King of detectives Burns nets San Francisco graft ring
William J. Burns, famed U S secret service investigator, earned the nickname for trapping every member of San Francisco’s board of supervisors in a broad graft case. The interview recounts his methods in Ruef and Schmitz prosecutions, his open tactics, and a groundbreaking 1890 firebugs case in St. Louis.
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San Francisco
William J. Burns
United States Secret Service
Corrugpt Board of Supervisors
Burns
Francis J. Heney
Heney
St. Louis
Ruef
Trocadero
Cant Issue Election Gall Block Ratification Move
Governor Frank Frantz was served in an injunction issued by Probate Judge Wilson at Alva. The order bars Frantz Murray and John Young and new county officers from issuing any election proclamation to ratify the Woods county division. Further action is set for Judge John L. Pancoast in district court.
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Guthrie
Frank Frantz
Alva
Wilson
Woods County
Frantz
Murray
John Young
Constitutional Convention
Alfalfa
John L. Pancoast
District Court
Heir to 150 Million Scottish Estate Draws Ardmore Man
Emery Spencer Dunbar of Ardmore Oklahoma learns through New York ads that his mother Mrs. Peter Dunbar of Norman is an heir to a Dundee Scotland estate once owned by Sir Charles Hedges. The estate valued at 150 million remains in chancery with Sarah Ellen Hedges, 73, as the known heir. Dunbar plans legal action.
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Dunbar
Mr. Dunbar
Crown
Cattlemen Near Leasing Oklahoma School Lands
Guthrie. Secretary Fred L Wenner of the territorial school land leasing board says cattlemen may lease about one third of 1,050.92 acres of college lands in extreme western Oklahoma for one year. Longer terms are impossible. statehood will shift administration. Garfield’s orders alter fencing rules, allowing negotiations to continue for the current year. Wenner is arranging final leases with cattlemen.
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Fred L Wen
Territorial School Land Leasing Board
F College
Oklahoma
School Land Office
J. R. Garfield
Interior Department
Garfield
Wenner
Tankage Expansion Plans at Glen Pool Oilfield
Galbreath and Chelsey plan to raise tankage from 750000 to 1000000 barrels at once on the Brooks Morrison and Berryhill properties in the Glen pool. The Associated Producers report Glenn pool capacity at about 2000000 barrels with steel storage. Once Gulf pipelines start, storage will drop as daily production is taken by Prairie Oil and Gas Texas and Gulf Pipe Lines.
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Galbreath and
Chelsey
Tulsa
Glen Pool
Brooks
Morrison
Gulf Pipe Lines
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Texas
Gulf Pipe Lines Companies
Ten-Year-Old Convicted in Death During Street Altercation
Charles Walker a ten year old negro is found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree for the December 28 killing of Elmer Ammerman a fourteen year old carrier after a clash in a Geary Avenue youth race war. Walker faces a two year penitentiary term with his father noting multiple prior jail incidents.
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Chas. Walker
Elmer Ammerman
Oklahoma City
Charles Walker
Geary Avenue
Walker
Ammerman
Peanuts Grow Promisingly In Indian Territory
Reports from Adair County in the Cherokee Nation show farmers cultivating peanuts with favorable soil and climate, yielding well. Similar experiments in several Choctaw nation counties indicate unexpectedly strong results, signaling a potential extensive profitable industry.
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Muskogee
Indian Territory
Adair County
Cherokee Nation
Choctaw Nation
Gates Gets New Field in Okmulgee as Oil Rivalries Grow
Report states Gates interests expand in Okmulgee Oklahoma with a new field likely to yield one to two thousand barrels. Gates gains control of the Texas company line and competes with Gulf Line, pipeline completion eyed and local market activity intensifies. John W Gates leads the Texas company with Mellon financing shaping Gulf line developments.
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Okmulgee Okmulgee
Okmulgee
Gates
Texas Company
Gulf Line
Gulf Company
John W. Gates
Mellon
Gulf Jine
Farmer Sees Fruit Escape Cold Weather Benefit
The frost and rain aided the farmer by sparing the crop and slowing chinch bug activity. The insects were active a month earlier than normal, laying many eggs, but the cold ended their season earlier than expected, offering a favorable turn for the corn harvest.
Guthrie Millionaire Immunity Witness in Lumber Probe
In Guthrie a federal court arraigned multiple Oklahoma and Kansas City lumber dealers on Sherman anti trust charges for pooling lumber prices. P T Walton of Guthrie, a millionaire dealer, acts as immunity witness. Indictments target F A Amsden Lumber and Minnetonka Lumber and Woods County workers.
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Guthrie
Harry Gorsuch
Kansas City
Southwestern Lumberman’s Association
T. H. Forsman
Long-Pell Lumber Company
T. H
T. B. Hergg
Shawnee
S. C. Allen
Peckham
S. M. Gloyd
Oklahoma City
J. P. Marshall
Oklahoma
Burford
P. T. Walton
Alva
F. A. Amsden Lumber Company
Minnetonka Lumber Company
Woods County
Blackwell Oil Strikes Gas at 300 Feet on Brown Lease
Blackwell Oil and Gas reports a successful gas strike at about 300 feet in their Brown lease well. The find expands production potential for the company and may influence nearby drilling plans.
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Blackwell Oil and Gas Company
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