Independence Debate Shapes Philippine Bill Fate
Washington May 7 The fate of the Jones bill on Philippine independence hangs on Senate support and Taft veto prospects. The majority backs limited independence by 1921 with U S supervision, while the minority led by Olmstead opposes quick freedom.
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Jones
Senate
Mr. Jones
Taft
Congress
Insular Affairs Committee
Representative Olmstead
Legarda
Quezon
Filippinos
United States
House of Representatives
Nacionalistas
Progresistas
Roosevelt
Dickinson
Princeton Theological Seminary Celebrates Centenary
Princeton Theological Seminary marks its 100th anniversary with a three day program starting with a morning historical sermon by President Patton and a Lord's Supper. Officials include John Dixon and Lafayette College president Ethelbert Warfield as speakers among many alumni and church leaders.
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Princion
X. J
Princeton Theological Seminary
Patton
John Dixon
Princeton
Ethelbert D. Warfield
Lafayette College
General Assemblies
Presbyterian
Alumni Association
General Assembly
John F. Carson
Tussell Cecil
Charles Beatty Alexander
LL. D
New York
Robert E. Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missers
United States
Theological Seminary
Dutch Reformed Church In
America
New Brunswick
Andover Theological Seminary
Hovard University
Princeton Seminary
The
Presbyterian Church
Princeton University
Archibald Alexander
Third Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Alexander
Akin letter seeks $250 to fund Oklahoma school fight
Oliver H. Akin writes to Norman Commercial Club president asking for a $250 draft by May 4 to hire Giddings & Giddings for legal services in the Akin Bill battle. He warns that without support the effort to keep the bill from the people will fail and notes sparse backing so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giddings & Giddings
Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Abe
Norman Democrat-Topic
Boy Hero Saves Life Of Small Child In Narrow Well
Henry Mathews of Dothan Alabama a 11 year old tailor apprentice earned a Carnegie hero medal for lowering himself into a 15 inch bore 30 feet deep to rescue 3 year old Bennie Grant. Despite danger he repeated attempts until the child was freed and promised college education from the baby's father B J Brant.
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Henry Mathews
Dotham
Ala
Bennie Grant
Henry
B. J. Brant
Texas Labor Federation Opens Annual Texas Convention in Palestine
Delegates from major Texas labor groups answer roll call at the State Federation of Labor opening in Palestine. City leaders including Mayor Bowers extend greetings as William Liann of the presidium is noted.
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Palestine
Tex
Texas
State Federation of Labor
Bowers
William Liann
Harris Faces Habeas Hearing in Decked Dollar Bond Case
Judge McKeown set bail at 10000 for L C Harris after habeas corpus proceedings following a fatal shooting tied to Braddy. Testimony outlined weapons owned and used, with witnesses detailing the scuffle and shots fired at a pool hall and adjacent locations.
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Braddy
J. M. Colvin
Bud Gregg
Harris
Huggins
C. O. Ennett
Palace Cafe
Bennett
Wardlow
Jacobson
McKeown
Sam McDaniel
Atoka County
Adas
Carlos Brents
L. J. Crowder
Mad-Ox Drug Store
Whitner
Dick Williams
Frank Yeargan
Crass
Crowders
Whitwar
Shorty Hicks
W. J. Reed
Bootleggers Out of Denison Use Rail Seals and Trains
A Denison case reveals bootleggers using railroad car seals to hide shipments from Indian Territory Texans shifted to Oklahoma. Bill Spivens of Ada arranged Pride of Kentucky and Budweiser deliveries via Dallas and Blank Express, then hid boxes in rooming houses and boarded northbound trains at night to slake thirst with illicit liquor.
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Bill Spivins
Ada
Blank Blank Company
Dallas
Pride of Kentucky
Union
Bill Spivens
Oklahoma
Denison
Wat
Abad Negro Captured After Rural Chase
Deputies Bolin and Duncan pursued a wanted man named B. H. Malone near Ada and North Ada. After a tense chase he was wrestled to the ground, officers defended by shots, a knife attack, and a scuffle ending with his capture and confinement in jail. Malone faces multiple Garvin county charges including horse theft.
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Cal Bolin
R. E. Duncan
B. H. Malone
Garvin County
Rosedale
Ada
Rogers Harris
North Ada
Bolin
Duncan
Tornado Kills Eighteen in Korn Oklahoma Town
Reports from Altus Oklahoma state a cyclone wiped out Korn in Washita county last Saturday, killing eighteen residents and leaving many injured. Debris clearing begins as insurance adjusts losses and nearby towns aid dependent families amid a broader Oklahoma death toll.
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Altus
Korn
Spratling
Eolorado. Ok
Oklahoma
Butler
Granite
Hinton
Merritt
Sentinel
Hobart
Lugert
Rocky
Galwmet
Eldorado
Kirkland
Tex
Apaches May Be Returned to Arizon
Washington May 6 The House committee on Indian affairs reported favorably the Ferrie bill to liberate Apache prisoners at Fort Sill Okla The bill grants 300 remnants and descendants of Geronimo and Neches bands a choice to stay at Fort Sill Sawto Sawto Kiowa lands or Mescalero reservation New Mexico An appropriation of 100000 funds removal costs
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Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs Today
Ferrie
Fort Sill
Geronimo
Neches
Fort Sife
Sawtog
Mescalero Reservation
New Mexico
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Independence
Philippines
Islands
Washington, D. C
Committee On Insular Affairs
J. A. Edwards
Stratford
Manuel Quezon
Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
United Same
Aiken
Josues
Norman Com
Mercial Club
Oliver H. Akin
Boy
Texas Labor Federation
Gourt
L. C. Harris
Judge McKeown
Made and Harris
Cassie Coyle
George Harrison
Frank Jones
C. W. Graves
J. T. Conn
W. W. Sledge
S. E
Chief Townshell
Indian Territory
Abad Negro
Oklahoma City, Ok
Washita County
Eigh
Arizons
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