Strange murders baffle officials in Chicago case
The death of E N Purcell, a wealthy music publisher, remains unsolved as investigators add a new homicide theory. Dr E R Terreman, found murdered in his burning home, shows two head contusions and a bloody collar. detectives consider beating and strangulation with possible drug involvement. Deeds found near a bookcase may link motives.
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Associated Press
Chicago
E. N. Purcell
E. R. Terreman
Terreman
Illinois Reserve
Purcell
Lumber Shortage Cited From War-Era Production Cuts
Houston Sept. 28 John Henry Kirby head of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association says the country faces a lumber shortage due to reduced hours of work enforced by government action inefficiency and dwindling timber reserves. He notes current output is below 46 percent of pre war capacity and home and foreign stocks are depleted Europe lacks material. He favors anti trust amendments to stabilize prices but opposes government price fixing except in war times.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
John Henry Kirby
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Kirby
Europe
Graves Demands Apology Over Cossack Flaying Incident
Major General Graves, leader of American forces in Siberia, reportedly followed war department instructions to demand an apology from the Cossack commander after a U S soldier was flogged while aiding in avoiding a clash between Japanese and American Cossack units. Army officials termed the episode the most serious yet since deployment.
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War Department
Graves
Army
Siberia
Cattle Men Are Great Losers
W. A. Barrett reports widespread losses among cattle men in the county after months of falling cattle prices. Some had to sell real estate to meet obligations. one man lost between ten and fifteen thousand dollars, with others losing more.
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Barrett
Motor trucks aid cotton transport between Maxwell and Ada
Motor trucks solve quick transport from Maxwell cotton market to Ada yards. Two daily trips average eighty four miles, moving four bales per trip. Trucks cut time and labor, boosting farm output and market prices, if good roads exist to eliminate middlemen and speed routes.
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Maxwell
Ada
Pontotoc County
Prohibition Remains Until Peace Treaty Is Ratified
Washington report that the war department says accidents of war and mobilization progress end, but wartime prohibition stays until the peace treaty is ratified. Attorney General Palmer says the state of war ends only after ratification. President Wilson earlier urged repeal only for light wines and beer.
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Palmer
Washington
War Department
Wilson
Congress
Pontotoc Makes Fine Showing at the State Fair
J. B. Hill returned from Oklahoma City where he managed Pontotoc county’s exhibit at the state fair. Despite late funding uncertainty the county placed sixth among 35 counties and won multiple first prizes including W. H. Stevens for Squaw Dent corn and W. H. Riddle for wheat.
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Pontotoc
J. B. Hill
Oklahoma City
Pontotoc County
Mr. Hill
W.H. Stevens
Stonewall
W. H. Riddle
J. J. Belt
Hickory
New York
Oklahoma
J. K. Bottoms
Ada
Curtis Floyd
Ben Boring
Muskogee
Farmers losing voting strength warn of landed estates risk
Chicago September 29 Chief dangers to the American farmer are shrinking voting power and growing land wealth in a few hands, said Robert Lynn Cox third vice president of Metropolitan Insurance Company at the Farm Mortgage Bankers Association of America convention. He urged preventing absentee landlords and warned against tenancy while noting the dawn of farmer wealth and power.
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Chicago
Robert Lynn Cox
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Farm Mortgage Bankers’ Association of America
Barber Strike Ends Ambitiously in Ada
The Ada union barbers settled their strike amicably last night and all shops reopen today after a day and a half out. An agreed statement says hours will be 8 to 6 until a time change, then 7:36 to 6, with prices kept unless owners alter them.
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Ada
Indian Territory Pioneer H. C. Russell Dies in Altus
H. C. Russell longtime Indian Territory pioneer died at his Altus Oklahoma home on Tuesday. He moved from Texas before statehood and lived about twenty five to thirty years in Ross where he operated the leading dry goods and clothing store in Roff.
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Indian Territory
H.C. Russell
Altus
Okla
Mr. Russell
Texas
Oklahoma
Ross
Roff
Kansas broom corn among profitable crops
The broom corn crop in southwestern Kansas is finishing harvest and valued around 2 million dollars for the current season. Last year the state produced over 18.5 million pounds worth about 1.79 million dollars. The crop remains a staple for housewives despite modern cleaners.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Oklahoma
S. D. Flora
Rioting in Omaha Leads to Mass Arrests
Fifty men and boys were arrested in Omaha in connection with Sunday night's riot. Those held face charges of murder, inciting to riot, or assault to commit murder and willful destruction of property. A special grand jury will convene Oct. 8 to probe the charges. Mayor Edward P. Smith’s condition was reported as improving after the attack.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
E. C. Henry
Edward P. Smith
Pen Sentences for Four Who Plead Guilty
Four young men pleaded guilty in district court in an accommodation session and drew penitentiary terms or suspended sentences. Clarence Owens got one year and a day for grand larceny after stealing a watch from Roane Sugg during a fishing outing near Byng. Arthur Smith received three years for auto theft from Dr. Craig, with potential two years off for good behavior. Glover Odum and Townsend each drew two years for forging or passing checks, with sentences suspended pending four months of schooling yearly.
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McAlester
Clarence Owens
Bolen
Roane Sugg
Sugg
Byng
Owens
Arthur Smith
Dr. Craig
Glover Odum
Townsend
Let a Want Ad Sell It for You
A classifieds note encourages readers to use want ads to sell items. It highlights easy placement and broad exposure through the newspaper's marketplace.
Transport Federation Delegates Meet as Strike Action Debates
London October 1 delegates from the Transport Federation gather to decide if their 325 000 workers should join sympathy strikes with Britain s railroad workers while a government report at noon notes continued improvement in actual conditions.
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London
Transport Federation
Great Britain
Atlantic Coast Storms Abate After Coastal Fury
The storm off the Georgia coast moved inland over Georgia and weakened, with weather bureau announcing reduced intensity as storm warnings along the south Atlantic coast were removed at 9 a.m.
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Associated Press
Washington
Georgia
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Wilson Improves as Officials Seek Restful Day
Washington reports say President Wilson shows steady improvement and aides guard against exertion while he may handle limited duties. Oklahoma City dispatches deny rumors of disturbances in the city last night and today.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Oklahoma City
Joe Parks Held Without Bail After Preliminary Hearing
Joe Parks was bound over to the district court without bail after a preliminary examination before Justice Brown. He faces first degree rape charges tied to a Friday car ride with the alleged victim. The girl and her mother testified, with the defense offering no testimony. a habeas corpus bid for bond is expected. The defendant remains in the county jail.
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District Court
Parks
Gary Before Senate as Steel Strike Testimony Opens
Chairman E. H. Gary of United States Steel testified before the Senate committee investigating the steel strike. He was expected to remain on the stand all day with more hearings to follow this week in Pittsburgh and Washington as the inquiry moves into the strike zone.
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Associated Press
Washington
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Senate
William Z. Foster
Michael S. Pighe
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Pittsburgh
Bolshevists Defeated by Finnish Forces at Bulata
The Finnish general Balakovitch's troops breach Bolshevik lines at Bulata and force the surrender of whole divisions, according to a dispatch received in Copenhagen dated October 1.
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Preas
Copenhagen
Bulata
Balakovitch
County Hospital Need Discussed By Lions Club
At a noon Lions Club meeting the proposal to establish a Pontotoc county hospital was debated. Officials note past influenza, potential future epidemics, and mounting costs for treating the poor, urging a central facility and bonds under the new law. A separate issue covered plans to buy a county farm for an indigent home.
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Lions Club
Ada
Roff
County Medical Society
Pontotoc County
Land advances as farm land values rise and prices fall
Chicago Sept 29 American farmers face higher land prices while farm product values drop. John A Cavanagh vice president of Des Moines National Bank told the Farm Mortgage Bankers Association that the nation has shifted from $100 farmers on $100 land to $500 farmers on $500 land as land prices climb 15 to 30 percent nationally and up to 50 to 100 percent in the Midwest. He predicted farm product prices will fall in the next decade and land values will continue rising while farming becomes more scientific and profitable through intensive methods. He cited a likely end to European demand within two years and domestic surpluses in staples as prices adjust.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John A. Cavanagh
Des Moines
Middle West
Cavanagh
America
Boyle Enters Race On Anti League Platform
Ed Boyle, chief mine inspector, announced his candidacy for the vacant Oklahoma seat on an anti league plank. He will formally object to ratification of the league covenant tomorrow. Other Democrats favor the league while Judge Harreld, the Republican aspirant, is said to oppose ratification.
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Oklahoma City
League of Nations Covenant
Joe B. Thompson
Ed Boyle
Harreld
Judge Crump resigns from Hughes and Okfuskee district court
Oklahoma City report states Judge George C. Crump of the dis tret court of Hughes county has resigned. His district formerly covered Hughes and Okfuskee counties, but a recent legislature act attached Okfuskee to another district.
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Oklahoma City
George C. Crump
Distret Court
Hughes County
Negroes Shot By Lynch Mob In Montgomery Tragedy
In Montgomery Alabama on September 30 John Temple a Black man who shot and fatally wounded Policeman John Barbare died in a hospital after being shot by white men. Days earlier Miles Phifer and Robert Crosby were killed by a mob. another Black man Astor who was with Temple faced pursuit after the Barbare shooting.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
John Temple
John Barbare
Miles Phifer
Robert Crosby
Astor
Temple
Barbare
Ardmore Demands Reed Cancel League speech
Ardmore citizens in a mass meeting telegrammed Senator James A Reed of Missouri urging him to cancel his Ardmore date opposing the league of nations. Resolutions backed President Wilson and the league. Reed plans to speak Wednesday night. meeting chaired by Rev. Dr. Robert E. Lee Morgan.
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Ardmore
Okla
James A. Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
Wilson
League
Reed
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Robert E. Lee Morgan
Ardmore Methodist Church
Private wire network links vast Chicago Board of Trade
Announcement shows 40 000 miles of private wires used daily by one firm, connecting the Chicago grain and provision pits to Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Canadian cities, Gulf points, and numerous nearby communities, expanding constant access across markets.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Ada plans for real ball park and team next season
Fans from the city and county gathered in the courthouse last night to support creating a real ball park in Ada and fielding a baseball team for the next season. Merle Matthews led the meeting and pushed the effort forward.
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Ada
Court House
Merle Matthews
P-P
Republicans Plan Fight in Oklahoma
Washington reports Republicans will mount a strenuous effort to win Oklahoma’s Fifth District seat, left by the late Joseph B. Thompson. The district, long Democratic, sits about 2,000 votes Democratic but current sentiment favors a Republican challenge led by King Swope, seen as a repeat of his Kentucky upset. The Fifth Oklahoma district is described as a battleground.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Joseph B. Thompson
Wilson
Thompson
King Swope
Kentucky
Blue Grass
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