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As printed: HAND OF TIME HEAVY ON VETS; G. A. R. MAY QUIT
ContextThe Grand Army of the Republic, the veterans' organization of the Union Army, holds its 60th national encampment at Des Moines from September 19 to 24. With its ranks thinning fast, three past national commanders have been named a committee to report on winding the old body up and disposing of its funds and records.
As printed: CLOSER TIE SOUGHT IN FRANCO-GERMAN PARLEY IN GENEVA
ContextGermany was admitted to the League of Nations at Geneva this week and took her seats in the assembly hall on Friday, where Gustav Stresemann and Aristide Briand pledged that their countries would never again go to war. Today the two foreign ministers began private conversations, with the British and Belgians informed, and Stresemann raised the question closest to German hearts: cutting the French occupation force in the Rhineland from some 70,000 men.
As printed: Kluxers, 250,000 Strong, To March In Parade Monday
ContextThe Ku Klux Klan, revived in 1915 and at the height of its national strength in this decade, holds its annual convention in Washington and marched down Pennsylvania Avenue last year in white robes. Klan headquarters now claims 250,000 will march on Monday; the police, who counted 40,000 to 50,000 last year, have revoked all leave and are weighing whether to post marines at the Treasury again.
As printed: Is Woman Who Claimed She Was With Ormiston at Carmel-By-Sea.
ContextAimee Semple McPherson, the Los Angeles evangelist, vanished from a beach in May and reappeared in Mexico in June saying she had been kidnapped; prosecutors have been probing reports that she was instead at Carmel-by-the-Sea with Kenneth G. Ormiston, her former radio operator. Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman, who came forward claiming she was the woman mistaken for the evangelist, is now held on bad-check charges, has won a writ of habeas corpus, and says a twin sister will clear her.
As printed: BRITISH REACT TO W. ROGERS' JIBE ON COFFEE
ContextWill Rogers, the cowboy humorist, has been touring Europe and cabling his impressions home, and lately declared English coffee the worst in the world. London has now replied.
