McAdoo Seeks Texas Delegates Support In Fight
William Gibbs McAdoo bids for Texas forty Democratic national convention delegates by opposing Governor Pat Neff and his uninstructed stance. He argues Texas should send instructed delegates to back the progressives and cites the 1912 convention influence. McAdoo plans speeches in Fort Worth and Dallas.
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United Press
Fort Worth
William Gibbs McAdoo
Texas
Pat Neff
Neff
McAdoo
Oklahoma
United States
New York
Wilson
Dallas
WEFF AND LOVE AT WAR OVER TEXAS DELEGATION
Governor Neff refuses to introduce William G McAdoo at Dallas keeping Texas delegation uninstructed. Tom B Love seeks influence over the Texas Democratic convention at Waco and to appoint delegates for McAdoo aided reportedly by Ku Klux Klan support.
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Weff and
Love
Texas
Austin
Tex
Neff
William G. McAdoo
Dallas
Tom B. Love
Waco
McAdoo
Market Declares Competitive Prices By Swift Attacks
W. W. Turney told the Panhandle Livestock Producers Association on March 4 and 6 that the market is highly competitive and cannot be controlled by Swift and Company. Fort Worth house managers defend profits as not alarming cattlemen nationwide.
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W. W. Turney
Panhandle Livestock Producers’ Association
Swift and Company
Fort Worth House
Forthforth House
Wheeler Case Probe To Be Thorough Says Borah
Senator Borah of Idaho announced a quick and searching Senate investigation into Senator Wheeler of Montana. He will organize a specially appointed committee to begin at once awaiting official copies of the Wheeler indictment papers from Great Falls.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Borah
Idaho
Great Falls
Bandits Miscalculate and Lose Great Haul
In Detroit on April 11 four bandits failed to net profits from a mail truck heist. One truck carried registered mail. a second, ten minutes later, was robbed but the seven sacks taken yield no profits after post office checks.
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Detroit
United States
Michigan Central Station
Post Office
Kansas City Man Sets New Record Eating Spaghet
Kansas City April 11 Alfred Scuderio won the world spaghetti eating title defeating Frank Ruffolo in a tight contest. Scuderio devoured 1327 feet of spaghetti in seven minutes breaking the prior mark by 100 feet. Joe Cassano of St. Louis did not finish and blamed unfamiliar Kansas City spaghetti for his tongue tangling. Walter Mandazzo claimed a foul saying white rubber strands were added to Cassano’s plates.
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Spaghet
Alfred Scuderio
Frank Ruffolo
Scuderio
Joe Cassano
St. Louis
Walter Mandazzo
Cassano
Big Four Brotherhoods name officers for biennial Texas convention
The final sessions of the Big Four Brotherhoods of Texas convention in Amarillo elected officers for the next two years. Names include W D Johnson Silsbee and I M Dean Fort Worth as chairs, with multiple divisions naming chairmen vice chairs secretaries and delegates. Cities bidding for the next biennial were Fort Worth Dallas Houston Tyler and San Antonio.
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Big Four Brotherhoods of Texas
Big Four Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods
Order of
W. D Johnson
Silsbee
W. W. France
Temple
C. A. Graham
Hillsboro
San Antonio
C. E. Skelton
Gainesville
B. F. Emery
Sherman
C. O. Ainsworth
Dalhart
J. W. Baker
Kingsville
W. H. Winchester
Denison
Fort Wori
Dallas
Tyler
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
B. of L. E
Amarillo
Texas
Board of City Development
B. of L. EH
I. M. Dean
J. W. Bentley B. P. Gilman
Belcher Sentenced Five Years for Deputy Sheriff Murder
Henry Belcher was found guilty by a Dallas jury of murdering deputy sheriff Tom Wood during a raid on a whisky still and received a five year prison term.
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Dallas
Tex
Henry Belcher
Tom Wood
Wood
Story sues for 25000 over alleged false arrest
J. O. Story, awaiting a decision on a criminal appeal for a 1921 Indianapolis shooting and train robbery, sues the American Railway Express Co. for $25,000 claiming false arrest and imprisonment ruined his horseradish business and caused mental anguish. He alleges arrests in Texarkana in 1922 and a jail stay on crutches, with later transfer to Amarillo. Continuous narration notes ongoing legal action and habeas corpus denial.
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J. O. Story
Indianapolis
Ind
American Railway Express Company
Story
Criminal Court of Appeals
Indiana
Pat Neff
Henry Bishop
Bishop
Whitaker
Criminal Court
Express Company
Texarkana
Texas
Amarillo
Weather Update From Government Bureau
Tonight and tomorrow's forecast to be released this afternoon. Temperature at 1 PM was 68 degrees with a low of 39 degrees today.
Republicans Got Big Loans From Thompson
Washington April 11 Loans of 150000 were made to the Republican national committee during the 1920 campaign by William Boyce Thompson finance chairman and William Wallace Jr Thompson's secretary testifying for Thompson in the senate oil committee Wallace said the loans were in two installments 50000 via his daughter Margaret and 100000 through a company Wallace denied any link between Thompson's party backing and Sinclair Oil holdings noting Thompson sold all Sinclair stock in 1921 and resigned as a Sinclair director
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Republican National Committee
William Boyce Thompson
William Wallace
Jrr
Thompson
Senate Oil Committee
Wisconsin
Wallace
Margaret
Walace
Party
Strong Box
Sinclair Oil
Thomson
Sinclair
Two Held In Passing Of Cold Checks In Amarillo
Worthless checks alleged to have been written by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Curry and Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Spurlock totaled more than 400 dollars by noon. Curry and his wife were arrested near Canyon while Spurlock remained at large. The four used staged transactions to obtain goods and change, depositing a Curry check for 40 dollars then Spurlock on 36.25, triggering a cascade of similar fraudulent payments.
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J. R. Curry
A. N. Spurlock
Robert O. Walkup
The
Amarillo
Walkup
Curry
Secretary Walkup
August
Harry Myers
Canyon
Arizona
Spurlocks
Spurlock
Dalhart
Business Men's Association
Fish Die After Hail Storm In San Gabriel River
In Austin Texas on April 11 reports a freak aftermath of a severe Williamson county hail storm. Scores of fish were found dead along the San Gabriel river banks, believed to have died of indigestion after consuming hail stones mistaken for food.
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Austin
Tex
San Gabriel River
Williamson County
Little Oftto Town Thrills as Senators Arrive
Washington Court House residents wake to a senatorial inquiry day. Brookhart and Wheeler visit to examine the bank’s books tied to former Attorney General Daugherty, with Malcom Daugherty as bank president.
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Washington Court House
Roxie Stinson
Jess Smith
Daugherty
Brookhart
Wheeler
Mal Daugherty
Washington
Amarillo Sends Delegation for Canyon League Meet
Trains and cars carry scores of Amarillo students and teachers to the district interscholastic meet in Canyon. The Amarillo Independent district declares a holiday as contestants from twenty eight counties enter tennis preliminaries, junior declamations and track events with finals scheduled tonight and tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Independent
Canyon
United States acts as mediator in Honduras conflict
The United States has assumed the role of mediator to end the Honduran revolution at the request of Central American powers. Sumner Willets, the American commissioner, was ordered to Tegucigalpa to work toward a peace solution as Washington offers friendly aid through Secretary Welles.
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Washington
United States
Honduras
State Department
Sumner Willets
Tegucigalpa
Welles
Honduran
Couple seeks to give away three children in Alabama ad
Tuscaloosa, April 11. Mr and Mrs H Clayton offer their three children to anyone who would give them a good home so they can rent a apartment. They say landlords refuse housing when told they have three children and they cannot afford to support them without a home.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Clayton
Daugherty’s Cousin Named in Wheeler Case
Great Falls Montana April 11 W D Thompson of Marion Ohio described as a cousin of Harry M Daugherty was injected into the surrounding Senator Wheeler indictment Thompson with Washington connections secured drilling permits for Montana oil operators and is said to have obtained a permit for Gordon Campbell indicted with Senator Wheeler
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Great Falls
Mont
W. D. Thompson
Marion
Harry M. Daugherty
Wheeler
Thompson
Washington
Montana
Gordon Campbell
Reparations Commission Accepts Dawes Plan After German Approval
The reparations commission in Paris unanimously accepted the Dawes committee plan pending German agreement. France and Britain signaled approval after talks with leaders, with Belgium and Italy soon in line. Germany indicated it would likely accept, and a formal decision by the commission was set for April 17 or later. The United States will review the findings as part of the broader consultative process.
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Paris
Dawes Committee of Experts
Germany
France
Louis Berthou
Poincare
John Bradbury
Ramsay MacDonald
Italigi
Berlin
Dawes
United States
Arcemegae
Owen D. Yuduy
Harry Robinson
Reparations Commission
Marx
Dawes Sees Germany Able to Meet Obligations
General Charles Dawes said he believes Germany will carry out the obligations outlined in the Dawes report. Premier Theunis told the Belgian chamber that refunding negotiations will start when circumstances permit and expressed confidence in U.S. understanding of Belgium’s hardship.
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Brussels
Charles Dawes
Rome
Paris
Germany
Dawes
Theunis
Belgium
America
United States
Germany Likely to Accept Experts' Dawes Report
Berlin April 11 Germany probably will accept the Dawes report officials said today deliberations on the experts findings have progressed. If the present government accepts the next reichstag which will be nationalistic may undo everything and precipitate fresh crises.
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Berlin
Germany
Dawes
Reichstag
U S Ready To Support Plan Dawes Proposes
Washington on April 11 reports the American government is prepared to back the Dawes plan for reparations settlement as unofficially outlined in the Dawes report.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Officials Go to Act in Suit by Railroad
Attorney General Keeling and Judge Nelson Phillips travel from Dallas to New Orleans to defend the I. G. N. railroad suit seeking to restrain the attorney general from pursuing charter forfeiture and penalties for alleged location violations. Hearing before federal judges is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Tex
Keeling
Nelson Phillips
Dallaster
New Orleans
I. & G. N. Railroad
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