City Water Transfer ID Predicted as Supervision Shifts
City officials clash over water department control as Walton Wilson Kesler block Patterson plan. Kansas City firm Johnson & Henham to survey. poll shows move to place engineering under city trio and Bert Hart, with aims to remove Patterson from superintendent role. Charter cited. dispute centers on authority over water department and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Patterson
Walton-Wilson- Kesler
Johnson & Henham
Kansas City
Patterson and Donnelly
Wilson
Water Department
Patterson
Walton
Ollie Wilson
Homer
Guiblie Works
Waltom Wilson
Kester
Bert Hart
Unger Wilson
Ti Fe
Rivat Borouthir
Kesler
Rene
Bank Robbers Loot Newton Kansas Bank For $50000
Three masked men robbed the First Newton National Bank taking about 4000 to 50000 dollars in currency and Liberty bonds. They forced vice president H Evans and staff into the vault then escaped as posses formed within minutes. A courier was forced to the floor.
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Associated Preas
Newton
Kansas
H Evans
Likewire
Lage Ogtaber
Coast RAK Strike Paralyses Southern California Transit
A broad coast region blackout cripples Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway lines as railroad workers walk off their jobs across four major systems. The labor action involves members of the four great railroad brotherhoods, halting service on Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Salt Lake routes amid a tense industrial landscape. Meanwhile the Labor Party announces a national convention set for November in Chicago, drawing delegates and aiming to rally labor unity nationwide.
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Los Angeles
Southern
California
Ster
Pacific Electric
Los Angles
Prestic
Santa Fe
Salt Lake
Labor Party
Cleveland
National Labor Party
Chicago
Sal
I Atten
Jan Hays
Watermelon Seed Plot Spoof by College Officials
In a farm parlor near the city a farmer hosts three youthful state agricultural officials who pose as seed inspectors. They praise the farmer’s watermelons and hint a write up and photo will appear, while a joking undercurrent suggests a future watermelon party involving a Norman fraternal group.
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Hoy
State Board of Agriculture Ami
Foxit
Norman
Thousand Divorce Cases to Be Heard
More than 1,000 divorce cases will be heard by six judges when the court opens in Winnipeg on September 15. Most applications were filed by returned soldiers whose wives were alleged to be unfaithful.
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Winnipeg
Man
Grand Jury Indicts Five Columbus Bakers
A Columbus grand jury probing the high cost of living indicted five leading local baking companies for conspiring to raise and control bread prices under the Valentine anti trust law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Orecial
Where is Bill Mooney in Municipal Court Tale
A vagrancy case for Bill Mooney appeared in municipal court for three days but he was not found. The judge stated no record of his presence and the cage van was dismissed this morning.
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Bill Mooney
Bill
Bela Kun Removed to Another Prison
Vienna reports Bela Kun Dr. Sandler and Here Pohr were moved from their location following peasant protests. They were relocated to a new prison and the new site’s name remains undisclosed. The Austrian arena of the protests influenced the move.
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Bela Kun
Vienna
Hay
Flela Kun
Sandler
Pohr
Thaysley
Bent Brothers sue city for 1929.84
The Bent Brothers sue the city claiming water works mains caused damages under a settlement contract dated February 4, 1917. The petition details alleged injury and seeks 1929.84 in damages.
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Bent Brothers
Runnn
Polish Forces Break Bolshevik Line Near Odessa
Aug 22 report from Warsaw says Polish troops crushed Bolshevik and Soviet forces as they advance toward the Pripet marshes and northeast of Minsk. Rawne fortress near Dubno captured after hard fighting. Polish lines extend to Thvmen Dortyn and 40 miles east of Minsk. Ukrainian General Petliura and anti Bolshevik General Denekin continue coastal offenses in southern Russia. A separate item mentions missing aviators near Rockwill field and a cavalry mission in Washington with no word on the pilots’ status.
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Waraw
Rawne
Woller
Dubno
Thvmen-Dortyn
Pripet Marshes
Brest Litovek Thur
Minsk Rovnia
Volhynia
Latte
Dishnio
Petlira
Denekine
Russia
London
Fan Largo
Cal
Rockwill Field
Hanten
Keckwell Hell
Muskogee Cars Operated With Armed Guards
In Muskogee Oklahoma on August 22 convoys of cars carrying armed citizens ventured out after a strike began May 31. A citizens committee pledged protection for the street car line, while organized labor split with the central union opposing aid and a separate faction threatening a boycott of Muskogee merchants. A mass union meeting was set for tonight. police warned against demonstrations.
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Muskogee
Okla
Muskaegee
Citizens’ Committee
Organized
Carmen
Unnion
Sepa
Muskoger
McAfee
Thhem
Labor Day Proclaimed as Public Holiday
Governor MF Trapp signed a proclamation designating September 1 as Labor Day a public holiday and urged state residents to observe a day of vacation to honor labor.
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Liew
MF Trapp
Kansas City Bulletin: Oklahoma Child Tragedy and White House Conference
Two children of Mrs Oscar Bireat Ponca City Oklahoma were killed instantly when a Santa Fe passenger train struck their wagon. The mother survived with injuries and is expected to recover. President Wilson’s long White House meeting with officials led to uncertainty about a conference, with discussions delayed.
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Kansas City
Oscar Bireat
Ponca City
Okla
Ateroscene Biss
Otla
Street
Wilson May Be First To Greet Gen Pershing
Washington Aug 2 The White House said President Wilson would greet General John J Pershing on his arrival in New York aboard the Mount Vernon on September 9 or 10 if circumstances permit. The decision depends on Senate progress on the peace treaty and conditions for Wilson’s western trip.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
New York
Mount Verne
Walt
Wilson
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Six Hurt In Auto Spill In Colorado Springs
Six persons injured when their car plunged down an embankment on the Atom Canon Highway near Victor late last night. Among the injured are Mr and Mrs A H L Nagle of St Louis, Miss Edna Ege of De Lance Wis, Maud Geiger of Chicago, and Frank Trower of St Louis. Accident blamed on a broken wheel.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Vitor
A. HL. Nagle
St Ams
Edna Ege
de Laven
Maud Geiger
Chicago
Frank Trower
St. Louis
Labor Day Baseball Event Swaps Morning Program
The Labor Day celebration at the fair grounds was canceled at noon today by the organizing committee. The ball game at Victory Park will be attended in place of the entertainment in hopes of drawing the year's largest crowd. It is unclear if Senator Owning will speak in the morning.
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Fair Grounds
Victory Park
Owending
State Defense Council Opinions Differ Among Members
Fifteen Oklahoma city officials named by Governor Roberto to the State Defense Council answered the call for the general meeting. No plan was adopted and speakers offered no concrete corrective methods. John A Whitehurst presided, with attendance by state patients and Oklahoma City council members.
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Oklahoma
Roberto Ay
Jadin A. Whiteturat
Chiaceman
Fonnel
Whitelusrat
Arviien
Campea Tans
Periines
Oklatona
Cnet
Evhole
Corp Ratuim Comitintesion
Orgapation
Apa
John A. Whitenurst
City Man Rides 20000 Miles For Y M C A
Oklahoma City motorist C P Sturm, overseas with the Y M C A, drove about 100 miles daily in France delivering Y M C A supplies and doughnuts to twenty isolated camps from Marne to Rheims. With two Y women helpers, he distributed about 700 to 1,000 doughnuts each morning and lemonade, bringing cheer to soldiers along the line.
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New York
Ave
C P Sturm
Oklahoma City
France
Sturm
To-Suare Ile
Martilles
Rheims
Ginners Laggin Hearings On Cotton Gin Rates
Ginners continued presenting statistical evidence to show the state must impose a higher rate for 1919 if profits are to be fair. The hearing before the corporation commission was expected to conclude this afternoon.
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Corporation Commission
Wife Abandonment Charge Dropped in County Case
Floyd Blachly, arrested yesterday for abandonment, was released on bond and later faced bond increases. County attorney ordered the charge dropped this morning. Blachly pledged to seek work and support his wife. His wife accompanied him to the county attorney’s office.
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Floyd Blachly
WR. Taylor
Bien
Austrian Outlaws Attack Red Cross Train From Paris
Details emerge of a dozen Austrian revolutionary attacks on a Red Cross relief train from Paris to Bucharest. Guards repelled several assaults as the convoy moved through Combes and Zombar toward Scab Adilea bolshevik territory, three Red Cross officers reported after four nights of danger.
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RED Cross
International News Service
Washington
Paris
Bucharest
Wails
Rede
Hy Smith
M .G. Watkins
Chenu
PH. Dodson
Waco
Texas
Combes
Austria
Tra
Zombar
Scab- Adilea
Further Action in City County Liquor Quarrel
County attorney says he secured an alternative writ of mandamus against the city ordering turnover of seized liquor and contraband. City given until Monday to answer. Mandamus also seeks itemized seizure reports and identification of raid officers.
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Robert Burns
George W. Clark
Cit
Greeeson
Walton
J Moon
Boy Home After Pacific Fleet Trip Returns to Oklahoma City
Hoyt Ho Kirkpatrick aged 19 has come home to 124 East Fifth Street Oklahoma City after two years and four months of duty. He crossed the Atlantic seven times on convoy vessels and six times on troopships, sailed through the Panama Canal with the Pacific Fleet, and was discharged upon reaching California.
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Hoyt Ho Kirkpatrick
Mra. B
Folks Saves a Dollar Bon Go Tonight Show
Fragmentary OCR text shows a local item mentioning savings and a Saturday event. Names and details are unclear, but references to a father, Bet ty, and a planned function suggest a community notice about a sale or gathering this Saturday.
Protests Over U.S. Troop Pursuit of Bandits
Washington reports state department says U S troops will continue pursuit of bandits across the border into Mexican territory. Officials indicate withdrawal decisions rest with war department while Ambassador Bonillas’s formal note remains unpublished. Mexican press reactions are described as mild, with scarce official comment.
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State Department
War Department
Mexico
Bonidas
Lansing Ich
Perate
Mexican Bandit Leader Hiding Place Found Near Marfa Texas
MARFA Texas Aug 2 The American punitive expedition pursues Jesus Benturio head of the hamlit wang who held two aviators for ransom locating his Mexican mountains hideout. Two airplanes with heavy explosives leave today to bomb the outlaws. General Dickman says expedition will stay in Mexico unless ordered otherwise by the War Department.
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Harold G. Peterson
Harold J. Peterson
Minseonta
Leewt Taut FL. Davis
California
Mexico
Py International News Service
Washington
State Department
Marfa
Texas
Jesus Benturio
Hamlit Wang
Prem Marfa
War Department
Joseph T Dickman
Southern Department
Dickman
Mex
Weather Bureau Predicts Cooler Fall Days Ahead
Oklahoma City's heat may fade by September with brief bursts of warmth possible in late summer. Forecasts from the Weather Bureau indicate cooler days for the near term and little rain, noting this summer's heat was not unusually severe. Assistant director Harry F Wachteren notes mean July temperatures are among the lower in a decade, with prior cooler years in 1911 and 1915.
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Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Fieh
Harry F Wachteren
The
Fureau
Ardmore
Antlers
Ferris Land Ball Bill Affects Soldiers Homesteads
Washington August 22 The house public lands committee reports a bill from Senator Scott Ferris granting honorably discharged soldiers and sailors a sixty day homestead preference on lands opened for entry. A new Soldiers Employment Bureau opened to centralize agencies for returning soldiers with cooperation from the Mothers Organization and local commerce. Akron rubber plan: production in Akron’s large rubber plants continues with thousands of workers affected by factory schedules.
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Washington
Spee
House Public Lands
Scott Ferris
Gabe Diver
Howite
Willie
Oars Oemmunity Service
Ein
T Ae Mothers
Acher of Commerce
Chamber
Bing
Federal Reserve Board Set To Decide On Bank Responders
A Kansas City Federal Reserve branch meeting is expected soon to discuss preliminary actions for a regional bank in the state. Officials aim to clarify the bank’s status and potential regulatory steps.
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Federal Reserve Board
Feria
Kansas City
Ils
Nenches
Not Wood Os Wat
Sinty
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State Defense Council
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