Klan Charter in New York Declared Illegal
Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley granted a temporary injunction preventing the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Inc and Kamelia Inc from acting as chartered benevolent fraternal organizations in New York. He ruled that altering certificates after approval before filing was illegal, unauthorized, and fraud upon the court.
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Elizabethtown
N. J
Supreme Court
Ellis J. Staley
New York
Justice Staley
Kamelia
State of
Edward Griffin
Klan
Emmett Smith
Binghamton
King Kleagle
New York State
George Lepine
Unadilla
Secretary of State
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Kamelia, Inc
George E. Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Veterans Press for Bergdoll Extradition and Griffis Release
Telegrams from the Disabled American Veterans to President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes urged release of Ohioan C Hoy Griffis from German confinement and extradition of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll to the United States. The American Legion post backed a Justice Department action to return Bergdoll and aid Griffis, while DV A leaders said they would fund Griffis's defense.
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Eterans
Coolidge
Bergdoll
C. Hooven Griffis
Hamilton
Germany
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
United States
Hero of the
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Evans Hughes
Raymond A. Lasance
Disabled Veterans
Department of Justice
Berg
Robert E. Bentley Post
American Legion
W. A. Burlingame
Department of Justic
Griffis
America
James A. McFarland
Dalton
Walnut Hills
McFarland
United
Rioting Breaks Out as Berlin Crowds Free Friends
Central News reports from Berlin describe Communists storming the Alsdorf Town Hall with grenades, causing heavy casualties as eight miles north of Aachen. In Wilhelmsburg near Hamburg three killed and nine wounded during rioting as police and strikers clash. Hamburg police dispatched to aid local forces amid gunfire and clashes.
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London
A _ Central News
Berlin
Alsdorff
Aixla Chapelle
Wilhelmsburg
Hamburg
Wilhelmburg
Aix LA Chapelle
Pledge of Peace for 50 Years in Europe Crisis
Special Correspondent argues a 50 year pledge of peace could avert Europe’s crisis and win American aid. The piece analyzes U.S. debt, British repayment pressures, and public opinion as Washington weighs policy amid wartime debt and European instability.
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Europe
Lawrence
New Administration Embraces Hughes Reparations Course
White House says President Coolidge will follow the Hughes New Haven speech on German reparations. The administration will aid abroad if asked but will not offer direct aid now, awaiting allied moves while keeping silent on France and Belgium tensions. Cabinet meeting focused on domestic matters, not foreign affairs.
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New
Hughes
U.S
Washington
Coolidge
White House
New Haven
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
France
Belgium
Seizure of Rum-Running Ships Cleared by U.S. Judge
A New York federal judge ruled legal the seizure of alien rum running vessels hovering beyond the three mile limit. The Marion Mosher case involved ships off Fire Island on July 27, 1922, with bonds forfeited after cargo disputes. The ruling touches hover act authority and three mile limit enforcement amid prohibition policy debates.
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U.S
New York
Woodrough
Marion Mosher
Fire Island
Detroit Fidelity and Surety Company
St. Johns
N. B
Harding
Great Britain
Ndea
Mosher
United States
Miners Trapped Survive as Kemmerer Shaft Rescue Continues
A cave in at Frontier Mine No 1 Kemmerer Coal Camp Wyoming trapped 138 miners after an eight o'clock blast. By nightfall 37 had been rescued alive, with about 100 feared dead. Rescue teams including a US Bureau of Mines car worked through Nos 27 to 37 in a bid to reach survivors amid smoke and gas.
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Kemmerer, Wyo
Frontier Mine No
Kemmerer Coal Camp
Kemmerer Coal Company
Kemmerer
United States Bureau of Mines
Rock Springs
Alex Inama
Pete Tapero
Body of Georgia victim of flogging found near Newman
Millard Trouton aged 33 was found floated in a creek at Newman Georgia. Police say he was kidnapped Friday night by four men who forced him into a car and drove away in a flogging party case.
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Newman
Millard Trouton
Trouton
Dutch Minister J. T. Cremer Dies in Amsterdam
J T Cremer, who served as the Dutch Minister to the United States from October 1918 to January 1920, has died in Amsterdam. He was head of The Netherlands Trade Society and a former Colonial senator. His resignation from the Washington post was due to illness.
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Amsterdam
J. T. Cremer
Netherlands Trade Society
Ashington
Ilith
Utah Flood Toll Rises to Ten as Floods Sweep Utah
North Utah floods kill ten, with several missing and many injured. Damage exceeds one million dollars as Governor Mabey orders National Guard readiness. In Farmington and Willard, residents recount rescues and witnesses describe deadly flood walls.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake
Utah
Farmington
Charles Mabey
National Guard
Boxeldel
Weber
Willard
Ogden
Newport plans $500000 water works upgrade
Newport plans to modernize its water works at nearly 500000 dollars. City Finance Commissioner Charles D. McCrea and engineer J N Chester of Pittsburg will present a scheme featuring a new pump house south of the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks at Brent Kentucky. The plan calls for a tile based settling basin with cement lining and a complete cover to protect the supply.
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Newport
Newport Water Works
Charles D. McCrea
Newport Finance
City Commission
J. N. Chester
J. N. Chester Engineering Company
Pittsburg
Chester
McCrea
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
Brent
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ex-Jockey to Teach That Earth Is Flat Soon to Be Minister
Newark Aug 14 Jus tus P Forehand former racehorse jockey who rode at Saratoga and other Eastern tracks will soon be ordained a minister in the Church of God and the Saints of Christ founded in 1896 by William S Crowdy The church teaches its members that the earth is flat.
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Newark
N. J
Justus P. Forehand
Saratoga
Church of God and the Saints of Christ
William S. Crowdy
Primary election in Cincinnati labeled a costly farce
The Cincinnati primary cost about 38000 dollars with 11000 votes cast across 469 precincts. Officials noted no contests and urged changing Ohio law to abandon primaries when uncontested, while candidates for city and municipal posts were nominees by party.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Thomas J. Noctor
Hamilton County
Alfred Deckelbach
Samuel W. Bell
William D. Alexander
George F. Eyrick
Bert Lohman
Carl T. Foley
Thomas Usher
Fred Weiland
Norwood
Louis Nolte
Walter W. Schwaab
Nolte
Bascom Slemp Named Private Secretary To Calvin Coolidge
Former Virginia Representative Bascom Slemp accepted the role of secretary to President Coolidge. Clark to serve as personal secretary. Slemp, long active in Republican politics, will assume duties after Labor Day with George B. Christian Jr. remaining as Presidential Secretary in the interim.
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Bascom Slemp
Calvin Coolidge
Washington
C. Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Coolidge
Slemp
Christian
Edward T. Clark
Benjamin F. Felt
Boston
Clark
Republican State Committee
Harding
Civil Service Commission
Commerce
Peru
George B. Christian, Jr
Reichstag backs Stresemann cabinet in vote of confidence
Berlin August 14 the Reichstag gave a confidence vote to Chancellor Stresemann and his cabinet with 240 of 341 deputies supporting the government. Opposition came mainly from the Nationalists and Communists. Bavarian party abstained.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Stresemann
Reichstag
Bavarian People’s Party
Ruhr
France
Belgium
Germany
Rhineland
Owi Pte Abeteateas
Police fire on Berlin rioters wounding four
In Berlin’s east end Communists tried to block tram cars at noon today. They smashed car windows and assaulted drivers. Police fired on the rioters and the crowd returned fire. Four persons were wounded before order was restored as the general strike was called off and transportation lines reopened.
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Berlin
Supreme Court Ruling Probable on Ship Seizure Decision
Federal Court in Brooklyn returned a decision August 14 holding that foreign ships hovering about the three mile limit may be seized. The ruling concerns enforcement of coastal waters jurisdiction and potential future Supreme Court action.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Brooklyn
Pilot Killed as Plane Falls Over Potomac
Washington Aug 14 Bertram M Stewart of Washington was killed instantly when the airplane he piloted fell one thousand feet near here John Ward Jr of Harlan Ky was seriously injured Ward had come to the capital with a party of tourists and rode as a passenger in a sightseeing flight Stewart formerly lived in Colorado
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Washington
Bertram M. Stewart
John Ward, Jr
Harlan, Ky
Potomac
Ward
Stewart
Coioo
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