Word: behan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Major General William J. Behan, 87, Louisiana political leader; of heart disease; in New Orleans...
When a man dies, his deeds come to life again for a moment. Major General William J. Behan, aged 87, died last week of heart disease in New Orleans and the South remembered him as a hero, not only of the Confederate Army, but of the White League, which battled the Carpet Baggers on the streets of New Orleans in 1874. His famed Canal Street victory, commemorated now by a marble shaft, put an end to the evils of Reconstruction in New Orleans, driving out the northern Republicans and their Negro tools. Major General Behan was elected Mayor...
Southerners took what counsel and comfort they could from Major General Behan's record, in the face of a situation in the North over which they had much concern but no control. For the first time in 27 years, a Negro was going to Congress. In Chicago, Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson directed the selection of one of his Negro ward bosses, a large, greying "race man" of somewhat Thompsonian demeanor, to succeed the late Martin Barnaby Madden as the Republican nominee for U. S. Representative from Chicago's largely Negroid First District...
...Haven, Conn., November 30.-- With a meeting in Lampson Lyceum this afternoon at 5 o'clock the University hockey season officially opened. Coach C. L. Wanamaker, Captain L. M. Noble, Manager C. H. Walker and Dr. E. J. Behan, newly appointed Freshman coach, spoke...
...hockey squad will be coached this year by Dr. E. J. Behan, who graduated from McGill in 1918 after having played for five years on the hockey team. He was captain of the team in 1917-1918. For the season of 1919-1920 he was president of the International Hockey Union of Canada. Dr Behan has also played several games with the New Haven Bears...