Wilson Plan for League Rule Over Colonies Sparks Debate
The article reports that Wilson demands control of colonies be managed by the League of Nations through guardian powers or mandatories. It notes opposition from powers and colonial officials, with focus on American plan to bind protectorates under international mandate to ensure fairness and prevent land grabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miny
Supreme Council of
Supreme Council
Wilson
Fourtees
O O
League of Nations
League
Williams Nominated for Another Term as Comptroller of the Currency
Washington Jan 2 John Skelton Williams of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson for another term as comptroller of the currency. Confirmation by a number of senators is anticipated with opposition likely due to his official acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Skelton Williams
Virginia
Wilson
Williams
Shartel Fights Jitney Measure in Oklahoma
W S Shartel general manager of Oklahoma Railway argues against a jitney bill in the Senate municipal corporations committee. He says opposition stems from capitalists and western “freak legislation” attitudes rather than fear of competition. The existing Oklahoma City ordinance requires a $5000 casualty bond from jitney operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfield
Oklahoma
Fea
Oklahoma City
Chance Here for Girl to Get Husband
A faded notice from a Tennessee town advertises a chance for a woman to secure a husband through a matchmaker. It requests letters to the mayor at Chattanooga area and asks for a photograph and personal details, promising cash incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traytes & Supely
Saul Ipey
Yrdark
Chattareiea
Stari
Empire
Imaelt
Gragg Promises Open Country Inn Amid Tense Standoff
Gragg plans a spring opening of the Country Inn amusement resort on West Reno avenue near the South Canadian river crossing. Sheriff deputies threaten to enforce an injunction barring the opening, with county and supreme court actions cited as grounds. A hospital ship carrying Russian troops bound for Reval is reported at Copenhagen.
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Billy) Gragg
Country Inn
Gragg
Felton
West Reno Avenue
South Canadian River
Johnson
District Court
Supreme Court
Burns
Burne
Americans to Aid Poland Reconstruction Efforts
An American committee led by Frank Goodnow will coordinate economic and industrial reconstruction in Poland. Members include Samuel Gowpers, Oscar S Strauss, Teremah W Jenkins, and Francis Laver, with Polish reform leaders arranging cables and liaising with Warsaw authorities under the advisory panel chaired by Col. House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Ethic Federation
Europe
Samuel Gowpers
Oscar S Strauss
Teremah W. Jenkins
Francis Laver
New York
Ignace Paderwaski
Poland
Warsaw
Frank Gnodnow
Qiesuleet Opijegu
Jane Hipking
Tore
Land Lamer
Colonel House
Avent Atte
Repub
Ammunition Train Set for France Reported Shipped
Telegram from the War Department alerted Mrs Bonfort that the Uth ammunition train from Oklahoma City McAlester Ardmore and Chemah had sailed toward France but no definite sailing date existed and a return to the United States would be at least two weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flelief
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Ardmore
Chemah
Hays
War Department
Mre
Ro Bonfort
Honroey
Ther
Weet Twen Street
Essage
Arly
United States
Service Planned for Taxpayers In Income Tax Season
Hubert L. Bolen, collector of internal revenue, announced a free aid service to taxpayers in every city and tower as income tax returns are completed. Special deputies and inspectors will be named at the federal building in Oklahoma City to handle hundreds daily. Bolen warned against so called income tax experts canvassing businesses and individuals, urging taxpayers to seek guidance only from government agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert L. Bolen
Internal Revenue
Federal
Oklahoma City
Bolen
200000 Yanks Not To Return To United States
In Paris a prominent American in the Paris colony, quoted by Intransigeant, states at least 200000 Americans will not return from France. The majority plan to stay to marry French women and pursue opportunities here, reflecting enduring ties and optimism about American energy abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tueay
France
Burns Will Not Hit Auditorium Dance Says He Will Not Start Closings
County attorney Robert Burns announced he will not begin proceedings to close the Auditorium unless more specific evidence of alleged legal violations is provided than what has been supplied by the investigators. Wally, the manager of Auditorium programs, and O. W. Cane assured him the slate would be run lawfully and not harm attendees. Dr Frederick J Rate of St Paul’s cathedral accepted an invitation to visit the Auditorium from Mrs C L Daugherty, the chaperone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burns
JV. Tightey
Audielonum
O. W. Cane
Wally
de. Prederick J. Rate
St .Paul's Cathedral
Mra
C. L. Daugherty
Auditoriun
Amhighit
Mayor Explains City Position on Public Dance Hall
Mayor Byron D Shear states the city cannot officially recognize the Auditorium dance hall as a place of amusement. He supports limited testing for four to five weeks with strict chaperoning by a respected woman, but declines official sanction despite no reports of wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron D. Shear
Oklahoma City
Mills adopt forty eight hour week in woolen mills
BOSTON Jan 2 The American Woolen company will open its mills next Monday on a forty eight hour weekly basis. If business warrants longer hours at times workers will be paid overtime at time and one half. The plan aims to adjust labor to demand while maintaining efficient production.
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Boston
American Woolen Company
Know the Snake Friend of Man in Folklore
Fragmentary OCR note references a snake revered as friend of people with garbled names and phrases. It hints at a discussion or exhibit about serpents, nature, and moral symbolism, but readable facts are minimal.
Court Refuses to Halt Phone Rate Increase
In Indianapolis on January 2 the U S district court ruled it lacked jurisdiction to halt a new telephone rate increase ordered by Postmaster General Burleson. Judge AB Anderson dismissed the temporary restraining order against the rate as unenforceable in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iindianapolis
United States District Court
Burleson
AB Anderson
Indiana
Tuberculosis Official Visited City on Southwest Tour
Charles J. Wattfield of New York, managing director of the National Tuberculosis Association, spent a few hours in the city yesterday on a southwestern inspection tour visiting several local stations. He departed yesterday afternoon for St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Wattfield
New York
National Tuberculosis Susseftation
Mr.Hartfield
St Louis
Hammond resigns as fire marshal in Oklahoma
Hammon, longtime state fire marshal under Cruce and Williams, submitted his resignation to Governor Robertson this morning. The governor has yet to appoint a successor. the new appointee must meet duties as fire marshal and as a member of the state insurance board which regulates insurance firms in Oklahoma. Pittock, publisher of the Portland Oregonian for decades, dies in Portland at age 76 after several weeks of illness.
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Hammon
Cruce
Williams
Robertson
State Insurance Board
Oklahoma
Insurance Board
Porteand
Ore
Henry J. Pittock
Portland Oregonian
Charities Head Denies Orders From Office Home Visited by Senators
A Charities head rejects any official order about chains while senators visit a school room scene. They inspect a home where girls were punished, observed by a prosecutor and a committee led by Senator Mayfield. Girls recount fear, wash room confinement, and hair cutting as punishment, with ongoing testimony and continued coverage.
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Charities Head
Senate
Mayfield
Maxfield
This Sounds Familiar Huns Talk of Revenge
London dispatch reports German press and leaders pressuring for peace terms and threatening Allies with revenge. Bavarian minister Foerster and Heidelberg professors reflect Germany’s guilt debate while Frankfurter Zeitung argues for public opinion mobilization and a German role in peace negotiations.
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London
Germany
FW. Foerster
Berne
Heidelberg
Max Weber
Frankfurter Zeitung
Wilson
England
Governor Robertson leads ten state asylum inspection junket
Governor Robertson and Superintendent Welson Whitehurst accompany state leaders on a special Santa Fe train trip to Stillwater to tour the asylum and the A and M College. A House resolution aims to audit registrars for identity accuracy during the visit, with committee assignments to be named Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asylum
J. M. Phillpe
State University
Stillwater
House
Santa Fe
M. College
Robertson
Rankey
Tom Waltrep
Johnson Flays Russian Policy in Senate Debate
Senator Johnson of California denounces American and allied policy in Russia. He calls military activities "wicked and useless" and a "criminal policy of intervention" that aided Bolsheviks and harmed the Russian people. He repeats that the U S has no Russia strategy and condemns unfriendly wartime actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Senate
Johnson
California
United States
Tohnsor
America
Johns
Czechs Seize Border Towns Amid Frontline Push
A dispatch from Zittau Saxony reports Czecho Slovak forces concentrating on the Hohemia Saxony frontier and occupying villages Heremba Grienthal Newalt and Freistadt. Heavy fighting continues along the border as troops clash in shifting fronts.
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Amsterdam
Tan
Hohemia
Saxony
Anl
Heremba
Grienthal
Newalt
Freistadt
Zittan
Kansas Man Named For Treasury Job
Washington dispatch reports Towett Shouse of Kinsley Kansas was nominated by President Wilson to serve as assistant secretary of the treasury. The nomination highlights Shouse's career in public service and economic policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Treasury
Washington
Towett Shouse
Kinsley, Kan
Wilson
the Treasury
Oklahoma Home for Girls Laws and Investigation Sparks Debate
A 1917 law creates a state institution for training white girls to be run under governor oversight. The House considers impeach inquiry into management and conditions exposed by The Times. Committee debates the scope of the commissioner's powers and potential transfer of investigation to the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Arlene
Times
Nwuse
Dahiory
Chantman
Otobatty
Girle
Statmeyan
Kingkarle
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Dabney
Waldrep
Huw
Oklahoma City
Oklahowe
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Shartel
Gragg Heralds
Slava
Copenhagen
Reval
Samuel Gompers
Frank Goodnow
Oscar Strauss Bel
Henetaltor
Hammonds
Irl
Oman
Pete
Thomas
Ohreka
Hlenweil
File
Swink
Wecause
Cour Hart
Newan
Rantsau
Scheidmann
German National Assembly
Ukraine
University At
Norman
Alsi
Werner
U. S
Bai
Commissioner of Charities Aid Corrections
Department of Charities and Corrections
Allias
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