Klan Plans Statewide Campaign For Compulsory School Law
Seattle reports Ku Klux Klan leader Major Powell announcing a campaign to push a compulsory public school attendance act in Washington within 12 months. He cites Oregon’s law and predicts widespread parochial and private schools would close. Powell claims 12,000 Klansmen in Portland and notes Western Washington mobilization.
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King Kileaghe
Pacific Domain
Ke Klux Klan
Seattle
Oregon
Washington
Powell
Portland
Spokane
Walla Walla
Tacoma
Moran
Holy Names Academy
Masona
Spokane Men Cited to Show Cause Why Not Punished
Spokane Nov 15 W H Cowles publisher George Dodds managing editor Lewis Yeager reporter W H Meyer prosecuting attorney and C F E Collier deputy prosecutor were cited to appear before Judge Hunecke on Nov 18 to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court The citation follows a Spokesman Review article on subornation of perjury charges against 16 defendants including three prominent attorneys tied to Maurice Odds acquittal of Frank Brunos murder The defendants attorneys say the article created an impression of guilt
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Spokane
W. H. Cowles
George Dodds
The
Spokesman Review
Lewis Yeager
W. H. Meyer
C. F E. Collier
Hunecke
Spokesman-Review
Maurice
Frank Brunon
Peace of the World Teeters as Near East Crisis Grows
Washington reports the Near East conference nears with tensions high among Turkey Greece and other powers. officials warn hunger and hate fuse into a war risk while Lausanne prep and US observer status loom amid volatile Balkan powder keg signals.
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Washington
Harding
William 8
McKinley
Illinois
England
France
Ialy
Turkey
Greece
United States
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Japan
Bulgaria
Russia
Dardanelles
Burglars Reported in Several Break-ins Downtown
Several burglaries were reported to police on Wednesday. A safe was stolen from Piggsy Wiesly grocery at 622 Broadway N after entry through a rear door. The thieves loaded it into a car and fled. Items taken from 1227 16th Ave N included seven Oriental rugs, a prayer rug, three silk dresses, a fur coat, and a mantel cloth. A robber rifled H Nove’s overcoat at the Olympic Hotel after finding only 60 Russian rubles. Other burglaries yielded cash and jewelry totaling about $1,000.
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Piggsy Wiesly
Broadway N
H Nove
Olympic Hotel
Nove
Turkish Agent Seeks Poincare in Paris Meeting
Kemet Pasha, envoy of Angora to Lausanne, arrived in Paris with plans to meet Premier Poincare. He warned that an allied ultimatum would bar Turkish participation, signaling a possible withdrawal from the Lausanne conference. The day saw French acceptance of a British plan for a preliminary allied accord on Turkish terms.
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Paris
Kemet Pasha
Angora
Lausanne
Poincare
Pasha
Jamet
Yemet
Curzon
Name Americans to Watch Parley
The names of American observers to the Near Eastern peace conference at Lausanne on November 10 were announced at the state department. They include Richard Washburn Child ambassador to Nome and Joseph Grew minister at Geneva, with Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol high commissioner at Constantinople acting as assistant observer.
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Washington
Lausanne
State Department
Richard Washburn Child
Nome
Joseph ©. Grew
Geneva
Mark L. Bristol
Constantinople
Germany’s Wirth resigns amid reparations strain
The Wirth cabinet faces ongoing reorganization after socialist defections and external pressures over reparations. Wirth, in power a little over five months since October 1921, sought stability amid a financial crisis and disputes in banking circles. Germany asked the Allied Reparations Commission for a three to four year moratorium and 0.5 billion gold mark foreign loan. The resigning cabinet included Bauer Koester Groener and Radbruch among others.
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Stinnes
Wirth
Germany
G. A. Bauer
Adolph Koester
Geasler
Roberts Schmidt
Andres Herman
Jo Gelsberts
the Brauns
Groener
Radbruch
Phillips Runs From Women Over Murder Mob
Arm mad Phillips, husband of the women bea utieds of the hammer murder, was surrounded by a mob of women shouting opprobrious epithets in Los Angeles on November 15. He attempted to flee as the crowd pressed close.
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Los Angeles
Armdar Phillips
Baeutieds
Mahoney’s Life Now on Margin
Attorney Lee Johnston seeks a US Supreme Court writ of error to stay James E K Mahoney’s execution for wife murder. Aiming to mail November 22, the petition would reach by November 27 allowing three days for review. Mahoney’s original sentence dated January 6, 1922 followed multiple delays and a December 1 resentence.
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James EK. Mahoney
Kate Mahoney
Lee Johnston
Jonneson
Johnston
Supreme Court
Mahoney
Superior Court
State Supreme Court
King County
Walla Walla
Fatal love triangle ends in double term sentences
Ruth Storrs lured her lover Douglas Storrs to murder Mrs. Storrs in Seattle in March 1919 by lacing fruit with strychnine after a hotel marriage in Okanogan. Ruth was acquitted due to temporary insanity and later testified against Storrs, who received the maximum four years five, then five years, and sought a pardon that was granted on Tuesday.
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Storrs
Ruth
Seattle
Loeer
Mrs. Storrs
Hon Marche
Charles Tennant
Jack Carmody
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Douglas Storra
Okanagan
Altho
Storra
Tuesaday
Court fugitive flees through records hall after jail kiss
A man fled across the courthouse lawn yesterday seeking refuge in the hall of records. Crowds jeered as he kissed Clara Phillips at the jail after the morning session and then dashed away, vaulting the courthouse wall and fleeing to a side entrance amid accusatory shouts.
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Hall of Records
Clara Phillips
Phillips
Mrs Hall Barred From Testimony In Hall Mills Case
Mrs Frances Hall widow of the slain rector will not be permitted to testify before the Somerset county grand jury Monday. Prosecutor Mott said he would present all evidence from the Hall Mills mystery to the jury next week and Mrs Hall’s purpose in appearing was noted.
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New Brunswick
Frances Hall
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Somerset County Grand
Mott
Hall-Mills
Somerset County
Thirteen Was Bad Number for Alex Cizaski
Alex Cizaski pleaded guilty before Superior Judge A W Frater to stealing $18 from Mrs M Aitken at 221 Columbia Street. He was sentenced to six months in county jail and fined $100. The report indicates the case was presented before a grand jury.
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Alex Cizaski
A. W. Frater
Quake Casualties Rise as Troops Buried in Copiapo
In Copiapo district Chile twelve prisoners were killed and soldiers buried under collapsing walls during aftershocks early today while searching ruins for victims of last Saturday's quakes. Troops patrol villages to prevent pillage after the disaster.
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Santiago
Chile
Copiapo
Henry Landes to Address Engineers on Water History
Henry Landes will speak on the Geological History of Our Water Situation at the Seattle section meeting of the American Society of Electrical Engineers. The event takes place at the Engineers' Club on Fifth Ave and Semeca Ave at 8 15 p m on Wednesday.
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Henry Landes
S Cattle Section
American State of Electrical Engineers
Engineers’ Club
Fifth Ave
Semeca At
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