Seagler Elected Speaker as Wilmans Breaks Ground in Texas House
R E Seagler Palestine attorney won the speaker election over Dallas attorney Lewis T Carpenter by 127 to 19 votes and pledged to back the Democratic platform. Edith Wilmans of Dallas, the first woman in Texas legislature, delivered the nominating speech and the opening remarks to a packed chamber.
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Palestine
House of Representatives
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Lewis T. Carpenter Dallas
Carpenter
San Antonio
Edith Wilmans
Dallas
Texas
Wilman
Water Plan via Shallow Wells Suggested for Amarillo
Engineer E B Clegg told the City Board that Amarillo can obtain water for a city of 100000 from shallow wells within 20 miles, at about three cents per thousand gallons, eliminating the Palo Duro Canyon dam plan. He and D L McDonald said tests show the belt reaches within 20 miles and 100 to 300 feet above the city, enough for gravity flow. Mayor Marrs noted ongoing surveys for pipeline routes and dam site exploration.
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Amarillo
E. B. Clegg
Santa Fe
Board of City Development
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Water Board
Here
Clegg
D. L. McDonald
Hereford
Wyncoop Kiersted
Kansas City
McDonald
Passenger Automobiles Seized by French in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf report says all passenger cars and heavy delivery trucks were requisitioned by the French government on orders from General Simon. The general and the burgomaster will pick the best vehicles for French use. owners who refuse face trial before a French military court.
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Simon
Reparations Plan Reaches Paris Debated in Senate
Washington reports state that Secretary Hughes directly discussed the financial plan with Ambassador Jusserand and that France received a copy of the New Haven speech. The State Department rejected reports that Paris had not received the plan and noted no further details were sent. In the Senate a new reparations debate followed with several senators proposing unions to resolve the crisis and troop deployments.
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State Department
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New Haven
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Paris
Department of State
Germany
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Senate
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Kansas
Johnson
California
Jo Inson
Arkansas
American Troops Ordered In By Eleven O'Clock
Coblenz dispatch reports all American forces in Germany except night duty must be in barracks by 11 pm to prevent trouble. No passes will be issued for travel outside Coblenz. French troops in the American zone must be off streets by 9 pm. Coblenz remains quiet but unsettled among residents.
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Germany
Harding Would Be More Lenient On War Debt Than Congress Proposed
Washington reports that President Harding and the American debt commission favor flexible terms with Britain and other debtors, seeking to refund four billion owed by Britain while Congress weighs whether to relax statutory limits. Debates in the House center on granting the commission broader latitude and potential precent to set terms, with Garner and Longworth opposing surrender of legislative control.
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Britsh Debt Commission
Great Britain
British Commission
House
Garner
Texas
New York
Fess
Repulican
Ohio
Feig
Debt Commission
Longworth
Mr. Garner
American Commission
Tension Fades at Lausanne Parley Over Armenian Question
Lausanne Jan 9 A cooler mood marked Near East conference talks with full agreement on all issues except amnesty exemption of Christian Turks from service and national homelands for Armenians and Assyro-Chaldeans. Ismet Pasha said talks on national homes for Armenians or Assyrians are not possible. No U S Turkey commercial treaty negotiations have begun pending general peace outcomes.
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Lausanne
Turkey
Ismet Pasha
Angora
United States
Tick Eradication Advertised by Use of Movies
Fort Worth January 1. The opening session of a three day tick eradication conference stressed the value of motion pictures to educate cattlemen about tick control. Ten southern states sent inspectors and veterinarians as Dr. R A Ramsay, head of the tick eradication division, presided. Texas officials noted 1922 record performance in tick eradication and a new monthly high.
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R. A. Ramsay
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Texas
Federal Bureau
Former Klansman implicates Morehouse Parish chief in mob action
In Bastrop Louisiana on January 9 state attorneys produced testimony linking the Morehouse parish Klan leader to floggings and deportations as part of night raids. A. V. Coco the attorney general identified a black hood used by raiders. Witnesses described a black hooded mob abducting Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards armed with rifles and pistols while others saw hooded men escorting the victims.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Ku Klux Klan
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richards
J. K. Skipworth
Morehouse
J. F. Norseworthy
Norseworthy
Daniel
Richards
C. C. “Tot” Davenport
Sidney White
White
Met Rouge
Pay Your Poll Taxes Today Ends Soon
The notice urges immediate payment of poll taxes with only a few days left before the deadline. It emphasizes that payment is required to avoid consequences and directs readers to take action promptly.
Klan Leader Denies Links to Morehouse Parish Kidnapping
Dr. H W Evans Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan issued a late night statement denying Klan involvement in the Morehouse Parish kidnapping and flogging murders of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards last August. He dismissed reports of Klansmen disguises and blamed enemies of the Klan for attempting to smear the organization. He said lawlessness offends Klansmen and predicted the Klan will be vindicated.
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H W Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Louisiana
Morehouse Parish
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richards
Morehouse
Daniel
Officers Shoot Man Who Refuses Arrest
A man giving the name Bradley How erd from Oklahoma was brought to a Waxahachie sanitarium badly wounded after being shot by Italy Texas officers. Marshal Jim Britton said the shooting followed information the supposed killer of Mrs. Ben Meyers, killed on the Port Worth pike last Friday night, was passing through. Authorities later said the man’s appearance did not match the suspect’s description.
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Train Derailment Near Baltimore Causes Tracks Blockage
The New York Washington Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad derailed late today at Wymens Maryland near Baltimore. The engine baggage car and two coaches left the rails blocking both tracks. No one was killed or seriously injured, according to company officials.
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New York Washington Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wymens
Baltimore
Conference Between French Chiefs and Ruhr Towns Ends Quietly
A late evening conference at 8:30 between French army chiefs and the burgomasters of Duisburg Essen Mulheim Ratingen Gerresheim and other occupied towns was held behind closed decors with no information released yet on outcomes.
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Duisberg
Muelheim
Ratingen
Gerresheim
Mayence Apathy as Ruhr Occupation Looms
Mayence residents show calm and subdued mood as French troops depart for the Ruhr. Observers note minimal signs of emotion, with commerce continuing and barracks tightening. Paris signals readiness to seize Essen at daybreak with tanks and airplanes advancing into the Krupps works.
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Essen
Ruhr
Paris
France
Krupps
England
London
Reparations Commission
Germany
M. Maginet
Poieare
Dusseldorf
Degoutte
Mayenee
Waco Negro Charged in Double Murder Denied Bond
Ivory Clay a Black man accused of killing Grady Skipworth and Noor Skipworth and throwing them from a Cameron Park overlook November 20 was remanded to jail without bond after Mrs Boucher identified him as the murderer during an examining trial before Justice J. J. Padgett. The courthouse was filled with drawn firearms and a machine gun guarding the proceedings as sixteen witnesses testified.
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Tex
Ivory Clay
Grady Skipworth
Mistresing
Noor Skipworth
Elfff
Cameron Park
Boucher
Ann
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Padgett
Wage Pact Reaches 20000 Workers At Erie Railroad
New York January 9 A wage agreement affecting 20000 union craft workers restoring seniority rights and back pay for about ten thousand strikers last July was signed by the Erie railroad and its subsidiaries John J Dowd chairman of the central strike plaque of the AFL shop craft unions announced tonight
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New York
Erie Railroad
John J. Dowd
Piache
American Federation of Labor
Two Prominent Youths Face Assault Charge and Bond
Two young men from prominent families were charged with criminal assault of a 16 year old girl in Harrison Street area. They were arraigned before Justice H R Ashheart and released on bonds of 2000 each after waiving examining trials. The case involved two counts on each defendant with separate complaints filed Monday night and lawyers Puntney and Puntney representing the girl's parents. The girl, aged 16, had lived in an Orphans Home in Nexhville Penn and later with her mother and stepfather before moving to Amarillo. The District Attorney Lloyd Pletcher indicated concerns over identity in prior proceedings.
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H.R. A’sheart
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Puntney
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