Republicans Seen As Oil Mess Victims
Washington dispatch reports the Republican Party fractured by oil disclosures and scandal whispers amid Mellon tax program fallout. An old guard leader says the party has no clear plan, warning a temporary defeat could become a rout if they fail to fight this spring. Democrats aim to defeat Republicans in November by keeping them on the defensive.
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Kansas City Star
Washington
G.O.P
Mellon
Are Old Guard
Repubs
Republican National Committee
Mr. Coolidge
5.O.P
Coolidge
Walsh Calls 6 0 P Body Liar In Oil Probe
Senator Walsh of Montana accuses the Republican national committee of being inveterate liars as he challenges any Republican senator to support his claim he did not father naval oil leasing legislation. Republican leaders Smoot and Lemoot defend their past and present roles, asserting Walsh’s denial is correct.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Walsh
Montana
Smoot
Lemoot
Public Land Committee
Santa Fe Now Handling Record Freight Volume
Santa Fe yards in Amarillo report the heaviest local freight shipments ever, signaling the best business year in the Panhandle. Rail officials credit Amarillo wholesale expansion drawing new customers across the Panhandle and into the Southwest, including New Mexico, with growth likely to crown Amarillo as a wholesale hub.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Southwest
Treasury Deficiency Drops to Six Month Low in Texas
The Texas state treasury deficiency on February 24 stood at 3,619,762 dollars, the lowest in six months. Tax receipts totaled 1,479,692 dollars with 1,289,253 credited to the general fund. half of the remainder supports school and pension funds. The highway fund rose by 108,611 dollars. State Treasurer Terell called for payment of registered warrants through No 40,509 totaling 316,890 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
Highway Department
Terell
Palmer Named in Naval Oil Lease Controversy
Gov. Gifford Pinchot asserts former Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer handed over 506 million acres from public lands to Southern Pacific Railway in 1920. He also links former Secretary Fall to the oil lease scandal and a push to shift forest lands to private interests.
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New York
A. Mitchell Palmer
Naval Oil Lease Reserve
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Survey Associates, Inc
Palmer
Southern Pacific Railway
Supreme Court
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Pensylvania
Gift tax proposed to curb evasions in inheritance
Washington reports a heated clash between Chairman Green and Representative Mills over a gift tax amendment aimed at stopping tax dodging. The plan, backed by a Democratic Progressive coalition, would tax gifts to close inheritance tax evasion and is seen as likely to pass.
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Washington
Green
Carner
Texas
Ways and Means
McDonald Urges German Armament Control Renewal
Premier Ramsa MacDonald of Britain has sent a note to Premier Poincare urging an early renewal of armament control of Germany. The council of ambassadors will conduct an immediate investigation of the situation, officials said today.
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Paris
MacDonald
Great Britain
Poincare
Germany
Council of Ambassadors
Indiana Klansmen Plan to Organize New Order
Muncie Indiana February 26 A meeting to consider breaking away from the present Ku Klux Klan and forming a Klan of the North will be held March 24 Klansmen from Illinois Ohio Michigan and other states are expected to attend. The announcement says free speech has been suppressed and other rights taken away by leaders of the present organization.
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Muncie
Ind
Ku Klux Klan
Klan of the
North
Klan No. 4
Delaware County
Tllinois
Ohio
Michigan
Judge Robertson Opens Campaign in Texas
Dallas report states Judge Robertson will open his bid for governor with a Thursday night address in Waco. He departed for Corsicana to meet with political advisers before the campaign launch.
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Judge Robertson
Dallas
Tex
Robertson
Waco
Corsicana
McAdoo Files in Ohio for Democratic Nomination
Columbus Ohio February 26 William G McAdoo formally filed as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in a move aimed at securing the party’s standard bearer.
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McAdoo
Ohto Columbus
Willian
Big Politician Named in Oil Lease Inquiry
Washington reports that a prominent politician not a government official is tied to the Teapot Dome scandal via telegrams of E. B. McLean. The committee examined the wires in executive session as it probes connections of high officials and former secretary Fall with McLean, Walsh, and Palm Beach events.
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Washington
Teapot Dome Committee
E. B. McLean
Fall
McLean
Palm Beach
Teapot Dome
Walsh
McLeen
Senate
Western Union
Willis Names Six to Conduct Probe
Senator Frank Willis of Ohio announced the six senators he proposed to form a committee to investigate the conduct of Attorney General William Borah Idaho Wesely Jones Washington Richard Ernst Kentucky Bert Fernald Maine Robert Howell Nebraska and Samuel Shortridge California.
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Cleveland
Frank Willis
Ohio
William Borah
Idaho
Wesley Jones
Washington
Richard Ernst
Kentucky
Bert Fernald
Maine
Robert Howell
Nebraska
Samuel Shortridge
California
Weather report notes warm night for Amarillo area
Partly cloudy and warmer is the official forecast for Amarillo and vicinity for tonight and tomorrow. Meanwhile snow continues in western and southern Texas with near continuous falls from Sunday night through early Tuesday morning. Dallas and Fort Worth endure freezing temperatures per government reports.
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Amarillo
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Upward Crude Trend Predicted Boosts Amarillo Oil Stature
Amarillo poised for growth as crude prices rise and a vast gas field spans from Channing to the Oklahoma line. Oil authority W. H. Holmes predicts abundant gas and compares future production to the largest Midcontinent fields once existing oil territory is fully developed.
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Amarillo
Channing
Oklahoma State Line
W. H. Holmes
Oil Authority
Holmes
Panhandle
United States
Girl Sues Doctors For 25000 In Loss Of Beauty
Miss Magie Dobson sues three Dallas physicians in district court seeking 25000 damages. She alleges a face operation to remove a tooth embedded in her cheek permanently disfigured her, reducing earning potential from 100 dollars a month to unemployment for higher paying work.
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Dallas
Tex
Magie Dobson
Miss Dobson
Daugherty probe blocked again as Senate delays action
Washington reports that Republican leaders thwarted Democratic attempts to reopen an investigation into Attorney General Daugherty's justice department for the second day running. President Coolidge and his cabinet met seeking a solution as Senator Robinson urged unanimous consent for a special committee.
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Senate
Daugh
Robinson
Accion
Daugherty
Justice Department
Lodge
Coolidge
Famous Autor Dies in New York At Five This Morning
George Randolph Chester, renowned author of Get Rich Quick Wallingford, died in New York City at 5 o clock this morning. No funeral preparations have been made. The illness leading to death remains undisclosed. publishers had yesterday reported he was in good health.
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Autor
New York
George Ran
Dosph Chester
Rich Quick Wallingford
Six Hurt As Street Car Ramps Down Incline
Houston February 26 Six persons two of them white narrowly escaped death when a street car loaded with passengers rolled backward down an approach to the Main street viaduct and crashed into a motor car. The accident followed a power failure on the street car transmission lines. Rick Croft and Mike Lyons were injured and described as not seriously hurt.
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Houston
Tex
Rick Croft
Mike Lyons
German Leaders' Trial Begins Over Beer Hall Putsch
In Munich on February 26 General Ludendorff Lieut Heinrich Pernet Adolf Hitler and seven others faced treason charges for plotting against the state in connection with the failed Beer Hall Putsch of November 8 1923. Ludendorff appeared defiant as Hitler carried a portfolio of papers into the barred trial chamber amid press and officials.
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Bavaria
War Academy
Ludendorff
Heinrich Pernet
Adolph Hitler
Hitler
Thei “Beer Cellar Pursch
Reed Attacks McAdoo in Missouri Campaign Kickoff
Senator James A. Reed assails William G. McAdoo as a candidate who would extract large fortunes from influence wielded in the Wilson cabinet. The speech marks Reed’s bid as a Hearst Murphy plot to block McAdoo’s nomination, with Brackenridge Long calling the move a reactionary act to politically assassinate McAdoo.
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St. Louis
James A. Reed
Missouri
William G. McAdoo
Reed
McAdoo
Enlize
Wilson
Hearst
Murphy
Brackenridge Long
Long
Taggart
Indiana
Discontented Klansmen Convene in Atlanta Session
Atlanta, Ga February 26 Klan malcontents from all sections gather for a meeting to "cure or fry" the secret order. E Y Clarke former imperial wizard says only klansmen or those expelled illegally may attend. He opposes efforts to organize a new order.
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Atlanta
Kku Klux Klan
United States
E. Y. Clarke
Clarke
McCray Lawyers Stand by Original Defense Plans
Indianapolis February 26. Governor McCray’s attorneys said an indictment by the federal grand jury will not alter their plans to defend him against Marion county charges of larceny embezzlement and forgery. They expect trial before the county grand jury and then pursue federal fraud and banking law charges. The governor again claimed innocence and stated his conscience is clear.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Atorreya
McCray
Marion County Grand Jury
Finanal
Amarillo Board Celebrates 1923 Progress and 1924 Plans
A large turnout at the Amarillo Board of City Development banquet praised 1923 achievements and outlined bold 1924 goals. Secretary O V Vernon quoted the chartering history from 1913 1914 and noted funding via a one mill levy. President Ross Rogers urged broad public involvement while stressing fiscal prudence and freight rate gains. U N Elver presented a keynote on business growth and development.
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Amarillo
O V. Vernon
Board of City Development
Vernon
Globe
Joss D. Rogers
Ross PD
Rogers
U. N. Glver
Burgess Lumber Plans Large Tyler Street Office Complex
Plans are drawn for a new E S Burgess Lumber office and warehouse to occupy the 309 by 136 foot Tyler street lot opposite a $20 000 business building already under a Lor Sellars foundation. The one story brick structure will be floored throughout with plate glass fronts on Tyler and the Fifth street side and work is set to start in March. A warehouse at Third and Adams for linseed oil cement and related products is under construction, measuring 24 by 50 feet and near completion.
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E. S. Burgess Lumber Company
Tyler Street
Lor Sellars
Fifth Street
Third and
Adams Streets
Committee Expected to Indorse Daniels for Nomination
In Raleigh the state executive committee is meeting to endorse Josephus Daniels for the Democratic presidential nomination. Daniels has backed William Gibbs McAdoo, and many committee members reportedly favor the move.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Executive Committee
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Daniels
William Gibbs McAdoo
Greek Revolution Reporter Claims New Republic Proclaimed
Reports from Athens on February 26 indicate Premier Zaniad of the revolutionary government proclaimed a republic. The regular government issued a counter proclamation in favor of a communist state.
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Greece
Uncou
Zaniad
Govnt
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