05 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
1
Readers push for fuller information on recent naval clash as authorities weigh responses. Officials promise further details while public interest remains high and questions about casualties and outcomes persist.
London dispatch reports Austrians retiring on the Russian left as fighting stiffens along the entire line. German efforts focus on Ypres and Soissons with Berlin claiming a route along the front. British ships in Chilean waters remain unseen as nine vessels fought on Sunday with only three Germans confirmed accounted for.
Teheran reports Turkish moves along the Persian frontier have aroused all classes of Persian society while Germany and Turkish ministers push Persians to side with Germany against Russia. A Havre source claims General von Kluck died of a head wound in a Namur hospital after the German dash to Paris.
London reports an official declaration that a state of war exists between Turkey and England. The announcement confirms hostilities between the two nations amid ongoing regional tensions.
President Poincare sent a letter to War Minister Millerand reporting that after a long string of violent engagements the allies had repulsed the enemy's desperate attacks.
Secretary Burleson and Thomas Pence, head of the publicity bureau of the Democratic National Committee, indicate they are well and pleased with recent developments. The statement, dated November 5, reflects cautious optimism from key officials.
The article notes the first time any party has kept its majority in Congress in an off year after tariff revisions. Returns indicate the Democratic House majority at twenty three, with the Senate possibly fourteen or fifteen. Nevada Senate race shows Newlands neck and neck with the Republican candidate, under one hundred votes apart.
The Cotton Goods Ball draws social interest as Layton home hosts tonight. Budd Scott musicians provide entertainment and a prize for the best cotton goods dress attracts wide merchant support. Merchants including Famous, Palace, Racket, H Ensel, and Meyer Bros contribute cotton foods toward the prize.
The fourth night of the Mission at St Matthew’s featured Rev Albert Biewer delivering Why Catholics Go to Confession and Christ’s Abiding Presence. He spoke on death’s inevitability the need for preparedness and a thief in the night moment.
The Associated Press reports in Chicago that there is no current danger of meat famine or major price hikes from the Union Stockyards closing tomorrow. Officials say the mouth and foot disease behind the closure has not appeared in other cattle markets yet.
Twenty years after bankruptcy Col. B. W. Marston faced creditors at his ruined Nimrod Louisiana plantation. The 1895 flood cost him $100,000 and his cotton plantation became a marsh. He promised to pay the remaining balance someday.
Colonel Marston, once bankrupt, has paid every creditor after investors found oil on Nimrod plantation. Creditors in New Orleans and beyond have received checks totaling about 59 000 dollars, proving his word from 1895. The oil boom lifted him from ruin to restored finances and enabled aid to his men.
Washington reports the worst US outbreak of foot and mouth disease in livestock, with six states under federal quarantine. New York and Maryland added to the list as inspectors trace cattle from Chicago. a possible emergency appropriation may be needed to fund control efforts.
Revenue Agent Bob Collins offers a compromise on back saloon licenses. Full 1914 licenses must be paid and firms with no licenses in the past three years face full collection. Individual firms face up to 3000 dollars, with many Monroe saloons set to pay 1600 dollars in state licenses instead of 200.
A fire in a New York Eighth street lodging house killed six men and trapped others. The blaze burned for about 30 minutes as rescuers saved fifty other sleepers from the flames. Authorities investigate the causes of the deadly blaze.
New York reports the Liverpool cotton exchange will open tomorrow with restricted trading in May and June delivery. The move aims to liquidate old contracts and facilitate new buying while prohibiting new selling.
The Third District race centers on Martin for a bull moose ticket as the Democratic opponent faces repeated attacks. Political clash underscores the contest with emphasis on party lines and regional support.
In Louisiana's Third District the Progressives won by 1518 as Judge Whitmen Pugh Martin captured the seat, with Henri L. Greydan carrying only three parishes. Amendments to the state constitution fared poorly overall, with three defeated and fourteen endorsed, amid a light statewide vote.
Early returns show the Democratic majority in the House trimmed to about twenty three as six districts remain undecided. Senate appears to stay in Democratic hands with an expanded margin, while California remains a Progressive stronghold only there. Counts place Democrats ahead in Colorado New Jersey and North Dakota with several races still unsettled nationwide.
A Monroe column urges farmers to oppose calamity talk amid wartime strain. It praises North Louisiana crop gains, cane syrup production, and self-sufficiency, while urging confidence, economy, and unified effort to advance Ouachita Parish and the United States.
The convention opened this morning with remarks by a principal speaker, ten million dollar hoax, and Miss Jane Addams of Chicago slated to speak during the three day meeting. President Van Hise of the State University will also address attendees as educators discuss school subjects.
Milwaukee on November 5 hears Harvard psychologist Hugo Munsterberg described as the central figure in the recent debates. The event draws attention to his theories and influence in psychology.
New Orleans reports a quiet spot cotton market with limited futures liquidation. Spot sales reached 215 bales to arrive 1 200 bales, receipts 8 896 bales, stock 127 082 bales, middling around 73 16 cents. interior regions show mixed middling prices, Liverpool notes unchanged demand, and November 4th holiday halted curb activity in New York. Grain markets in Chicago show renewed activity as exports of cereals rise.
By Associated Press Delrio Texas Nov 5 Fighting between Villan and Carranza troops fifteen miles up the Rio Grande from here occurred yesterday the result is not known.
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