Fulton sheriff ousts Ku Klux Klan Imperial Palace head
Sheriff J I Lowry with deputies seized the Imperial Palace in Atlanta under a judge order dispossessing Imperial Emperor J Simmons amid a power struggle with Imperial Wizard H W Evans. A temporary injunction had barred Evans and other officials, with a hearing set for today.
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Imperial Palace
KU Klux Klan
Fulton County
Associated Vrese
Atlanta
J. I. Lowry
Knights of
The
Byudge E. D. Thomas
J. Simmons
Klan
H. W.vans
Thomas
Perer Simmons
Temary
Imperializard Evans
Lowry
Peachtree Road
Milan
Simmons
Trans
Evans
Dr. Evans
Kamelia
Rder
Net Simmons
Order
Lone! Simmons
Commander Owsley Prefers Train to Airplane Ride
Baton Rouge April 4 Commander Owsley said he would not ride in the airplane to Jackson Miss. He stated I promised my wife that I would never ride in a plane and I will stick to the train.
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Baton Rouge
Owsley
Jackson
Miss
D'Arbonne Acreage Acquired by Chicago Company
Stockholders of the D Arbonne Lumber and Oil Company reorganized as the D Arbonne Company of Chicago and bought the mortgaged property at sheriff sale for 80000 dollars. The 6000 acre tract in Ouachita and Union parishes is rich timber land set for oil and gas development, with wells planned but delayed by the mortgage dispute.
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D'Arbonne Lumber & Oil Company
Ouachita
Union Parishes
D'Arbonne Company of Chicago
Oldest City Back In Its Infancy In Dream Commemoration
St Augustine observes a Florida discovery centennial reenactment with A M Taylor impersonating Don Juan Ponce de Leon landing at Matanzas Bay. The three day event includes a parade, Fort Marion blessing, and a historical address by Scott M Loftin honoring Ponce de Leon and Henry M Flagler.
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Associated Press
St. Augustine
Fla
Juan Ponce
Leon
Matanzas Bay
Florida
Spain
A. M. Taylor
Cautro
United States
Fort Reservation
Old Fort Marion
Scott M. Loftin
Flagler
Ponce de Leon
Menendez
Henry M. Flagler
Bandits Clean Out Waco Bank in Missouri Robbery
Joplin Missouri April 4 motor car loaded with police left town to pursue two bandits who entered the bank of Waco sixteen miles northwest of here scooped up all the cash and sped away toward this city. Posses organized at Waco are behind the robbers. Amount stolen not learned. Mrs Lofton wife of the cashiersaid the bank was just about cleaned out.
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Associated Press
Joplin
Waco
Nere
Dancer's Lawyer Seeks Dismissal of Perjury Charge
Edward J. Collins, attorney for Evan Burrows Fontaine and her mother Florence Ames, said withdrawing not guilty pleas in Rockland county was a preparatory step toward seeking dismissal of the perjury charge arising from the suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney for breach of promise.
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New York
Edward J. Collins
Evan Burrows Fontaine
Florence E. Ames
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Rockland County
Flood Threat Rises as Ouachita Swells in Louisiana
Rainfall totaling 2.46 inches in 24 hours ending seven this morning swells the Ouachita river and nearby streams in Louisiana. Reports from upriver areas indicate rising waters marooning countryside families, with flood risk increasing if rain persists, though Monroe and Ouachita parish towns remain out of immediate danger.
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Monroe
Ouachita River
Louisiana
Ouachita
Ouachita Valley
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita City
Hattiesburg Suffers Massive Hailstorm Overnight
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on April 4 a historic hailstorm struck just after midnight. The five minute barrage dumped stones from marble to hen egg size, smashing windows damaging roofs injuring crops and littering the ground.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Rainfall Floods Laurel Streets In Night Of Heavy Rain
Three inches of rain fell in Laurel in ten hours ending at eight this morning. Rain continues but eases. Drainage was inadequate and streets flooded. Creeks may rise again after receding from high water two weeks ago.
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Associated
Wrese Laurel
Miss
Laurel
Gaage
Rainfall Delays Yankees Dodgers Exhibition in Jackson
Rain 3.25 inches in Jackson stops an exhibition baseball game between the Yankees and the Dodgers. The Brookhaven washout may delay a parade honoring Alvin Owsley, national American Legion commander, arriving from New Orleans. Heavy rains flood Central and South Mississippi streams.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Weather Observer
Yankees
Dodgers
Brookhaven
Alvin Owsley
National American Legion
New Orleans
South
Mississippi
Levee Break Floods Louisiana Institutions, Inundates Eighty Acres
A Rocky Bayou backwater levee near Pineville broke this morning flooding eighty acres and submerging drainage pumps under eight feet of water. The rupture also damaged the pumping plant at Camp Stafford’s veterans hospital, a major loss to the state institution.
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Associated Press
Mexandria
Rocky Bayou
Louisiana Hospital For the Insane
Pineville
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Camp Stafford
Suburban Erie train crash injures eighteen in Jersey City
Eighteen people were injured, none seriously, when an Erie railroad suburban train crashed into the rear of another in Jersey City New Jersey. Simultaneously a Buffalo telegram to Knights of Columbus headquarters said Reverend J A Vraniak of Virden Illinois had been captured and was being returned to his home. In Boston directors of United Shoe Machinery Corporation voted to issue one million additional shares raising capital to 75000000. In New York Raymond McKee and Marguerite Courtot were married at the Little Church Around the Corner.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Erie Railroad
New York
Buffalo
J. I. Perrine
Knights of Columbus
J. A. Vraniak
Virden, II
Venice
Boston
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
Raymond McKee
Marguerite Courtot
Jeansonne Gathered Unto His Fathers at Centenarian Span
Villa Platte April 4 Auguste Jeansonne died here from influenza complications. He would have turned 112 tomorrow. He married three times and fathered 23 children, 17 living, oldest 93. Survived by 187 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.
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Villa Platte
Auguste Jeansonne
Amite City Judge Files Suit Over Nomination Contests
Judge Columbus Reid of Amite City sues to challenge Judge Brunet's nomination in the Fifth District race and alleges irregularities in East Baton Rouge and St Landry precincts. Judge Ellis may file a companion suit challenging Brunet as well. Carruth is named to try the case within five days.
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Baton Rouge
Columbus Reid
Amite City
Supreme Court
Fifth District
District Court
H. F. Brunet
Reid
Ellis
Robert Ellis
Brunot
East Baton Rouge Parish
C. J. Bogan
J. C. Carruth
Twenty-first Judicial District
Pointe Cupee
West Baton Rouge
Iberville
Carruth
French Deporting Army Officers Berlin Dispatch
Berlin reports from Wiesbaden say the French are deporting many former German army officers from the occupied area. A retired general and three other officers were taken across the border. Movements of troops persist along the Ruhr edge with French cavalry occupying Ruenderoth and Ginborn. State mines Koenig Ludwig and Bergman Gluk, plus three private mines, fall under French control near Recklinghausen.
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Berlin
Wiesbaden
Muenster
Ruhr
Minneapolis Probe Expands to Denver Robbery Case
Federal grand jury in Minneapolis opens an investigation into a December Denver federal reserve truck robbery linked to a nationwide plot to steal treasury bonds mailed by the government. Secret indictments were returned today against about a score of Twin City residents in the broader conspiracy.
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Minneapolis
Twin City
Federal Grand Jury
Federal Reserve
Denver
Chicago Democrats sweep into office in greatest landslide
In Chicago on April 4, Democrat William E. Dever won the mayoralty, succeeding William Hale Thompson. Democrats also captured city clerk and treasurer seats, with a large aldermanic gains and bond issues approved in the South Park district. Morton Hull led in the Illinois second district congressional race for the GOP.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William E. Dever
Superior Court
William Hale Thompson
Judge Dever
Thompson
Arthur C. Lueder
G. O. P. Latte
Ilinois
James R. Mann
Morton P. Hull
Barrett O'Hara
Old City
Yesterdy
John A. Cervenka
John W. Healey
al F. Gorman
William H. Cruden
William A. Cunnen
South Park
Woburn
Mass
Dever
Kent College of Law
Grapefruit Shipment Hides Large Whiskey Seizure
Federal agents led by Chief Prohibition Agent Charles J. Burns seized a refrigerator car carrying about 4,800 quarts of Scotch and rye whiskey disguised as grapefruit. The shipment, billed to the Eagle Produce Company in Cleveland from Burton Fruit Company of Prairie Florida, marks one of the era's largest contraband busts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Prohibition
Charles J. Burns
Big Four
Eagle Produce Company
Burton Fruit Company
Prairie
Fla
Mississippi Crest Reaches 45.2 Feet At Helena Ark
The second spring rise on the Mississippi River peaks at Helena Ark at 45.2 feet, one foot above flood stage. Memphis sees 35.2 feet and Vicksburg 47.3 feet, with no reported damage beyond flooded low lands.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Helena
Ark
Vicksburg
Flood Warning Impacts Lower Mississippi River Basin
The weather bureau issued a special flood warning for the lower Mississippi and Atchafalaya basins after heavy rains in the past 24 hours. Natchez reported six inches of rain and Brookhaven more than seven inches, with projected river rises into mid April at Natchez Baton Rouge Donaldsonville New Orleans and Atchafalaya towns Simmesport and Melville.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Biz Black
Natchez
Brookhaven
Miss
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville
Simmesport
Melville
President Harding Visits Aiken During South Carolina Stop
President Harding motored from Augusta to Aiken with his vacation party for a several hour visit. He will play golf and attend luncheon, expressing regret at not visiting more southern points. The western swing is expected to be the main trip this summer, with possible further southern travel later.
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Associated
Wrens
Congress
Harding
Harding postpones Augusta visit due to morning showers
President Harding delayed his trip to Augusta Georgia and then to Aiken South Carolina because of early morning rain. The stay was rescheduled for the following day as arrangements had already been made. In Lansing Michigan formal charges were filed against the Israelite House of David colony at Benton Harbor accusing it of deceit immorality and fraud by Attorney General Andrew B Dougherty.
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Augusta
Harding
Aiken
S. C
South Carolina
Lansing
Mich
House of David
Benton Harbor
Ingham County
Andrew 8. Dougherty
Michigan
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Lered Simmons
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H. F. Montgomery
H. K
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Tom Akers
Kinnon
N. M. Furney
Com. Owsley
D’arbonne
CHI. Company
Parish
Quachita
Jeansonne
East Baton Rouge
W. E. Dever
L. W. Gresham
Mattress Factory
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Roofing
Walker
Land OF Flowers
Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
Ouachita National Bank
West
Southland
Rly
American Legion
NEW York Yankees
Brooklyn
Stag Smoke House
Marcus News Stand
Sig Haas & Sons
Glee Club
Louisiana College Glee Club
B. H. DeMent
Baptist Bible Institute
New Oge
Woman's Missionary Union
First Baptist Church
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