Governor Neff Appears Before Grand Jury in Amarillo
Governor Pat M. Neff answered questions before a Texas grand jury in Amarillo as part of state affairs. The session ended in time for his return train, with jurors showing satisfaction at the readiness to respond. In Carson County, the McGee oil well was uncapped and producing 500 barrels daily, with initial flow reaching 1000 to 5000 barrels per day.
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Tizen
Texas
Annear
Coungrand
West Texas
Neff
Governor Neff
Pat M. Neff
Ak Iembleste
McGee
Smith-Capers
Carson County
Deerrick
Scott Heywood
Dixon Creek
Amarillo
Joe L. Pope
Amerilla Daily News
May Day clashes leave one dead in Mexico City
On May Day in Mexico City Union laborers clash with Catholics. One boy is killed and several wounded as Syndicalists attack the Association of Catholic Young Men building, which is wrecked and set on fire. Red banners and Bolshevik songs appear among thousands of paraders, with protests targeting rents and landlords and a 24 hour taxi strike reducing transport.
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Mexico City
Association of Catholic Young Men
Fieremans
U S Holds Firm In Refusing To Recognize Russ
Secretary Hughes stated that the United States will not recognize Russia until it rebuilds its government and conducts reconstruction. He told a State Department women’s delegation that outside powers must adopt sound policies before resumed relations or credit can be extended. No government form was specified and no Genoa developments were detailed.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Genoa
Hughes
State Department
Miner Hangs Himself After One-Year Term
Mineral Wells Texas May 1 Gnants Minzek a miner from Strawn Texas was sentenced to one year in prison and hanged himself in the Palo Pinto county jail. The jailer reported finding him suspended by his belt from the bars.
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Minzek
Strawn
Texas
Palo Pinto
Mayor accused of leading mob to town hall
The Rev. George C Richmond of Evanston Wisconsin says he will sue Mayor Romick of Evanston for leading a mob of about sixty to the city hall on April 20. Richmond, who remained in Evanston, plans damages in U S courts at Cheyenne. He cites sermons against lawbreakers as reducing gambling and barn openness, improving Evanston’s moral tone with support from its best residents.
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Salt Lake City
George Chalmers Richmond
Pvanston
Wio
Remick
Evanston
Richmord
Richmond
Romick
United States
Cheyenne
Floydada crowds greet Cullen F Thomas in rain soaked visit
Special to The News Floydada May 1 Cullen F Thomas spoke to about a thousand people in the district court room here despite heavy rain. The hour and forty minute speech drew keen interest before a banqueting Floydada Thomas Club crowd. He planned to speak in Lockney and Wayland College, then Tulsa Hereford Amarillo stops before district court actions. Local supporters anticipate his easy election.
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Cullen F. Thomas
Thomas
Plainview
Floydada Thomas Club
Commercial Hotel
Floyvdada
Lockney
Wayland College
Plainview High School
Tulsa
Hereford
Amarillo
District Court
Potter County
Thomas Club
Mordada
Explosion Victim Body Recovered in Kansas City Ruins
A second body, believed to be Mrs. Molly Kincaid, was found by workmen amid the steaming wreckage of a house destroyed by an explosion of undetermined origin in Kansas City. Earlier a second Black victim was recovered. total fatalities were pending debris removal.
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Kansas City
Molly Kincaid
Court to investigate slugging of minister in Lawton
A court of inquiry was convened by County Attorney Pletcher Riley in Lawton Oklahoma to identify three men accused by Rev. Thomas J. Irwin of slugging him last Saturday night and throwing him in a roadside ditch twelve miles from town bound and gagged in a semi conscious state.
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Lawton
Okla
Pletcher Riley
Thomas J. Irwin
First Presbyterian Church
Eldorado Farm Owner Fatally Hurt in Vicious Attack
Eldorado Arkansas May 1 a prominent white farmer Taylor Allens, owner of uplands and rich oatagea, was fatally wounded when Nick Greenwood the Black man struck him and two of Greenwood’s companions saved him from further harm. The farmer’s wife appeared and chased the attackers away.
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Eldorado, Ark
Taylor Allens
Uplands
Supreme Court Rules Red River Boundary Quieted
Washington May 1 A Supreme Court decision ends a long Red River boundary dispute between Oklahoma and Texas with the U S intervening The ruling covers title to river bed land valued for oil and gas in the Big Bend with remaining title issues awaiting further determination of the river south bank location and its relation to the bluffs The Oklahoma side gains quieting of certain pending points with continued questions on boundary lines and normal stage positions CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE
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Associated Press
Washington
Texas
Bluffs
Sheriff Roach withdraws from renomination for Potter County sheriff
Sheriff Burton Roach announced his withdrawal from the Democratic bid for re election as Potter County sheriff citing conditions and low pay. He has served since August 1918 and expressed gratitude to the community for twelve years of service, noting personal sacrifice for family and public duties. Investigative oil findings near Amarillo claim a potential 1000 to 5000 barrels with a newly opened well drawing crowds, though production remains uncertain.
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Burton Roach
Burwell
Roach
Potter County
Early 1919 Oil Boom Ties Holmes to Hapgood Well
In August 1918 W H Holmes visited his Alaska friend S D McIlroy as the Hapgood well on the Masterson ranch struck. Holmes urged McIlroy to take up lease blocks with geologist John W McGee approving acreage. The Smith Capers ranch proved a strong geological structure and drilling began June 1919 under Ward contract.
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W. H. Holmes
Colorado
Oklahoma
S. D. McIlroy
Alaska
Mr. Holmes
Hapgood
Masterson Ranch
Holmes
Himslf
Cushing Pool
McIlroy
McGee
H. E. Smith
Currie Brothers
Smith
Smith-Capers
John W. McGee
Smith-Cavers Ranch
Ellis Cockrell
Cockrell
Smith-Cavers
James D. Ward
Collinsville
Smith-Capers Ranch
Mr. Ward
J. J. Currie
Harry McGee
Harry T. McGee and Company
Tranch
aJnuary
Stock Yards Law Is Held To Be Valid
The 1921 Packers and Stockyards Act, pushed through by Agricultur al interests, was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Taft noted the act aimed to prevent conspiracies via supervision and affirmed Congress authority to regulate stockyards to curb restraint of trade and conspiracies under the Sherman Act.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Taft
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