Allegations Fly In Oklahoma Fraud Probes Involving Officials
In Tulsa on May 18 two petitions filed in federal court accuse Sylvester R. Rush and Gregg of the Eastern Oklahoma district of improper influence in Muskogee fraud cases. A discharged grand jury signs the first petition alleging intimidation to indict Governor Charles N. Haskell, while a second petition targets Rush and Gregg with sharper charges and claims Tulsa World influence. Signers include G W Laws, A Y Boswell, Harley Haskings, P W Cunningham, J T Brown, A L Rogers, G W Thompson, J A Todd, and defendants Gov Haskell C W Turner W R Eaton W T Hutchings Fred Zevers A Z England Jesse Hill.
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Tulsa
Sylvester R. Rush
United States
Gregg
Oklahoma
Muskogee
John A. Marshall
Phil
Messrs. Gregg
Rush
Charles N. Haskell
Cregg
G Uss
Tulsa World
Grand Jury
Haskell and Associates
Aislen
Ussogee
William T. Hutchings
World
William R. Hearst
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Haskell
G. W. Laws
Broken Arrow
A. Y. Boswell
Tusa
Harley Haskings
Okmulgee
P. W. Cunningham
Weleetka
John T. Brown
Bristow
A. L. Rogers
R. Gilliland
G. W. Thompson
Fort Gibson
J. A. Todd
Night riders barraged Oklahoma town with threats and warrants
Purcell Oklahoma May 18 county attorney Franklin obtained warrants for twelve suspected night riders after eight men were arrested on charges of belonging to an organized band. He warns of possible more arrests as letters threaten violence and property depredations. Brown and Worley who aided the case have fled the state amid threats.
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Purcell
Okla
Purdy
Benjamin Franklin
McLain County
Franklin
Night Rider
F. i R. Jones
Spencer
Robert Brown
J. R. Worley
Brown
Worley
Senator Gore Pushes Price Investigation Resolve
Washington May 18 Senator Gore urged the finance committee to probe wholesale and retail prices of commodities to reveal who bears blame for high costs. The plan faces tariff concerns as Aldrich and Carter note overlaps with tariff commission work while Bailey presses for speed and a four member select committee.
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Washington
Gore
Committee On Finance
Senate
Aldrich
Carter
Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Owen
Gallager
Republican Party
Oklahoma
Bailey
Bristow, Crawford and la Follette
Plan to curb monopolies by rechartering utilities in Oklahoma
Guthrie May 15. Former State Senator David P. Marum urges rechartering all public utilities to curb monopolies. He also proposes state or national charters for large corporations, stock value scaling, board representation, 10 percent earnings retained, and patents limited to fair royalties to prevent monopoly power.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma
David P. Marum
Woodward
Oklahoma State Bar Association
Marum
Democratic Press Bureau
Committee
The
State Bar Association
Additional Arrest Ties Scribner and Putnam Murders
Mack Lee of near Citra was arrested on a warrant linking him to the Scribner and Putnam murders. Reports say the Scribner killing grew from Putnam’s, and grand jury probes will test these tied cases. Lee, a farmer and Farmers State Bank director, is R Couch’s son in law. exact link unclear.
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Mack Lee
Near Citra
Scribner
Putnam
Frank Scribner
Zeke Putnam
Citra
Farmers State Bank
R. ©. Couch
Mann Reclaims Sons in Italy backed bail case from Spokane
Daniel Mann, a Spokane County farm laborer, sent a 1200 dollar money order to Genoa Italy, freeing his four sons aged 20 to nine held there as security for loans to bring his wife and four daughters to Spokane. He says a steamship agent misled his family to Brazil and they faced threats and even executions for whistleblowing. Prominent locals warn of possible legal action if a Bremen agency settlement fails. Charlie Smith returns from Texas to resume post office duties.
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Spokeane
Wash
Daniel Mann
John Kranish
Moran Prairie
Spokane
Genoa
Italy
Spokane County
Bremen
Mann
Kuraka
Russia
Germany
New York
Washington
Brazil
Prosttenort
Michael Loufti
Europe
Movement to Locate State Capital Gains Broad Support
The movement to locate the state capital by a vote of the people gains favor across Oklahoma. Republicans and Democrats alike support the plan, arguing it is nonpartisan and practical, with funding from sale of land near a major city to pay for the capitol and grounds.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol
Shawnee
Guthrie
Logan County
Hesto
Ithe
New Jerusalem
Campbell Russell
Public school closing entertainment at Airdome charms crowd
Last night at the Airdome the first in a series of entertainments for closing public schools drew a large audience. More than two hundred children staged choruses recitations dialogues and songs with careful preparation evident in costumes and performances. Mrs Shanafelt Miss Iacas Kennedy Pearl Hendrix and Collins Institute pupils assisted. Mr and Mrs Arthur Blanks moved to Ramsey's with rooms for light housekeeping.
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Airdome
Shanafelt
Sewer Construction Begins in Ada
The H. H. Fitzgerald Company of Muskogee, contractor for Ada’s sewerage system, started work this morning. Crews lay a storm sewer from Broadway to Stockton on Twelfth Street with piping on the ground and excavation underway under Sherwood Hill, a council member, supervising. Twelfth Street work will proceed quickly to allow the paying company to begin soon.
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H. H. Fitzgerald Company
Muskogee
Ada
Broadway
Stockton
Twelfth Street
Sherwood Hill
Twelfth
Rist Hanged in Summitt. mass meeting denounces murder
In Summitt Mississippi on May 13 a Black man named John Rist was hanged from a tree and found Thursday. Citizens held a mass meeting denouncing the act as murder and offering a reward for the perpetrators' capture.
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Summitt
Miss
John Rist
Rinard Visit Ties Texas Towns for Family Health
Mrs Jno D Rinard travels from Chilton to Texas towns visiting her sister who lies seriously ill in Hon John secures three meals daily at the Chapman location, reflecting ongoing family support amid illness.
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Jno. D. Rinard
Chilton
Texas
Hon
John
Chapman
Local oil venture near Okmulgee eyes court order name change
A group of Oklahoma oil men led by George Thompson report a rich oil flow on their Okmulgee lease. They expect to obtain a court order changing his initials to J D and then replace Thompson with Rockefeller in the corporate naming, completing a planned evolution.
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Okmulgee
George Thompson
J. D
Rockefeller
Thompson
Not to control mining of gold silver and precious stones
A statement argues that mining should remain free from control since gold and silver values are effectively fixed by market conditions and precious stones offer only trivial happiness, labeling the activity a gamble regardless of production costs.
Guthrie AG rules teachers must take new subject exams
Guthrie Oklahoma May 12. Attorney General West holds that teachers with unexpired state certificates must be examined this year on the added subjects music domestic science agriculture and Oklahoma history under the new law. The ruling applies to current certificate holders and to applicants as the statute states no one shall teach or have a certificate without examination in these subjects.
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Guthrie
Okla
Cameron
West
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Gregg Hax
Governor Haskell
C. W. Turner
W. R. Eaton
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Fred Zevers
A. Z. England
Jesse Hill
Night Riders
Senator Gore
UBLIC
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Charlie Smith
Arthur Blanks
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