New York Out to Grush Klan In Offensive Spin
A jumble of items reports on coed athletic costume debates at a university, political clashes over the Ku Klux Klan in Washington and New York, mayoral and police responses, and a noted stance from Mayor Hylan against the Klan. References include a congressional committee proposal, calls to treat the Klan as a disorderly group, and Klan activity at the Hotel Hermitage.
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French Lick
Ind
Ku Klux Klan
John F. Hylan
New York
Enright
Hylan
United Press
Po- Hee
French Lick Springs
Hermitage
Oscar Haywood
John Roxe Stratton
Calvary Baptist Church
Everett Wins 5c Carfare After Transit Shift
Everett adopts a nickel fare for all city rides starting December 1 after a lengthy dispute between city commissioners led by Charles A. Turner and Puget Sound International Railway & Power Co. Motor buses will replace trolley lines on Colby and later on H Me Wittt avenues, with a 90 day trial and retained $1-a-week pass system. City officials say the pass has boosted traffic and downtown sales while buses provide comparable comfort to street cars.
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Everett
Charles A. Turner
Puget Sound International Railway & Power Co
Stone & Webster
Colby Ave
Hmewttt Ave
Turner
Piverett
John P. Hartman
They Flock To Tune Of Money In Hollywood
Thirty five solicitors salesmen and promoters visited Mrs Hazel De Vane of Hollywood the day after it was announced her young son inherited a fortune.
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Los Angeles
Hazel de Vane
Hollywood
Man Foils Bullyish Robber After Harsh Talk
P A Doyle of 1618 424 Ave 8 W confronted a 19 year old robber who carried a small revolver. Doyle argued with the assailant until he persuaded him he was not a successful holdup man. Doyle then walked away, leaving the youth discomfited. Doyle had been visiting at 1005 Belmont Place and was leaving at 7:50 p.m. Thursday when the holdup man appeared.
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P. A. Doyle
Ave
Doyle
Belmont Pl
Parson Hangs Orrie Cross at Fort Madison
Orrie Cram convict slayer dies on the gallows at Fort Madison Iowa at 7 41 in the morning. He swung for two hours after the trap dropped, ending the Fosdick murder case with Sheriff Robb springing the trap. Eugene Weeks also executed September 15.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Orrie Cram
State Penitentiary
George Fosdick
Des Moines
Winfred BE
Robb
Fosdick
Eugene Weeks
Mine Deaths Total 85 Men in Dolomite Disaster
In Birmingham on November 24 the Dolomite mine explosion left 85 dead after entombing more than 400 miners and injuring 75. State and county investigators pursued the blast’s cause while searchers continued inside the mine. Two men remained missing with no word of their status.
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Birmingham
Ala
Vaccination Order Enforced in Denver Schools
Denver physicians staffed all city schools to immunize children lacking recent vaccination certificates amid a smallpox outbreak. The compulsory order aims to curb the epidemic and ensure public health safety across the district.
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Denver
Seattle Freckle King Hailed At Colonial Theater
Felix crowned in a Thursday ceremony as crowds flocked to see Wesley Barry in School Days at the Colonial Theater. Photo by Price and Carter, Star Staff Photographers.
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Price & Carter
Star
Laws Against Dope Increase Addicts Rank?
An interview with a prominent Seattle physician argues that prohibiting drug sales may boost addiction. He claims agitation against narcotics unintentionally advertises them and drives more people toward habit forming powders, morphine, and cocaine. Page 10 continues.
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Seattle
White Cross
Widow May Nolan Seeks Late Husband’s Congress Seat
Mrs May Hunt Nolan widow of the late Congressman John S Nolan will run for election to the seat in congress left vacant by her husband’s death. She has not commented publicly but received support from labor leaders who had regarded her husband as labor’s spokesman in congress.
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May Hunt Nolan
John S. Nolan
Congress
Sheriff Urges Support for Auburn Kirkland Championship Game
Sheriff Matt Starwich urged friends to attend the Au burn Kirkland high school football final at Auburn. He praised his son as the best player on the Auburn team as the county championship loomed. Also reported Baron Sonnino, former premier, died early today in Rome.
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Matt Starwich
Auburn
Rome
Baron Sonnino
Freckle King Felix Wins Sunspot Crown at Colonial
Felix Wonzer, 12, red haired and freckled, is acclaimed ruler of Seattle sunspots after a contest at The Star's School Days showing in the Colonial theater. Wesley Barry, star of the film, watches as Felix leads with 78,465,923 sunspots over his rival. Crowd of about 800 children cheer the freckled victor and the film's familiar boyhood episodes provoke wild laughter.
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Felix Wonzer
Seatte
Universe
Felix
Wesley Barry
Colonial Theater
Barry
United States
Warren Ave
John Danz
Colonial
Star
Seattle
Sommre
Oppose French Policy by A L Bradford
Washington sources say the US government disapproves of Georges Clemenceau's foreign policy views. Officials contend Clemenceau's stance largely worsens Europe's economic and political plight, with German reparations seen as the root issue and France holding the key to it.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press
Washington
United States
Georges Clemenceau
France
America
Borah and
Hitchcock
Clemenceau
Europe
Tiger Laughs At Hitchcock In Boston Interview
Georges Clemenceau dismisses Senator Hitchcock as a militarist and accuses him of lies. The French leader laughs at the charges and invites Hitchcock to Europe to verify public opinion, recalling his own wartime stance and extended military service.
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John J. Rowlands
Boston
Mass
Georges ‘Clemenceau
Hitchcock
France
Higginson
Senate
Senator Hitch
Europe
Clemenceau says he was jailed for peace not militarism
Georges Clemenceau rebutted Senator Hitchcock by recalling eight months in a Napoleonic prison. He stated he was jailed for not being a militarist and challenged whether the senator has ever been jailed for being too peaceful.
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Tiger
Boston
Hitchcock
Georges Clemenceau
Probes Ready to Recover War Fraud Losses
The federal government will launch lawsuits within 24 hours to recover an estimated 50 to 75 million dollars tied to war cantonment construction. Special assistant Roscoe McCulloch leads actions targeting Camp Sherman in Ohio Camp Grant in Illinois and possibly another camp with Columbus, Ohio as the likely starting point.
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Washington
Roscoe McCulloch
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Camp Grant
Til
Columbus, O
Proposed 2-Cent Gas Tax By 11 States
Governors of 11 states unanimously approved a plan to levy a 2 cent per gallon tax on gasoline. California would face about 114 million dollars annually in extra costs for motorists.
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San Francisco
California
Irish Execute Famous Author
Erskine Childers, a Britisher and chief lieutenant to Eamonn De Valera, was executed at 7 o clock this morning in Dublin. The Free State government confirmed the killing amid mass excitement in the capital. Childers, once a noted author and pacifist, had become a prominent figure for Irish independence since the Easter rebellion.
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George Macdonagh
Dublin
Erskine Childers
Eamonn de Valera
Free State
Childers
Ireland
Great Britain
Cosgrave
Commons Gets Ireland Bill
Premier Bonar Law introduced a bill to give effect to the Irish treaty and establish the Irish Free State. The government won its first confidence vote 239 to 185 as Labor MPs opposed the premier.
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London
Two Die As Six Barges Sink Off Oneida Lake
A storm early today off Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake sank six grain barges carrying 127000 bushels of wheat. Two sailors died John Speck Niagara Falls and George Gross Miami Florida. Thirty crewmen were saved.
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Oneida
N. Y
Sylvan Beach
Oneida Lake
John Speck
Niagara Falls
George Gross
Miami
Fla
Auto Train Collision Kills Three Near Elmhurst
Three people died when a fast Northwestern mall special auto collided with a train at a grade crossing near Elmhurst Illinois last night. The engine and two cars overturned after the impact and the engineer and fireman did not survive having leaped from the engine. No passengers were aboard the train.
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Elmhurst
Here
Mother kills self and family amid Henderson poison mystery
Lancaster Ohio November 24 police believe a mother irrational from ill health killed herself her husband and four children. Prosecutor Radcliffe says evidence points to the poison being administered by the mother not by outsiders.
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Lancaster,o
Henderson
Charles Radcliffe
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