Oklahoma Klan Leader Jewett Bonded After Arrest
Oklahoma City report says N C Jewett grand dragon of the Oklahoma Klan released on $1,000 bond after charges of flogging E R Merriman. Evidence from Governor Walton’s military inquiry in Oklahoma City. Governor Walton and anti Walton legislators debate impeachment as Shawnee suspects and Waggoner county indictments emerge amid tense Oklahoma City politics.
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N. C. Jewett
Oklahoma Klan
Liberty Today
E. R. Merriman
Oklahoma City
Jewett
J. C. Walton
O Hama City
Walton
W. Ton
Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatomie
Waggoner County
Grand Dragon
The
Jack? Walton
H. W- Evans
Imperi Wizard
Washington Conference Prohibition Enforcement Plan
The article reports a September meeting outline where officials aim to coordinate on enforcement of the wet and dry issue. Governors, the president, and federal enforcement are discussed, with anti saloon League and church groups pressing for strong federal responsibility and pledge drives.
Man Kills and Wounds In Maryland Home Invasion
Heer'sland man robs a Detroit visitor after midnight shooting William Riley, 58, and wounding his daughter Bertha Riley, 37, at their home. The assailant fled on foot toward a park area after firing at a child and escaping in a waiting automobile.
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Heerland
le Roberts
Detroit
William ‘d Riley
Bes- Riley
Miss
Ant
Miss Riley
D Roberts
Arts
Riley
Roberts
Everal
Boy Shot in Leg as Shell Explodes in Street
In Ingstown on September 22 a shotgun shell in the street exploded when a passing wagon struck it, wounding a boy in the leg. Doctors fear the injury is serious while investigators search for the source of the shell. Also dated September 22, news from Paris notes that reparations talks continue as Britain enters new negotiations between powers.
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Ingstown
State
Paria
Britain
Foreign Office
Tollay
Martial law proclaimed in Bulgaria after revolt attempt
A Sofia dispatch reports Bulgaria declared martial law as communist revolutionaries tried to overthrow the Zanoff government. A police sweep killed one officer, a communist killed himself, and three more communists were arrested while three escaped. The revolt was described as local and not fully suppressed.
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Athens
Bulgaria
Zanoff
Sofia
Counts to Be Recalled in Liquor Trial
In Cleveland on September 22 the alcohol conspiracy trial nears verdict as four defendants including Fred Counts and Samuel Hoskins conclude testimony. Fred Counts will finish Monday while judges set four hours for closing arguments. Defense witnesses challenged government claims of illegal grain alcohol withdrawal.
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Cleveland
Federal District Court
Fred
Federal Prohibition
Samuel Hoskins
Columbus
Joseph Shearer
Prohibition
Ohio
A. Frank Counts
Fred Counts
D. C. Westenhaver
Frolic at Cleveland as Columbia Steel officials travel
A special car with Columbia Steel Co officials and heads of departments departed for Cleveland this afternoon for a planned outing including dinner and theatre. they expect a memorable time and will return when ready. The U S government will offer no further opposition to the Tarafa railroad consolidation bill by the Cuban senate, as advised by the State Department.
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Columbia Steel Co
Cleveland
Washington
United States
Senate
State
Spanish government dismisses 12000 civilian employees
Madrid reports the directory dismissed twelve thousand civilian government employees in the interests of national economy. King Alfonso signed a decree suspending trial by jury. General Primo Rivera urged officers to cooperate for the army and nation. General Aizpuru, new high commissioner to Morocco, heads to Melilla to reorganize the army there.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Primo Rivera
Aizpury
Morocco
Melilla
Ship's safety in doubt after Kaseline disappearance
In St Joseph Michigan on September 22 search continues for the sixty foot Kaseline Forelle missing with five crew after last Wednesday night. Lake Michigan remains rough hindering fishermen and coast guard crews while Captain Kincaid says the packet could not ride the storm. A second packet battered its decks reaching port. another crew member suffered exposure. Eva Vargo of Lorain is granted a divorce from George Vargo for desertion and gross neglect after testifying she married in Hungary at sixteen and has not seen Almathen.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Kincaid
Eva Vargo
Lorain
Webber
George Vargo
Hungary
Almathen
Tragedy Near Lorain As Boy Dies After Bus Stop
A three year old, J ñ Kucerk Henry Kucerk, was struck and killed by a Crookville Ohio car near a school bus stop in South Lorain. Cononer Perry and Sheriff Gerbil investigated, ruling accidental death. the driver W L Burley fainted on scene. The incident occurred as the boy chased his brother into the street after the bus halted to let children off.
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South Lorain
Yesterd
J¢ Kucerk
Henry Kucerk
Bos
Cononer Perry
Gerbil
Shefield Township
Ruth Boyd
W. L. Burley
Crookaville
Ohio
Ruan
Burley
Lorain
Pert
Western Reserve riot troubles college and city police
In Cleveland Sept 22 President Winson of Western Reserve University says no students will be suspended over the riot at the Keiths 105th Street theatre last night. Seven students are under arrest and two more of the 300 participants were hospitalized after an attempted jail delivery. John Coss of Mansfield faces assault charges for visiting the station to help bail detainees as police and students clash following a freshman mixer.
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Cleveland
Robert KE. Winson
Western Reserve University
Keiths 105Th Street
105Th Street
John Coss
Mansfield
Ohio
Reserve Gymnasium
Death by Own Action Stuns Hotel Witness in Cleveland
The body of a man registered as H A Martin from Detroit, likely H A Madden of Newark, N J, was found after he took poison then climbed from a seventh story window and hung by his fingertips before crashing to the hotel kitchen roof. A diamond wing pin stickpin and $334 were found on the body. A nearby office worker watched, initially mistaking it for a stunt.
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Cleveland
H. A. Martin
Detroit
H. A. Madden
Newark
N. J. Wes
Martin
Divorce Sues Wife for Cruelty in Lorain Case
Margaret Zane filed for divorce from George Zane of Lorain alleging extreme cruelty. She says he frequently beat and kicked her, and about a year ago ordered her out of the house, since which time they have lived apart.
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Margaret Zane
George Zane
Lorain
Governor Walton declares martial law over Oklahoma
Oklahoma Governor Walton orders arrest and confinement of legislators who meet against his disobedience. He claims an invisible government exists as martial law prevails statewide while lawmakers threaten impeachment amid protests in the Ku Klux Klan crisis.
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Oklahoma
KU Klux Klan
Walton
Ku Klux
Mayor Marlett Cleared of Malfeasance Charges in Defiance
Defiance Ohio mayor Marlett is found not guilty by a seven woman five man jury in probate court. Charges of misfeasance and malfeasance stemmed from his liquor case handling after Councilman Fred Conrad sought his removal.
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Marlett
Fred Conrad
Acid attack ends feud near Nashville Ohio mayor blinded
In a long standing land feud between adjacent farmers Fred Aufrance and A B McMillen, McMillen allegedly sprayed acid into Aufrance's face in Nashville, injuring him severely and causing potential loss of both eyes. Aufrance is hospitalized in Wooster with serious injuries. McMillen is jailed in Nashville.
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Millersburg
D.1
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Nashville
Fred Allfrance
A. B. McMillen
Aufrance
Wooster
McMillen
Canton
Aurfrance
Greece Exonerated in Tellin Slaying Accusation
Athens reports that Greece is exonerated of contributory negligence in the assassination of General Tellini and four allied boundary commission members by a mixed commission in Janina. Italians filed a minority report claiming Greek responsibility and vengeance. Reports will be sent to the council of allied ambassadors in Paris.
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Athens
Greece
Tellini
Allied Boundary Commission
Mixed Commission
Janina
Council of Allied
Patis
Grand Jury 10 Convenes on Monday
The September term of court will convene Monday morning with the bar association meeting and the two judges assigning the first cases. Tuesday morning the petit jury will convene, and the grand jury will meet to consider nearly seventy pending criminal cases, promising a busy week.
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Wil
Bar Association
Petit Jury
Grand Jury
Validity of Indictments Is Disputed
In Wheeling West Virginia on September 22 the validity of indictments against 87 individuals accused of conspiring to violate the Volstead act was contested in federal court. The defense argued the government overstepped the dry amendment and act, with demurrers to be argued the whole day. If overruled, defendants plan to demand bills of particulars and trial delays are anticipated. Contempt hearings against Sheriff Harry T Clouse for letting a federal prisoner escape remained unfinished and were to resume Monday.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Sherif
Harry T. Clouse
Six Foot Fall Fatal Near Urbana Ohio
Jonathan Darrow, 78, of Urbana Township, died after a six foot fall from an apple tree. He slipped from a ladder onto a limb, lost balance, and died within two hours from hemorrhages after refusing medical help. His widow, a son, a sister and a brother survive.
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Urbana
Ohio
Jonathan Darrow
Here
Lorain County Schools See Large Growth 1917 to 1923
Lorain County schools show a 23 percent rise in classrooms from 1917 to 1923 as centralized and village schools expand to 264 rooms and 47 sites. Gymnasiums and auditoriums increase from one to 17 with seating for about 8500. total school property value climbs from about 541 thousand to nearly 1.98 million dollars.
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Department of Education
Lorain County
Separte
India Delegate Flags Italians On Corfu Occupation
Geneva dispatch reports a lively League of Nations session with India’s delegate denouncing Italian control of Corfu as a breach of international ethics. Gilbert Murray urged league intervention regarding reparations, with Hjalmar Branting supporting that the crisis tests the league’s existence and urges settlement at peace.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
India
Corfu
Gilbert Murray
League of Nations
Hjalmar Branting
Murray
League
Ohio MLE Conference debates two state system amid Sunday amusements
Columbus Sept 22 annual Ohio MEE Conference resumes with plans to cut Ohio from three to two conferences by regional consolidation. Proposals move Zanesville and Marietta districts to East Ohio and Chillicothe Lancaster Portsmouth and Columbia counties to West Ohio as commissions consider the issue. Lay conference condemns Sunday movies and Sabbath amusements while pledging moral weekday film standards. Roy A Haynes and B F Ohio prohibition commissioners are endorsed. John P Phillige elected mill president with officers named for the lay group.
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Columbus
Ohio
Zanesville
Marietta
Chillicothe
Lan Easter
Portsmouth
Columbia
West Ohio
Northeast
Roy A
Haynes
National Prohibition Com
Missioner
B. F
Ohio Prohibition
Laye Conference
Mill
John P. Phillige
Jcothe
Rice
Fred Kirmesdall
Miton Shumway
Lememets Anes
Iumbwe
W. Bishop Kagar Blats
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Bomient
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