Trial Clara Smith Hamon Begins As 300 House Bills Die
In Austin on Friday noon about 300 house bills died on the calendar due to a 72 hour rule before sine die adjournment. The session adjourned sine die at noon Saturday after the bills dropped from consideration. The Johnson enforcement bill, aimed at giving the Governor power to remove officers, was among those automatically killed. Governor Neff attended the floor as Representative Johnson tried to gain recognition to salvage the measure.
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Austin
Texas
House
Neff
Johnson
Senate
Hertzberg
Bexar
Aiken
County Commissioners Court
Amendment Anti Alien Land Bill 5 Passes In Texas House
The Texas House approved to engrossment the anti alien land ownership bill substituting Pope amendment for the original measure. It aims to bar land purchases by aliens from nations that discriminate against U S citizens, with exceptions for certain residents and pre existing landowners. The vote was 93 to 27.
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Austin
Texas
Pope
Nueces
House
Dudley
el Paso
United States
Japan
Senate
Aydelotte Named Swarthmore College President
Philadelphia March report states Frank Aydelotte, secretary to Rhodes scholarship trustees and MIT English professor, was chosen president of Swarthmore College on Tuesday. He will lead the liberal arts college and guide its academic direction.
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Aydelotte
Philadelphia
Frank Aydelotte
Rhodes
Massachusetts Intitute of ‘Technology
Tueday
Swarthmore College
West Texas Weather Forecast and Temperatures
The forecast calls for Thursday and Friday to be fair with warmer temps in the north. Yesterday’s highs reached 44 with a low of 25. temperatures ranged from 25 to 32 across periods, humidity around 72 to 95 percent, and a dry reading near 38.
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West
Texas
Portion
U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Murder Suspects Arrested in Chicago Feud Over Ward Election
Police say sixty suspects are under arrest linked to the Tuesday killing of Paul Labrila and Harry Raymond, aide to Alderman Powers of the 19th ward. Threats to thirty supporters of the alderman emerged as the political feud from the election deepens. several recipients have reportedly fled the ward.
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Chicago
Mar
Paul Labrila
Harry Raymond
Motor Car Thief Has Mania for Airplanes
A Kansas City thief shifted from autos to planes taking a $40,000 aircraft owned by C. M. Tuxhorn from a local flying field while the owner dined. Police expect a southward flight as fuel dwindles and the thief vanishes into the clouds.
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Kansas City
Mar
C. M. Tuxhorn
Tuxhorn
Packers deny large meat stores on hand
Richard Hebb of Chicago for the packers declares in a statement that storage stocks on hand February 28 totaled thirty million pounds more than the same date last year and sixty million pounds lower than in 1919.
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Omaha
Mar
Richard Hebb
Chicago
Opinion Declares Liquor Use Legal For Medical Non Beverage Purposes
The attorney general’s opinion made public by the Bureau of Internal Revenue equates beer and wines with whiskey for medical and other non beverage uses. It allows manufacturing and sale under Volstead Act limits, with enforcement details to follow. Critics say the ruling conflicts with dry laws and may curb physician prescribing limits.
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Attor Wy
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Palmer
Internal Revenue and Prohibition
Revenue
Enforcement
Williams
The
Revenue Bureau
Attorney Generals
Wayne HK. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Congress
Confidence game participants jailed in Texarkana case
Texas entry reports two men named J W Crane and J B Montgomery held in Miller County Arkansas jail on a $12 975 currency seizure linked to an alleged confidence scheme aimed at H W Black of Portland Oregon. Two other alleged participants escaped as deputies traced money across the Red River at Fulton Arkansas and later at the jail.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Texas
J. W. Crane
Montgomery
Miller County
Arkansas
John Strange
H. W. Black
Portland
Oregon
Red River
Fulton
James Kidd
Hempstead County
el Paso
Stock Exchange
Bluck
Black
Harding Urged to Stop Packers From Cutting Wages
Omaha March report says packing house employees demand President intervene to halt wage and hour reductions set to take effect next Monday. Delegates from major centers urge government action and possibly full control if packers resist arbitration findings.
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Ing
Packing House
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Secretary of Labor
Bolsheviki Revolt Shakes Batum Amid Georgian Crisis
A new Bolshevik revolt erupts in Batum with thousands marching alongside the allied mission and Georgian government members. Bolsheviki seize the main railway corridor from Kutais to Batum, triggering crisis rumors and inter Allied concern.
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Batum, Mar
Kutais
Batum
Occupation in German zone brings calm as factories run
After Allied troops moved into the new occupation zone, no incidents occurred. General de Goutte returned to Mayence and workers remained peaceful as factories in Duisburg and Ruhrort operated at full capacity amid placards and mild unrest. The Socialist leaders expect protection by the army and promise to coexist on favorable terms.
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de Goutte
Mayence
Duisburg
Ruhrort
Tornado Strikes Noxubee County Mississippi
A tornado swept across several points in Noxubee County Mississippi this afternoon injuring a score of people and causing about 25000 dollars in damage.
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Associated Press
Mason, Miss
Noxubee County
Allies likely impose import tax on Germany
The Allied Supreme Council met at Downing Street with Lloyd George to discuss penalties for Germany over reparations. They noted the occupation of Düsseldorf Duisburg and Ruhrort and discussed imposing an import tax on German goods by each Allied nation.
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Germany
London
Allied Supreme Council
Downing Street
Lloyd George
Dusseldorf
Duisburg
Ruhrort
Gambling and vice ban decreed in Lower California
Epix Menio Ybara Jr. the governor elect stated that gambling and vice of all kinds will be promptly banished from Mexicali Tiacuna and all parts of the northern district of Lower California as he plans to take office tomorrow.
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Calexico
Cal
Mexicali
Tiacuna
Lower California
Epixmenio Ybara, Jr
Memphis Dallas and Gulf Railroad Faces Junking Without Loan
Representatives of the 114 mile Arkansas line urged the I C C to approve a $590000 government loan or the Memphis Dallas and Gulf Railroad will be junked. Receiver Martin Walsh auditor WLBE Colling and Dr W I Toland of Nashville Arkansas cited diversion of traffic by feeders and urgent funding needs.
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Washington
Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad
Arkansas
I. C C
Martin Walsh
Wlbe Colling
W. I. Toland
Nashville
Widow of late millionaire fears jury will clear woman
Denunciation is bitter as the widow asserts the husband tried many times to rid himself of the woman. Defense counsel says no attempt will be made to play to the gallery and promises a straightforward case.
Ardmore Widow Seeks Justice in Husband Murder Trial
Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow of oilman Jake L. Hamon, says she fears the defendant Clara Smith Hamon will go free and plans to testify. She recalls years of concern over her husband and Clara Smith Hamon, describing the other woman as a “vampire” and recounting a pistol she once removed from Clara’s dresser.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Jake L. Hamon
Jake L Hamon
Clara Smith Hamon
Norrow
Hamon
Clara Barton Smith
Hannon
Miss Smith
Jake L. Hamon Jr
Olive Bell
Jasper M. Perkins
Fred Ellis
Clara
Mr. Hamon
French Soup Kitchens Opened in Düsseldorf
On March 4 crowds gathered around two British tanks near the Hindenburg wall by the Rhine as French soup kitchens opened in new quarters of Düsseldorf. Civilians showed cautious calm amid occupation and some Germans offered to enlist in the foreign legion while authorities plan the Rhine customs regime under allied direction.
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Associated Press
Dusseldorf
Hindenburg Wall
Rhine
Foreign Legion
Gaucher
Dr Simons Arrives in Berlin to Rapturous Reception
Berlin crowds greet Dr Simons head of the German delegation to the reparations conference on arrival from London. He is met by officials including the Chancellor and receives praise for a courageous stance at the London conference amid patriotic banners and cheers.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Simons
London
Sinone
Thancelhe Pebrentack
Dy Simone
Widow A State Witness In Oklahoma Murder Trial
Clara Smith Hamon faces trial for the November murder of Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma official and GOP committeeman. State and defense agree to focus on the act and surrounding events, while avoiding sensational tactics. The widow Mrs. Jake L. Hamon plans to attend as a spectator and witness during sessions. Continues on page two.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
P. Freeling
Freeling
Hamon
Noffort
Walter Scott
Fort Worth
Texas
Wheeling
Scott
Tennesseean Chosen as Daugherty's Assistant
Washington March 9 Attorney General Daugherty announces James A Fowler of Knoxville Tennessee as his special assistant to aid in reorganizing the Department of Justice Fowler previously served as an assistant to Attorney General Wickersham and will assist in department restructuring.
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Washington
Daugherty
James A. Fowler
Knoxville
Tennessee
Fowler
Wickersham
Department of Justice
Department
House Republicans Move to Impeach Circuit Judge
The Arkansas House voted articles of impeachment against Circuit Judge W Wade and sent them to the Senate. A resolution demanded his trial for misconduct in office and his removal. The move followed Governor McRae's refusal to remove the judge.
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Little Rock
Ark
House
W. Wade
Senate
McRae
Harding Urges Senate Ratify Colombian Treaty
President Harding asks the Senate to ratify the Colombian Treaty prompting immediate controversy. The move seeks closer U S Colombia ties and improved regional relations but faces opposition within the Republican majority and many observers in Washington.
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Harding
Senate
Washington
Lardine
Colombia
United States
Coloombia
Latin America
Berne
Pepebiems
Watts
Tomer Roe
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Tennyson J. Daft
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Samuel Gompers
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Tennesseean
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