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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
1
Six sacks of registered mail destined for Chicago were seized by seven bandits who halted a mail truck in Los Angeles. Police suspect the thieves knew the shipment’s high value and allowed other trucks to pass. Post office officials withheld loss estimates pending item-by-item checks.
Two Technology Summer survey campers in East Machias with an ex Harvard man produced twenty five mimeographed copies of a framed love letter. The letter expresses romantic longing and lists camp activities while awaiting a beloved contact. The item reflects lighthearted campus culture and youthful literary experiments.
Contracts for trapping rights on 50 000 acres of state land in Plaquemine parish were let by Dr V K Irion to the Plaquemine Parish Fur Trappers Association for 5300 dollars annually for three years. The area includes the Pass a L Outre public shooting ground with limits on member access and guardianship by department agents.
Florence Ala Oct 9 Sam Greenhill a negro was hanged here today for the murder of Harry S White a guard on government reservations at Muscle Shoals He was convicted in federal court and the court of appeals affirmed the conviction President Coolidge refused to interfere with the verdict
Washington Oct 9 The postmaster general again invited bids to open December 8 for the contract air mail route from Chicago to Birmingham via Indianapolis Louisville Nashville and Jackson Only one bid was received on the prior call and it failed to include satisfactory credentials.
J E Daley of Houston leases the Hotel Virginia and arrives in Monroe to finalize opening plans. He cites November 1 as the probable opening date though work may slip slightly. upper floors near completion and carpets and furniture en route from Chicago. E S Morey, named future manager, oversees finishing touches before Daley returns to Houston.
Bucknell University in Lewisburg prepares to honor Christy Mathewson. His body arrives from Saranac Lake as Bucknell students accompany the funeral party. Services will be held at Mrs Mathewson’s home, with a Bucknell Washington University game to feature half mast and taps. Christy Mathewson Jr. attends Bucknell as a Phi Gamma Delta member.
French and Spanish cavalry operate in no man's land in Morocco in search of rebels. Gen Vallespinosa confirms a brilliant cavalry raid as Spanish horsemen moved through hilly muddy terrain to Zoso Sebt Ain Bernat and Mtalza where they linked with French forces. Rebels offered little resistance.
John R. McQuigg of East Cleveland Ohio was elected national commander on the first ballot at the seventh annual convention. The 59 year old veteran served in the Spanish American War Mexican border service and World War I. He pledged to push rehabilitation child welfare and increased membership.
Fire destroyed the Eason automobile storage garage at 2612 DeSiard street and four trucks with about 5000 dollars in damage. The adjoining 2614 DeSiard street home suffered minor damage. Charlie Griffith, a Black man, was arrested on an investigation charge related to the blaze. A fire truck accident at Second and DeSiard streets occurred during response.
Chicago dispatch reports the National Surety company estimates payroll and securities forgeries cost American businessmen 40 million dollars in the year. The warning cites a nation-wide ring led by several smooth confidence men with a woman as lieutenant.
Testimony began in Sedalia Missouri in the first degree murder trial of Everett Adams of Wilmington Ohio for the August killing of Aden R Clawson a Lodi New York school teacher. The state has about a dozen witnesses and the defense about half that many. The attorneys expect the trial to wrap by tomorrow.
A fog and drizzle hampered dawn searches for Charles Ames air mail pilot missing after a night over northwestern Pennsylvania. National Guardsmen volunteers and aviators had already combed the rugged terrain for a week, hoping to locate the bird man believed to have crashed.
Louisiana State University introduces its six month old tiger mascot Eat Em as the team prepares to face Alabama. An express man injured his finger while handling the cage, mangled at the cage end. Mrs Hugh Wilson presents the tiger in the name of James and Willie Amiss on the eve of the Tigers clash with Alabama.
Fire Chief Frank Roddy will lead a three member committee to inspect public buildings next week. Chamber of Commerce will tabulate reports grading hazards from excellent to bad and letters will warn owners to fix conditions. A final meeting will discuss needed actions and landlords failing to act may face state fire wardens. Overall, the week’s work is deemed very satisfactory.
Parish High principal Jack Hayes and City High superintendent E L Neville say few girls at both schools wear short dresses or cosmetics. They note dress should be regulated at home and that older students dress more sensibly than younger ones.
Virgil C. Pettie of the H. C. Couch interests said the first unit of the Sterlington power plant will supply the Bastrop pulp mill with power in two weeks. Currently power comes from Arkansas until Sterling ton is finished. Equipment has been tested and will be fully ready for operation soon. The Bastrop mill requires power equal to Monroe city needs.
Bishop William Montgomery Brown seeks to move his heresy conviction from the Episcopal church court to a U S district court in New Orleans. Attorneys from Spencer Gidiere Phelps and Dunbar will file a petition for a federal injunction to halt sentence. They argue church law grants a final appeal but no such church court exists for heresy cases as Brown claims.
In New Orleans the joint session of the House of Bishops and Deputies pledged 912000 to wipe out a 1500000 deficit. The Diocese of New York led with 250000, followed by Ohio and Long Island at 100000 each. Additional pledges expected as the session continues.
The forty eight triennial convention heard the nations council report as Bishop Gailor opened the session. Bishop Brown faces continued seat and vote pending sentencing after a bishopric heresy verdict. Possible primate candidates include Reese and Gailor with Br ent also mentioned amid resignations in Ohio and Arizona and a protest hearing scheduled.
English beauty Hazel Jones will travel to the United States to perform in a repertory of plays at Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts. Her arrival signals a cultural exchange with the college theater program.
A dilapidated car outside Hotel Monroe held a grandmother, her daughter, and ten barefoot children aged up to thirteen in freezing early fall weather. Passersby contributed bread and clothing, city officials provided breakfast, and donations followed as the family traveled to Delhi for work cotton picking.
Knoxville on October 9 John T Scopes defense lawyers planned to file a brief in the state supreme court answering the states bid to quash their appeal of Scopes conviction for violating the anti evolution law They also sought federal process against Governor Peay and AG Thompson in a related tax matters suit urging an early hearing and signaling a federal angle to reach the U S Supreme Court
Rain ruined the field at Griffith Stadium delaying the World Series game between Washington and Pittsburgh. Manager McKechnie Clark Griffith and E M Landis met as a muddy outfield and waterlogged infield canvas forced postponement. If postponed, the game shifts to tomorrow with a day’s delay in the series.
H. H. Daughtrey was found guilty of manslaughter by a Bastrop jury for the killing of George Ketron the previous June. His wife testified Ketron attacked her at gunpoint, aiding Daughtrey's defense that he protected his home. Jury deliberated about one hour.
The Episcopal Church reports over the past three years record missionary donations totaling large sums, with the endowment near 9 million dollars. Receipts include 531,548 for Japanese emergency relief and 902,708 for the Japan reconstruction fund, plus a pledged 300,000. Meanwhile the regular operating budget showed deficits, bringing the missionary society deficit to 1,040,954.74 dollars. The 1925 outlook is not favorable, with a potential 400,000 addition to the deficit anticipated.
Santiago Chile Oct 9 The cabinet ended a long session and set October 24 as the date for presidential elections to choose a successor to Arturo Alessandri who resigned recently.
Ossie Bluege Washington Senators star third baseman was hit on the head by a pitched ball in Pittsburgh and will miss today and probably until Sunday.
The Supreme Court heard the Western Union Telegraph Co argument over its right to maintain wires on the Western and Atlantic railroad corridor from Atlanta to Chattanooga. Attorneys contended the state contract was impaired by an order to remove the wires, while lower courts held the contract terminated by the company.
Police linked a fresh fatal shooting to bootlegger gang feuds in New York City. Michael Pironi a taxi driver with reported gang connections was gunned down with five bullets from across a street by an unidentified sharpshooter. Relatives noted his ties to bow ties.
The United States cotton report is greeted with gratification across the cotton trade area. Buyers expect improved trade and higher employment with ample raw cotton at reasonable prices, though some dealers fear further price falls may disturb trade after yesterday's decline.
Lieutenant W. S. Jackson of the U S S Hannibal drowned at the Philadelphia navy yard after slipping on a freshly painted deck and falling into the river. He was 25, a 1921 Naval Academy graduate, assigned to Hannibal since graduation. home address unavailable.
River stages for MISSISSIPPI and OHIO basins show small changes. Memphis reports 615 rise 1.4, Vicksburg 9.6 unchanged, New Orleans 1.9 unchanged. RED: Shreveport 10.6 fall 0.7, Alexandria 7.2 fall 0.6, OUACHITA Camden 4.1 unchanged, Monroe 15.8 fall 0.1, OHIO Cairo 15.5 fall 0.2.
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