16 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1911
Page
1
Miguel Bega spoke to enthusiastic crowds at Le Compte and Boyce as part of a Rapides tour. He addressed fans and critics about upcoming performances and shared insights into his stagecraft.
Campaign in Rapides parish highlights support for John T. Michel with meetings at Lecompte and Boyce drawing 500 to 600 attendees. Local officials and candidates join, stressing Michel’s character and platform as part of the Regular Democracy effort in Louisiana.
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and unsettled conditions tonight and a warmer Friday ahead. Local readings expect a rise in temperatures with humid air and light winds.
The speaker challenged the integrity of Governors Foster Heard Blanchard and Sanders and labeled Regular Democracy supporters as witches of disappointment. He cited Judge Hall as a machine politician who aligned with Blanchard and Sanders while Benjamin Waldo attacked Senator Gueydan over alleged fraudulent registrations and shifting voters in New Orleans.
Gov J Y Sanders spoke to a crowded Plaquemine court house addressing critics of his administration He praised Iberville parish officers and administration attacked Leonce M Soniat and The Times Democrat charging aims to split the Democratic party He defended higher expenditures noting increases for schools and veterans and urged support for a revenue tariff on sugar and rice while opposing Republican tariff.
At a meeting in McAlester Oklahoma on November 16 leading Choctaw men drafted a memorial urging Congress to abolish the tribal government to sell surface coal and asphalt lands and to distribute tribal funds.
Helen Ware opened her season in George Broadhurst's new play The Price in New York. The production drew varied reaction with some critics calling it gloomy while others found it powerful.
The Ouachita Poultry Association is preparing for its annual show with a large display of birds and related exhibits expected to draw exhibitors and visitors from across the region.
Widespread crop failures in Russia provoke dire distress in multiple provinces. Officials report grave shortages and economic strain as agricultural collapse threatens food supplies and rural communities.
Ouachita Poultry Association prepared for its seventh annual show at the Masonic hall in Monroe December 7 8 and 9. Secretary E S Eby leads details with F J Marshall of College Park Georgia chosen as judge and premiums totaling cash and cups anticipated. The event draws breeders from surrounding states and even Michigan with a State Buff Rock Club meeting and large classes expected, ribbons awarded, and admission set at 10 cents.
Premier Kokovsoff told the Duma that eight million people need immediate relief after crop failures in twenty Russian provinces with six million dollars required right away to alleviate famine conditions. The report comes as a new Chinese cabinet forms amid unrelated U S court action.
The United States Circuit Court in New York denied the petition of independent tobacco dealers to intervene in the government’s dissolution suit against the tobacco trust. The ruling likely sends the case to the Supreme Court. In Washington, the government said it will not appeal the New York court’s approval of the dissolution plan submitted by the American Tobacco Company. Attorney General Wickersham indicated there is no plan to seek Supreme Court review.
Captain J B Hare longtime chief of Baton Rouge police was shot and killed last night by Henry Gillingham a suspended officer who was mortally wounded. Assistant Chief Huyck and Special Officer Chase Bauer rushed Gillingham to hospital. Hare confronted Gillingham on a side street ordering surrender. five shots fired the first striking Hare in the brain. Huyck and Bauer returned fire wounding Gillingham who may recover.
A Shreveport Times special from Alexandria Louisiana dated November 16 reports a crowded Rapides Theatre for a Michel meeting. Speakers included John T. Michel Charles Rosen T H Harris Benjamin T Waldo and Phanor Breazeale. After Breazeale finished the crowd urged more remarks and rushed the stage to greet the speakers.
D. D. Colcock of the Sugar Exchange says the recent warm spell and prior rain moderated the cold impact on cane. In milder areas buds survived and planters resumed windrowing and seed cane planting, while in zones near 25 degrees the outlook remains poor and windrowing continues with full effort.
Proposal outlines severe punishment for convicted criminals and groups seeking harsher penalties. Lawmakers discuss extending penalties to repeat offenders and suspected accomplices under new provisions.
Washington reports a Texas representative Henry drafted a bill to redefine what constitutes a trust under the Sherman act and impose imprisonment from two to ten years for violations. It carves exemptions for nonprofit groups and certain agricultural products and would amend sections 4 to 6.
Bishop Alexander Mackey Smith of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania died suddenly from heart disease at age sixty one. In Washington officials opened a conference to divert immigration to reduce settlement in large cities with South and West representation, sessions planned to continue tomorrow.
Large Monroe wholesale meeting in Progressive League last night backed strict rate checks on the V and P lines to compare Monroe with Shreveport Ruston and Vicksburg and to reopen the old Monroe case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The group endorsed funding increases and intensive rate scrutiny to secure fair, reasonable tariffs for all Monroe led trade.
Pekin November 16. Premier Yuen Shi Kai forms a cabinet announced in an imperial edict. It includes few Manchus and omits several ablest men in China, yet the ministry is regarded as satisfactory given the circumstances.
Report from Amoy dated November 16 says the southern half of Fo Kien Province has largely joined the Revolutionists. Disorder spreads to the interior with clashes at Chang Chow as rival factions battle for control of the local government.
The state department plans to deploy a regiment from Manila to Chinwingtapc a Chinese port about 250 miles from Pekin on the Gulf of Pechili. The move aims to keep Pekin and the sea connected under the Boxer treaty with no political motive or intervention implied. The troop request from the war department has not yet been made but is expected briefly.
The Times-Democrat reports sugar crop damage was overestimated as the freeze was brief. Planters say cane benefited in areas where temperatures only dipped slightly below freezing, noting limited injury and potential advantages from the cold.
London producer Frank Curzon is negotiating the English language rights to The Shepherd King. He aims to bring the work to British stages and readers, coordinating with publishers and theatres for a timely release.
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