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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
17
A Paris dispatch to Central News says the supreme council plans to oppose the Bolsheviks in the Caucausus with about 200,000 troops. The correspondent notes unrest in Bessarabia and a few other areas but no official plan to deploy forces to the Caucausus.
A Senate resolution introduced by Senator Walsh condemns Rear Admiral Sims for publishing official instructions of a highly confidential nature affecting international relations and asserts the action deserves American condemnation. Republican Leader Lodge opposed immediate consideration.
On the second day of the trial in Albany five suspended socialist assemblymen faced a probe as the committee denied a motion to dismiss. Chairman Lewis M. Martin ruled the men would not be released pending trial, marking the fourth over ruling in the investigation. In Jackson Mississippi the house rejected a federal women’s suffrage amendment by 106 to 25 after brief debate.
A $100000 donation by Sir George Watson to the Anglo American trust funds a chair of American history in Britain and a matching effort aims to create a chair of British history in American colleges to be supported by an American donor.
The Wewoka Capital-Democrat reports that Judge J. W. Bolen closed a highly effective district court term. It notes his long practice before the bench, few reversals, and tough civil and criminal handling. Farmers received leniency for jury duties due to weather, while merchants stayed at work. Court will reconvene on the second Monday of March to clear the equity docket.
Wireless messages from Hoboken show the disabled freighter Western Comet is being accompanied by the transport Northern Pacific and United States destroyers Leary and Sharkey. The convoy is under army transportation authority.
At Kansas City Stock Yards on January 19 1920 hog receipts were large but demand was urgent pushing prices 10 to 25 cents higher. Cattle and sheep also eased in, with lambs 18.50 to 19.35, cattle steady, hogs up to 15.30, and brisk buyer activity noted for horses and mules at auctions this week.
Kingfisher county farmers grow Turkey hard wheat praised for high gluten and flour quality. The grain, introduced by Russian immigrants in 1875 and spread after 1908, yields whiter bread and 20 extra loaves per barrel versus soft wheat. Millers pay premium. export markets offer top prices.
Summers Chapel residents report fair weather while picking cotton. The community notes a canceled school period, Rev. Bond’s sermon, and moves of M. A. Wood and Bob Ramer to nearby districts. Casually, Roger Wood hauled cotton to Ada and Earlin Stigbias travels to Stratford. illnesses and a local sale are mentioned along with forthcoming preaching by Rev. W. M. Coggins.
F. O. Harris has been named county registrar of Pontotoc County by the state election board. He is mentioned alongside W. Gaines of Stonewall in the appointing action.
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