Renwick to Face Charge in Shooting
Indictments handed down by a special grand jury include Joe Renwick Jr on shooting with intent to kill after a man was shot at the Wildwood Inn. Other counts name Joe Gossett for stabbing with intent to kill in the Horseshoe Lake case. Continued on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David I. Garrett
Howard Roberson
Luther Hays
Epsteine
Schumaker
Monroe
Joe Renwick, Jr
Renwick
H. Matthew Hollister
Wildwood Inn
Hollister
St. Francis Sanitarium
Boy Prodigy Tom Kingston Invited to Columbia University
A Atlanta boy prodigy Tom Kingston fourteen is praised by Dr. Wesley Peacock for his intellect likened to a nineteen year old. Although still in Boys High School with a year remaining he has been invited to enter Columbia University in New York City. He is described as healthy and freckled.
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Atlanta
Tom Kingston
Wesley Peacock
Columbia University
New York City
Aviators Delay Transcontinental Flight Return to Boston
In Pictou Nova Scotia dated Sept 4 the American world circling aviators plan to depart for Boston tomorrow weather permitting after completing over 22 000 miles. Lieutenants Wade Ogden Smith Nelson Arnold and Harding rejoined their group and aim to finish the flight to the Pacific coast. A broken spreader bar and late arrival forced postponement of refueling oiling and repairs before dark.
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Pictou
A. P
Boston
United
Leigh Wade
H. S. Ogden
Monroe Seeks Seven Hundred for Defense Day Call
Monroe asks 700 plus men aged 18 to 45 to join National Defense Day efforts on September 12 to fill Organized Reserve and National Guard units to war strength. The local civic committee promotes voluntary affiliation with preferred units and notes a brief parade and speaking program to follow.
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National Guard
Monroe
Monroe T
Lsted
31St Division Service Co
156Th Inf. la. N. G
Volnteer
Otter
Civiian
Ges
Shanghai Battle Rages as Foreign Forces Guard City
After 24 hours of fighting within 15 miles of Shanghai, General Lu Yung Hsiang’s forces push toward the city as Chinese, allied to Wu Pei Fu and Chang Tso Lin, receive military and financial backing. Foreign contingents including British marines and French sailors bolster Shanghai’s foreign settlements.
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Washington
Shanghai
A. P
Chi Yun- Hsiang
Chi Shieh Yuan
Ho Feng- Lin
China
Shanghai Golf Links
Kiangwan
Tuchuns
Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
Peking
Wu Pei Fu
Chi
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Lu Yung Hsiang
Chang
Peking-Mukden
Belgian Evacuation of Ruhr to Start Tonight
Brussels reports the Belgian military evacuation of the Ruhr begins tonight with the withdrawal of a battalion of the sixteenth artillery joining the garrison at Tillemont. Additional units will follow and orders for heavy artillery tanks and aviation moves have been issued.
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Brussels
A. P
Ruhr
Sixteenth Artillery
Tillemont
MacDonald urges Germany into League of Nations
In Geneva the British prime minister declares Germany must join the League, opposes military alliances, and backs a court of arbitration to curb aggression. He says Britain aims to widen the League’s influence and insists Germany should have a seat in the assembly. The London Conference created new ties with Germany.
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Geneva
A. P
Fifth Assembly
League of Nations
MacDonald
Germany
League
British
Great Britain
London
McAdoo Brother Joins La Follette Wheeler Forces
Malcolm McAdoo is named treasurer of the La Follette Wheeler state committee. He was approved by unanimous vote of the committee last night and announced today by party headquarters in New York.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
Malcolm
la Follette-Wheeler Forces
la Follette-Wheeler
Ant Poison Kills Child in New Orleans Home
In New Orleans on September 4 Curtiss Antoine two year old son of Mrs Pauline Antoine died at a local hospital after drinking poison lotion made by the mother to kill ants. Pierre four a brother drank some and survived.
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New Orleans
Monroe Carbon Plants Financed After Thorough Review
Eastern investors F. L. Bond and C. Coyle of Buffalo announced complete financing for the Chester and Fairfax Carbon Company plants near Swartout. Each company is incorporated for 500000 dollars with 400000 more needed to complete construction. The sites previously began last January and will be finished within three to four months after the new year, promising cheap industrial gas and boosted Monroe growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester and Fairfax Carbon Company
Swart
F. L. Bond
C. Coyle
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Mon+roe
Thetrand
Monroe
Will
Baseball Today Batting Report From Philadelphia to Chicago
Fragments show matchups and lineups across major league teams including Philadelphia New York St Louis Chicago Boston Washington and players Hoyt Gaston Gray Perkins Schang Davis Collines Evengros Grabowski Fullerton Picinick Johnson and Ruel. Rain interrupted play delaying several games with final outcomes not shown.
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Philadelphia
Hoyt
Gaston
New York
Gray and Perkins
ST. Louis
Chicago
Rain Davis
Collines
Evengros
Grabowski
National League First Game and Second Game Summary
Baseball scores show Boston and Pittsburgh in a split, with Boston losing 5 to 18 in a rough first game while New York Philadelphia and Brooklyn engagements yield varied innings. Pitching lines list Sothern Gonzales Kremer Morrison Gooch and others for different teams.
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Ee BP
Touid
Pittsburgh
Sothern
Gonzales
Kremer
Morrison
Gooch
Herrin War Sheriff Seizes Car. Gunfire Kills Six
Sheriff George Galligan enters a Herrin garage to seize a car linked to Ku Klux Klan raids. Firing kills six, mortally wounds a seventh. four of the dead are Klan members, plus a deputy and a bystander. Troops are called out.
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George Galligan
Herrin
New Apartment House Planned on South Grand Street
Bids will be let in two weeks for a three story all modern apartment house and store building on South Grand street just north of the Berry filling station. The project for Mrs. L. C. McGuire, designed by William Drago and L. Milton King, costs about $70,000 and includes two stores on the lower floor and seventeen apartments per upper floor with baths and kitchens. The reinforced concrete, hollow tile, stucco design in Italian style promises fireproof construction and will spur redevelopment of South Grand street alongside Berry station and Hotel Monroe improvements.
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Grand Street
Berry Filing
L. C. McGuire
William Drago
L. Milton King
South Grand Street
Monroe
Berry Filling Station
Hotel Monroe
Bandits Rob Man in Car on New Orleans Streets
J R Lewis from Dallas says he was robbed of 2500 dollars by two bandits on St Charles Avenue near Polymnia Street. The incident parallels a prior murder case involving Joe Never Smile Harrington and a linked gambling gang. Lewis and Harrington were gamblers with large cash, and police suspect an organized crew preys on known gamblers.
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New Orleans
J. R. Lewis
Dallas
Texas
St. Charles Avenue
Polymnia Street
Lewis
Flo
Joe
Harrington
Roberson and Hays Indicted for Double Slaying in Ouachita Parish
Public grand jury returns true bills against Howard Roberson 28 and Luther Hays 23 of Swartz for murder in the Epsteine and Schumaker deaths. They plead not guilty at arraignment in Monroe with no attorneys, awaiting counsel as malaria affects Sheriff Coverdale after a two day probe.
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Ouachita Parish
Howard Roberson
Luther Hays
Swartz
Hays
Roberson
Adolph Epsteine
D. A. Schumaker
Fred. M. Odom
Federal Building
Miltom Coverdale
Quachus Parish
W. M. Washburn
Fred M. Odom
Sixth District Court
Monroe
Odom
Pettit
Roper
Roberson and Hays
Bastrop
Cooper
Will Harvey Todd
Morehouse Parish
Todd
Help Schumaker Widow Fund Opens At News-Star
The News Star begins a Schumaker widow fund drive to aid Mrs. D. A. Schumaker and her aged mother. Readers may contribute daily, with donor names listed and funds accounted. The widow asked not to accept charity but gratefully accepts this aid as she faces dire needs.
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The
News-Star
D. A. Schumaker
Te Rnic Central Tavern
Schumaker Fund
Care News-Star
City
Robbery at Pine Street Residence Leaves Luggage of Jewelry Missing
Three residents at 111 Pine street report a night burglary. Gold watches a Waltham 21 jewel and 17 jewel pieces, a gold chain, a Royal Arch Keystone charm, and about $60 in money were stolen. Police seek leads after the theft, believed committed by a masked intruder who entered by breaking in.
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Pine Street
Polve
Charles Rodriguez
T. QO. Bancroft
Zuberbeier
Winning Session Ends in Sudden Incident
After a victorious run at the gaming table, the victim experienced an abrupt incident. Details remain sparse, with authorities yet to release a full account of what occurred.
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Hollister Serape
DeSiard Road
Gossett
Horseshoe Lake
Nova Scotia
A. E. Montgomery
Oscar L. Miles
Ivey A. Faulk
George Trousdale
Wm. B
Irving Wolff
Organized Reserve
87Th Division Co
Louis F. Rolleigh
Suiet
C. E. McKenzie
E. M. Harris
Pattery E
86 Field Artillery
Wm. Rodriguez
Servite Co
N. G
Montgomery
Randolph Percy
Shanghai-Nanking
MAS Games Wire
James Wire
Kountze
Tex
M'Donald
McAdoo
LA Follette Force
Chester
Fairfax
Baseball Today
Fullerton and Picinick
Johnson and Ruel
B‘relyn
Vance
Debirry
Benton
Minch
Gibson
Watson and
Snyder
Mitchell
Brooklyn
Reuther
Taylor
McNamara
O'Neill
M Icc Deesaneicdoere
Cincinnati
Jacobs
O'Farrell
Rixey
Hargrave
Geo Gatzigan
N. C
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