Mer Rouge Murder Plot From Klansmen Revealed
Dr A C Busey, jailed in Texas, claims an inside story of the Watt Daniel murder and Richards kidnapping. He links five hooded Klansmen from Louisiana and Arkansas to a Texas conference that sparked the Morehouse Parish crime and a planned nationwide cover up. A Justice Department search for Busey continues as readers await the truth.
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Planta
Ku ‘Ilux Klan
Texas
Wv Ie
A. C. Busey
Jenart- Sof
Busey
Morehouse Parish
Watt Daniel
Thomas F. Giards
Aly Klansim
Daniel
Lake la
Medical School
New Orleans
Daniel Richards
Richards
Parich
Lake la Fourche
Met Rouge
Marion attorney E B Durfee dies after operation
E B Durfee of Marion age sixty longtime attorney and former law partner of the late Judge Willy Scofield died after a recent operation. The operation was performed at Delaware hospital.
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Marion, O
E. B. Durfee
Marion
Willy KF. Scofield
Gottren
DeWware
Oil deal allegations surface in 1920 Republican Convention links
Senate Public Lands Committee hears claims about oil deals tied to the 1920 Republican convention and late Jake Hammon. Witness Baughn from Harlinger says Hammon told G Harding he was not pressed on a check but would spend a million if needed to influence the outcome. Columbus attorney general Miller and others referenced corroborating details.
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Washington
Gotaila
Jake Hamnon
Spublican National Committee
Oklahoma
Senate Public Lands
Baughn
Harlinger
G. Harding
Lon
Brother seeks $1000 reward in county murder case
Ottawa Ohio news reports Walter J Shank brother of Charles Shank Putnam county murderer seeks the $1000 reward offered by county commissioners. He says his brother induced him to surrender after a midnight visit on September 12 at the suspect's home west of Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Walter J. Shank
Charles Shank
Putnam County
Shank
O Ttawa
Two Women Serve on Jury in Ohio Manslaughter Verdict
Marion Ohio report says for the first time two women served on a murder jury that convicted John Gibson colored of manslaughter in the shooting death of James Watson colored last September after a quarrel over a crap game.
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Marion
John Gibson
James Watson
Johnson considers quitting the race for Republican nomination
Senator Hiram W. Johnson has summoned eastern campaign managers to a conference to decide whether to stay active in the race after defeats to President Coolidge in Michigan and Illinois. Managers from Ohio New York and New Jersey were invited.
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Washington
Hiram W. Johnson
Johnson
President Coolidge
Michigan
Illinois
George H. Bender
Ohio
George Howard Payne
New York
Paul Verdon
New Jersey
Daugherty Says DOJ Files Clear for Transfer to Committee
Former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty advised his successor Harlan Fiske Stone that there was nothing in the Justice Department files that could not be turned over to the Wheeler-Brookhart committee or any other investigating body.
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Washington
Harry M. Daugherty
Harlan Fiske Stone
Department of Justice
Wheeler-Brookhart Committee
Wisconsin Senator La Follette Nearing Recovery
Republican senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin is rapidly convalescing from pneumonia. He will leave Washington for a health resort and not resume duties in the capital until early May.
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Washington
F.obert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Damages Suits In Big Sums Heard In Cleveland
Three $150000 in damages suits against the Pennsylvania railroad are presented in Federal Judge Westenhaver's court over a grade crossing crash in Rootstown last year that killed eight children and injured three others. Plaintiffs include parents of Thelma Bernshoff seeking $160000 for the loss of their daughter and damages for other injuries. counterpart claims by Margaret Kunst for her injuries.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rootstown
Westenhaver
Thelma Bernshoff
Margaret
Kunst
Three Athens county high schools excel in Smith Hughes program
Ralph Richardson, state supervisor, reports Athens county high schools New Marshfield Rome township and Albany rank well among 131 Ohio agricultural departments. New Marshfield enrollment has doubled while Albany and Rome township show strong progress. Albany began last winter under instructor credentials from Ohio State the others from Penn State Syracuse.
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Athens County
Smith-Hughes Agricultural Training
Ohio
Ralph Richardson
Richardson
New
Marshfield High School
Rome Township
Albany High School
Albany
State Agricultural College
H. W. White
New Marshfield
Penn State University
C. M. Jones
Ohio State
G. H. Chambers
Syracuse
Fathers’ and Sons
Rome Township High School
Boys’ Pig Club
Streetcar Outage Delays Thousands of Columbus Workers
Transmission line trouble halted streetcar service for about 45 minutes this morning in Columbus, causing thousands of workers to be late for work.
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Columbus
Klansmen Leave Johnstown for Ebensburg Habeas Hearings
In Johnstown Pennsylvania 26 Ku Klux Klan members accused of murder in the Lilly riot are escorted by detectives and police as they move to Ebensburg for habeas corpus hearings. Their attorneys will present motions before County Judge John Evans seeking release.
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Lima
Lippincott
Johnstown
Ku Klux Klan
Lilly
Ebensburg
John Evans
Despondent Husband Ends Life on Ohio Farm
John Ridenour, 59, of a Belleville area farm in Mansfield, shot himself Sunday night after his wife left him. His body was found late Tuesday night.
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Mansfield
John Ridenour
Belleville
Deaths and Funeral Notice for Andrew J. Burchfield
Andrew J. Burchfield died Tuesday morning at his Columbus home of pneumonia. The body will go to Athens at 5 10 PM and then to the home of his parents at 26 Maple street. Services are likely Thursday at 1 PM at the Maple street home. Interment in West Union street cemetery. He is survived by his widow, a son Harry, two grandchildren, a brother Ray of Columbus, and his parents of this city.
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Andrew Burchfield
Andrew J. Burchfield
Columbus
Athens
Henry Burchfield
Maple Street
West Union Street
Mr. Burchfield
Stone Sworn U S Attorney General at Capitol
Harlan Fiske Stone of New York former Columbia Law School dean was sworn in as attorney general of the United States succeeding Harry M. Daugherty. The oath was given at the Department of Justice after a brief White House consult with President Coolidge.
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Washington
Harlan Fiske Stone
New York
Columbia University Law School
United States
Harry M. Daugherty
Department of Justice
Charles Sornberger
Stone
President Coolidge
White House
Widen Scope of Oil Probe Reported by Senate
The senate oil investigation widened today as Senator Walsh of Montana demanded a full report on Naval Reserve No. 2 at Buena Vista California. Legal efforts had already begun to recover government oil reserves in California and Wyoming.
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Washington
Senate
Government of Naval Oil
California
Wyoming
Walsh
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Buena Vista
Calif
Bonded whiskey buried near Bridgeport claim by convict
Deputy Pearce transporting William McGilson to the Ohio penitentiary says McGilson offered to reveal five barrels of bonded whiskey buried near Bridgeport. Pearce credits the claim as a ruse to approach the state line and escape.
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ST. Clairsville
Pearce
William McGilson
Ohio
McGilson
Bridgeport
Wheeler Defends Himself Against Montana Grand Jury Indictment
Senator Burton K Wheeler, target of Republican attacks over the Daugherty inquiry, rose on personal privilege in the Senate to defend himself against a federal grand jury indictment issued in Montana.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Daugherty
Senate
Montana
County to Administer Uniform Exams Across Grade Schools
The Athens county superintendent’s office prepares uniform examination questions for grades four through eight to be given on April 14 and 15. Schools closing their eight month terms will have this as final exams, while nine month schools also require it. September 2 will mark the first county eighth grade graduation at Ewing Hall, Ohio University, with ceremonies during the teachers institute week.
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If. K. McVay
Athens County
McVay
Ewing Hall
Ohio University
Athens County Teachers’ Institute
Livestock Future Tied to Pasture Renewal in Ohio
Soil extension specialists at Ohio State University cite southeastern Ohio as a model where pasture rejuvenation boosts yields. From 1870 to 1910 permanent pasture rose 46 percent while pasture area per livestock unit more than doubled. Acid phosphate plus limestone and seed treatment vastly increased yields, protein, phosphorus, and calcium per acre compared with untreated plots.
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Ohio
Ohio State University
Hocking
Perry
Guernsey County
California Laborers Clash Over Japan Pact in Senate
Senator Shortridge Republican of California charged that Japan violated the gentlemen's agreement with the United States by sending thousands of laborers to California. The remarks came during a Senate session addressing immigration and trade tensions.
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Washington
Shortridge
California
Senate
Japan
United States
Woman Fights Belmont County Liquor Fine Over Mayor's Authority
Mrs Vital Hermant sues in Belmont county courts to set aside a 400 dollar liquor law fine arguing Mayor Tennant lacked power to fine her since John T Sheperd, elected successor, left for California before his term began.
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Moristown
Judge Predicts Hopeful Health Reformulation
A court remark quotes a lawyer described as a shadow of his former self, pale and in pain, with doctors near surgery for gall stones. The text then touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a cure for catarrhal mucus, stomach and intestinal ailments, claiming one dose proves its worth and noting refunds at McKee Drug Co and Gem Pharmacy Athens.
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Mayr
McKee Drug Co
Athens
Gem Pharmacy
Nelsonville
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