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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1926
Page
1
Spectators surged as De Mand demanded a vote during the Senate debate on joining the World Court. The session focused on international law obligations and the potential impact on U.S. foreign policy.
Washington January 18. For a moment the Senate seemed poised to vote on the world court treaty but opposition gathered breath as Senator Lenroot halted the court statute reading and Senator Blease launched a lengthy South Carolina style filibuster. Debates and potential cloture plans followed with leaders eyeing executive session and a recess tomorrow.
Canyon readers learn the City Federation of Women's organizations chose Mrs. C. R. Flesher as its new president. The college Parent-Teacher Association recently formed is now admitted to federation membership.
Washington January 18 A fight over repeal of the inheritance tax and publicity of income tax returns is likely despite a Republican Democrat compromise. The Senate finance committee reported unanimous support for the bill though some western senators may oppose certain provisions. Secretary Mellon awaits expert study before final approval while Smoot foresees at least 360 million dollars in tax reductions. Senator Borah doubts farmers will be consoled by party agreement to cut surtax rates and repeal inheritance taxes.
Washington January 18 The air board bill seeks to implement the president’s aviation recommendations before the House military committee hearing. It proposes an additional assistant secretary for aviation at seven thousand six hundred dollars a year and centers on the army air service.
Secretary Hoover reiterated his stance on the rubber issue while Senator Borah urged February 10 as the date for a vote on the world court. The Senate interstate commerce committee heard opposition to the bill and the House approved funds for American participation in the preliminary disarmament conference.
A fogbound collision on the Williamsburg bridge in New York between an eight car Brooklyn train and a stuck wooden car train killed a five year old girl and wounded more than fifty. Police charged motorman John Simmer with homicide as passengers fled in darkness.
Houston dispatch reports Attorney General Dan Moody clarifying his stance on the Ku Klux Klan incident at a mass meeting. He said he opposed secret political societies and any enforcement of law outside courthouse procedures, stressing loyalty to lawful court processes. The statement was given with Women's Christian Temperance Union district president’s consent.
In Oklahoma City on January 18 the North Canadian river flood control plan faced united resistance from the National Drainage Congress and the Oklahoma Farmers Union. Resolutions urged repeal of the law and protest speakers promised definite action. engineers backed damming and diversion to large reservoirs as feasible while Arkansas River work progresses in Pueblo and Wichita.
In Washington on January 18 the House voted 859 to 1 to authorize a $50,000 appropriation to cover expenses for American delegates to the League of Nations disarmament conference. Rep Connery of Massachusetts cast the lone dissent, with no explanation. The measure goes to the Senate and follows President Coolidge's request to accept the council invitation.
In Galveston, W. E. Maxon, 65, assistant general manager of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, was shot in his private office by Walter F. Briscoe, a former conductor who then killed himself. Maxon, wounded in the chest and shoulder, is expected to recover. Briscoe, who had been discharged months earlier, died instantly. The incident followed Briscoe's request for reinstatement as a conductor. Maxon declined. J. P. Cowley witnessed part of the sequence. Maxon was rushed to a hospital for X rays and observation.
Special to The News McLean Jan 18 T A Landers gains sole ownership by buying Fred Landers share effective Jan 1 1926. The paper led civic coverage during four years of joint management and will keep current policies. Fred Landers plans for the future remain undefined.
The case concerns Wichita County and the basis used in a tax dispute under review by the U.S. Treasury Department. Br. M. Waggoner and related litigation factors are noted as part of the proceedings and considerations in shaping the basis for taxation in the case.
Treasury to test Texas community tax law using Wagoner case from Wichita Falls as precedent. If ruled invalid for federal income tax, thousands face back taxes. hearings proceed via tax appeals board to circuit court, then Supreme Court.
HOUSTON January 18. H B Hodges a Ferguson state farm inmate in Madison County has filed for a federal habeas corpus in Houston challenging the indeterminate sentence law and a judge instruction allowing a jury to assess punishment prior to court action. Judge Hutcheson has ordered state prison officials to appear in Galveston on February 8 to show cause why the writ should not be granted. The petition spans 25 typewritten pages and cites prior cases supporting Hodges contention that a jury lacked authority to fix punishment.
The Texas Railroad Commission said it will recommend to the Interstate Commerce Commission whether the Texas Panhandle and Gulf Railroad may build from Fort Worth to Tucumcari New Mexico. The Texas body will forward its view within a few days after reviewing the application filed last week.
In Oakland a burglar stole a $300 radio outfit from a fashionable home. He tuned to a sermon by Dr. Frank M. Sitzley at First Presbyterian Church on moral reform, then carried the radio back, reentered the house, set the set on its stand, fixed the ground wire, and disappeared. A letter signed only ex convict claimed the act and praised the sermon while noting the theft.
Amarillo fire marshal Mr Banks Jones presents an annual report on insurance volume. He notes the city now has 3000000? in premiums versus 2400000? last year and 30 000 000 in property insured, up from 24 000 000, attributing the surge to new building activity.
In Scranton Pennsylvania John Lewis declared the miners will persist in the anthracite strike despite costs. He toured Wilkesbarre and Scranton, promising backing from United Mine Workers and other wage earners, while urging continued resistance to arbitration and preparing further addresses.
Ginning in Donley county up to December 21 shows 18,854 bales ginned, compared with 11,153 for the same date in 1924. Bullies are still being snapped and the season's total will exceed 20,000 as bollies are gathered. Average lint prices last week ranged from 9.5 to 10.5 cents per pound.
Stephenville January 18. Defense efforts to delay or move the case failed as veniremen were examined for the trial of F. M. Snow for the killings of his stepson wife and mother in law. Crowds flooded the courthouse as residents and outsiders prepared for a high profile case. Snow’s lawyers argued insanity prior to the shooting and asked for a sanity commission and venue change. motions were denied.
San Antonio January 18 West Texas is poised for its greatest year according to Ray Lehman southwestern manager of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce He noted that West Texans anticipate using Corpus Christi port as a primary shipping point for their products and highlighted irrigation flood control and related projects as key drivers of prosperity
Santa Fe January 18. E B Swope former chairman of the New Mexico Democratic central committee says George A Davisson president of Hoffman Construction Company never gave a cent to the committee as campaign contribution or otherwise. Ay wb Zinn secretary treasurer echoes the denial.
Jan 18 at the White House President Coolidge hosted Kent Cooper general manager of The Associated Press as a luncheon guest. Cooper attended with AP colleagues and discussed press operations and wartime information exchange.
William E B Taylor, 64, longtime classified advertising director of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, leapt into the Mississippi River from a bridge today. He had been connected with the paper over 40 years and was to be taken to a Jacksonville Illinois sanitarium for treatment.
Texas Railroad Commission grants Phillips Petroleum a permit to burn residue gas to manufacture carbon black in Hutchinson and Carson counties. Plant located twenty miles east and seventeen miles north of Amarillo with a minimum capacity of 30 million cubic feet daily. The move is expected to boost casing-head gasoline operations and benefit lease and land owners.
Oklahoma City Oklahoma January 18 The case centers on W K Hale alleged leader of the death ring and now slated for federal court trial after state murder charges were filed by George Short state attorney general At Pawhuska district judge J J Wortern ordered Hale returned to Osage county jail to await trial Hale is held for federal authorities and sheriff Tom Veeres says he will not surrender Indictments against Hale and John Ramsey for Henry Roan Osage Indian will be filed in federal court to challenge jurisdiction or on technical grounds through motions to quash
Washington dispatch notes debate over the Forney Metcalf tariff act. Senator Harrison defends it while Representative Tincher argues repeal would bankrupt nearly all cattlemen. Texas Democrat Blanton counters there is no tariff on vertebrates and that the duty on livestock is negligible. Additional replies from Jones and McKeown touch on farm opposition.
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