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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1929
Page
1
In North McAlester during the Old Town Coal mine disaster 62 workers were trapped after a blast. About 10 bodies were recovered by 2 30 p m as rescue crews sought survivors and prepared to move the dead to a morgue for identification.
In North McAlester Oklahoma the Old Town Coal mine blast left 66 workers entombed 3 509 feet from the slope with rescue teams racing to reach them. Frank Parker a Krebs mining engineer was recovered. Cause undetermined and gas danger slowed operations as Red Cross relief mobilized.
Fred R. Burke a noted gangster tied to a Portland bank robbery jumped bail in Louisville on May 27 1927. The April 3 robbery netted about 4000 with a wounded cashier and a slugged customer. Burke alias Cameron and Camp was identified by cashier Fred L. Klingman 44 who recognized a photo. Burke was brought from Detroit after being sought in St Joseph Michigan.
Bids on about 59 miles of grading and drainage on state highways and for 16 bridges were received by the state highway commission. Awards will be announced tomorrow. Low bidders include State aid 466-B in Pontotoc county and State aid 466-C for a bridge on State highway 48 north of Ada.
Charles Goodwin a Happyland resident for two years and former Center citizen aged about 40 shot himself last night in a small two room house nearby. Neighbors say illness and crop failures weighed on him. His 17 year old son alerted a neighbor when he found the house desolate and blood under the door. Goodwin leaves a widow and five children, youngest three weeks old, and had planned to move to Arkansas with Mrs Goodwin’s relatives. Sheriff notified for removal of the body.
The Rev. S. W. K. Sandy of the British Wesleyan Mission at Tayeh Hupeh province was captured by bandits believed Communist. He is reported held for a large ransom. the raid followed the pattern of the Ulrich Kreutzen case. American gunboat protects other missionaries.
PAWHUSKA December 16. J George Wright Osage tribe superintendent will stay in office two more years beyond his 70th birthday January 8. Wright, veteran in Indian service, began as Rosebud Sioux chief clerk in 1883 and later led that agency, served as commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes, and came to Pawhuska as Osage agent in 1916.
C L Stealey former Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association manager testified before a senate agriculture sub committee that Carl Williams on the farm board urged cooperatives in the South to gamble on cotton futures and that the association denies the charges. Stealey claimed heavy losses after members cotton left the association.
Henryetta December 17 summary justice awaited a family tied to a grocery robbery. Evidence shows they looted Saturday receipts estimated around 1,000 dollars, with nearly half found at the family's home. Authorities search for the remaining money and the culprits, described as a nest of rats under the floor.
James Benton McCauley died at 5 a.m. in Vanoss at his son and daughter’s home after a two week illness. He organized the First State Bank in Vanoss in 1910 and served as its head until his death on his sixty sixth birthday. Survived by Agnes Patterson married in 1886 and children R A McCauley Ada R A McCauley Olivet and N D McCauley Vanoss J S McCauley Ada and others. funeral held at 10 a.m. at the home with Rev A N Avery, and interment planned at Olivet Kansas. He was a Methodist and led the Union Sunday school for years.
Tom Vernon pleads guilty to train wrecking and a passenger robbery count in California. He faces mental-competency tests before December 17 sentencing. A grand jury cited five prior felonies, and authorities consider possible accomplices while New York’s Fashion League vows to challenge male dominance in style.
A large gathering of more than 200 Boy Scouts and fathers met at the Presbyterian church for the annual Boy-Father banquet. Scout leadership, plans for next year, and gratitude to community figures were featured, with photographs presented to the scout hall and praise for M. O. Matthews, C. H. Baltzell, and others.
Mexican consulate in Laredo closed on orders from Mexico City after General Calles arrived en route to Nuevo Laredo. A conspiracy charge against Calles by District Attorney Valls dated back to 1922 deaths of officers in Laredo, with Marine escort leaving at Nuevo Laredo. The move disrupts tourist passes and could impact imports and travel through Laredo.
Prospects for early completion of the Bebee road project are bright as the second week of work starts. J. C. Hynds, secretary of the local chamber of commerce, says good weather could finish the project in less than two weeks. Bridges are under construction with the county handling bridges and grading while Maxwell people cooperate to boost the undertaking.
Washington December 13 The house public buildings committee approved the Elliott bill to provide 230 million more for federal construction including post offices and other government buildings.
Justice Hitz fixed March 19 for the Edward L. Doheny bribery trial in the District of Columbia supreme court. Doheny faced a $100000 bribe charge linked to Elk Hills naval oil reserve leases and former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall, who was convicted and fined $100000 with a suspended sentence.
In Cushing Oklahoma county officials plan to charge John Young and his wife with murder after a liquor raid ended in the death of Otto Butler federal agent and wounding George Danhour another agent. Dave Humphrey deputy sheriff reported the clash occurred when liquor was produced during a warrant service.
The trial of W J Walker for the First National Bank of Allen robbery on August 10 1928 opened in Oklahoma with defense requests for more time to locate two vital witnesses. Judge Orel Busby presided as juror selection began amid a large male crowd and heavy attorney participation.
Ada sent a group to the district soil conference at Durant where more than a hundred men from six counties heard erosion loss data and discussed farm production impact. Delegates praised host Rotarians for a church dinner and warm reception.
Charles Steen was sentenced to four years in prison after a district court jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the April shooting death of Leonard Larrimore. The jury also modified the charge from murder, accepting Steen’s self defense claim. The incident happened at Steen’s home between Seminole and Maud.
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