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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1922
Page
1
Gov Parker told reporters he may travel to Morehouse Parish to oversee the judicial investigation into the Morehouse kidnappings and disappearances linked to the Ku Klux Klan. He said he ordered General Coco to use state troops if needed and predicted the Klan would be exposed.
Chicago scene as Judge Wilkerson extends the temporary injunction against striking railway shopmen for ten more days. Government urges permanent restraining order while aiming to prove conspiracy to destroy interstate commerce. Daugherty defense critics attack officials, while the government presents charges of murder sabotage and terrorism.
Washington reports the soldiers' bonus bill, shaped by conferees in a three hour session, will go to President Harding within ten days or two weeks. Provisions tied to interest from the foreign debt and the Smith McNary plan were dropped to avoid executive objections. Action in both houses was to await the conference report on the tariff measure.
State Senator M. L. Leith Circuit Judge T. L. Lowell and Circuit Solicitor J. M. Kennington plus 13 leaders received a Ku Klux Klan letter in Jasper Alabama warning them to end criticism. Authorities investigate flogging of four women and two men. Leith vows renewed energy in the inquiry. The letter threatens grave harm and calls for silence, claiming援援 aid from neighboring counties and states.
Mrs. Thomas Richards, wife of a victim, says she has written Governor Parker about actions against the Morehouse Ku Klux Klan to obtain information on her husband’s fate or death. She wanted to testify before the parish grand jury but was not allowed, and urges further investigation if new evidence is secured.
Los Angeles reports Kid McCoy says his ninth romance is wrecked as Mrs. Jacqueline McDowell returns to the east. The pugilist, known as Norman Selby, sees the marriage license become useless, following a telegram from a admirer named Red Head found in the bride to be's pocket.
Southampton reports the German steamship Hammonia foundered off Vigo Spain after a raging gale. Captain Alfred Hoofer says about 557 passengers and 172 crew sailed. 385 survivors were saved by the Kanfauns Castle, with estimates of drowned ranging up to 150. Rescue boats flipped as panic spread among Spaniards and crew.
Revised Maine results show Senator Frederick Hale, Republican, re elected over Democrat Oakley Curtis by 26 392 votes and Governor Baxter leading Democrat Pattengall by 28 671. Four Republican Congress members win, women gain a seat, and Republicans carry 16 of 20 cities across the state.
In Phoenix AZ on Sept 12 voters show heavy registration as Arizona faces a primary and special election. Candidates for US senator congressman governor and other state offices will be chosen with eleven constitutional amendments on the ballot. George W P Hunt challenges Charles B Ward for the Democratic governor nomination. The winner faces Governor Thomas E Campbell in November. Campbell and several Republicans currently face no opposition for governor or for Ashurst and Mayden seats.
B W King, personal representative of B M Jewell and head of the Railway Employes Department, arrived in Monroe to address a public mass meeting at the city school auditorium. He will discuss the railroad shopmen strike, its causes, and its impact on the public, defending union conduct and challenging the injunction.
Washington reports indicate the crisis in Mrs. Harding's health has not eased yet though improvements were noted. Five physicians weighed surgical relief while President Harding showed resilience and the cabinet meeting was likely canceled. the White House held a tentative atmosphere of relief amid ongoing uncertainty.
France a Republican senator candidate defeated John W. Garrett in the Maryland primary to face Democrat William Bruce in November. Bruce trails in the early returns as results from yesterday’s contest are incomplete.
Washington dispatch reports the administration tariff bill in conference ready for House action tomorrow with final disposition expected by Thursday. The measure aims to raise about 400 million dollars in revenue, replacing Underwood and emergency acts and shaping duties by American or foreign valuation under limits on presidential rate changes.
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