Ferris Campaign Claims sweeping Oklahoma State
Returns from the Oklahoma Scott Ferris Club show over fifteen hundred precinct questionnaires and lists of forty names each praising Ferris and predicting a dominant Democratic support. Quotes gauge strong Ferris momentum with few votes for Gore and substantial Democrat backing across towns and counties.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Scott Ferris Club
Ferris
Scott
Scott Ferris
Gore
Freeling
Tere
Ferris Club
Warned of Counterfeit U S Money Circulation in Mexico
The Mexican foreign office warned residents to guard against counterfeit money from the United States. The warning cited a Mexican consulate report estimating 200 million dollars in fake currency in circulation. It attributed the issue to Bolshevik agents seeking reprisal for U S radical prosecutions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Foreign Office
United States
State Department
New York
Bank cashier killed in Kansas City bank robbery attempt
Glenn Shockey cashier of the South Side Bank at 39th and Main was killed during a bank hold up in Kansas City this morning. Four bandits fired as they tried to enter the door. an official and janitor were shot at. The robbers fled in a motor car after failing to reach the counter. The bank had been robbed previously on February 12 by a single bandit who escaped with 4400 dollars.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Glenn Shockey
South Side Bank
39Th
Main Streets
Shockey
South Side
Labor Federation Opposes Pro-Right Candidates In Northeast
Philadelphia bulletin from the Philadelphia and Camden advisory boards of the American Federation of Labor announces a campaign against 25 Pennsylvania and 7 New Jersey house members for opposing organized labor. It targets congressmen who voted for the railroad bill as urged by the AFL.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
House of Representatives
Camden
Congress
Ada Businessmen Plan New Cotton Compress Plant
An Ada Chamber of Commerce executive committee meeting led to forming a stock company to build a modern cotton compress in Ada. They aim for a $150,000 corporation to purchase a new press, with $60,000 already pledged, and will seek a charter promptly.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harris Hotel
Ada
Oklahoma City
Web Press Co
Minden
P. S. Case
S. W. Hill
A. K. Thornton
M. C. Wilson
A. B. Mears
J. Lasater
Ada Press
Glass Casket Co
West Virginia Senate Ratification Vote Drama
Senator B R Montgomery arrived in Charleston to break a deadlock on the Susan B Anthony Amendment ratification before adjournment. Jessie A Bloch of West Virginia sped from California to vote, with an airplane ready and a special train prepared if needed to reach Charleston before adjournment.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Va
B. R. Montgomery
Susan B. Anthony
State Senate
Bloch
California
Chicago
Cincinnati
Jessie A. Bloch
West Virginia
Wilson outlines reservations stance on peace treaty in letter
President Wilson sent a letter to Senator Hitchcock that frames a new angle in the Senate ratification fight. He warns that most suggested reservations effectively nullify the pact and warns Article 10 is the treaty’s heart. He cautions on France and imperialist aims endangering renunciation of territorial ambitions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Hitchcock
Senate
France
Chicago Divorcee Allegedly Kills Man Then Herself
Ruth Randall a divorced former artist model and Clifford H. Bleyer prominent clubman and ad company president were found shot dead in her city apartment. An inquest will determine the shooting details as police cite a diary entry and a penned poem suggesting murder followed by suicide. Bleyer had been missing since January.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ruth Randall
Clifford M. Bleyer
Joseph Springer
Clifford H. Bleyer
Bleyer
Randall
H. E. Vale
Oklahoma City
Agreement Reached on Article 10 Revision
A modified draft of the Republican reservation to Article 10 of the Peace Treaty is understood to have been agreed today by a number of Republican leaders working with.
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Associated Press
Washington
State ministers call for sweeping reforms in Oklahoma
A gathering of 750 pastors from every Oklahoma county under the Inter- Church World movement urged broad state and city reforms. They approved a plan inspired by Rev. R. S. Cushman to restore home altar worship and revive Christianity to cut reported immorality.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
R. S. Cushman
New York
Methodist Church
Welfare Board Leads Oklahoma City Moral Drive
Oklahoma City authorities announce a city wide campaign to improve morals. Goals include caring for elonquent children and older persons, supervised playgrounds, closing immoral rooming houses, curbing auto joy riding, extending Boy Scout work, public education on right living, school lessons on health and virtue, stronger parent cooperation, and action against illegal narcotics sellers. A sermon in every church is planned for next Sunday as plans are finalized.
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Welfare Board
Oklahoma City
Selfridge Declares for Sheriff in Ada Area
Barney Selfridge announces his candidacy for sheriff. Former Lightning Ridge resident now living in Ada, with a longer notice to follow.
175 Cases of Fatal Sleeping Sickness in New York
New York health officials report 175 sleeping sickness cases since January 1 with most resulting in death. Commissioner Copeland says the illness appears linked to the influenza epidemic’s aftermath.
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Associated Press
New York
Copeland
President Wilson Rides Again In Open Car
President Wilson completed his third automobile outing since being ordered to bed last October. An open car carried the president with Mrs. Wilson Miss Margaret Wilson and his physician Rear Admiral acting as escort.
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Washington
Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Nee His Physisian
Conference To Convene In Ada Next Tuesday
The Durant District Conference meets at the First Methodist Church in Ada next Tuesday at 7 30 pm. The program runs through the evening with topics on The Sunday School The Woman's Missionary Society and The Epworth League presented by L F Sensebaugh Mrs J C Fowler and Miss Gertrude Nelson. A sermon by Rev R E L Morgan of Oklahoma City Wednesday evening is highlighted.
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Durant
First Methodist Church
Ada
L. F. Sensebaugh
Woman’s Missionary Society
J. C. Fowler
Epworth League
Gertrude Nelson
R. E. L. Morgan
Oklahoma City
Morgan
Kentucky Women Granted Vote in 1920 Presidential Election
Kentucky lawmakers pass a bill allowing women to vote in the 1920 presidential election regardless of the federal suffrage amendment. The measure was approved by the lower house and a similar bill is pending. Local officials expect enforcement as drafted.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Burned in His Airplane Near New Paris
A government airmail carrier Lt Clayton Stoner of Chicago was burned to death when his plane fell near New Paris at about ten o clock. He became lost in mist while seeking the Wabash Railroad, which mail carriers follow on daily flights.
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Associated Press
New Pris
Ind
Clayton Stoner
Chicago
New Paris
Stoner
Wabash
No More Allied Loans From U S Government
Washington March 10 The Allied Governments will receive no further loans from the United States Government, Secretary of the Treasury Houston announced. Loans to date total 9 659 834 49 of the 10 000 000 000 authorized by Congress. It was not considered advisable to utilize the remainder.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Treaty GH in Last Stage
Senate fights over ratification enter final, bitter phase as Article 10 and reservations are decided. The article vows League members to respect territorial integrity and political independence, with the Council advising on measures to fulfill the obligation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
League
Former State Official Visits Friends In Ada
J. D. Lankford of Oklahoma City visits Ada today meeting friends and handling business. He served as state bank commissioner for eight years during Governors Cruce and Williams, was regarded as a highly competent official, and has many warm Ada friends glad to see him again.
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J. D. Lankford
Oklahoma City
Ada
Lankford
Oklahoma
Cruce and
Williams
Miss Kate Braly Heads to New York for Publicity Work
Miss Kate Braly of 214 West 14th Street departs today for New York City to serve as advance publicity agent for the Liberty Lyceum and Chautauqua Company. She will travel via St Louis where Miss Virginia Dale of Louisville will join as her New England state associate. Friends wish her success in this new role. The Ada High School gratefully acknowledges Judge and Mrs C O Barton for a donation of about eighty catalogued books now in use in the library.
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Kate Braly
W. 14Th St
New York City
Liberty Lyceum and
Chautauqua Co
St. Louis
Virginia Dale
Louisville
New England
Miss Braly
Bartons
Ada High School
C. O. Barton
Woman Hellgat Confesses Love Triangle Behind Shooting
In El Paso the widow of Captain Wade Doster says the Army officer planned to marry her after his discharge. She alleges Doster was engaged to her since 1918 and had paid the Columbus woman 1500 to leave him, with a signed agreement.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Tex
Wade Doster
Medical Corps
United States Army
Columbus
N. M
Lulu M. Beckley
Harry Canfield
Coldwater
Kansas
Doster
Oklahoma Father to Investigate Daughter Death in Chicago
H E Vale father of Ruth Randall the thirty year old divorcee artist model plans to go to Chicago to investigate the death of his daughter. He says he knew little of her in seven years and was divorced from Jennie Vale in 1900. Clifford M Bleyer a wealthy Chicagoan is also connected to the case. Vale intends to travel as soon as his business permits.
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Oklahoma City
H. E. Vale
Ruth Randall
Chicago
Clifford M. Bleyer
Army Bill Approved by House Sets 289000 Enlisted Strength
Washington March 10 the House approved an authorized peace time army of 289000 enlisted men and 17820 officers by a 7925 vote. The chamber refused to amend the Army Reorganization Bill to set a maximum strength of 226000 men and 14200 officers.
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Washington
House
El Paso man freed after ransom from Villa gang
Joseph Williams of El Paso Texas an employee of American Smelting and Refining Company was captured and held for ransom by Francisco Villa and the bandits who wrecked a Mexican Central Railroad train last Thursday and has been freed according to a telegram received today by his employers
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EL Paso
Texas
Joseph Williams
American Smelting and Refining Company
Francisco Villa
Mexican Central Railroad
Will
Tony
Plane crash near Miami kills three mechanics and pilot
Maxwell Blanchard of go, pilot, Charles Sims of New York and Kenneth Earle of Montclair New Jersey were killed when a three seated plane crashed to earth 35 miles north of Miami. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined.
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Miami
Fla
Maxwell Blanchard
Charles Sims
New York
Kenneth Earle
Montclair
New Jersey
New Jersey Bill Defines Intoxicants by Alcohol Content
Albany report says Assemblyman Morris Bioch, Democrat, introduced a New Jersey adapted bill defining intoxicating beverages as those exceeding 3 percent alcohol by weight. The measure aims to align with Governor Edwards and standardize local law.
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Albany
N.J
Morris Bioch
New York
Govrnor Edwards
New Jersey
Rob Big Distillery Heist Shocks Baltimore
A group entered the Mount Vernon Distillery in Baltimore on March 10 bound and gagged the government agent and two managers, then seized about forty barrels of teenage and oe fern notes.
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Rob Big
Baltimore
Mount Vernon
Girls Will Hoof It Two Thousand Miles Regardless of Roads
Mrs. W. J. Eaton and Miss Emily Cromwell left Fort Worth on a walk to San Francisco. They previously trekked New York to Fort Worth in under two months and expect to reach California in seven weeks. They wore Mackinaws khaki breeches and leather puttees and plan to follow the Texas and Pacific line to El Paso then the Southern Pacific through New Mexico Arizona to the coast. Cromwell and Eaton formerly served as telegraph company messenger girls.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
W. J. Eaton
Emily Cromwell
San Francisco
New York
Texas and Pacific
el Paso
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Pacific Coast City
Miss Cromwell
Mrs
Eaton
Joseph Anderson Announces Candidacy for County Clerk
The Evening News prints Joseph Anderson’s bid for county clerk subject to the August Democratic primary. Anderson has long been a Pontotoc County resident and four years as Ada justice of the peace. The notice notes his sterling qualities and promises a fuller update later.
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Joseph Anderson
Evening News
Anderson
Pontotoc
Ada
Robbers Dig Under Peckham Vault for Small Loot
Robbers tunneled under the Peckham State Bank vault at Peckham Oklahoma and opened many safety deposit boxes. The incident left few items recovered while some boxes remained untouched. No injuries reported and police are investigating the break in.
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Peckham
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Peckham State Bank
Kay County
Oklahoma
W.R. Samuels
State Bankers’ Association
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American Federation
Cotton
Geers
Apaert
Affntes
Selfridge
Og Eg Be
Barney Selfridge
Lightning Ridge
Hellgat
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