Shawnee Youth Carter Donors Pleads Guilty Riot at Waco
In WASHINGTON July 30 United States Attorney General Gregory orders stock roundup as Ellis of Shawnee arrested for failing to register for the draft. He pleads guilty before Judge Cotteral and gets six months in an Oklahoma camp jail plus required registration. Multiple others plead guilty or are fined in related liquor and mail theft cases. A “Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund” appeal is unauthorized and a $20.25 sum is noted as a local cash trace. Six more are arrested in Waco disturbances with fourteen returning to camp. no further shootings reported as authorities prepare for trials.
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Leavenworth
James Armstrong
Oklahoma County
John Phillips
Logan County
George Hawkins
Comanche County
Boyd White
Lone Snooks
Wood Wilson
Coanche County
George Priestley
Co Manche
Walter Roberts
Oil magnate found dead with gun by his side
Oakland July 30 D G Scofield president and director of California Standard Oil company was found dead today with a gunshot wound to his heart and a revolver by his side He had been ill for some time
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Dawes May Take Place of Brent on Shipping Board
Washington in July reports Karles G Dawes of Chicago as a possible successor to Theodore Brent on the shipping board. Brent, a Denman supporter, resigned after Denman was ousted by President Wilson. Dawes, a financier, previously served as comptroller of the treasury under McKinley.
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Karles G Dawes
Chicago
Theodore Brent
Brent
Chaiman Denman
Denman
Pres Dent Wilson
Dawes
Treasury
McKinley
U Boats Sink Ten Dutch Fishing Vessels
A German submarine force reportedly sank ten Dutch fishing boats off the Scheveningen and Viuningen area. The incident occurred yesterday as Dutch fisheries were returning from fishing grounds. Survivors said five ships were sunk within a patrol zone and another three were damaged.
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Scheveninget
Lahore
Four Exemption Board Members in State Quit
Four exemption board members resign in Oklahoma and Grady counties as war draft age rules strain local boards. RL Peebly of Oklahoma County No 2 cites business as reason, joined by Grady’s J J Mayfield and John Coyle, plus Pushmataha’s FC Butler. General Ancel Earp warns further resignations threaten draft operations and calls for patriotic duty despite personal sacrifice.
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Oklahoma County
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Ancel Earp
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Peebly
War Department
General Earp
Grady County
J J Mayfield
John Coyle
FC. Butler
Pushmataha County
Fair Tonight and Tuesday Forecasts
Forecaster notes fair weather tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas regions show generally fair conditions with no significant rain expected. Local forecasts emphasize dry, mild conditions across the area with light winds.
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Tureday
British Cruiser Ariadne Sunk by U Boat
The British cruiser Ariadne of 11 000 tons was torpedoed and sunk according to an official British admiralty statement. Thirty eight crew members were killed, while all others were saved. Ariadne, a Terwiser class ship built in TV, measured 450 feet in length and carried sixteen six inch guns along with twelve pounders and two submerged eighteen inch torpedo tubes.
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British Admiralty
Senate Debate On National Prohibition Nears Vote
Washington July session opens with Senate plan to debate a national constitutional amendment for prohibition. Senator Sheppard of Texas to open proceedings amid expected close vote predicted by leaders. If approved, the measure moves to the House which rejected a similar proposal in 1914.
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Prohibition
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House
City to Build New Water Ditch No 2
City engineers ordered to proceed with digging ditch No 2 near the new waterworks. The decision was made at a special commission meeting amid opposition to trenching small ditches. An injunction had barred water outflow. officials expect ditching will lift the injunction and start work immediately.
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New City
Cardinal Guards Ruined Cathedral Amid Shelling
Cardinal Lucan remains at his post in the ruined cathedral as shells continue to strike the city. Only about five thousand residents survive above ground, while municipal government operates from underground. The cathedral shows heavy damage with dust, crumbling statues, and threat of total collapse from any future shell.
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First Call for Young Men Sent Tonight
The exemption board in Diy Treet will issue the first call for young men under the selective draft plan tonight. Cards were prepared for 128 men, double the number to be selected, with about 50 percent expected to be exempted later. A stenographer prepared the list as the draft events proceed.
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Evry
Annie
Ewan
American transport rammed in port in sinking condition
An American transport at anchor awaiting orders was rammed by an inbound American steamship. The vessel was driven toward a beach and listed in a sinking condition. No further details on casualties or the ships involved are provided in the fragment.
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Atlantic
Tuly
Police Seek Negroes Tying White Boy to Post
Police authorities continue investigation into a brutal incident at Riverside Park where Virgil Minit, an eight year old, was tied to a post by several suspects on a Friday night near the city station. Detectives note a dark appearance among the group and say evidence has been collected, with ongoing work to identify and capture those responsible.
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Ion
Conte Evedenre
Campaign Urges Books for Soldiers Across Cities
American Library associations push for wartime book drives during August week to supply stores in France via American collectors. Carnegie Library and local branches coordinate pickup and dispatch of reading material to troops.
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France
France Wicarl Oly
Boca Thrary Associa Fon
Behoma City
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Carnegie Thrary
Thad Etrery
Ring Leader of Agitators- Is Missing
PETROGRAD July 30 Nikolai Lenine agitator and alleged German spy has disappeared from his usual joints in Petrograd and his whereabouts are unknown to government authorities. Rumors of seizures and escapes across Finland Sweden and Germany are unconfirmed by officials.
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Nikolai Lenine
United States
Lenine
Ozarks
Finland
Kronstadt
Stockholm
Germany
Stockhol
Wilson renews opposition to board proposal
President Wilson reaffirms opposition to amendments in the food control bill now in conference. He disputes a three member food administration board and a congressional committee on expenditures, warning the measure could be vetoed. Conferees consider returning the bill to both houses if provisions remain.
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House Agri[rastical Committee
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Congressional Committee
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Food Administration Board
Whitten Successor to Be Named Today
A meeting of the board of directors of Oklahoma City Retailers will be held at four this afternoon to elect a successor for the secretary position now held by Whitten.
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Whitten
Six More Towns Captured In Romanian Drive
The Romanian army reports capturing six more villages in a new advance on the Belgian front. Intense aerial fighting was reported over Flanders with heavy British and German losses.
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Flanders
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London
Berlin
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Moldavia
Galicia
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Teuton
No Tax Burden for Poor Analysis by Kitchin
Washington July 1918 speech by Majority Leader Kitchin chairman of the Ways and Means Committee argues the tax should be tied to ability to pay and that the wealthy should bear the burden. He says taxes on the poor should not be increased and the first and largest levy should be on normal income and excess gains.
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Kitchin
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