Monroe Hosts Louisiana Eastern Star Convention
The twenty sixth annual Louisiana grand lodge, Order of the Eastern Star, met in Monroe with 275 Louisiana delegates and 27 from foreign chapters. Officers were elected and ballots cast for 1925 1926 leadership as Jessie Milliken was expected to head the grand matron role. The next convention city was to be chosen among Baton Rouge Hammond and Lake Charles with Baton Rouge favored.
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Louisiana Grand Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Monroe
Eastern Star
West Monroe
Columbia
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
New Orleans
Grand Lodge
Jessie Milliken
Crowley
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Lake Charles
Death of General Nelson A Miles at Washington Circus
General Nelson A Miles, 86, former commanding general of the U S Army, died in Washington while attending a circus performance. Born August 8 1839 in Westminster Mass he served in the Civil War rising from lieutenant to major general and later led U S forces in the Spanish American War before retiring in 1903. Mrs Coolidge attended the performance with him.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
General Miles
Twenty-second Mass. Volunteer Infantry
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Grant
New York Volunteers
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Reams Station
Chancellorville
Spottsylvania
John Med. Schofield
U. S. Army
Nelson
Puerto Rico
Vicksburg Observes City Century With Parade and Pageant
Vicksburg Mississippi marks 100 years since incorporation with a flower parade and pageant. Eighteen floats illustrate town history from pre white settlement to modern times as Judge Harris Dickson explains each float. Richard P. Jones reigns as King Richard with Miss Ruth Blanks as Queen Ruth during the events at the fair grounds.
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Vicksburg
Harris Dickson
Richard P. Jones
Richard
Ruth Blanks
Ruth
Constitution of M. E. Church to Be Up for Vote
Nashville May 15 For the first time in its history the Methodist Episcopal Church South will have a written Constitution after a two day session in Nashville. If approved by the General Conference in 1926 and the annual conferences, it could lead to unification with the Northern Church or stand as the Southern Church Constitution. The proposed document defines five major divisions including Doctrinal Standards and the Judicial Council. The text appears in the Christian Advocate as the commission outlines the constitution to be published a year before the General Conference.
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Nashville
Tenn
A.P
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
General Conference
Church
College of Bishops
Southern Annual Conferences
Northern Methodist Church
Southern Church
United Church
Southern Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Church
Commission On Constitution
Christian Advocate
Commission
United Societies
John Wesley
Judicial Council
United States
Supreme Court
Gulf Fleet Ready Says Prohi Chief
Gulfport Mississippi May 15. Federal officials Edward C Yellowley and Maze H Daily report expected rum fleet movement from the Jersey coast toward the Gulf coast. They say the Mississippi coast is the largest current rum import point and federal forces are coordinated to meet the smuggling by land and sea. They estimate liquor traffic on the coast over a year ago at about five hundred million dollars.
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Gulfport
Miss
Gulport
Biloxi
Pass Christian
Mississippi
North Atlantic
United States Coast Guard
Edward C. Yellowley
Maze H. Daily
Federal Prohibition Orces
United States
Mr. Yellowley
Jersey
Coast Guard
Gulf
Prohibition Drive Faces Pacific Coast Gap and Rum Row
U S prohibition officials plan tighter guard for Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi while acknowledging a weak Pacific coast link. Rum runners off southern California, five vessels spotted near San Pedro, with rum as cheap as 45 a case in Los Angeles. Coast guard to expand blockade. Newfoundland and Canadian border patrols broadened. New York sees reduced rum row as 12 schooners surrender anchors. Philadelphia police face suspensions over beer deliveries. a broader shake up looms as authorities monitor ships for contraband.
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California
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Prohibition
Coast Guard
Jackson
Miss
E. C. Yellowley
Philadelphia
Mercer
Rum Row
W. H. Stayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Think Big Bootleg Ring Broken Up by Shreveport Action
Shreveport, La May 15 Harry G Burkhalter local freight agent for L A and N Railroad and once certified for postmastership surrendered on bonds totaling 3350 after eluding federal agents. Charged federally with violating the Volstead act and transporting liquor and with carrying a concealed weapon in Caddo parish with bonds 1500 850 and similar charges in Bossier parish bonds 1500. Officials see the Burkhalter arrest as the fall of a large bootleg ring along with his brother Will Burkhalter and Frank Pounds.
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Shreveport
Harry G. Burkhalter
L. A. and N. Railroad
Liberty
Burkhalter
Caddo Parish
Bossier Parish
Will Burkhalter
Frank Pounds
Miss Monroe to Galveston for Bathing Girl Pageant
Miss Jessie Rogers better known as Miss Monroe is headed to Galveston to represent the city in the bathing girl revue after being named Monroe’s prettiest girl. She traveled from Cumberland Maryland six years ago and now works at Monroe Automobile and Supply.
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Miss Monroe
Jessie Rogers
Monroe
Galveston
Virginia
Weiland
Miss Rogers
Cumberland
Maryland
Monroe Automobile and Supply Company
Grand Street
Mile
Chance
Galvez Hotel
Southern Baptist Sunday schools show record year gains
Memphis Tenn May 15 Southern Baptist Sunday school work reports its best year with 969 new schools 155256 pupils enrolled and total 2536053 pupils. 50 more schools reach 900 plus enrollment 216 total in the South Cliff Temple Dallas 4500 First Dallas 6000 pupils. B Y P A union grows 1646 unions 51044 new members 17665 unions total 546193 members. Receipts 1474931 28 up 53028 22 and daily vacation Bible school launches with 1000 expected.
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Memphis, Tenn
Southern Baptist Sunday School
The
Southern Baptist Convention
I. J. van Ness
Nashville
South
Cliff Temple Church of Dallas
First Baptist Church of Dallas
Baptist Young People’s Union
Sunday School Board
Homer L. Grice
Baptist Churches of the South
State Mission Boards
Rumor of Subnormal Crop Denied at N. C.
New Orleans May 15 Early indications of subnormal crops in the Louisiana Mississippi agricultural area are unfounded and a profitable harvest is probable this year says Lionel L Jones of the bureau of agricultural economics. The report notes spring plowing and planting ahead of five year averages and fewer livestock losses.
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New Orleans
Louisiana-Mississippi
Lionel L. Jones
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Urania Oilfield Drilling Activity Near Urania No. 6 Area
Urania oil field activity increases with multiple tests underway around Urania No. 6. Zeigin Urania No. 2 progresses to 1160 feet while Urania No. 1 and Love Brothers tests advance toward potential oil sand. Derricks rise in six sites within four miles of Urania as lease deals push drilling before June 1, signaling expansion potential.
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J. B. King
Columbia Oil and Gas Company
Zeigin Et al Urania
Urania No. 6
Castor Creek
Winn Parish
Russell No. 1
Alexandria Urania Company
Helm and Burch
Urania
Gumbo
French Drive Riffian Forces Back in Morocco Front
Heavy losses toll on both sides as French General De Chambrain pushes to force Riffian tribes into the Spanish zone. Reinforcements from Algeria arrive with heavy artillery while Riffian propaganda and uprisings threaten between Fez and Taza. Madrid reports critical conditions in the French zone as hospitals fill and a French air field is reportedly captured.
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French Morocco
Count de Chambrain
de Chambrain
Bibane
Algeria
Abd el Krim
Fez
Tazza
Madrid
Riffs
Spain
Abd-El-Krim
Paris
Floggers in Crowley Seized After Abduction Report
Four Morse Louisiana men including Police Marshal Joe Bonvillian are jailed on charges of abducting Eugene Clement. Clement says he was taken from his home to a forest, stripped, bound to a tree, flogged and accused of improprieties involving his wife’s sister, with the abductors allegedly seeking blood.
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Crowley
Morse
Joe Bonvillian
Eugene Clement
Gaye
Jule Herpin
Honore Simpson
Claude Saltsman
Clement
Mississippi jury rejects court instructions in Chambliss case
In Forrest County Mississippi a jury refused to follow court directions and returned a not guilty verdict for Curtiss Chambliss a 15 year old confessed killer. The judge paused proceedings and ordered a second trial set for June 1 while authorities study precedents on the verdicts validity.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
Forrest County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Curtiss Chambliss
Robert S. Hall
Chambliss
Hall
Alexander Currie
Fur Dealers and Trappers Form Louisiana Fur Interests Group
More than 300 fur dealers manufacturers and trappers formed the Louisiana Fur Interests Inc in New Orleans to develop the fur industry by raising cultivating and breeding fur bearing animals for scientific and educational purposes State Senator Jules Fisher cited Louisiana furs valued at 3 500 000 sold last season Officers elected included Senator Fisher president A M Smith first vice president George W Dellesdernier second vice president Junior P Hebert treasurer and Morris Sternburg treasurer
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New Orleans
Louisiana Fur Interests, Inc
Louisiana
Jules Fisher
Fisher
A. M. Smith
George W. Dellesdernier
Tragic triple murder and suicide at Newcomb College home
Professor George W Peckham of Newcomb College killed his wife Eleanor and two children, then shot himself in the bathroom of the family apartment across from the college. Coroner verdict ruled triple murder and death by self-inflicted wound. Neighbors report recent nervous behavior and a disputed will involving a New York aunt.
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New Orleans
George W .Peckham
Newpomt College
Newcomb College
Eleanor
George, Jr
Elizabeth
George W. Peckham
Milwaukee
Bryan Refuses Degate Hissed By Collegiands
William Jennings Bryan faced boos and hisses from Brown University students in Providence as he ended a talk abruptly after a tense exchange on evolution. He argued that science cannot tolerate religious belief and mocked an opposing student, then left the stage amid the crowd’s jeers.
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Providence
R. I
A. P
William Jennings Bryan
Brown University
Aall
George L. Casesidy
Bryan
Cassidy
Brown
America
Arious
Morrow Named President of Sloss Sheffield Steel
Hugh Morrow operating vice-president of Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron was elected president succeeding the late John W. McQueen after his death.
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Hugh Morrow
New York
Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
John W. McQueen
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Nelson Miles
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M. E. Church
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PROHI
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Memphis
N. C
Zeigin
Love Brothers
Action Front
Associated Press
Peckham
Newcomb of
New Orlean
North
Commoner
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