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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1925
Page
1
New Orleans reports 15,226,000 bales production, higher than expected, triggering a price drop of 81 to 91 points from prior levels. New York prices fell sharply after the government forecast, with December contracts down to 19.98 cents and January to 19.22 cents.
The Department of Agriculture reports an estimated 15,226,000 equivalent 500 pound bale cotton crop with 44.231 million acres harvestable after 4.8 percent abandonment since June 25. Projected lint yield is 169.7 pounds per harvested acre, up from last year and October 1 indications.
Lieut Mary E Mason heads to India to devote her life to Salvation Army missionary work. Army rules require ten years before a furlough home, shaping her long service ahead.
Paris October 26 Bulgaria and Greece showed mutual defiance before the League of Nations council special session. Bulgaria sent a note refusing direct talks with Greece and Greece insisted it would not withdraw until Bulgarian forces leave Greek soil, citing self defense for incursions.
In Peking 2000 Chinese students demanded admission to a customs conference. A riot erupted with more than thirty police and several students injured as demonstrators clashed outside the conference building. Police restored order. several students were arrested.
Boston October 26. Captain George E Diehl of the steamer City of Rome failed to arrive in Boston timely causing the postponement of a naval court of inquiry into the sinking of submarine S 51 by the Savannah line ship.
The Baptist State Orphanage was located in Monroe after years of effort amid discouragements. Land at DeSiard Road, extensive donor support from Mary Goss charities and Shreveport Baptists helped establish five cottages costing about 25 000 each. The Monroe site, chosen by a Baptist conference vote, sits along the Dixie Overland Highway with landscaped grounds and home like facilities.
Reports from Troy Alabama and Woburn Massachusetts describe a deadly tornado's toll in Goodhope Pike and Crenshaw counties with thirteen injuries in Crenshaw and five dead at Goodhope. Red Cross offers storm relief. Woburn patrols halt looting after a mini tornado causes one death and extensive damage in the business district.
Elizabeth York Miller begins Outcast with the vagabond gang arriving in Grantwick to target Sir Adrian Shale a wealthy widower who owns mills and factories. Doris Ferguson, the gang’s bright innocence, and the velvet-clad beggars set a tense scene amid Shale’s recent loss and looming social drama.
The Louisiana State Baptist Orphanage in Monroe will hold a formal dedication with attendees from New Orleans Shreveport Alexandria Lake Charles and other cities. The program includes prayers introductions donor and trustee remarks two church addresses a noon meal a grounds barbecue and tours of cottages farms children and the institution.
The franc drop was checked by market intervention and a criminal probe into illicit exportation of capital. Finance Minister Caillaux allowed the franc to reach 25 to the dollar before opting to use the Morgan loan, amid reports French bankers were heavily short of francs on foreign exchange, mainly in Amsterdam.
Two young prisoners slipped from a city hall holdover by tearing through window screen and using blankets to lower to the ground. Police recaptured them at 1 30 am near trucks after D L Griffin of the city was arrested as an accessory. Griffin allegedly waited in his car and items found with the girls tied to the escape include a flashlight and knife. The girls are held as witnesses in local trials for carnal knowledge.
John Brown shot and killed Eugene Holden and wounded housekeeper Mrs. Mary Tiffany and her 17 year old daughter Jessie at Holden's home in Sturbridge Massachusetts last night before killing himself at his own home today. The two women were taken to a Worcester hospital. No motive is known.
China opened the customs conference with a proposal to restore complete tariff autonomy and to enforce a Chinese national customs law starting January 1, 1922.
Ferriday Louisiana October 26 J T Esell age 35 was killed yesterday afternoon shortly after 4 at a filling station by Marvin Jones age 25 Jones wounded in the left leg and held by police The feud began at the station with heated words Then both men drew and fired Esell died from two wounds one through the heart Jones is in custody A coroner s inquest was held but a decision is not yet announced
Paris October 26 The Painleve cabinet faces a major crisis as internal dissensions peak at a preliminary meeting before a future session with President Doumergue on the financial situation. Caillaux refuses Painleve’s resignation request as Briand and Painleve clash, leaving the breach deep and unresolved.
At today’s cabinet meeting in Paris Foreign Minister Briand suffered a violent nose bleed. Though not serious, he cannot discuss the Greeco Bulgarian conflict and will be replaced in the chair by Premier Painleve.
Chas A Hess comptroller for American Telephone and Telegraph testified before the federal trade commission denying that the company engages in manufacturing. He said AT&T confines itself to furnishing instruments and financial and legal services to 25 affiliated firms, with 400 scientists and 4,000 researchers supporting patent work and tech development in communications.
Mississippi levels show Memphis 12.8 rising 1.4 and Vicksburg 16.4 up 0.7 while New Orleans 3.2 up 0.3. Red River falls at Shreveport 14.4 by 2.4 with Alexandria 15.2 up 0.4. Ouachita notes Camden 9.1 down 4.7 and Monroe 14.4 down 0.4. Ohio at Cairo 20.6 up 0.2.
The article reports on the laying of the cornerstone for Grace Church in Monroe with a large interdenominational audience. Bishops Sessums Carson and rector E F Hayward spoke, outlining hopes for the church’s future and community impact as construction progresses.
A bandit wearing a red handkerchief entered The People's Bank at White Bluff Tennessee around 8:30 this morning and held cashier J. G. Peeler at gunpoint. He fled with 2509 dollars from a shipment package to Nashville, leaving another 1500 dollars in money and checks.
A late night blaze in Charlottesville caused about 100000 in damage, tearing through the Lurber Arudale company furnace room and the Western Union Telegraph Company main office. Firefighters saved nearby buildings as the flames burned out.
Ed Joiner of Lithia Springs was at police headquarters after attempting to calm a bear chained outside a moving picture theatre. He reached through the cage bars to pet the animal and was bitten, the incident tied to bootleg rum cures.
The St. Louis Southwestern reports increased earnings for September with a surplus after charges of $349,753, up from $311,600 a year earlier. Nine month surplus totals $1,186,016 versus $1,120,549 last year.
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