Mayor Black faces mandamus hearing over insurance bid
Testimony in a district court mandamus case centers on alleged offers of 1800 and 800 to influence insurance business. Mayor Black defends his actions amid cross examinations by Attorney Eskridge as details emerge on bond firms Southern Casualty and National Surety.
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San Antonio
Southern Casualty Company
Mayor Black
Black Underwell
Eckridge
National Surety Company
Black
Eskridge
Stump Éyeecher
Liskridge Mesday
Walton D. Head
Southern Carunity Company
Texas
Department of Banking and Insurance
Austin
Planet
Fitch
Waco
Atturney
Klock
W. FL. Fitch
Via
Honda
Chadwick
Evans
Danglan
Ionderalood
Tiem
Fitch, Chadwick and
Frana
Bhack
Marshall
Ale
Girl Balks Fugitive in Court Dash for Safety
Frank Legrigni, condemned wife killer, fled a courtroom with a lead pipe attack on two stenographers and court staff. Miss Gail McDermut, a chief stenographer, chased him to a window sill and grabbed his coat, preventing suicide and allowing guards to recapture him and return him to a cell.
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Chicago
Frank Legtigni
Gail McDermut
State Attorney’s Office
Segvigni
Legrigal
I Mer
Legrigai
Bank Robbery Hits Clearing State Bank in Chicago
Three bandits held up Clearing State Bank in Chicago and fled with 15000 dollars from the cashier’s cage. In the rush they left an additional 15000 behind. Six victims, including three employees and three customers, were ordered to the wall and then to the vault before the robbers escaped by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
White-capping arrests in Waco prompt bail for four
Four men including William Edmund Bowden Hays Jr and C D Reed faced white-capping charges after K Cummings was assaulted and feathered in Waco. Each posted $1000 bail. police said three more suspects were to be detained. George Jackson denied involvement. Cummings and his wife left Waco briefly last night but planned to return.
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Waco
Tex
Turningant
K. Cummings
Justice Court
William Edmund Bowden Hays, Jr
C.D. Reed
George Jackson
Jackson
Cummings
Rail Clerks Demand New Rules From Pennsy System
Chicago July 9 identical charges were made by sloncrafia representatives before the United States railroad labor board. The request centered on Pennsylvania Railroad meeting shop craft employees to negotiate new rules, a point repeated by the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers and Express and Station Employers of the Pennsylvania system.
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Chicago
Sloncrafia
United States Railroad
Veensylvania Railroad
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Pennsylvania
Tulsa Case to Jury Goes to Jury in Devereux Murder Trial
Tulsa July 9 defense rested shortly before noon in the murder trial of Mes. desse damon and Goldie Gordon for Judge John Devereux. The court adjourned until later for Judge Redmond St. Cole to instruct the jury. Neither defendant testified and no rebuttal was planned.
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Tulsa
Ola
Mawn
Mes
Desse Damon
Goldie Gordon
John Devereux
Redmond St. Cole
Four Convicted Draft Dodgers in Fort Snelling Trial
Fort Snelling Minnesota July 9 four men were convicted as draft evaders out of fifty cases handled by a court martial since the roundup began. They were sentenced to 15 months at Leavenworth and their cases referred for final examination to a board at Fort Crook Nebraska.
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Northwest
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Fort Crook
Nebraska
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
Saturday night and Sunday partly cloudy with possible thundershowers. North winds from the north Texas region. temperatures range from 30 to 95 degrees.
JAIL MINE LEADERS ARRESTED IN CHARLESTON COAL STRIKE
Williamson West Virginia July 9 David M Robb an international financial agent of the United Mine Workers of America and eleven other union leaders were arrested here by Major Tom Davis Gov Morgan's representative on a charge of unlawful assemblage They were held in jail after being brought to the city lockup for a vital temperature check and later released.
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Ngaont
Kannas
Thunder Showers In Prospect And Little Change In Mercury
San Antonio forecast shows partly cloudy skies with probable thunder showers for Saturday night and Sunday. Maximum temperatures 90 to 95 degrees with light northerly winds. Friday set season’s high mean at 86 degrees. Rainfall reported across Texas, with the heaviest at Columbus 1.18 inches and dozens of stations recording showers.
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San Antonio
J. H. Tarboe
Weather Bureau
Texas
Columbus
Beeville
Luling
Encinal
Mount Pleasant
Harrison
Cuero
Austin
Brownsville
Palestine
Taylor
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Houston
Federal Building
Gulf
Jarboe
Seattle
Wah
Chicago
Bronlay
West Gulf States
Weather ‘Bureau
Washington, D.C
Mississippi
Mixsourh
Prig. Gen. Preston Brown Ordered to Command Third Infantry Brigade
Washington reports General Preston Brown, ex-chief of staff of the Second Division in France, ordered to Camp Travis to lead the Third Infantry Brigade in place of Brig. Gen. K Bly. General Ely also placed in command of the general service schools at Fort Leavenworth. Brown, born in Kentucky in 1872 and Yale graduate, earned the Distinguished Services Medal for his Second Division chief of staff service.
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Saissons
Télane Mont
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Meuxe Argonne
Fourth Army
Metz
A.B. FP
TH. Q
United States
General Staff College
Brown
Kentucky
Yale
Army
Fifth Field Artillery
Second Infantry
Quartermaster Corps
Unfilled Steel Orders Fall to New Low Amid War Footing
New York July 9 The United States Steel Corporation reports 68 68 tons of unfilled orders on hand as of May 31 a drop from 70 70 tons. It marks the smallest total since April 1919 when 4 800 650 tons were on hand.
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New York
United States Steal Corporation
Pershing to Attend Hoboken Funeral for 1500 Soldiers
General Pershing left today to attend funeral services in Hoboken New Jersey for more than 1500 American soldiers whose bodies have been returned from France. He will speak briefly at the services.
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Washington, D
Pershing
Hoboken
N. J
France
Recall Navy Vessels To Tampico Not Needed
Washington officials say the Mexican port of Tampico does not require a naval guard at present. The cruiser Cleveland and the gunboat Sacramento are being returned to their home stations from Tampico.
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Washington, D. C
Tampico
Cleveland
Sacramento
Workmen Turmoil in Vera Cruz Subdues Quiet
Disorders at Zaramixtla Vera Cruz where petroleum camp workers attacked oil properties have subsided. Plutarco Calles says the Thursday demonstration was minor and calls rumors of U.S.-Mexico tensions exaggerated. More than 12,000 workers idle. Tampico troops reassured. army to aid. inquiry ordered into shutdowns.
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Mexico City
Zaramixtla
Zucamixtla
United States
Mexico
Tejada
Nie
Vera Cruz
War Office
Tampico
Ht Wak
San Luis Potosi
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Petroleum
Obregon
Heraldo
Zacamixtla
Flag Pole Struck at Post Office in Lightning
The flag staff on the main tower of the post office was shattered by lightning around 10:30 p.m. Friday. The bolt shook the building and knocked down a porter. post office work paused about 30 minutes. A temporary flag pole will be erected until a new one is received and a hemp rope must be ordered from Chicago.
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Jack Flaherty ,Jr
Troops to Flume Amid Port Tensions With Jugoslavia
Fifteen thousand Italian soldiers arrived at Flume with cannon and tanks. Some are quartered in the city while others man the surrounding areas near Hiume. Capriele D'Annunzio loyalists continue to barricade the port after Count Sforza announced Porto Paros should be ceded to Jugoslavia.
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Jugoslavia
Fiume
Money in circulation per capita falls in July
Washington reports currency in circulation as of July 1 at 42 dollars per capita, totaling 5.774 billion dollars. The per capita amount is down from 97.18 dollars a year earlier due to reduced issue of federal reserve bank notes.
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Washington, D. C
United States
The
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Bullet Wound Found in Engineer Head Probe Begun
Officials of the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway conduct an inquiry at Marfa Texas into the killing of William Bohiman and the wounding of engineer Charles Robinson and fireman in Paisano near Paisana. Reports from Superintendent C R Morrill and W D Mann in Sanderson confirm a bullet wound in the engineer’s head and that the fireman would recover.
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el Paso
Tex
Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
Texas
Marfa
Texan
William Bohiman
Charles Robinson
Paisana
C. R. Morrill
W. D. Mann
Sanderson
Soldier bonus bill faces expanding postponement debate
Washington July 9 The Senate debated indefinite postponement of the soldier bonus bill as more senators pledged to send the measure back to the finance committee. President Harding will send a special message next week on the bonus tariff and tax regulation but the date is not set. Senator McCumber attacked Secretary Mellon’s view that the legislation is inadvisable now citing treasury conditions and Harding's recent capital visit.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Finance Committee
Harding
Congress
McCumber
North Dakota
Mellon
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Fargo Meet Continues Over Recall Fund Charges
The North Dakota Non-partisan League executive committee met again in Fargo on Friday to discuss the Fargo Courier-News claim that funds raised to fight the recall election were mismanaged. Chair A A Taiderbach and allies Ole Katdor and Chris Levang disagreed with minority members Walter Maddock and H Walker, with no public points of disagreement given. The Courier-News report was prepared under Maddock's direction.
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Fargo
N. 1
League
Fargo Courier-News
A. A. Taiederbach
Ole Katdor
Chris Levang
Walter Maddock
H. Walker
Viederbach
Courier-News
Maddock
Death of 15 year old Herman Otto after bicycle collision
Herman Otto son of Mr and Mrs H F Otto of 125 Fir street died from injuries a week after a bicycle collision. He attended St Marys college. Funeral at 10 Monday with burial at Mission Burial park.
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Herman Otto
H. F. Otto
Fir Street
St. Mary's College
Mission Burial Park
German Razor Imitation Sought to Block By US Firm
In Kerlin July 0 case an American company seeks an injunction to stop German made imitation razor blades labeled American. Evidence shows a witness used a genuine US blade on one cheek and a German copy on the other, producing unsatisfactory results.
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Associated Press
Kerlin
Germany
Denies Car Shortage In Wheat Belt Traffic
Galveston July 9 reports from North Texas say a car shortage in the wheat growing region stems from tardiness. Officials of all lines into Galveston denied returning empties Friday night. From June 1 to July 7 the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railroad reported banning 248 carloads of wheat into the port while 4704 empties were returned northward, 1918 more cars than received here.
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Galveston
Tex
North
Texas
I. G. Pettibone
Mapager
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Tariff battle opens as Garner assails Fordney plan
Washington July 9 Democrat Garner of Texas argues the Fordney tariff bill differs from Payne Aldrich and would raise costs. He presses for rate details and warns of higher living costs. In New York thousands sleep in parks and beaches amid heat with police guarding night sleepers. Chicago sees heat related deaths and warns of continued hot weather. Pittsburg opens parks for sleeping per public safety director Alderdice.
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Washington, D. C
House
Representative Garner
Texas
Ways and Means
Garner
Kitehig
North Carolina
Kitchin
Longworth
Ohio
Mr.Garner
Fordney
Turing
Bacharach
New York
Republican
New Jersey
Ways and Means Committee
Rockaway
Brighton
Coney Island
Chicago
Chicago J
Physiccians
Pittsburg
J. Alderdice
Local Boy Killed In Tractor Accident
Wesley Terrell eight year old son of W.8. Terrell was mortally injured Friday when a light tractor pulling a stump reared and fell on him. He died at the local hospital several hours later. Rockefeller Foundation funds Czech public hygiene institute in Prague with 27000.08 crowns.
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Kingsvane
Rex
Wesley Terrell
Terrell
Rockefeller Tndows
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rockefeller Foundation
Institute of Public Hygiene
Oppose Confessions Submitted In Mrs Kaber Trial
Cleveland July 9. Counsel for Mrs Eva Kaber fought to bar admission of alleged confessions involving Mrs Erminia Calavitte and Salvatore Calavitte tied to the murder of Daniel F Kuber. Judge Bernon will rule next Monday after a detailed testimony session by Detective Mooney. Calavitte testified that Mrs Kaber wanted her husband to dig by supernatural powers.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Eva Catherine Kaber
Maurice Bernontilay
Erminia Calavitte
Salvatore Cala
Kale
Daniel F. Kuber
Calavitte
Cala
Vittorio Pisselii
Berno
Colavilto
Raber
Bride’s Mind a Blank After Disappearance
A missing bride, identified by Mrs Ruth Holman, wandered into Chicago police seeking her identity. The h year old woman could not recognize her mother or recall her whereabouts since July 1. A ring and wrist watch she wore are missing.
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Chicago
Ruth Holman
Fitzmotrix
Huth
Appointment of Prohibition Agency Chiefs Stirs Washington
Edward Yellowly, former head of the field seat division of the income taxmit, is named chairman of the general prohibition agents be ig assembled here to simplement enforcement operations in each state. New appointees include P. G. Miller of Lawrenceburg Kentucky and Andrew McCampbell of Fort Worth Texas.
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Enviton
D. C
Edward Yellowly
Field Seat
Income Taxmit
Beig
P. G. Miller
Lawrenceburg
Andrew McCamppell
Fort Worth
Tox
Chicago Substation Strike Halts City Lights
Three hundred Chicago electrical workers employed in substations walked out this morning over wage demands. If no agreement is reached today, the city faces a serious hampering of lights tonight.
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City Electrical Workers
Chicago
Tax Assessor's Office Stormed Over Published Ages
In North Brookfield Massachusetts volunteers stormed the assessor's office after a list of 200 female voters was posted with their ages. By evening officials estimated 120 names remained as women attacked the sheet with erasers, using the list to settle long standing age disputes.
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North Brookfield
Mass
De Valera Calls for Unity as War Pause Is Ordered
In Dublin a De Valera manifesto urges national unity during peace talks and warns against undue confidence. A general order from Richard Mulcahy suspends police hostilities from noon July 1 with further steps to ease curfews and police duties during negotiations.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
DE Valera
Owas
Richard Mulcalis
Irish Republican Army
Freeman's Journal
Trish
Metropolitan Police
Monilay
Truce in Ireland Stirring United Kingdom as Talks Loom
London reports the armistice ending the Irish War is sealed and to take effect Monday. Irish leader de Valera and British Prime Minister Lloyd George plan talks next week to seek a settlement. Public sentiment in Ireland England runs high with optimism amid reduced violence in Dublin streets.
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Associated Press
London
United Kingdom
Hamoun de Valera
Lloyd-George
Ireland
England
Fioadshed
Crown
Dublin
Engloand
Fee Tavern
Ldoyid
Valera
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Navyveoelo
Calles
Porter
Committee
U. 8
Gulf System
North Texas
Uliwiuuiat
Flo
Representative Green
Ways and Means Committer
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Minois
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Larner
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Ask
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Fon Deere
Forse
Gaibe
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