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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
1
E L Alford aged 55 a Columbia Louisiana attorney died within twenty minutes after drinking carbolic acid mistaken for castor oil at a drug store. He is survived by a widow and two children. Alford had practiced in Columbia for 25 years and was highly respected in the community.
In Littleton Colorado on November 6 the Harold Blazer murder trial enters its third day with both sides probing jurors who accept opposite views on life and insanity. The defense argues temporary insanity and that the victim Hazel Blazer had no soul while the prosecution seeks jurors who deem taking life always criminal. Blazer contends he killed to “make her happy” and that his act was not a crime.
Stratford Connecticut November 6 The Rev Chauncey Marvin Cady 71 longtime missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China and Japan has died at his Stratford home He formerly taught English at Doshisha University and the Imperial Government College Kyotto a Oberlin College graduate he studied at Yale Divinity School in 1880 and then went to the Far East He is survived by his wife and four children Arnold in Shanghai Fenimers in Dover D Idaho and Lowell in Atlanta Georgia
Paris November 6 The allied council of ambassadors found the last German disarmament note unsatisfactory and prepared a new communication asking Berlin for clearer answers on key points. The note follows a report by the Inter Allied War Committee led by General Foch. It aims to prompt a German reply that could lead to early evacuation of the Cologne bridgehead.
In Chicago on November 6 prevails tale told by Rev Sam Small Anti-Saloon League worker and former Confederate soldier. He described borrowing Davis coat pocket speech then wiring it to his paper before returning it to Davis amid a botched search.
Vancouver seizure uncovers trunks of morphine valued at $100,000 in transit from Germany to Japan. German resident of Hamburg identified as principal shipper amid claims narcotics move through Canada en route to Japan before reentry to Canada. Officials warn Japan does not manufacture morphine.
CT Nov 6 Two sisters aged 17 and 14 were summoned to appear before Juvenile Judge George Adams to discuss discipline methods used by two women who have kept them for seven years. Investigator Marjorie Roberts says the girls were kept indoors with no contact outside and only a Bible to read. An affidavit was obtained from neighbors and school officials after the women refused an interview.
Mississippi reports Memphis at 12.6 with a 0.5 rise, Vicksburg 19.8 up 0.1, New Orleans 38.8 unchanged, and Shreveport 13.8 up 1.1. Alexandria 18.2 rises 7.8, Ouachita Camden 16.3 up 7.2, Monroe 22.0 up 4.2, Ohdo Cairo 19.8 unchanged.
Residents of Monroe and Shreveport ponder the whereabouts of Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana State Board of Health, amid flooding from Jupiter Pluvius. The stalled trains and delayed communication left physicians awaiting news on Dowling’s movements and a possible rain water analysis report.
Florence McCurley, 17, remains missing after authorities linked her disappearance to ashes found east of Winnsboro on October 9. Natchez police and local officials chase clues to her companion from October 6 and consider ring-based identification, with no word from her home in Elizabeth.
W. W. Burgis, a Greenville resident, donates a fully equipped hospital for crippled children worth about 400000. The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will build and operate the facility, contributing 75000 annually. Burgis, not a Mason, was inspired by Shrine charity work and recently endowed a 1 million Burgis charities.
Harvey McClellan 31 former Chicago White Sox shortstop died at a Cyn-thiana hospital after a five month illness. He had been slated for the regular short stop this year but illness kept him from reporting. His teammates sent him his gate receipts, 400 dollars, during the Chicago city series.
In Elizabeth New Jersey on November 6 Priscilla Clark widow of Wm J Clark 43 collapsed at her husband's grave as Ku Klux Klan members prayed over the coffin. Joseph H Cowen 52 was jailed on a murder charge in Hillside and a $500 elopement fund linked to the case.
The post office department announced deadlines for Christmas packages to U S Army men overseas. Canal Zone and Porto Rico mail must reach the general superintendent of Army Transport Service in Brooklyn by November 22. Honolulu Guam Manila by November 20 to Fort Mason San Francisco. Honolulu shipments may also go through New York and must be there by November 20 for the Edgemore steamer departure. Packages limited to 20 pounds and two cubic feet, labeled Christmas box with sender name and address.
A Berlin art patron bought 30 000 lottery tickets at 1.20 marks each to wallpaper his studio with the unsold tickets. Proceeds go to the secessionists, the modern wing of Berlin painters. The tickets feature a fine design, making the plan both artistic and unusual.
The semi official Stenfani agency announced in Rome that it denies reports of a secret pact last year between Italy and Soviet Russia promising mutual aid in the Balkans.
A young girl escaped from the women’s holdover at Monroe City Hall last night using a blanket ladder from a hole in a heavy wire screen. Two men with an Arkansas plate reportedly waited in an automobile to spirit her away before discovery. The escape follows two prior failed attempts by other girls from the same jail. Police scoured roads out of town but found no trace. The holdover will be moved to separate quarters in the new courthouse.
Ayers Bros report a hole at 1568 feet in section 13-10-1E Urania No. 1 is being reamed and casing will be set tomorrow. Zeigin et al lease southeast of northeast quarter section 13-10-1E and plan drilling by December 1. Beckman-Freeman test at 25-10-1E ongoing with hopes of a paying well. local rains flood streams and Bayou Chickasaw rises.
Postmaster General New signed the first air mail contract with Walter T. Varney of San Francisco for a daily except Sunday service between Elko Nevada and Pasco Washington via Boise Idaho. The route marks the first such government contract for airplane mail operation.
The body of Clarence L. Bradley of Houston was found in a Beaumont hotel with a pistol wound. Bradley, a Tulane Medical College student who had registered as C. Brown, was identified by papers in the room. An inquest will determine verdict amid family doubts.
Congress investigates enforcement of the Volstead Act. Rep Grant M Hudson says questionnaire data show about 6,000,000 gallons of denatured alcohol leak into bootleg channels yearly. Alcohol production rose to nearly 136,000,000 gallons last year with increases in artificial silk and leather chemistry feeding bootlegging.
Wilmington reports Maj Harry B Vansciver organized a coast search for the disappearance of Secretary of State William G Taylor and yachtman E R Pusey of Bunny II. Headquarters set at Georgetown S C with beach patrols between there and Pawley and North Islands. Bunny II reportedly burned nearby. Elsewhere John Beans Reardon Pacific Coast league umpire sold to National League for cash and to report next spring.
Josephine De Yeu a 15 year old Chelsea girl had both legs severed when she crawled through a freight train. The St Louis-San Francisco railway suspended its operating schedule in northeastern Oklahoma as she was rushed in a caboose to Tulsa for emergency care. Doctors said she had a good chance to live.
The House Ways and Means Committee raised the earned income limit for a 25 percent credit from $10,000 to $20,000 as it drafts a new tax bill. It kept the 12 percent corporate levy and rejected repeal of the capital stock tax. The panel estimated $7.9 million in annual savings from the higher earned income credit and set surtax starting at one percent above $10,000 with a $190 million annual revenue loss already projected.
Bradstreets October bank clearings set a monthly high totaling 46 251 508 000 across 124 cities. The figure is up 16 ½ percent from October 1924 and 10 percent above January's prior record, boosting ten month totals of 1925 over the same period in 1924 by more than a full month’s worth.
Gerald Chapman, jailed in Wethersfield, loses bid for a new trial. The state supreme court confirms the lower court verdict finding him guilty of Patrolman James H. Skelly’s murder in New Britain. He faces execution on December 3 unless pending appeals alter the case.
President Raymond M. Hughes told students that 50 to 150 Miami University fans were more or less intoxicated at the Denison game in Dayton. He warned that continued disgraceful incidents could force cancelling out of town games and keeping teams at home.
Rail and bus links struggle as Tremont bridge near Monroe is washed out. Tri-State Transit runs a crossing plan to Shreveport with a transfer by rowboat if needed. Arcadia and Vicksburg routes face washouts while Missouri Pacific keeps service open.
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