Alien Property Scandal Ties Daugherty to Booze Money
Washington reports reveal Jess Smith split two hundred thousand dollars with Harry M. Daugherty and Gaston B. Means from New York bootleggers for booze permits. Means testified Smith could not return funds, claiming he had shared them with Daugherty. Storck questioned Philippine German property sales under alien property custodian and lack of prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jess Smith
New York
Harry M. Daugherty
Gaston B. Means
Justice Department
Senate
Daugherty
Smith
Means
United Press
Philippines
Senate Daugherty Committee
George W. Storck
Department of Justice
Storck
Wilson
Francis Burton Harrison
The
Harrison
Germany
Coeds Defend Reputation at Southern Methodist University
Dallas April 16. Coeducation faces backlash as The Dinky, campus paper, attacks coeds and professors. Dean J Hay condemns the issue as disgraceful while Margaret Lilley, a student leader, defends coeds and says the women’s self governing association will study drastic action against publishers at a special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
J. Hay
Margaret Lilley
Coed Leader. ‘the Liars,” Echoed Sorouty Girls
Younger Reelected Head of Tulia High School
Tulia Texas reports Prof. W. H. Younger reelected as superintendent for the next scholastic year. The note praises his work on a highly regarded school and mentions a new $125,000 building nearing completion ahead of May graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younger
Tulia
Tex
W. H. Younger
Tulia High School
Tuliay
Letters Sent to Those Not on Fair Bond List
The Board of City Development mails letters to over 1,000 residents not subscribed for Tri-State Fair bonds. Names on file with the board who have not yet bought will receive notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fair
Board of City Development
San Jacinto Residents Seek Paved Crossing
A petition for a paved sidewalk crossing at Seventh and Florida in San Jacinto was presented to the city commissioners at yesterday afternoon's regular weekly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh and Florida
San Jacinto
Spanish Style Hotel to Rise Over San Jacinto Plaza
A ten story Spanish Renaissance hotel will replace the old Orn Dorff hotel overlooking San Jacinto plaza in El Paso. Buff brick with green mortar will be used externally. The lobby will have dual entrances on Mesa avenue and Mills street.
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el Paso
Tex
San Jacinto Plaza
Mesa Avenue
Plaza
Mills Street
Moving gambling den found by Dallas police
Dallas police uncovered a portable gambling house mounted on a high power automobile. Officers halted the big covered wagon to find men at a card table and others at piano as arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Smith Declares Self in Democratic Presidential Race
Albany April 16 Gov Alfred E Smith of New York declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination speaking at a Democratic designating convention. He pledged delegates that if they unite for a triumph they will not regret his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Empire State
Bureau Probe Aimed at Mellon Declared by Lodge
Senator Lodge in the senate charged the internal revenue bureau investigation was aimed at Secretary Mellon to break him down as a dominant figure in drafting the tax reduction bill. He said Mellon knew the inquiry targeted him and that it had moved beyond politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Mellon
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Amarillo Granted Low Crude Shipment Rate
The Amarillo oil field is recognized by the Santa Fe railroad. A Chicago decision, relayed to T. B. Gallagher in Amarillo, sets an oil shipment rate only 24 1/8 cents higher than the mid continent field, aligning Amarillo with Gainesville Fort Worth and Wichita Falls. George Dana helped obtain the rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Chicago
T. B. Gallagher
Mid-Continent
Gainesville
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
George Dana
Thaw Testifies Today in Sanity Trial Hearing
Philadelphia April 16 Harry K Thaw takes the stand as lawyers for the Thaw estate and Evelyn Nesbit press the sanity case. Cross examination by Thaw's counsel and Nesbit's attorneys is not expected to finish today with the big test likely to occur tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Harry
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
German reparations report due late today in Paris
Berlin April 16 The German communication accepting the Dawes report as a basis for discussion on reparations will be delivered to the reparations commission in Paris late today. The reason for the delay in delivery was not explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
British see danger in Jap exclusion measure
London April 16 reports say the British press warns that adopting the Japanese exclusion amendment to the U S immigration bill in Congress risks great danger to peace in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Congress
Washington
Pacific
Knife blade found. arrest linked to Nix stabbing
Houston police believe a knife blade matching the weapon used in the stabbing of Russell Nix has solved the case. Alfred Gibbs, a Black man, is held by police as the inquiry tightens. The broken blade was recovered in Nix's car and fits the weapon.
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Houston
Tex
Alfred Gibbs
Russell Nix
Nix
Mannington and Daugherty Face Contempt Action
The Brookhart committee plans to bring Mal Daugherty and Howard Mannington before the Senate for contempt after they refused to hand over bank books and to appear. A habeas corpus or Supreme Court appeal may be sought, with immunity as a potential escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Mal Daugherty
Howard Mannington
Little Green House
K Street
Harry F. Sinclair
Brookhart Committee
Mannington
Supreme Court
Methodist Meeting Draws Large Crowd in Miami Texas
The opening sermon of the Amarillo District Conference of Methodist Episcopal churches South was preached by Dr. J. Crawford, Cen tenary Secretary. The Miami church, newly built, hosts the gathering as Dr. Morrison from Wilmore addresses attendees and Mrs. Hargrove lectures. A large crowd of pastors and laymen attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Miami
Tex
Amarillo
Methodist Episcopal Churches
South
J. ©. Crawford
Central and Northwest Texas
New Methodist Church
B. Bowen
St. Paul's Church
New Miami
H. C. Morrison
Wilmore
H. K. Hargrove
Texas Women's College of Fort Worth
Choice Between Oil and Cash Declared by White House Panel
Washington April 16 The presidential commission on oil reserves issued a statement today declaring that the choice between oil and dollars must be made. The policy outlines conservation measures and follows a meeting with President Coolidge and commission members Dr George Otis Smith chairman Admiral Hilary P Jones and R Bush of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Presidential Commission On Oil Reserves
Coolidge
George Otis Smith
Geological Survey
Hilary P. Jones
General Board of the Navy
R. Bush
San Francisco
British World Flyers Land At Athens Harbor
The British round the world amphibian plane arrived at Phaleron Airdome in Athens today piloted by Maj. Stewart MacLaren after departing Lake Korissia Island Corfu at 11 30 this morning. Crowds cheered as guns boomed a salute and MacLaren smiled. The aviators expect to resume their voyage toward Egypt soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Phaleron Airdome
Stewart MacLaren
Lake Korissia
Corfu
MacLaren
Egypt
Two Held in Girls Death in Victoria Texas
Dr. A Stewart and Mrs. C W Raven of Victoria were jailed without bail on murder charges related to the death of a young woman in the doctor's office last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victorias
Tex
A. Stewart
C. W. Raven
Victoria
Man Believed Dr C E Bussey Held In Brownsville
A man believed to be Dr C E Bussey who escaped a Georgia prison farm weeks ago was arrested by Department of Justice agents in Brownsville Texas. He claimed knowledge of the Metz Rouge mob riots near New Orleans and Met Rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
C. E. Bussey
Atlanta, Ga
Department of Justice
Bussey
Met Rouge
Amarillo Gets Snow Flurries Forecast Tonight
The forecast warns of unsettled weather with possible snow flurries tonight in Amarillo. Tomorrow is expected to be fair and warmer, with 1 PM temperature at 48 degrees and today’s low near 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Women to Publish Amarillo Globe Edition by Penwomen
The Panhandle Penwomen expect to publish the Amarillo Globe after the next quarterly meeting, with every desk in editorial advertising and makeup staffed by Penwomen. Local leaders include Mrs R S Thompson and Miss Laura Hamner, with out of town contributors from Plainview Claude Canyon and more. An all day library session preceded a talk at the Amarillo hotel on game conservation and state park plans by J W Stayton and Phoebe K Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
Penwomen’s Association
Amarillo Globe
R. S. Thompson
R. B. Masterson, Jr
J. M. Delzel
Laura Hamner
J. W. Cheney
Ruby Cook
McLean
Phoebe K. Warner
Claude
George Saigling
Plainview
Olive Dixon
Miami
Mary Moss Richardson
Canyon
T. V. Regves
State Park Commission
Warner
Electric power giants form Mid West superunit
Ten electric companies with a combined capital of 315000 dollars and 40 stations totaling over 2 million horsepower join to create a sup erpower unit in the Middle West serving 8 million people. Parties include West Penn allied firms, Duquesne Light, Penn Public Service, Penn Central Light and Power, Potomac Edison, American Gas and Electric, Cleveland Electric Illuminating, Ohio Public Service, Penn-Ohio Electric, and Northern Ohio Traction and Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
West Penn and Allied Companies
Duquesne Light Co
Penn Public Service System
Penn Central Light and Power Co
Potomac Edison Co
American Gas and Electric System
Cleveland Electric Iluminating Co
Ohio Public Service Co
Penn-Ohio Electric Co
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co
Egg a Day Boosts Globe Subscriptions
Globe solicitor I M Bass visits a farmer near Pampa to secure a subscription. He pitches The Globe at about a cent a day while noting a hen lays an egg in the farmer's car. A fresh egg appears, the farmer subscribes, and Bass quips that a cackle a day will keep the blues away since The Globe is the paper with a smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. M. Bass
Globe
Pampa
Bass
Senate approves Japanese exclusion in immigration bill
The Senate votes 71 to 4 to include a Japanese exclusion provision in the immigration bill. A reconfirmed plan heightens the likelihood President Coolidge will sign without a veto, with final passage expected today and then conference to reconcile Senate and House versions before reaching the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Washington
Senate
United Press
Congress
United States
House
Japanese Foreign Minister Warns on U S Exclusion Policy
Baron Matsui told American reporters in Tokio that the US exclusion age would affect the spirit of friendship and esteem between nations. He argued the policy cannot do more than shape how Japan and the world regard the United States, stressing the importance of character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
United States
Baron Matsui
Progress Report On D-C-D Highway Advances
J. M. Bonner of Canadian, secretary and general manager of the D-C-D highway association, reports steady improvements on the D-C-D route from Houston to Dallas and through Oklahoma. Freestone and Walker counties have approved 1.5 million dollars in road bonds to hard surface the D-C-D through those counties, with most of the road between Galveston and Dallas expected to be paved within a year. A new highway bridge at Canadian will open around May 15 with a celebratory event, and Texas and Oklahoma highway conventions are planned in Ennis May 22 and Lawton May 28 respectively. The Elkhart, Kansas, convention site will likely shift to Canadian.
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J. M. Bonner
Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Oklahoma
Freestone
Walker
Canadian
Bonner
Texas
Ennis
Lawton
Elkhart
Kan
Stock Buyer Complains At 100 Percent Profit
Texarkana Arkansas trial details a letter from an alleged sucker who berated Pat Marr for paying 100 percent dividends. Marr faces misusing the mails in an oil stock sale case. Massey of San Antonio testified he mailed the letter via express, having invested $100 and received $100 in dividends, which he called negligible versus promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
Pat Marr
Marr
Massey
San Antonio
Express
Tractor Victim Buried After Tragedy in Tulla
C. F. Reeves died Sunday from internal bruises after a tractor ran over him Saturday. He was buried Tuesday in Rose Hill cemetery at Tulla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulla
Yex
C. F. Reeves
Rose Hill
Prince of Wales Pursues Paris Nightlife With American Guests
Paris April 16 The Prince of Wales extends his return to Paris high society selecting two Americans to assist him Mr and Mrs Fred Bate of Chicago Bate serves with the United States unofficial reparations delegation The party toured Monte Marte district and later danced at Geralds popular resort formerly of Wisconsin football fame
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Prince of Wales
Fred Bate
Chicago
Bate
United States
Monte Marte
Gerald
Wisconsin
Widow defies Senate oil committee in subpoena case
Mrs. Georgia Rohrer widow of Jake Hamon refused to testify after deputy marshal John Oros served a subpoena. She called senators schoolboys and said she remains independent, noting Hamon opposed subpoenas and she will not go. She was found at the Allied Arts club after a staged approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Georgia Hamon Rohrer
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma
Senate Oil Committee
John L. Oros
United States
Action in land cases unusual say witness
Post Office Inspector J. M. Donaldson testified before the senate investigating committee that handling of Texas land fraud cases by government agencies was extremely unusual. He cited difficulties in his investigation and reports that land companies would never be prosecuted, noting defense witnesses were allowed before grand juries while he was not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Post Office
J. M. Donaldson
Kansas City
Senate
Donaldson
Two Destroyers Seek Air Flight Commander In Alaska
Maj Frederick Martin commander of the round the world flight, forced down near Kialavaga bay Alaska, was sought by two United States destroyers with no word on his fate. Lieut Lowell Smith said to be acting commander wired the air service reporting no danger to Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chignik
Alaska
Frederick Martin
United States Army Air Fleet
Kialavaga Bay
United States
Washington
Frederick L. Martin
Lowel Smith
Air Service
Tulia Holds County Convention for Delegate Election
Tulia Tex April 16 E G Barks secretary of the Tulia Chamber of Commerce has called a county convention at the court house to elect a delegate to the senatorial convention in Amarillo Saturday. All business civic labor farmer and municipal organizations are invited to participate in the county convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia
Tex
G. Barks
Three Bandits Escape With $17 000 Payroll
Akron Ohio April 16 three bandits held up payroll messengers of the American Hard Rubber company and escaped with a payroll worth seventeen thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, O
American Hard Rubber Company
Polo Player Anello Devereaux Declared Insane
International polo star A J Anello Devereaux has been adjudged insane and confined to Friends hospital for the insane. Officials say his condition stems from injuries suffered in polo play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
A. J. Antello Devereaux
Friends’ Hospital For
Electricity in the Home Has 88 Different Uses
The article catalogs eighty eight practical applications of electricity in household life. It highlights diverse tasks from lighting and heating to cooking and appliance operation, illustrating the broad role of electric power in daily routines.
Teacher Accused of Beating 10-Year-Old Boy in Amarillo
Parents of Hugh Wilson filed a report with County Attorney Henry Ford alleging a female Amarillo schoolteacher whipped the boy yesterday after he drew a porcupine instead of a bear. The injury showed black marks on the legs, about four inches wide, and Hugh says he was struck 15 to 20 times. Superintendent W. A. McIntosh and juvenile officer Mrs. Ross were informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Wilson
East Twelfth Street
Henry Ford
Hugh
Amarillo
Wilsons
Drew Weeng
W. A. McIntosh
Ross
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Sixteenth Street
McIntosh
Democratic Missouri convention defeats anti Klan declaration
Springfield, April 18. After a dawn battle, the Democratic state convention voted down a platform denouncing the Ku Klux Klan. Delegates clashed during debate, accusations flew at Frank Farris, and a compromise by Charles M. Hay guaranteeing civil and religious liberty was adopted as the convention adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frank Farris
State Committee
Charles M. Hay
St. Louis
Good gains indicated in scouts fund drive
The Amarillo Boy Scouts campaign to raise 677 for the coming year's activity continued today. Several solicitors had not yet reported to T. H. Nelson at noon. With all money not yet turned in, substantial gains are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Boy Scouts
T. H. Nelson
Clara Kimball Young Actress Stricken With Illness
Clara Kimball Young, actress, was taken ill in Fort Wayne Indiana after a sudden collapse during a theater appearance. Doctors say she showed slight improvement after rest but may cancel engagements for weeks due to overwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Clara Kimball Young
Church Helps Veteran Found on Streets in Houston
Henry Joseph Miller, 83, a Confederate veteran and former physician, was found exhausted on a Houston street and outfitted in new clothes by First Christian church members. A Vanderbilt product who studied abroad, Miller survived a cholera epidemic in 187% that claimed his wife and six children and later worked as a ranger and bush ranger in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Henry Joseph Miller
First Christian Church
Miller
Vanderbilt
Canada
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