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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
1
Colonel William Mitchell pleads not guilty and the court martial proceeds after rejecting a defense bid for a bill of particulars. The trial begins amid disputes over procedure and the prosecution’s readiness, with witnesses arriving from Texas as the court sets a Monday recess for preliminary examinations.
Buck Barrett H B Tulley W W Hughes M T D Gaines and Dewey Gaines were sentenced by Judge Sandel to 18 months to two years in the state pen for larceny tied to an alcohol theft ring. The five men admitted guilt after a plea days earlier. The group allegedly stole large quantities from box cars and sold it in small North Louisiana towns. The scheme was uncovered by the local sheriff last August.
Mississippi values show Memphis 12.6 rising 0.6, Vicksburg 18.8 rising 0.6, New Orleans 3.0 rising 0.1, Shreveport 11.8 falling 0.2, Alexandria 9.8 falling 1.3. Ouachita reports Camden 7.4 rising 0.4 and Monroe 12.4 falling 1.0. Ohio basin notes fina 19.4 and a 0.3 fall.
In Nashville on October 3, twenty six conferences cast 2 683 for and 1 908 against unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Total vote 4 539 about half of southern church strength. Plan falls 771 votes short of the required three fourths. Results to be reported after remaining conferences vote, ahead of the 1926 quadrennial general conference.
Alexandria La October 30 New Orleans was chosen for the seventh annual Louisiana Nurses Association convention to be held in October 1926 at the final session. Geneva Preers of Shreveport was elected president and delegate to the American Nurses Association meeting in Atlantic City May. Other officers named include Clara McDonald of New Orleans first vice president Mary Macheon of Patterson second vice president Mary Trammell of Shreveport secretary Ethel Marsh of Alexandria treasurer and councillors Lydia Breaux of New Orleans C Gravelle of Alexandria Maude Reid of Lake Charles.
Louisville Colonels and San Francisco Seals split the nine game series, each holding four wins. Louisville tied the set by a 12 to 11 victory over the Seals in a high scoring, hard hitting contest.
Monroes faces a major milk shortage with 150 gallons short at Central Creamery rising to 250 gallons tomorrow. Dairymen demand 40 cents a gallon after November 1, citing nationwide feed scarcity and high costs. Retail prices likely to rise. Christmas milk may reach $1 a gallon. Regulators warn stricter bacterial limits could push dairies out of business.
Dowling and McCurry drill Holloway No. 1 in NE corner SW of SW 35-10-1E at 900 feet with logging well progress. Beckman and Freeman delay six inch casing. optimism rises for test next Tuesday. Ayers Brothers drill location 13-10-2E with strong gas pressure at 1200 feet and heavy mud circulation.
William Bowman, a 91 year old California pioneer, has spent 18 years chiseling a tomb from solid rock on a promontory in El Dorado county. He built a death house enclosing a coffin and will inhabit it until death nears, signaling friends with a white flag that the tomb is ready.
The League of Nations council, convened to prevent Greece Bulgaria hostilities, adjourned with Greece having evacuated Bulgarian soil eight hours before the deadline. A commission led by Sir Horace Rumbold will investigate the incidents and report at the December council meeting. Briand lauded the league and honored Wilson and Bourgeois.
Paris reports the government will appoint Senator Victor Henry Berenger as French ambassador to the United States to advance debt negotiations. Foreign Minister Briand pressed the cabinet for a new push to settle the French debt, with Berenger seen as the best man for the task.
Sixty two representatives from southern states attended the opening session of the Investment Bankers Association of America south convention in Atlanta. Topics included fraudulent advertising guaranteed mortgage bonds and business ethics. A social program with golf was planned after the business session.
Pueblo, Colo. high school pupil Dale Sechrist wore thirty inch Oxford bags to class. Half an hour later he lay unconscious on the ground while his trousers hung from a tree top as officials investigate the bizarre incident.
Canada report from Ottawa indicates no party won a working majority in the house of commons after the general election. The Liberal party was overthrown while the Conservatives, advocating a protective tariff, won more seats than any other party.
Gov. Tom J. Terral resumes duties as Arkansas governor after returning from Mississippi. He supplants S. B. McCall as acting governor. Meantime Monroe Smith and Mary Odom, pardoned by McCall, remain held at Cummins State Farm under orders from Tucker farm officials. Dee Shorton declines to comment.
Noblesville Indiana October 30 Judge Will H Sparks overrules a defense motion to halt the submission of evidence and dismiss the jury in the trial of D C Stephenson Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry on a murder charge involving Miss Madge Oberholtzer the father George Oberholtzer testified. The defense claimed Sparks remarks during that testimony were improper.
Covington aged 20 of Delhi C A Covington was struck near Crowville by a car driven by physicians Nash Collins and W H Hockaday of Delhi. He suffered a broken thigh and was taken to Riverside Sanitarium where he is resting comfortably today.
Santa Barbara Calif Oct 30 A P report the city felt a sharp earthquake at 5 20 this morning after a light jolt at 12 45 a m No damage was done
W E Poul an of West Monroe was found guilty in the second hearing on assault with intent to murder but convicted of the lesser offense shooting with intent to kill Jury deliberated about three hours before a verdict at 8 p m He was remanded to jail for sentence by Judge Percy Sander Poulan shot Pike Neal a West Monroe butcher during a June argument Neal was only slightly wounded and later recovered in a local hospital Poulan fled to a hotel armed himself and resisted arrest for more than two hours The first trial ended in a hung jury and the second trial began yesterday
New York Mayor Hylan and William Randolph Hearst endorse James J. Walker after a break in the primary feud. Walker had charged Hylan’s eight year tenure as hokum while Hylan backs Walker to advance a five cent fare as urged by Hearst in a New York American editorial.
Fort Lupton Colorado October 30 Mrs H H Slauterback wife of a rancher killed 140 rattlesnakes with a club over two hours to save her three year old child while riding on her husband’s ranch. She dismounted to open a gate and faced a rising mob of snakes keeping her baby safe on the horse nearby. She was not bitten.
Alvin Gray stood trial in district court for alleged criminal assault on his 14 year old daughter last September. The jury was formed after extensive voir dire with 12 jurors. defense objected to certain testimony about Mrs Gray health. The state seeks the death penalty as proceedings continue with Gray’s wife to testify for the defense from a hospital.
In Omaha on October 30, Rev. I. B. Prokhanoff from Leningrad said the evangelical Christian movement has grown across classes and is expanding into Europe’s greatest religious reformation. He credited Russia’s regime with liberalism enabling open teaching and preaching.
Pittsburgh's memorial to Elesnora Duse, the Italian tragedienne who died in April 1924, has been completed by sculptor Frank Vitter and will soon be cast in bronze.
Louisiana health authorities ordered a temporary halt on bottled water sales in Monroe and West Monroe due to contamination. Electrified Water Company McMillan Crystal Springs Water Company and J R Henry Spring are affected. Officials say resumption depends on dealers meeting purity standards after source improvements are made.
Snow covers southwest Virginia and east Tennessee with flakes still falling at 11 am. Kentucky reports first October measurable snow and a 25 degree low, while Nashville wakes to half an inch of fresh snow on streets and rooftops.
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