West Virginia Oil Man Ended Life After Klans Whippings Threat
Kent Ogden a Wallace Klans officer faced fear that citizens would be whipped by the Ku Klux Klan if he spoke to his father. He died by suicide with a revolver in his gas rig engine room. Statements by his father widow and undertaker outline fear of grand jury and threats. The Klansman Barham offered a 300 reward for his murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ku Klux Klan
Wallace
Kent Ogden
Ogden
James Ogden
Dellis Ogden
F. S. Estlack
Ernest Ogden
Wallace High School
Estlack
Liberty League
Glashell
Estrack
Hee
Harrison County Grand Jury
H. L. Barham
Klan
Elk Cemetery
Masked Women Parade In Dallas Led By American Women Klan
Police guarded downtown Dallas as masked women in white robes led a parade for the American Women organization an auxiliary of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas. The march began at 8 15 pm with a 75 piece band and flags. Deputies monitored reports of rats snakes and mice claims during the event. Authorities said the group is not connected with the Kamelia Klan auxiliary.
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Dallas
Tex
County Criminal Courts
Ku Klux Klan
Texas
Women’s Order
Texas Republic
Emperor Simmons
Atlanta
Mine Superintendent Accused in Spangler Disaster
Ebensburg Pa April 7 an information charging involuntary manslaughter was sworn against William Young superintendent and Owen J Flanagan of the Reilly mine. Seventy seven lives were lost in the blast as the executives allegedly permitted unsafe mining practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebensburg
Reilly
Spangler
William Young
Owen J. Flanagan
G. E. Whited
Young
Reily Plans Debates With All Critics After Return
Galveston Tex April 7 E Mont Reily former Governor of Porto Rico announces plan to debate every US editor who criticized his administration on health permitting. He says he was persecuted for Americanizing Porto Rico after clashing with Porto Rican Unionists who spent large sums against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Washington
New York
Reily
Porto Rico
Cnerenema
United States
Klan Affairs Put Under Three Man Commission in Atlanta
After a week of legal bickering supporters of William Joseph Simmons and Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans in Atlanta, a three man commission including Simmons Evans and J. M. George will administer Knights of the Ku Klux Klan pending court action. The Sheriff will be relieved. McKinnon and Furney faced larceny charges but were dismissed for lack of evidence. Federal authorities seek Clarke on white slavery and mail fraud indictments as Grow, once linked to the order, had resigned after prior sensational charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
William Joseph Simmons
H. W. Evans
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
E. D. Thomas
Mr. Simmons
Mr. Evans
J. M. George
James I. Lowry
Thomas
T. J. McKinnon
N. N. Furney
T. O. Hathcock
McKinnon
Furney
Edward Young Clarke
Elizabeth Tyler Grow
Dr. Evans
Clarke
Klan
Imperial Wizard
Imperial Palace
Texas
Grow
Elizabeth Tyler
Ere
Coco to file charges against 30 in Bastrop outrage
Louisiana Attorney General Coco will file bills of information next week against thirty Morehouse Parish residents accused of involvement in masked band activities last summer. The action follows state charges filed by the AG's office.
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Coco
New Orleans
Louisiana
Morehouse Parish
Dublin Struck by Mines and Bridges Blown Up
Dublin reports two land mines exploding in a rail car on Grand Canal Street likely to disrupt the Southeastern Railway. Two bridges over the Fane River near Dundalk were destroyed, cutting Great Northern line to Belfast. The country residence of Sir John Dillon at Lismullen, Meath, burned by six armed men who claimed orders, then took a few items before arson.
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Dublin
Grand Canal Street
Fane
Dundalk
Great Northern Railway
Belfast
Sir John Dillon
Lismullen
County Meath
John
Nine Republicans killed in running fight at Glencar
Belfast report states nine Republicans were killed in a running fight with Free State troops at Glencar County Kerry yesterday according to an official statement.
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Belfast
Free State Trop
Glencar
County Kerry
Manufacturers Fear Loss of Negro Labor
Ku Klux and religious issues provoke strong opposition within the press as bitter denunciations appear in advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux
Chattanooga Election Test for Ku Klux Klan Power
Special Dispatch notes Chattanooga's April 7 municipal election as a potential barometer of Klan influence in the Central South. Candidates include E D Herron, Emil Wessman, Fred B Frazier, and others, with religious divides shaping a bitter race. Manufacturers fear loss of colored labor if Klan-backed candidates win, while anti Klan factions mobilize Catholics Jews and blacks to oppose Klan control. The outcome remains uncertain as both sides claim integrity and accuse the other of corruption and secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Central South
E. D. Herron
Emil Wessman
Fred B. Frazier
Health and Education
Jefferson
Lincoln
Wilson
Harding
Bryan
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
Citizens’ Committee
Frank S. Carden
Hooded Knights
Rotary Club
Rotarians
John Wing
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Frazier
Abel
Gee
Atlanta
Navy Yeoman Identified in Rabbi Murder Case
Co. B Hicks, a yeoman held at Mare Island Navy Yard in the Lafee death inquiry, was identified by Miss Louise Hewitt of Los Angeles as the man registered at a San Francisco hotel the day before the rabbi was assaulted. Police handwriting experts view the signature on the register as significant linking Hicks to prior hotel records.
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San Francisco
Cal
Co. B. Hicks
Mare Island Navy Yard
Alfred G. Lafee
Louise Hewitt
Los Angeles
H. B. Hicks
Hickman
Gates Hotel
Penfield's Market Schemes Exposed in Federal Probe
A. H. Penfield, former Springfield National Bank cashier, faces embezzlement charges totaling 977 233.48 as federal investigators reveal margin trades in grain and stock exceeding 28 million dollars. The case involves alleged pools run through Springfield brokers and possible cross state ties with Cincinnati firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Penfield
Springfield National Bank
Penfield
United States District Court
Montgomery County
Dayton
Smith Hickenlooper
Benson W. Hough
United States
CIA
Albert Smith
Department of Justice
Springfield
Cincinnati
Grand Jury
District Attorney’s Office
Liberty
City Service
Skeleton of murdered engineer found in Camp Bullis cave
San Antonio reports the skeleton of Richard Routon, an Army Corps engineer, found in a deep Camp Bullis cave thirty miles north of San Antonio. He disappeared February 17 after a tar trap incident. a rope access cave suggests foul play.
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Richard Routon
San Antonio
Tex
Engineer ” Corps
Wargent
Camp Bullis
Army Hospital
Vendetta Suspected in Jersey City Murders on Staten Island
New York authorities say a vendetta likely caused the killings of Mrs. Irene Blandino of Jersey City and Miss Bessie McMahon of Utica. Miss McMahon is identified as 17 year old Ethel Phillips of Bayonne, who vanished two weeks ago. Blandino’s motive remains unclear as detectives question her husband James Blandino and Rosario de Lorenzo while holding them on homicide affidavits in Stapleton Jail.
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New York
Irene Blandino
Jersey City
Bessie McMahon
Utica
N. Y
Staten Island
Bayonne
von Wagner
Chief of Police Shot by Armed Bandits in Melrose Park
Three men in an automobile, suspected bandits, shot Henry Peich, Chief of Police of Melrose Park, three times. He survived initial injuries and was taken to a hospital. The assailants fled toward Chicago as motorcycle units swarmed western routes.
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Chicago
Henry Peich
Melrose Park
April Snow Hits Saint Paul in Heavy Minneso ta Storm
A spring blizzard dumped over seven inches of snow on Saint Paul Minnesota marking the heaviest April snowfall in this area since 1907. The storm disrupted travel and brought record cold for the season.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
Minn
University of Cincinnati Receives Settlement in Emery Estate Case
The University of Cincinnati releases all claims to accumulated interest on the late John J. Emery estate for 200000 dollars. The deal covers interest growth totaling about 7000000 since 1909 and leaves the university’s rights to the principal intact. The heirs and trustees faced questions of will validity and potential contests, with the compromise tying future actions to the youngest son reaching forty and avoiding further litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. of C
Emery
University of Cincinnati
John J. Emery
Board of Trustees
John Everett
New York
University
Everett
Refus B. Smith
Alfred Mack
Sanford Brown
Frank H. Dinsmore
Maine
Eastern Insurance Company
John J. Emery, Jr
University of Camden
Oxford
England
Alexandria
Thomas
New Yo
Clement C. Moore
Orient
Leila
Audrey
Europe
Gerard Trust Company
Philadelphia
Alfred Anson
Lord Lansdowne
Thomas J
J. Howard Emery
New York City
Bomb at Vienna Stock Exchange Targets Anti Jewish Sentiment
An explosion shattered the vestibule of the Vienna Stock Exchange after hours injuring no one and causing little damage. Authorities believe the blast was aimed at protests against Jewish influence linked to antisemitic manifestations in Warsaw.
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Vienna
Stock Exchange
Warsaw
Groom wins 52 mile perambulator race in Brighton
Mrs. Lily Groom of Eastbourne wheeled a baby in a perambulator to finish first in a 52 mile endurance race from London. She completed the course in 12 hours 20 minutes to applause as three of five starters finished within the day.
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Associated Press
Brighton
England
Lily Groom
Eastbourne
London
Woman Seeks Silence With Revolver Note In Cincinnati Area
Mrs. Mary Lear of Chattanooga 27 used a silenced revolver to kill herself at the home of her father Abraham Kessel 3322 Reading road Cincinnati. The note addressed to K implied a spouse named Keze Lear of Chattanooga. Coroner Handley found the weapon packed box and the first discharge as the fatal shot. Family and doctor offered no clear motive beyond unknown illness.
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Mary Lear
Chattanooga
Tenn
Abraham Kessel
Reading Road
D. C. Handley
Millard M. Wallenstein
Northern Avenue
Wallenstein
Lear
Cincinnati
Kessel
Windham Avenue
Tanners Council Funds Lab At Cincinnati University
The Tanners’ Council of America will donate 100000 dollars to the University of Cincinnati to establish a laboratory for hides research. The project, led by Dean Herman Schneider and E H Brand, aims to move hide curing closer to Chicago and Kansas City, reducing transport costs and advancing local leather industries. Plans include a broader $1000000 program with future buildings for the Liberal Arts and Engineering colleges.
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University of Cincinnati
Tanners’ Council of America
Tanners’ Council
George D. McLaughlin
Chicago
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Queen City
Herman Schneider
Engineering College
E. H. Brand
New York City
Dean Schneider
Mr. Brand
Liberal Arts
College of Engineering
Medical College
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Burnet Woods
Rufus B
Otto J. Renner
Robert W. Hilton
Lodge's Daughter Weds A. E. F. Ordnance Chief
Major General Clarence Williams chief of ordnance for the American Expeditionary Forces in France married Mrs. Constance Gardner daughter of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and widow of Representative A P Gardner of Massachusetts. The ceremony was attended by close family. Williams, a Georgia native, was born in 1869 and graduated from West Point in 1894.
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Washington
Clarence €. Williams
France
Constance, Gardner
Henry Cabot Lodge
A. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
General Williams
Georgia
West Point
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Lodge
A. E. F. Ordnance
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