Ku Klux Klan Hearings Reveal Funds and Norfolk Chief Ties
House Rules Committee heard that the Klan had collected about 1.49 million dollars since its founding and that Norfolk Virginia police chief allegedly belonged to the group. Imperial Wizard Simmons listened as witnesses claimed Edward Clark and Elizabeth Tyler held real power, and funds were largely used to recruit at ten dollars per member.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
House Rules Committee
Department of Justice
Chief of Police
Norfolk
Upshaw
Georgia
Klan
Ku Klux
William J. Simmons
Atlanta
Edward Young Clark
Elizabeth Tyler
Postoffice Department
B. Williamson
Postoffice
Imperial Palace
Williamson
Campbell
Colonel Simmons
Simmons
C. Anderson Wright
William J. Burns
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Kn Klux
Gallivan
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Congress
Ku Kipx
Clark
Tyler
Giants' Wrecking Crew Ties Series With Yank Pitchers
Dayton Ohio dispatch reports the murder of Lucien A. Soward in his Reibeld Building office remains unsolved. A mysterious caller asked if Soward was dead while detectives listened, with witnesses placing a roughly dressed man near a hotel public phone booth. A torn note bearing the name J A Hendrix, Dayton State Hospital employee, complicates the probe as police trace suspects across nearby towns.
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Dayton, O
Dayton
Lucien A. Soward
Soward
Reibeld
J. A
Hendrix
Dayton State Hospital For the Insane
Miamisburg
Pone
Inter Urben
Giants Tie World Series With Eight-Run Rally At Polo Grounds
Giants erupt for four runs in the fourth inning to defeat the Yankees 8 to 3 at the Polo Grounds. Jess Barnes, subbing for Toney, fans ten and holds New York in check after Fewster homers and Meusel and Snyder drive in runs. Babe Ruth sits, as Fewster shines in Ruthless absence.
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New York
Associated Press
Yankees
Giants
Polo Grounds
Bob Shawkey
Jess Barnes
Barnes
John McGraw
Jess
Fred Toney
Fewster
Yankee
Aaron Ward
Harper
Five Shots Fired Through Window At Mrs. Tyler
Five shots shattered the bedroom window of Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler assistant chief of the Propagating Bureau of the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta. Police received reports of the incident but no suspects were named. A caller threatened further action against Simmons imperial wizard who was in Washington.
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Mrs. Tyler
Ku-Klux Klan
Atlanta
Elizabeth Tyler
The
Atlanta Constitution
Flying record set by Ramey Wolfe for Washington to New York
Lieutenant How ard K. Ramey piloting a DeHaviland army plane with Lieutenant Leroy Wolfe as passenger covered the Washington to New York run in seventy nine minutes at Bolling Field setting a new record. The trip average speed reached 170 miles an hour at about 3 800 feet. The previous best time was eighty six minutes.
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Washington
Howard K. Ramey
DeHaviland Army
Leroy Wolfe
New York
Tojay
Bolling Field
Driver sought in Newport death car case linked to Saphir Grimes
Miss Saphir Grimes, 23, of Newport, admitted being in the car that struck and killed Cames Bennett, 53, in Cincinnati. She is held for identity of the driver. Clifford Keule, 29, charged with owning the car, sought release via habeas corpus after police dealings. he gave the name of the man he lent the car to as Clifford Meese. Judge Darby dismissed the writ after arrangements and statements. past record noted for a prior suspended auto theft sentence under the name McNeis.
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Saphir Grimes
East Eighteenth Street
Newport
Cames Bennett
Spencer House
Cincinnati
Second and Broadway
Fuller and Murphy
Clifford Keule
Argyle Place
Thomas H. Darby
Reule
Weatherly
Cleary, Weis and McCorkhill
Fourth
Sycamore Streets
Clifford Meese
East Court Street
Patrick Kilgariff
Reale
McNeil
Darby
McNeis
Wheelchair tragedy ends in doorway suicide
Mrs Amelia Bielgfeld, 64, wife of August Bielgfeld, tied a rope to a nail in the door jamb and kicked her invalid chair, dying of strangulation from despair over illness. Her daughter Alice Keller found the body after breaking in. Coroner Handley ruled death due to despondency from illness.
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Amelia Bielgfeld
August Bielfeld
East Thirteenth Street
Alice Keller
Sdielgfeld
Kunz
Suitcase Stolen at Grand Central Station During Layover
Willis M. Isbell an Indianapolis attorney traveling to Dayton found his $1,000 suitcase missing from the lower waiting room of Grand Central Station after leaving it unattended during a three hour layover. An investigation traced a man entering the room and taking the luggage as if his own.
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Willis M. Isbell
Indianapolis
Dayton
Grand Central Station
Jewelers Seek Payment For Peggy Joyce Jewelry
The suit in Chicago argues that James Stanley Joyce gave $1 million worth of gems to his wife Peggy Hopkins Joyce and seeks recovery in the divorce case. Cartier Inc seeks $375,000 from Joyce, claiming remaining jewels are owed.
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Chicago
James Stanley Joyce
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Lunderman
Cartier, Inc
Paris
London
Joyce
Marion McArdle Murder Trial Ends in Hung Jury
The jury considering Marian McArdle, 20, for the first degree murder of Daniel Kaber failed to reach a verdict after about six and a half hours. Judge Homer G. Powell instructed a verdict range from acquittal to first or second degree murder with or without mercy.
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Cleveland. O
Marian McArdle
Daniel Kaber
Miss McArdle
Eva Catherine Kaber
Dan Kaber
Marion McArdle
James T. Cassidy
Prson
Senate votes to remove railroad and oil taxes in tax bill
The Senate adopted with no dissent a plan to repeal transportation taxes on freight passenger Pullman express and oil by pipeline starting January 1. Debate hinted further compromise amendments faces strong resistance from some blocs while Democrats favored surtax and taxes on corporations. A Trammel amendment delaying repeal was defeated 38 to 30.
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Senate
Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Finance Committee
Manufacturers “Bloc
Trammel
Florida
Savannah Man Believed To Have Georgia’s Largest Family
A. B. Burgess, an Atlantic Coast Line railway worker in Savannah, is thought to have the largest family in Georgia with twenty six living children from three wives. He has seven sets of twins and two sets of triplets, and two twins named Willie and Sally had to be doubled due to naming limits.
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Savannah
Burgess
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Georgia
Start of Harrison Tomb Rehabilitation Set for Weekend
The inauguration of work on General William Henry Harrison's tomb at North Bend will be marked by a ceremony this weekend or early next week. James A. Reilly aims to honor the event with a patriotic observance, inviting Governor Davis and other officials, with a boat trip from Cincinnati and a pathway from tomb to river reflecting the funeral procession.
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William Henry Harrison
North Bend
James A. Reilly
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
General Harrison
Reilly
Harrison
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Harry L. Davis
Mailcarrier destroys 10000 letters to avoid long work shifts
In Denver, L W Coats 23 a substitute mail carrier confessed to Captain Rinker that he destroyed over 10000 letters in three months and stored a quarter ton in his basement to avoid longer hours He also admitted burning letters and stealing money from them police say
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Denver
Colo
L. W. Coats
Coats
Rinker
Roy Nelson
Pearl Market Bank Building Sold to Mortgage Firms
The Pearl Market Bank Building at 16 East Seventh Street was purchased by the American Mortgage Company, with a price not released. The building will house the American Mortgage Company and the Guarantee Deposit Company, moving main offices from Vine and Elm streets. The sale was announced by Melville Ritchie. The bank will relocate to the northwest corner of Seventh and Race streets. The Pearl Market Bank has operated on Seventh Street since 1914 and maintains branches at Pearl and Main, Reading Road and Rockdale Avenue.
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Pearl Market Bank
East Seventh Street
American Mortgage Company
Team 6
The
Guarantee Deposit Company
James L. Stephenson
Frank H. Simpson
Tyler Field
J. L. Stephenson
J. B. Laumann
Louis I. Townley
Seon
Seventh and
Race Streets
Samuel Lehman
Seventh Street
Pearl and
Main Streets
Reading Road
Rockdale Avenue
Avondale
Crosstown Car Loop Changed To Lessen Danger to Children
Mothers and students from Cummins School hailed City Council action that re routed the Crosstown street cars away from Locust and Melrose to a new loop. Cars will run McMillan to Park Avenue to Yale to Gilbert and back to Peebles Corner, avoiding track and wire installation. The change lowers rerouting costs and enhances child safety near the school.
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Cummins School
Locust and
Melrose Streets
Walnut Hills
Locust
Melrose
McMillan Street
Park Avenue
Yale
Yale Avenue
Gilbert
Peebles Corner
Cummins
Locust Street
Melrose Avenue
Body of Naturalist Found in Mountains in Virginia
A body believed to be Blaize L. Harsell of Bedford New York naturalist and explorer missing since last spring was found by lumbermen near Saltville Virginia today reports say Harsell had been missing in the mountains of this section since spring and the find was confirmed by long distance phone reports.
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Bristol, Tenn
Blaize L. Harsell
Bedford
N. Y
Saltville
Eatmor Cranberries Endorse Flavor Pairings in Ad
An Eatmor cranberry advertisement touts the fruit as a tasty companion to other foods, suggesting pleasant flavor pairings and broad appeal in a simple promotional note.
Ruth Watches as Fewster Hammers Off Hurt Arm
At the Polo Grounds on October 11 Babe Ruth with a damaged arm in a sling sat and watched as three homers went out in the early innings. Chick Fewster, Ruth’s substitute, hit a four bagger to left field as Emil Meusel and Frank Snyder powered for the Giants to overcome an early Yankee lead. Ruth showed no sign of jealousy and even smiled at Fewster’s blast.
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Miller Huggins
John McGraw
Woxmen
Huggins
Harry Harper
Yankees
Toney
Harper
Giants
Meusel
Snyder
Shawkey
Barnes
Frank Baker
Fewster
Ruth
Babe
Peckinpaugh
Miller
Bob Meusel
Pipp
Ward
McNally
Young Giants
Kelly
Trish
Mouse
Rawlings
Burns
Bancroft
Frisch
Shawkeys
New York
Polo Grounds
Babe” Ruth
Chick” Fewster
Emil Meusel
Frank Snyder
Chick
Harding Asks Press to Aid Armament Conference
President Harding calls on the global press to foster international understanding and ease the tasks of the Washington armament conference. He urges open minded journalism to educate, not propagandize, and to promote peaceful Pacific competition between Eastern and Western ideals.
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Washington
Harding
Press Congress of the World
Honolulu
Pacific
The
South Sea
Salmond to Represent New Zealand at Arms Conference
Wellington reports Sir John William Salmond will represent New Zealand at the Washington Conference on Limitation of Armaments. The Solicitor General for ten years has a distinguished career as jurist and writer, announced by Premier Massey.
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Wellington
New Zealand
John William Salmond
Commonwealth
Massey
John
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