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Newspaper
Oklahoma City Times
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1917
Page
1
Two hundred Oklahoma City National Guard soldiers return home to a noisy street welcome. A parade forms on Broadway with horns and cheers as F S Vaught of the Chamber of Commerce pledges free admission to theaters parks and amusements during the guardsmen's forty eight hour stay.
Mrs Hattie Nixon a 26 year old aviation student was killed in Marlin Texas when her plane failed to gain height during a practice flight over the city. The aircraft struck wires after leaving the aviation field and was crushed beneath the engine.
ENID Oklahoma July 1 Frank Gibson thought fatally injured by a nitro explosion at a ho hoes camp near Okeene escaped from a local hospital where he was convalescing Gibson was weak but limping and officers cannot locate him He was under police surveillance Gibson was suspected in the Rock Island depot safe robbery at Lawton a companion from the blast is jailed at Lawton awaiting trial.
In Justice of the Peace court this morning dairy proprietors testified dust enters milk during milking and from wind. Farmers Fishback and Woodruff were discharged with admonitions to improve handling. Remaining cases proceed this afternoon.
The article discusses projected wartime casualties at about fifty thousand monthly, referencing American leadership and preparedness measures. It notes uncertain timing and broad estimates tied to wartime activity and the pace of engagements abroad.
Oklahoma City plans a modest Independence Day with a parade of National Guardsmen at 10:00 a.m. a band concert from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Main and Broadway and an afternoon event at Woaslee Park. Most observance will be family gatherings as official offices and courts close for the holiday.
Three Poles in Stockholm request international aid for Poles in Warsaw and across Poland. The appeal cites widespread hunger and dying, noting Atreaty of hunger and grave conditions in areas including Lode as reported by the Associated Press and other sources.
Russian forces push toward Zlochoft and Galieda as Austro German troops retreat across the Little Stripa. About 6 000 more prisoners and twenty one guns fall to the Russians as Finnish divisions join the operation. Petrograd reports larger supply and munitions readiness for this drive.
Virginia Reynolds and Meg G Harrell pleaded guilty to petit larceny before Justice J F Martin. They were fined $10 and $1 for alleged thefts at Euclid hall on June 28, involving a silk jersey jacket valued at $10 from Grace Wickham and another jacket from Blanche Homan.
After deliberating since yesterday afternoon the jury in the A Waltrip stat offense case failed to reach a verdict. District Judge Oldfield discharged the panel at 3 30 o clock. Reported tally stood eight to three for acquittal with eleven jurors seated and one excused due to illness in a relative.
Chicago reports a deadly melee on a elevated rail car where Clarence Kelly fatally wounded after a knife attack sparked by an accident. In St Louis, fires spread during race riots with 24 known dead and 310 homes destroyed as militiamen and troops struggle to control escalating violence and evacuations.
Peking reports the restoration of Emperor Huan Tung under Manchu monarchy. Edict claims his youth forced him to cede power, while troops reinforce the monarchy. Paris dispatch notes American troops arriving in China for July 4 parade amid crowd scenes and flowers.
Federal agents across the United States search for enemy conspirators aiding a plot to destroy or hinder Great Lakes shipping to thwart wartime preparedness. American sympathizers are believed linked with Germans and cooperation of the jan rein may help prevent escape. The plans are linked to sinking five steamers and damaging three others.
Ouster proceedings against Sheriff Willam McCutlough of Tila county begin today. The attorney general previews testimonies from Trista week and notes possible appeal delays.
Mexico City dispatches report that the power schooner Marseal, long a nuisance to coastal vessels, has been captured in the To hala river and brought to Vera Crir. The capture follows patrols and reported resistance by the pirate crew, with authorities promising further details.
JUAREZ Mex July 4 The fifteen foreign and native residents of Cuhua city who were held in the federal penitentiary as hostages for a forced loan of 70 pesos have been released, passengers arriving from the south today said.
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