Amarillo Commission Backs Texas Highway Amendment
City commissioners resolve in support of a state constitutional amendment to preserve Federal road aid. The move follows Ernest Albright of Ranger’s Texas Highway Association speech urging a connected Texas highway system and noting looming loss of federal funding by 1926. Albright, a candidate for Congress, addressed the Kiwanis club urging passage.
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Amarillo
Texas
Ernest G. Albright
Ranger
Texas Highway Association
Potter County
Albright
Mr. Albright
Congress
Amarillo Plans Part of Dallas Chamber Trade Tour
The twenty third annual trade trip of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce is set for the week of April 30 May 7. The 2129 mile journey will run through west and northwest Texas to El Paso with about 200 local businessmen aboard. Stops include Seymour Abilene Sweetwater Amarillo El Paso Lubbock and Wichita Falls.
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Dallas
Texas
Chamber of Commerce Haseen
el Paso
Co. L. Norsworthy
Seymour
Abilene
Sweetwater
Amarillo
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Stewart Denies Involvement In oil men meeting
Chicago March 12 Col Robert W Stewart chairman of Standard Oil Indiana denies in a telegram to the senate oil investigating committee that he attended a 1921 conference on the Three Rivers ranch of Albert B Fall in New Mexico. His name had been listed with Fall and Zevely as participants.
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Chicago
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Senate Oil Investigating Committee
Three Rives
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Stewart
Fall
J. W. Zevely
Hospital property in Texas free from taxation ruling
Austin March 2 The Texas supreme court ruled the Santa Rosa hospital in San Antonio is not subject to taxation, affirming the district court and reversing the court of criminal appeals. The decision affects all similar Texas institutions statewide.
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Austin
Tex
Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio
Supreme Court
District Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
City of
Texas
Posse on trail of man who slew Paree residents
Linden New York March 12 a posse searches the countryside for a murderer described as a Maniac who killed three locals last night Mr and Mrs T Whally both 55 were shot Mrs Mabel Morse beaten to death with an axe handle The murders occurred ten miles south of Batavia bodies found in a bedroom covered with an oil soaked blanket the bed set afire but the flames did not spread the crime was discovered before flames spread
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Linden
N. Y
Maniac
T. Whally
Mabel Morse
Batavia
Refusal of Coolidge Tax Request Expected
Washington reports a likely congressional rejection of President Coolidge's request for an immediate 25 percent cut in 1923 income taxes. Treasury officials say rebates require congressional action. House leaders remain unmoved as Rep. Garner questions the delay in transmitting the message.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Treasury Department
House
John N. Garner
Texas
Indiana man held on U S charge in Dallas
Fred B E Payne of Greenwood Indiana was arrested in Dallas on Mann Act charges for transporting a 15 year old girl from Indiana to Texas. The couple allegedly lived as husband and wife after arrival. Bond set at 1500 dollars. Payne is wanted in Indiana on burglary and forgery charges. A separate complaint cites interstate transportation of a stolen motor car filed at Paris Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Fred BE. Payne
Greenwood
Indiana
Indianapolis
Payne
Texas
Glenna Parker
Paris
Ghina Agrees to Grant Recognition to Russia
Pekin, March 12. The cabinet met in special session and agreed to grant de jure recognition to the Russian government. M. Karakhan, head of the Russian delegation, must accept the Chinese interpretation before the treaty is signed. Russia will evacuate holdings and recognize Chinese sovereignty in Mongolia.
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Pekin
Geology Camp Planned in Mason County by UT
University of Texas geology department will hold its summer camp in Mason county about 125 miles west of Austin on the edge of the central mining region. Dr H P Ryhee, professor of geology, announced the site and details.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Mason County
H. P. Ryhee
University
Incubator Produces 5000 Eggs In One Sitting Near Brenham
On a large chicken farm near Brenham Texas workers operate an incubator that hatches five thousand eggs in a single batch at a rate exceeding one thousand eggs per minutebased on a March report from the area.
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Brenham
Tex
Here
Open Hearing Promised in Daugherty Ouster Fight
Washington March 12 The Daugherty investigation moves into public session with Sen Wheeler set to lead. The committee demands telegrams by Jesse Smith linking Daugherty and Smith while noting new evidence may shift focus from prior topics. William R A Hayes of Columbus brokers appears as a witness.
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Washington
Daugherty Committee
Brookhart
Wheeler
William R. A. Hayes
Underlieder Company
Brokers
Columbus
Daugherty
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Jesse Smith
Smith
Annow Sanator Wheeler Sant
Uniform street decorations sold to 194 businessmen
At noon today the American Legion reported 194 business men had purchased uniform street decorations, signaling wide civic participation in the fundraising effort.
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American Legion
Weather Outlook Shows No Relief Tonight Into Thursday
The forecast warns of unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with rain or snow and colder temperatures. No improvement expected as the weather pattern remains unsettled.
Chicago Man Killed in Suspected Domestic Tragedy
Mrs Bell Brown Gaertner 35 a divorcee was held after the death of Walter B Law 28 an automobile salesman found with three bullet wounds in the head inside his car. She admitted an evening together saying Law feared bandits and later suggested mutual suicide with her revolver.
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United Press
Chicago
Bell Brown Gaertner
Walter B. Law
Law
Judge Receives Miniature Electric Chair Gift
Waxahachie Texas March 12 District Judge W L Harding received a miniature death chair described as a duplicate of Huntsville state penitentiary equipment. The gift came from Bill Harris a prisoner from Waxahachie who had been sentenced by Judge Harding. The chair is varnished and includes straps wiring and helmet.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Huntsville State
W. L. Harding
Bill Harris
Harding
Huntsville
Why Wilson Revised View of Suffrage
David Lawrence recounts Woodrow Wilson's evolving stance on women’s suffrage. He admired women yet opposed women in politics, distrusting militant suffragettes and the aggressive image they projected. His change was slowed by White House picketing and militant tactics.
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Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Wilson
White House
England
$100 000 Damage Action Against Klan Dismissed
Preston P. Reynolds sued Hiram W. Evans and other Ku Klux Klan officials for 100000 damages claiming ouster and bar from meetings. The federal case in Dallas was dismissed for lack of evidence with no representation on either side.
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Dallas
Tex
Preston P. Reynolds
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Reynolds
Allen Refinery Here May Reopen Near Amarillo
Negotiations for purchase and resumption of operations at the Allen refinery near Amarillo are reported along with plans for a 40 mile pipe line to the Carson county field. The No 1 Burnett of the Texas Company is producing 1900 to 2000 barrels daily, with a 55,000 barrel storage tank nearly full from ongoing production and No 2 wells.
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Allen
Amarillo
Carson County
Burnett
The
Texas Company
Panhandle
Bullington & Clark No. 1
Explosion Wrecks Greek Coffee House Injures 30
Detroit March 12 A dynamite bomb exploded at the entrance to a Greek coffee house injuring thirty people and wrecking the building. Most injuries came from glass as sleeping residents in nearby upper floors faced danger. Police blame feudists for the blast.
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Detroit
Ordinance Passes to Gravel Florida Street in San Jacinto
The city commission enacted an ordinance to gravel Florida street between Fourth and Fourteenth streets in San Jacinto. Work will proceed if property owners sign up.
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Florida Street
San Jacinto
Court Upholds Public Accountancy Act Convictions
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Horace C. Hefiy of El Paso County and D. R. Crow of Wichita County in their convictions for violations of the public accountancy act, upholding the act’s constitutionality.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Horace C. Hefiy
el Paso
D. R. Crow
Wichita County
Three Die In Gas Explosion At Truesdale Colliery
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania three men were killed in a rock tunnel blast at the Glen Alden Coal company’s Truesdale Colliery after a spark from a drill ignited a pocket of gas. The bodies were removed today.
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Wilkesbarre
Truesdale
Glen Alden Coal Company
Dallas Barber Robbed at Shop Opening
E. B. Utter a Dallas barber was knocked unconscious and robbed of 91 dollars when he opened his shop. He was taken to a hospital where doctors treated a scalp wound.
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Dallas
Tex
E. B. Utter
Utter
Publisher McLean Denies Involvement in Oil Deals Before Senate
Washington March 12 Howard B McLean publisher of the Washington Post told the senate oil committees he did not handle any oil stock pool nor connect with naval oil reserve leases He denied knowing Harry F Sinclair and Kefauver Doheny and said his Pure Oil and Bethlehem Steel trades were personal losses not tied to others He stated he loaned $100000 to Albert Fall only as a friend and telegrams with his agents had no bearing on the inquiry.
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Unitd Press
Washington
Howard B. McLean
Washington Post
Senate Oil Committees
Naval Oil Reserve
McLean
Harry F. Sinclair
Dome
Sinclair Stock
Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the
Interior
Navy
Denby
Bethlehem Steel
Sinclair
Fall
Fall asks McLean to tell senate loan story
Washington March 12 Albert R Fall pressed E B McLean to state the $100 000 loan was cash and not linked to Teapot Dome McLean testified Fall claimed it was to aid an ailing old friend and denied involvement in other ways The testimony covered telegrams tied to Palm Beach while officials testified about messages and security for McLean's young son Continued on Page Two
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Washington
Albert R. Fall
E. B. McLean
Senate Oil Committees
McLean
Fall
Atlantic City
Teapot Dome
McKenna
C. F Pascom Slemp
Florida
Slemp
Starling
Wilking
Smithers
Palm Beach
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By David Lawrence
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South America
Current News Features, Inc
SOV
KLAN
Burnett Company
Public Accountancy
Daily Globe
Mlean
E. T. McKenna
White Hrouse
E. W. Starling
White Eouse Secret Service
E. W. Smithers
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