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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1913
Page
1
Nine thousand members of financial institutions will attend a convention. The event brings together bankers and related professionals from multiple firms and regions to discuss industry topics and networking opportunities.
About 40000 bankers from across the United States gather in Boston for the thirty ninth annual American Bankers Association convention. The currency bill before the Senate Banking Committee tops discussions with small western and southern bankers, while speakers include McCall Roberts Burns and Hill. William J. Burns addresses, Arthur Reynolds to preside, and plans include city tours, receptions, and a ball at Symphony Hall.
Chicago and New York items report Henry Spencer confessing to fifteen killings dating back over thirteen years. He says he killed Mrs Mildred Rexroat in Wheaton and fourteen others including two police officers, asserting robbery as his motive and detailing his alleged alibis and evidence. The case links to a police probe and a dramatic suitcase and revolver find.
The piece notes a Boston concert day featuring the Old North Church and Old South Meeting House with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Nantasket Beach. It highlights the American Bankers Association formed in 1875 at Saratoga with about 15 000 members including national and state banks and trust firms. It lists officers Fr. Fletcher Farrell Rey nolds and Thomas J. Davis along with section presidents.
Henry Spencer admitted murdering multiple people for payment. Police records indicate a string of fatal acts tied to his alleged conspiracy. Investigators pursue further charges and potential accomplices.
Yuan Shi Kai was today elected president of the Chinese Republic for five years. He secured a two thirds parliamentary vote on the third ballot in Peking on October 6.
The Census returns show September 25 September 25 1913 Ouachita parish ginnings totaled SSO bales compared with 1 392 bales prior to September 25 1912. Monroe Sanitarium on Jackson street to be sold at public auction Friday at 10 o clock. Ed Bates and John Johnson injured in East End dispute with Johnson severely wounded and a foreign object believed lodged in his lung. Also reports of federation meetings in Nebraska and national guard convention in Chicago and labor federation in Fresno.
8400 reserved seats sold and 40000 unreserved remain for sale for tomorrow's World Series opener at the Polo Grounds. Snodgrass may play centerfield despite Charley horse. Bettsie is light. neither team is favored. The Giants host an exhibition with the Philadelphia National today while Manager Mack delays departure with the club until tonight. Beneder completed his preparation yesterday.
In Stonington Connecticut on October 6 two masked men robbed Carl Koell a mill cashier en route from a bank to the American Velvet Company's mill of $16,000. A posse pursued but the robbers escaped. The money was later found hidden in a stone wall near the robbery site.
A community event honors women war heroines and commemorates their service with recognition and speeches. Organizers emphasize honor, remembrance, and public tribute to female veterans and contributors.
Washington Oct 6 Senator John Sharp Williams celebrates a Senate victory approving a Root bill amendment that includes all Civil War women in a national memorial in the District of Columbia. The plan funds 400000 for the site and monument to honor North and South women, with private subscriptions required to reach 2010080 more. The project would anchor the American Red Cross headquarters with a total cost not less than 708000. Williams argues the memorial must honor Southern sacrifices as well as Northern ones.
President Wilson today indicated he did not favor the exemption of deputy collectors of international revenue and deputy United States marshals from the classified service as provided in a Senate-passed bill. An effort will be made in the House to amend it.
Chicago reports Ida Leveson, art student, found strangled on a prairie near the city after a phone lured her from town. Few clues on motive.
Mrs. Bryan and the secretary of state seek $100 damages from F. O. Roach chief of the Jacksonville police for alleged detention of a diamond ring. The ring vanished about a year ago and was recovered by police from a negro worker at a local hotel.
Washington reports President Wilson outlines a three part program tariff revision currency reform and strict antitrust action. He envisions possible public ownership of life’s necessities and criminal prosecutions for leaders of unlawful combinations while relying on civil suits when needed. Senator Kern supports strong action against the coal trust and price fixing.
The text reports maritime or aviation scheduling tied to a Panama event, noting complete air arrangements for a ceremony or function. Details are fragmentary but indicate coordinated logistics for a significant occasion.
Arrangements are nearly complete for the blowing up of Gamboa dike next week which will flood Culebra Cut and nearly complete the water connection between the Atlantic and Pacific. Gatun Lake will rise to its final level about December 1, creating a twenty one foot channel through the cut and preparing for dredging after the blast.
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