Repentant Hauser Fined for Assaulting Wife
Ewald Mauser pleaded guilty in district court to assaulting his wife Mrs Anie Mauser with a hand saw and injuring her. Judge Fred M Odom fined him 200 dollars plus costs and sentenced him to five months in jail if unpaid, plus a penitentiary term of less than two years suspended on good behavior. The judge urged respect for the wife’s rights and noted the offender’s remorse as he cried during sentencing. He plans to pay the fine and be released to return home.
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Ewald Mauser
Hursday
Anie Mauser
Fred M. Odom
Odom
Mauser
Theudge
Threat of nation wide wire strikes denied in Atlanta
Officials of Southern Bell Telephone and other wire companies in Atlanta denied any ultimatum from International Telegraphers Union. They said a nation wide strike threat was not presented, as operators recently discharged in Atlanta were not to be reconsolidated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone
International Commercial Telegraphers Union
Bolsheviki Forced Out as Orenburg Evacuated
A Moscow wireless says Bolshevik forces evacuated Orenburg and abandoned Tatichevo to the west under enemy pressure, indicating a major push in Southern and Eastern Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Orenburg
Russia
Moscow
Tatichevo
Villa Forces Readied Near Tonichi for Clash
Reported gathering of Villa loyalists near Tonichi a railroad junction west of the state line. A 2000 Diaz followers column is said to move from Tepic through Sinaloa toward Tonichi to join Villa forces. Roberto Velasquez of the Carranza regime cautions that the reports seem credible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agua Punta
Sonora
Interior
Tonichi
Chihanhan
Villa
Tepic
Sinaloa
Unrest in shop cured by training program
In a leading Ohio city a minor workers’ unrest in a small shop was quelled by industrial training. Frank, a troubled laborer, swapped a broom for a machine, received instruction, and rose to higher tasks. His attitude shifted from anti social rhetoric to support for Bolshevism with better pay and a home loan, illustrating training as a remedy for discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
U. S. Training Service
Department of Labor
Frank
U.S. Training Service
Switzerland May Start Little War
Swiss Federal Council declares it cannot obtain Allied blockade modification harming Switzerland. It releases the note sent to Allied governments demanding blockade relief for Switzerland and warns of taking action if not granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Berne
Associated Press
Swiss Federal Council
Germany
One Killed in Big Auto Race at Indianapolis
Arthur Thurman died after his car turned over on the forty fourth lap of the international auto race. His mechanician sustained a fractured skull in the crash.
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Indianapolis
Arthur Thurman
Monroe District Conference At Winnsboro 1919
The Monroe District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will be held in Winnsboro Louisiana from June 2 to 5 1919. Delegates from every church in the district have been elected including women as delegates due to lay rights granted by the southern church. The first day focuses on Sunday School and the second on missions with annual conference delegates to be elected and church interests presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe District
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Winnsboro
Southern Methodist Church
Tallulah town officers reapointed amid inquiry
New Orleans reports by district attorney Jeffph Snyder that Tallulah Madison Parish officials were reappointed after talks with Governor Pleasant. The reappointed officials include Mayor Dr. G. H. Ogbourn and councilmen W. H. Craig W. L. Darrow and W. F. Coltharp. A special election will be held within eighty days on issuing 56000 for water and electric lighting plant improvements.
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Tallulah
New Orleans
Jeffph. Snyder
Madison Parish
Pleasant
Snyder
G. H. Ogbourn
W. H. Craig
W. L. Darrow
W. F. Coltharp
Wilson Sees End of Wars Through Pact at Memorial Day Ceremony
President Wilson made his first public reference to the League of Nations at the Memorial Day service in the American cemetery at Suresnes near Paris. He urged sustained use of collective action to prevent future wars and praised the covenant as a safeguard for nations and peoples including France, England, Italy, Belgium, and the United States.
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Wilson
Paris
Suresnes
League of Nations
Society
Marshal Foch
America
France
England
Italy
Belgium
Prohi Leaders Appeal to Virginia Voters
Richmond Vermont May 31 Anti Saloon League of Virginia accuses that candidates oppose the State Prohibition Commissioner and urges voters not to back any candidate opposed to the department in a statement from the leagues headquarters urging continued prohibition enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly
Prohibition
The
Anti- Saloon League of Virginia
City Dogs Next 20 Days Under Ban May Be Killed
Notice to West Monroe residents that all stray dogs caught on streets during the next 20 days starting Monday June 2 will be killed if not wearing strong basket muzzles. N G Tippit mayor.
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West Monroe
N. G. Tippit
Ex-Mayor Hall dies by own action near Bastrop
Friday morning Will T. Hall 45, ex mayor of Bastrop, rode out, dismounted near Frank Flewellen’s home, and cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor in view of bystanders. He died within minutes, the act linked to mental derangement after a severe influenza spell. Lawhead, Bastrop resident, wounded himself in a separate incident nearby, with a bullet lodged near the heart. he was taken to St. Francis hospital in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will T. Hall
Bastrop
Frank Flewellen
Hall
Luther B. Hall
Louisiana
Monroe
Lawhead
St. Francis Sanitarium
Trans Atlantic Air Journey Finished NC-4 Arrives Plymouth
The NC-4 landed at Plymouth Harbor at 2 26 pm after a 560 mile voyage from Ferrol Spain in six hours fifty nine minutes. The Ravalier followed at 2 25 pm and both crews will travel to Paris to brief Allied aviation officers before NC-4 is disassembled for shipment home. It may join the National Museum collection.
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Plymouth
England
Ferrol
Spain
Plymouth Road
Paris
Wilson
United States
National Museum
Trans Atlantic NC-4 Arrives England From Spain
The American naval trans Atlantic flight began at Rockaway Beach on May 5 and ended with NC-4 arriving at Plymouth England after a 500 mile hop from Ferrol Spain. Lieutenant Commander Read's plane is the sole survivor of the three that reached England, per Vice Admiral Knap in London.
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Washington
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Plymouth
England
Ferrol
Spain
Read
Navy Department
Knap
London
NC-4 May Fly Home Direct Atlantic Route Planned
May 31 Plymouth England reports unofficial prospect NC-4 may fly home directly from Ireland to Newfoundland. A conference will be held to discuss the project. American naval officers say the plane is in better condition than at departure, and navigator pilot experiences would prove highly valuable if a return flight is attempted.
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Read
Plymouth
Eng
NC-4
Ireland
New Foundland
Man Arrested in Columbia With Sixty Pairs of Shoes
Lonnie Sanderfer, about 23, identified himself as the suspect. He was caught near the Iron Mountain Railroad station while attempting to sell sixty pairs of shoes to African American residents. He admitted riding a freight train from Monroe and stealing the footwear before being jailed. shipments traced to Oakdale, with Missouri Pacific officials interviewing the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
News-Star
Lonnie Sanderfer
Iron Mountain
Monroe
Sanderfer
Oakdale
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Jugoslav and Austrian peace talks stall at Versailles
Paris May 31 The German counter proposals have most objections answered in German notes and allies plan no verbal talks The Four Council is expected to endorse this stance Jugo Slavic objections slow progress while Polish reverses in Volhynia report the Bolsheviki claim gains near Rovno.
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Paris
Associated Press
Berlin
Council of Four
Germany
Italf
Ita
Lloyd George
Versailles
Volhynia
Rovno
Union Sulphur plant near Lake Charles closes amid union trouble
The big Union Sulphur Company plant ten miles west of Lake Charles shut down Thursday for the first time since 1903. Local labor troubles forced the closure, a notice posted over a week ago predicted no surprise.
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Lake Charles
Union Sulphur Company
Peace terms for Austria delayed after Monday
Indications suggest Austrian peace terms will not be presented on Monday as planned. The decision hinges on the plenary Peace Conference session this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Germans Refute Signing Treaty as Death Sentence
Berlin reports quote Count Von Dersorff, former German ambassador to Washington, denying any German would sign a document akin to a death sentence to Germany. He counters Paris reports that signing the treaty would be easier than Broekdorff-Rantzau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Count von Dersorff
Washington
Paris
Broekdorff-Rantzau
Cotton Export Tiki Committee Adjourns in New Orleans
The Cotton Export and Financing Corporation executive committee adjourned to June 7 in New Orleans to review the sub committee interview with Governor W. R. G. Harding in Shreveport. Senator Leroy Percy, chair, wired for a one week postponement. interview deemed satisfactory. Governor Pleasant received an attorney general opinion approving Louisiana tax exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Cotton Export and Financing Corporation
W. R. G. Harding
Shreveport
Leroy Percy
Pleasant
Harding
Louisiana
Complaint Against A. & W. Withdrawn in Lumber Rates Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed the complaint of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association against the Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad and others. It held lumber rate charges from Southern production points to Carrolton Kentucky were not shown to be unduly prejudicial.
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Washington
Southern Hardwood Traffic Association
Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carrolton
Louisiana Men Arrive at Debarkation Port
New York reports arrival of Louisiana servicemen from overseas. Names listed include Shreveport’s Charles H. Shallenberger and Lake Charles’ John F. Brumfield among many others from across parishes, detailing a large contingent arriving by rail and ship.
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Louisiana
Debarkation Port
New York
Charles H. Shallenberger
Shreveport
John FF. Brumfield
Lake Charles
Henry H. Mitchell
Ponehatoula
Phanor B
Coco
Marksville
Homer Farmer
Downsville
Arthur Luther
Atlanta
James Smith
Ball
John J. LeLassier
Weyanoke
Re ’ Champagne
Franklin
William F. Guynes
Amite
Philip Toups
Gusdalec
John S. Latta
Crowley
W. Ter Cade
Perry
Charles Helmich
Abeville
Gaston Giroward
Maurice
Harry B. Hamilton
St. Ville Guedo
Livonia
Claybourne Daly
New Iberia
Beldon Champagne
Henry
Edward Bentley
Grove
David Gordon
Baton Rouge
Allen C
Oxford
Ansley
Benjamin Belden
Monroe
John Willis
Covington
Edward Dunn
Lacombe
John Clark
Flora
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Joan B. Lawhead
Metropolitan Cafe
James Panos
India
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Ouachita Natural Gas & Oil Co., Inc
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Cotton Export Tiki Committee
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Strand Theatre
South
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Lyceum
Parney Oldfield
de Palma
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Charles Ray
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