Parker Denied Federal Martial Law Move in Louisiana
White House says Louisiana authorities are capable of handling secret society issues and federal help will only be available to support state interests. Governor Parker denied reports of seeking federal martial law as sensational claims from a Washington paper circulate.
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Parker
Coco
White House meets over Klan activity in interstate crime
President Harding and Daugherty with Louisiana Governor Parker and Attorney General Coco discuss federal cooperation to curb Ku Klux Klan operations across state lines. Parker seeks federal help after Morehouse parish disappearances and alleged local hindrances while Burns reviews the case.
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Coco
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Morehouse
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Watt Daniels
Morehouse Parish
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Daniels
B. M. McKain
Met Rouge
Daniel
Southern Congress Opens in Chicago to Discuss Trade and Peace
The fifteenth annual Southern Commercial Congress convenes in Chicago with 3 days of debate on southern agriculture export immigration and trade. Ambassadors ministers and consuls from many nations attend while Senator Shields and Major General O'Ryan address key topics.
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America
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Commission
Southern Society of Chicago
Steamship Appeals Set for Supreme Court Hearing
Washington November 20 The foreign steamship companies appeal from Judge Hand's decision upholding the Daugherty bone dry liquor regulations for ocean liners was advanced by the Supreme Court for hearing January 2. The court also set for hearing the two appeals by American steamship companies from Judge Hand's decision.
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Plantation Worker Shot by Watchman at Warehouse
In Baton Rouge on November 20 Joe Supple of Catherine Plantation 13 miles below Plaquemine was killed by a black watchman named Clement at the warehouse on the batture. The uncle Willie Supple, plantation manager, had advised the watchman to shoot intruders. Joe arrived to prepare for a sugar shipment and was shot as he opened the door.
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Boat Capsize Near Mexicali Drowns Several In Caliente Gulf
Reports from La Bomba sixt y miles south of Mexicali say a boat overturned during a landing and many passengers drowned. Details are scarce and the incident was learned late tonight. In another note Constantinople says Turkey requires American destroyers to hold a Keialist visa to enter or leave Turkish ports.
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Governor Parker travels to Washington on coal and river issues
Baton Rouge report says Governor Parker went to Washington to discuss coal and car shortages and the river situation with federal authorities. Secretary Dave M. Evans denies any plan to request federal aid to suppress the Ku Klux Klan, calling the Klan story exaggerated.
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Baton Rouge
Parker
Washington
Dave M. Evans
Evans
Louisiana
George Rothwell Brown
New Orleans
State Education Chief Denies Parker Klan Trip Report
T. H. Harris, Louisiana state superintendent of public instruction, calls a New York paper story about Governor Parker seeking federal aid in the Ku Klux Klan situation ridiculous and scandalous and says there is no truth in the Washington newspaper report.
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Baton Rouge
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New York
Washington
Parker
Immigration Amend Bill Urged For Greek Armenian Refugees
President Harding faced a request from the Federal Council of Churches to back a congressional amendment permitting temporary entry into the United States for Greek and Armenian refugees from Near East wartime operations. In New York, Georges Clemenceau was set to dine with Ralph Pulitzer and attend Franco-American events at the Ritz and Lamont’s home. In Oklahoma and California, a former pastor was arrested for theft of a $250 diamond, while George Bronson Howard was found dead in a gas-filled room in Los Angeles, with police treating it as a possible suicide.
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Thomas W. Lamont
Los Angeles
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Congress Convenes for Consideration of Harding Bill
Congress begins a two week special session called by President Harding to debate the ship subsidy bill. He will address a joint session tomorrow. The day features talks on seating Mrs. W H Felton as the first woman US Senator, with objections likely to block her oath. Senate and House adjourned after ceremonies to honor late Senator Watson and Representative Nolan.
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Pacific Coast Folks Seek Rumored Earthquake and Tidal Wave
News wires and radio chatter erupt over a reported earthquake and tidal wave in the Pacific. Messages traced from Hawaii to New York and San Francisco caused widespread alarm before Hawaii confirmed no disturbance occurred.
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Honolulu
American education week proclaimed by President Harding
The Associated Press reports Washington D C President Warren G Harding proclaimed the week of December 3 to 10 as American education week. In Chicago the opera Parsifal by Wagner was sung in German for the first time in America since the war. In New York Georges Clemenceau visited Oyster Bay and laid a wreath on Theodore Roosevelt's grave. Washington Maryland representative Zihman to chair the house labor committee replacing the late Rep Nolan. In Pas Manitobia the annual dog derby date set for February 22. In Chicago the Big Ten title race sees Chicago Iowa and Michigan leading with Chicago facing Wisconsin, Iowa vs Northwestern and Michigan vs Minnesota.
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Harding
Chicago
Richard Wagner
America
New York
Georges Clemenceau
France
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Iowa
Michigan
Maroons
Wisconsin
Husky
Northwestern
Minnesota
Ducks Fear Oil Pits As Ducks Die In Arkansas Louisiana Fields
Ducks are being slaughtered in the oil regions of Arkansas and Louisiana as birds mistake crude pits for water. Immigrant duck populations rise, and many drown or are killed after diving into sticky oil. A flock near Union county was drawn to a burning well and blinded by light before being captured. Local hunters report unprecedented duck proximity to settlements this year.
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Associated Press
Arkansas-Louisiana
South
Union County
Federal aid sought for St Francis river levee system
Memphis November hearing urged federal support for a St Francis river levee system in northeast Arkansas to reclaim 409000 acres in Crittenden and Mississippi counties and to open a permanent navigable channel from Cairo to New Orleans. The Mississippi River Commission and Major General Beach promoted levee sureties and ongoing levee repairs followed spring floods.
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Crittenden
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Mississipn River Commission
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Turkey Near East peace conference opens in Lausanne
Diplomats gather in Lausanne to discuss Turkey and the Near East after the Mudania armistice. U S representatives, Premier Poincare, Marquis Curzon and Admiral Bristol lead their nations as Mussolini may attend. The opening session is set for the municipal casino with Robert Haab to open the conference.
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Ouchy
British dreadnought Malaya arrives in Malta
The British battleship Malaya with Sultan Mohammed VI aboard docked in Malta this morning, marking a notable royal presence during the visit.
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