Witnesses Describe Hooded Guards in Kidnapping Inquiry
Bastrop La Jan 17 AP William Higgenbotham testified at the open hearing into the Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard kidnapping and slaying that Dr B M McKoin former mayor of Met Rouge heard Daniel planned to kill him Higgenbotham said Leon Daniel brother of Watt warned of a plan to kill McKoin He said he is a Ku Klux Klan member and that black hoods were used along with white robes. Judge Odom allowed continued testimony by Newt Gray but barred incriminating questions.
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Bastrop
William Higgenbotham
Morehouse Parish
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richard
B. M. McKoin
Met Rouge
McKoin
Higgenbotham
MecKoin
Leon Daniel
Watt
Ku Klux Klan
Higginbotham
Newt’’ Gray
Thos
Fred M. Odom
E. N. Gray
Gray
Odom
C. W. Barnett
Barnett
Oke
Howard Warren
Speci.l State
A. V. Coco
George &. Guion
Paul Sompayrac
Genval
Unemployed Men in Los Angeles Consider Public Camps
In Los Angeles Captain R. Lee Heath reports 12000 to 14000 unemployed men, many avoiding work. From July to December 190 last year the public employment bureau aided 37990 job seekers, yet several left quickly. Heath urges city camps to employ idle men on public projects at two dollars a day with one dollar kept for lodging, threatening to run off those who refuse.
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Los Angeles
Police Commission
R. Lee Heath
Heath
Random Scientific Experiment Costs Mayor Goodly Sam
Mayor James Rolph Jr faced an organized assault on his funds after a late night radio broadcast seeking audience responses. Telegrams poured in from every state plus Honolulu and a ship at sea, with tolls reaching around three thousand dollars and possibly more by daybreak.
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San Francisco
James Rolph, Jr
Hylan
New York
Curley
Boston
Married people lead in suicides in New York report
New York January 17 AP says 839 people killed themselves in New York last year. Of these 586 were men and 153 women. Married individuals outnumbered single. 315 married men and 141 married women took their own lives. The 50s to 60s were the peak decade for male suicides with 134 cases. Forty-one women died by own action between ages 35 and 40.
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New York
Norris
Pinchot Works in Full View at Harrisburg
Governor Pinchot began state business publicly in Harrisburg with a desk in the gubernatorial reception room. Crowds visited to observe the new executive at work as signs instructed visitors to proceed in order and wait as public business permitted.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Commonwealth
Memel Quiet After Attack Marks Allied Action
Paris reports the allied ambassadors will dispatch an extraordinary mission to Memel to establish a provisional inter allied government under French British and Italian authority. Lithuania is pressed to recognize the provisional authority as responsibility for the invasion is assigned. Armistice in Memel holds as negotiations continue to avoid bloodshed with 900 attackers reported and casualties of one French and thirty Lithuanians. Col Prousson arrives to lead allied forces en route by warships.
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Paris
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Memel
Lithuania
London
Col. Prousson
Warsaw
Fires Threaten Baltimore Business District After Major Blaze
A pair of five story brick buildings in the clothing and ware house district burned in Baltimore causing losses estimated around 500000. As the blaze spread nearby structures including Rock Hill college at Ellicott City were damaged, bringing total nearby fires to nearly three quarters of a million dollars. The wholesale district fire grew near the 1904 disaster's origin before the flames were checked and the chamber of commerce building saved.
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Baltimore
Rock Hill College
Ellicott City
Sarah Bernhardt Improves With Rest After Illness
Paris January 17 AP reports actress Sarah Bernhardt is better today. She slept well and her household says she showed no new complications. the progress follows yesterday’s withdrawal from public appearances.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Labor Trouble In Harrison Arkansas After Roundup
Following two days of armed action by citizens one man was lynched another wounded during a roundup of alleged strikers. Over 200 residents were driven from the town as authorities moved to restore order after bridge burnings along the Missouri and North Arkansas line.
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Harrison
Ark
Missouri and North Arkansas
Bri. C. Gregor
Gregor
Green
N. A
W. O'Neal
Bush
General Assembly
McRae
Ecourt
A. J Russell
United States
Fort Smith
J. C. Murray
Senate
Luther Wise
Red Orr
Overton
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Jury Examines Witnesses In Goose Creek Flogging Case
In Houston Texas the Goose Creek beating case moves before the grand jury as Sheriff Ford seeks names of those involved. Mrs R H Harrison and R A Armand were beaten by masked assailants near Goose Creek on January 5. The Goose Creek Ku Klux Klan chapter denies involvement and offers to aid investigation.
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Houston
Tex
Geos
Wag
Sheriffford
Grand Jury
R. H. Harrison
R. A. Armand
Goose Creek
Ku Klux Klan
President Harding Cancels Engagements On Grippe Colds
President Harding cancels all engagements to remain in bed with grippe like cold. White House official says the rest is precautionary and no serious illness is evident. Cabinet meeting occurred yesterday, brief news conference held, physician notes mild symptoms and general indisposition.
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Washington
Jan
Harding
Grippe
White House
Sawyer
Christian
Grippe Ag
Phe
Hae & Titt
Ruhr mine operators resist French reparations order
Duesseldorf dispatch reports Ruhr valley coal operators refuse to resume deliveries to France and Belgium, vowing jail rather than comply. France warns of court martial and possible seizure of mines as labor leaders meet with General Simon to discuss response amid tense occupation.
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France
Belgium
Ruhr
Germany
Italy
Simon
Federal Coal Commissioner
Coal Commissioners
Berlin
Antitrust Charge Filed Against Major Telegraph Firms
In New York on January 17 an antitrust violation complaint was filed by Frank Modére, head of Odd Let Cotton, accusing the New York Stock Exchange, Western Union Telegraph company, and the Gold and Stock Telegraph company of unlawful restraint.
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New York
Frank Modére
New York Exchange
Western Union Telegraph Company
The
Gold and Stock Telegraph Company
Americans Falls dam project wins large vote across districts
Unofficial returns show strong support for the American Falls dam across Springfield Twin Falls and other districts with a notable turnout. The Idaho Reclamation Association reports decisive margins and names elected district directors as well as a forthcoming bond election within 60 to 90 days. Notes praise for ex service members and Legion efforts in mobilizing support and turnout.
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American Falls
Guy Flenner
Idaho Reclamation Associatiom
Springfield
Coceeereeneessteee
Goa
Twin Falls
Idaho Reclamation Association
North Side
South Side
H. K. Wylie
R. E. Shepherd
Jerome
A. F. Meleud
Wendell
F. E. Sayre
Bliss
W.H Spence
Alworth
Filer
J. H. Barker
American Legion
Pocatello Post
Legion
D. W. Standrod, Jr
Meston
Twin Fall
I’hil Stalker
Pocatello
Federal authorities curb illicit liquor trade by revoking permits
In Washington on January 17, AP reports drastic curtailment of dealings in de natured and industrial cohor is underway as prohibition officials revoke scores of dealer permits. Among those affected is a permit issued to one of the nation’s largest alcohol producing plants.
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Washington
Leonard becomes grandfather in Manila birth
General Leonard is reported to have become a grandfather as his son and daughter in law Lieutenant and Mrs Osborne Wood welcomed a baby in Manila on January 17. The brief note records the family event without further detail.
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Manila
Leonard
Osborne
Wood
Husband union proposed as weapon in divorce case
In Chicago a husband, Herbert Schor, urged forming a union of husbands with a definite wage scale and the option to strike to resist oppression from wives. He claimed earnings of 150 dollars a month and called for solidarity against alienation of affection claims.
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Chicago
Herbert Schor
Fire Destroys Large Part of Fukuoka City
Tokio reports a morning blaze in Fukuoka that destroyed about five hundred buildings including ice plants two theatres and a department store. The city lies at the Naka River mouth on Kakata Bay with an estimated population of 82 106.
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Tokio
Fukuoka
Naka
Bay of Kakata
Ratification Recommended for Washington Conference Pact
Deputy Raynaldy reports to the chamber of deputies that ratification of the Washington conference agreement is recommended. The sub-commission on foreign uses drafts the report on the pact. The note cites January 16 as the meeting date.
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Raynaldy
Sub-Commission On Foreign
Chamber of Deput
Epidemics hit refugee centers in Greece prompt admissions ban
In Athens Greece governments halt admission of refugees from Asia Minor as typhus smallpox and cholera surge in centers. A death noted in Washington and political efforts toward a dry congress for 1924 surface in Chicago with Anna A Gordon leading the WCTU push to million members.
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Athens
Greece
Asia Minor
Chicago
Anna A. Gordon
The
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
American troops marry German women in Coblenz report
Mareles Van Leusen of the Salvation Army reports on postwar American forces in Coblenz contemplating marriages with German girls. More than half of the men left Germany. The testimony reflects evolving social ties as troops repatriate.
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Mareles van Leusen
Salvaton Army
Coblenz
New York
Germany
Two Los Anches Men Plead Guilty to Counterfeit Notes
Two Los Angeles men pleaded guilty in federal court to making counterfeit Bank of England notes and were sentenced to serve terms in federal penitentiaries.
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Los Anches
Bank of England
Chicago man freed after Denver police release
Daniel Culhane was released today after Denver police said receipts tied to a vermint robbery do not match the robbers. Police reported Culhane offered a satisfactory alibi and regained freedom following Sunday night arrest.
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Chicago
Denver
Daniel Cuelbhase
Iene Ars
Ogrems
Culhane
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Stinnes
Gelsenkirchen
Ile
Dr Groetzner
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Een
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Guy Negro
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