Senate Rejects League Covenant Plans Amid Ratification Fight
A Senate resolution by Senator Knox proposes separating the League of Nations Covenant from the peace treaty before ratification. The measure signals official Senate opposition to the covenant as drafted, with the Foreign Relations Committee to consider the plan. The move reflects broader opposition to the league in Congress and abroad.
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Knox
Foreign Relations Committee
Associated Press
Washington
United States Senate
Senate
League of Nations
France
League of Nations Plan
Harvesting With Modern Machinery in Pontotoc County
J. Herbert Hunt of Moline Plow Company visits N. L. Wesson to showcase the New Moline ten foot binder with roller bearings. Five binders are in use in Pontotoc county as farmers adopt the new equipment. The binder cuts a ten foot swath at 3.5 miles per hour, enabling one man to harvest forty to fifty acres per day.
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J. Herbert Hunt
Moline Plow Company
N. L. Wesson
Moline
Pontotoc County
German Plans For A New Army With The Occupation
German military experts publish proposals for a new German army under Allied occupation. Major General von Francois outlines drafting 500000 annually for defense and interior order while others join labor battalions after brief military training. He urges restoring strict discipline and old military structures and would resist signing the peace treaty if necessary.
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Associated Press
von Francois
Argonne
United States Army
General Staff
War Department
Highway convention opens in Ardmore noted leaders attend
The Dallas Canadian Denver Highway Association convention opens in Ardmore Oklahoma with 31 cities from Texas Oklahoma Colorado and Kansas represented. Officials include Mayor W F Freeman Carter County Good Roads head G A Ramsey and speakers such as Allyn Cole Governor J B A Robertson and Oklahoma Highway Commissioner Henry Wood. Delegates travel by auto along the proposed route and Ardmore hosts visitors from cities including Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo La Junta Springfield Lam ar Wichita and Dallas.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
W. F. Freeman
G. A. Ramsey
Carter County Good Roads Association
Allyn Cole
House of Representatives
J. B. A. Robertson
L. Williams
Lima
Ohio
Highways Industrial Association of the United States
F. M. Brasley
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Arthur P. Dyer
C. S. Franklin
Dallas
Ed Vaught
Oklahoma City
Henry Wood
W. A. Palmer
Carter County
Booster” Club
la Junta
Las Aninas
Lamar
Springfield
Elkhart
Ochiltree
Canadian
Wheeler
Shamrock
Wellington
Childress
Gainesville
Guymon
Cheyenne
Clinton
Geary
el Reno
Elk City
Hobart
Lawton
Walters
Waurika
Marietta
Dentists Seek New Office as Clinton Boom Reaches Town
Dr. J. R. Wallace of Clinton Mo visits the city Tuesday scouting a location for a dental office. He notes a booming market with no vacant offices and demand from planned vacancies. Wallace may settle in the Da Okla offices of the Rollow building with Dr. M. M. Webster, recently back from France.
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J. R. Walllace
Clinton, Mo
Wallace
Western Dental College
Kansas City
Da-Okla
Rollow
M. M. Webster
France
Altho Dr. Webster
Stratford
P. & S. College of
German Admiral Von Holtzendorff Dies
Berlin June 10 A death notice announced the passing of Admiral Von Holtzendorff head of the German general naval staff for most of the late war. He helped plan U boat operations but retired from service last August due to ill health.
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Holtzendorff
Germany
Winnipeg Sympathetic Strike Seems Broken
Winnipeg reports a sympathetic iron workers strike begun May 16 appears broken with about a third returning to work and many applying for former positions. Public safety and welfare remain unaffected thus far.
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Winnipeg
New Test Well in County Lands Sparks Leasing Talks
Smith and Lee with sizable land leases in the county discuss plans as a man on the site surveys potential drilling. The fragment notes ongoing activity around a new test well and land-holding interests.
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Smith and Lee
Court House Notes Mix of Guilty Plea and Public Notices
J. E. Gipson pleaded guilty to forgery and received one year and a day. Wayne Wadlington obtained an injunction against Mary Sparks to close the North Broadway red house. Frank Stevens and Lorenzo Johnson were arrested for illicit corn liquor possession. two and a half gallons seized. Fleet Clark and Simon Frazier faced vagrancy charges. bonds posted for next court. J. J. Mason and Queen Insurance sue Katy railroad for 32500 over Stonewall fire. State cases include unlawful liquor possession and selling intoxicants. several transfers and charges noted.
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J. E. Gipson
Wayne Wadlington
Mary Sparks
Red House
North Broadway
Frank Stevens
Lorenzo Johnson
Fleet Clark
Simon Frazier
Justice Brown
J. J. Mason
The
Queen Insurance Company
Katy Railroad
Stonewall
State
Felix Johnson
Joe White
M. K. Bartlett
J. E. Cooper
Cooper
Allen
Stanfield Party Heads to Fort Worth to Welcome Soldiers
Mrs. A. A. Bobbitt Miss Polly Stanfield Claud Bobbitt and Dan Stanfield travel to Ft. Worth to greet Charlie Bobbitt and Sam Grant on their overseas return. They will visit Mrs. Bobbitt’s niece Mrs. McFadden and Miss Jewel Stanfield during the trip.
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A. A. Bobbitt
Polly Stanfield
Claud Bobbitt
Dan Stanfield
Ft. Worth
Charlie
Bobbitt
Sam Grant
Fort Worth
Mrs. Bobbitt
Mrs. McFadden
Miss Jewel Stanfield
Message from Dan Rogers Warns of Safe Landing in New York
Mrs. D J Rogers saw a message from her son Dan Rogers claiming he has secured a safe landing in New York. The note suggests a travel or relocation plan and raises concern about his safety.
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D. J. Rogers
Dan Rogers
Wmwarning
New York
W. D. Littles Father Dies in Marshville NC
A message to the News says W. D. Little’s father died at his Marshville home on Monday. The funeral was held at the home yesterday.
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W. D.little
W. D. Little
Marshville
North Carolina
Peace Treaty Now Public
Washington report on June 11 notes every member of Congress received a copy of the peace treaty with Germany. The Senate ordered printing after a heated debate, with Senator Borah and Republican leaders pushing publication over objections cited by President Wilson. The 100,000 word document was read in part as the vote to publish passed 47 to 24, paving the way for further inquiry into unauthorized copies.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
Congressional Record
The
Senate
Wilson
Peace Council
Borah
Idaho
League of Nations
New York
Foreign Relations Committee
Postmasters Converge in Kansas City on Zone Postage
J. M. Westbrook reports the tri state postmasters convention of Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas held June 6 7 in the Baltimore hotel Kansas City. Hon A M Dockery third assistant postmaster general was principal speaker and the gathering endorsed the zone system of postage as a permanent proposition.
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J. M. Westbrook
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Baltimore
Westbrook
A. M. Dockery
Sunday School and Church Success in Colbert
Colbert church services Sunday were well attended with praise and a noted singing program. Guests included Mr. Jess L. Collins and Mr. Dewey Tilley. Ada visitors Gifford Woods and Emma Dodd with Winnie Cassady. Miss Ona Balthrop and Ethel Blaker from Ada. Pearl and Coroin Walker. and Mrs. Mat Earnest. Social visits followed services as listed.
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Ethel Blaker
Ada
Miss Pearl
Coroin Walker
The
Woods Girls
Mat Earnest
Chestnut
Mrs. Bolton
Burleson
Inas Altom
Miss Emma Dodd
Ethel McAnally
Emma Dodd
Byng News Social Notes and Local Movements
A sequence of small town updates covers pleasant showers enjoyed by residents, Lela Graham recovering after surgery in Ada sanatorium, and various brief travels and visits. Jack Gutcher traveled to Shawnee and back, Mr and Mrs Walls moved into the Ada area, Mrs S A Burks visited Ada and Paoli, Bertha and Jessie Dickey with others visited Paoli, a touring trip began for Cole Jones Uncle Ed and Ray Bowman, Fred Shownick departed, Eulah Rains and relatives visited Ada area, and several locals started to Adanriday but walked home after car trouble. RED WHITE AND BLUE.
Oklahoma A and M Scholarships for Pontotoc County
A detailed 1919 1920 Oklahoma law creates two annual A and M scholarships per county to fund practical agricultural training. Exams to be held the second Friday and Saturday in June with winners, alternates, and monthly stipend payments through college terms.
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Floyd
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
A. and M. College
State Board of Education
A. and M. Free
Oklahoma A. and M. College
States Move To Ratify Federal Suffrage Amendment
Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois fast track ratification as New York calls extraordinary session for June 16 to act on the federal suffrage amendment. Madison reports WI assembly 54 to 2 and senate 23 to 1. Michigan unanimous in both houses. Illinois house 1. senate 45 to 1. New York to meet to ratify.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Albany
N. Y
New York
Smith
Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
House
Enormous Strawberry Yield in Missouri Harvest Record
Neosho Missouri reports approximately 2000 carloads of berries valued near 3 million dollars from the Ozark region harvest in Northern Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. The crop, the largest of the season, averaged 6.50 per crate and required many workers paid 2 to 3 cents a quart. Some children earned as much as 3 dollars daily picking fruit.
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Missouri
Neosho
Ozark
Arkansas
Good Roads Meeting in Ada to Discuss Tuberculosis Sanitarium
The Pontotoce County Good Roads Association will meet at the Ada courthouse Monday June 16 1919 at 2 PM to promote securing a tuberculous sanitarium at Roff and to build a road from Ada to Roff. Dr Overton President urges a picnic for ladies dinner while men work on linking Webster to near Lawrence on a date set by directors.
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Good Roads
Pontotoce
The
Good Roads Association
Overton
Williams and Fine Tie The Knot In Fitzhugh
Justice of the Peace H J Brown officiated last night at 8 o clock in his office for Guy P Williams and Edna Fine of Fitzhugh. A small group attended and both are prominent locals with Mrs Williams teaching in Fitzhugh school.
Clemenceau Demands Hungary Halt Hostilities
A Copenhagen dispatch to Central News reports Clemenceau demanding immediate cessation of Hungarian attacks on Czecho-Slovaks. He warned that failure to comply would push Allies to force Hungary's obedience, potentially by force.
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Clemenceau
London
Central News
Copenhagen
Hungary
Miami Mining Man in Ada
G M Ramsey a former Ada citizen now in Miami reports mining business success. He notes ore prices above 40 dollars a ton with belief they will reach 50 soon. Ramsey says his family is in good health.
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Miami
Ada
G. M. Ramsey
Examination Paper Submission Guidelines for Oklahoma A and M College
The document outlines procedures for examinations including presence of contestants at the start, sealing papers in return envelopes, registration and mailing to the president at Stillwater, neat ink writing on legal size paper with name page number and subject, single-sided pages, and a county superintendent certificate confirming proper conduct of the examination.
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Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
Gases disposed of by pleas of guilty
The prosecuting attorney's office has disposed of many cases this year by pleas of guilty. Among the cases settled are Robert Black for grand larceny given a year and a day B. B. Bullard for rape sent to asylum John Pepper for burglary year and a day J. W. Smith for larceny 18 months Tucker Price for taking part in robbery two years Arthur Tucker for forgery second degree one year.
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Robert Black
B. B. Bullard
John Pepper
J. W. Smith
Tucker Price
Arthur Tucker
Hugh Bennett Hurt At Ada Ice Plant
Hugh Bennett was seriously injured at the Ada ice plant when an ice elevator moved unexpectedly. He was on top of the building changing the elevator when a projection struck his stomach, leaving a several inch wound. He was taken home for treatment and is expected to recover in a few days.
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Hugh Bennett
Ada
Mr. Bennett
Frisco
Katy
West Fourteenth St
Ross
Illinois Ratifies Woman Suffrage Amendment
Springfield Illinois June 10 The Illinois house of representatives unanimously ratified the federal Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment giving women equal rights with men. The measure known as the Susan B Anthony amendment had earlier been passed by Congress and most recently by the Senate.
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Dmst
Springfield
Ill
Illinois House of Representatives
Congress
Senate
Normal School notes show rising activity and enrollment
A News reporter found faculty busy but hopeful at the Normal. Attendance hits 864 with seven new pupils. three left after qualifying for work. Most students are women though more men attend now. Over 300 in agricultural work under Mr Pratt. Miss Keller organizes three choruses, including a male chorus, with Ham Ramsey revival looming in Ada next month. Gym classes under Miss Jones drive dances and drills with anticipated exhibitions.
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M. L. Perkins
Pratt
Miss Keller
Miss Keiler
Ham-Ramsey
Ada
Miss Jones
Villa forces seize Guadelupe opposite Fabens
El Paso June 10 report says Villa troops occupied Guadelupe, opposite Fabens, with a Carranza garrison moved to Juarez last week and another force believed tied to General Angeles advancing toward Juarez. There is no fighting currently at Guadelupe.
Capitalists Probed on Peage Treaty Leak
Washington June 10 Telegrams seek JPMorgan Henry Daviss Thomas Lamont Jacob Schiff Paul Warburg and Frank Vanderlip to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and testify tomorrow on the alleged leak regarding the Peage treaty.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Henry P. Daviss
Thomas Lamont
Jacob Schiff
Paul Warbure
Frank Vanderlip
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hail and Rainstorm Devastates Farms Near Lawton
Reports to county farm agent indicate a Friday night hailstorm hit southeast Lawton County hard with wheat losses of 15 to 35 percent in spots. Rainfall was heaviest northeast and southeast, but harvest is expected to proceed next week as the largest crop in history is forecast despite localized damage.
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DAMES
Lawton Lawton
J. F. Neely
Lawton
Styles for Women Fall and Winter Announced
The National Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers Association in Cleveland Ohio announced fall and winter styles for ladies garments. Long straight coats and suits, full skirts six to seven inches from the floor, and wide to ease walking. Jacket trims include fur cording braid embroidery or many buttons. Coats extend to near knee length. A blouse suit with a loose back panel is new. Polo cloth bolivias velours and suedes featured with brown as the leading color.
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Cleveland
National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers’ Association
Guthrie Lawyer Milton H Brown Dies in Dallas
Guthrie attorney for the Howe heirs in Oklahoma City litigation died suddenly in Dallas on official business. He was a brother in law of Federal Judge John H Coteral and father of Chauncey Brown former Oklahoma reporter who led publicity work.
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Guthrie
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Milton H. Brown
Howe Heirs
Howe
Brown
John H. Cotteral
Chauncey Brown
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Wen
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