Taft calls for quick revision of the Dingley tariff act
President Taft asks Congress to convene in extra session to revise the Dingley tariff. He cites changed production and business conditions and a projected deficit over receipts this fiscal year. The new tariff bill will be introduced tomorrow with a committee to be appointed after Bongneage's term expires.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Taft
Comerens
Congress
Ilaca
Bongnnge
Calorado
Criminal Appeals Court Busy With Liquor Cases
Guthrie Oklahoma March 1 The criminal court of appeals began the consideration of about fifty liquor cases today When these cases are heard and decisions handed down the people of Oklahoma will know where they stand with relation to the liquor question as the decisions will probably cover most every phase of the liquor problem This court was provided by the first legislature to relieve the crowded conditions of the supreme court docket and the work of the court has proven so satisfactory and necessary that many of our jurists believed that it should be permanently retained since the action of the second legislative providing for its continuance
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Guthrie
Okla
Criminal Court of Appeals
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Missing baseball man found by brother in Chicago
Charles Hi Morton, former president of a Pennsylvania baseball league, who vanished from home January 20, was found by his brother in Chicago. He wandered the streets in a disoriented condition as authorities assess his health and whereabouts.
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Brother IV
Chicago
Associated Press
Charles Hi Morton
Hies
Virginia Will Try Cheap Passenger Rates
The Virginia State Corporation Commission set a maximum passenger fare of two and a half cents on six Virginia rally routes. The commission condemned Kansas City jobbers for threatening a boycott against the M E T railroad amid rate reductions and proposed a boycott against the Kansas City Jobbers.
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Associated Press
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Kansas City
M. E. & T.railroad
May Result In Gangeling Of Oil Leases
Harleysville Okla March 16 Following litigation concluded when Daniel Turbney of Independence Kansas won judgment against T N Barnsdale connected with Standard Oil. Dabney secured cancellation of a lease and more leases may be filed as others claim lack of market for product and improper operation. Owners allege similar faults and seek relief.
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Harleysville
Oklo
Mar
Daniel Turbney
Independence
Kana
T. N. Barnsdale
Standard Oil Company
Dabney
Willy Barnadale
Horsedale
Post office substation planned in Muskogee building
Muskogee Oklahoma March 16 post mistress Aliee M Robertson seeks a drug store site for a substation to handle stamps money orders and registered mail The chosen room is the Home Baking company at Cherokee and East Broadway Erastus Fletcher Baker is named in charge The substation will be No 1 and will not deliver mail locally
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Muskogee
Okla
Washington
Aliee M. Robertson
Oklahoma
Ity
Pontmnaetor Robertson
Home Bakinie Company
Sarner
Cherokee
East Broadway
Erastus Fletcher Baker
Post Office Department
Builders Commission Appointment Names Hoffman Oakes Chandler
Guthrie China March 16 Governor Bucket announces appointment of Roy Hoffman Chand ler Roy Oakes and Bert Chandler to the public buildings commission. The panel will function as part of the governor's administration cabinet. Members will receive a salary of 000 per year and serve the governor's term.
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Guthrie
China
Bucket
Roy Hoffman
Chandler
Roy Oakes
State Banking Commission
Bert Chandler
Nate
Thevernor
Wyckliff Boys Now On Trial in Oklahoma
Tom and John Wyckliff stand trial in Vinita on charges of killing Deputy U S Marshal Gilstrap. Jury impaneling faced delays as motions argued against special counsel. The case recalls historic clashes with authorities, with the Wyckliffs awaiting the outcome under Cherokee identity and territorial history.
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Tablequah
Okla
Mar
Tom
John Wyckliff
U. 8
Marshall Gilstrap
D. L. Sleeper
Ticie
Kansas Jointists Ten Have Thorny Path
Topeka March 16 The increase in prohibition law duties expands the attorney general's office. He and assistants will monitor both drug store and straightout jointists with equal focus. It is estimated there are as many drugstore joints as straightout joints in the state, nearly doubling the workload.
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Topeka
Kaus
Author Elinor Maccartney Lane Dies on Travel
Lynchburg Virginia reports novelist Elinor Maccartney Lane aged forty five died late last night while traveling south. She wrote The Mills or Code and Safety State. Lane is remembered for her prolific output and contributions to literature.
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Associated Prove
Lynchburg
Elinor Maccartney Lane
Safey State
German farmer kills two in pistol duel
German landowner Schutebar Milg, engaging two army officers in separate pistol duels in Germany, reportedly killed both opponents. Milg's wife, said to be American, allegedly provoked the challenges amid jealousy.
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Prem Tisenaseh
Germany
Booze Agencies May Be Reopened In Guthrie Oklahoma
In Guthrie Oklahoma lawmakers consider resuming the liquor system after a general election result led the governor to close agencies by proclamation. Court action on a tent case permits sale of alcohol to druggists for pharmaceuticals, while bills to reduce state agency control and abolish local agencies progress only in the Senate before dying in the House.
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Guthrie
Okla
Mor
Ipoliit
Haskell
Supreme Court
Winto
Agencien
Billups
Tate
Abollahng
Sytem
Shippers Awarded Rebate on Freight Charges
Guthrie Oklahoma report notes the corporation commission approved rebates for Mian Williams of Tuttle on wood hauled by Prisco from Tuttle to Page totaling 104 dollars. A rebate of 10.70 dollars was granted to Kingflaher Mill and Elevator Company on overcharge as part of the freight settlement.
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Guthrie
Okla
Mian
Corporation Commission
Williams
Tuttle
Oklahoma
Prisco
Page
Smionnt
Kingflaher Mill and Elevator Company
Missouri to resume three cent fares, officials say
A Missouri fare change was approved by a unanimous conference of executives and officers at Frisco Rock Island Lines, led by President J. L. Winchell. The three cent passenger rate will replace the two cent rate deemed confiscatory by Judge McPherson. No decisions were made on other states.
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Chicago
Mar
Missouri
McPherson
J. L. Winchell
Frisco Rock Island
First Woman Lawyer Accused of Bootlegging
Pawhuska Oklahoma reports a federal warrant arrest of Mrs M K Ellott alias Map WAL cent near Ouayge dunetion charged with bootlegging. She had been admitted to practice in Oklahoma in Shawnee early days. She is jailed in Guthrie under $2000 bond. Her liquor store was found in Guthrie with Ark river nearby.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Mar
M. K. Ellott
Ouayge Dunetion
Oklahoma
Shawnee
Oklahona
Guthrie
Hallors
Gurnty Adler
Roosevelt Spends Day Writing for Publication
President Roosevelt spent the day at Sagamore Hill preparing a number of articles on national issues. He drafted pieces intended for publication after his return from Africa, addressing several important questions of public interest.
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Roosevelt
Lineavoll
Sagamore Hill
Wittelay Wittel Ape Petr
Hitwate
Africa
Justice Baker affirms manslaughter verdict in Byers case
Guthrie Okla March 1 1905 Justice Baker writes that immaterial technicalities do not derail a just decision in the Byers manslaughter case. A. N. Byers was convicted for killing his wife Salinda in 1904 and sentenced to fifteen years. Venue moved to Camanche County amid appeals over expert testimony and harmless error claims.
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Salinda Fryers
Garteba
Kigwa
Camanche
Byres
Tower Court
de Muer
Willee Baker Sayuy “Rexpert
Pola Court
Red Court
Jude
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Glletrap
Pease Press
Indiana
Wyckliffe
Oldahowa
Kansas
Court of Appe
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