17 Oct 1923
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1923
Page
1
The piece notes a two cent drop in New Orleans to 14.5 cents, predicts a temporary Monroe decline, and urges economical use while surplus exists. It rails at oil frauds with Dr. Cook as a figure, discusses Germany’s barter, and calls for mind development across generations to understand the world.
The piece extols education as a bulwark against fraud and dictatorship while warning of a secret national plan to control education. It cites De Burris and the National Education Association, contrasts with German misuse of education, and reflects on democracy’s fragility amid war and postwar discourse.
David Lloyd George in Chicago rests today with a temperature. He hopes to speak tonight at the International Amphitheatre after a day of recovery. Dame Margaret Lloyd George and daughter Megan plan sightseeing and a luncheon with Mrs. Armour.
Ned Bradley voices strong opinions on Rayville politics and local events. He notes a busy period with the Richland Parish Fair praised as the best, a recent district court session, and an upcoming three month political campaign featuring gubernatorial hopefuls Fuqua and Long, with Bouanchaud to visit later.
The Belgian reparations plan was presented to the reparations committee by M. De Lacroix. The committee will reconvene next week to review the proposal. It sets Germany's gold mark indemnity at 50 billion.
German charge d affaires Herr von Hoesch visited the French foreign office for a 35 minute conference with Premier Poincare. He then joined Poincare and President Masaryk for lunch at Czechoslovakia, with no details released on what was discussed.
Berlin authorities announced relief measures including fourteen feeding kitchens and free wood coal allowances. Despite yesterday's food riots by thousands of idle workers wounding many and causing at least one death, today no disorder was seen in the affected districts.
A disturbance off the middle Gulf Coast is expected to move north northeast or north bringing strong easterly winds likely reaching gale force this afternoon or tonight as New Orleans reports a storm warning.
Weather bureau warns of a developing disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico near Jamaica and the Isthmus of Panama likely moving northwestward toward the Western Caribbean. A central disturbance about 26N 90W, roughly 250 miles south of New Orleans, may move northeast or north with gale force winds.
New Orleans October 17 a disturbance with its center near 26 latitude 90 longitude about 250 miles south of New Orleans occupied the local weather bureau this forenoon as observers sought its likely course. No landfall forecast yet and no warnings issued. an advisory was sent to shipping while wireless reports from ships at sea were awaited.
The gulf storm reached Missouri in weakened form while pressure stays low across the southern states the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Rain fell in the Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys and gulf states with heavy amounts along Alabama and Northwest Florida coasts, including 6.82 inches at Ensacola in 24 hours. Small craft warnings stretch along the gulf coast from Bay St. Louis Mississippi to Appalachicola Florida.
Cumberland County court recessed for lunch as the prosecution nears closing in the R. O. Garrett case over the shooting of Rev. E. S. Pierce. Proceedings from Cumberland Courthouse Virginia on October 17 indicate the trial winding toward conclusion.
A jury returned a not guilty verdict in the case against three Ouachita residents charged in the death of a Black man. The lengthy trial drew local attention as prosecutors pressed for accountability amid social tensions. The result ends the case against the defendants, closing the matter in court.
Anna Francez a charwoman in 1918 East 35th Street apartment of Edgar T. Wallace testified she did not make the October 20 1921 statement she signed admitting signature. She recalled six meetings with W E D Stokes and said she received no money related to the case.
H Hale and Joe Morgan, jailed in Ouachita Parish on a Morehouse parish warrant tied to the October 5 Bennett Meat Market robbery, deny any part in the burglary. They claim they were mere strangers camping in Bastrop and fled after a shooting nearby. Morgan says they were in El Dorado previously and are unarmed near Bayou Bartholomew. Hale is from Kentucky. Morgan from South Carolina.
Oklahoma faces its worst flood in history with thousands homeless and millions in property damage. Railroads and highways halted, public services disrupted as relief and reconstruction begin. Oklahoma City bore the brunt while northwest to central regions were engulfed by swollen rivers.
A Monroe jury found Will Flannigan Tom Sturdevant and Sam Head not guilty of the May murder of Sherman Younger on Studebaker Hill. The trial lasted through the day with arguments by District Attorney David Garrett and defense attorneys Newton and Thompson preceding a 15 minute verdict. Continuous testimony described the shooting and alleged removal of the body. Wade Bryan testified seeing the defendants with Younger as the car passed on a narrow hill.
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