woods near Longleaf. Sheriff Downs spoke to Dr. James Welch and rushed toward Longleaf with a deputy, while a coroner’s jury adjourned awaiting developments. The victim, 14 to 20 years old, about five feet two, wore gray silk with pink flesh-colored undergarment, and clues include a protruding lower tooth and a buckle. A white cotton handkerchief was found near the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Longleaf
Downs
James Welch
Cappel
Welch
Jack Sanders
Dr. Welch
C. Jones
J.D. Dunn
J. L. Anderson
M. H. Rees
G. F. Kerby
Lull Reported in Morocco Front Fighting
Paris reports a lull in Morocco with Riffian tribesmen under Abd-El-Krim trying to gain a foothold in the French zone after crossing the neutral strip along the Spanish frontier. Advices say no fighting since yesterday, but another engagement is expected and French commanders vow no complacency.
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Paris
A. P
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
Dodge Estate Valued at 45 Million in Dodge Brothers Sale
Detroit officials fixed a taxable valuation of 45 million dollars on the Dodge estate’s share of the Dodge Brothers sale. The tax bill, about 900 thousand dollars, was to be protested by trustees’ representatives later today.
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Detroit
A. P
Detroit Board of Assessors
John F. Dodge
Dodge Brothers, Inc
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Fall
SKY
J. R. Kyle
Naval Aviation Staff
U. S. Navy
Philadelphia
Honolulu
N. C
Ford Motor Co
von Hindenburg
ROWE
Whangdoodle
M. E. Board of Missions
Dodge Estate
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