Senate inquiry expands over Weeks papers seizure
Senator Burton Wheeler ordered a subpoena for papers seized by Secretary of War Weeks amid new testimony on war department fraud cases. Captain Volandt admitted taking the Lane papers to Weeks and said Lane was told to stay away from the committee. Wheeler planned further hearings into Daugherty actions in Indian land fraud probes and delay of court action against the Miller brothers.
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United Press
Washington
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Daugherty Investigating Committee
Secretary of
War Weeks
War Department
Week
Wheeler
William F. Volandt
Air Service
Thomas F. Lane
Weeks
Volandt
Lane
Department
Daugherty
Senator Wheeler
U. S
Peck
Miller Brothers
Subcommittee Works to End Miners Strike
Kansas City Mo April 3 A sub committee of the joint conference of representatives of 35000 striking coal miners and employers is seeking an agreement to end the walkout. The joint conference will reconvene only if a program is worked out or a deadlock ends. Operators rejected demands to renew the current contract and miners opposed wage cuts.
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Kansas City
Woman Returns Money Taken by Her Husband
In San Diego on April 3 Mrs. Erskine Brown wife of a navy supplys officer returned 75,000 of government funds to local navy recruiting authorities. She said she took a grip with the money from her husband while he was unaware after deserting his ship in Los Angeles.
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San Diego
Cal
Erskine Brown
Brown
Navy
Los Angeles
Suspect in Slaying Claims Brother Committed Shooting
Chicago April 3 Russell Scott 22 from Cleveland was arrested on homicide charges for the drug store holdup and killing of Joseph Maurer 20. Police say Scott admitted taking part but averred his brother Robert did the shooting.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Cleveland
Joseph Maurer
Scott
Robert
La Follette Gains in Lead Over President in Wisconsin Primary
Milwaukee April 3 Sen Robert M La Follette increased his lead over President Coolidge in Wisconsin's primary by more than 80 000 in returns from 122 of 2574 precincts The tally for delegates was La Follette 150199 Coolidge 69983 Democratic returns showed Gov Al Smith leading William Gibbs McAdoo
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Milwaukee
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Coolidge
Wisconsin
la Follette
al Smith
William Gibbs
McAdoo
Mysticism of Poe's Works Tied to Double Self Destruction Pact
In Richmond on April 3, Holmes Cummings and his wife Tula allegedly planned a death by own action influenced by Poe. Police found Cummings shot dead and Mrs Cummings dangerously wounded, she claimed she shot herself and he followed. She had written stories as T D Pendleton and studied Poe.
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Richmond
Edgar Allen Poe
Holmes Cummings
Tula
Cummings
Revelations on Smuggling Sparks Senate Inquiry
Austin Texas April 3 Startling charges are alleged by Ranger Capt Frank Hamer in depositions before a Senate committee probing former Secretary of the Interior Albert B Fall. Hamer would not confirm or deny the depositions or discuss them. The testimony allegedly concerns arms smuggling to the Carranza forces in Mexico during 1918 and 1919.
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Austin
Tex
Frank Hamer
United States Senate Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
Hamer
Fall
W. M. Hanson
Texas Ranger
United States Immigration Service
Carranza
Mexico
Workmen Escape When Blast Wrecks Tunnel Under Hudson
Twenty five men toiling in the Hudson river tunnel fled their work as a blast tore the tunnel roof, flooding the work site with water. Several nearly were trapped by a deluge of water while one man was yanked from danger by a teammate. The explosion occurred about 200 feet from the New York end. ferry passengers watched a water geyser rise fifty feet.
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New York
Hudson River
Two More Summoned by Senate Oil Committee
Washington April 3 Two witnesses were summoned to appear before the senate oil committee Monday. They are Robert J Wolfe Ohio publisher and J B French of Oklahoma City. Senator Walsh will question both in connection with reported political deals at the 1920 Republican national convention in Chicago. Wolfe was a member of the Ohio Woods delegation to the convention. French is said to have been a political associate of the late Jake Hamon.
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Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Robert J. Wolfe
Ohio
J. B. French
Oklahoma City
Walsh
Chicago
Wolfe
Ohio Woods
French
Jake Hamon
Greager Asked Delay in Land Case
A telegram purporting to show R B Crager Republican national committeeman from Texas asked the Attorney General to tell the Kansas City district attorney to withhold action against the Alamo and Swallow Land companies in alleged land fraud suits was produced before the Senate committee investigating Texas land frauds.
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Washington
R. B. Creager
Texas
Daugherty
Madison
Kansas City
Alamo and Company
Swallow Land Company
Senate
Canned Heat Death Toll Rises in Toledo Poison Booze
Toledo authorities report the death toll from canned heat poison alcohol orgies climbing to eighteen with three more deaths overnight. Police struggle to detain druggists alleged to be selling the deadly booze.
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Toledo
Davis claims victory for Democrats at Kansas convention
Hutchinson Kan April 3 Governor Jonathan M Davis declared Democracy marching toward its greatest triumph after the State Democratic convention endorsed his bid for the presidential nomination. He wept as the indorsement passed without dissent and said he wished his parents could witness the coming victory. Delegates were instructed to vote for Davis unless a majority decides otherwise. McAdoo would receive support if needed as he trailed Davis.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
New York
Davis
William G. McAdoo
Two Bodies Recovered After Hospital Fire In Morganton
In Morganton North Carolina two bodies a man and a woman were pulled from the north wing of Broad Oaks sanitarium after a blaze that began at 430 this morning. The sanitarium housed forty patients and firemen expect to find more fatalities as diggings continue. The fire origin remains undetermined.
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Lenoir
N. C
Broad Oaks
Morgantown
Neff Addresses Cotton Celebration in Houston
Governor Pat M. Neff spoke at Houston Texas where a city wide event marked the shipment of the millionth bale of cotton since last August. The bale, bought by the Houston Dispatch for $1250, will be sent to Italy.
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Houston
Tex
Pat M. Neff
Houston Dispatch
Italy
Balloon voyage ends without contact with Scott field
Belleville Ill April 8 After forty hours in a free balloon Dr B L Meisinger of the United States weather bureau and Lieut I A Lawson U S A failed to communicate with Scott field this morning They ascended to test the accuracy of theoretical observations of air current movements
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Belleville
Ill
B. L. Meisinger
United States Weather Bureau
I. A. Lawson
Scott Field
Weather update: cold front reaches Panhandle tonight
Government forecast says tonight and tomorrow will be generally fair and colder. Temperatures ranged from 49 degrees this afternoon to a low of 40. A cool dry air mass blankets the Panhandle.
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Panhandle
Great White Way Booster Plan for Amarillo East Side
East Side Community club members led by H J Thackeray propose a great white way from the Country club to the Tri State Fair grounds via a viaduct across the Santa Fe loading platform between J E Bryant candy factory and Amarillo Sash and Door. The plan aims to aid 2500 residents and 500 school children and would favor opening Third Sixth and Tenth streets. An ornamental entrance to the fair grounds and long white way across the city are also suggested with sidewalks improvements to enable free mail delivery. The Fast Side Community club will meet tonight at the Baptist church to discuss the proposal.
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Amarillo
Country Club
Tri-State Fair Grounds
H. J. Thackeray
East Side
Santa Fe
J. E. Bryant Candy Factory
Amarillo Sash and Door Company
East Sixth Street
Thackeray
Glenwood
Third and
Tenth Street
Sixth Street
Senate probes reveal clash of two Montana investigators
Washington notes two contrasting corruption inquiries led by Montana senators Walsh and Wheeler. Walsh uses a methodical, steady tone and large hearing room while Wheeler, new to Washington, attacks with aggressive courtroom flair. The pair, from a corruption-ridden state, dominate the scene as public interest grows.
True Story of Woodrow Wilson
Summary of the career rift between President Woodrow Wilson and Colonel E. M. House during World War I diplomacy. The piece notes their prolonged friendship, House’s influence at the Crillon headquarters, and widening anti-House sentiment among other Americans. It describes Wilson’s susceptibility to gossip and the perceived counter-establishment around House at the peace talks.
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Colonel House
President Wilson
White House
Woodrow Wilson
American Peace Commission
Hotel Crillon
House
Crillon
Clemencea
Woman Mayor of Columbus City Calls for Clean Up
Eva Bretz, school teacher and mayor, leads a women cabinet in Columbus City as she orders lawbreakers to reform or leave. She vows zero tolerance for bootlegging and vice, insisting on modest dress and conduct for women while noting all elected offices now held by women.
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Columbus
City. O
Eva Bretz
Columbus City
Brett
Mary Moore
Nellie Moore
Bretz
Amarillo Rotarians at Wichita Falls Convention
Over 1 000 delegates from the Thirteenth district attend the Amarillo led Rotarians convention in Wichita Falls. Col. Ernest C. Thompson presides as Amarillo boosters push for the 1926 meeting in their city.
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Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Rotary Anns
Ernest C. Thompson
Galveston
Austin
F. M. Brapley
Denton
College of Industrial Arts
Harry Rogers
San Antonio
Jamie Herron
Rotary International
Frank Lamb
Hoquiam
Washington
Luther Stark
International
Dawley
Herron
Germany swept by a wave of monarchism across cities
Berlin reports a rising monarchist movement as republicans clash with monarchists. Demonstrations erupt during Willie Cryce’s funeral, with the Republican flag torn from a staff and anti semitic emblems raised. Stresemann's party backs Democratic monarchy while a Hamburg convention backs the old monarchy.
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Berlin
Germany
Willie Cryce
Ruhr
St. Martin
Streseman
Hamburg
Despondent man shoots self at parents home
Jess Slade, despondent over separation from his wife, fired three shots in the parlor of his parents home at 2:30 PM, two shots hitting his chest. He was taken to Northwest Texas hospital in critical condition.
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Jess Slade
J. Slade
Harrison Street
Slade
Northwest Texas
Indictment planned for tardy Travis County tax collectors
County Attorney John W. Hornsby announced in Austin that the next Travis county grand jury will be asked to indict all delinquents if county tax collectors fail to promptly remit taxes to the state treasury. He spoke at the state capital with state officials.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County
John W. Hornsby
McAdoo to Attend Big Rally in Amarillo on April 9
Amarillo Democrats announce a Panhandle wide rally with Hon. William Gibbs McAdoo as guest of honor. He will speak one hour at Municipal Auditorium from 6 to 7 15 PM. Lee Satterwhite presides, W A Palmer introduces, and county chairmen lead reception efforts. Anticipated crowd ranges 5000 to 8000.
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Panhandle
W Wiliam Gibbs McAdoo
Amarillo
McAdoo
Rock Island
Lee Satterwhite
W. A. Palmer
Palmer
San Francisco
Judge Cato Sells
Dallas
Texas
McAdoo Party
Judge Sells
Grover Hill
E. §. Blasdell
J. H.harris
Sam B. Motlow
Perry
Brotherhood Officials Pick Reception Committee for McAdoo Rally
Local B of R T and visiting delegates to the Big Four convention in town April 8 to 12 will participate in the McAdoo rally. Twenty five members are on the reception committee with prominent seats, as 175 delegates are expected plus some wives. J. P. Ogden of Watervliet will attend and serves as Ex of R T legislative board and grand lodge insurance chairman.
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B. of R. T
Big Four Brotherhoods
McAdoo
McAdoo Party
Big Four
W. D. Johnson
L. J. Smith
F. Livermore
R. B. Johnson
N. Y
Mr. Ogden
Brotherhoods
Exof R. T. Legislative Board
Grand Lodge
Globe Railroad Writer John Moore Feels McAdoo Link
The Globe railroad reporter John Moore, described as an old friend of McAdoo, is noted for taking a seat in a continuing article on the railroad beat. The piece hints at his forthcoming discussion on page two.
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Globe Railroad
McAdoo
John Moore
Globe
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