Many Hot Contests in Republican Primary Williamson Co
Unofficial returns show A D Morgan likely nominated for county judge and George Galligan leading for sheriff in Williamson County. S. B. Storme leads for county clerk with Melvin Thaxton ahead of Aud Parks. Close race for superintendent of schools. McKinney leads late, official count pending. County and state ticket races feature several clear frontrunners across precincts.
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Morgan
Storme
Galligan
Thaxton
McKinney
Williamson County
A.D. Morgan
George Galligan
E. H. Scobey
Melvin Thaxton
Aud Parks
W. F. Slater
A. D. Morgan
S. BH
Blairsville
Dewmaine
A.W. Springs
Colp
A. W. LaFont
Herrin
John Layman
John Bardolia
A. D
Hal Trovillon
G. W. Holland
Lake Creek
B. L. Balar
East Marion
W. M. McCown
D. T. Hartwell
Lloyd Bradley
West Marion
R. B. Copher
Ray Miller
Pittsburg Man Had Celebration at St Louis Hotel
Henry Deckhard a Pittsburg Ill youth traveled to St Louis to celebrate the coal strike. After spending 100 for entertainment and giving away 20 he woke to find 190 missing from his pockets. He suspects the friends he made at the Alamac.
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St. Louis
Henry Deckhard
Mer
Pittsburg
Ill
Henry
St. Regis Hotel
Alamac
Williamson County Defeats Court House Tax Proposal
In a special election held with the primary, Williamson County voters rejected a proposition to raise taxes for a new courthouse. Returns show zero to one in favor overall, with some precincts voting more than 100 to one against and no precinct voting for the project.
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Williamson County
Court House
Republican Leader Thanks Helpers For Primary Election Returns
The Republican Leader expresses appreciation for assistance in gathering primary election results. Carded to every election judge, results were telephoned as compiled, with rapid bulletin updates at locations that requested service. Thanks go to Elks, Greater Marion Association, Marion Candy Company, Whittington-Wallace Drug Co, Parks Pharmacy, and Cline-Vick Drug Store, plus night operators and the chief operator.
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Elks, Greater Marion Association
Marion Candy Company
Whittington-Wallace Drug Co
Parks Pharmacy
Cline-Vick Drug Store
Tommy Davis Wins Wrestling Match In Rodan Theatres
Joe Turner forfeited the title wrestling bout to Tommy Davis Southern Hlindlg Champion during the Rol and Theatre exhibition Tuesday night after Turner sustained two broken ribs and could not continue. Davis won the second fall from the lower position and Hook of Marion forfeited to Davis in the first bout. Dora Nelson then May Williams faced off with Nelson taking two straight five minute rounds in the final match refereed by James Springs.
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Joe Turner
Tommy Davis
Roland Theatre
Turner
Marion
Davis
Carbondale
Altho
Dora Nelson
May Williams
James Springs
Daylight Robbery Strikes While Hartwells Away
A thief entered the Hartwell home mid afternoon and stole small change and a fine open face gold watch belonging to Dr. Hartwell. The watch, prized beyond money, is said to have significant sentimental value. Mrs Pritchett was seen walking with Marion toward Gureville to visit Mr. Pritchett’s parents.
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PD. D. Hartwell
Dr. Hartwell
Henry Pritchett
Marion
Gureville
Mr. Pritchett
Rerrin Boy Shot Accidentally
Coroner William McCown investigated the accidental shooting death of 1 year old Rudolph Childers in Herrin. Durward Meredith, 20, uncle of the deceased, was cleaning a gun when the boy entered the porch as it was reloaded. a bullet hit him in the stomach, killing him. a jury ruled accidental death from a gun to the hand of Durward Meredith.
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William McCown
Herrin
Rudolph Childers
G. H. Hunt
Thomas Dangerfield
James Doabs
Ed Cramens
Monroe Smith
R. O. Greer
Durward
Childers
Storms Sweep Three States Kill Four In Debris
Kansas City April 11 Four deaths are reported as storms swept Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas. Farmers Jay Culbertson and Joséph Baker perished near Ash Grove Missouri when their homes were wrecked by a cyclone. Mrs Joe Frederick died near Frederick Oklahoma from flying timbers and a man drowned in flood waters near Liberty Kansas.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Mead
Jay Culbertson
Joséph Baker
Ash Grove
Joe Frederick
Frederick
Okla
Liberty
Kans
Denison Fights to Bar Injunctions Against Labor
Congressman R. E. Denison urged an amendment to the judiciary appropriation bill to bar the Attorney General from filing injunctions against labor leaders to stop strikes. In the Congressional Record for April the substitute amendment by Rep. Johnson of Kentucky narrowly defeated the Denison proposal 74 to 65, marking the first effort to curb injunctions against coal miners.
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RE. E. Denison
Department of Justice
Attorney General's Department
Mr. Denison
Johnson
Kentucky
Denison
Mother Jones to Form Army for Miner Women
"Mother" Jones announces she will lead miners wives from Pennsylvania to rally nonunion workers and press operators to strike. In Charleston, W Va, April 8, union miners plan a march through Gulf Field to persuade nonunion miners to strike, with State Constabulary stationed along the route. Robert Parrott and Anna I. Bird of Cairo were married in Murphysboro after a license was obtained and the justice of the peace office recorded the ceremony.
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Washington, D. C
Lfelong
Pennsylvania
Charleston
W. Va
Winding Gulf Field
Robert Parrott
Anna I. Pird
Cairo
Murphysboro
H. Amer Hageler
Justice of the Peace
Judges of the Big Election in Williamson County
The statewide primary election was held Tuesday with election judges listed by district across Williamson County. The long roster includes judges from Creal Springs, Carterville, Marion, Johnston City, Herrin, Energy, and other townships, detailing each polling place judge slate. London, April 11 reports two hundred dead at Dvinsk from a flood on the Dvina river after a floodgate jam broke.
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Williamson County
Dist
W. Bell
Marion Smith
Norman Cox
Clifford
F. H. Burkhard
J. D. Kelffer
W. J. Stoddar
Bush
C. W. Harvel
Canbria
C. T. Brown
DeSoto
Orm Tlet
I. B. Wehels
Herrin
D. Davis
Olta Bayard
Enoch Franklin
Colp
Stonefort Township
George Holmes
W. R. Russell
Henry Smith
Creal Springs
Lawson Deaton
James Murphy
Raymond Evetts
Carterville Township
London
Dvina
Dvinsk
Riga
Troops investigate shots fired at passenger trains
In Charleston West Virginia on April 11 a detail of state troops is examining the firing of two shots aimed at passenger trains in which state troops were aboard. No injuries are reported and the motive remains unclear as investigators review available evidence and statements.
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Charleston
W. Va
Woodley Baby Is Buried Saturday
Gloria Jane Woodley Wadley two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Woodley of Chicago died Thursday from pneumonia after one day illness. The funeral was held Saturday at the Chicago home and burial followed there. Mr and Mrs Mark Woodley the child’s grandparents were in Chicago for the funeral and have not yet returned.
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Gloria Jane Wood- Wadley
Ralph Woodley
Chicago
Mark Woodley
Roy P Roberts Elected President at Auburn Park Trust
Roy P Roberts was elected president of the Auburn Park Trust and Savings Bank at a directors meeting in Chicago on April 1 1922. Roberts son of the late Frank P Roberts a miner and nephew of Turner and James Roberts, formerly taught in Williamson County and later held senior roles at Halstead Street State Bank and Hamilton State Bank. The new bank plans capital of 200000 with a 30000 surplus and is described as modern and well equipped on the southwest side. Directors include Cline C Brosins C H Dehning George Lenz D H McGilvray M J Plummer Chas Reise Adolph Stressen C W Multenix H P Shuberth W W Penn Roy P Roberts Harry Williams C Haneeka.
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Auburn Park Trust and Savings In
Auburn Park Trust and Savings Bank
Cline C. Brosins
C.H. Dehning
George Lenz
D. H. McGilvray
M. J. Plummer
Chas
Reise
Adolph Stressen
Reuter
C. W. Multenix
H. P. Shuberth
W. W. Penn
Roy P. Roberts
Hamilton State Bank
Harry Williams
C.haneeka
Blame for coal strike shifts to operators
Kansas City reports union reps failed to appear at a Southwest district wage meeting arranged by Iva Clemlong, while John H. Walker of the Miners State Federation of Labor blamed mine operators. In Carterville concrete paving plans progress, with five more streets to be paved and the district total cost rising to about 227,193 dollars for 19 streets and alleys.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Districta
Iva Clemlong
Southwestern Inter[state Coal Operators Association
Washington, D. C
John H. Walker
State Federation of Labor
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Carterville
Board of Local Improvements
Jetty Council
Giving Special Solos by E S Rogers at the Orpheum
Orpheum organist E S Rogers presents a series of solos with both written and syncopated jazzy renditions. He plays selections from Rigoletto Aida William Tell Cavalleria Rusticana and The Mikado in both forms. The program appeals to opera fans and jazz enthusiasts alike.
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E. S. Rogers
Orpheum
Rogers
St Clair County Cleared Of Debt After 12 Years
Belleville April 7 The county has wiped out debt dating back to 1917 by paying the last 21 044 98 of the obligation The 183 704 94 debt in 1917 has been settled through annual payments and the county will have funds to operate through year end apart from a forthcoming road bond issue The new board in May will confront a debt free status for the first time since 1910s with warrants and certificates issued prior to August 31 1916 discharged.
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Belleville
St. Clair County
Board of Supervisors
Fireworks dump explosion kills soldiers at Camp Bullis
At Camp Bullis near San Antonio on April 11 an explosion in a pyrotechnics dump killed two enlisted men and left nine others badly injured. A rocket backfired into stacked pyrotechnics in a rifle pit during a night firing demonstration for reserve officers. Buck private John Bonner died heroically, diving into the blaze to rescue comrades.
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San Antonio
Tex
Camp Bullis
John Bonner
Albo
Man killed by Herrin deputies in shootout at Zigmant home
A Sunday morning confrontation at Frank Zigmant's residence ended with Zigmant fatally shot by Constable Caesar Cagle and Deputies Harry Walker and Ross Lisenby during a search for a still. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death by gunshot wounds inflicted by the officers or all of them in self defense, verifying the loaded gun and a 30 gallon still found on the property. Zigmant, who had warned he would kill anyone who searched his property, leaves a widow.
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Caesar
Cagle
Harry Walker
Ross Lisenby
Frank Zigmant
Zigmant
McCown
Charles ©. Murrah
Humphreys
L. Holden
Loyd Watkins
W. F. Kaester
M. Collard
Caesar Cagle
Abe Hicks
Walker
Lisenby
Tire Men Visit Marion In Tire Store Plans
T B Teasdale and B D AUC of the World Tire Corporation visited Marion on Wednesday to confer with Rex and Travelstead about a new tire store to open at the Overland garage. The firm, three years old, operates several thousand outlets in its chain.
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T. B. Teasdale
B. D. Auc
World Tire Corporation
Marion
Messrs
Rex & Travelstead
Overland Garage
Chain of Institution
Two Cyclones Sweep Through Oklahoma and Texas
A cyclone last night killed at least ten in southwestern Oklahoma. Six died northwest of Ballinger, Texas, as schools and homes were destroyed and lines failed. Another cyclone hit Cisco at 7:55 AM, overturning the Missouri Kansas and Texas depot and demolishing 40 houses with one fatality and one injury. The storm also damaged Ranger area structures.
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Oklahoma City
Oxia
Ballinger
Texas
Rowena
Dallas
Pacific Railroad
Cisco
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Ranger
No Reduction of French Army
Genoa April 11 It was learned this afternoon that Premier Lloyd George planned either a new league or an expansion of the League of Nations. The French may accept Russia and Germany admission to prevent a rival coalition. A clash overland disarmament between soviet delegates and the French was seen as a tactical defeat for France. Russians protested Japanese presence and Roumania’s seizure of Bessarabia. Tchitcherin and Barthou clashed in committee. both threats to withdraw. Washington April 11 The American refusal to join Genoa is vindicated by the political nature of the opening talks, not economics, as Secretary Hughes described.
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Genoa
Lloyd George
England
Society of Nations
League of Nations
Russia
Germany
League
Washington
Roumania
Bessarabia
Tchitcherin
Barthou
Washington, D. GC
Hughes
Inquest Held Over Furnace Death at Arlington Hotel
Walter Gattes died Saturday after a shock while cleaning a furnace at the Arlington Hotel in Walter Jones’s ownership. A jury found death from undetermined causes. Gattes worked with his head inside the furnace using an electric brass socket light. Physicians and a pulmotor were unable to revive him after about 4:16 p.m. Saturday.
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William McCown
Oohinston City
Walter Gattes
aGttes
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W. Ll. ‘Travelstead
Charley Sims
Se Hill
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Goreville
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Woodley
Roy Roberts
Chicago Bank
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Arlington Hotel
James Lloyd
South Mechanic
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