ARE AGAINST TAX SCHEME ARE AGAINST TAX SCHEME
A brief note states opposition to a tax scheme and its proposed amendments. The text emphasizes organized resistance and calls for scrutiny of policy changes. No further context or details are provided.
01 Nov 1912
Page 1
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
1
A brief note states opposition to a tax scheme and its proposed amendments. The text emphasizes organized resistance and calls for scrutiny of policy changes. No further context or details are provided.
New Orleans leaders announce opposition to six constitutional amendments at the polls next Tuesday while backing eleven. Delegates dispute Nos 12 and 19 on women on boards and recall, leaving wards to vote their own judgment. The plan includes tax measures and exemptions with support for numbers 2 7 8 9 and 10.
The Progressive Party frames a national appeal claiming modern, people responsive democracy aligned with Jefferson and Lincoln, criticizing old parties for sectional rigidity. It argues Home Rule for the South, river policy, industry protection, and a square deal, urging votes for Roosevelt and Johnson.
Virginia’s tax commission report argues segregation is a cautious, local approach with potential benefits and notable drawbacks. It contrasts Virginia and Louisiana, noting Virginia’s wealth and gradual policy evolution, while criticizing Louisiana’s expedited plan and dubious figures. The piece cites estimated revenues, local home rule implications, and the need for value equalization before adopting separation in Louisiana.
Charles Conway and his wife arrived in Chicago after arrest in Lima Ohio over Miss Singer’s murder. Conway refuses to discuss the crime while police note diverging stories from the couple. The woman shows signs of breakdown and jested with captors as tension rises.
Associated Press report from Chicago details Mrs. Lillien Conway confessing to police in the Miss Singer murder case. She states Charlie Conway struck the girl with a billy and that others covered the body with a blanket. The fiancé reacts with relief at being cleared.
New York reports that the Hotel Metropole will close at noon tomorrow after Herman Rosenthal was shot there last July. George Considine, running the hotel for creditors, blames the murder for eroding patronage and the house from continuing operation.
In Tallulah Louisiana on October 31 the Madison Parish Confederate monument was unveiled by the Madison Infantry Camp U D C. The Daughters provided a grand dinner and Madison High School students joined in parades and songs. Hon A A Gundby of Monroe delivered a moving dedicatory address. Comrades A L Siack and E C Montgomery offered speeches.
In St Joseph Louisiana on November 1 a couple, M Reeve Lewis and Miss Clarissa Hill, were injured when their auto, returning from Lake Bruen, slid through a gate and toppled over a bluff. Lewis suffered a broken thigh and minor injuries while Hill had severe bruising and cuts but no broken bones. They were treated and reported resting well.
The Associated Press reports seven hundred letters read as evidence in the dynamite conspiracy trial against forty five defendants. The letters, chosen from thirty thousand, came from the International Association of Structural Iron Workers office after McNamara’s arrest and allege Frank M. Ryan, president of the union, and others discussed jobs to be blown up over five years.
Associated Press reports that Postmaster General Hitchcock authorized all post offices to close Saturday to observe Vice President Sherman’s funeral. Postmasters may decide closures by business needs. Justices Hughes and Pitney will represent the Supreme Court at the funeral. the Treasury Department ordered customs houses to close tomorrow.
Allies prefer direct negotiations with Turkey to secure peace terms and end the conflict. The shift signals a strategic move away from mediation by other powers as discussions proceed.
Vienna reports say Bulgaria Servia Montenegro and Greece negotiate demands from Turkey as hostilities end. Allies favor direct talks while Turkey may seek mediation from the Powers. Balkan intervention uncertainty looms.
In the Gulf of Saloniki the Turkish ship Fethibetlend was destroyed last night by a Greek torpedo boat. The covert attack slipped past Turkish forts and the raiding craft escaped without damage.
Sofia reports Bulgarian troops occupied the Turkish town of Domotica cutting off communication between Adrianople and Constantinople. In a related action the Turkish cruiser Hamidish fired nine shells at the Capemine lighthouse between Burgas and Varna, damaging it. Bulgaria says it will protest the bombardment of a peaceful building.
Reports from Nazim Pasha describe four days of heavy fighting between Bulgarian forces and the eastern Turkish army near Luleburgas and Visa with Adrianople still resisting. A Sofia dispatch claims a decisive Turkish retreat and Bulgarian pursuit with substantial captures and prisoners.
Mr. Holloway on the A L and G Railroad located at Fairbanks City has drilled through twenty or more feet of solid rock reaching approximately 265 feet targeting an artesian well. The work progresses with solid rock exposure and confirms substantial depth near the railway line.
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