ARRESTS MARK FRENCH DRIVE IN RHINELAND
Seven arrests reported as France extends Rhineland penalties to the Ruhr and coal requisitioning continues. French engineers prepare to run pits and coke ovens, while German customs weigh accepting French supervision under growing tensions with the Allies. Barthou lectures on rights and obligations before Foch and generals in Paris.
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Associated Press
Dusseldorf
France
Marne
Ruhr
Rhine
Rhineland
Reichsbank
Berlin
Duesseldorf
Paris
Louis Barthou
Reparations Commission
Marshal Foch
Fayolle
Geraud
Mangin
Germany
Europe
M. Barthou
Great Britain
England
Negro sought after attempted assault near Idee
Fort Worth, Jan 19. Tarrant County officers search countryside for a negro who attacked a young white woman in her yard at Idee. Darkness prevented identification and the assailant fled after she screamed. The railroad man's daughter from Hodge was unharmed aside from minor bruises.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Torrent
Idee
Hodge
Germans Ordered to Stay In Ruhr or Be Imprisoned
Coblenz January 19. The Allied control commission issued an order restricting German officials from leaving the Rhineland or Ruhr area and enforcing penalties of five years with heavy fines for attempting to resist or defraud the reparations collection. Officials, mine owners, and workers face penalties for violations.
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Ruhr
Coblenz
Berli
Control Commission
Rhineland
Five Defendants in Herrin Mine Trial Acquitted
Marion Illinois January 19 After nearly 27 hours of deliberation a Williamson County jury found five defendants not guilty in the murder case arising from the Herrin mine riots last June The verdicts came as spectators and defendants looked dazed in the courtroom as Judge Hartwell ordered the defendants brought from jail and the jury in at 1 50 PM The reading of the separate verdicts occurred in silence.
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Herrin
Marion
Williamson County
Howard Hoffman
Hartwell
Coal seized by French diverted to France from Duisburg areas
On January 19, in Duisburg regions Langrener Hoerne coal totaling 21,000 tons bound for interior Germany was seized by French forces and redirected to France. The action occurred without incident.
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Duisberg
Germany
France
Langrener
Hoerne
Ruhr Officials Bind to Berlin Orders on Trains to France
Essen dispatch says railway officials and workers adopt a resolution to strictly follow Berlin directives and not aid p trains to France and Belgium. Report notes none of six French trains has yet departed the Ruhr.
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Essen
Berlin
France
Belgium
Ruhr
Appeals Filed in Criminal Court
In Austin on January 19 appeals in three murder cases and one manslaughter case were filed in the court of criminal appeals. The defendants named are Leon Briggs of Harris County for manslaughter with a five year sentence, Byron Gray of Sabine County for murder with twenty years, Isaac Embrey of Milam County for murder with ten years, and Susie Hicks Casa County charged as an accomplice to murder in the death of Sam Griffin with a five year sentence.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Leon Briggs
Harris County
Byron Gray
Sabine County
Isaac Embrey
Milam County
Susie Hicks
Casa County
Sam Griffin
State Health Board In Session at Austin
The state board of health met in Austin on January 19 and discussed measures to recommend to the legislature affecting the state health department. The board did not review acting health officer Beasley removing fifteen employees of the department.
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State Health Board
Austin
Tex
Sate Board of Health
State Health Department
Beasley
France inaugurates international commercial arbitration court
In Par Is, a new commercial arbitration court set up by the international chamber of commerce was inaugurated in the French Court of Appeals chamber. Attendees included the Ministers of Commerce and Justice, diplomats, foreign consuls led by American Consul General Trackara, and trade representatives. The system mirrors League of Nations dispute methods, aiming to speed and reduce costs in cross border commercial disputes among nations including the United States, Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and others.
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Commercial Arbitration Court
France
Court OF Appeals
Varis
International Chamber of Commerce
French Court of Appeals
Eighteen Indicted by Harrison Grand Jury
Eighteen indictments were returned by a Harrison Arkansas grand jury today. Eight relate to bridge burning and other alleged depredations on the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad in Arkansas. Circuit Judge J M Shinn of Harrison spoke with the Joplin Globe by telephone tonight.
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Joplin, Mo
Harrison
Arkansas
Missouri and North Arkansas
J. M. Shinn
Joplin Globe
Wanamaker Will Blocks Beloved Wealth For Charity
The late John Wanamaker leaves the bulk of his estate to the Wanamaker family and earmarks substantial sums for religious and charitable work. Two hundred thousand dollars goes to the Presbyterian general assembly trustees for Bethany Collegiate Church. Fifty thousand dollars to Bethany Brotherhood and fifty thousand to the Friendly Inn in Philadelphia. Probate lists the estate at 400000 dollars and upwards.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Presbyterian General Assembly
Bethany Collegiate Church
Bethany Brotherhood
Friendly Inn
Methodist Merger Approved Report Referred To Joint Commission
Cincinnati January 19 report of the joint committees on unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South appeared in a joint session this afternoon. The plan will be worked out by a reorganized 16 member committee and submitted to another joint commission meeting on a date to be set.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Governor Seeks Tax Uniformity and State Hire Reduction
Austin January 19. Governor's message urges tax uniformity, calls for severance tax on natural resources, expanded gross receipts tax on oil and pipelines, and a standard valuation for all taxes. He favors revising inheritance, income, franchise taxes and corporate privileges while supporting broader separation of county taxes. Concurrent resolution seeks joint inquiry into state employment to curb expenses. Bills include tax exemptions for certain groups and criminalizing drunk driving. Continued on page two.
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Austin
House
Senate
Named on Stand In Bastrop Trial
In Bastrop Louisiana on January 19 State's Attorney General A V Coco opened the hearing by calling R A Berry Whetstone to the stand He identified 7 Jeff Burnett a former deputy sheriff now under murder charge as a member of the masked gang in charge of Watt Daniel and T F Richard on the Bastrop Met Rouge highway August 24 two miles from Bastrop
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Bastrop
A. V. Coco
Morehouse Parish
R. A. “Berry
Whetstone
Whetsone
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richard
Jeff Burnett
Daniel and
Richard
Met Rouge
Cancer Deaths Rise While Typhoid and Other Rates Fall
In Temple on January first the vital reports show typhoid, tuberculosis, malaria, and pneumonia deaths declining while cancer deaths rise 2.5 percent annually. Dr John Wesley Long of Greemabtec urged regular medical exams as cancer is not contagious or hereditary and predominantly affects those 45 and older. Dr M T McEachern of Vancouver spoke at the American College of Surgeons session. readings covered hospital visits and technical papers. Wretstone testified about a Bastrop area masked gathering and the arrest of T J Burnett amid threats and water bucket coercion, with Burnett later transferred to a parish jail hospital in Shreveport for pleurisy.
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Associated Press Temple
John Wesley Long
Greemabtec
BOC
American College of Surgeons
M T. McEachern
Vancouver
American Hospital Association
Wretstone
Bastrop
Whetstone
Watt Daniel
J. L. Daniel
W. C. Andrews
T. J. Burnett
Burnett
Shreveport
Ring of Thieves Nabbed by Dallas Police
Dallas police and Fort Worth detectives broke up a large wholesale merchandise theft ring in North Texas arresting four men. About $4000 worth of hats and wearing apparel were seized after a lengthy operation. Three suspects were captured in Fort Worth and the fourth in Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Negro Woman Dies at 125 in Georgia
Hoeline Routh of Oglothorpe County Georgia is reported dead at age 125 years 9 months 11 days. Dr William A Davis says birth records delayed the death story until verification. Her third child is alive at 99 and she had 16 children 48 grandchildren and 191 great grandchildren.
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Atlanta
Hoeline Routh
Oglthrope County
Georgia
William A. Davis
Department of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Toussaint to be returned to Wichita Falls today
Oklahoma City January 1 Henry Toussaint arrested by Detective Captain Ralph Young will be sent back to Wichita Falls tomorrow for the death sentence appeal related to the slaying of his father. He had been under surveillance for days, and Texas officers provided identification before the arrest.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Toussaint
Ralph Young
Wichita Falls
Young
Texas
Toussaint
Barry
Oklahoma
Suit for 234000 filed against State Bank Board
The First State Bank of Kosne sues in Travis County district court for 234000, seeking recovery from the state guaranty fund. The bank claims the fund was on deposit in the Security State Bank of Fort Worth, which closed last November.
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Austin
Ewainat
State Banking Board
Travia County
First State Bank of
Clergy protest San Antonio on Filippi expulsion
San Antonio Catholic leaders led by Bishop A J Drossaerts protest to President Obregon over the expulsion of papal delegate Signor Ernesto Filippi from Mexico. Obregon replies he will comply with duties and laws while clergy argue the expulsion was illegal under earlier reform laws repealed by the 1917 Carranza constitution.
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San Antonio
Texas
Trotsky
Russia
A. J. Droessaerts
Obregon
Ernesto Filippi
Mexico
Drossaerts
Bish
Neighbor Held in Murder Case in Tyler Texas
A neighbor of Henry Ayres from Garden Valley in Smith County is jailed in connection with Ayres death from pistol wounds at his home. Officers report the shooting.
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Tyler
Tex
Henry Ayres
Garden Valley
Smith County
Ayres
Hooded mob operates in Louisiana amid inquiries
In Bastrop Louisiana John P Parker a Monroe prominent citizen was shot believed fatally by Carey Calhoun acting deputy sheriff Morehouse parish Hooded band remains active in Morehouse further investigations show a masked assault on a wagon near Mer Rouge tied to a kidnapping and robbery case involving a grocer J Knight and a victim Sidney Rogers Judge Fred M Odom ordered a full inquiry based on Justice Department reports
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Associated Press
Bastrop
John P. Parker
Monroe
Carey Calhoun
Morehouse Parish
Fred M. Odom
Department of Jus
Odom
Bastrop-Mer i
Watth
T. F. Richard
Mer Rouge
Department’ the Justice
Inman
Sidney Rogers
Rogera
Mr. Knight
J. Knight
Odem
House Appropriations Passes Large Army Bill
Washington January 19 The House approved an army appropriation bill totaling 333 million dollars after rivers and harbors bloc amendments boosted waterway funding to 56.6 million and accepted Muscle Shoals dam and power project funding. A late move by Representative Sisson to shrink regular army appropriations failed.
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Washington
House
Muscle Shoals
Sisson
Mississippi
Filippi Arrives In Corpus Christi
Monsignor Filippi, expelled from Mexico by President Obregon, arrives in Corpus Christi at 6 10 pm from Laredo. He offers no statement and proceeds to Bishop Ledvina's home as about 200 local Catholics greet the papal delegate at the station.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Monsignor
Filippi
Mexico
Obregon
Laredo
Ledvina
Senate Passes Copper Farm Credits Bill and Lenroot Anderson Debated
Washington reports the Senate passed the Copper agricultural credits bill without opposition and considered the Lenroot Anderson supplementary measure. Debate over the broader farm credits program centers on government plans for twelve new federal credit departments and amendments to the Federal Reserve Act.
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Washiington
House of
Tre Benite
House
Lethroot- Anderson
Fonc Iaves
Farm Loan Board
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