Oklahoma Railway value dispute heard in board of equalization
Chartel testifies before the board on why the Oklahoma Railway's 3.11 million dollar assessment should be lowered. He cites depreciation, expenses, and potential fare adjustments as the line faces high costs and uneven revenues. The board adjourns to hear more testimony and determine the permanent assessment.
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Oklahoma Railway
Oklahoma City
Shartel
Oklahoma Bay
Ca Ir
Nion
Huma City
Forced Wedlock Berman Plan to Increase Births
A German commission reports a plan to push Germany toward higher births by compulsory marriage at age 20 and penalties for fertile couples who do not bear children. The proposal also envisages state aid to those who comply and punishment for childless marriages.
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Orced Wedlock
London
Germany
Amsterdam
Texas Greeters Plan Delegates to Annual Conference
Oklahoma association president Mr Young announced a Texas conference in Fort Worth on May 27 28 where delegates will be chosen for the yearly Greeters conclave. He also takes a new hotel management post in Ada on June 1.
Rickenbacher shoots down another Hun plane in dawn action
Lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher of Columbus Ohio engages three German aircraft near Toller and downs one inside enemy lines. He previously helped down a German plane two weeks ago and was decorated with the French War Cross on Wednesday.
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Toller
Edward Rickenbacher
Columbus
Ohio
Rickenbacher
British Aviators Bomb Saarbrucken. Five Planes Lost
British aviators attacked Saarbrucken in German Lorraine on Thursday despite opposition from German fighters. They bombed factories and a railway station starting fires and then engaged in aerial combat, destroying five German machines according to a midnight official statement. One British plane was shot down.
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London
Saarbrucken
Lorraine
Wilson arrives to launch Red Cross war fund drive
President Wilson arrived in New York from Washington this afternoon to inaugurate a Red Cross drive for a war fund of 6000000.00.
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New York
Wilson
Washington
Red Cross
Showers Tonight Forecast Prompt Local Weather Update
Local forecast indicates showers tonight with a chance of storms. Temperature remains mostly steady with highs near the upper 60s to 70s and overnight low around the 50s. Sky to be cloudy with another shower risk Saturday morning.
Wilson Scores First Blood In War Probe Fight
Senate wrangles over an aircraft investigation as Democrats back executive support for Chamberlain dragnet resolution. President Wilson denies opposition to a broader inquiry while party leaders clash over scope and timing.
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Wilson
Washington
Twin Siiles
Gori
Hart
Senate
Oreigh
Hwever
Turmilly
Senate Military Committee
Chamberlain
Chantaelaie Teechtiot
Seer Ee Ceminees Foata
Itor Jones
Ming
Expenditures Committee
Military Committee
United States
Tughon
Thompson
Jones
Charles F. Hughes
Slav Ambassador Defies Convention in Berlin
Geneva dispatch reports Adolph Joffe the Bolshevik envoy to Germany ignores diplomatic etiquette and continues to display the red flag at the Moscow embassy. He shuns official visits, draws protests from papers, and concentrates on minority socialist deputies amid calls for his expulsion.
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Geneva
Adolph Joffe
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Joffe
Commons Closes No Action on Home Rule Bill
The House adjourned with no clear timetable for introducing the long delayed home rule bill. government members show no indication when the measure will be brought forward.
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Commons
Heathe House
A . Jommens
Murray Files Candidacy With Election Board
Murray filed his gubernatorial candidacy with the state election board. The filing reports his Democratic primary status and names Oklahoma City Democrat A.J. N. Monden as a district judge candidate in the slate amid district-level contests.
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Murray
Election Board
Oh Murray
State Election Board
Indian Robbed In Jail Here Seeks Justice
A prisoner named Treadwell claims he was robbed of $125 while asleep in jail and asks attorney Redmond Cole for help. He accuses fellow inmate Kelly of taking the money and appeals for federal action to recover the sum.
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Tate Thom
Jodi Cradwell
Servid
Courity
Fumelin
Redmond Cole
Fatret
Treadwell
Red Cross head urges stay-at-homes to support war effort
J F Phillips Oklahoma Red Cross war fund manager criticizes stay-at-home critics. He argues fit youths should enlist or contribute time and money, warning that moral policing at home risks labeling those who work instead of going to war as slackers.
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J F Phillips
Red Cross
Oklahoma
Publes
Shisters
Chegaber of Commerce
Fotis Trenty
Anetr
Appa
Stock list shows trading names on New York Exchange
May 11 listing notes copper and steel shares among many companies on the New York Stock Exchange. Brands and sectors include American Can, American Car & Foundry, American Smelting, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, General Motors, Baldwin Locomotive, Union Carbide, International Paper, Colorado Fuel & Iron, and Pacific Coast items among others.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
American Can
American Car & Foundry
American Locomoti
Americas Linnwedt
American Smelting
Baldwin Locomotive
Jaltinore & Olio
Bethlehem
Colorado Uel & Iron
Cuba
Erie i General Iklectric
General Motors
Uireat Northern
Atarine
Ievilie & Nashville
Pacific
Central Y Boriob & Western Y Fortharn Pacific
Citlew Gas
German aviation crippled in western front report
London dispatch quotes Morning Post on German air service failures. It cites heavy Allied bombing, loss of pilots and aircraft, and disrupted German reserves. The correspondent argues Germany lacks planes and fuel, hindering observation and reinforcement efforts.
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London
Wester Front
Morning Post
Four Billion Mark Passed In Third Liberty Loan
Washington May 17 officials reported the third Liberty loan surpassed four billion dollars and could reach four billion two hundred fifty million, with the final total due next week.
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Washington
Treasury
Italian aviator killed near Hempstead in New York
Captain Antonio Silvio Resnati of the Royal Italian Flying Corps died testing an American built Caproni bombing biplane at Hempstead field. The craft rose briefly, then crashed as one engine collapsed, trapping Resnati in his seat. Thirty seven Oklahomans, teachers of the former Oklahoma National Guard, qualified for officer training in the third camp for second lieutenants eligibility.
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New York
Antonio Silvio Resnati
Royal Italian Fui Corps
Washington
Hempstead
Resnati
Hying Firth
Oklahoma City
Treahers
Oklahoma National Guard
Germany braces for fifth winter as victory fades
In a speech before the Wurttemberg diet Herr Bransmann of the Progressive party warned a fifth winter of war is inevitable. He urged Germans to steel themselves and endure further hardship to regain any prospect of victory.
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Germany
Berne
Swite
Wurttemberg
Herr Bransmann
Progressive Party
Datine
New U S Army Arrives in British Zone in France
American troops described as the new American army arrive in the British zone in northern France. They train with British forces and are hailed by British soldiers and civilians. Officials say they are not detaching Pershing’s men but part of a broader U S buildup for France. Relations between American and British officers are reported cordial.
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Associated Press
France
Cerne
Sons of Britain
Tommy Atkins
Washington
Flanders
Persling
United States
Lloyd George
Paris
Artillery Fire Increases in West London May 17
German artillery fire grows along the western Flanders salient from Locan to Hinges and between Nieppe and Meters en, with violent shelling reported near the Amiens area in today’s official war bulletin.
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West London
Locan
Hinges
Flanders Salient
Forest of
Nieppe
Metersen
Salient
Paris
Regnion
Hailes
Amiens
Italians Pierce Austrian Lines Across Fronts
Italian forces push along a wide front from the North Sea to Switzerland with patrols and trench incursions. In Picardy American artillery fires Montdidier. Mont Como summit taken south of Astago. Monte Asoione operation east of the Brenta. Mahonans reach Monte Perticsnevant of Asolene as fronts press.
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North Sea
Switzerland
Picardy
Montdidier
Lake Garda
Piave
Mont Como
Astago
Monte Asoione
Brenta
Vienna
Asolene
Tengo
Baby tornado hits Fort Worth suburb
A tornado damaged four farms in a Fort Worth suburb this morning. Wind spared homes but fences were torn and some structures sustained harm. No injuries were reported.
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Fort Worth
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