Insincerity in Texas Senate Race Sparks Farce of Campaign
A San Francisco and Texas crossreport details a rally on a vacant Taylor Street block where four speakers assailed James Ferguson as insincere while endorsing Earle Mayfield. They praised Mayfield’s labor record and prohibition stance, denouncing Ferguson’s politics and open shop ties.
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U. S. Senate
Earle B. Mayfield
Taylor Street
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Frank M. Ryburn
J. W. Veale
J. W. Crudgington
Underwood
Ferguson
Federal Reserve
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Mayfield
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Texas
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Veale
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Senate
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Judge Veale
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Judas Iscariot
Ferguson Declares 100000 Vote Majority in Texas
Former Governor James J. Ferguson insists he will carry Texas by about 100000 votes as he campaigns for the Democratic nomination. He claims strong support across Collin, Rockwall, and Baylor counties, asserting Mayfield has not denied charges and has lost voter confidence. In Washington, a White House coal and rail conference considers government operation if settlements fail, with measures to curb profiteering and potential new commissions discussed.
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Associated Press
Fort Wort'h
James J. Ferguson
Satoary
Mayfield
Collin County
Besar County
Rockwall
Coma
Texas
Taylor
Teka
EB. Mayfield
United States
James E. Ferson
Ferguson
Lavor
Attacks Probed as Authorities Plan Renewal in Wichita
City county and federal officers will renew their investigation of two late night attacks in Wichita. Edward Click a Vernon teen, 17, reported being beaten and robbed of five dollars by two youths on a country road.
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Wichita Alls
Federal
Edward Click
Vernon
Senate debates bonus bill as no action taken
The Senate heard two hours of arguments for and against the soldiers bonus bill but took no action on pending amendments. Senator VCumber urged a vote before adjournment, while Senator Smoot offered amendments including a manufacturer’s tax and a paid-in insurance plan funded by a base tax. Exemptions covered farm products and small manufacturers under $6,000 annual business.
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Senate
Boby
Washington
ViCumber
North Dakota
Smoot
Utah
Congressional G O P Meeting Today
The eighteenth Republican congressional district convention will convene at 2:20 P M in the county court room at the courthouse. Delegates from the Panhandle gathered for the event as nominees for congress are discussed with Loomis previously a nominee. Arrivals included McD Bybee Childress Halum Wright Estelline and Jerry A Dalton Memphis Democrat. Bybee predicts the county will carry the Republican governor candidate this fall.
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Panhandle
Congress
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Canadian Record
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Bybee
Childress
Halum Wright
Estelline
Jerry A. Dalton
Memphis Democrat
Mr. Bybee
Prohibition Officer Held After Fatal Killing in Beatmont
M T C Gonnaulios, a federal prohibition officer, described his two day and night captivity in Beatmont after the killing of Justice of the Peace Showers. He said he knows how it feels to take a silent part in a necktie conference as details emerge from the incident in Wichita Falls.
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Wichita Falls
M. T Cgonnaulios
Prohibition
Beatmont
Justice of the Peace
Seven Coaches Jump Track but Few Are Hurt
Mobile Alabama August 25 three members of the crew of the No. 8 fast mail train on the Mobile and Ohio were injured and scores of passengers escaped injured when the train struck an open switch on the Bay Spur near Whistler. The engine and seven coaches left the track injuring engineer Chas Cobb fireman Lee Oliver and baggage master L Craft all of Meridian Mobile and Rageage.
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Ala
Ohio
Bay Spur
Whistler
Chas
Cobb
Meridian
Lee Oliver
Attempted derailment near Fiisweir Creek train bridge
A southbound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train was traveling across a bridge over Fiisweir Creek when a dynamite blast occurred nearby. The explosion followed shortly after by the train passing the span, and authorities pursue leads on the suspected wreck attempt.
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Jacksonville
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Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Here Tought
Fisweir Creek
Rail strike escalates into high-stakes fight after mediation ends
New York Aug 25 the rail strike hardened into a finish fight as the five allied unions mediating between executives and strikers rejected an individual settlement plan. Bert M Jewell said executives aim to show the railroad crisis to hardheaded colleagues while labor leaders called renewed strikes nationwide. The latest peace bid would have pursued separation by road and limited pensions with a ten-man arbitration panel, but was rejected for not protecting seniority and strike effectiveness.
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Brotherhood
Ewn
Chicago
Bert M. Jetgell
The
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L Commission of Ten Brotherhood
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Wien
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Das Willard
Kaiser Wilhelm to Marry Again
London August 25 The Times reports former Emperor Wilhelm is engaged to wed the widow of a German aristocrat. The woman, nearly of royal rank and mother of three, recently visited Doorn Holland with her children. The wedding is said to occur this coming winter. The report notes this is not the previously rumored betrothal.
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Doorn
Holland
Misk Knocks Out Fulton in First Round Bout
St Paul heavyweight Billy Misk knocks out Fred Fulton of Minneapolis in the first round of their scheduled bout in St Paul. The quick finish ends the match early, with Misk securing a decisive victory tonight.
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Fulton
Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Billy Misk
Fred Fulton
Minneapolis
Come To Election Party Tonight at The Daily News
The Daily News invites everyone to an election party tonight with returns from the state and the Panhandle. A screen will display results and broadcasts run from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Radio music will accompany the live updates as darkness falls.
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Daily News
Panhandle
Western Union given license to land cable at Miami Beach
President Blanding signed a license authorizing the Western Union Telegraph Company to land and operate a cable at Miami Beach extending to a point near the harbor. The action follows official notification that Argentina had accepted the renunciation of the Western Telegraph Company monopoly in that country.
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Western Telegraph Company
Escaped Convicts Routed After Two Weeks Wild Hunt
Four convicts from the Sioux Falls penitentiary were captured near the Black Hills after a two week rampage across South Dakota. A deputy warden was knifed and the gang hijacked a car on August 17. In a final clash between Wall and Creighton a sheriff’s rifle killed the driver, allowing arrests after a gunfight. Henry Coffee alias Hickman was killed and gang leader Joe Foreman seriously wounded.
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S. BD
Black Hills
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Here
Stamford
Wall
Creighton
Henry Coffee
Hickman
Joe Foreman
Harding to Demand Action on Strikes
Associated Press reports President Harding will press Congress to authorize the taking over of certain railroads and anthracite mines if the industrial situation does not improve within a few days after talks with Senator Cummins and Attorney General Daugherty.
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White House
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Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Daugherty
Cumm
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Yank Private in Germany Is Slain
Coblenz August 9. Private Lester Irons of Toms River New Jersey a member of a provisional military police company was found today in a pool of blood with part of his head shot away outside the garage of Major General Henry T Allen in command of the American forces on the Rhine Private Trone had been on guard duty at this post that night Two German girls are being detained for investigation.
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Toms River
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