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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
2
An executive notice from the Commercial Club appoints reception finance publicity executive building invitation sightseeing and entertainment committees for the upcoming state conference of charities and corrections. Judge Gill urges early joint meetings to coordinate duties and ensure a successful event.
Frankie Manilla knocked out Chicken Hall of Tulsa in six rounds before about 200 fans, delivering the fastest fighting seen locally since a Johnny Davis bout. Fans felt value for money as Hall fought gamely to the end. Hererra challenged Manilla at 120 pounds, and a later bout between Alleger and O Leary was announced for next Friday at the Vinita Athletic Club.
A fire began at 12 20 p m in the paging room of the Missouri City Coal Mining company mine at Missouri City Missouri. Within an hour it destroyed the pit house and engine room and hotly attacked the shaft. About 120 workers quit at noon twenty minutes before the blaze began. officials believe no other men remain in the workings.
Cincinnati April 1 George B Cox legal forces long waging a war of technicalities against an indictment charging perjury faced a setback as the grand jury returned a fresh perjury indictment. Prosecuting Attorney Henry T Hunt sought a venue change sending Cox toward Vermont county for open court action while Hamilton county remains tangled. The new indictment mirrors the second with one added word lawful and Hunt vows to carry the battle through to the state supreme court if needed.
Chicago March 31 Illinois farmers mailed 50 000 booklets titled Saving the Soil as part of a national science farming push led by Dr Cyril G Hopkins head of agronomy Bankers Association of Illinois backs the campaign to preserve soil richness with 1 480 banks and 1 500 000 000 in assets a second booklet with 4 million copies planned Hopkins cites farm yields and irrigation congress links and compares Illinois wheat yield to other states and nations as the movement gains support ahead of December irrigation congress.
The Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy will hold its regular quarterly meeting in the Chamber of Commerce building, Oklahoma City, to examine candidates for pharmacist certificates on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 11 and 12, 1911.
Craig County and Vinita face a major charity conference on April 27 and 28 with hundreds of visiting delegates. The event could boost Vinita’s profile and, through state funding allocations for a proposed Vinita insane asylum hospital, affect local finances and property values. Community leaders urge immediate mobilization and hospitality to secure state support.
The Chicago Tribune notes the appointment of Preston 8. Davis of Vinita to the newly created twenty third Judicial district bench in Oklahoma. A Kentuckian by birth and long resident of Vinita, Davis is praised for legal ability and admired as a poet. His ode To Sleep reflects his literary standing alongside his public roles.
Reports from Las Vegas region describe a large posse led by J. D. Hand pursuing three heavily armed men who stole horses and fled toward the railroad at Cuerva. Detectives from Kansas City, Denver, and El Paso join the chase as local excitement mounts.
Oxford defeated Cambridge in the annual eight-oared Intervarsity race on the Putney course. It marked Oxford's thirty seventh victory to Cambridge's thirty. The Prince of Wales and Prince Albert attended in cadet uniforms aboard motor boats.
Joseph A Gill urges all members to join a four hundred strong membership drive in Craig county and Vinita paying two dollars each. Funds cover state conference expenses and can be paid via W H Deck secretary of the Commercial Club or through the membership committee announced by Mr Wilson. Charles Colling is treasurer.
Sedalia Missouri April 1 six hundred men resumed work in the Missouri Kansas and Texas shops today after a shutdown started March 25. There was no dispute with the railroads and the stoppage was caused by a cut in the shop appropriation for March.
Oklahoma City April 1. Citizens at a chamber of commerce meeting subscribe 175000 in stock for a new railroad from Oklahoma City to the northwest and to the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf line at Webetka or Henryetta with Haskell as president. He plans construction in twelve to fifteen months.
Democratic representatives of the sixty-second congress met in caucus in Washington at ten o clock. Henry D. Clayton of Alabama served as temporary chairman and Albert S. Burleson of Texas was elected permanent chairman. The group discussed a patronage plan to abolish and consolidate many positions to save the government money.
Seven arrests were made as police hunted four men who bound and gagged Deputy County Treasurer C W Keller and tried to blow open the county treasurer office vault holding a hundred thousand dollars. Police said a confession from Al Rhoades led to the arrest of Deputy County Treasurer James Ocallaghan, brother of Robert Ocallaghan, a Western League baseball manager.
Oklahoma City April 1 State Auditor Leo Meyer will travel to Kansas City St Louis and Chicago to arrange lithography and preliminary market checks for the $3,000,000 public building bond issue authorized by the recent legislature. The bonds carry 5 per cent interest and are non taxable. State Treasurer Robert Dunlap will set a sale date.
Madrid reports the cabinet of Premier Canalejas resigned today. Formed in February 1910 and reorganized January 1, last, the government faced Catholic opposition over foreign religious reforms. The move risked diplomatic ties with the Vatican, though King Alfonso was reportedly supportive.
Tulsa March 31 Frank Henson was hanged on the scaffold after a five minute speech for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles Tamper last October. Associated Press reports from Tulsa Oklahoma.
Washington April 1. President Hitchcock reorganized the railway mail service with changes across senior posts chief among them Theo Ingalls of Kentucky promoted to general superintendent of the railway mail service at 4000 dollars a year. Norman Pete becomes division superintendent at St Paul, Charles Vickery moves to chief of the Cincinnati division, Clyde M. Reed to Cincinnati superintendent, John Cy appointed railway superintendent in charge of the land division, George Thompson named superintendent of rural mails, Charles Banderson takes over at St Louis as inspector in charge, and other shifts follow as part of an overhaul the post office says was long studied to correct poor management and lack of vision.
A Friday afternoon bridge party hosted by Mrs James Daven and Mrs Robert Ironside at the Davenport home on West Illinois Avenue drew sixty three invitations and twelve tables. Mrs W M Skinner won the high score prize a cut glass piece and Mrs Charles H Reimann the second high score prize a four pound box of candy. A tempting two course luncheon followed the game and guests praised the hostess for a charming noon of pleasure.
New York March 31 Colonel Charry S Diehl and Harry L Beach have purchased the San Antonio Light and will retire from the Associated Press. Diehl has served twenty years with the AP, eighteen as assistant general manager, and Beach twenty years with the AP, previously supervising the central division. Both are described as highly trained journalists who helped raise the AP's standing.
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