Monroe Ku Klux Klan forms with parade planned
An unnamed Monroe organization forms a Ku Klux Klan chapter with 150 members, aiming for 250 to 300 by September 1. It includes local bankers, merchants, lawyers, physicians, and outsiders. A monster September parade is planned with 500 knights in costume. The group pledges law and order and anti mob violence while promoting pro American, anti-foreigner tenets and strict secrecy. Rewards offered for arrests tied to Klan acts are noted in Shreveport notices.
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Ku Klux Klan
Monroe
West Monroe
William J. Simmons
Atlanta
Knights of the
United States
The
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
South
Shreveport Klan No. 2
Shreveport Times
Shreveport Klan
Klan
Invisible Empire
Two Blacks Arrest in Ouachita Ward Six Band Destroyed
Sheriff Arthur Grant and Deputy W S Upton jailed Bill Miles and Gus Chapple both in ward six for waylaying and killing Bill Menifield on July 7. Mitchell Harris remains jailed for killing Ed Burk, as the sheriff says the west side black assassins’ spree ends with five farmers dead.
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Arthur Grant
W. S. Upton
Bill Miles
Gus Chapple
Ouachita Parish
Bill Menifield
Mitchell Harris
Ed Burk
Sheriff's Office
West Side
Ward Six
Monroe Chamber of Commerce offers $10000 oil discovery bonus
A Monroe Chamber of Commerce meeting pledged a ten thousand dollar bonus to the first producing oil well in the Monroe territory within a defined radius. The bonus requires unimpeachable proof the well is a commercial producer and meets a 100 barrel output in the first twenty days. The field currently has no designated producer, though several strong prospects exist.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Svonilll Alien
World’s Famous Tenor Enrico Caruso Dies in Naples
The Associated Press reports Enrico Caruso died in Naples after an operation for a liver diaphragm connection that caused peritonitis. Born February 25 1873 in Naples he rose from church singer to La Scala star and then to Metropolitan Opera fame.
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Naples
Singer
Associated Press
Enrico Caruso
New York
Italy
London
Caruso
Rome
America
Marcellius Caruso
Ku Klux Klan Rides Northward Like Whirlwind
Wichita report says revival of the Ku Klux Klan is expanding northward with claimed 1,000,000 members, including 400,000 in the North, and ten Kansas cities have organized Klan chapters. An official, unnamed, touts credentials from Col. William J. Simmons in Atlanta as the head of the order. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
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KU Klux Klan
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
South
William J. Simmons
Atlanta
The
Invisible Empire
Great Britain Drops Proposal for Pacific Conference
London reports that Great Britain will not hold a preliminary conference on the Pacific questions and will join the Washington conference as proposed by President Harding. A November 11 date remains possible if deemed suitable. Attendance by Lloyd George hinges on circumstances.
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Great Britain
Associated Press
London
Pacific
Washington
Harding
Lloyd George
U S Director Heads to Riga for Russian Relief Post
London reports W L Brown European director of the American Relief Administration will travel to Riga Friday to negotiate a written pact with the Russian famine committee to feed a million Russian children and invalids. The American relief commission will not act or acknowledge responsibility until American prisoners are released and a satisfactory agreement is in place.
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Associated Press
London
W. L. Brown
American Relief Administration
Riga
Russian Famine Committee
Russia
American Relief Commission
Reserve Banks Criticized by J S Williams
John Skelton Williams former comptroller of the currency testified before a joint congressional commission on agricultural problems and criticized Federal Reserve Bank administration. Governor Harding of the Fed board attended. Williams cited statistics claiming major city banks including New York and Chicago received more reserve loans than country banks and said New York Reserve Bank borrowings were four times its capital for speculative operations.
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Washington
John Skelton Williams
Congressional
Federal Reserve Banks
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Williams
New York
Chicago
New York Reserve Bank
Schooner Henry Marshall Seized Off Coast For Liquor Charge
The schooner Henry Marshall flying a British flag was seized by the coast guard cutter Seneca four miles off the New York coast. Officers found numerous cases of liquor aboard with cargo discharged, and no papers showing transfer to British registry.
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New York
Henry Marshall
Coast Guard
Seneca
Bureau to Make Oil Gas Survey at El Dorado Field
University of Arkansas will partly fund a U S Bureau of Mines survey of the El Dorado oil and gas fields. A planned state fund of about 2000 dollars from petty cash will help cover expenses while the survey centers at El Dorado and sizes up the oil and gas pool. University geological staff may assist field men in the effort.
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University of Arkansas
United States Bureau of Mines
el Dorado Oil and Gas
Bureau of Mines
Board of Trustees
University
Utley
el Dorado
University Geological
United States Bureau of Mine
Parker
Louisiana
Twin City B Y P U Holds Meeting at First Baptist
The Twin City B Y P U held its regular monthly meeting at the First Baptist church with all six local unions represented and fifty six present. Due to a tie the banner was awarded jointly to the Junior and Intermediate B Y P U of the First church. Warren Magee presided and Miss Addie Rainbow became secretary. A variety of booster songs and yells were led by John S. Ramond and R Windsor. The next meeting is set for September 12 in West Monroe.
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Twin City
John S. Ramond
R. €. Windsor
Mississippi College
Clinton
Miss
Pineville
Twin City Union
Monroe
West Monroe
Hotel company moves to acquire title to Stubbs lot
Ouachita Hotel Co officers and stockholders met at the Chamber of Commerce to review the two year effort to build a Monroe hotel. Plans grew from 850000 to over double cost, leading to stalled progress. A committee was formed to obtain clear title to the Grammont and St John street lot, with pledge to revive financing and begin construction next year if 25 percent calls are met and costs stabilize. The News-Star notes cautious progress amid a cloudy forecast tonight and Wednesday.
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Ouachita Hotel*Co
Chamber of Commerce
Downes
Board of Directors
Monroe
Messrs
T. E. Flournoy
Sam Kaplan
John M. Foster
Stibbs
Grammont and
St. John Streets
Hether
The
News- Star
Chicago Bank President Rumor Sparks Marfa Reward Call
Chicago authorities cite a Marfa Texas telegram asking about a reward for Warren Spurgin president of the Michigan Avenue Trust Company. Federal officers in El Paso say a service car driver confirmed meeting a man matching Spurgin in Marfa and driving him toward Presidio.
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Chicago
Marfa
Texas
Associated Press
Warren Spurgin
Mygesing
Michican Avenue Trust Company
el Paso
Presidio
Woman in Case Defends Louisiana Youth Murdered in Washington
Mrs J S Byrd of West Carroll parish near the Ouachita line says her son Albert Byrd was blameless and murdered in cold blood by his in law Goetz. Goetz wife Tuella M Goetz writes from Washington claiming Albert did not disrupt their home and exonerates him. Local friends in Louisiana deem him innocent as reports from Washington indicate exemplary habits.
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Louisiana
J. S. Byrd
West Carroll Parish
Quachita
Goetz
Washington
Tuella M. Goetz
Albert Byrd
Diamond D Oil and Gas Eyes Franklin Parish Field
J. Burrell, vice-president of the Diamond D Gas and Oil Association of Chicago, toured Monroe to discuss 30 000 acres of leases in Franklin parish near Gilbert La The first well reached 4088 feet with similar formation to Monroe field and casing planned at 2800 feet Testing may run to 3500 feet though contract calls for 3000 feet No acreage has been sold yet but will be offered soon Backed by Chicago businessmen Burrell and partners bring long oil and gas experience and optimism for the Franklin parish prospects
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J. €. Burrell
Diamond D Gas and Oil Association
Chicago
Monroe
Franklin Parish
Gilbert
T. B. Gilbert
Diamond D
Burrell
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la Scala
Milan
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Warsaw
Lisbon
Paris
Germany
Metropolitan Opera House
Signor Caruso
Maurice Grau
Grau
Heinrich Conried
U. S
J. S. Williams
Bureau TO Make Oil, Gas Survey
Stubbs’ Lot
Ouachita Hotel Pany
Weaks Supply Co
Genasco Roofing Products
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