Fraud and graft probes hit state teachers exams
A sprawling investigation in Texas targets fraud and graft in teachers certificates across counties. Justic e Campbell cites lists of questions and answers sold for 25 to 50 dollars, with black teachers and others implicated. An Austin state education official confirms a ring involving a printing and distributing setup in San Antonio, linking multiple county superintendents to the scheme.
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Belins
Nis
R.neil Campbell
Pear
Feddhers
Thutimapi
Juci
Austin
Justine Campbell
Thie
Ahsertpulouk
Lst
Thurman
Anne Web
Blanton
State
State Department of Education
le Sain
San Antonio
Greeks Take Town Near Kutala in Asia Minor Offensive
Despatches from Smyrna report Greek troops reoccupied Kutala a port on the southern Bagdad railroad about seven miles southeast of Brasén. Advices from Asia Minor say Turkish forces are reinforcing Kutala as Greeks press a general offensive, with a possible major battle anticipated.
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Athens
Kutala
Bagdad
Brasén
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Kutain
Ft Wan
Krhonikox
Anatolia
Bank Robbers Claim Large Bond Heist in Wabano
A trio of bandits robbed the state bank of Wabano on Friday afternoon sealing the vault and escaping with about 800 in negotiable bonds. They locked cashier Rostwell Richardson and assistant cashier Mrtle Cratton in the vault before bystanders above in an office freed them about half an hour later.
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Bardlia Rol) Bank
Geeauhay
Win
Wabano
Itix
Rostwell Richardson
Mrrtle Cratton
Yawt
Weather Forecast Notes High Humidity and Rain Along Atlantic
Unclear conditions persist with mostly cloudy skies through Sunday. Maximum temperatures range around between 0 and 90 degrees as light to southerly winds prevail. Reports of moderate to heavy rains continue along the Atlantic coast while dry areas see high humidity. Peak temperatures reach 82 degrees in Corpus Christi Galveston New Orleans and Key West. Winnemucca Nevada records 50 degrees. Chicago notes 70 degrees with 10 mph wind. San Antonio reports 76 degrees with high humidity.
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Atlantic
Canada
Corpus
Christi
Galveston
Orleans and
Key ,West
Winnemgcen
Nev
Chicago
San Antonio
Tax Returns Fraud Cases Highlighted By Commissioner
Washington officials report approximate 820 million in government revenues affected by false and fraudulent income tax returns during the year. Commissioner Blair notes prosecutions issued across sections, with jail terms up to ten years and heavy penalties. One city merchant allegedly ran two stores and omitted large income items in three consecutive returns.
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Washington
Blair
Iinir
Oye
Tie Ktorex
Bootlegger Detained After Killeen Trio Intervenes
In Killeen Texas bootlegger brashly offered liquor to a thirsty trio including the mayor, a town official, and a deputy sheriff. The incident ended with the bootlegger jailed as brisk business met an early end.
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Killeen
Tex
Hill 10
Allerman
Kaiser Pays His Tax Under Protest
London reports that the former German chieftain has paid a 5000 guilders poll tax under protest to the Doorn municipality, claiming he acted of his own free will and protesting the levy. The Amsterdam correspondent of Central News notes the payment and the Kaiser’s stance.
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London
Gertain
Doorn
Amsterdam
Central News Today
Dx-Kaiser
Convict Two Germans for Murder After Hospital Torpedoing
Lieutenants Ditthar and Babit of Germany were sentenced today to four years imprisonment for murder in the first degree linked to the torpedoing of the Canadian hospital Shin-Lindavery Castle in the summer.
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Presa
Liepsit
Germany
Weather snapshot for multiple cities with scattered data
Mixed OCR weather notes for San Antonio Chicago New York Washington and others. Reports show temperatures ranging from the mid teens to the 80s with winds from north west and north and vague daily highs and lows.
Mexico Revolt Not Considered Serious
Mexico City reports from war offices state the rebellion in Tamaulipas led by General Daniel Martinez-Herrera is not considered serious. Federal troops are dispatched to quell unrest as authorities investigate influences behind the revolt. Governor Lopez Lara plans to seek indemnities for workers laid off, while oil firms discuss potential reemployment and wages. General Herrera expects to take control, with Tamaulipas authorities coordinating operations.
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Melco City
Pamiulipas
Daniel
Martinez - Herrerd
Sonn
Beavdr
Obregon
Yeia
Plutatcoher Calles
Interior
Tampico
Mexico
Iers
Danielel
Martines Herrera
Generel Gomez
Atepresut
Webele
Palacz
Tamaulipas
Herrera
Velacz
Velada
Vera Cruz
Zacamixtla
Lopez
Larais
Lopez'y Lara
Ameri¢sa
Chimpinies
New York
Menleo City
Fisher Killed Accidentally Cleaning Revolver
Carl Fisher 27 died from a pistol wound believed accidental while handling a revolver at his aunt Mary Welter’s home. Inquest ruled death an accident. no witness to the shot. Witnesses testified Fisher was genial though partly paralyzed. funeral planned from the residence with interment at St Joseph’s Cemetery.
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Carl Fisher
Nome
Carver
Jad
Joe Fishely
Granberg
San Antonio
New St. Joseph's Cemetery
Soviet Plan Cuts Government Jobs in Moscow
A Soviet government dispatch from Moscow reports a decision to reduce the number of government employees by half in Moscow and to find equivalent reductions in Petrograd. The action appears to be a nationwide effort announced by Soviet authorities.
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Risa
Moscow
Petrograd
Life Team for Mrs. Kaber Is Jury Verdict
Cleveland news reports Eva Catherine Kaber found guilty of first degree murder in the death of her husband Daniel F. Kaber. Jury recommends mercy. she receives life imprisonment in Marysville women’s reformatory. Trial spanned four hours with Mercy ballots and insanity plea rejected.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Eva Catherine’ Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Kaber
Ohio Reformatory
Marysville
Cuyahoge County
Wiliam J Cortigan
Edward, C. Stanton
Poulson
Vold
Awhen
J’oulson
Raber Werely
Rober
Pherift
Ray
Berard
Hele
Ava
Didvet
Attorjneys
Matthi McArdle
Heraugh
Kauer
Marion McAule
Khber
English fluent guide testifies in Stillman divorce case
M. Phelps Clawson testifies Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide, aided Mrs. Annd A. Stillman in social dining during a hunting party in the Canadian woods starting in November 1916. Beauvais spoke fluent English and was invited to meals. his full name and tribal origin are noted. Hearings resume July 24.
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Poughkeensie
N. Y
Fred Beauvais
Annd A. Stillman
Leo
Canadian Woods
Hin
M. Phelps Clawson
Buffalo
James A. Stillman
New York
Beauvais
Bullman
Clawson
Fred
Kaintonorau Beauvais de Ste Jeane
Caughnawaega Reservation
Montreal
Rent Strike Declared in Jersey City Tenants Protest
Tenants in stylish Jersey City apartments began a rent strike on July 18 under city direction led by James B. Gannon Jr. director of revenue and finance. The action protests planned rent increases by owners of luxury units and targets the expected October 1 raise.
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Jersey City
Nid
James B. Gannon Jr
Mays
League's Disarmament Work To Be Continued Paris Meet
Paris, July 10. The temporary commission for the reduction of armaments, appointed by the League of Nations, decided the conference on disarmament will be called by Paris. Rene Viviani said the Washington conference fits with the commission's study and will aid its objectives. Britain and Chilean Italian delegates backed continuing the commission's labor as the United States contemplates inclusions. The discussion touched on the St Germain treaty and U.S. non-party status amid the impending Washington meeting.
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Paris
League of Nations
Paix- Mont Harding
League
Rene Viviani
France
Te Commission
M. Viviani
Washington
H. A. I. Fisher
Greatritain
Tr. Rivas Vicuns
Chile
Uardo Schauzer
Italy
United States
Early Arrivals Report In Uniform At Training Camp
About 705 men reported for duty at Citizen's Military Training Camp opening Friday at Camp Travis. Most were in uniform Monday for a month of basic training. additional arrivals expected Saturday or Sunday. Some reported delays or unable to come. Camp rules explained, civilian clothing prohibited during training. A small group sought to enter without orders at Lighth Corps Area HQ. Evening program included moving pictures and talks by Col. Poors and aides. Sunday listed for religious services and rest.
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Camp Travis
Joseph EF. Golhavat
Lighth Corps
Etip
Ninth’ Corps
Benjamin A. Poors
Jéin Ty Jonking
John D. von Holt Mwendorff
Hays Plans Economy for Post Office
Washington July 16 plans to cut about 15 million dollars from the Post Office Department’s expenditures in the coming year were outlined to the cabinet by Postmaster General Hays. He said the measures would not reduce service quality and would remove about one half of one percent of the 800,000 postal employees. The plan targets 2 million from city carrier allowances and cuts from professional, temporary carrier, railway mail, and mail bag equipment budgets.
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Washington, D. C
Plang
Post Office Department
Lext
Hays
May Sell Army Posts Abandon Wartime Camps Planned
Secretary Weeks met with General Pershing and Major General Uncord to discuss abandoning certain wartime army encampments and stations. Some forts and posts deemed militarily worthless will be abandoned. Rangers ordered to Gregg County Texas to aid officers in dynamiting dipping vats amid local tensions. Word arrives of a junior Ku Klux Klan forming in Wharton Texas with early acts signaling the organization’s aims.
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Washington, D. C
Weeks
Priday
Pershing
Unchord
Gregg
Austin
Tex
Gregg County
Barton
That
Danier
Ex Austin Man Shot on Freight Train Near Wolsey
William D. Menderson, 23, of Austin Texas, was killed aboard a moving freight train near Wolsey following a clash with a member of a band of 800 IWW organizers. The train reached Palore where IWW members were allowed to leave under sheriff pressure. A posse of American Legion posts pursued the killer. hundreds search the countryside and many suspects have been rounded up. Menderson, an ex service man, died instantly from a heart wound. authorities fear lynching if the assailant is captured.
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Moron
William D. Menderson
Austin
Tex
Wolsey
Huron
T.W
Palore
American ‘Legion
Woonsocket
Faulkton
Medfield
Nitchceack
Tulare
Henderson
I W W Driven From Town In South Dakota Riot
Aberdeen authorities hunted 103 alleged I WW members deported after a citizen posse backed by Sheriff Henry C. Elliott forced them from the city amid protests over a syndicalism case. Police believed the group aimed to free Harry Casey, arrested for syndicalism, as others gathered by freight from Mitchell and nearby towns. Olaf Ele, 27, of Minneapolis, was detained with WW stamps found. a man was found dead near Wolfey, south of the city, suspected murder.
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Abderdeen
5. D
Tauzy
The
I We
Henry C. Eliott
Brown County
Aber‘deen
Harry Casts
Hineke
Meérday
Chicara
Casey
Carp
Al-Leged
Mitchell
South Dakota
LW. W
Harry Casey
Monflay
Que Mau
Olaf Ele
Minneapolis
Wolfey
Here
Deny graft charge at Ellis Island statement
Washington July 16 Commissioner Wallis of the Ellis Island immigration station was asked by Commission General Husband about quotes in newspaper accounts of graft at Ellis Island. Commissioner Thurband denied wholesale graft, saying officials were loyal with few exceptions and that an investigation into August Seheth of the law division had begun last March.
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Washington, D. C
Wallis
Ellis Island
N. Y
Commission
Husband
Threau of Immigration
Thurband
Aigust i Seheth
Filis Tstend
Six Ships Now Sunk Off Virginia Capes
Six former enemy warships lie on the ocean floor about 70 miles off the Virginia Capes. Next week the light cruiser Frankfurt and battleship Ostfriesland will join them, as the Atlantic Fleet aims to destroy them with destroyers, battleships, and air support.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Frankfurt
Ostfresland
United States
Coperationa
Frankfurt Mordey
Ostfrontand
Senate Blue-Pencilled Ringside Details Of Free-For-All
Washington July 46 A blue pencilled congressional record appeared today with its account of yesterday s personal clash in the senate over the soldiers bonus bill heavy censored. The record omits exchanges between Senators McCumber and Reed and silent on an invitation to settle differences outside.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Borus
Bill Heavy
McCumber
North Dakota
Reed
Missouri
Dhe Corti
Reserve Banks to Form Uniform Cotton Loan Policy
Washington July 16 Governor Harding of the Federal Reserve announced a conference next Tuesday with governors from five reserve banks in cotton producing regions to frame a uniform policy on cotton loans for the coming marketing season. Banks from Richmond, Dallas, Atlanta, St Louis and Kansas City were invited. San Francisco was not represented due to time. The policy aligns with the board’s marketing plan, with a joint statement to follow outlining the five district terms and security offered for advances.
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Washington,d. C
Harding
Federal Reserve
Reserve Banks
Richmond
Mallns
Atlanta
St.Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Purchase of Firearms for Mingo Miners Use Denied Before Senate
Washington July 16 Denial that any of the 2,500,008 spent by the national miners union in connection with the Mingo W Va trouble went for arms was given before the senate investigating committee today by C F Keeney union president who testified under cross examination Keeney said the money supported tent colonies for 11 000 miners and families He defended civil rights while critics pressed for links to violence He explained that the union seeks fair compensation rather than confiscation of property The committee also questioned deputy sheriffs hired by private firms and paid by the union noting some deputies drew both union and private salaries
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Washington
Denal
National Miners’ Union
Mingo
W. Va
Stejke
Senate
C.F. Keeney
RB. Avis
Sport Keeney
Avis
Mine Workers’ Union
Keeney
Allion
Iia Keeney
Vizilants
C Tixens
Aine
Kenyon
Pnice
Sterling Repubiticas
Dakota
Syslin
Duputy
James Kirkpatrick
Ange
Harding to ride pony in Washington parks
President Harding may ride for exercise in cool weather with Brigadier General Sawyer recommending the change from golf. The president, fond of riding in youth, has not sat a saddle for years and no date is set. The Hardings plan a weekend yacht cruise on the Potomac aboard the Mayflower, leaving late today and returning Monday.
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Washington
Harding
Sawyer
Potawac
Victurn
Black Loses Nancamug Bond Suit Before Court
A jury in the Fifty seventh district court ruled that Mayor O Black must approve bonds offered by the Southern Casualty Company for Service car owners. The decision affects 220 bonds to cover liability for injuries or property damage. The City Attorney appealed while a temporary restraining order blocks any change to bond status pending final action. The crowded courtroom heard arguments from Eskridge and Marshall, with former mayors Bell and Brown attending. Black was absent during most of the session.
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O. By Black
Southern Casualty
Service
L. de Swith
Comany
Tojary
Witte
Ridgeway
Black
Schorn
Ant
Clinton G. Brown
Murder charge filed in district court against Stanley DeWaal
A complaint charging murder was filed in Justice Campbell's court against Stanley DeWaal for the death of Filberta Gonzales after a bicycle collision with DeWaal's car at Commerce and Leana streets. Gonzales, riding a bicycle, died of injuries at Robert J. Green Memorial Hospital after taken there with a fractured skull. DeWaal posted $500 bail and claimed the accident was unavoidable.
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Justice Campbell
Stanley DeWaal
South Olive Street
Filberta J. Gonzales
West Travis Street
DeWail
District Attorney's Office
Gonzales
DeWaal
Wat Conmerce
Leana
Bievels
Robert J. Green
Commerce Street
Leona Street
Robbery Case Claimed Misunderstood by Buck
In Fort Worth on a late Friday afternoon two Black intruders forced entry into Raymond Buck’s home. A large public safety item was used to threaten Buck who told police he did not intend to resist but circumstances prevented him from acting otherwise.
Legion Board Formed For Community Welfare Effort
A newly formed legion board in Indianapolis aims to promote community welfare through joint American league projects. The unit will foster local service and coordinate efforts across departments to support civic needs and public welfare initiatives.
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