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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
1
A concise notice highlights efforts to organize Pleasant Stronger Daily with focus on community engagement and scheduled meetings. It outlines roles for volunteers and promotes ongoing activities to boost local participation and steady group growth.
A New Orleans report notes strong Pleasant club activity in Lafayette parish with Judge Julian Mouton leading an influential group. Col. Ruffin G. Pleasant plans stops in Opelousas and Crowley while opposition shifts align with Greenan for assessor.
A terse wartime notice calls for 30,000 men weekly as Britain mobilizes labor for urgent effort. The brief item notes London, with the date fragment indicating October, outlining the vast manpower request amid ongoing national campaigns.
War office lists October casualties totaling 3 110 officers and 71 187 non commissioned men. A recruitment ad calls for 39 000 men weekly. Plus reports from Copenhagen of Russian troop movements to the Bulgarian coast and other city briefs.
Washington October 30 Captain C P Plunkett United States Navy recently from the Naval War College will begin Monday as Director of Tarzet Practice and Engineering Competitions in the Navy Department.
In St. Louis on October 30 the Wabash announces a 9 percent pay raise for station agents and telegraphers starting next week. Agents will work 10 hours instead of 12, telegraphers will have shorter shifts, and the payroll will rise by about $46,000 annually.
A memorial service schedule announces services at the Catholic cemetery replacing Monday. The procession departs from the church at 2 30 p m with services starting at 4 p m at the cemetery, and the public is cordially invited.
Secretary Lansing announced that a fragment of metal from the Hesperian sinking is part of a torpedo. Germany denies torpedoing the liner. Navy experts say the fragment could not be from a marine mine. Findings will be sent to Germany via Ambassador Bernstorff.
About six thousand United States troops are planned to guard the Texas border Sunday as part of a major security operation. The deployment underscores a forthcoming clash and tight border enforcement amid heightened national security concerns.
General Villa with about eight thousand troops is expected to move through a mountain pass tonight and tomorrow to strike the Carranza garrison at Agua Prieta opposite Douglas. The Villa army reached Callardos ranch eighteen miles southeast. Six thousand U S soldiers are on the border to prevent firing across.
Brownsville Texas Oct 29 United States infantry from Companies E and H Twenty eighth regiment in trenches surprised Mexican bandits at the Capote ranch firing from fifty yards for about ten minutes. Mexicans retreated toward the Rio Grande three miles away with at least fifteen killed or wounded. Troops from the Third and Twelfth cavalry later crossed the river to pursue fleeing bandits. A separate report from Matamoros says fifteen bandits were killed in a fight near Carolittas ranch as 250 Mexican soldiers were sent upriver to continue the pursuit. A San Francisco Italian, James Hoone alias San Diego Riano, was killed after a shooting in Matamoros. his killer fled and was not arrested.
London dispatch reports Serbian forces offering spirited resistance as Austro German and Bulgarian units advance from the north and west. Montenegrin defenses hold, while France Britain and Russia pursue varied operations across Serbia Romania and the Baltic front with Joffre arriving in England for consultations.
Paris reports a new French cabinet led by Aristide Briand uniting all major opposition factions into a single coalition. The lineup includes Charles de Freycinet Jules Meline Leon Bourgeois and prominent figures from radical republican socialist and royalist groups signaling broad cross party unity to support the government. The plan assigns Jules Cambon as secretary general for foreign affairs and the full cabinet heads to the Elysee palace the next day.
Carranza government forces are enforcing orders issued days earlier that threaten prosecution to the limit against law violators. The move signals a hard line stance as authorities escalate actions to curb disorder.
France forms a united cabinet bringing together all major political parties to face a supreme crisis. The cabinet features notable figures in French politics since 1970, signaling a remarkable cross party collaboration.
Berlin reports outline a plan for a first conference with President Poincare and a ministerial policy declaration. The Tentons push on Serbia with over one thousand Serbian and three cannons captured. Bulgarians pursue the Serbians as German forces withdraw near Mitau after repulsing Russians. Montenegrins go on the offensive in Bosna and British troops land at Saloniki and join Serbians.
The New Orleans Boosters will travel November 7 from New Orleans via the Texas and Pacific, Iron Mountain at Ferriday, and Vicksburg, stopping at Tallulah Rayville Oak Ridge Collinston Bastrop Monroe arriving 4 37 p m. Led by Mayor Martin Behrman and City Commissioner Harvn W Newman the party includes New Orleans business leaders touring the state for a week with plans to entertain them in Monroe.
The News Star announces Judge Mangham's candidacy for re election to the City Court of Monroe Louisiana He was elected four years ago and has kept records orderly and maintained routine office hours His supporters say he conscientious about duties and has broad voter approval in the city and wards three and ten
London dispatch notes Serbia’s retreat westward amid Bulgarian advance toward the Kraguyevatz arsenal. Bulgarians claim Pierot capture and several Timok valley villages. Allies report French occupation of Strumitza and ongoing battles on the Austro Italian front. Gallipoli artillery clashes continue. Turkish trench destruction and ammo store losses cited.
London reports King George continues to improve after being thrown from his horse on Thursday. A bulletin from physicians issued this morning states his condition shows progress and stability.
Athens reports Roumania favoring the entente, a development drawing close Greek scrutiny as tensions and alliances shift in the region during October.
Tokio reports Japan, after talks with England, requests U S support in representations at Pekin to postpone reestablishing the Chinese monarchy until the European war ends. Reports vary on German diplomats' stance.
New York Oct 30 J P Morgan who was operated on for appendicitis yesterday is reported in a satisfactory condition today.
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