Contested Harris Seat Faces Convention Vote Today
Guthrie December 5 The constitutional convention debates the Harris Harrell contest from Wagoner with Chairman Kornegay supporting the committee report that the convention cannot review returns and Harris keeps his seat. The majority report by Williams argues the body can settle all contests amid other state boundary and liquor questions and party machine maneuvers shaping county maps and district splits across Indian Territory and Oklahoma.
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Guthrie
Harris-Hartill
Wagoner
W. Kornegay
Harris
R. L. Williams
Haskell-Murray
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Sequoyah
Tory
Rogers
Claremore
Messenger
Holdenville
Willss
Miami
Luke Roberts
Clystes
Haskel-Murray
Arizona flood victims and banking theft headline mix
Kansas City bank teller William Anderson disappeared after stealing $9,000 over a week while a flood in eastern Arizona caused many deaths near Clifton. In Topeka a separate incident saw two Texas cowboys attempt to hang John Lewis on a westbound Santa Fe train.
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Kansas City
William
Anderson
First National Bank
Swinney
Parsons
Kan
Salina
Topeka
Lawrence
John J. Lewis
Lewis
Knights of Pythias
Passengers Hurt In Monon Railroad Derailment
Train 36 on the Monon route between Cincinnati and Chicago derailed two miles north of Frankfort Indiana after a broken rail. Eighteen passengers were injured but there were no fatalities. The high speed wreck scattered baggage and cars, with passengers reporting bruises and cuts.
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Chicago
Monon Road
Cincinnati
Frankfort
Ind
Jealous rage killer captured after Bay d Arc shooting
Garland Moore, a Springfield mail carrier, shot and killed Clara West in Bay d Arc after she refused to marry him. Moore fled across the county before surrendering to the sheriff at daybreak and was jailed for safe keeping.
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Springfield
Garland Moore
Bay d'Arc
Clara West
Miss West
Moore
Tacoma mill manager disputes mob attack on Japanese workers
Chester of Alder Mill, 35 miles south of Tacoma, arrived reporting little trouble Sunday despite sensational accounts. He says a few drunken hangers on assaulted two Japanese laborers to drive them away, but deputies arrived and the workers are back on the job. He calls reports of a mob attacking Japanese workers exaggerated.
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Tacoma
Wash
Chester
Alder Mill Company
Receiver sought for Claremore Radium Wells company
Judge Parker will hear Saturday in Claremore the application of minority stockholders for a receiver. The suit involves about $50,000 with sensational charges of wrongdoing. Plaintiffs are led by William T Hutchings of Muskogee. defendants are the majority stockholders and mortgagees, represented by H. B. Brown of Claremore and J. B. Keith of Coffeyville.
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Luang F. Parker, Jr
Claremore
Claremore Radium Wells Company
Infinita
William T Hutchings
Muskogee
H. B. Brown
J. B. Keith
Coffeyville
Gas pipeline progress amid weather delays
Weather over recent weeks has slowed construction on the gas line with the entire building program affected. Spill, the contractor, struggles but reports progress, noting the main from Coodys Bluff to the city is near completion under challenging conditions.
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Coodys Bluff
Gas distribution progress aims for New Year delivery
In a brief update the city reports substantial work remains on distributing gas. Officials from Sompeng pledge full effort and hope to have gas flowing to consumers by Christmas or New Year at the latest, pending completion of remaining connections and safety checks.
Cunninghams Split Ventures In Local Deal
Cunningham Salls Out W G Cunningham from Indians era closes purchase of J W Cunningham's drag business. J W Cunningham to continue carriage business. The two Cunninghams are not related.
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W. G. Cunninghaw
J. W. Cunningham
Cunninghams
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McAlester
E. W. Stryker
Bhut
CoHerokee National Bank OF
Vinita
IND. Ter
Acer
V. McSpadden
Louis Bagh J
Ore
Ky B
Senith
W.P. Farley
Wayne
Arizona
Kansas City Bank
Clifton
Tucson
Ariz
Gila River
Phoenix
Staty
Arizona Copper Company
Cunningham Salls
Stacy Adams
Dr. Reed
James
Roberts, Johnson
Shoe Department
Standers Mraght
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