Oklahoma Men Charged in Widespread Forgery Ring
Oklahoma officials extradite Dawson Mathews and HK Evans from Houston to Ada on charges tied to forged Commonwealth Trust Company certificates used to obtain oil stocks and chattels. Bland and Garnett, local attorneys, held in Stillwater on $10,000 bonds as related figures in the scheme. Preliminary hearings slated for Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Bankers’ Association
Dawson Mathews
HK Evans
Houston
Texas
Ada
Bob Duncan
Charles Bullock
Pontotoc
Stillwater
Bland
Garnett
State National Bank
Coounty
Pontotoc County
Commonwealth Trust Company
Commonwealth Company
Mathews
Evans
Houston County
Sim
Buni Cers
Pontetec
Payne
Okfal
Chinese College Students Offer Services to U S Corps
Chinese college students in New York announce willingness to join the U S military corps. The message, attributed to a group calling itself civic citizens, states they can serve as a unit or be apportioned among regiments and submitted to the government.
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Chinese College
U.S
New York
Thinese
Aremising & Military Corps
Cabars
New Yorkers Oppose Explosive Sales Elevating Fire Safety
A nationwide letter campaign urges mayors to pass ordinances banning explosive sales to curb fire risk. Cities, including New York, already enforce Fourth of July restrictions, with potential savings in damages from fires and smoke.
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York
Fake Plot to Bomb JP Morgan Tied to U S Coast Raids
New York May 1 Confession in court says Wolf Hirsch and George Meyringer both Germany planned to blow up JP Morgan offices with a bomb and tap telegraph trunks to spread false reports of President Wilson’s assassination and German U boat raids. They aimed to disrupt wires to influence stock prices for speculative gain. They visited Wall Street offices and planned a夜 high alert bombing with a thirty minute fuse to coincide with sensational news.
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New York
Wolf Hirsch
George Meyringer
Germany
JP. Morgan and Company
Chicago
Washington
Wilson
Atlantic
Roosevelt Hospital
Hirsch
Besites
Kres
Sien Oth
Tee ‘Gere
Clerie Ber
K Hs
Wall Street
Hirsch and Meyringer
Broad and
Wall Streets
JP Morgan & Co
Suby Treasury
Wall and Broad
Meyringer
Foreign Statesmen Invited to Oklahoma City Visit
The Chamber of Commerce invited French and British war commissions to Oklahoma City to observe wartime efforts. Secretary Leroy Gibbs sent telegrams to Ambi dor Jusserand Senator Owens and other officials urging inclusion of the city. He expects at least one commission to visit, with Kansas City on the French itinerary.
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Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma City
Leroy Gibbs
Ambidor Jusserand
Owens
Lancing
Oklahoma
Gibby
Kansas City
Oklahoma Guardsmen Ordered Desertion List At Fort Sill
Fort Sill Oklahoma May 1 Forty or more men of the First Oklahoma regiment Oklahoma National Guard who joined before the Wilson call and failed to report to their commanders were ordered by Col Roy Hoffman to be carried as deserters. A bounty of $5 per man will be paid for their capture by state sheriffs and national guard officers will begin a statewide man hunt. The deserters include men at home despite warnings of the gravity of desertion in wartime and the order was made regardless of family circumstances.
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Fort Sill
Oka
Oklahoma Regiment
Oklahoma National Guard
Wilson
Roy Hoffman
Regient
Klahoma
Wir
Oklahoma
Regen
Aldeserters
Deserters Face Capital Crimes as Army Seeks Arrests
Colonel Hoffman stated this morning that the deserters are to be treated as capital crimes, akin to murder in cold blood. Officers expect arrests as sheriffs name suspects, with captured men likely handed to army authorities for court martial since wartime offenses are not handled in state courts. Sporadic details describe unit movements and preparatory duties across battalions and support companies.
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Fen
Capital Park
Hoffman
U S Turns Over Vessels to Allies in War Shipping Move
The United States has provided several sugar tonnage vessels to the Entente for use by France and Italy. Lord Eustace Percy of the British mission outlined plans to pool current and future U S and Allied tonnage to speed up anti submarine efforts, stressing the need to accelerate American construction to keep sea lanes open. The report notes that decisions on detailed war policies and potential expeditionary forces are advancing, with conferences ongoing in Washington. In El Paso a U S infantry sergeant was killed at a restaurant near Fort Bliss, and a civilian suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting.
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Washington
Vaud States
Eustace Percy
Paola
Claramenning
New York
France
Italy
Lord Percy
American Shipping Board
United States
Rene Viviani
Balfour
EL Paso
Texas
Browning
Twenty-thirdted States Infantry
Bliss Evans
Maritoba Faces Extensive Strikes Across Trades
In Winnipeg Manitoba today wide scale labor action looms as 900 telephone workers 30 painters and several machinists threaten strikes for higher wages. A streetcar strike threat arises with telephone service already disrupted during a mass meeting.
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Manitoba
Hundreds Seek Admission Into Reserve Corps
The rush for officers reserve corps positions filled the Baum building as hundreds queued for examinations. Captains Ellis and Bonfoey oversaw testing. 41 University of Oklahoma students and many others were accepted at various locations with plans to train at Fort Logan H. Root or Leon Springs. A Friday special train will move reservists from Illinois to Texas camp, with drills in Arkansas and a May 10 departure. Names and home towns of accepted Oklahoma students listed. many more expected until 400 total enlistments. Also noted, a Meriden Connecticut bakers strike over arbitration terms.
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Officers Reserve Corps
Baum
D. R. Bonfoey
RB. Ellis
Borman
Ellis
University of Oklahoma
Bonfoey
Normi
Arkansas
E'S
New Berlin Peace Offer Draws Interest Amid May Day Turmoil
Reports from Washington say the Swiss minister overseeing German interests requested a conference with President Wilson and German chancellor terms to be outlined next Thursday. Wheat futures fell on May and September contracts as war news spurred volatility. Across Europe, strikes and information blackouts intensified as central powers clamp down on news while Allied fronts show mixed gains in France and Macedonia.
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Chicago
Washington
Wilson
Caaual
Japan
Switzerland
Acefield
Germany
Sweden
Stockholm
France
Champagne
Macedonia
Wi Jalles
Survivors From Lost Steamship Vacuum Reach England
London May 1 The American oil tank steamer Vacuum survivors land in Liverpool near midnight. Names listed include Robert Williams Ovcar Gailes W Lundgren A Byl and Raymond Nuner among others. Government confirms some crew members remain missing while seventeen ship crew and three naval gunners were rescued in one boat.
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London
Vacuum
Liverpool
Robert Willams
Ovcar Gailes
W. Lundgren
A. Byl
Raymond Nuner
Aan Simpson
August Lotes
William Orel
G. Wilseam
Louis Pardi
J. Mauchel
Tom Mebela
Ole
I Wilson
F Lasher
Leas Ot Pom
Comaul
Skinner
Thomas
Harris
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Ation
Hous
Ohlsson
Jals
Charles Hearbert
San Francisco
Nile & Mills
Easton Mille
San Diego
O, Mille
Whitelaw Reid
England
Zimmu
U. S
Hamburg
Ronan
Percy
Maritoba
Reserve Corps
Albert M. Pigg
Boynton
Delos Tillotson
Nowata
Virgil G. Presson
Poplar Bluff
E. M. Hill
Edmond
Earl D. Bonham
Altus
Robert L. Christian
Norman
Clifford € Meyer
Bennett H. Griffin
Orpheus F Warner
Poteaw
Wesley Iwin Nunn
Clay W Armstrong
Virgil E Reade
Adelbert Brown
William E. Corkill
Henryetta
Barns McCain
Quinton
R. Keith Miller
Tulsa
Henry Marshall Furman
Enoch B. Fer
Robert N. Dunn
Rass
Enid
Reybourn Sme
Charles Orr
Byron Sledge
Wilmy Cartwright
James Drucker
Norman Rallin
Anadarko
Paul Carpenter
John Tees
Wewoka
Pries Ie George
Ralph Custer City
Av Feet Scuttlee
el Reno
C. Fay
Manley
East Enid
James F Lilley
Sapulpa
Pete T. Heftner Jr
Chickasha
Martyr Stagdford
Jen Hepworth
Kenneth de Mitchell
Anadar
Meriden
Conn
May
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Bulletin
the Hague
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Rhine
Hague
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Baseh
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