Murder Case 1 Halted as Jurors Acquit Mac Lee
Mac Lee facing murder charges for the 1922 Allen shooting of Glen Sullivan had an instructed verdict of acquittal after a trial that drew about twenty witnesses. Judge J W Bolen told the jury Sullivan motioned toward a weapon before Lee fired twice, with three witnesses asserting the move.
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Mac Lee
Glen Sullivan
Allen
J. W. Bolen
Bolen
Sulivan
Lee
Sullivan
Mge Lee
Boien
Tom Weiss
Department of Investigation
Department of Justice
Weiss
Seminole County
Pontotoc
Seminole
Hughes
Murray
Jefferson
Stevens
Oklahoma
Wi. Ti
Dardanelle
Ark
Citra
Association
Mike Roe
Bruno Mayer
Roe
Oklahoma Legislature Set To Act After Slow Start
Oklahoma City AP Jan 14 The upper and lower houses have nearly completed organization as more than 100 bills await committee action Twelve house bills and sixteen senate bills are due for second reading today A petition by Democrat John Turner challenges Republican Henry Cloud for a Oklahoma County seat Cloud's transfer claim and residency question are debated A federal judge may release a contempt finding against Anglin in a state aid bill with $2500 proposed for election official defense
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Legislature
House
Senate
John Turner
Henry Cloud
Oklahoma County
McCloud
Turner
Cloud
Kingfisher
Edmond
Anglin
Okfuskee County
U S Shows Large Trade Surplus for 1924
Washington reports a favorable U S trade balance of 3997 285 000 for the calendar year 1924 according to commerce department figures. The annual foreign trade data cover the past twelve months and reflect a strong surplus.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Banker Jeter pleads guilty to bank conspiracy charges
Ardmore January 13 W H Jeter banker pleaded guilty to three counts charging conspiracy in making false entries on bank books and misapplication of funds He faces sentencing with the court date set this week.
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Ardmore
W. W. Jeter
Ter
One Room Schools Form County Perfect Club
The One Room School club organized in Pontotoc County at the County Superintendent A. Floyd’s office aims to boost efforts for one room schools. B. A. Howard was named acting president and Mildred Stevens secretary. Other attendees included John A. Walker Blaine Glover and Lloyd McClaskey.
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Pontotoc County
A. Floyd
B. A. Howard
Jones Chapel
Mildred Stevens
Conway
John
West Kept Busy With Federal Court in Ada
Forty eight cases filed before United States Commissioner Gene West since November 27 when he opened an Ada federal court office under a new stronghold plan. Nine cases since January 1. Most defendants are alleged violators of prohibition laws. Papers for appearance are set for the next eastern district of Oklahoma session. About eight of the 48 were disposed of at Vinita.
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United States
Gene West
Ada
West
Oklahoma
Vinita
Alout
Farm Legislation Seen Possible During Session
President Coolidge states farm legislation should and can be enacted by Congress before adjournment March 4. The agricultural commission intends to recommend a program expected to win support to avoid an extra session.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Agricultural Commission
Tillman County Tops State Cotton Ginned This Season
Tillman county leads Oklahoma with 81,036 bales of cotton ginned this season, ranking first in state output and signaling strong agricultural activity across the region.
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Tillman County
American held in Meri probe launched threatens filibuster claim
A ship Ruth crew from Pensacola and a man claiming to be Dr. W F Lorenz head of Wisconsin state board of control were jailed at Progresso Mexico by port captain order. The State Department said a thorough investigation will follow while doubts over Lorenz identity were noted. Dr Lorenz, a prominent psychiatrist and former Soldiers and Sailors Hospital chief, left Madison January 1 to cruise southern waters to regain health.
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Washington
Ruth
Pensacola
Fla
W. F. Lorenz
Wisconsin State Board of Control
Progresso
Mexico
State Department
Mexico City
Lorenz
Dr. Lorenz
Madison
Wis
Associated Press
Soldier's and Sailors Hospital
Farm bloc to appear as Oklahoma legislature opens
A farm bloc is expected to appear in the Oklahoma Legislature as it opens in Oklahoma City. Both houses meet in conference as a new agricultural legislation group forms. The Senate committee on committees slowed progress while all second reading bills were referred to committees. The House, with 28 bills introduced yesterday, may add more today. Galleries see few visitors as routine work continues.
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Oklahoma City
San
Oklahoma
Senate
Tower House
House
Manington Involved Again in Indian Affairs Probe
George M Swift of Okmulgee testified he agreed in 1921 to pay Howard Manington ten percent of funds recovered in a settlement of an Indian estate. Swift, questioned by Chairman Snyder, said Manington had a reputation as a fixer. The estate settlement proceeded through the Interior Department’s Indian affairs office.
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Washington
Howard Manington
Daugherty
House Committee
Oklahoma
George M. Swift
Okmulgee
Manington
Swift
Snyder
Commissioner, of Indian Affairs
Interior Department
Month of County Court to Start Under Crawford
A month of county court sessions under County Judge Tal Crawford will run from February 2 to February 27. The docket includes criminal civil and city appeal matters with several notable cases. In the criminal session four cases against W H Mosely J A Moorehead and Hawkins Underhill involve possession of motor vehicles with altered license numbers following raids in Roff related to automobile thefts. Peace disturbance cases are also on the docket.
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Tal Crawford
W. H. Mosely
J. A. Moorehead
Hawkins Underhill
Roff
Tax Collections Prosper in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc county reports strong fiscal results with 1924 first half taxes totaling $178,674.24 and December receipts at $116,343.98. Delinquent and back taxes boosted revenue as payments from November and January add up to significant sums, while the first half deadline was extended due to heavy checks.
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Pontotoc County
Woman May Be Named for Federal Bench
President Coolidge considering Mrs. Mabel Walker Wildebrandt for the Northern California federal court vacancy. As assistant attorney general she has led prohibition cases and met with the president, with indications she may become the first woman federal judge. California congressmen debated the pick as Senator Shortridge hurried to the White House.
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Washington
Mabel Walker Wildebrandt
California
President Coolidge
Wildebrandt
Department of Justice
Coolidge
Capitol
Congress
Shortridge
White House
Garvin County Wins Road Bond for Hard Surface Route
Garvin county voters approve a $720000 road bond by 2648 to 963 with seven precincts unreported. The project funds a hard surface road from the north county line through Pauls Valley Wynnewood to Murray county line, extending toward Oklahoma City to Idabel except for 11 miles in McClain county.
Barnett heiress feudAid fee dispute surfaces in Oklahoma
Washington dispatch reports Harold McGuigan attorney for Mrs. Jack son Barnett testified before a house sub committee on Indian affairs that John L. Mott former Creek national attorney received 15000 dollars for aiding in the Barnett estate settlement and securing 550000 for Mrs Barnett. McGuigan refused to reveal his own fee while Hastings pressed for records. the chair sustained the witness and the question ended as others argued the payment was part of the estate.
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Washington
Harold McGuigan
Jackson Barnett
House
Oklahoma
John L. Mott
Creek National
Barnett
McGuigan
Hastings
Mott
McGuin
Snyder
Howard
Mrs. Barnett Paid Attorney Fees From Unknown Funds
Mrs. Jackson Barnett, wife of the reputed wealthiest Indian, hired Harold McGuigan through funds Ward could not trace. Ward, a former national attorney now with the Internal Revenue Bureau in Tulsa, testified that Barnett had no personal resources to pay McGuigan for the 1922 negotiations that settled $550,000 on her.
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Washington
Jackson Barnett
House
Okalhoma
A. J. Ward
Internal Revenue Bureau
Tulsa
Judges Strike Down Oklahoma Local Wage Law
Three U.S. judges ruled Oklahoma’s law requiring contractors on public jobs to pay current local wages unconstitutional. The decision, by District Judge Kennamer, voids sections 7255 and 1257 for lack of due process as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, and may influence similar laws elsewhere.
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Tulsa
United States
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Kennamer
Kennamner
Davis
Missouri
Kenyon
Iowa
Oklahoma City
General Construction Company
Claude Connally
Connelly
Ada Representatives To Attend Highway Association Meeting
J C Treadwell secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce and M O Matthews director were named as Ada representatives to attend the Red Star highway association meeting at Bartlesville next Tuesday. Ada seeks designation as a highway point as the route is understood to pass through Ada. Other town reps from Henryetta Okmulgee Holdenville also vie for routing. The highway runs Winnipeg to the Gulf of Mexico with much Bartlesville to Kansas City segment paved.
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J. C. Treadwell
Ada Chamber of Commerce
M. O. Matthews
Ada
Red Star Highway Association
Bartlesville
Henryetta
Okmulgee
Holdenville
Week's Ada District Court sees two acquittals
In the first week of district court Judge J. W. Bolen presided over three trials with two acquittals and one hung jury. W. B. Jones, former Ada city finance commissioner, faced embezzlement charges and a mistrial was declared after lengthy deliberations. Jack Massey was acquitted of seduction after a 30 minute jury review. The Mac Lee murder case is expected to be heard Monday morning.
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J. W. Bolen
W. B. Jones
Ada
Bolen
Jones
D. C. Welch
Edward Welch
Joe McElreath
Jack Massey
Massey
Opal Kinsey
Frisco
Mac Lee
Germany pays reparations under Dawes plan total
Berlin reports four months of Dawes plan reparations totaling 286,263,447 gold marks. Britain received 65,800,000 and France 113,600,006. December collections under the recovery act were 4,200,000 for Britain and 179,000 marks charged to France. Germany supplied Japan with dyestuffs worth 117,800,000 marks in December.
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Berlin
Great Britain
France
Germany
Japan
Seymour Parker Gilbert
Buried Penniless Panamanian Swindler Koretz
Le Koretz, who defrauded friends and relatives of 2 million in a fake Panama oil scheme, was buried in Chicago less than a day after dying in the Illinois state penitentiary. The service was led by Dr. Felix A. Levy, with only 44.32 left of his fortune to his widow and kin. Receivers estimate 558,823 may be realized from assets against 2,000,000 in claims, plus 750,000 in income tax claims.
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Chicago
le Koretz
Illinois State Penitentiary
Felix A. Levy
Emmanuel Congregational Church
Koretz
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Davis Bribery Probe Initiated For Former Governor
Democratic members of the Kansas Legislature adopted a resolution for a thorough investigation into charges against Jonathan M. Davis who was arrested yesterday before leaving the governor position. The charge alleges acceptance of a parole bribe.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Jonathan M. Davis
Davis
Governor Davis Faces Bribe Warrants in Topeka
Kansas Governor Jonathan M. Davis and his son Russell are charged with accepting a bribe. Bonds set at 1000 each, hearing scheduled for January 23. Davis may skip inaugural events as new governor Paulen prepares to take office. Local intrigue centers on a hotel telephonic conversation and a pardon-for-bribe claim involving Pullman.
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Tokepa
Kan
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
Tinkham Veale
Russell
Davis
B. S. Paulen
Paul Heinz
Court of Topeka
T. H. Hurley
A. M. Harvey
Veale
Topeka
Heinz
A. W. Smith
Supreme Court
Pullman
Price McKinney on Trial Fifth During Present Court Term
A jury was obtained for the trial of Price McKinney charged with false pretense in district court before Judge J. W. Bolen. The trial could extend the day and into the night. McKinney is accused of selling property not his own. This marks the fifth trial since the criminal docket began with no convictions yet.
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Price McKinney
J. W. Bolen
McKinney
Otto Strickland Fares Well On Committees
Otto Strickland representative from Pontotoc county chairs the public buildings committee and serves on the appropriations oil and gas and public health sanitation and drug committees in the state house.
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Otto Strickland
Pontotoc County
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