House Adopts March 10 Adjournment Date for Legislature
Oklahoma House selects March 10 at 5 o'clock as final adjournment time for the current session after debate. Representative Bol Warren of Cheyenne County pushed a resolution urging early adjournment to avoid a costly special session, while Speaker Nesbitt and others argued against setting any date. Amendments to police court regulations were rejected as the chamber debated revenue measures and proposed priorities for the two houses.
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House of Representates
Bol Warren
Chee W
Billy MM
Uth
Oklahoma
Nesbitt
Shawnee
Ee C. Waldrep
Speager Pro
Baker House
Iminal Court of Appeals
Louisiana Negro Woman Is Lynched
Hammond La March 1 Emma a negro woman aged about 45 was shot at as she resisted arrest while being taken to Amite City jail after shooting Constable Fred Earleton who had pursued her following the shooting of a negro boy. A mob spirited her away from guards and she died near midnight as a posse headed by the local chief tried to capture her.
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Emma
Fred Earleton
Amite City
Mitow Tree
Jammond
Karleton
Ford
Wainwright
American Steamer Safely in France
Officials of Kerr Steamship line reported by cablegram from Bordeaux that the American steamship Rochester reached France last night. It joins the Rochester and Orleans as the first American freighters to pass to Europe after breaking diplomatic relations with Germany. The two fighters sailed from New York on January 10 for Bordeaux and arrived safely.
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Kerr Steamship Line
Bordeaux
Rochester
Orleans
Ameri
United States
Europe
Germany
Hordeaux
Gironde
Dry plan loses in Texas house vote
Austin, Texas, March 1 The gas house today defeated a dry resolution calling for submission of the prohibition question to the people of the state. The vote was 41 to 55 with five members not voting and more absent. The house had been in session since Tuesday trying to obtain attendance of a full membership.
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Ustin
Texas
Gas House
Sion
Holland Legislators Debate Queen Skating During War Threats
In The Hague lawmakers clash over a motion to censure Queen Wilhelmina for skating at Leeuwaarden two days after Germany announced submarine warfare. Supporters say the outing signals calm to the public amid escalating Holland Germany tensions.
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Wilhelmina
Leeuwaarden
Germany
Aaerther
British Advance Near Bapaume Threatens Teuton Stronghold
March 1 report from Paris says German forces have fallen back behind Bapaume with a new front from Bapaume to Peronne. British troops occupy Gommecourt and Puisieux au Mont and push toward Bapaume, taking Thilloy and Ligny within a mile of the city as German dugouts and depots are destroyed.
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Bapaume
Bayaume
Peronne
Hapaume
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Puisieux au-Mont
Ancre
Thilloy
Ligny
Mine Found Off Coast Of Florida
A contact mine was brought ashore at Long Key ninety miles south of Miami. GF Dimick, an express messenger, said he witnessed the mine and a fisherman who found it initially mistook it for a buoy. The incident occurred yesterday as reported from Miami Florida on March 1.
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Miami
Fla
Long Key
Here
GF Dimick
Wilson Will Sign Flood Control Act
Washington March 1 President Wilson will sign the flood control bill, recently passed by Congress, in a late afternoon ceremony announced today.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
Colder Tonight Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with low temperatures near freezing. Northwest winds shift and expect generally cooler conditions in the east. Clouds and possible rain in eastern portions, with a push of arctic air moving through the region tonight into tomorrow.
50 000 Indians Willing to Fight
Denver March 1 A preliminary estimate says approximately fifty thousand American Indian men would volunteer to fight for the United States in a war. Harry A Larson, special agent of the Indian service, made the statement public here today. He notes the Indian population is about one million and that roughly one fifth could be available for military duty.
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Col
United States
Harry A
City plots to cultivate seven thousand vacant acres
Oklahoma City plans a city gardening push using 7718 acres of unoccupied ground within city limits. A $500 appropriation funds a full-time supervisor and assistants from districts, with county farm agent guidance to oversee the program aiming to raise garden products on vacant lots in the north district and beyond.
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Oklahoma City
Albert Schabel
Twenty-third Street
Thirty, Seventh Street
East Avenue
May Avenue
Sixeenth Street
Western Avenue
Santa Fe Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
German Consulate at Juarez Robbed in Mexico
The German consulate at Juarez was robbed late at night and several important official papers were reported missing from Consul Max Weber’s files. Weber has led consular and diplomatic affairs for Germany in northern Mexico.
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Juarez
Mexico
Max Weber
Germany to Raise Home Army at Once
Copenhagen dispatch reports German papers announce imminent compulsory mobilization of the home army. Volunteering fell short of needs, with a large call for women to join munitions and labor behind the front. Government readiness for universal enrolment from ages 17 to 60 by early March aims to deploy recruits by April 1.
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Copenhagen
Papeth
Senate Abandons Filibuster Foresees Armed Neutrality Bill
Senate Republicans drop their general filibuster stance as the House prepares to pass the Armed Neutrality Bill. debate centers on presidential power over naval armament and possible ties to the Zimmermann note. The Foreign Relations Committee advances Lodge resolution while leaders warn against premature conclusions.
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United States
Feniperan Taxger
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English firms may build U. S. shells
Washington March 1 Great Britain has withdrawn and made known her permission for Hadfields Limited an English firm to contract with the United States Navy for hard piercing shells of the Hant Temeh type.
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Washington
Hettain Fae
Hadfields, Limited
United States Navy
Missing minister alive after nervous breakdown in Emporia
Emporia Kan March 1 M Potts pastor of Brest Memorial church here has been missing since January 24 and is alive suffering a nervous breakdown according to a telegram to Potts The telegram signed by a Methodist minister said he would care for Doctor Potts and recover Potts left home January 12 to go to New Orleans for business and records show he visited the New Orleans chamber of commerce on January 24
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M. Potts
Brest
New Orleans
Youthful Exhaler of Fire Causes Movie Show Panic
Ende Murphy a one year old performer staged a fire exhale at a south side cinema. The act sparked panic as patrons fled the center isle. An attendant restrained him and police held the child for his mother after authorities considered custody and corrective measures.
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Beau
Mare
Ambassador Declares Japan Would Spurn Plot in Washington
Secretary Lansing asserts Japan would reject any plot to draw the United States into war. He says Mexico is not involved and that the United States government cannot reveal sources, citing risk to lives. The statement exonerates both nations while confirming no knowledge of the proposal's transmission. Continued on Pane Two.
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Germany plotted to draw Japan and Mexico into alliance against US
Washington reports Congress read documentary evidence of German plans to unite Mexico and Japan against the United States. The cables from German officials show a triple strike to weaken the Entente by isolating Japan, cutting England’s oil fuel supply, and drawing the US into a world domination scheme. The article notes continued coverage on page two.
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