Northwest Texas Press Association Holds 26th Annual Session
The Northwest Texas Press Association met in Amarillo for its 26th annual session in the city hall. President Edgar P. Haney led the opening and Dr BK Robinson gave the invocation as sessions began with limited morning business and a productive afternoon.
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Northwest Texas Press Association
Amarillo
Edgar P. Haney
Wichita Falls
BK. Robinson
Polk Street Methodist Church
Haney
J. J. .Yope
Pope
Nis
Sam A. Roberts
Hurkburnett
Roberts
W. W. Johnson
Memphis
J. L Cauldwell
Texas
Cockrell
Atharilo
Taiéed
Carlotta Cheney
Bateson argues evolution from loss rather than addition
Professor William Bateson, in Melbourne, challenges the Darwinian view of life variation as adding new factors. He proposes evolution may proceed from complex to simple, with variation arising from the loss or suppression of factors. He cautions against overreliance on natural selection for all details and cites examples in pease, orchids, and pigmentation to illustrate his point.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
William Bateson
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Australia
Birmingham
Oliver Lodge
Bateson
Darwin
United States
Silliman
Yale University
Mendel
Seel
Optimism Over Labor Prospects From Walsh
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Federal Industrial Relations Committee, spoke at the Seattle Commercial Club and voiced optimism about an amicable settlement between labor and capital. After eight months and over four hundred witnesses, he said cooperation could lead to code treatment and fewer new laws.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Caital
Labor
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Industrial Relations Committee
Seattle Commercial Club
Federal and State Price Probe Tops Wilson Drive
Federal and state investigators in Washington and nationwide move to probe food price rises linked to the European war. Grand jury actions cited against commission merchants wholesalers and hotel food buyers as subpenas issued. Secretaries and agencies coordinate inquiries with citizens urged to provide evidence.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
National
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Food stall prices steady amid federal probe
Prices at food stalls held near Tuesday levels as federal investigators weigh charges of war time pricing. A few staples dipped slightly while others rose sharply. Retail prices eased slightly as the district attorney prepared to resume duties after vacation.
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Associated Trew Chicagyu
Tomorro
Roosevelt to Speak in Hartford at Progressive Conference
Colon el Roosevelt will be the chief speaker at a statewide Progressives conference in Hartford tomorrow. George W. Verkins of New York and Charles Sumner Bird of Massachusetts will also address the gathering in Parvon's Theatre. The conference aims to reaffirm the two year old platform and organize primary machinery for Progressives in Connecticut.
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Connecticut
Roosevelt
Hartford
Can
Rosevelt
George W. Verkins
New York
Charles Sumner Bird
Massachusetts
Parvon
United States
Congress
Censorship Debate Delays Cable Regulation Action
Washington reports delay in final decision on extending censorship to cables amid calls for an opportunity to be heard. Administration aims for neutrality while opposition grows to provisions in the emergency shipping bill allowing foreign built ships to sail coastwise under American register. Senate debate shifts to political arraignment with a vote planned for Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Senate
Business leaders urge halt to European war commerce
Washington August 14 without formal statement from the administration the president and Secretary Bryan oppose floating loans to aid the belligerents in Europe and favor government insurance against war risks for American registered ships in a plan presented by sixty two leading business figures to stop European commerce disruptions.
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Associated Press
Washington Lb. C
Bryan
Europe
First Voyage Through Panama Canal Opens Tomorrow
The canal zone buzzed with preparations as the steamship Ancon readies for the canal’s inaugural voyage tomorrow. Officers and crew work to load and prepare to depart on the historic crossing.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Canal
Amarillo excursionists visit Post
The Amarillo Trade Excursion arrived in Amarillo by 2:00 PM and left at 4:43 PM. They were greeted by a delegation of business men and escorted through Postex cotton mills after calling on several firms, briefly extending their stay by thirty minutes.
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News Post
Tex
Amarillo
Erultion
Postex Cotton Mills
Capital awaits chief Carranza in Mexico City
Mexico City reports a quiet capital awaiting the Constitutionalist army. The army will split along the railway to Puebla as the new war minister assigns officers to receive each battalion surrender. Archdiocese closes Catholic churches until the regime is established and clergy depart for Spain.
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Associated Presa
Mexico City
Puebla
Spain
Bandits murder Glen Alum officials and steal payroll
Joseph Sheler paymaster and Dr W Amick company physician and F D Johnson company electrician were killed at noon in Wilmington West Virginia. Payroll of fifteen thousand dollars stolen by unknown bandits who fled. Bloodhounds used to track the attackers from Possess and Piiefields.
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Associated Proms
Wilmington
W. Va
Joseph Sheler
Glen Alum Coal and Coke Company
W. Amick
F. D. Johnson
Lamb County approves tax rolls amid debt free status
Lamb County Commissioners Court approved the 914 tax rolls showing a total of 551040.00 an increase from prior year. The district’s total tax rate is 7 cents per 100 value and Lamb County reports no debt with good credit in bank for all funds.
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Septlefield
Tex
Commissioners Court
Lamb County
Americans Leave for Paris by Rail to Geneva
Four American tourists depart for Paris despite a thrifty hour rail journey en route to Geneva. The travelers plan to visit during a period of cultural exchange and view notable attractions in the French capital.
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Paris
Geneva
Switzerland
Washington Weather: Fair Conditions Across Regions
Washington D C forecast for Saturday and Sunday calls for generally fair conditions in West Texas and the surrounding area. Temperatures listed show a low around 62 and a high near 68 with a record maximum around 1013.
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Faecal
Washington
Washington, D. C
West Texas
Arizona Senate Nomination Campaign Heats Up
Campaign in Veivonnae Phoenix Aug 14 notes four weeks until Arizona primaries. Senator Marcu Smith seeks renomination on the Democratic ticket while Reese M Ting opposes him for the nomination. Lorenzo Tlubbel unopposed for Republican senatorial nomination. Dwight B Heard favored by the Progressive party and Eugene H Cheatin backed by Prohibitionist. In 1908 Chafin was the Prohibition party presidential candidate.
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Veivonnae
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Congress
Marcu Smith
Senate
Reese M Ting
Lorenzo Tlubbel
Dwight B Heard
Arizona Republican
Eugene H. Cheatin
Chafin
Prohibition Party
United States
Warfront Shifts as French Belgian Unity Grows
Allied forces unite as French and Belgian units exchange officers. Forts Pontisse and Liers resist German assault on the Meuse left bank. German cross Belgium advances press Namur Liège while Russians threaten Prussia and Galicia. A German aeroplane is shot down and British plans to withdraw Americans are outlined.
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London
Exchange
Brussels
Fort Pontisse
Liege
Glacis Fort
Liers
Meuse
Belgium
Namur
Haelen
Louvian
Liest
Vosges
Imufortad
Pontisse
Prussia
Austrian
Galicia
Admiraltty
Japan
Italy
Central Africa
Nyassa
British Central Africa
Gwendolin
von Kissenar
Lake Nyassa
Rome
Constantinople
Goeben
Breslau
Pritish
Washington, D. C
Colville Barklay
North Sea
Bryan
England
Paris
France
Marchevelette
Melotte
Cholet
Adelbert
Nelle
Reuter
St. Petersburg
Vilnna
Poland
Exchange Telegraph
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