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Newspaper
Oklahoma City Times
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
1
The city has spent two million to date on the Keet case linked German plot. Tabulators struggle to keep up with workers as the brick company buys five thousand dollars worth of materials. Banks are reported busted amid the financial turmoil.
Subscriptions to the Liberty loan by Oklahoma City residents moved briskly today with firms like American Brick & Tile and Kee Ko Maker prompting strong totals. By noon about 9000 in smaller denominations were pledged, and banks reported around 100000 in Liberty bonds sold over two days, while the drive urged hourly reminders from 3 to 10 pm as the deadline nears. Subscriptions neared 1500 for the day, with 325 the day before and 768 previously.
New York June 12 clocks in busy streets tracked Liberty loan progress in the second district and nationwide. Subscriptions in the New York reserve bank exceed 60 million, but total still falls short of the 1 billion goal as banks report growing campaign momentum. Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on an 15 percent freight rate rise proceed with a July 1 target and a decision due in two weeks.
Fourteen women registered at the YWCA emergency employment booth this morning and voiced their desire to fill positions of men drafted for service. Today’s registrations followed earlier efforts at the Chamber of Commerce, The Oklahoman building, and YMCA headquarters, as the draft machinery nears activation.
Local forecast calls for fair skies and cooler temperatures. Tonight will be cool with southeast areas mostly fair. Kansas and Arkansas report similar conditions with light clouds and stronger winds in Texas and the Western states. The outlook suggests steady relief from heat in the coming days.
A writing argues Liberty Loan bonds are a safe lucrative investment and urges broad public purchase to support the nation. It contends tax advantages, national duty, and equality of burden, urging Americans to buy bonds as a patriotic financial act. Also reports a Kansas City murder case sentencing: Clarence Curtis to life imprisonment for murder of streetcar conductor B. Reichter after pleading guilty.
Grand jury investigated Oklahoma City school board records this morning. Secretary Fairey was among witnesses questioned about the board scandal. Several named witnesses were summoned. some had testified yesterday but did not appear today. The inquiry may finish by tomorrow morning with sessions lasting into the afternoon.
A letter from an officer's wife of Eagle Pass Texas reports a break in the Red Cross chapter root and destruction of weeks of work. Reports of powdered glass in burned bandages emerged as authorities vow heightened protection for the chapter.
In Peking the situation is deadlocked as President Yuan Hue faces pressure from advisers George W Morneon and Protes Magan Ariga to justify Parliament's dissolution in response to General Chang Houi. The dispute centers on whether to await counter signatures or respect legal procedure, drawing in factions around the Democratic Party and tensions over constitutional authority.
A congressional inquiry will investigate charges related to a detonation fee and the handling of confidential war bureau information. The probe aims to determine how sensitive data became known to a designated party and the role of the relevant officials.
Washington reports a war department push to end leniency for individuals who did not register for conscription. Governors have orders to prosecute violators vigorously. The early publication of the notice was expected as investigators tighten enforcement.
Fragmented text describes a dragging operation near a pont, a fisherman, and unverified claims about a woman missing. Names and details are garbled, with no clear results or official statements. Further readable facts are too incomplete to determine an event, outcome, or responsible party.
Voters in Midale are urged to cast ballots tonight before 7 PM on two tax measures to fund school expenses and a wall expansion. Local apathy is noted with low turnout by noon, as precincts report scant interest and many residents planning to oppose any additional tax.
Joliet prison wardens and thirty deputies intensified a search after dynamite was discovered inside the facility. Authorities report a large amount of explosive residue and suggest the find may indicate a planned attack or plot, with officers examining cells and corridors.
In a remarkable patriation case the War Department notes three Tampa family members enlisted in the regular army. The father serves at Fort Oglethorpe while the daughter travels to duty. The mother offers her property, about 200 acres, to the governor for any purpose.
In Kansas City on a June day the defense cleared the presentation in federal court as arguments begin this afternoon. Hamilton, charged with white slavery in connection with a young home girl, is the key defendant. Witness RJ Flick, president of the gang employing Hamilton, testifies about the alleged crime.
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