Fate of Americans in China Still Unknown Here
Pekin dispatch reports American Minister Schurman has prepared strong demands to the Chinese government over the kidnapping and killing of American missionaries by bandits, the looting of the Stol mission, and the shooting of the American flag after Professor Bernhard Hoff’s death. The legation awaits further instructions from the state department. Ten Americans and other foreigners remain surrounded by bandits at Batang with no news.
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Bernhard Hoff
State Department
Batang
Houston Night of Burglaries and Cat Serenade
In Houston a busy night included a burglar alarm at South Texas Commercial National Bank prompted by a charwoman. Henry Hamilton, a negro, tore his coat and later stole a suit from a yellow boarder. A serenading cat, moonlit, caused a brick to strike Mrs J E Bell as she shooed it away. Pete Losey visited from Hagerman today.
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Houston
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South Texas Commercial National Bank
Henry Hamilton
Harmony
J. E. Bell
Dawes pushes plan to stabilize German currency
Paris dated report states General Charles G. Dawes urged the international committee of experts to devise a currency stabilization system for Germany as the first step in meeting reparations. Dawes challenged formalities while French diplomats insisted experts work with independence within the Versailles framework.
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Charles G. Dawes
Germany
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Victor Murdock quits as head Trade Commission
Victor Murdock of Kansas resigns as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and sends the letter to President Coolidge. He plans to return to newspaper work in Wichita. It was indicated his resignation will be accepted and effective February first.
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Victor Murdock
Kansas
Feleral Trade Commission
Coolidge
Wichita
President Elgin Watch Co. president dies at 73
Charles L. Hubbard seventy three, longtime head of the Elgin Watch Co since 1898, died of heart disease in Chicago. In Houston, traffic signals under C. J. Kirk plans now run 30 seconds for east west movements and 45 seconds for north south, shortening previous cycles of 45 and 60 seconds.
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C. J. Kirk
Public Wiluties
Jeers at Coolidge Mellon Names at Veterans Rally
In Chicago a mass meeting of World War veterans jeered the names of President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon. The event, led by past national American Legion commanders, urged action on the soldier bonus. A telegram from Coolidge's secretary stating the president’s stance was a disappointment to some. Alvin Owsley denounced Mellon as the greatest living enemy of the Army men.
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Mellon
American Legion
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National and local debt totals released by Commerce
The Department of Commerce releases preliminary figures on the total debt of the National Government and all civil divisions for 1922 and 1923, with per capita debt, and a breakdown by nation state and local entities. Dallas reports Lloyd Smith’s two year burglary sentence and gratitude to detectives Walker and Combs who helped convict him.
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Department of Commerce
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Oater
United States
Great Britain
Dallas
Tex
Walker
Combs
Lloyd Smith
Smith
Walker and
Secretarial Hike Beset by Scores of Wildlife
O. I. Williams of the Brownsville Local Chamber of Commerce describes a Christmas Day twelve mile trek from Blessing to Palacios hampered by heavy rains. He trailed along the Southern Pacific grade as hundreds of animals, mainly skunks, opossums and armadillos, sheltered along the track, with over 100 animals in the pack when he passed.
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Brownsville Tex
Mayor Cockrell to Drive a Flivver in Economy Push
Fort Worth Texas January 12 mayor Cockrell leads by example amid city debt by abandoning a six cylinder car provided by the city and now travels in a plaintiff veed flivver Moscow January 12 Russia shifts trade from Germany to Great Britain as German prices rise and delays worsen delivery times
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Tex
Cockrell
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
Roswell Seen For Bright 1924 Outlook In Southeastern NM
A January feature in Mountain States Banker argues Roswell and Chaves County will enjoy a favorable 1924, driven by cotton from the Pecos Valley. Cotton harvests lift farming stability, alfalfa and apples sustain output, livestock recovers, and mercantile trade strengthens as moisture returns and markets improve.
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Roswell
Chaves County
West
J. J. Jaffa
Bank of Commerce
New Mexico
Pecos
Chaves
Southeastern
Arkansas family trek to Los Angeles in 60 cent budget
Frank Smith of Mena Arkansas traveled to Los Angeles with his wife and five children in an old covered wagon drawn by burros. After six months on the road he arrived with only 60 cents, having supported his family through painting and cartooning along the journey.
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Los Angeles
Frank Smith
Mena
Arkansas
So. Methodist Football Team to Receive Special Awards
Dallas Tex Jan 12 gold footballs with M diamonds will be awarded to 1928 So. Methodist football team champions of the Southwestern conference. Balls will bear players names positions and inscribed Southwestern Conference Champions 1923. Twenty five football blankets will be presented to squad members.
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Dallas
Tex
Methodist
Country man jailed after drunken confrontation in Houston
A Houston man described as a stalwart country fellow was jailed after police found him intoxicated and talking of unreal things. He admitted drinking and asked to be locked up, remaining detained while observers noted he still saw things he could not escape.
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Houston
Tex
Radical shift in sprinkling district planned by city council
The city council will consider major changes at the next regular meeting. Sprinkling will end on all paved streets and no sprinkling tax will be charged for properties on paved streets retroactive to last August. Nonpaved streets will continue to be sprinkled and more unpaved streets may be added if property owners request inclusion.
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H. A. Poorbaugh
M. C. Lawrence
Albert Pruit
Democrats In Favor Ghicace For Convention Hope
Washington dispatch notes San Francisco offered 300000 dollars and free use of the convention hall to the Democratic national committee to lure the 1932 convention. Chicago appears open to the plan while harmony is predicted. the committee meets tomorrow amid strong support for the move. In El Paso Dr Hogg travels to continue preaching. large congregations hear sermons as revival services run through the week with morning and evening sessions and a prayer group each night.
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Democratic National Committee
Chicago
M .& Church, South
el Paso
Hogg
Carl E. Kiefer
Friendly Bible
R. H. McCune
Harold Lannenberg
Grady Welfer
J. R. Daughtry
Will Lawrence
Ww. I. Pratt
Owen Gilpin
F. L. Austin
W. H. Kelley
T. J. Gardnen
J. C. Jones
J. H. Midiis
Southern Methodist Church
Williams County Over 70 Club adds two members in Texas death notice
CEORGE TOWN Texas January 12 Death grips the Over 70 Club as M A Barrington 73 longtime Jonah resident and James F E Wooten die during Christmas holidays at the homes of relatives in Georgetown. The club now lists senior men of the county aged seventy or older.
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C'Rele
M. AH. Barrington
Jonah
James FE
Wooten
Richard Swanson
Shiek Preys On Passersby In City Hotel Entrance
A boastful looking man known as a shiek stands at the ornate entrance of a downtown hotel smiling at passing young women. Behind the façade he mooches a half dollar from a stranger and eats greedily at a cheap beanery after the parade thins.
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Houston
Tex
Farmers Must Have Aid Says President Coolidge
President Coolidge urged real and permanent prosperity for the United States through strengthening agriculture. He warned that farmers’ plight threatens national prosperity unless relief for agriculture is enacted. Congressman Dickinson backed the Wallace scheme to control wheat exports, arguing agriculture must parity with other business interests. Weather notes forecast rain in the west tonight, warmer in the east, with unsettled conditions and colder northwests.
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Chicago
United States
Coolidge
Farmers and Manufacturers’ Convention
Congressman Dickinson
Iowa
Wallace
Alleged Slayer Captured After Gun Battle in Nova ta
In Novata Oklahoma Frank Brumley alleged slayer of Paul J McCarthy Oklahoma City attorney lured from his home and shot to death weeks earlier was captured after a gun battle with nine officers Brumley and five others were involved Brumley implicated in the slaying in a confession to Oklahoma City officers. In Dallas Texas Buford Morgan 15 was pedaled to Emergency Hospital after a small caliber rifle accidentally shot him. companion Bulford helped transport him for treatment.
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Novata
Okla
Frank Brumley
Paul J. McCarthy
Oklahoma City
Here
Brumley
Dallas
Tex
Buford Morgan
Bulford
Walton Appeal to Supreme Court Rejected by Oklahoma
Washington Jan 14 Counsel for former governor Jack Walton Oklahoma filed a brief in the supreme court replying to the states objection to Walton's appeal for Supreme Court review of his impeachment. The state argued the legislature's Klansman composition tainted the qualification of its members. Austin Jan 12 Work on a new 100000 dormitory for Methodist girls at the University of Texas will start February 1. The Methodist Board expects 66000 from the Centenary Fund at Nashville to aid the building. Texas churches will raise the rest.
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Oklahoma
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Walton
Tiwa State
Austin
Tex
University of Texas
T. Brown
Methodist State Board of Control
Methodist Centenary Fund
Nashville
Methodist Churches of Texas
Boy's luck ritual costs woman her teeth in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on January 12 a boy named Jess Calvin found an old horseshoe and tossed it for luck. A woman, Mrs. Hassie Rilbersen, was struck in the face by the flying horseshoe, losing two front teeth, while the boy escaped unharmed.
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Tex
Hassie Rilbers
Jess Calvin
Labor Bureau Notes Houston Job Demand Relief
Houston officials report plentiful work as favorable weather boosts outside labor. Municipal employment bureau describes hiring surge and easing shortages across the city’s labor market.
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Houston
Tex
Municipal Employment Bureau
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