Uniformity bill sparks discrimination debate in Oklahoma
Guthrie reports the committee adopted a report urging measures to prevent discrimination by private corporations in pricing, with a focus on coal and railroad rates. A Jim Crow plank provoked debate, but supporters say the constitution remains endangered by the proposed provision. Beaumont notes liquor C O D tax tests may begin with wholesalers offering C O D shipments to Wells Fargo to challenge the law.
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Pacific Express Company
Chambers County
Downard Ends Life in Purcell Shooting Tragedy
W H Downard a well known real estate and insurance agent and former Cooke County district clerk shot himself through the breast in Purcell Oklahoma on Thursday. He had been ill for weeks but was convalescent and showed no indication of an intent to take his life. He was a respected Gainesville Texas native with strong local ties.
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W. H. Downard
Cooke County
Texas
Gainesville Tex
Washington's Warning After Hasty Execution in Bastrop
Abe Washington was hanged at Bastrop Texas for killing Pennie Moore. Before death he warned his race to abstain from whisky and avoid bad company. The body was shipped to Winchester for burial.
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Tex
Abe Washington
Pennie Moore
Winchester
Boy’s fatal attempt under freight train in Waco
In Waco on February 15, ten year old John Kemendo tried to crawl under a moving Kazy freight when it started. A wheel crushed his neck, severing his head. he was the son of Christopher Kemendo, a traveling salesman.
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Waco
John Kemendo
Christopher Kemendo
Nacogdoches residents urge mercy for hanged man
Felix Holman, a young Black man rened here, was sentenced to be hanged in Greenville Mississippi. His parents raised funds to ship his body home for burial Friday. Citizens wired Governor Vardaman to block shipment of the body. Raleigh reports the lower General Assembly approved a 2 cent passenger rate for Southern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line, with the Senate weighing a 2 1-2 cent rate.
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Felix Holman
Greenville
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Vardaman
Raleigh
N. C
General Assembly
Southern Railway
Atlantic
Senate
Villareal Case Receives New Defense Evidence
Additional evidence for the defense in the Antonio Villareal deportation case was received by the bureau of immigration in Washington. Villareal, described as an alleged Mexican revolutionist, is detained at El Paso under immigration laws.
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Antonio Villareal
el Paso
Bureau of Immigration
Woman indicted for murder of former Utah senator in Raleigh hotel
Washington February 15 Mrs Annie M Bradley indicted for murder in the first degree for shooting former Senator Arthur M Brown of Utah at the Raleigh hotel in this city on December. Alpine Texas February 15 while in Mexico chasing criminals Raber Hudson fired at from ambush missing his head by a bullet. Elgin Texas February 15 Tom Rosas shot and died within minutes. bystander also shot but survived. All parties are Mexicans.
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Annie M. Bradley Friday
Arthur M. Brown
Utah
Raleigh
Alpine
Tex
Mexico
Rabeer Hudson
Elgin
Tom Rosas
Clerks Strike in Childress Over Shorter Hours
In Childress Texas on February 15 union clerks are on strike demanding shorter hours. Only one merchant has displayed the union card.
Cruiser Columbia Sails From New Orleans After Mardi Gras
The cruiser Columbia, stationed in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, departed the port and set course for Havana.
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Cruieer Columbia
Havana
Fifty Boilermakers Strike Demands Wages at Sedalia
Sedalia Missouri February 15 Fifty boiler makers in the Missouri Pacific railway shops walked out demanding higher pay.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
Barn Fire Destroys Hay Barn at Knaur Lindsay Site
A barn owned by the Knaur Lindsay Grain company in Denison burned, destroying 200 tons of hay. Fire crews fought the blaze but the structure and its valuable load were lost. Investigators were not immediately listed as to cause.
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Knaur-Lindsay Grain Company
Kiowa Comanche and Apache land entry dates announced
First entries set for March 1 with three day limits and daily caps. Miss Olive Jones of Temple wins claim No 1 for 105 dollars, securing the southeast quarter of section 19, township 2 west, range 12. Arthur F Wilson of Walter wins claim No 2 for 1350 dollars, taking the southwest quarter of section 22, township 4 south, range 14 west.
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United Lawton
Pre States Land Office
Oklahoma
Olive Jones
Temple
Arthur F. Wilson
Walter
Soutge
Sunset
Tex
Walter B. B. McGregor
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Greenville
Roberd
Unique Organization Forms In Missouri Bill Club No 1
Jefferson City February 15 The Bill Club No 1 of the World has filed articles of association and secured a charter as a social organization. Headquarters are in Excelsior Springs and members must be named Bill. Notable members include William J Bryan W J Stone and ex Congressmen Cowherd. Officers include President Bill Sisk Vice President Big Wear Secretary Bill Hyder Treasurer Pill Flack.
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Excelsior Springs
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William J. Bryan
United States
W. J. Stone
Cowherd
Kansas City
Bill Sisk
Big Wear
Bill Hyder
Pill Flack
Randell's Resolution on Tariff Talks Tabled
Washington February 15 The house ways and means committee tabled Randell's resolution seeking German and American tariff negotiation information by party vote. Secretary Root's letter argues the request conflicts with the public interest as the administration pursues a raised tariff or risks a trade war with Germany.
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House Committee On Ways and Means
Randell
Root
Texas
Germany
Scheme to Defraud Distillers Uncovered in London
Inland Revenue officers unearthed a large scheme by a London distillers firm to bypass liquor taxes. Hidden underground pipes carried whisky from a distillery to a duty paid warehouse, evading a tax of 2.75 dollars per gallon. Authorities demanded a 300000 dollar fine. parliament discussed the case.
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Inland Revenue
Vault Broken Open in Hamilton County Treasurer Office
A Sulligent Alabama dispatch reports the county treasurer’s vault in Hamilton Marion county was blown open Friday around 3 am and looted of six to eight thousand dollars. Several thousand dollars were left behind. A $500 reward is offered for the robbers.
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Sulligent
Ala
Hamilton
Marion County
First fatal racing accident of season at Everyville
San Francisco report notes the first race season fatality as jockey Fred Ross, once a top rider in the eighties, was thrown from a horse in a runaway. Ross, who came to the coast from the Midwest sixty years ago, died of a broken neck.
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Everyville
Fred Ross
Ross
Middle West
Representative Robinson Bill Seeks Travel Expense Limit
Representative Robinson of Arkansas introduces a bill in the House to cap congress members mileage reimbursement to actual necessary travel expenses to each session and between home and the national capital.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
House
Congress
Naval appropriation bill consumes House session
Washington February 15 The naval appropriation bill dominated the House proceedings on Thursday and nearly reached completion as lawmakers worked through the lengthy measure.
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