Boerne Hosts Bid for Texas Tech College Site
Associated Press reports Boerne Texas in keen contention for the new Texas technological college. A locating board visited 2000 acre valley site near Boerne with hills, climate, water supply, and proximity to San Antonio cited as advantages. Three land sites were inspected before the board returned to San Antonio.
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Associated Press
Boerne
Tex
Texas Technological College
Texas
San Antonio
Austin
McAdoo for President Club Meets in Dallas
Dallas hosts a McAdoo for President rally as the Texas club forms committees to craft a Texas address and coordinate a large delegate slate. Messages from officials and supporters including Col Thomas H Ball and Governor Hunt of Arizona bolster the bid amid rival hints and a strong pro McAdoo crowd.
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Associated Press
Dallas
William &. McAdoo
McAdoo
Marshall Hicks
San Antonio
Thomas B. Love
Hicks
Texas
E. W. Seabury
Brownsville
H. A. Cunningdon
Bonham
Margia E. Neal
Carthage
Dallas Scarborough
Abilene
W. A. Hanger
Fort Worth
Paul Donald
Bowie
William R. Hughes
Longview
W. R. Beal
Nocona
John D. Claybrook
Austin
George P. W. Hunt
Arizona
Myers
Cato Sells
Wilson
J. Louie England
Edith Wilmans
Women's Christian Temperance Union
One Hundred Witnesses Called in Payne Murder Case
Special to The News Canyon July 14 One hundred witnesses summoned to appear in district court in Canyon August 13 to testify in the State of Texas versus D L Payne charged with killing J Sweaten and Maud Rippy in Crosbyton a few months earlier There are two counts against Payne one for each killing The case was transferred to Randall County from Crosbyton County when the indictments were returned by the grand jury
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Canyon
State of Texas
D. L. Payne
J. Sweaten
Maud Rippy
Crosbyton
Payne
Randall County
Oil activities in local field show increase
Texas Company No 2 Burnett section 92 block 6 Carson County is shut down awaiting a liner to shut off cave at 3050 feet. Six inch pipe was landed to shut off gas below the eight inch at 2800 feet. The well is credited with a daily gas flow of 50 million cubic feet between 2400 and 2900 feet, and crude coats the derrick signaling oil encounters. Gulf No 8 Burnett North Carson aims to place eight inch pipe around 2900 feet. Silk No 2 Burnett northwest of section 98 block 6 Carson is drilling 8050 feet with oil showing. Humphreys No 1 Sanford 11 8 A B M Carson at 2160 feet in lime. Humphreys No 1 Johnson Hutchinson carrying 12 inch pipe at 800 feet. Barnum O Guinn Johnson Ranch driving 20 inch pipe at 200 feet. Plains No 1 Weatherly near center of section 17 block Y Hutchinson preparing to complete at 8116 feet with sandy lime possibly yielding 400 barrels daily. Culbertson Bros have drilling equipment for a Panhandle test north of Panhandle and south of Burnett pasture in Carson County. J O Whittington preparing to develop Sanford ranch extensively once pipeline availa ble. He holds leases north of the recently completed well and expects further activity. CONTINUED ON PAG THREE
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Texas Company No
Burnett
Block 6
Carson County
Texas
Gulf No. 8
North
Carson
Pyron
Humphreys
Sanford
Block
A. B
Culbertson Bros
Panhandle
Burnett Pasture
J. O. Whittington
Block 46
Hutchinson County
Sanford Ranch
Whittington
Escaped Juvenile Stabs Farmer Boy For His Clothing
Sid Pruitt a 16 year old, wounded in the left chest, lies in a Waco sanitarium. D A Silas 19, an escapee from Gatesville juvenile school, is jailed on assault to murder charges after allegedly stabbing Pruitt to steal his clothes. The incident occurred seven miles east of Jonesboro in a farm field.
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Associated Press
Waco
Sid Pruitt
Baptist Sanitarium
D. A. Silas
Gatesville
Young Pruitt
Nolan
Jonesboro
M. Pruitt
Hollingsworth
Silas
Girl Captures Prisoner With Brothers Gun
Texarkana Arkansas July 14 Gena Barber sister of Miller County Sheriff used one of the sheriffs big six guns to chase down and capture fugitive prisoner W. M. Beard who had been allowed yard exercise Beard fled into a box car in a lumber yard after Barber commandeered a passing auto to aid the pursuit.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Ark
Gena Barber
E. B. Barber
Miller County
Iller County
W. M. Beard
Miss Barber
Miller Assault Case Is Given to Jury Saturday
In Austin County, John Miller, a farmer, faced assault to murder charges stemming from a Bealy street fight last September. The Travis County court sent the case to a jury, with amendments discussed and Miller and Foster Bell awaiting trials on murder until November 12 when Judge Hamilton granted a continuance. Jury deliberations were in progress at 10:45 p.m. with no verdict expected that night.
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Associated Press
Austin
John Miller
Austin County
Bealy
Texas
Travis County District Court
Miller
Foster Bell
Hamilton
Prisoner Arrested on Federal Charge After Leaving Pen
A. J. Adams alias W. J. Anderson must return to Tyler Texas to face trial for alleged theft of postal funds under a federal removal order. He was released ten days ago for meritorious service while serving a burglary sentence in the Louisiana penitentiary and was arrested as he left the prison office. His work during a levee break and a prison fire helped earn his state prison release.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
A. J. Adams
W. J. Anderson
Tyler
Texas
Adams
Louisiana Penitentiary
Frozen Credits Close Bank in Cunningham Kansas
Topeka Kans July 14 The Cunningham State Bank of Cunningham was closed by the state banking department due to excessive freezing of credits. The closure ends the bank’s operations and triggers standard regulatory steps for handling insured deposits. A brief official notice indicated financial difficulties from imprudent credit practices and liquidity strain.
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Associated Prosa Topeka
Kans
Cunningham State Bank of
Cunningham
CNS Ae
State Banking Department
Newspapers In Alaska Surprise The President
President Harding touring Alaska praised local daily papers calling them as good as those in 60,000 population cities. He bought three papers for ten cents each and joked about paying a dime rather than a quarter. Mrs Harding declared Alaskans embody Americanism.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Alaska
Harding
Nolan County Farmer Wounded in Farm Gun Battle
Sweetwater Texas July 14 Jess Honeycutt was shot and seriously wounded his wife hurt by pellets and a child’s sleeve was pierced during a farm shooting near F E Wood who surrendered to Nolan county authorities Wood shot back with a gun and awaits grand jury action Honeycutt is father of seven children and is expected to recover The incident involved Wood his son in law Joe Redden and Redden’s children on adjoining farms east of Sweetwater
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Associated Press
Sweetwater
Tex
Jess Honeycutt
F E. L. Wood
Nolan County
Honeycutt
Wood
Grand Jury
Wood Place
Joe Redden
Redden
Strike Still Unsettled After Long State House Talks
Boston July 14 After a four and a half hour conference at the state house the state board of conciliation and arbitration and 8800 striking telephone operators admitted no basis for a settlement of the strike.
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Associated Press
Boston
State House
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Amarillo Area Weather Summary For Sunday Forecast
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for Sunday to be partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers. West Texas and Panhandle regions show similar partly cloudy conditions with possible thunderstorm activity. Local thunderstorms are noted in New Mexico with no temperature change expected. Observed temperatures in Amarillo show maximums around 84 and minimums near 64, with rain measurements reaching up to 0.82 inch by 4 p.m. An atmospheric disturbance over the southwest and west Gulf States produced thunderstorms with rain, including one inch or more in Shreveport.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
West Gulf States
Platos States
Shreveport
Cotton men to attend meeting at Washington
Two dozen leading cotton men from across the country will meet in Washington on Tuesday. C R Taylor and J Findlay of the Liverpool Cotton Association will present recommendations for changes in official U S cotton standards. The aim is to reach agreement for changes to take effect in August 1924.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
C. R. Taylor
J. ©. Findlay
Liverpool Cotton Association
United States
Liverpool Association
American Cotton Trade
G. F. Bledsoe
Greenwood
Miss
T. F. Cahill
N. Y
R. L. Crittenden
Boston
R. C. Dickerson
Texas Cotton Association
Waco
William Drake
Memphis Cotton Exage
C. A. Francis
EB. B. Norman
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
D. C. Green
Houston
John Gorham
Texas
R. H. Gilbert
Norfolk Cotton Exchange
R. F. Irby
Galveston
C. W. Johnson
Charlotte
Rehearing Sought in Stephens County Oil Case
The Associated Press reports on July 14 that a motion for rehearing was filed in the Texas Supreme Court in Stephens County versus Mid Kansas Oil and Gas Company. The dispute centers on whether oil and gas leases are taxable separately or as part of land taxes, with potential impact on large state and county tax revenues.
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Associated Preag
Austin
Stephens County
Mid-Kansas Oil and Gasompany
Supreme Court
Navigation and Railway Company to Build Line in Texas
Application for valuation of the Louisiana Navigation and Railway Company of Texas, chartered to operate a railroad between McKinney and Shreveport, filed with the Railroad Commission. The company seeks authority and notes ownership by Williams-Eden interests and formerly Wago l branch of M. K. & T.
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Associated Press
Austin
Louisiana Navigation and Railway Company of Texas
McKinney
Shreveport
Railroad Commission
Kano Sapmnghbalen Momteepany
Williams-Edenborn
Wagal
Boerne Site Seen for Texas Tech College
San Antonio locating commission members toured Boerne to inspect a proposed 2000 acre site for the Texas Technological College. A luncheon and banquet followed as Prof. A. S. Hathaway and Judge Dick Terrell presented arguments. Terrell urged San Antonio businessmen to cooperate if Boerne is chosen, highlighting health benefits.
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San Antonio
Texas Technological College
Boerne
Dick Terrell
Keeling seeks injunction in H W Evans case
San Antonio lawyer George W. Keeling files an intervening petition in Dallas asking a court to restrain H. W. Evans from claiming to be Ku Klux Klan chief and to bar Evans and associates from using Klan powers and funds for political aims. Keeling claims appointment as klengel and that he earned about $4,000 annually from member fees.
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Dallas
H. W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Evans
United States District Court
George W. Keeling
San Antonio
Preston P. Reynolds
B. OG. Senter
Keeling
Dr. Evans
Invisible Empire
William Joseph Simmons
Klan
Coroner Returns Verdict in Kepner Murder Case
Frederick Maryland July 14 Mrs Grace Simmons Kepner wife of architect B Evered Kepner of Frederick was found dead June 18 with a bullet wound in the head at her father's home The coroner's jury returned verdict in less than an hour after two days of investigation determining she died at the hands of an unknown person Previously the coroner had ruled death by own action
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Frederick, Md
Grace Simmons Kepner
B. Evered Kepner
Frederick
Davis Arrives in Berlin for World Problem Tour
Berlin July 14 James D. Davis arrival marks the start of a European and orient tour by the American chamber of commerce head to study world problems first hand. He will visit major cities and meet officials en route.
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Davis
Berlin
James DD. Davia
Tha
Aeiawinnss Chanwabewes
Awe
Europe
Orient
Magee Declares Gang Weakening In New Mexico
Albuquerque July 14 Carl Magee New Mexico editor, convicted on four counts for contempt of court, arrived to face San Miguel County sentence and $4,050 fine. He said the fight is starting and the gang is weakening, plan to focus on local issues amid a bitter conflict with local interests. Contempt cases against Judge Hanna and Magee’s counsel set for July 20, new contempt charge July 21. The state seeks $167,000 back taxes on Stephen B. Davis estate, with alleged gang aid reducing taxes from $137,000 to $11,000, unpaid. Governor Hinkle may intervene after legal recourse.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
Carl @ Magee
New Mexico
Las Vegas
San Miguel County
Magee
New Mexico State Tribune
Helmich
Stephen B. Davis
Hinkle
Hanna
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