Citizens Back Uncontrolled School Ticket Meets in San Antonio
Independent voters in San Antonio rally against union labor control of the school board. A meeting called by a citizens committee features speakers including Judge W. B. Vly, de H. Kirkpatrick, C. A. Goeth, and Mrs. Wheeler Pettus. The issue centers on keeping schools public and not dominated by organized labor and a nonpartisan conference’s endorsements are disclosed. The election is set for Tuesday, April 12.
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Beethoven
Fritz Russi
W. B
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de H. Kirkpatrick
C.A
Goeth
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Wheeler Pettus
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McAlaster
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Tizens
San Antonio
Contel
Pehitopis
Board of Education
Schhool
Hon-wnion
Orgindad Labor
J.lynn
A. Gage
Glyde V. Janecaster
Charles Gerlach
Citizens
J. K. Beretti
Thayland
Herbert Peaks
Henry Cerra
Peakrs
Organized Labor Letter
Birmingham unions condemn Klan parade and articles attack
Seven members of the United Mine Workers of America in Brookside condemn masked Ku Klux Klan parades in mining districts and condemn a Birmingham minister chaired committee for articles criticizing international representative Van A. Bittner. They urge authorities to curb such demonstrations and support Bittner’s stay if the field is organized.
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Birmingham
Ala
Seven Loveal ‘Ualona
United Ming Workers of America
Brookside
Ku Klux Klan
Hainan
van A. Bittner
International
Bittner
Alabama
Aity
Inimlea
Weather Forecast For San Antonio Weekend
The weather bureau predicts cool conditions with a high near 54 and a low around 48 to 54 degrees for Saturday night and Sunday in San Antonio and nearby. Skies may be partly cloudy on Sunday as a northeast wind shift and a lingering cold air mass move from the east, with light rain possible in the southeast and eastern states. The northern Staten area reports trouts, and the highest Saturday morning temperature noted was around 74 in several Texas locations.
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Jarboe
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Cinity
Staten
Texas
New-York
Atlantic
Octan
Cvrranills
Kyest
Infancy Bill May Pass in Next Congress
Cleveland April 9 Predictions that the Shepard Towner maternity and infancy bill will be passed by the next congress were voiced by the National League of Women Voters board after an executive session. Mrs Maud Wood Park of Boston, league chairwoman, reported an interview with President Harding. The group believes the Harding foreign policy will be presented to the league convention opening Monday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Shepard-Towner
Congress
National League of Women Voters
Maud Wood Park
Boston
League
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Deportation Fate Of Cork Lord Mayor In US Court
Washington reports on Donal J. O Callaghan lord mayor of Cork who is in the United States without a passport. Secretary Davis of the Labor Department sent an outline of his views to the State Department. Indications pointed to the matter resting with the State Department for final action. Secretary Hughes discussed the issue with Davis by telephone and a reply was awaited.
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Washington, D. C
Donal J. O'Callaghan
Cork
Davis
Labor Department
State Department
Hughed
Retary Davis
Hughes
Balloon Lost Over Gulf After Pensacola Flight
Navy says five men left Pensacola March 22 aboard a free balloon A-HG04. The balloon drifted to the Gulf and was recovered late yesterday. no trace of the crew. A board of investigation convened at Pensacola to review the flight and losses. Wilkinson commanded the mission. his home was Houston, Texas. The department notes search is not entirely abandoned but little hope remains.
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Pensacola Naval Station
Gulf
Washington, D
Navy
Department
Pensacola
Naval Air Station
H. J. Christy
Micriday
Carrid
Quarndermaster
G. N
Wilkinson
Navy Department
Houston
Texas
Weather snapshot for San Antonio and other cities
Fragmented weather notes show varying temperatures and wind directions across cities. San Antonio reports fair to cloudy skies with cool nights. other locations list 24 hour lows around the 20s to 40s and northwesterly or northerly winds, but many details are unclear due to OCR errors.
Plan to Overthrow Mexican Government Tells Gonzales
April 8 report: Gen. Dablo Gonzalez says he heard of a plan in Mexico to lead a reconstruction movement aimed at overthrowing the Mexican government. He notes a three man delegation might seek his leadership but says the group has not appeared and he will respect U.S. neutrality. He supports the Mexican cause but declines to act without legal sanction.
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Zaredo
Dablo Gonzalez
Associated ® Press
Mexico
Gonzales
Reconstruction’ Movement
Clemenceau Warns Vive of Vigilance in Versailles Treaty
A Paris letter to Captain Andre Tardieu previews M. Tardieu's upcoming book on peace. Clemenceau urges strict enforcement of the Versailles treaty, denouncing French opponents who condemned it yet push for its rigid execution. He recalls wartime Paris and the Fourth of July celebration involving Aubrigas troops and Washington statue.
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Paris
Anil 9
Clemenceau
Andre Tardieu
United States
M. Tardien
L’ilustration
M. Clemenceau
M. Glemencety
Washington
Lloyd-George
England
Seizure of Drugs in New York Apartment Raid
Police seized drugs valued over 100000 linked to a 30000 shipment smuggled into the company. An occupant and importer named Botth) was arrested at a Molt street apartment in New York. A prior Brooklyn raid recovered items with similar markings.
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New York
Germany
Molt Street
Davi. Botth
Brooklyn
Plenty Food in China Aids Famine Sufferers
Commercial Attache Arnold reports to the Department of Commerce that spring crops are promising and ample food resources exist to help famine victims in China. He estimates about 6,000,000 people are affected by the shortage, with under ten percent in actual rationing currently.
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Washington, D
Arnold
Menoe Hn of Commerce
Punts
Finland Attacked as Tensions Rise With Russia
The Associated Press reports increasing tension between Russia and Finland with Bolsheviki forces invading the Repots and Parapewnyi districts. The Russo-Vinny peace accord had guaranteed autonomy for these regions, prompting residents to flee toward the interior of Finland.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Thussia
Winkand
Finland
Attack on Irish police patrols leaves casualties across regions
April reports from Dublin and Limerick say a patrol was attacked by armed civilians. One civilian was killed and four policemen were injured, likely fatally, with a woman also stunned. Nearby Macroom County Cork saw two policemen ambushed, one killed. Other fragments reference Madrid and Spain without clear connection.
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Limerick
Astraight
Macroom
County Cork
Esean
Murder Verdict in Newton County Falls on Williams
Covington Ga April 9 John S Williams found guilty of murder in Newton county superior court. Jury sentenced him to re imprisonment with mercy under Georgia law. motion for a new trial filed for April 30 in Decatur before Judge Hutcheson. Williams appeared emotional as verdict read and family reacted. Clyde Manning testified to Williams order causing killings. Williams maintained innocence though admitted possible peonage guilt.
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Covington Ga
John S. Williams
Newton County
Decatur
John B. Hutcheson
Georgis
Williams
Newton
Clyrde Manning
Hutcheson
T. T. Starr
Farmer
Supreme Court
Mystery of Dorothy Arnold Case Declared Solved
New York police announced the Dorothy Arnold disappearance from December 12 1910 as solved though Captain John St Ayers head of the missing person bureau refused to say whether she was alive or dead. Attorney John S Keith for Francis R Arnold challenged the claim.
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Diss Py Way
Dorothy Arnold
Police Department
John ST. Ayers
Bureau of Missing
Perony
Miss Arnold
Captain Ayers
John S. Keith
Pransis R. Arnold
Wharton Barker Dies in Philadelphia
Wharton Barker, noted financier and publicist, died in Philadelphia on April 9 after about a month of illness. He would have turned 70 on May 1. Retired from business, he was active in national politics, betting a Populist presidential hopeful in 1900 and later attempting to form a Commonwealth Party aimed at governance by the people.
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Philadelphia
Wharton Barker
Will Divide Estate in Fort Worth Court Action
Fort Worth Texas April report states a $500000 estate left to the National Spiritualist Society five years ago will be divided between the church and heirs. The church is to receive $75000, the son by common law $225000, and the widow $150000. Wedding of the widow to Jackson was secret. After his death potato prices fell in Traverse City with a record market drop noted yesterday.
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Tex
John
Jackson
Fort Wort
National Spiritualist Society
Traverse City
Elusive Jim Captured in San Antonio Burglaries
Detectives arrest the noted Black burglar known as Elusive Jim after four weeks of citywide manhunts. He admits past burglaries in Bell County and reveals a room with jewelry and clothing taken from victims. Officers recover a suitcase of loot and a ring of keys while urging residents to report prowlers to speed up closures.
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San Antonio
van Riper
Elever
Patrick McCloskey
Pardee
McCloskey
Sam_Street
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Hol Knight
John Cooper
Ieluim
Street
Bell County
Blue Ridge
Togo
Cooper
Suspect Harris to face New York tests for murder
Roy Harris, who confessed to involvement in a murder plot, will undergo alienist tests in New York after being deemed of normal mentality by experts. Detectives dispute claims of notoriety seeking, while prosecutors call him a willing participant. An earlier photograph identification linked to the victim is now questioned amid inconsistencies in Harris's account, including hair color differences.
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Noov
Roy Harris
Thve Prinapaile
Foxeph
Telwell
New York
Norgeint Trensy PY Oswald
New York Police
Chives Harris
Aham Moegay
Guy TH. Moora
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Mhwell
Harvais
Fe Uhwitys
Paymaster Is Found In Chester Scandal Case
Lieut. Joseph Lynam, assistant paymaster of the United States steamship Chester, missing after a $25 000 shortage was reported, has been found and will surrender to naval authorities. A Boston Transcript reporter traced him to saying he had been cabbed of $13 000 on Mayhew Street and is now without funds.
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Mass
Joseph Lyanam
United Stat Steamship
Chester
Lynam
Boston Test
Nieutensant
Maveh St
Army general officer promotions listed by Weeks for Harding
Washington April 9 Weeks completes general officer promotion selections for transmission to President Harding. Twelve major generals and brigadiers named, versus Wilson list of eleven that failed confirmation. Brigadier General Clavence Edwards tops Weeks list of major generals.
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Weeks
Harding
Wilson
Brig
Gener
Clavence Edwards
New England
Lierision
Greek Defeats and Low Spirits Plague Athens Front
Athens reports a sharp drop in morale among Greek forces in Anatolia as Turkish Nationalists press losses spread pessimism. Officials offer few details, while soldiers retreat from Vrusa and stocks of currency fall. Requisitions of hospitals and transport rise as King Constantine’s front plans falter and mobilization lags amid renewed troop calls.
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Associated Press
Athens
Anatolia
Iavan
Vrusa
Moudani
Brusa
Smyrna
Washington
Constantine
Greece
Crete
Constantine Ace
Holmes Leaves Estate to Aunt in Los Angeles
Syracuse April 9 Prof Holmes Beckwith who shot Dean Wharton and killed aid isque, leaves virtually his entire estate valued at 8500 to his aunt Mrs Mary G Holmes of Los Angeles. The will was filed Friday by David Holmes of East Orange NT. An sister fighting missionary work in China is cut off with 10 for lack of financial aid.
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Syracuse
M. Y
Supreme court decides migratory status of shellfish dispute
Washington reports the Supreme Court ruling on whether shellfish in a public stream crossing private property remain public. The Mussel fishermen of Missouri appeal a review of decisions that removed shellfish from public waters, arguing state laws vest public rights to game and fish. The court holds freshwater mussels are shellfish capable of motion, placing them in migratory fish category. Madrid reports a damaging tempest along Spain’s Mediterranean coast with vessels missing and crews lost.
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Washington, D.C
Supreme Court Trilay
Tov
Little River
Missouri
Cherokee Tribe Lays Claim to Burkburnett Field
Washington April 9. The Cherokee Nation filed in the supreme court a petition to intervene in the Red River oil fields case claiming 144 million acres in Texas and Oklahoma, including Tulsa and Oklahoma City, and most of the Burkburnett oil field. The filing cites a patent dating from 1888 and notes potential obstacles from statutes of limitations. Oklahoma's attorney general Freeling questioned the tribe’s official status but left open the possibility that individual descendants could support the petition.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Burkburnett
Supreme Court
Vin Burey
Interior Department
Red River
Jean Mr. Taylor
Zachary Layley
Panhandle Sevetion
Freeling
United States Supreme Court
S. P. Freeling
Merly
Appointment of Col Ro Go Chaimley-Jory to War Risk Bureau
Washington April W to re appoint Col Ro Go Chaimley-Jones as director of the War Risk Insurance Bureau announced by Secretary Mellon. Chaimley-Jones, who resigned recently, returns to New York to enter penate business and assume his duties at once. Mellon said he would assist in carrying out committee recommendations to provide medical and surgical treatment for disabled veterans, to be taken over by the War Risk Bureau pending congressional action.
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Col
Ro Go Chaimley- Jory
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Mellon
Chaimley-Jones
Penate
New York
Sponsoryes
Ife
Phent
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Burreau
Vader
Congress
Melton
Relief plan proposed to unify veterans aid under new administration
Washington April draft of a plan from the presidential committee led by Charles G. Dawes calls for a single Veterans Service Administration to take full charge of relief for disabled soldiers. The National Disabled Soldiers League urges the President to consolidate relief bureaus and appoint a disabled veteran as director general.
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Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
National ‘Disabled Soldiers’ League
Storage Not Harmful Cotton Test in Harris County
Washington reports that the Bureau of Markets released testing results on cotton samples ginned in 1870 at a Harris County farm. The cotton remained on the farm except for brief exhibitions, with tests indicating no harm from long-term storage despite aging and brief transfers.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Markets
Harris County
Georgia
St. Louis
Confederate Seal Lost Forever as Davis Servant Dies
Washington April 9 The fate of the Confederate seal remains unsolved after more than fifty years. James Jones a Negro servant in the Senate office building who knew the burial place died today without revealing the secret. Jones served Jefferson Davis and reportedly buried the seal before federal authorities seized the Confederacy leader.
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Confederacy
James Jones
Ageil Uvgro
Senate
Jones
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Lloyd George Tries Again to Restore Peace
London reports indicate Premier Lloyd George proposed a new peace plan to the Triple Alliance and urges safety measures to keep coal pits pumping. Labour leaders discuss a possible nationwide stoppage, with 2,060,000 workers affected, while mine flooding threatens South Wales and Glamorgan pits.
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Great Britain
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