Texas at War? Oil Land Dispute Sparks Ranger Deployment
In Austin on January 20 Associated Press reports serious threats by Texas and Oklahoma claimants over disputed oil lands along the boundary. Assistant Attorney General W A Keeling says Rangers have been dispatched to prevent disorder as both sides threaten to shoot those interfering with occupation. He will travel to Wichita and 13 rangers report to Adjutant General Cope. Texas claims hold the land pending federal court decision.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Texas- Oklahoma
W. A. Keeling
Feres
Keeling
Wichita
Cope
Texas Rangers
Red River Valley
Ada Cotton Compress Faces Pressure to Modernize
A native committee of Ada cotton buyers met with the Ada Chamber of Commerce to air grievances about the local compress. They accuse owners of blocking needed upgrades while rivals in Oklahoma City McAlester and Ardmore expand. A Friday trip to Oklahoma City will urge upgrades, with a plan to build a modern compress if no relief is secured.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ada
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Ardmore
Immigration Officials Brace for Mexican Exodus From U S
Border authorities mobilize to move a large number of Mexican laborers back to Mexico within weeks. Under a February 1 rule, workers must quit U S soil and may return only as individuals seeking employment after paying an eight dollar head tax and meeting immigration rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
United States
Labor Will Stand Firm Says Fenton in Oklahoma City
A labor conference led by State Federation of Labor President Edgard Fenton emits a statement asserting organized labor’s resolve against open shop campaigns. It calls for statewide organization, unity among unions, and warns of industrial serfdom if labor’s gains are lost.
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Oklahoma City
Organized Labor
State Federation of Labor
Edgard Fenton
Employers’ Association
France
State Federation
Trades Councils
Tulsa
Sapulpa
Okmulgee
United Mine Workers
Pan American finance conference opens in Washington
In Washington on January 19 the Pan American finance conference began with leaders from 21 republics attending. President Wilson sent greeting from his sick room and pledged that Pan America seeks no selfish use of its aid for world reconstruction. Secretary Lansing voiced a similar stance as delegates met for organization and an informal luncheon followed the opening.
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Associated Press
Washington
Western Hemisphere
Wilson
Ministers of Finance
Pan-America
Lansing
Federal Reserve Board
New Real Estate Firm Opens in Ada
Cowling and Carpenter launch a Ada real estate firm in the Norris Haney Building. Cowling, from Stonewall, brings years in the business and deals across the region. Carpenter, recently from Stratford, has built local friendships and plans broad advertising to boost county activity.
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Ada
Cowling and Carpenter
Norris-Haney Building
Mr. Cowling
Stonewall
John
Carpenter
Stratford
Finger Print Identification Under Scrutiny by Officials
New York officials of the International Association for Personal Identification opened an inquiry into Milton Carlson the Los Angeles handwriting expert who claimed fingerprints can be forged Carlson asserts a perfect thumb imprint can be made from afar but experts say forged prints are detectable and unreliable they promote the permanency of fingerprints for civilian and police use and note their value in identifying train wreck victims and disaster casualties while stressing that undistorted prints are infallible.
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Associated Press
New York
International Association For Personal Identification
United States
Canada
Milton Carlson
Los Angeles
Carlson
New Jersey
International Association For
Association
New York State
Potter’s Field
Rangers Deploy to Red River Boundary Clash
Fifteen Texas Rangers escorted by Capt Franklin stopped en route from South Texas to the Red River valley disputed boundary with Oklahoma. They join armed operations as both states claim oil lands and threaten clashes. Keeling says Texas will defend the area pending court decision.
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Fort Worth
Franklin
South Texas
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Red River Valley
Denver
Wichita Falls
Newspapers Short on Newsprint After Canadian Embargo
Washington reports American newspapers will be about 40 percent short on supplies due to a Canadian government embargo on newsprint from the Fort Francais plant and Canadian control conservation in western Ontario affecting shipments to the United States.
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Washington
United States
Fort Fran- Cais
American Control Conservation
Ontario
Senate Leaders Near Breakthrough in Peace Treaty talks
Senate leaders in split conferences said they were close to a breakthrough on reservations to the peace treaty. Disagreement with the foreign aviations committee caused the delay and prompted renewed efforts today.
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Senate
Washington
New
Foreign Aviations Committee
Leavenworth Becomes Generals Stopover for 19th Century Leaders
A Leavenworth Kansas column recalls Fort Leavenworth as a historic stop for generals John J. Pershing, Orman, Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman. It notes Pershing’s January 9 visit and anecdotes of officer travels and horses, with old residents recollecting the fort’s military prominence and a historic police blotter mention of General Sherman.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kans
John J. Pershing
United
Indian Territory
Fort Shorenworth
Sherman
Sher
Governor optimistic on League of Nations ratification
Oklahoma City January 19 Special Governor Robertson says the League of Nations will be ratified soon with acceptable interpretations or reservations. He believes final action will come in a few days and that ratification will lead to a normal national condition. He notes growing interest in Senator Robert L Owen's presidential prospects amid widespread discussion in other states.
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Oklahoma City
League of Nations
Robertson
Washington
Robert L. Owen
Owen
Farmers Repair Impassapie Road South of City
A group of farmers from Pecan Grove and nearby areas repaired the Byrd's Mill road mud hole just south of the brick plant. They hauled brick bats from the plant and dumped them into the deep hole to restore passage, improving surface travel for the community.
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Byrd’s Mill
Pecan Grove
Thirty Seven Fishermen Drown in Arctic Collision
Christiania reports thirty seven fishermen drowned when a fishing fleet vessel struck by a cale near Tromdjhen yesterday. Rescue efforts were underway as coast guards and local crews searched for remaining crewmen.
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Christiania
Tromdjhen
Prisoners Escape at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in 1919
Sixty inmates escaped in 1919, three more than 1918, with 36 captured and 24 at large. Most escapes came from road camps and the Aylesworth state farm, aided by liberty from the yard. Winter escapes were harder to hide than summer ones. Five full pardons were granted, 129 paroles issued, and 427 released on expiration pardons after full terms.
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Duncan
Robertson
Adequate Border Patrol Urged by Immigration Official
United States needs stronger patrols along the Mexican border per George J. Harris supervising inspector. He backs the Hudspeth bill to curb radicals, drugs, and liquor smugglers and argues for border cordons and more stations to prevent entry of undesirables and illicit cross-border activity.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
United States
George J. Harris
Immigration Service
Congress
Ellis Island
Harris
Pacific Coast
Bolsheviks Occupy Siberia West of Krasnoyarsk
Paris dispatches report Bolshevik troops have seized all territory in Siberia west of Krasnoyarsk after driving Admiral Kolchak's forces eastward. The Irkutsk government is deemed weak and opposed by General Semenoff with remaining Kolchak troops.
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Siberia
Associated Press
Paris
Krasnoyarsk
Kolchak
Revolutionary Socialist
Irkutsk
Semenoff
Hunt for Bomb Plotters
Police bomb squad and justice department agents hunted for about six radical leaders of a bomb plot. Officials said the arrest of eighteen reds yesterday frustrated the plan and raids yielded evidence of a campaign against government officials.
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New York
Department of Justice
Disabled Army Transport Powhatan Attacked by Sea
New York January 20 Army transport Powhatan was disabled at sea from early Monday night until 7 am today. Reports conflicted whether the liner had landed passengers or was still underway two hundred miles southeast of Halifax. The Navy communications center reported the ship stood by as weather hampered transfer of evacuees.
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Associated Press
New York
Naval Communication Department
Boston
Halifax
Banditry in Mexico Surges on Stolen Dynamite
El Paso reports that banditry in Mexico thrives on dynamite stolen from foreign mines. American mining engineers returning from Durango Chihuahua and Coahuila say dynamite is crucial to raids, with a train carrying such explosives often targeted. Francisco Villa is linked to stores of dynamite in the El Pino mountains.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Durango
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Francisco Villa
el Pino
Senor Blanco Sees Mexico Business Recovering Fast
Victor Blanco senior purchasing agent of the National Railways of Mexico reports minimal rebel activity and a rapid return to normal business. He notes strong money in circulation, banks reopening, and mines boosting ore shipments to the United States as production reaches normal levels.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Mexico
Republic
Victor Blanco
National Railways of
New York
United States
Mexico City
Senor Blanco
Barel Per
ee _ Senor Blanco
Massey Cherry and Miss Winney Street Wed in Ada
Wedding occurs last evening with Rev. Taylor of the First Methodist church presiding. He also united Mr. R. A. Healey and Mrs. Cora R. Curtis at 501 S Townsend Ave last evening in Ada.
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Massey Cherry
Vaness
Camp Dix Closes Under Quarantine Epidemic
Clinton New Jersey January 20 Camp Dix has been quarantined due to an influenza and diphtheria outbreak. The base hospital reports 400 influenza cases and 200 diphtheria cases, plus 300 other illnesses. No deaths have occurred so far.
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Camp Dix
Clinton
N. J
Injured Lad Gets Big Damages In District Court
Kermit Stout of Allen, a minor, was awarded 20000 dollars by a district court jury for injuries suffered while working as a section hand for M O G in May 1918. He fell from a trestle four miles south of Tupelo, 25 feet high, crushing his right leg and causing permanent arm deformity. His mother Mrs. Stout filed the suit.
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Kermit Stout
Allen
Stout
Tupelo
South Dakota Fertile Field For Freak Candidates
PIERRE South Dakota January 20 Candidates for president and other national offices are filing unusual platforms under the Richards primary law. A Charleroi Pennsylvania writer proposes annexing Canada and spanking Mexico. Alexander Ray of Hill City SD pledges to open hidden Black Hills gold mines to yield a revenue of 1 000 000 dollars daily.
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Associated Press
Pierre
S. D
Charleroi
Pennsylvania
Canada
Mexico
Alexander Ray
Hill City
Black Hills
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