Sunday Storm Endangers Oklahoma With Fatal Toll
Severe weather in Oklahoma Sunday caused at least three deaths as a storm reached its peak in Oklahoma County. Heavy rainfall totaling 4.14 inches flooded streets and damaged downtown buildings including the Folly theater roof. Homes were demolished near Jones, and multiple injuries were reported amid rising flood risk along the Canadian River.
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Smith
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Folly Theater
Draft Extension Debate Moves Through Senate and House
May 6 reports show a bill extending the selective draft to youths two years older, with Rep Hall of Iowa pressing a provision to place new registrants at the bottom of the eligible list. Other items note British advances near Jordan and a federal court ruling upholding habeas corpus denials for Robert Cox of Missouri.
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Washington
Senate
House Renterees
Haig Reports Extended Front Action Improves Lines
London May 6 Field Marshal Haig says British lines between the Somme and Ancre rivers west south west of Morlancourt have been advanced. Nearby Loos and the Lawe River area in Flanders show improved positions after focal fighting. Paris says German local attack near Anchin fort southeast of Amiens was repulsed.
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Lawe Rivers
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Paris
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Saya
American War Correspondents Face Real Risk in France
Veteran writer William G. Shepherd notes correspondents endure limited danger compared with front-line troops. He cites a tiny casualty list from 1918 and explains most reporters avoid direct action, emphasizing romance versus peril and the realities behind the so-called Casualty List.
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Shepherd
William G. Shepherd
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Spearer
Archibald Forbes
Alien Times
United States
Henry Beach Needham
Pee - Patrick L. Jones
Hearst
Cone
Lusitania
C. Whiffen
Associated Prews
Rain Fills Belle Isle Lake Extends Season To Open
Heavy rain floods Belle Isle Lake but promises a bathing season at the park. Downtown stores clean mud with hoes and shovels as two inches fall, officials say the storm aids sewers and street washing, with a two day 4.14 inch total in Oklahoma City and Oklahoma rainfall records set.
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Belle Isle
Lion
Oklahoma City
Carter County Sends Largest Draft Quota in May Call
The Carter county local board will send 272 men to camp under the May 25 call, the largest allotment disclosed by Adj. Gen. Gipson. Creek county follows with 269 men. Oklahoma City will send none, while other counties report varying quotas. Districts with the least voluntary volunteering receive the heaviest drafts as credits adjust the totals.
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Adj
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Cloudy and Cooler Weather Forecast Update
A weather notice outlines cloudy skies and cooler temperatures tonight with a gentle breeze. Forecasters expect cooler conditions across the region with lingering overcast conditions and mild overnight low expectations.
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Meeken
Barton
Gas production for city wanes warns official
ROH Bartlett vice president of Oklahoma Natural Gas told the state corporation commission that Morrison field supplies have fallen and current wells can only deliver about 61 000 feet daily. He cited demand of over 106 100 000 cubic feet last year and noted the bleak outlook for future supply as the utility seeks rate adjustments.
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Oklahoma
Wilson Orders Aircraft Graft Probe by U S
President Wilson ordered a Justice Department investigation into graft allegations in aircraft production linked to sculptor Guteon Borglum. The probe follows Borglum’s charges and requests for correspondence with the president. The action expands an existing $540 million air program appropriation as part of ongoing scrutiny.
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Department If Justice
Guteon Borglum
Wileson
Wilson
Bolgium
Probaly
Borghini
Gasoline Case Timeline Recounts Delays Across Years
The record outlines a long running case before the state corporation commission led by Attorney General SP Freeling. It shows repeated continuances from 1916 through 1917 with dates like July 28, August 10, September 16, and May 25, followed by later entries up to February and March hearings and ongoing evidence sessions.
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State Corporation Commission
Anti
SP. Freeling
Kaiser Proposes to Let Huns Through Holland Railroads
Dutch agree to allow German movement through Dutch railways amid wartime talks. Both sides discuss restricted transit and use of rail lines to move troops and matériel. The Western front remains unsettled as Germany seeks strategic leverage while Allied concerns grow over logistics and potential invasions.
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West
Paul
Hermany
Germany
Grave
Restoring Belgium and Europe under German proposals
A Hague dispatch summarizes German peace ideas including Belgian restoration and Alsace Lorraine autonomy within a German federation. It lists nine proposed points from restoration to colonial and Asian settlements and notes Colyn’s mission to explain Dutch concerns to Britain.
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Germany
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Federaion
Chicago society leader Mrs Palmer dies in Florida
Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago, social leader and pioneer suffragist, died at her winter home in Sarasota Florida after illness. Born in Lewisville she led the boards at the Chicago international exposition and served on the American commission to the Paris exposition. She held Legion of Honor membership and was noted for civic activism. Her body will be taken to Chicago for burial tomorrow.
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Sarasota. Fla
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Palmer
Lewisville
Falmer
Board of
Woman Managers
United Europe
United States
Legion of Honor
Prench
Mra Palmer
Florida
Senate defeats move to discuss woman suffrage
Washington May 6 By a narrow margin the senate defeated a motion to proceed next Friday to consider the woman suffrage resolution. The vote was 40 to 21, one short of the two thirds required, leaving the issue unresolved.
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Hhe
Senate
Shorewood Civil War Veterans Pension Bill Passes
Washington May 5 The Shorewood bill granting a minimum pension of five dollars a month to Civil War veterans passed by the House today and now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
Shorewood
House
Senate
Allied Troops Hope for American Arrival in West Victory
Allied forces in France report high morale as U S troops are expected to strengthen the push against German operations. Weather and mud hindered German assaults while Allies bombarded and held key positions west of Kemmel and near Locon, with several local gains and renewed German attempts repulsed.
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