West Texas A and M College to Be Established
The Texas Senate passed a bill to establish a West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College branch co-educational in West Texas replacing the earlier Agricultural and Military College name. The legislature also approved a $3,000,000 appropriation to supplement the school fund for two years. A concurrent resolution to abolish the prison commissioners and give legislative control of the prison system was moved toward final consideration. CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Hill of Wheeler
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
West Texas
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Agricultural and Military College
Lewis
Dorough
M. College of Texas
Melson
Hopkins
Hertzberg
Satterwhite
Darroch
Board of Prison Commissioners
Weather forecast and data from U S Department of Agriculture
Unsettled and colder in the Panhandle on Friday with a likely fair but much colder Saturday. Temperature readings from yesterday show a high near 88 and a low around 31, with humidity around 60 percent. Forecast calls for partly colder conditions Friday and continued cloudiness with potential light rain and dampness. A poem by Leroy Huron Kelsey appears at the end.
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West Tenas
Panhandle
Lowes
Packing House Strike Move Authorized by Union
A referendum strike vote for all employees was authorized at a Chicago conference of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers Union delegates. The union seeks Harding’s influence to pause wage changes and submit the dispute to arbitration. The executive board may call a strike if the walkout is approved.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Washington
Packing House
Department of Labor
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers Union
Chicago
Denis Lane
Seatian Ution
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Lane
Harding
Morrison
Railroads Announce Widespread Wage Reduction Plans
Chicago March 16 western railways based in Chicago disclosed wage cut proposals affecting thousands of workers. Among the carriers are the Santa Fe, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Western Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, and the Chicago and Northwestern.
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Chicago
Mar
Western Railway
Banta Pe
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Western
Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Banker Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement Charge
Washington Kan March 10 August Jaedicke Jr president of the Hanover State Bank of Manover Kan which was closed last year tonight pleaded guilty in district court to three charges of embezzlement. Bond was fixed at 165000 and supplied. He was arraigned March 6 and waived preliminary hearing. Thirty two charges of embezzlement have been placed against him.
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Washington
Kan
Jaedicke Jr
Hanover State Bank of
Manover
Precocious Brother at County Court Hearing
A small girl described as a year old spoke meekly to County Judge Ray Johnson about her brother. The judge considered sending the boy back to the reformatory while the girl hoped he could stay and attend school with her. An interested spectator at the county court hearing was the boy’s little sister.
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Ray" Johnson
Wsa
Jury 15 Chosen For Hamon Trial In Ardmore Oklahoma
Ardmore Oklahoma March 10 A jury for the Clara Smith Hamon murder trial was chosen after six hours of examination. The panel includes D F C Loughridge age 35 to 53 with 10 children, T W Deen a banker and father of four, and eleven others from Carter County. The trial opened this morning with the state and defense limited to nine challenges each.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
D. F.C. Loughridge
D. Ke, Allen
G. BE. Newman
G. M
Wwa
Ne & Banker
Loughrider
Arduine
Carter County
Loughridge
Georg
Oklahoma
T Loughridge
Panama Declines White Award as Costa Rica Accepts Basis
Washington reports Panama refuses the White territorial award as a basis for peace with Costa Rica and appeals to the league of nations for settlement. Costa Rica accepts the White award and withdraws troops. Panama retains civil and police authority in Coto. Officials weigh mediation proposals and possible league action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama
League of Nations
Geneva
League Nations Coucil
Judge Flipped Coin to Settle divorce dispute
In New Orleans on March 10 a district court vote decided that Marnest A. Allegever should be allowed to file his petition for divorce before his wife’s. The proceedings included a clerk race between both sides and a judge flipping a five cent coin to break the tie. The husband’s attorney won after witnesses described a coin flip and a contested outcome.
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New Orleans
Mar
Esis
Marnest A. Allegever
Louisiana
Allegever
Mra Allegever
John Neil
Pred
New York and New Haven Railind Wage Feasibility Discussed
B J Pearson of the New Haven road announced a plan to gauge wage feasibility for unskilled workers on the railroad system. The statement came during a tonight briefing outlining potential wage standards and employment conditions.
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New York
New Haven
Hartford
Peewee & Wage
B. J. Pearson
New Maven Road
Packers Stand With Public In War Price Fight
Armour and Company issued a statement assuring the nation’s meat supply will not be interrupted amid proposed wage cuts and working hour readjustments. Union strike threats are said to represent only about 25 percent of plants, as management backs returning to peacetime normalcy and deflation of prices. A Chicago conference plans a united labor response, with ballots to follow and a general strike order possible if authorized.
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Chicago
Armour and Company
Dennis Lane
Morison
Efforts To Run Trains Amid Strike Reach Out
Atlanta March 16 Efforts are being made to operate trains on a number of freight and passenger services the receiver announced. Mediation attempts to end the strike by the road's employees have yielded no result. Railroad circles reported Frisco system negotiating with A and A for an outlet to the Atlantic Seaboard, which would create a direct mail link between the Middle West and Southern ports. Confirmation efforts in St. Louis and Atlanta failed.
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Atlanta
Mar
Frisco
A, I and A
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
St. Louis
Villa's Daughter to Attend Wichita Falls Roping Event
Miss Francesa Villa daughter of Francisco Villa will appear in the May roping contest at Wichita Falls. She challenges Lucille Mulhall the woman’s champion and the match is accepted. A side bet of a thousand dollars is planned.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Maretta
Francesa Villa
Francisco Villa
Rales
Lucille Mulhall Burnett
Cver End Hove
Five Men Arrested In Wichita Falls Counterfeiting Case
Federal authorities aided by county and city officers arrested five men in Wichita Falls on counterfeiting charges. A potter forging plant and a quantity of metal were seized. All five suspects are in jail awaiting further proceedings.
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Wichita Falls
Totay
United States
Weomer
Train Fatality Identity Revealed in Port Worth
In Port Worth Texas a man fatally injured by a Hook Setand train near here has been identified as Bam Taylor the only clue to his identity. He died in a local hospital and was described as middle aged and well supplied with funds.
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Rene
Port Worth
Dalhart
Bam Taylor
Chew
Kewl
Jury to visit scene in Clara Hamon murder trial
In Admore Oklahoma March 10 jurors were sworn for the Clara Smith Hamon murder case. The defense expects swift testimony with trial set to continue, as both sides arrange the viewing of the Hamon suite where the shooting occurred and seek to establish where Jake L Hamon was when he died. Local officials anticipate metropolitan presence and potential death bed statements are discussed but not released.
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Hamon
Jake Hamon
Jake Jr
Olive Belle
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake L. Hamon
Clara Hamon
Hammon
Freeling
Oklahoma
Tonteht
Clara Stith Hamon
Soviet Russia says Kronstadt rebels fading but Petropavlovsk still held
A Moscow foreign affairs cable released by Soviet Russia claims anti Soviet forces retain control of the battleship Petropavlosk at Kronstadt while fortress guns close the affair. It asserts Moscow plans peace with England and America and dismisses reports of street battles as pure inventions.
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Associated Press
New York
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Petropavlosk
Kronstadt
Trotzky
Tuchachevsky
New England
Russia
England
America
Petrograd
Freich
Ludwik
A . Martens
Husein
Arthur Adam
Tuly
Amerikan Sonlarants
Divorce suit filed by both spouses in New York
Associated Press reports James A Buliean filed for divorce from Mee Atillmean in New York City. Mee countersued, with both sides seeking secrecy as the case proceeds under Justice Mermhane r. The couple wed June 3 1901.
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New York
James A. Buliean
City National Tank
Hin Pottee
Stillman
Actien
Supreme
Merm Haneer
Bible Students convention opens in Tampa with delegates
The southern elatee convention of the international Bible Students association began in Tampa today with delegates from across the south in attendance. The gathering will continue through Sunday.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Elatee
International Bible Students Aseeastion
South
Five Year Sentence For Murder In Cleburne Case
In Cleburne Texas on March 10 Will Mason was sentenced by a jury to five years in prison for murder in the death of Oscar Shelton. The case marked the third trial in the murder proceedings.
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Associated Press
Cleburne
Texas
Will Mason
Qoscar Shelton
Belgian guard wounded by unknown shooter in Brussels
In Brussels a Belgian guard was shot by an unknown person in the street. Dispatches report scant details and an inquiry is under way to determine the shooter and circumstances. The city notes the incident but offers no further information.
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Brussels
Mar
Fueburd
Dornier Heur
Wey
Brigadier General Preebh Dies at 63 in Washington Hospital
Brigadier General Preebh, retired, died today at Wake Street hospital in Washington after a brief illness. He was 63 years old and retired in January 1920.
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Ceneral
Associated Press
Washington
Ceneral Preebh
Wake
Alness
Wee
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KC J
T. W. Deen
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Hank
Mr. Deen
Armour
Adamore
Veniremen
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Jake L., Jr
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