Conference Monday aims to boost US Latin trade relations
Washington May 22 Representatives from Central and South American republics arrive for a major trade and finance conference opening Monday. President Wilson and Treasury officials organize a wide showing with financiers bankers and scholars to ease banking ties and credit standards, backed by a $50 000 congressional appropriation for host city entertainment.
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United States
Western Hemisphere
Wilson
Daniel Gugeenheim
Seth Low
Henry P. Davison
E. H. Gary
Jacob H. Schiff
James A. Farrell
Charles M. Schwab
Leo S. Bowne
University of Pennsylvania
Treasury
McAdoo
A. J. Peters
the Treasury
Congress
South American bankers join talks on US banking reforms
Treasury officials hope new Reserve Bank system benefits extend to southern neighbors. Conference includes eighteen countries with aims to allow US banks to open foreign branches and establish foreign agencies. Delegates tour Memphis area after meetings. Public collections at Cumberland Presbyterian Church assemblies in Memphis disapproved in a separate resolution.
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United States
Act of Congress
Colombia
Paraguay
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Urolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
Peru
Honduras
Panama
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Salvador
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Boston
New York
Memphis
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Sunday School of Choice Set for Record Attendance
Monroe and West Monroe Baptist Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday Schools plan a record attendance day inviting everyone to attend at 9:30 or 9:45. Committees circulated placards and windows posters to reach all. Rev. I P Farrington will preach a special sermon at First Baptist to students amid a special musical program.
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Baptist
Methodist
Monroe
West Monroe
First Baptist Church
I’. H. Farrington
Domestic Economy and Smart Shopping in Newspapers
The modern science of domestic economy includes a course in newspaper advertising study. Right buying begins with informed choices and knowledge of goods and prices. Advertising columns in a good newspaper like The Monroe News-Star guide careful shoppers to savings.
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Monroe News-Star
Political pot boils as first week of extra session ends
State lawmakers wrap up the first week of an extended session as political tensions rise. Party leaders signal decisive votes coming on key bills, with committee action and floor debate shaping the week ahead.
Thomas Is a Leader Speaker of House Opposes Administration
Baton Rouge May 22 The first week of the third extra session of the Hall administration closed with a perfunctory house session and a senate report on the contin gen expense bill. Senator Kent Amacker presided in the absence of Lt. Gov. Barret. Ex governor Sanders dominated headlines, denouncing the unholy alliance as he feigns a political move toward a constitutional convention. Speaker Thomas gains allies in Dupre and Schwing as he presses a risky round robin strategy that could force withdrawals from signers who fear their votes.
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Senate
Kent Amacker
East Carroll
Senate Sesson
Barret
Leon R. Smith
Shreveport
Moore
New Orleans
Sanders
Third Street
Star Chamber
Turner
Louisiana Anti-Saioon League
Jay Y
Pleasant
Speaker Thomas
Judge Dupre
Opelousas
Charles Schwing
Iberville
Thomas
Legislative Hall
Ex-Governor Stages Sunberry Convention Move
In Baton Rouge the ex-governor delayed the Sunberry convention final action to Monday one day before his Elks theatre meeting. He had earlier postponed a hearing to next Wednesday to gain first blood while Samders planned a Tuesday speaking event. The ex-governor reaffirmed that his meeting would proceed as announced on Thursday night.
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Elks
Baton Rouge
Samders
Cate
Senate Committee
Original
Inspector Seizes Opium on Dutch Steamship Ares
New Orleans May 22 Customs Inspector Sterans reported finding 1500 dollars worth of smoking opium in the quarters of a Chinese crew aboard the Dutch steamship Ares. The drug was seized and no arrests have yet been made.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Sterans
Ares
Steel Tie Company Proves to Be Steal
Dorothy Harrington was arrested in the United States Steel Tie Company office on charges of misuse of the mails. R. L. E. Maxey, company president, was arrested last night, and Thomas Downey, the fourth vice president, was arrested in Wilmington, Delaware. Authorities call the company a paper concern and allege Downey started the Southern Loan and Real Estate Company in Pensacola with a one million dollar capital, though little money existed. Downey then left the tie company.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Dorothy Charrington
United States Steel Tie Company
R. L. E. Maxey
Thomas Downey
Wilmington
Delaware
Downy
Southern Loan and Real Estate Company
Pensacola
Fla
Maxey
Investment Loan and
Downey
Tie Company
Troop Train Collides in Carlisle Wreck Tragedy
A special train carrying English troops collided with a local Caledonian railway train in Carlisle England. By morning forty bodies were recovered and the death toll was expected to reach about one hundred with around three hundred fifty injured. A London and Glasgow express then crashed into the wreckage as fire crews worked to pull victims free. By five o'clock seventy three bodies were removed.
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Associated Press
Carlisle
England
Caledonian Railway
London
Glasgow
Expres
Roosevelt libel suit verdict favors defendant after long deliberation
The jury in the William Barnes libel case against Theodore Roosevelt returned a verdict for Roosevelt after eleven hours of deliberation. The court will decide whether Barnes must pay all costs.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
William Barnes
Theodore Roosevelt
Ivins to Appeal Roosevelt Libel Verdict in Syracuse
New York May 22 William Ivins counsel for Barnes in the Roosevelt libel suit announced an appeal from the Syracuse verdict.
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Wm. Ivins
Barnes
Roosevelt
Syracuse
War Clouds Gather as Italy Near De Facto Involvement
Associated Press reports Italy poised to declare war with Austria Hungary after a Rome dispatch says King Victor Emmanuel will issue a proclamation appealing for popular support and extraordinary powers. No fighting reported yet as Austro German forces push in Central Galicia and along the San River.
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Associated Press
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Rome
Austria
Vienna
Galicia
San
London
Gallipoli
Paris
Ypres
Dixie Highway Route Designations From Chicago to Miami
Dixie Highway commissioners designate a Florida route for the Chicago to Miami road via Tallahassee to Lawlike City and Jacksonville. They also set two Chattanooga to Indianapolis routes, one via Tennessee and Kentucky and another through the eastern end, with the full path not yet decided.
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Associated Press
Chattamooga
Dixie Highway Commissioners
Florida
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Tallahassee
Lawlike City
Jacksonville
Chattanooga
Indianapolis
Tenessee
Kentucky
Police Chief Monahan to Get Hearing on Suspension
Jersey City officials set a Monday hearing for Chief of Police Frank Monahan who has been suspended on charges of drunkenness after a New York dinner and for buying drinks in Jersey City on Sunday.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Monahan
New York
Public opening of Riverside Pavilion natatorium Tuesday night
Riverside Pavilion and the salt water natatorium at Forsythe Park will be formally opened to the public Tuesday night. Mr Leon Marx has leased the pavilion and the natatorium concessions. He has made changes that will be greatly appreciated by the public. Marx will serve cold drinks, sand-
Natatorium Preparing For Record Bathing Season
The facility will serve sandwiches coffee and light meals at reasonable rates. The natatorium has been drained cleansed fresh sand laid in the bottom and dressing rooms improved boosting sanitary appeal. Officials expect the coming season to be the best since opening.
Italian Flags Fly Across Paris as War Mood Rises
Paris reports Italy mobilizes against Austria and Germany with Italian flags seen citywide. Citizens display tri color and Italian banners in restaurants and along boulevards as Rome broadcasts news of the action.
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France
Austria
Germany
Italy
Rome
Dry Chicago Sunday Opens Anti Liquor Campaign
Chicago churches plan sermons on liquor as the opening gun of a campaign to wipe booze from the city. Denominational preachers urge prayers and ballots to wage an effective war against the saloon with the slogan You may pray against the saloon.
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Chicago
Oil Prospects Encourage People In Monroe Area
The Cole place well above Forsythe park reaches 1775 feet as Monroe Oil and Gas Company drillers report no salt water found and multiple gas pockets with strong odor. President W B Clarke says another well will be drilled northeast of Monroe after current site release and stock may be sold to fund expansion. The steamer Monroe arrives from New Orleans with record cargo, but low river levels may delay another trip this season.
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Forsythe Park
Monroe Oil and Gas Company, Inc
W. B. Clarke
Monroe Oil and Gas Co., Inc
Monroe
New Orleans
Plan to Enlarge Industrial School for Colored Students In Monroe
A white citizens meeting at Zion Traveler's Baptist church discussed establishing a near city industrial school for colored boys and girls under Prof. M J Foster of North Louisiana Industrial High School Monroe. Prof. J H Whaley praised Mansfield’s model and urged training head heart and hand to ease race tensions and expand local schooling.
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M. 4. Foster
Monroe
M. J. Foster
Zion Traveler's Baptist Church
J. H. Whaley
Northwest Louisiana Normal Industrial School
Mansfield
Foster
Whaley
Mansfield School
Foster Meany
Louisiana
Old Southern University
New Orleans
Colored Y. M. C. A
Petersburg
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