Oklahoma banking board tightens bond rule after Tulsa bank collapse
Governor Haskell announces a new requirement that national banks must post adequate bonds to protect state banks from losses when failures occur. The move follows the First State Bank of Kiefer's suspension tied to funds in Tulsa Farmers National Bank and the Columbia Bank and Trust Company failure with about 3 million dollars in liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Jaskell
State Banking Board
Oklahoma Banking Board
Tate
First State Bank of
Kiefer
Tulsa Farmers’ National Bank
Kiefer Bank
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
Haskell
Columbia
Farmers’ National
T Tawisa
First State Bank
Farmers’ National of
Tulsa
Emaar
Ae ‘Tone
National
Col“@mbia Bank and Trust company
Farmers’ National Bank of Tulsa
W. L. Norton
Oklahoma City Bank
Haskeh
Grand Old Man of Organized Labor Responds to Election Pressures
A reprinted interview attributed to Samuel Gompers in MG Clares magazine discusses labor's stance against politics and its future role. He argues organized labor will defend itself, influence government, and educate workers while denying socialism. he questions which party he would support if voting in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
MG Clare
Organized Labor
America
Federation of Labor
Oklahoma
Farmers' National Bank of Tulsa Closes After Examination
Tulsa Oklahoma December 13 Farmers National Bank of Tulsa is taken in charge by National Bank Examiner F W Bryant following an eight day investigation. Deposits fell from 1 000 000 to 475 000 with over 200 000 state and city funds withdrawn. Unsecured paper bad loans and investments cited as reasons for closing. President E F Blaise and cashier B F Andrea remain with the bank as solvency statements are issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Farmers’ National Bank
National Bank Exam
Ner
F. W. Bryant
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
Oklahoma City
W. L. Norton
Columbia
E. F. Blaise
B. F. Andrea
General Strike Backed by Labor Federation
Cincinnati December report says the American Federation of Labor will support railroad switchmen on strike in the northwest. Hawley voices jubilation over Gompers decision and promises financial and moral backing to unions. He warns of coal shortages in the north and potential school disruptions as the strike continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Tellroad
Northwest
Ito
Hawley
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Government urged new immunity law in sugar fraud case
Attorney General Wickersham asks Congress for a $50,000 appropriation to pursue prosecutions stemming from a long running sugar fraud network. He notes corruption reaching beyond American Sugar Refining and calls for immunity statutes to aid government testimony in ongoing cases and commodities clause disputes. He vows to push public land fraud prosecutions to completion and seeks official action on interstate commerce questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wickersham
Congress
American Sugar Refining Company
Supreme Court
Bodies of ferry crew recovered after Lake Erie's disaster
Erie, December 12. The State Fisheries boat Commodore Perry brought the dead and frozen crew of the Marquette Ferry No 2 to port after a likely mid lake foundering with thirty two men aboard. A lone yawl was found fifteen miles from Erie and authorities expect more recoveries as crowds gather along the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Perry
Marquette
Connant
Ohio
Lake
Insurgent Cause Weakening Near Bluefields Nicaragua
A dispatch from Bluefields Nicaragua reports insurgent hopes fading as General Estrada seeks U.S. protection and intervention. Zelaya’s main army moves toward Bluefields while Rama area forces maneuver, with Greytown said to hold a government force able to break besiegers.
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Nicaragua
Bluefields
Nic
Associated Press
Estrada
United States
Moffat
Des Moines
Vasquez
Rama
Zelaya
Greytown
Chamorro
Bhiefields
Wreck of Twenty Centuries Express Kills Twenty Near Erie
The Twentieth Century limited train from Chicago to New York collided with passenger No. 10 near Northeast Pennsylvania after midnight. Twenty are reported dead and six bodies recovered. relief trains with nurses and doctors are en route. Coroner and local officials prepare morgue as hospitals readiness is noted.
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Erie
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Chicago
New York
Lake Shore Road
Northeast
Here
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Hanley
St. Louis
Cincinnati
No. 10
Invitation to Holiday Confectionery Guides Tour
A cordial invite to visit the confectionery department during the Holdays. Competent guides will show you through candy products you will find both delightful and varied.
Deposits Rise Across U S Banks in November Report
A comptroller of the currency statement shows individual deposits up 400 million dollars, loans and discounts totaling 5.15 billion, and total resources near 394 million higher than last year’s figures. Reserve ratio stands at 21.31 percent. Local note mentions J T Harnest of near Egypt showing a new subscription gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller
United States
United Staes
J. T. Harnest
Near
Egypt
Union Pacific to Have Steel Cars
Union Pacific announces all future passenger equipment orders will be for steel cars. After trials the railroad will replace wooden cars, citing reduced destruction in wrecks or fires and greater passenger comfort. Expensive orders for new steel cars have already been placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Man Arrested in Oklahoma for 1884 Prison Escape
A man living in Oklahoma under the alias Jack Perdue, who spent six years as a deputy U.S. marshal, was arrested in McAlester on charges that he is James Dobson, an escapee from the Pennsylvania state prison in 1884. Perdue also worked as a coal miner during his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Okla
Jack Perdue
Oklahoma
United States
James Dobson
Pennsylvania
Perdue
Taft to favor northern Negro appointments over southern ones
President Taft plans to appoint more northern Negroes to federal office, with southern offices rotated out as terms expire. Names listed include Smalls, Rucker, Lee, Alexander, McAllister, Cohen, Kennedy, Bush, and others, signaling a shift in patronage toward northern voters. Booker T. Washington backs J Napier of Nashville for the Vernon replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
South
Robert Smalls
Beaufort
S. C
Henry A. Rucker
Internal Revenue
Alanta
Joseph Lee
Jacksonville
Mia
Nathan H. Alexander
Register of the Land Office
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas W. McAllister
Jackson
Miss
Walter L. Cohen
New Orleans
Alexander B.kennedy
Joan E. Bush
Little Rock
W. T. Vernon
Register of the Treasury
Booker T. Washington
J.€. Napier
Nashville
Dobson and Bean Secure Marriage License
John Dobson aged 22 and Mittie Bean aged 17 secured marriage licenses. They are residents of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dobson
Mittie ‘Bean
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National Banks
Gridiron
NOTHG
Rey
Tusa Bank
E Kiefer Bank
School Land Department
Menefee
Anadarko
Commerce Trust Company
Kansas City
Tulsa Farmers’ National
Southern Security Company
Muskogee
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Baltimore
Whch
Tulsa Bank
Norton
Board
Nor’on
Eugene_ Bilaize
Noron
Banking Board
Blaise
Federation
Gomper
Erie Pennsylvania
Connaunt
20Th Century Limited
Union Pacific
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