Fire destroys Buffington block in South Wilson district
Explosion of gas causes blaze that engulfed the Buffington-Friend-Harris Ming Shanahan block housing Buffington Hotel Elks Club Halls feed store Vila Bakery and other businesses. Four men injured by falling walls. property valued around 100000 with most loss uninsured. Firefighters unable to save the metal ceiling barrier trapped in flames.
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Buffington-Friend-Harris, Ming & Shanahan
Wilsontrees
Buffington Hotel
Elks’ Club
Halls Feed Store
Vilta
Houck Undertaking
Mire
S. E. Wallen
Golden Rule Store
Pat Mahoney
Sunny-Pat Hardware Company
Harry B. Bagby
First National Bank
John Musser
Musser
Bagby
Wallen
Mahoney
Friend Building
T. M. Buffington
Be, D. Ming
St. Louis
Joseph R. Harris
W. F. Friend
Fi Shanahan
Chairman Lloyd Fights For Harmony In Congress
Washington, Nov. 30. James T. Lloyd, Missouri representative and chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee, arrived in Washington to urge harmony among Democrats in the new House. He warned that victory means little if party unity fails and said the nation voted for change not out of enthusiasm for the Democrats.
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Washington
D. C
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic Congressional Committee
House of Representatives
Women not capable of holding office, says Spokane leader
May Arkwright Hutton, Spokane head of the Washington Political League, warns women voters to study conditions before seeking office. She says women are like first time voters and would not support a woman for commissioner under the current form of government, urging support for honorable, capable men instead.
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Spokane
Wash
May Arkwright Hutton
Washington Political League
Venters Building Raid Ended With Matrimony Under Sheriff
In a raid on the Venters building on the east side last night, Blunt Martin and a negro woman were arrested on illegal cohabitation charges. They promised to marry if the charge was dropped, and were wed this morning at Justice of the Peace O. D. Neville’s office. The sheriff, citing a belief of a jointly operated establishment, locked the building.
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Venters
Blunt Martin
Martin
Ridenhour
Office of
Justice of the Peace
O. D. Neville
Taft Calls for Further Government Expense Cuts
President Taft directed cabinet officers to reduce expenses for the next fiscal year after reviewing the departmental estimate drafts. The move follows a request for deeper cuts to streamline government spending.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
Dr Cook Story Refused by London Publishers
Dr. Cook, who now doubts if he reached the North Pole, faced a difficult reception for his account The Story of Cook's Trip to the North Pole London publishers rejected the manuscript He planned to return to the United States in December to arrange magazine publication through Canadian publishers News from New York reports Brooklyn explorer hid in a London boarding house while writing.
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Associated Press
New York
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Cook
London
Brooklyn Explorer
Dr. Cookiwi
Congress races to push four or five appropriation bills
Washington November 29. Congress far from convening but work on appropriation bills moves quickly. Four or five bills may pass before the holiday recess as chairmen rush to place measures on the calendar. River and harbor, urgency and deficiency, Indian, and executive legislative and judicial appropriations are advanced. Burke Tawney and committee subgroups push bills for full house action after convening. The Oklahoma mineral issue and omnibus Indian bill are deferred to later in the session.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Appropriation Committee
Tawney
Panama
Burke
Washington
Oklahoma
Local option advocates plan new bill in Guthrie
Guthrie Okla Nov 30 supporters of the local option and high license amendment, defeated at the recent election, have begun a campaign to have the issue re submitted to voters. Petitions for an election are being prepared and circulated. Lawyers will craft a measure limiting saloon liberty. Supporters of the railroad amendment, also defeated, will seek another chance with petitions to circulate within ten days.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Friends of the Railroad
Stolen Wells Fargo Safe Recovered Unopened in Oklahoma
Muskogee Oklahoma November 29 the iron safe containing sixteen thousand dollars stolen from the Wells Fargo express substation Saturday night was found Monday unopened with no money missing Two Dayton Street youths found it under an old porch The safe was taken to the police station then to the express office opened in the presence of General Superintendent A T Payne of Oklahoma City Four men including F C Givens and W H Kelsey faced a justice and pleaded not guilty They deny guilt another arrest Harry Coe Frisco baggage agent was held as a suspect
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Muskogee
Okla
Wells Fargo & Co
Express
Dayton Street
Express Office
A. T. Payne
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court to settle status of Five Civilized Tribes
Full blood Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes faced the Supreme Court to determine their status in the United States government. The dispute centers on 1902 land allotment and sale restrictions, initially five years, later extended to twenty five years, with arguments set to conclude the following day.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Gallagher Pleads Not Guilty After Mayor Shooting
New York November 20 James Gallagher who shot Mayor Gaynor was arraigned today on a charge of assaulting Commissioner Edwards and pleaded not guilty.
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Associated Press
New York
James Gallagher
Gaynor
Edwards
Hattie LeBlanche Cheered By Success Of Her Counsel
Cambridge mass December 1 interest in the trial of Hattie LeBlanc the seventeen year old Cape Breton girl for the murder of Clarence F Glover a Waltham laundryman drew a crowd larger than any prior session Encouraged by the victory of her counsel yesterday when the alleged dying declaration of Glover that Hattie LeBlanc shot him was excluded the defendant faced her accusers with buoyancy and apparent firm faith in a speedy acquittal
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Hattie LeBlanc
Clarence F. Glover
Watham
Middlessex County
Glover
Ames to defend guarantee law in bank case
Oklahoma City, Nov. 3. C B Ames leaves for Washington to argue Noble State bank against Governor Haskell and state officials testing Oklahoma bank guaranty law. Case consolidates Nebraska and Kansas laws. hearing Friday. decision may come in 60 to 90 days. Bank argues fund and cross-liability confiscate private property and promote wild cat banking. Texas has not sued.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
C. B. Ames
Washington
National Capital
Noble State Bank
Haskell
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Noble Bank
Texas
Explorer Cook admits doubt on polar reach
New York dispatch reports Dr. Frederick Cook plans to return to the United States with his wife and children for Christmas after telling Hampton's Magazine editors that he does not know if he reached the north pole. He plans to publish an account later.
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Associated Press
New York
Frederick Cook
Hampton's Magazine
North Pole
Cook
United States
Thompson to Succeed Frazee at Adair Bank Move
International Bank and Trust of Vinita lands R. E. Thompson longtime Adair Bank cashier as managing officer around mid December replacing retiring S. R. Frazee. Thompson to join board with J. W. Orr M. F. Knight. Robert B. Lee moves to Adair cashier position. W. T. Walling named cashier of Big Cabin Bank with December 1 arrival.
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International Bank & Trust Company of
Vinita
R. E. Thompson
Bank of Adair
8. R. Frazee
International Bank & Trust Company
Mr. Thompson
Robert B. Lee
Big Cabin
Lee
Bank of Big Cabin
W.T. Walling
Hoynton
Frazee
Thompson
Ihs
AFL Executive Council Adjourns to Meet January 16
St Louis Nov 29 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor adjourned to meet in Washington January 16. At that session the Western Federation of Miners charter request will likely be acted on. The matter was referred to Gompera to arrange conferences between the miners and the opposing machinist faction.
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St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Western Federation of Miners
Gompera
Express Employees Accept Company's Terms
New York workers for express companies voted to accept their employers terms at a meeting ending weeks of strike tied up transcontinental service. Drivers and helpers approved the settlement, making the compromise effective.
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Associated Press
New York
Express Company
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Supreme Court
Gallagher
Hattie Leblanche
AMES
Vinita Bank
Robert Lee
Adair
Federation OF Labor
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