Former Judge Indicted in Murder Scandal at University
Amarillo Texas May 9 Former Texas Supreme Court appeals commissioner judge R H Hamilton was indicted for murder in the slay of his son in law Tom Walton Jr Walton 19 year old UT student was killed in Hamiltons office last Saturday Walton had secretly married Theresa Hamilton daughter of the accused Walton was buried in McAlester Oklahoma where relatives indicated Hamilton opposed the marriage due to class and wealth concerns Walton’s widow remains in seclusion in Austin Mrs Hamilton supported the indictment saying the matter could be settled at last The state plans to pursue bail denial given the murder charge
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Tex
R. H. Hamilton
Texas Supreme Court Appeals Commission
Jal
Tom, Walton Jr
Walton
Hamilton
Theresa Hamilton
Kiamilton
Texas
McAlester
Austin
Farm Aid Debenture Clash Delays Senate Farm Bill
Washington reform battle grows as the Senate 47 to 44 vote on the debenture provision intensifies clashes with the House. Leaders foresee joint talks to reconcile differences while Democrats back the plan and Republicans fear its fate. A major fight looms over the farm relief measure as conferences approach.
Court Refuses to Reconsider Heirs Had Right in Suit
Washington May 13 Court declines to revisit ruling that Isom Grayson and other heirs of Gertrude Grayson may sue over Creek county Oklahoma land title against James A Harris and others. Earlier decision said title passed to Gertrude Grayson’s Creek kindred. newest ruling says suit not barred by statute. Mexico City note mentions a lamp at Independence monument lit by President Portes Gil.
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CUP
Supreme Court
Isom Grayson
Gertrude Grayson
James A. Harris
Creek County
Oklahoma
Harris
Mexico City
Paseo de la Reforma
Portes Gil
Gray Favors New Board to Run A and M College
Oklahoma Senator Gordon Gray proposes a senate joint resolution to submit a constitutional amendment creating a nine member board of regents to oversee the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college. The board would include the agriculture board president and eight governor appointees with senate consent for eight year terms. The plan mirrors a prior failed Logan measure from Okmulgee.
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Gordon Gray
Chickasha
Senate
Oklahoma
Board of
Wuld
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
State Board of Agriculture
Gray
Board of Regents
Board of Agriculture
David Logan
House
Okmulgee County
Logan
Oklahoma Senate Impeachment Proceedings Hit by Missing Quorum
The Oklahoma Senate, acting as a court of impeachment, convened to weigh motions and demurrers in the cases against Justices Fletcher Riley and Charles W. Mason but lacked a quorum. Only 16 senators were present at roll call with Republicans absent, prompting a recess until morning.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
J. W. Clark
State Supreme Court
Fletcher Riley
Charles W. Mason
Justice Clark
Henry 5. Johnston
Johnston
W. J. Otjen
Enid
J. O. Ferguson
Pawnee
Mason
Otjen
Riley
Clark
Supreme Court
W. M. Gulager
Muskogee
Gulager
Richard L. Wheatley
Vinita
Tariff Measure Action Started In Congress
Washington dispatches report the House entering a full week of tariff discussion with Republican leaders hopeful of passing the measure by month end. Farm groups from ten western states seek amendments as Ways and Means plans committee propositions. Hoover administration questions duties on cement brick and shingles raise concerns over impact on eastern manufacturers.
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Ways and Means Committee
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Texas
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Simmons
North Carolina
Ransever
Iowa
Haugen
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Frear
Wisconsin
Tilson
Connecticut
Snell
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Tariff Commission
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Congress
Customs House
Roofing industry threat to wooden shingles from patent shingle makers
Advisers to the president study a substitute for the sugar schedule using a sliding scale of duties. The plan would set the highest rates only under intense competition with American cane and beet producers during years of excess foreign production.
Tariff Experts Gauge New Rate Bill on Capitol Hill
On May 8, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill weighed the political and economic impact of a new tariff bill from the Ways and Means Committee. The measure proposes sweeping changes, new schedules, and a seven member commission with expanded powers, while avoiding broader general revisions and aiming to speed rate determinations.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Debenture Debate Shapes Farm Relief and Tariff Plan
Washington May 11 A Senate split over exporting debentures ties into the farm relief bill and possible rider to the tariff measure. Administration leaders expect a tougher fight in the House as Democrats and Western Republicans unite to block or aid the plan. If approved, a conference and decisive votes could come as early as next week.
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Washington
CPRA
Senate
House
Hoover
Congress
Watson
Indiana
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
Fess
Ohio
Berah
Agriculture Committee
Congress of Power
Tariff changes debated as House Hearings open
Washington May 11 1922 Republican Ways and Means members begin accepting suggestions for amendments to the tariff bill with hearings to follow. Senator Rainey attacks the measure calling it a monstrosity that would raise living costs by about six to seven hundred million dollars. He criticizes secret sessions and Taft Wickersham for past sugar investigations.
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Washington
Hawley
House
Ways and Means Committee
Dickinson
Iowa
Farm
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Rainey
William Howard Taft
George W. Wickersham
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Wickersham
Sugar Trust
Steel Trust
American Bar Association
Contracts Drawn For Highway Job In Many Sections
The highway commission prepared to approve bids on 1.5 million dollars of highway work after contracts were drawn. Work orders will follow approval by the commission Edwin Dabney and surety bonds to be posted. The panel said all surety companies are eligible with no favorites. An award will also be made for a Lincoln to Meeker stretch on U S Highway 266 after Wellston injunction issues. W L Murphy defended the commission in district court.
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Oklahoma City
Highway Commission
Edwin Dabney
Lew H. Wentz
Lincoln
Meeker
Wellston
W. L. Murphy
T. G. Chambers
Toll Bridge Officials Meet in Oklahoma City Over Rates
Representatives of the Purcell Lexington toll bridge company appeared before the corporation commission in Oklahoma City on May 10 to respond to Attorney General Edwin Dabney’s petition seeking lower tolls. They agreed to produce all books and records by May 17, with the hearing reset for May 29. Dabney had filed for rate reductions after a House resolution declared tolls too high and instructed action. New York: Old Soak a bachelor must remain for now. A captain’s communique from the liner President Wilson notes a refused offer of a mate for the Stimsonian parrot en route from Manila. Old Soak’s health is fine though temper remains problematic.
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Oklahoma City
Purcell-Lexington Toll Bridge Company
The
Corporation Commission
Edwin Dabney
Dabney
House of Representatives
New York
Pop Battles for Decision of Umps On Cleveland Play
Philadelphia and Cleveland game halted in the ninth after fans pelted Umpire Ormsby with bottles over a disputed Lew Fonseca out call. Police protected the umpires as the crowd's disturbance continued despite arbitration efforts and manager Billy Evans entered the field.
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Ormsby
Cleveland
Lew Fonseca
Campbell
Billy Evans
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