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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1925
Page
9
The retrial of W. E. Poulan on an assault with intent to murder charge began in district court and is expected to end today. Poulan and Pike Neal, West Monroe butcher, gave conflicting accounts of the June market confrontation with Neal saying Poulan fired first. Poulan claiming Neal started the fight.
New Orleans Oct 29 The cotton market opened easy and declined amid forecasts of warmer northwest weather and frost risk. Prices fell across December to 19.18 and January to 19.24 with March at 19.18 as traders reacted to a large crop outlook and liquidation in near months. Foreign buyers took July, while overall sentiment remained bearish.
Cotton futures closed barely steady with a net decline of 34 to 38 points. Early prices fell on Liverpool cables and southern hedge selling, then traded off to new lows before late session buying narrowed the Dec-Jan spread.
Liverpool market shows steady prices with strong demand for cotton. American grades dominate, with 7,000 bales sold and 4,800 American bales included. Receipts total 4,099 bales, all American. Futures barely steady with October near 10.40 and December around 10.24.
Wheat prices opened lower on October 29 as forecasts of rain in Australia and drought threats limited crops, with Argentina reporting favorable growing conditions. The market then saw broader buying and a rally that erased most of the early loss despite earlier steep declines.
J E Burke, wanted in Lake Charles since 1923 for stealing a diamond ring valued at 500 dollars, was arrested by Police Sergeants Pettit and Clower while in a car on Lee avenue. He tried to flee as the car stalled, but was captured. He faces Lake Charles authorities and a local police court charge for disturbing the peace.
H. L. Cherry of this city was arrested after his car hit a Lee avenue line streetcar at Wood and Jackson streets about 7 a m yesterday. He faces driving while intoxicated and drunk and disorderly charges, plus Hood bill violation over whiskey found in his car. Cherry to be tried in police court today.
Cold weather and fires from burning embers sparked two small blazes before 9 am. At 406 Auburn Street a fire on back steps prompted a central station truck to respond to J. H. Phillips’s house. A roof fire near 116 Washington Street damaged by sparks from a flue at Ross Ladato’s residence, unoccupied, was quickly extinguished.
Hog and cattle futures shifted higher 30 to 60 days earlier than usual, lifting the corn market. Openings held steady then turned to modest gains as oats followed corn higher. Provisions firmed on corn strength and related demand.
Chicago Oct 29 activity in poultry shows steady demand with 7 cars received. Hens remain firm and balance heads higher as fowls range 16 to 24 cents. Turkeys at 30 cents, rootsters 18, ducks 20, geese 20.
Chicago market report shows butter and creamery prices higher with strong receipts. Butter at 48 1/2 to 46 1/4 for various grades and creamery products up with firsts around 44 1/2. Beeves higher with multiple case receipts and price ranges for firsts and ordinary firsts noted.
Cattle 4 000 head and calves 1 000 at Kansas City with steers 10.00, grass fat cows 4.00 5.75, vears up to 11.50. hogs 4 000 head with tops 11.20. sheep 83 000 with western lambs 15.60 and natives 15.00 15.50. Chicago hogs 30 000 head with extremes 11.50, cattle 18 000 head top long yearlings 11.50, vealers 13.50 18.00, sheep 14 000 head 15.25 15.50.
Rotarian William Hudson of the Shreveport Rotary Club urged the local club to join Shreveport as guests at both luncheon and the fair tomorrow. The invitation was extended during the noon lunch at Hotel Monroe. Albert Horuff spoke on a summer trip to the East while Poul English players provided entertainment. Soloist Eva Thomas offered several songs as Paul English sang and Mills accompanied.
Dr. Charles S. MacFarland, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, reports to the administrative committee that European church conditions show a rapidly growing federation in Germany and deeper ties between eastern churches and Protestant bodies. He urges continued American aid to sister churches in Europe for years and lauds the central bureau for relief of evangelical churches in Europe.
The Southern States Republican League closed its first annual convention in Birmingham with Atlanta named as probable site for the 1926 meeting. Orlando and Tucson were also suggested, with a final city to be chosen at the Memphis meeting on February 12, 1926. The league urged electing Republican representatives from every district and condemned secret caucus.
Boston Oct. 29. Evidence from the sunken submarine S-51 will be reviewed by the naval board of inquiry after the vessel is raised. The board, which investigated the Block Island collision that killed 33 men, adjourned sine die and will reconvene if the S-51 is not raised within a month to finalize findings.
Thieves burglarized The Lindsey Mercantile Company in Bernice Louisiana last night and fled with a large quantity of clothing per a police report.
A truck carrying Black cotton pickers veered off near Crew Lake and overturned. One woman, Julie William of Twelfth and Pine, died. fourteen others were injured but survived after being treated at St. Francis sanitarium in Monroe. Anias Brooks, of Ninth and Pine, sustained an eye laceration. The driver’s identity is unknown. passengers were en route to Henry Whitfield’s farm. Motorists aided the rescue and hospital transfers.
The West Monroe mayor R. M. Browning’s car was recovered as clothing stolen from Norris Brothers store was brought back by W. E. Houston of Simsboro. The burglars used the auto to move goods from West Monroe. Three men, F. W. Bayles, Mose Bayles, both of West Monroe, and Wallace Rudolph of Phoenix, Ariz., are held. Rudolph is charged with stealing the car.
On a complaint by Jack Pennington in Shreveport, Alonzo Brown was arrested yesterday and charged with drawing and displaying a dangerous weapon and carrying concealed weapons. Pennington had seized Brown's automobile through the courts and confronted him before an argument led to the alleged drawing of a gun.
Memphis Oct 29 The general manager of the St. Louis San Francisco railroad J H Frazer began an inquiry into the Sunnyland wreck near Victoria Mississippi. Twenty people were killed in the Tuesday crash of the fast passenger train.
Six southern governors and officials formed a permanent conference at Birmingham to press for more federal funding for reclamation projects. Governor Whitfield called for increased federal support as the conference opened with committee members named and speakers outlining reclamation needs in the South.
The current membership price on the New York Stock Exchange, which hit a new peak of 135000, rests mainly on goodwill and earning power. Tangible assets like land and buildings total only about 5770 per seat, leaving over 90 percent of value in intangible factors.
Moscow reports Khasanoff Tourgun Youldashevitch alias George Tug, famed swindler, has been jailed again after a spree of confected titles and bogus presidents. He charmed mayors in Yalta Novorrossisk Poltava Minsk Gomel and Moscow, collecting loans until police arrested him near the town hall.
In Bastrop Louisiana on October 29 an agent for Morehouse parish launches demonstrations in vetch to boost fall planting and soil fertility data. A hog cholera outbreak led to rapid containment, while farmers with soy bean acreage bought feeder pigs to expand herds.
Third in Fields Tallulah La Oct 29 Perfect weather ruled the first four days of the past week with rapid harvest progress. T S Watson Madison parish farm demonstration agent says about one third of the cotton crop remains in fields and has suffered grade damage while oats and clover show strong stands. The main oat crop has not yet been sown.
In San Antonio on Oct 23 the West Texas Conference announced results on unifying the northern and southern Methodist Episcopal churches. The vote stood 177 for unification to 87 against, with 264 total ballots cast, a three fourths majority required. The measure fell short by 81 votes.
Miss Fon Belt daughter of Mr and Mrs B F Belt of West Monroe is a leading member of the State Normal College Dramatic Club touring the north. She plays Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest and also serves on the Current Sauce and Potmou... staffs. The club comprises about forty students under Miss Mary Frances Davis.
Engineers from the state conservation department finished a six week Bayou De Siard survey. Izaak Wetton League president J W Pope says next plans focus on financing a dam or dam to create a large lake and fish hatchery. City hall participation is anticipated for tax league and archers involvement.
The New Orleans convention nears its close as delegates await action on routine reports and finance from yesterday, with the event highlighting the day’s most important matters.
Canada heads to polls with about three and a half million electors. There are 245 representatives to the House of Commons. The campaign ends after a whirlwind push across the dominion. Premier W L Mackenzie King and Conservative leader Arthur Meighen vie for control of the next parliament.
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