Williams Wins Democratic Nomination For Governor
Complete Oklahoma primary returns from all 77 counties on August 4 show Robert L. Williams of Durant winning the Democratic nomination for governor by 2 011 votes over J B A Robertson of Chandler. State election board figures list the totals for the candidates.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Robert L. Williams
Durant
J. B. A. Robertson
Chandler
State Election Board
Contests Continue in Chandler Judge Race Across Counties
Williams 35560 Robertson 33549 Jennings 21482 Dunlop 16068 West 13796 Herring 10138. Judge Robertson says he will not pursue contests, but supporters plan recounts in seven counties to protect Chandler’s tally. Other state nominees include Trapp, Freeling, Alexander, Howard, Welch, Lyons, Wilson, Gault, P Bowle, Park inson, Matthews, Watson, and Franklin. Howard edges Carter for state auditor after Tulsa county arrives. Close races also mark agriculture board and charities and corrections commissioner contests.
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Robertson
Lincoln County Central Committee
Chandler
M. F E. Trapp
S. P. Freeling
W. L. Alexander
E. B. Howard
A. L. Welch
J. L. Lyons
R. H. Wilson
Board of Agriculture
Frank Gault
Ed Pbowle
Fred Parkinson
Charities and Corrections
W. D. Matthews
A. P. Watson
Supreme Court
W. M. Franklin
Frank Carter
Frederick
Howard
Tulsa County
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Hamlin Named Governor of Federal Reserve Board
Washington reports former assistant Treasury Secretary C. S. Hamlin will be named governor of the Federal Reserve Board with Delano as vice governor, according to an unofficial but authentic account.
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Washington
Trial of Jim Wiley for murder near Jesse in 1913
In district court Jim Wiley faces a cold blood murder charge for the shooting of Jim Ross near Jesse on August 36, 1913. Wiley claims self defense after Ross allegedly attacked with a knife following an offer to testify in a slander suit. Jury list and attorneys named, trial expected to continue Thursday morning.
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Jim Wiley
Jim Ross
Jesse
Wiley
Ross
Roland
A. M. Croxton
J. W. Dean
C. C. Williams
Crawford & Bolen
R. C. Boyce
C. B. Kemp
W. A. Cannon
Luther Stallings
H. C. Stephens
Z. E. Charlton
J. W. Cook
J. F. Dunningan
W. E. Yeats
G. W. Ussary
W. W. Murphy
J. M. Calloway
L. C. Gray
Amendment to banking law on cotton receipts approved
Washington August 12 An amendment was introduced in the senate to recognize cotton and other staple warehouse receipts for issue as commercial paper up to seventy five percent of the receipt's value.
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Washington
Senate
Good Roads Meeting Slated for Ada August 20
Lincoln-Oklahoma Highway Association to hold a gathering in Ada on Thursday afternoon August 20 with strong county turnout expected. State road through Pontotoc will boost land values and improve market access for produce. urged to attend and support local progress.
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Ada Thurs
Pontotoc
LHC Declared a Trust Split Into Three Firms
The International Harvester Company was declared a trust in restraint of trade by a Federal court ruling in St. Paul on August 12. The court ordered dissolution into three roughly equal corporations within ninety days, with no single common stockholder. An appeal to the Supreme Court would delay the dissolution.
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St. Paul
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court
Miss Kathryn Fristoe Visits Waxahachie Friends
Miss Kathryn Fristoe of Waxahachie, Texas, is visiting her uncle and aunt, Dr and Mrs J W Wimbish.
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Kathryn Fristoe
Waxahachie, Tex
J. W. Wimbish
War takes on huge proportions in early August
French holding out at Mulhausen as fighting rages near Luxemburg. German forces push into Belgium while the allied army lines the German frontier. News censored with hints of important events impending. Cornelius Vanderbilt travels with a French permit to Switzerland to help Americans abroad. US moves to charter neutral ships to bring citizens home from danger zones.
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Paris
Luxemburg
Belgium
War Office
Mulhausen
Alsatian
France
Britain
London
Bryan
England
State Department
Berlin
Copenhagen
Baltic Sea Victory Seals Russian Domination
The Russian war fleet on the Baltic Sea captured twenty five merchant men today with little loss of life, giving Russia complete domination of the Baltic.
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St. Petersburg
Baltic Sea
Russia
Baltic
Armour & Co Reports French Army Canned Beef Order
The French government ordered two million pounds of canned beef from Armour & Co. for the army. This marks the first meat import from the United States since the continental war was declared.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
United States
English Army Aviators Die In Flight Collapse
Two English army aviators were killed today when their aircraft collapsed. They fell for several hundred feet and were instantly crushed.
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London
Allied forces push German cavalry back in Belgium
From Brussels the allied army of Belgium and France steadily drives Uhlans back from towns as patrols retreat toward cover. War office reports an extremely favorable situation and widespread optimism across departments.
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Brussels
Belgium
France
War Office
Kaiser Wilhelm shifts to siege tactics after Liège losses
Berlin reports high but disputed German losses at Liège trigger a change from assault to siege. Kaiser Wilhelm says avoid unnecessary sacrifice while officials acknowledge slower progress than expected amid Belgian claims.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Leige
Germany
New York Education Commissioner Heads German Relief Mission
Dr John Finley commissioner of education of New York leads a committee to Germany via Holland under the Red Cross to aid destitute Americans. They travel today and will decide action on the ground based on needs observed.
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London
John Finley
New York
Germany
Holland
Red Cross
Americans still aid Paris wounded and stranded
Appeals for aid pour into Paris from Americans in the war zone as the American Embassy distributes $35 000 among 5 500 Americans stranded under the flag of the United States amid ongoing fighting in the area.
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Paris
Rainbow Reports Position After Sinking Rumor
In Vancouver on August 12 the British cruiser Rainbow wirelessed her position off port after clearing for action and throwing freight overboard. The report sparked rumors that the Rainbow had been sunk by German warships.
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Vancouver
Rainbow
Battle near Tirlemont signals new push toward Brussels
Paris reports a battle at Tirlemont Belgium where German forces attacked Belgian positions and drove them back. The next assault targets Brussels as Tirlemont lies twenty miles east of the capital and the engagement appears serious.
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Paris
Tirlemont
Belgium
Brussels
Russians Charged to Be Held After Advancing War News
Vienna reports that the Russian army of about five hundred thousand under Grand Duke Nicholas has been checked. In New York Secretary McAdoo summons North American Grain Export Association members to a Friday meeting to discuss shipping grain to Europe and possible courses of action.
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Vienna
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Europe
New York
McAdoo
North American Grain Export Association
Belgian Front News From Liege Forts Hold Against Germans
In the Liege area rivers run red with battlefield blood as forts still resist. French artillery and heavy siege guns poised to reduce the forts while German losses mount. Allied forces push north of the Meuse as Namur reinforcements arrive. 8,000 Germans reported captured.
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Brussels
Liege
Meuse
Namur
Muese
War Office
Italy Expected to Join European War Soon
London reports Italy may enter the general European war momentarily. Albania is cited as a coveted territory, a prize long sought by Serbia and Montenegro, signaling possible alignment with Germany and Austria.
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London
Italy
Albania
Servia
Montenegro
Germany
Austria
British Capture German Cruiser Report Sent From Athens
An Athens dispatch quoted a news agency saying German cruisers Goeben and Breslau were seen near Greece yesterday. Rome reported unconfirmed claims of German capture by British forces while French squadrons chased at full speed.
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London
Athens
Goeben
Breslau
Greece
Rome
Result of vote on state questions in Oklahoma
Campbell Russell of Warner reported from fifty three counties on the revenue bill vote showing 59 105 for adoption and 30 217 against. He noted high turnout may imply adoption and said anti gambling laws passed and the constitutional amendment on drunkenness as grounds for impeachment appears adopted.
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Oklahoma City
Campbell Russell
Warner
Election Board
Russell
Congress Probes Food Prices Amid War Pressure
Washington lawmakers demand swift action over rising food costs blamed on the European war. Western packers face scrutiny over wholesale meat prices while calls grow for DOJ or Commerce scrutiny. New York and Chicago officials investigate to ease the crisis and curb sugar outlooks.
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Washington
House
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce
Congressional
Housewives League
Whitman
New York
Chicago
District Court Docket Includes Several Trials
In district court activity Tuesday the docket listed multiple cases. Robert Morgan faces an 18th date on burglary charges at F. W. Chambers residence. Joe Brink tied to a child abduction attempt at a recent Allen picnic also set for the 18th. Grover Amburg plead guilty to arson of a Lawrence barn owned by Mrs. Bobbitt and received a two year sentence. T. L. Bailey bail set at $1000 after a hearing on a Quillan killing near Stonewall. J. I. Williams trial for shooting A. G. McPherson at a Allen restaurant expected to go to the jury late today. Jury panel announced includes J. W. Bell, W. M. Carter, L. C. Gray, J. L. Salter, J. L. Barringer, J. W. Cook, A. Wall, G. W. Ussary, Z. E. Charlton, A. F. Bickel, W. W. Murphy, J. L. Calloway.
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Joe Brink
Allen
Grover Amburg
Lawrence
Bobbitt
T. L. Bailey
Quillan
Stonewall
McKeown
J. I. Williams
A. G. McPherson
J. W. Bell
W. M. Carter
L. C. Gray
J. L. Salter
J. L. Barringer
J. W. Cook
A. Wall
G. W. Ussary
Z. E. Charlton
A. F. Bickel
W. W. Murphy
J. L. Calloway
Body of Mrs. Wilson in the South
Funeral train bearing Mrs Woodrow Wilson's body moved through South Carolina toward Rome Georgia for interment. Bells tolled in towns as crowds watched in heat and sorrow. Southern flowers and somber sentiment accompanied the final journey of a beloved Southern woman.
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Mrs. Wilson
Seneca
S. C
Woodrow Wilson
Southland
Rome
Wilson
Former Normal Boy Nominated to Legislature
Wm. Cartwright, former Ada normal student, nominated as representative from Coal County by a majority of 400 votes. Supt. H. H. Shirley was re nominated by over 800.
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Wm. Cartwright
Ada
Coal County
H. H. Shirley
Firebugs Try to Burn Mrs Brashears East 7th House
Around 9 pm Tuesday, arsonists placed a oil-soaked baking powder can on the back porch of Mrs. C. F. Brashears home at East 7th Street. The torch was kicked off before help arrived and neighbors extinguished the fire. the unoccupied house has puzzled onlookers as to motive.
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East 7Th Street
C. F. Brashears
Harvey Luther
Americans In America Again
New York crowds welcomed the Potsdam as it reached the harbor, many aboard the liner greeted the statue of Liberty with kisses and songs of America filled the air. Refugees aboard had endured loss and hardship, some arriving with only the clothes on their backs.
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New York
Potsdam
Europe
United States
America
Kansas Primary Returns Signal GOP Senate Pick
Early returns from Kansas primaries show a tight race for the Democratic US Senate nomination with Hugh P. Farrelly and George A. Neeley leading a seven candidate field. Indications also suggest Senator John L Bristow may be replaced by Charles Curtis as the Republican nominee.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
United States
Hugh P. Farrelly
Chanute
George A. Neeley
Hutchinson
John L. Bristow
Charles Curtis
Senate
Sudan Grass Demonstration at First National Bank Exhibit
Walter Pike grows Sudan grass on Haney and McKinney farm near Center. The six foot tall plant resembles Johnson grass but is said to be more prolific and better for feed. Seed cost $2 per pound, but shown as a good investment. Dr. N B Breckinridge visits city from Southern Mexico.
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First National Bank
Walter Pike
Haney and McKinney
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British Rainbow Safe
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Robert Morgan
F. W. Chambers
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Statue OF Liberty
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