Live Wire Fatality in Monroe Tree Climb
Dick Gilbert fourteen years old died after touching a live electric wire while climbing a cottonwood tree at Ouachita avenue and Third street. Brothers William and Cleveland Cornett ages six and five witnessed the accident and alerted their mother. Painter Graham Edney climbed a plank to free the boy and knocked the wire loose, ending the peril but the youth had already perished.
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Ouachita Avenue
Third Street
Dick Gilbert
William Cornett
Cleveland Cornett
A. A. Cornett
William
Graham Edney
Edney
Monroe secretary elected Southern Commercial Secretaries president
G. T. Cross of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce was chosen president of the Southern Commercial Secretaries Association at its New Orleans convention. The organization comprises about 200 secretaries from sixteen southern states and will meet in Jacksonville next year. Cross’ election brings recognition to Monroe and its business and industrial interests across the region.
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New Orleans
Southerren Commercial Secretaries' Association
W. R K. Manier
Nashville
Tenn
BB. R. Kessler
Jacksonville
Via
E. B. Walker
Spartanburg
S.C
Cross
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
South
Mexico City Cut Off as Rebels Advance on Capital
Report says Mexico City is virtually isolated after rebel lines disrupt wires and air communication. State Department had no word from the American embassy for days while rumors spread that President Carranza left for Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Mexico City
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Monroe City Bonds Sold Through Local Banks
A telegram from bankers in New York to Monroe officials confirms sale of 456000 dollars of the municipal bonds through Monroe banks. Funds will cover electric light and power and water filtration projects. Construction on the power plant by Foundation Company of New York is underway and expected to finish in three to four months.
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Monroe
Committee of Bankers
New York
Foundation Company
Local Citizen Joe Kern Dies At Home At 45
Joe Kern, a Monroe resident and well known local citizen, died at his North Third Street home this morning at 4 20 after a brief illness from acute indigestion. He was 45, born in Monroe, and survived by wife Clara Black, two sons Nathan and Joe Jr, sister Mrs Dave Kahn, and brother Leon Kern. Funeral set for tomorrow at 4 from the residence. interment in the Jewish cemetery. Mason and Shriner rites to be conducted.
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Joe Kern
Monroe
North Third Street
Mr. Kern
Monroe Hardware Company
Kern
Revolutionary forces claim capture of Mexico City
An unconfirmed report from Chihuahua City, publicized by revolutionary leaders, states that Revolutionary forces under General Benjamin Hill have taken Mexico City. The report is not independently verified.
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Associated Press
el Paso
May
Benjamin Hill
Mexico City
Chihuahua City
May Postponement of Spa Conference Sparks Editorial Protests
Paris editors protest a possible postponement of the Spa conference between the Allied powers and Germany. They fear the talks, originally set for May 25 to June 10, may be delayed indefinitely, disrupting efforts toward peace.
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Paris
German Delegates Demand Hearing at Spa Conference
Berlin May 8 German delegates to the Spa conference will refuse to attend unless assured of a hearing Dr Worth minister of finance said at Dresden He stated the delegates will lay the true state of affairs before allied representatives and show that the European economic position depends on Germany.
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Berlin
Spa
Dr. Worth
Dresden
Germany
Socialists Attack Wilson as Election Polls Predicted
Mar vie Hilquitt temporary chairman of the socialist national convention predicted the party would poll over 2,000,000 votes in the presidential election and said the group would survive a ferocious and unlawful attack mounted by various powers in the country at its opening in New York.
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Wilson
Socialist Party
Marvie Hilquitt
Socialist National Convention
Hilquitt
Newark Surpasses Cincinnati as Nation’s Largest East City
Washington reports Newark New Jersey has become the nation’s largest city in the East with a population of 415,609, surpassing Cincinnati which now stands at 400,100. Newark rose from fourteenth in 1910 while Washington moved from sixteenth ten years ago to outrank both.
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Washington, D. C
Newark
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Washington
Minimum wage urged for rail workers and families
Washington May 8 consulting economist W Jett Lauck told the railroad labor board a minimum of 2500 per year is needed to support an American family of five. He spoke as he presented a wage demand on behalf of about 2.5 million railway employees for an industry wide minimum.
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Washington
Jett Lauck
Railroad Brotherhoods
Railroad Labor Board
Lauck
Revolutionary gains reported across Mexico near Texas border
El Paso reports from south of the Texas border indicate liberal constitutionalist advances. Matamoras opposite Brownsville and Piedras Negras across the Rio Grande are claimed to be tottering while Camargo Tanaulipas and other towns have fallen to Carranza's enemies and Neuvo Laredo faces serious menace.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Mexico
Texas
Ojinaca
Gulf of Mexico
Matamoras
Brownsville
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Liberal Constitutionalist
Camargo
Tanaulipas
Texas Employe Badly Hurt in Oil Company Fall
C. B. Burke, employed by J. J. Hewitt driller for the Texas Oil Company, was brought to St. Francis Sanitarium this morning after a fall at company operations. He was operated on and reported seriously hurt with bruises and several broken bones.
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C. B. Burke
J. J. Hewitt
Texas Oil Company
St. Francis Sanitarium
Satillo Captured by Revolutionists Reported
Eagle Pass Texas May 8. Saitillo capital of Coahuila was taken by revolutionists yesterday according to unofficial reports. The federal garrison offered no resistance. Train service was suspended south of Monclova about 100 miles south of the border.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Tex
Coahuila
Monclova
Notice for Gas Bills Pay by 10th to Save Ten Percent
Gas customers urged to pay by the 10th of each month to receive a ten percent discount. Bills not paid by the 20th will result in service being disconnected without further notice.
Arrest of Agnes McKenly in Overalls Theft Case
Agnes McKenly, described as a Negro, was arrested by Officers Powell and Morrow on grand larceny charges. Police say she attempted to start an overall club but is accused of stealing four pairs of overalls and two ladies' silk waists from a store on Lower DeSiard Street. She is jailed to await trial before Judge Charles Schulze next Tuesday.
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Agnes McKenly
Powell
Morrow
Lower DeSiard Street
Charles Schulze
Men of Labor Forego Sugar In Ohio Factory
East Palestine Ohio May 8 Five hundred employees of the Rubber Company signed an agreement pledging to abstain from sugar in beverages until there is a decline in high prices.
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Associated Press
East Palestine
Ohio
Rubber Company
Telephone Company Starts Reconstruction Work in Monroe
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph crews of up to twenty five men arrive from New Orleans to string 35 000 feet of new cables across Monroe at a cost of 50 000 to 60 000 dollars. Central office upgrades are delayed due to lack of materials delaying improvement plans.
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Telephone Company
Monroe
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph
New Orleans
Cumberland Teles Phone and Telegraph Company
Central
Ouachita Oil Well Nearing First Light at Parker-Humble Site
Favorable reports from Rhymes No. 1 at Parker and Humble indicate early success and rising land values around the farm. Drilling proceeds in gumbo with rock and oil sand expected beneath. owners Sam Humble and Jack Parker oversee operations as investors rush to secure acreage nearby.
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Rhymes No. 1
Parker
Oil and Gas Fraternity
J. Harrison Rhymes
Ouachita
Sam Humble
Jack Parker
Rhymes Farm
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Live Wire
Gilbert Cross
Commercial Leaders
G. T. Cross
The
Mon
Roe Chamber of Commerce
Southern
Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Obregon
Liie
Chihuahua
Knights OF Khouassan
el Miro Temple No. 187
Grand Street
DeSiard
St. John
Hall of the Order
Elks Home
Knights of Khorassan
J. E. Glover, Jr
Pat S. Hamilton
C. Collie
W. M. Smith
J. L. M. Richard
John Humble
Clifford Ray
Abie Marks
Pave Kaplan
J. P. Parker, Jr
J. E. Whitaker
J. BE. Griffin
D. M. Caleote
Satillo
Natural Gas Co., Inc
H. Byrum
Parker-Humble Well
New West Monroe Methodist Church
Mother's Bay Service
H. W. Ledbetter
Presbyterian Church
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