Must Drive Klan From Oklahoma Says Governor Walton
Governor J C Walton declares the Ku Klux Klan an anarchist force in Oklahoma and vows to drive it from the state The speech before about 11 000 delegates at the labor convention also defends his martial law order for Oklahoma City and asserts the fight against the Klan is not a religious issue. He warns of forged signatures and announces warrants in 800 cases. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
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Okla
Ku Klux Klan
Oklahoma
J.C. Walton
Oklahoma City
Klan
OKMULGEE
National Guard
Carter
Marshall
J. C. Walton
Okmulzee
Walton
Madill
Weather Forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis
Forecast for Indiana Tuesday and Wednesday calls for showers and likely local thunder showers. Tuesday will be cooler at night, Wednesday fair and cooler. In Indianapolis and vicinity similar conditions with showers and possible thunder showers Tuesday, cooler nights, and Wednesday fair and cooler.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Italian Princess Mafalda Reported Dying in Turin
Turinh Sept 17 Great anxiety surrounds Princess Mafalda and Princess Giovanni as Dr Quirico treats Mafalda at Racconigi for gastric fever and typhoid rumors. Dispatched Rome reports previously claimed the illness, betrothal to Belgium crown prince remains official but disputed.
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TURIN
Italy
Giovanni
Valvassori
Racconigi
Quirico
Rome
Belgium
Europe
Eather
State Board May Fix 33 Cent Levy
State Board of Tax Commissioners plans to set a 33 cent levy on property value, a rise from 27 cents. The decision hinges on Governor McCray and State Auditor Bracken, with debates over funding loans and next year’s rates. Officials anticipate either a split now and later decrease or a sharp increase followed by a fall.
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state board of tax commissioners
McPray
Bracken
wpe
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Tle
New York Newspapers Tied Up by Strike
New York newspapers will not be published as about 1 600 workers walked off the job shortly after midnight. They reject the Judge Manton award of a year ago and say conditions are forty years out of date. Officials urged a return to work but the strike persisted.
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NEW YORK
Universal Service
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Woman sustains severe injury after hotel dispute
Mary Werdon of Gallicia, Illinois, cut an artery in her right wrist while trying to reenter a room at the Broadway hotel after being locked out by her husband Qral Wed don. She testified they argued and he ousted her, she climbed to an adjoining room, broke a window pane, and sustained a serious wound before being taken to Siss hospital for treatment.
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Gallicia
TIL
Broadway
Qral Weddon
Werdon
Siss 7 hospital
ieitton
Health Board Levy Passed by Council and Mandamus Shade
The city council approved a 4.5 cent levy for the health department amid court-mandated constraints while county auditor Leo W. Kessler plans to refuse acceptance of the amended levy, risking another mandamus suit. Additional ordinances fund injuries and a Broad Ripple service, and tighten street and parking regulations amid a continuing tax dispute.
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department of public health
Heydon W. Buchanan
legal department
Broad Ripple
Boeing
board of public works
Indiana Smelting and Refining Corporation
athers Trobe Hanna
Shelly Street
Illinoiis street
Washington
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Washington street
Massachusetts avenue
Pennsylvania
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Cotton Up 7 50 A Bale On Short Crop Reports
New York September 17 cotton prices rose 150 to 152 points about 7.50 per bale in one of the year’s most active markets. The advance followed heavy rainfall in Texas and Oklahoma that threatened open cotton, revived fears of further reductions in already low crop estimates, and added roughly 75 million dollars to the South’s wealth.
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NEW YORK
Texas
Oklahoma
Feared Blindness Drives Man to Suicide in Muncie
Benton R. Wheatley 40 a gardener living west of Muncie Indiana is believed to have killed himself due to failing health and fear of blindness. His body was found hanging in a bath by his four year old son near the residence and he was a well known former polo player in the region.
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Indianapaolis
MUNCIE
Ind
Benton’ R. Wheatley
Wheat- Jey
Wheatley
California plague case discovered in San Francisco
Washington report says a woman in San Francisco has a confirmed case of bubonic plague. She previously lived in Pacific Grove in Monterey County. Public Health Service notes no epidemic danger, with state city and federal authorities cooperating to prevent spread. Experts say transmission is mainly via ground squirrels.
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public health service
San Francisco
Pacific Grove
fronterey county
California
heart service
Frenchman saves money by spurning bequests
Strasbourg dispatch reports Laurent Meyer of Soultz-Souy- Foret inherited 1000 marks during the war from a relative. He faced costs to settle the estate amounting to 1200 times the bequest and told court officials to keep the money, choosing not to claim the bequest.
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Laurent Meyer
Soultz-Souy-Foret
here
yeaterany
Meyer waa
Meyer
Missing New York baby believed linked to Morgantown death
Morgantown West Virginia authorities and police in neighboring states are seeking a couple who left a 4 month old girl at a Morgantown hospital amid reports the infant died from malnutrition. The body described matches a missing New York baby, Lilian McKenzie, with authorities asking for sightings as they pursue leads across Maryland and Pennsylvania. The case ties to a larger kidnapping report from New York where Lilian’s mother fears the worst, believing the infant may be the same child referenced in the Morgantown description.
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W. Va
TAllian McKenzie
New York
telegraph
Morgantown hospital
Waa
New York city
Irennslvania
Maryland
Polter
A. W. Smith
Chicago
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pwaita
ilen McKenzie
Lilien
Mra
Democrats Back Kentucky For 1924 National Convention
Indiana party leaders signal support for Louisville as the Democratic national convention site amid discussions in Washington. Charles A. Greathouse and Thomas Taggart publicly favor Louisville if it can accommodate attendees. The effort aims to counter New York efforts, aligning Midwest and Southern interests while steering toward a non McAdoo pathway.
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Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana
Kentucky
Thomas Taggart
Hannisa Port
Maas
Louisville
middle West
Taggart
Joulaville
New York
Greathouse
Normen Mack
F. H. Moore
Ohio
Greathame
Democrata
French Lick
Ind
Al Smith
Mmphe atate
Smith
Taggert
Washington
Courier- Journal
Louissles
Oscar Wnderwoor
William Gibbs McAdon
Louisvile
Labor speech gets Foster arrested in Kansas City
A Chicago radical reader Foster was arrested and held for investigation in Kansas City after speaking at a hall run by the labor defense council. Bail fixed at 2000 dollars. The report also covers Michigan legal actions against William Poster and related antisy llaliam law charges, with prior trials and pending retrials.
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Foster
Chicago
taboo
labor defense council
Bent
LANSING
Mich
William 'y Poster
Michigan
OT. Smith
Poster
St. Wilsenh
Berrien couney
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C.F. Ruthenberg
feteral
state Supreme court haa
Ruthenberg
Hammond youth admits throwing switch in near collision
Hammond Sept 17 Charlee Spohn attempted to switch a yard track to prevent a collision as a Michigan Central passenger train neared. Nearby 10 year old John Paul Pearson said he wanted to see the event and admitted throwing the switch, averting a terrible crash.
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HAMMOND
Ind
Sepp
Charlee Spohn
J. H. Belt
ranthond
alan
Detroit
Michigan Central
Spahn
Paul Pearson
Miners ratify two year wage agreement in Harrisburg
More than 100 delegates from three anthracite districts ratified a two year wage deal crafted by miners and operators in Harrisburg. The pact includes an 11 percent wage rise, an eight hour day, and union recognition, with some protests over lower raises for day laborers. The contract signings were planned for Milford, Pennsylvania, while operations would resume Wednesday morning.
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RCRANTON
Penneyivania hart coal’ fells
Habsburg
James Aforman
Jocal untone
eame
Winchat
Harrisburg
Judge Denies Diamond's Motion for New Trial
Valparaiso Indiana September 17 Judge H A Loring in the Crown court denied Harry Diamond under sentence of death for the murder of his wife Nettle a new trial. The defense moved for an appeal to the Supreme Court and records were ordered prepared. Diamond was brought from the Michigan City penitentiary for the hearing and has lost weight since confinement in the death cell.
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VALPARAISO
Ind
H. A. Loring
Harry Diamond
Nettle
Supreme court
Diamond
Michigan City
aince
Isle of Paradise Offered to League as Artist Retreat
Geneva reports the Isle of Paradise near Capri has been offered to the League of Nations as a retreat for artists and writers. A world university liaison program was discussed to promote intellectual cooperation, with Tokyo seeking restoration of Japanese literary and scholarly collections damaged by the recent earthquake. Capri is a small island off Campagna, twenty miles south of Naples.
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Homer
Lamartine
hern
League of Nations
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league weretariat
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Campagna
milan
Naples
Senators hint Pinchot for president as Coolidge stay unsure
Washington dispatch reports Senator Pepper and Senator Reed of Pennsylvania avoid pledging support for either Coolidge or Pinchot. They stress no premature declarations, citing national and state interests, while hinting Pinchot boosters are not ruled out. Their White House visit followed Heinz company anniversary events. CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
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EVERETT C. WATKINA
WASHINGTON
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George WW. Pepper
David Reed
Pennayivania
tndey
Penneylvanka
Dennsyshania PUgAL
Aloself
Froper
White House
Conlidge
Pittsburgh
Irene Shen
Heinz Pickle Company
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Heinz
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heiver
Hodges Rules Out Congress Run Despite Post Talk
Gary Indiana September actions center on State Senator William F Hodges ex mayor who firmly denies plans to leave the race for the Republican nomination in the Tenth District against Will R Wood He also rejects any offer to join the state public service commission amid reports of Washington outreach and Governor Mc Cray consideration amid party pressure in Lake County towns.
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Indianapolia Star
GARY
Ind
Wiliam F. Hodges
cnmmisainn
McCray
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Hodgee
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shier
General Assembly
Wood
breent
Lake county
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Loughry Favored for Public Service Post Amid Commission Shuffle
State Senator William Hortges of Gary said he would not abandon his bid for Congress in the Tenth district, effectively ending prospects for any public service commission appointment. With Hodginspp’s retirement the field narrows to Edgar F. Riesling or Edgar Loughry, secretary of the commission, who is not a candidate but considered the likeliest choice. Four staff members have been linked to the vacancy, CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.
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Ruketha
Tulsa
Campbell Russell
state corporation commission
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a. board
William ¥ F. Hortges
Gary
ongreaa
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Edgar F. Riesling
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yeterday
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Loughry
Eyeggs Routed by Tear Gas Attack in Lafayette
A group entered a Weat Lafayette filling station early this morning to rob the safe but were driven off by a tear gas blast. The explosion blew the safe door, damaged eight glass containers, and sprayed motor oil. The money in the safe remained intact.
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Children Safety Week Launched by City Traffic Dept and Hoosier Club
Indianapolis launched Children’s Safety Week under the traffic department and Hoosier Motor Club. Two officer teams covered thirteen schools teaching accident prevention councils for grades four to eight. Today about eighteen public and seven parochial schools will be visited as windshield streamers and street placards spread safety reminders citywide.
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natin
Hawar Carmally
traffc department
Indianapolis
Honsler Motor Club
police
ofcern
achaola
Owens
Paul
Tolle
McMahan
Hoorler Motor Club
entrust
Frank Wampler
Hoosier Motor Club
Wampler
Michael Glenn
Indianapolia police force
strrete
Berkeley Fire Devours Town as Wind Shifts
A devastating grass fire swept Berkeley in the Cragmont area and crowded districts. Unidentified UC students were reported missing after falling through a burning building, with dozens of homes destroyed and thousands displaced. Fire engines from Alameda, Oakland and San Francisco aided the rapid response as the wind drove flames toward the campus and business districts. Continuous updates described neighborhoods from Euclid Avenue to Shasta as engulfed, yet the fire eventually waned late at night, with police guarding the burned zone and residents evacuating.
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Cal
Cragmont
University of California
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Alameda
Oakland
San Francisco
California
enaxtand
Berkley
Oaklatus
Tha Oe
Berryman
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Saloma park
Shanta
Hileard
Hilgant
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leroy streets
LaLoma avenue
Shasta
Tamalpais road
Talley Shasta street
Hillaide avenue
Rosewood
Roaring
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Cedar
Shasta streets
Cerdar Street
Spring street
Derryman
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citheens
Dynamiting Used to Halt Forest Fire Sweep Past Counties
Brush fires driven by strong winds swept through twelve counties as crews resorted to dynamiting to halt the advancing flames. Firefighters battled the blaze with reinforcement from local and state agencies, focusing on containment near populated areas and timberlands. Measures included ignition control lines and aerial water dumps to protect communities and resources.
Wildfires Rage Across California Areas Hit Hard
San Francisco and Berkeley endured severe wildfires as hot winds fueled flames that damaged hundreds of homes and threatened the University of California. Fires spread through Placer Eldorado Solano Napa and eight other counties burning thousands of acres and forcing evacuations as Eldorado was surrounded and communications cut.
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ST. Berkeley
University of California
California
Berkeley
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Eldorado
Solana
Napa
Hil
Eldorados
Diamond Springs
Placerville
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