Dawes Visits Maine in Klan Politics Debate
Gen Dawes campaigns in Augusta amid talk of a Ku Klux Klan issue shaping Maine politics. Coolidge supporters plan a strong push as Brewster Farrington rivalry uncertainty and Patton’s stance stir the Republican path to November. Posts in Portland and Kennebec reflect campaign tensions amid a close governor and senator race. High-level party figures urge unity as Maine votes in September’s state elections ahead of November.
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Dawes Promises Short Nonpartisan Campaign Speeches
Republican vice presidential nominee Dawes spoke at a Westbrook CT reception with Democratic officials present, pledging short not partisan addresses. He urged focus on fundamental issues and the Constitution, then planned to proceed to New Haven and East River before heading to Warren.
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La Follette Uses Typewriter in Campaign Home
Senator La Follette follows Woodrow Wilson in writing on the typewriter. Mrs. La Follette and Robert La Follette Jr. often take dictation from the presidential candidate, while he has been busy typing at the upstairs living room near the window with the radio. He has moved beyond the early stage of simply picking out letters.
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Democratic anti Klan theme drives tight state race
Coolidge Brewster, a young lawyer with limited political experience, runs a persistent anti clan campaign against a seasoned former attorney general who nearly defeated Jo Baxter in the last election. Augusta recalls Blaine era memories and Burr’s historical associations as rival campaigns note. A large bowlder marks the landing site of a noted expedition.
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Quebec
Soviet is Next Step in U S Says Foster
William Z Foster of Chicago, presidental nominee of the Workers party, told a Minneapolis audience that the democracy is a fake and pretense. He urged listeners to join the Workers party and the international communist movement as the next phase in what he called Americas fatal evolution. He attacked La Follette, Gompers, and small capitalists, predicting workers will overpower them with big capitalists. He linked National Defense Day to another coming war and claimed government is run by capitalists, with Coolidge and Davis campaigns financed by Wall Street.
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Chancellor Seipel May Become Cardinal
A Vienna dispatch reports Chancellor Seipel of Austria is on a list of prelates to become cardinals. The Tribuna prints the dispatch with caution, noting the church law would bar Seipel from the College while he heads the state.
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Fire on Ram Crew Kills One Near Roamer Shoals
An Alsbary Park report notes Antonio Plepro of Astoria led a dawn run west of Roamer Shoals lightship when coast guards opened fire on the Lynn Wo speed boat. The vessel was captured with 500 cases of whisky and five crew aboard, with Plepro the third rum runner killed in the area recently.
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Italy Starts Mediterranean Naval Maneuvers
Wireless message from the battleship Cavour reports seven weeks of preparations for Italian naval maneuvers in the Mediterranean. The operation began at midnight and proceeds under the gaze of naval authorities.
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Finance problems face La Follette committee today
The La Follette presidential campaign committee meets tonight to address financing issues as no report has been filed on donations. Attorney General Ekern’s progress report is pending while campaign managers and labor group solicitors coordinate their efforts in Washington and Chicago.
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Klan Leader Attacks La Follette In West Virginia
Huntington W Va August reports Imperial Wizard Dr Evans condemns Wisconsin Senator La Follette as unfit and arch enemy of the nation while pledging a neutral stance in the 1924 presidential race among Coolidge Davis and La Follette. Evans spoke at a Klan state convention opening in secret session.
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Ku Klux Klan
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Wisconsin
Coolidge
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Ja Follette
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Klan
Majestic Grounds on Sand Bar Near Southampton Inbound
The giant steamship Majestic inbound from New York grounded on a sandbank at the entrance to Southampton Water at low tide this afternoon but was refloated with two tugs and proceeded to Southampton. The Inner Leviathan also arrived from New York at 1245 pm, crossing in 6 days 11 hours and 49 minutes, 49 minutes slower than the Majestic.
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Debts Reparations and Disarmament Urged in Conference
Henry Iattergood of Philadelphia proposed a Washington conference to resolve debts reparations and disarmament. Speaking at the Institute on International Relations in Wataukewa NY he argued against canceling war debts and for trading them for broader disarmament. He urged shared sacrifice by nations including France.
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France
U S Italian Rum Pact Approved in Rome
Rome Aug 22 The Italian cabinet adopted a bill to make effective the Italo American liquor convention for the prevention of liquor smuggling. Ratifications will exchange once the Italian embassy receives instructions from its government. Instructions expected in Washington within two or three days. The treaty mirrors arrangements with Great Britain and other powers, allowing vessel boarding for inspection within one hour’s travel from the American coast.
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Davis Denounces the Klan and Rips Coolidge Tone
Democratic candidate Davis denounces the Klan and attacks President Coolidge in a speech at Camp Silzer parade grounds. He vows honest government, calls for party responsibility, and urges strong political organization as he outlines contrasts with the Republican record and tightens up campaign backing through New Jersey and Ohio events.
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Protest Ohio Workers Invitation to J W Davis
A local chapter of the Cigar Makers International Union of America adopted a resolution protesting the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly inviting John W Davis, Democratic candidate for President, to deliver a Labor Day address at its meeting in Wheeling. The union disapproved Davis invitation but endorsed the AFL in accepting La Tochette and Wheeler as labor candidates.
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Wheeler
Preacher Plans Sermon With Monkey At Butte Church
Aug 22 Butte Mont The Rev Eaton Farrell will share his pulpit with a monkey during a Sunday night sermon on evolution at First Baptist church. He says if man evolved from a lower animal he came from the ass not the monkey family. The sermon title will be The Soul That In It he added.
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Actress Found Dead in Suspected Foul Play in Rochester
The battered body of 33 year old actress Blessin Bauman, of Binghamton, was found by police in George Touths Rochester apartment. He said she had fallen down stairs, but investigators doubt the wounds came from a fall and seized a broken Morris chair leg as evidence.
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President Coolidge weighs foreign policy and Dawes plan
President Coolidge concentrates on immediate problems abroad tied to the Dawes plan and the London agreement while delaying debt talks and favoring an arms limitation conference. He plans to meet fraternal groups in Washington and Baltimore but keeps campaign duties separate from presidential responsibilities.
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Republicans Confident in New England Senate Picks
Republicans predict hold of Senator Colt’s Rhode Island seat and reelect Fernald in Maine while reclaiming Senator Walsh’s Massachusetts seat. National chair Senator Moses cites Coolidge popularity in New England as boosting GOP chances across Maine Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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Maine
David Walsh
Massachusetts
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New Hampshire
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Conlile
Coolidge
Fernalds
Manila Senate Rejects Gen Wood Nominees
The Manila Senate rejected Maj Charles B Livingstone for governor of Lanao and Gus Stratten for governor of Sulu, saying Gen Wood violated the administrative code by appointing nonboard members to vacancies, noting the code requires a provincial board member or treasurer. Both provinces are inhabited chiefly by locals.
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Sulu
Goysen Leonard Wood
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Two Women and Baby Killed in Frain Simore Case
Roosevelt Assistant Secretary led a patrol through a naval guard training camp in New York State. He reviewed the Fourteenth regiment and observed a salute of thirteen salvoes from a field gun honoring travelers and officials.
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