Louisiana to indict Ku Klux leader on murder charge
Jan 22 Bastrop Louisiana. The state will seek an indictment of Captain J K Biulpwith, exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, on murder charges in the torture and killing of Watt Daniel and Tom Richards. Witness threats and kidnaping details emerge as investigators recount testimonies from Lilian Weilman, Teegerstrom boy search, and others connected to the Mer Rouge incident and courthouse yard observations.
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Bastrop
Mev
Holmes
Cacon
Newt Gray
Daniel
Richards
Lilian
Weilman
Mer Rouge
Puckett Mason
Gallion
Tet Davenport
Camntain Skipwith
Ftick
Ku Klux
Ray Brodenaux
Court House
Scientific Conference Canceled by Albany Mayor
In Albany on January 23 the afternoon session of the first annual New York state conference by the American Birth Control League was canceled by Mayor Williams Hackett. Margaret Sanger was to speak on birth control needs but did not address the gathering. The mayor cited higher moral grounds and propriety, noting no citizen supported the meeting. The event had been under police and professional surveillance.
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Albany
Scientific Conference
American Birth Control League
Williams Hackett
Margaret Sanger
United States
League
New York State
Buyer of Alleged Stolen Car May Sue for Recovery
Legal action is expected today to recover from state custody one of 418 automobiles seized as alleged stolen cars sold in Bridgeport and other cities. The car is held at Packs & Lines garage awaiting positive identification by original owners. A writ of replevin is in possession for service to obtain possession for the holder who bought the car without knowledge of the crime. Additional cases may follow as owners seek reimbursement for legitimate purchases.
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Thelves
Bridgeport
Packs& Lines
Middle Street
House Seeks Ban On Tax Exempt Securities
Bridgeport bankers welcomed a proposed constitutional amendment to bar further tax exempt municipal and state securities. Critics warned it could curb debt issues and raise borrowing costs while supporters argued it would curb extravagance and create level competition with industrial issues. The House passed the measure on a tight margin, sending it to the Senate amid doubts it will become law this session.
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House
Bridgeport
United States
Bernard Kealing
William E. Burnham
Board of Apportionment
Burnham
Sumner Simpson
First National Bank
President Recovered From Grip Attack
Washington January 23 President Harding, deemed nearly recovered from a grip attack by his personal physician Brigadier General O D Sawyer, stayed in seclusion at the White House to rest The usual Tuesday cabinet meeting and a planned brief with newspaper correspondents were canceled No official papers were sent to the White House and visitors were restricted from seeing him.
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Washington
Harding
O. D. Sawyer
White House
Flapper Tears as Judge Delivers Harsh Sentence
In New York on January 23 seven young women from Cushnan's Restaurant in Greenwich Village were arrested for alleged indecent Saturday night dances. In Jefferson Market Court Magistrate Jean Norris sent three to Kingston Avenue hospital after physicians examined them, Beatrice Villaverde Cecelia Ross and Alma Peck fainting during proceedings. The others sobbed as officers and court staff tried to calm them amid protests from relatives.
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New York
Cushnan
West Fourth Sivest
Greenwich Village
Jefferson Market Court
Jean Norris
Florence Crittenden
Kingston Avenue Hospital
Brooklyn
Beatrice Villaverde
Alice Smith
Beatrice
Cecelia Ross
Manhattan
Alma Peck
Bridgeport
Conn
Cehuly
Henry W Lyon noted citizen dies at 71
Henry W Lyon, 71, retired corset and hose supporter maker, and longtime Red Star company executive, died yesterday at 523 Clinton avenue after a prolonged illness. Born 1852 in Greenfield Hill, he founded a factory in 1880 and later led Red Star from 1906 until retirement six years ago. Active in clubs, churches, and civic groups, he leaves a widow Ada Cannon Lyon a daughter Ada W Rood and three granddaughters. Funeral Friday at 2:20 at home with St John’s and Christ Episcopal conductors. burial Mountain Grove cemetery.
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Henry W., Lyon
Hig
Clinton Avenue
Lyon
Red Star Company
Mr. Lyon
Greenfield Hill
Hmery Strong
Seatide
Algonquin
Brooklawn Country Club
Molly Pitchers Club
Algonquin Club
St. John’s
Harriet Elizabeth Sherwood
William Harvey Lyon
Ada Cannon Lyon
Ada
Bld. Craft
Kansas City
Stephen Shennan, Jr
St John's Episcopal Church
Mounetain Grove Cemetery
Dealers Ignore Fuel Board Orders Says Coal Peddlers Gouge Poor
City dealers defy Fuel Board limits with prices 60 cents to 1.50 higher than set. Inquiry finds coal at 16 50 a ton, peddlers selling small quantities at high profit. A father of seven reports bags sold at 1.20 for mixed sizes, earning about 8 50 per ton for the peddler. Peddlers blamed for carrying bags to homes and gouging the needy.
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Fuel Administration
Fuel Board
Fuel Boards
Ye Yard
Costa
Bridgeport Puel
Iotal
Parsons
American Watch on Rhine to End Today
General Henry T. Allen announced to troops that the stars and stripes would be lowered over Fort Bohrenbrestein at noon tomorrow ending four years of American watch on the Rhine. British and Belgian Rhineland reps, Lord Kilmarnock and Baron Jasquemyns, will not attend the ceremony but will witness from the station.
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Coblenz
Henry, T. Allen
Bohrenbreitstein
Rhine
General Allen
Lord
Kilmarnock
Baron Rolin Jasquemyns
Rhineland
Community Chest near half way mark in drive
The Community Chest fund nears the half way goal with $114,273.90 raised from pledges totaling $48,206.55 yesterday. Rivalry between Army and Navy divisions heated as the Navy reports 402 subscriptions worth $31,287 for the day, while the Army totals $77,434.75 to date and the Navy $61,287. Other divisions show encouraging results.
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Community Chest
Army Division
George H. Woods
Navy Flotilla
Eamund C. Mayo
Navy
Doughhboys
Army
Senate bills aim to curb hasty marriages nationwide
Senator Capper of Kansas introduced a uniform marriage and divorce law to prevent rushed marriages and easy divorces. The measures, supported by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, seek to standardize laws across states, require a sixty day notice before divorce hearings, and ensure due process before granting divorces.
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Senator Capper
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Washington
Kansas
Senate
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
Edward Wranklin White
Indiana
May Mean War Curzon Warns A Turks Stand Pat
At the Wear East conference Marquis Curzon warned that Turkey’s refusal to submit the Mosul oil dispute to the League of Nations could lead to war. He said the British empire would address a letter to the League noting the crisis and seek action to restore peace. Ambassador Child outlined U S. positions and the American intent to avoid monopolistic control while supporting Curzon’s remarks on Turkish petroleum claims.
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Mosul Qil
Nations’ League
Daysanne
Associated Press
Marquis Curzon
Wear East
Turkey
Mosul
League of Nations
Lord Curzon
Council of the
League
Ambassador Child
United States
U .S
Child
Aloot
Mesopotamia
Irak
Turkish Petroleum Company
Governor Narrowly Escapes Auto Crash Near Waterbury
Governor Templeton and Senator Ralph Zee Trench of Thomaston were slightly shaken when a passing car side-swiped the Governor’s limousine north of Southington. En route home from Hartford, the car halted at a ten foot drop banked by snow, with left running board and fenders badly bent.
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Waterbury
Templeton
Ralph Zee Trench
Thomaston
Southington
Hartford
Fisher Body and Durant Stocks in Bad Break
New York stock market shocks hit Fisher Body and Durant with a 38 point drop after Wred J. Fisher confirmed plans for a $20,000,000 serial notes issue and 100,000 shares of no par value common stock offered to holders. The move prompts retirement from the Fisher board by Pierre Du Pont and other directors.
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New York
Fisher Body Corporation
Fisher
New York Stock Exchange
Wred J. Fisher
Pisher
Trust Company
Mr. Fisher
Pierre. du Pont
Irenee du Pont
Lamotte du Pont
John J. Maskob
Alfred P. Sloan
Jd. N. Waskell
S. Mott
General Atoters Corporation
Three Die After Train Hits Auto in Woodbury
Three persons were killed when a motor car was struck by a train at a grade crossing in Woodbury New Jersey on January 23. Victims include a 65 year old unidentified woman and TL Wand Hommel a jitney driver along with a three year old daughter of William Owen of Mantua N S.
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Woodbury
N. J
TL Wand Hommel
Wiliam Owen
Mantua
N.S
Ruhr Strike Grows and German Troops Advance
A dated report from Essen on January 23 notes the Ruhr strike expanding with over 160,000 railroad workers idle as of seven tonight and more abandoning their tools. Coal mines cease production. steel mills halt. 100,000 plus strikers reported by German officials. French authorities tout calm despite French protests and troop movements inland. The Thyssen group marks the major strike, with workers in Hamburg and Muelheim joining in patriotic songs.
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Thyssen
Essen
Ruhr
Hugo Stinnes
August- Thysse
Frits
Mayon
Germany
Rhineland
Althot
Germana Agat
Thyssett
Hambortm
Muelheim
Frita Thyssen
Kaiser
Protests Over Ruhr Occupation Largely Futile
Washington says American efforts to resolve the reparations crisis hold no promise of success. Officials warn protests or benign actions now could do harm and hinder any chance of helpful intervention. No viable route for U S mediation has existed since last August, with an economic Brussels conference still imagined but not set. Thomas J Burns of New Haven and Charles Blackwell of 150 Seaview Avenue were arrested for drunkenness last night.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Ruhr
Brussels
Thomas J. Burns
New Haven
Charles Blackwell
Seaview Avenue
Bold daylight bank holdup nets $50000 in Brooklyn
Four gunmen ambushed a Municipal bank car in Bedford Avenue Brooklyn forcing rapid surrender of three bank messengers and a chauffeur. They seized two bags of cash and valuables, fled in a bank president's car, abandoning a stolen coupe, then escaped toward King County hospital area as police were alerted.
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New York
New York State
Municipal Bank
Brooklyn
Samuel Barnett
Borough Park
Gown
Bedford Avenue
King’s County, Hospital
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Teegerstrom
City Auditor and Finance Board
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Mellon
Representative Green
Iowa
Ways and Means Committee
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Texas
Moore
Virginia
London
Grippe
Flapper
Judge
Piper
Henry W. Lyon
Community Chest Fund
Hale Way
Encourag
Capper
Kanass
Dorrit van Duesen Stevens Woodhouse
Torrit
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