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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1911
Page
1
National Farmers' Union President Barrett calls for broad Southern unity to uphold cotton prices 9 to 12 cents and encourages farmers and business leaders to hold cotton as market reform plans unfold. He backs a joint conference with state commissioners to push a fair price.
Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association, with members across the South, plans to confess and accept a consent decree in Birmingham Alabama to end a boycott that kept staple grocery prices high. The group formed in 1894 and operated a green book to control manufacturers and retailers, restricting supply and enforcing price rules through coercive practices. Local chapters barred newcomers unless approved, a rule cited as key to the collapse of the cartel.
Reverend L H Swayze will preach at Hollywood tonight and at Crew Lake tomorrow with assistance from Reverend Sam Slocum.
A pilot reportedly killed himself after facing jeers from a hostile crowd. Officials say the incident followed a harsh encounter during a public event. The事件关涉飞行员的生死与公众情绪的严重后果.
Curtiss aviator John J. Frisbie was killed at the Norton County Fair after taunts from spectators spurred him to attempt a flight. He rose to about 100 feet, lost control, and the biplane crashed, with his wife, son, and daughter as witnesses. His machine toppled a barn on impact.
Charles Kestleberg reports a mysterious man seen motoring along the turnpike near the town of Gage. Local authorities cautioned residents as the unidentified individual drew public curiosity without any official identification or motive.
Charley Kestleberg, a Richmond man and key witness in the Beattie case, testified he was the man on the Midlothian turnpike the night of the murder and stopped for water. He says the man and woman seen by dancing crowd were not Henry Beattie and his wife.
The replica of the New Orleans steamboat launched at Elizabeth Pa on the Monongahela River will be completed by October 15 and christened October 31 by Mrs Nicholas J Roosevelt. President Taft is among expected guests as the boat is planned to steam from Pittsburgh to New Orleans to mirror its predecessor.
The piece argues for Louisiana to create state backed life insurance to reduce dependence on Northern and Eastern companies. It cites the $6,000,000 annual outflow and claims state guarantees and strong Pan-American officers would provide safe, tax free investment profits for Louisianans. Mr. Wiley will be at Central Savings Bank and Trust Company for a week.
In Shreveport a deputy sheriff Clay Flannigan was shot dead by Deputy Walter Akin of Texas during an arrest attempt of violators of game laws. Game Warden Wasson had his hand shot off trying to separate them. all three officers had been traveling together along the lake near the Louisiana Texas line. Akin surrendered in Marshall. Wasson was treated and lost his hand.
Washington reports President Taft to deliver tariff currency and reciprocity speeches during his Beverly golf interludes while Laurier and Borden push Canadian campaigns. Ohio River dam near Cincinnati to open as part of year round navigation plan. Pan American Insurance Company sails toward a 1 090 000 capital, 750 000 surplus, with New Orleans and Louisiana ties.
In New Orleans on September 2 four canvassers from the Ninth Ward visited the Good Government League headquarters asking for about 152 dollars in pay for the quarter. They were told the league was out of funds and that money would come only after subscriptions from the Ninth Ward are raised.
Negotiations continue as workers express desire to avert a strike. Officials state a peaceful settlement remains possible, with both sides aiming for a prompt, amicable agreement.
Chicago news reports the Southern Pacific System will not recognize a federation general committee. Labor leaders doubt a strike is imminent as talks continue with International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths officials and conciliatory efforts persist.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company through Julius Krutschnitt rejected a demand for recognition by the Federation of Shop Employees nine unions and 25 000 workers. Union leaders pledge to vote on a potential strike though no strike is yet sanctioned.
R B Kilpatrick former head of Winn Field Business College and recently elected to a St Louis commercial college professorship is missing from New Orleans. authorities fear foul play or drowning in the lake.
Mr. S. P. Ogden of the New Idea restaurant fell from a street car on Washington street Thursday night and broke his right collar bone. He signaled to stop the car but it did not slow enough and he was thrown. Ogden criticizes the conductor and motorman for not stopping to check his injuries.
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