Governor Hall Defense Clears House Action in Louisiana
Baton Rouge May 11 House passes concurrent resolution authorizing borrowing from 1915 revenues to cover overdrawn funds of 1914 1915 for high schools and domestic science and agriculture departments. Senate and House may meet in joint session for election returns adjournment planned. Governor Hall’s administration defense delayed by rain. debate centers on finances and potential tax measures.
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Hall
Alia Works
Jones
Bome
Old Halt Guard
Publi Hools
Hell
Rover
Senate
Vernor T. C. Barret
Bousnechend
Monlly
Pensions, taxes, and sheriff pay in Orleans senate bills
Nix of Oreans amends Confederate pensions to ease a waiting list. Lewis of Jackson moves to end the practice of printing the full fiscal amnesty act for board meetings. Dr. R. Johnson of Washington proposes a cooperative public schools system with tornado and fire insurance at about 25 000 dollars yearly. Schwing timber bills reach the senate. Sheriff bills cap compensation at 5800 with tax-based and revenue thresholds, deputies limited to one to three unless more needed. Juror duties and clerks’ and assessors’ rules outlined. President Swords notes sheriff pay cannot change without a constitutional amendment. Ferguson of the assembly and Senator Davy debate city criminal court judge salaries. Orleans junk dealer restrictions proposed. condolence resolutions for ex-Senator Voer-.
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Oreans
Lewis
Jackson
R. Johnson
Washington
Senate
Swords
State Sheriffs Association
Andera
J. M. Ferguson
The
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Rayville
Davy
Orleans
Stafford
Jnvenies
Robert
Os Voer
Insurance Federation guest to speak in Monroe
Merk T McKee general secretary of the National Council of Insurance Federations will address insurance banking and allied interests in Monroe on Tuesday May 30 The visit announced to Fred O'Donnell associate secretary of the State organization and includes discussions with insurance men bankers and leading citizens regarding the federation’s aims The Louisiana Federation grows in membership aims to provide reliable information on legislation and underwriting while remaining nonpolitical and nonagent focused.
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Merk T. McKee
National Council of Insurance Federations
Monroe
Louiselane
Insurance Federation
Louisiana
McKee Wen
Fred O'Donnell
State Organization
O'Donnell
Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation
Insurance Federation of Louisiana
HM. Treusdale
News Star
Louie Jana
O'Ponnelly
Dedication of New School Opens Friday
A new school dedication is slated for Friday with a splendid graded social hook wheel event opening ceremonies.
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Priday
West Monroe Parade and Dedication at New School Auditorium
West Monroe observes a community celebration at the new school auditorium with a parade by students and citizens at 1:20 pm followed by a program including songs, invocations, speeches by local officials, and performances by Ouachita Parish High School and Monroe City High School. A track meet concludes the day at 4:06 pm under Prof Freeman, with prizes awarded for multiple events.
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America
N. G. Tippit
Monroe City High School
Miss Jackson
Prof Freeman
Ouachita Parish High School
West Monroe Graded School Dedication A Historic Town Achievement
The Society Editor describes West Monroe's dedication of a top tier school building, a centerpiece on a 335 by 400 foot campus. Mayor Tippit and Mrs. Partey and Mrs. Larche facilitated access to the site, which features a central campus, numerous trees, paved walks, and a marble tablet honoring the 1914 site donation.
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Monroe
Tippit
W. M. Parte
L. N. Larche
West Monroe Graded School
Board of Directors of Ouachita Schools Tablet Inscription
In the vestibule visitors see two tablets. One lists the Ouachita Public Schools board with A. L. Smith as president and Joe Renwick as vice president, along with names of officials and educators. The other tablet notes a 1815 erection and the School Board Building Committee chaired by W. R. Mitchell and others.
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E. S. Eby
J. T. Austin
S of
Ouachita
A. L. Smith
Joe Renwick
T. O. Brown
Much Activity in Faster n Struggle
Associated Press reports mobile fighting across multiple fronts on May 11 13 with German offensives along the Meuse near Vaux and Dead Man's Hill plus Eastern Front clashes. Russian forces reportedly defensive as Turks push toward Caucasus and Kasr i Shirin noted. German gains at Selburg with prisoners and machine guns captured.
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Associated Press
London
Meuse
Vaux
Paris
Avecourt Wood
Dead Man’‘s Hill
Teutons
Athens
Avlona
Petrograd
Kasr-i-Shirin
Persia
Berlin
Verdun
Dead Man's Hill
Selburg
Fourteen Executed in Irish Uprising
Associated Press reports in London that fourteen persons have been executed in Ireland. Harold Tennant told the House of Commons that seventy nine have been sentenced to imprisonment. Dublin casualty estimates rise to about 1600 with 400 killed.
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Associated Press
London
Ireland
Harold Tennant
House of Commons
Dublin
Ex Villa officer Morin arrested in planned uprising
Corpus Christi May 11 Colonel Morin an ex Villa officer was arrested by a Federal marshal last night and taken to Kingsville today. He is charged with forming a plot for an uprising in this vicinity.
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Associated Presa
Corpus Christi
Texas
Morin
Villa
Kingsville
Plague Charity Gift By Metropolitan Life Helps Nation
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company contributes a princely gift to the National Association as part of a public health relief effort. The move underscores corporate support for plague response and welfare programs nationwide.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance
National Association
Educational Campaign Expands Fight Against Tuberculosis
Washington May 11 an $800000 gift from Metropolitan Life to the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis funds a three year community experiment in a town of about 5000 to prove tuberculosis can be controlled with proper methods and resources. The program emphasizes education in schools churches lodges and among professionals, standardizes methods and increases research and public funding. Dr E R Baldwin notes growing agency reach and a steady decline in death rates in major cities over the past decade.
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Washington, D. C
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
E. R. Baldwin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New
National Association
Charles J. Hatfield
Association
Redross Christmas Seal drive tops 0,000,000 seals sold
The 1915 Redross Christmas Seal sale moved 0,000,000 seals, raising nearly 800,000 dollars for the anti tuberculos movement, with the campaign achieving more than 30 percent and an average 20 percent results.
Rocklin Names First Woman Mayor in California
Rocklin California on May 11 elected Mrs. Fennie J. Whitney as mayor becoming the first woman to hold the position in the state. She also chairs the Board of Trustees, operates a ten acre orange grove, raises blooded stock and poultry, and participates in local social and club life. She did not campaign for trustees and was unflustered when chosen as mayor.
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Rocklin
Cal
Fennie J. Whitney
California
Aeroplane Falls Into Potomac River Near Mt Vernon
A large hydroaeroplane operating between Washington and Newport News crashed into the Potomac near Mount Vernon this morning. The craft was wrecked and its occupants were badly injured. two others are missing and were rescued by a tugboat.
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Washington
Newpot News
Potomac River
Mt. Vernon
Langhorne leads cavalry into Mexico after bandit capture
Marathon Texas May 11 Major Langhorne with two troops of the Eighth cavalry crossed into Mexico last night and march south today guiding by three Mexican bandits captured by Porto Rico De Bou quillas mine employees. The outlaws camp lies about twelve hours inland a noted cross border action.
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Texas
Langhorne
Eighth Cavalry
Mexico
Porto Rico de Bouquillas
Second Becker Case Near an End
New York May 11 Nearly a year and a half have elapsed since the famous Baff murder was committed. During that time the police have been running down the assassins and have uncovered a second Becker murder case. Two of the accused men Giuseppe Arichiello who committed the actual shooting of Barnet Baff for a hundred dollars and Frank Ferrara who drove the murder squad to the scene of the crime are under sentence to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing in the week beginning May 29. Two other members of the Baff murder expedition of ten will soon be tried. They are Joseph Zafarone a look out man and his brother Antonio Zafarone. There is a strong parallel between the Baff case and that in which Herman Rosenthal the gambler was shot. By Becker s order the hired assassins shot Rosenthal to death. Barnet Baff a poultryman in Washington market was marked for death because he had informed on the chicken sanding trust thirteen members of which were convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary.
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Baff
Becker
Guiseppe Arichiello
Barnet Baff
Frank Ferrara
Sine Sing
Joseph Zafarone
Antonio Zaf
Herman Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Washington Market
Chicken-Sanding Trust
Americans Are Again Warned About Desirability of Co
A public notice repeats warnings about CO as an undesirable element for Americans. Officials caution residents to avoid creating or endorsing CO activities and urge vigilance in reporting suspicious behavior to authorities.
Consuls Notified as Mexican Talks Continue Today
United States officials report that Texas New Mexico and Arizona state militias will be mustered into the army for the duration of their state enlistments with no fixed federal service date. General Scott plans a Tl Paso meeting with General Obregon to seek a date for troop withdrawals, while warnings to Americans in Mexico are being reinforced.
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Obregon
EL Paso
Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Baker
Tl Paso
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Eagle Pess
Big Bend
Mexico
Funston
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