German envoy Von Leisner resigns over extradition list
Kurt von Leisner the German charge d affaires in Paris has informed Premier Miller he resigns and will take the first Berlin train. He said no German official can carry out extradition clauses and the allies hold an extraordinary council session to discuss the crisis.
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Paris
Kurt von Leisner
Miller
Berlin
von Leisner
Associated Press
Allied Council of Ambassadors
Peace Treaty Debate Returns to Open Senate Next Week
Washington February 2 Republicans and Democrats plan to move to bring the peace treaty back into open Senate debate. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge will seek to suspend the rules Monday to take up the treaty, with Democrats ready to follow. A two thirds vote is expected for Lodge’s motion, but a simple majority could suffice if the Democratic motion passes the next day. Democrats insist no suspension is needed and Vice President Marshall is expected to back that position.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senaator Lodge
Marshall
Catholic Church Denies Involvement in Mexico Presidency Campaign
Mexico City dated February 4 Archbishop Delorio primate of the Catholic church in Mexico announces the church will not take part in the presidential contest now under way in the Mexican republic.
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Mexico City
Delorio
Catholic Church
Mexico
Mexican Republic
Cripple Carried to Altar at Healing Mission
In El Paso a helplessly crippled woman was carried by her son to the altar rail at St. Clement's church for a healing touch by James Moore Hickson. She walked away with his aid from the chapel to the street, while onlookers marveled at the event.
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el Paso
St. Clement's Church
James Moore Hickson
Episcopal
Legislative Timber for Brazos Grimes Voters
Taxpayer endorses Hon. Joseph T. Maloney county judge as best suited to represent Brazos and Grimes counties in the legislature. He is popular city and county wide and aligned with A and M College. The letter notes Maloney’s potential sacrifice of time and money and hopes rural voters will participate actively.
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Daily Eagle
Brazos
Grimes
Bryan
Joseph T. Maloney
A. and
M. College
Vorwaertz Editorial Blames William for Germany’s Downfall
Berlin editorial charges that efforts to preserve the former Emperor William's fortune serve the man who ruined Germany. The piece condemns the movement as aiding a figure connected to the nation’s ruin and was published yesterday.
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Berlin
William
Germany
Vorwaertz
Governors of All Mexican States Meet in Mexico City
Mexico City on February 5 hosts a historic meeting as governors from all Mexican states gather in the capital. The event, declared a holiday, draws intense local interest and marks a significant national political gathering.
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Mexico City
Democrats Blast Republican Delays In Peace Pact
Buffalo on February 4 Homer S. Cummings Democratic National Committee chairman defended the party’s war record. He condemned Republican delays in ratifying the peace treaty and accused GOP leaders of undermining peace and reconstruction. He blamed the 1918 Republican House and Senate for hindering progress and jeopardizing international obligations.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
America
House
Senate
Quantrell band member Captain F. M. Hill dies at 79
McKinney resident Captain F. M. Hill aged 79 and longtime Quan trel band survivor died at his home in McKinney. Born in Missouri, he lived in the city for fifty years.
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Quantrell
Dead AT Home
M’kinney
Captain Hill
Missouri
Rules for Transferring School Pupils Defined
An opinion written to Miss Annie Webb Blanton and approved by the attorney general's department holds that county superintendents may transfer pupils from a common school district to an independent district or to another common district whenever necessary due to district classification. Transferred children may attend only as long as the receiving district can run from state and county funds. after that they must pay tuition if charged.
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Austin
Annie Webb Blanton
Bruce W. Bryant
Attorney General's Department
Justice campaign views clothing price relief
Washington February 4 Dealers in men's wear told Howard Figg in charge of the department of justice campaign to reduce the cost of living that increased production more efficient distribution and price stabilization are needed to bring clothing costs down.
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Washington
Howard Figg
Department of Justice
Denver Post offers $25,000 prize for influenza cure
The Denver Post announced a $25 000 prize on February 4 in Denver Colorado for the physician who finds a cure for influenza.
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Denver
Colo
The
Denver Post
Exchange Takes Tumble in New Low at Noon
New York currencies report Sterling exchange sliding to 319 at noon on February 4, with the rate marking a fresh low point.
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Exchange
New York
Sterling Exchange
Famous Gunman and Labor Feudist Dead from Bullets
The slayer of Morris Enright, Chicago's notorious gunman and labor feudist, is being sought by police after Enright was shot eleven times with a sawed off shotgun while seated in his car in front of his home. His wife, two sons, and two neighbors witnessed the killing amid labor conflict tensions.
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Chicago
Morris Enright
Enright
Sheriff Morehead Returns From Eden With Prisoners
Sheriff L E Morehead returned from Eden Concho County with two prisoners named Marshal Sharp and Charles Lewis charged with gambling pistol carrying and desertion of wife and children. He described the trip as his first to that area and noted large cotton wagons and white fields awaiting gins.
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L. E. Morehead
Eden
Concho County
Marshal Sharp
Charles Lewis
Mexicans Acquire Air Planes For Mountain Search
Eagle Pass reports six aircraft delivered to assist General Murguia in locating rebel chief Alberto Guapardo with 150 armed men. Murguia departed with 400 federal troops into the Burro Mountains near Piedras Negras.
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Eagle Pass
Murguia
Alberto Guapardo
Burro Mountains
Piedras Negras
Prohibition Jury Foreman Convicted in Moonshine Case
Columbus Georgia February 4. Joe W Rozier a church dean who served as foreman on a Harris County prohibition case jury was himself tried in a moonshine case He was convicted and sentenced to twelve months on the chain gang but Judge Gus H Howard later allowed a 750 dollar fine and four months imprisonment
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Columbus
Harris County
Joe W. Rozier
Rozier
Gus H. Howard
Pope Benedict to hold consistory during lent
Rome reports Pope Benedict will hold a secret consistory during lent likely March 1 for bishops. A public consistory to create new cardinals will take place in May.
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Rome
Benedict
Fire destroys hotel in Wichita Falls. one dead
A hotel in Wichita Falls was destroyed by fire caused by a defective flue. Dick Theis, a cement worker from Fort Worth, was burned to death and several others were injured.
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Wichita Falls
Dick Theisen
Fort Worth
Dock Workers Strike at Galveston Southern Pacific Docks
Seven hundred dock workers at the Southern Pacific docks in Galveston quit their jobs today in a mass strike. The walkout begins amid ongoing labor tensions and affects port operations.
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Galveston
Southern Pacific
Mexico to protest aviators landing in Sonora
The Mexican foreign office requests details of the Nacozari landing by Major Walton and Lieutenant Wolf to frame an energetic protest to the United States. Data on previous landings in Guererro suggests invasions of Mexican territory by armed American forces.
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Mexico
Nacozari
Sonora
Walton
Wolf
Mexican Foreign Office
United States
Guerrero
Senate panel to probe Big Bend district affairs
El Paso February 4. The U S Senate sub-committee investigating Mexican affairs will focus on the Big Bend district today. Citizens summoned include Mrs James Carney whose husband died in Durango Mexico.
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Senate
Big Bend
el Paso
United States
Texas
James Carney
Durango
Mexico
Bryan students named in college honor roll
The University of Texas fall term honor list includes Bryan students Jesse Paul Watson among the best one per cent Marjorie Edith Wagner among the best three per cent and Mary Louise Cline among the best eight per cent.
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Austin
University of Texas
Bryan
Jesse Paul Watson
Marjorie Edith Wagner
Mary Louise Cline
Sheriff files injunction to bar jail fire escapes
Fort Worth on February 4 reports Sheriff Clark of Tarrant County seeks to prevent equipping the county jail with fire escapes. He argues such exits would aid prisoners in escaping.
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Fort Worth
Clark
Tarrant County
Mexican Foreign Office Moves to Cancel Jenkins Recognition
Mexico City reports formal steps are under way to cancel all official recognition of William O. Jenkins United States consular agent at Pueblo. Democrata published the notice yesterday detailing the action.
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Mexico City
William O. Jenkins
United States
Pueblo
Mexican Foreign Office
Democrata
Clarification on Census Enumerators Charge in Beagle Editorial
Secretary Eberstadt defended census work amid criticism. He said many cited names were already enrolled by enumerators or repeated by other family members and that absent households caused gaps. He noted canvasses by the Commercial club led by President Jenkins showed few missing enrollments and urged public cooperation.
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Beagle
Eberstadt
Wherstadt
Jenkins
Commercial Club
England halts cotton imports Causes New York market plunge
New York report says England has stopped all cotton imports, triggering a broad selloff in the cotton market. Prices fell about 180 points, roughly nine dollars per bale from the prior close amid weak foreign exchange and unsettled trading conditions.
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New York
England
Influenza Forces Dallas Schools to Hire Volunteers
In Dallas on February 4 authorities reported 116 new influenza cases, with doctors too busy to file complete reports. Officials estimate 3,000 to 4,000 cases in the city while 75 teachers are absent, prompting the school board to appeal for volunteer teachers to keep schools open.
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Dallas
Wage talks with rail labor yield no immediate gains
Washington report notes the first session of wage talks between federal controlled railroad officials and 2,000,000 workers ended with no concrete program. Hines and union leaders avoided public statements as the panel gathered input, with broad disagreement and anticipated withdrawals or compromises to be debated further.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Hines
Monda Rose Linked to Society Romance and Theft
Chicago February 4 The blue eyed socialite Monda Rose real name Rose Schweiburg led police in a case tying her to a butcher, two drug clerks and a shoe polish salesman. Authorities seized two more saddle horses and say she is $67000 short in harness factory books while her mother claims ignorance.
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Chicago
Society Romanees
Monda Rose
North Shore
Rose Schweiburg
Winnipeg
Harry Berger
Manda Rose
Girl testifies socialist spit on U S flag in wartime
Ellen B. Chivers a Brooklyn stenographer testifies before the New York Assembly judiciary committee in the trial of five suspended socialist assemblymen that Charles Solomon spat on the American flag during a 1917 event in Brooklyn. She recalls soldiers seeking a platform and Solomon's rebuke before the flag incident.
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Albany
N. Y
Brooklyn
Ellen B. Chivers
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Charles Solomon
Thaddeus C. Sweet
Ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Solomon
Pool halls ordered shut following Supreme Court stay denial
Austin report says Attorney General Cureton received official notice of the U S Supreme Court’s refusal to grant a stay in the pool hall case and instructed peace officers to close all pool halls. The action follows the court’s order and affects facilities statewide in Texas.
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Austin
Cureton
United States Supreme Court
Deportations and Arrests Improve U S Security
Attorney General Palmer told the House Judiciary Committee that nationwide deportations of radicals and arrests of others, along with strict law enforcement, show the government's intent to punish Reds and Communists and create order that would have been impossible without arrests and deportations.
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Washington
United States
Palmer
House Judiciary Committee
U S Court Denies Motion and Billiard Halls Likely Close
Washington February 2 The supreme court denied the motion by Texas pool and billiard room owners to temporarily enjoin officials from enforcing the state act prohibiting such places pending appeals. Lower courts ruled the act constitutional.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court Refuses Restraining Order on Texas Pool Halls
Officials say the ruling will close all pool and billiard parlors in Texas until the anti pool hall act is declared constitutional. The decision announced today by the United States Supreme Court overturns the restraining order in the Texas pool hall case.
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Dallas
United States Supreme Court
Republicans Claim 10 Believe They Can Carry Texas
Houston, Feb. 4. The Texas Republican Council urged the national committee to send prominent speakers to Texas this month. Senators Harding of Ohio and Lowden of Illinois were named as possible visitors. The council said poll tax registrations show Texas could be carried by Republicans by about 100000 votes. The analysis highlighted large poll tax payments in new resident areas, a drop in Mexican registrations, and reduced political activity among Black voters statewide.
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Houston
Texas Republican Council
National Republican Committee
Texas
Harding
Ohio
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Former Texas Lieutenant Governor A B Davidson Dies in Cuero
Judge A B Davidson former lieutenant governor of Texas died at his Cuero home last night. Born in Austin he served as lieutenant governor and later held other state offices. The Cuero death was reported by local authorities.
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A. B. Davidson
Cuero
Austin
Texas
Osage Indians Earn Millions From Oklahoma Oil Leases
Oil leases on 200 Osage Indian tracts totaling 31 773 acres sold for 3 102 700 dollars at a government auction in Papulka Oklahoma. The tracts were auctioned in 160 acre blocks.
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Oklahoma
Papulka
Okla
Osage
Coal Commission Shifts Focus to Texas and Oklahoma
Washington reports the coal strike settlement commission turned its attention to bituminous operators in Iowa, Texas and Oklahoma. With evidence complete for central fields, the commission considers the workers demand for a sixty percent wage increase and a thirty hour week.
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Washington
Coal Strike Settlement Commission
Iowa
Texas
Oklahoma
Three U S Relief Workers Killed by Brigands in Syria
The state department reports three American relief workers were killed February 1 near Elmah north of Aleppo while part of a convoy delivering relief supplies. Names of victims were not released.
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Washington
Syria
State Department
Elmah
Alepp
Birth Control Fearing U S Population Decline
Dr W A Stylea told the Montreal Women's Catholic league that extinction could face the United States within 150 years if birth control continues. He noted the number of children under five per thousand women dropped by fifty percent in the last century.
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Montreal
United States
W. A. Stylea
Montreal Women’s Catholic League
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