Capitol Site Fight Shapes Oklahoma City As Capitol Move Nears
Oklahoma City with the capitol bill nearly ready for the Senate. The measure keeps the site in Oklahoma City and creates a state holding company to secure the site with a guarantee of free location and capitol building. A three and a half mile limit from the federal building was debated but vetoed by Governor Haskell. Promoters formed a holding company for the Culbertson site two miles from downtown. House actions included resolutions on Croce inauguration and a federal labor board, while McIntosh county urged Oklahoma City site selection. A special committee was named to study appropriations for state institutions and constitutional questions pending regular session.
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Olela
Devo
Capitol
Haskell
Senate
House
Capitol Building
Federal Building
Putnam
Culbertson
Barret
Willams and Miller
Muskogee
Croce
Ashby
Whitman
Congress
National Board of Arbitration For Labor Disputes
Redwine
McIntosh County
Oklahoma House Caucus Sets Stage for Regular Session
Democratic members of the Oklahoma House formalized the caucus for the regular session next month. W. A. Durant of Durant was chosen speaker, WoW Anthony of Marlow chair, J. Roy Will of Lawton speaker pro tem, and Joe Chambers of Clinton secretary. The harmony followed a Cruz-like alliance to advance the governing administration's program.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Caucue Jael Hight
W. A. Duriet
Durant Wis
Wow Anthony
Marlow Canous
J. Roy Will
Lawton
Joe Chambers
Clarquote
Dnanimota
Insurgente
Furmet
Haskell
Anthony
Tyle
Boys Fired for Joke Ends in Fatal Shooting Near Oakley
Anadarko Oklahoma. Dee Hh Cooper and Willie Magard, both about five five, were jailed on the charge of shooting and killing a man named Miller aged about 70 Sunday night. Miller was camping with a rover family when the youths, armed with revolvers, allegedly fired to scare him as they parted ways. Miller lay mortally wounded by a .45 caliber bullet and died after spending the night at the scene.
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Anadarko
Okla
Dee
Cooper
Willie Magard
Oakley
Miller
Grossick
Makenna
Iain
Rivers And Harbors Congress Ends
The rivers and harbors congress closed with a resolution praising Taft and urging Congress to appropriate fifty million dollars annually for waterways improvements. Funds should come from current revenues where possible, otherwise by bonds, and the measure is to be financed through the general treasury.
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Rivers and Harbors Congress
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
Congress
Studying Boy Question Through Police Court
Oklahoma City reports county judge elect Lockridge visiting the city police court to study the boy question. He will lecture at the state university in Norman and sit as juvenile court judge. He plans organizing a Shawnee boys club and has ties to Indiana University.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dee.f Lockridge
Pottestomie County
Reform
Shawnee
Judge Lockridge
Cluss
State University of Indiana
Oklahoma
Police Court of
Two More Gard Cotton Shipped From Vinita
Vinita streams two car loads of Grand River cotton to Katy markets, marking the city’s second cotton shipment after a previous year. The broom corn crop, new to the area, also ships two car loads via Frisco, priced from 5 to 150 per ton, touted as a dry land rival to king eden in Craig county.
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Vinita
Grand River
Katy
Craig County
Arguments in Guaranty Case in Supreme Court
In Washington the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of state bank guaranty laws. Nebraska and Kansas cases, previously held constitutional and unconstitutional respectively, were argued alongside Oklahoma. Judges urged division of time to avoid undue delays, risking long waits for Nebraska and Kansas rulings.
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Waablington
Ae ‘Ermonte
Liie
Oklahome
Arome Court
United States
Nebraska Bank Auarenty
Kansas Bank Guaranty
Oklahoma
Mit
Harlan
Nebraski
Kansas
Okahoma
Nebraska
Tariff Reform Battle Draws Congressional Fire
Washington December reports say Taft backed tariff schedule changes face sharp pushback from regular Republicans and many Democrats. Insurgent Republicans expect little cross party support, while several independent Democrats including Gore Owen Chamberlain and Shively are named as potential backers. Senate and House paused after routine and postal measures with Indian appropriation bills dominating the day.
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Owen
Oklahoma
Chamberlain
Oregon
Shively
Indiana
Congress
Senate
Panama
Hitchcock
Heyburn
Bacon
House
Disorder and Massacre of Christians Reported
A Jerusalem telegram says Bedouin massacred the Turkish garrison at Kerak and killed about 100 Christians in retaliation for the execution of a Bedouin chief. Kerak, former Moab capital with 8,000 residents, is the last Christian dwelling town on the Damascus to Mecca route. Moab’s regional tensions loom as a revolution is feared among the Moabites.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Dee
Jerusalem
Kerak
Moab
Damascus
Mecca
Carl Morris to Meet Marvin Hart in December Show
Supnipa Oklahoma in December 20 clash will feature Carl Morris, the undefeated Oklahoma heavyweight, defending his status as the white hope. The fifteenth round bout in this city follows Morris easy wins this summer and precedes a planned January bout with Jim Barry. Local fans expect Morris to solidify his claim as a top prospect and redeem the white race within two years.
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Supnipa
Okla
Dee
Carl Morris
White Munis
Marvin Hart
Morris
Oklahoma
Dreamland
Jim Barry
Mortis
Registers of Deeds Meet in Tulsa
The Oklahoma State Register of Deeds association met in semiannual convention in Tulsa. Officers were elected: President J. B. Coats of Oklahoma County, Secretary Eugene Davis Cole of Cole County, Treasurer H. C. Walkley of Tulsa County. Every county was represented. The next meeting will be in Oklahoma City.
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Registers of Deeds
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma State Register of Deeds Association
J. 3. Coats
Oklahoma County
Eugene Davis Cole
H.C. Walkley
Oklahoma City
Conservatives Fail to Eliminate Recall in Arizona Constitution
Phoenix December 4 conservatives made a supreme effort to remove the recall from the Arizona constitution but failed. The vote to accept the recall stood 38 for 7 against.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Constitution
Wife accused by counsel for Hattie Le Blanc case
In Cambridge on December 9, Irene LeBlanc Langly, sister of Hattie, testified she would kill herself if convicted on Mrs. Glover evidence. She related Hattie said she visited the Glover home after the shooting and saw Mrs. Glover force her to lie with her head covered. A later witness said the body was brought in and Mrs. Glover turned away. Mail carriers noted Mrs. Glover received five hundred letters under the alias Minnie Everett Clark over three years.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Glover
Rowell Indian allotment attacked in Washington debate
Washington D C Dec 10 The Rowell allotment a tract of Indian land valued at about 75000 awarded to Dr J F Rowell of Lawton Oklahoma and linked to the Gore bribery inquiry faces revocation if a House bill becomes law The rowell case highlighted alleged misuses of Indian funds in Oklahoma and involved inquiries from the Gore committee Senator Gore denied involvement saying he opposed the claim and that it was secured by trickery Rowell seeks a court mandamus to compel Secretary Ballinger to issue a patent
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Tariff Board
Congress
Senate
House
Cummins
Town
Hale
Committee On Rules
Cumming
Rowell
J. F. Rowell
Lawton
Okla
Gore
Oklahoma
John
Ballinger
Burke
Gore Committee
McMurray
Interior Department
World altitude record broken in Pau France
M Legagneux, a French aviator, ascended to 10,499 feet to set a new world altitude record in Pau. He landed half frozen after the performance in a Blerlot monoplane, highlighting the remarkable feat of the downward flight.
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Associated Press
Pau
France
M. Legagneux
Legagneux
Farmers Attention Cash for Your Old Front
Farmers are urged to bring in old fron to Woodcock Manufacturing Company for cash payment. Located at 19st, the ad promotes quick recycling of scrap materials and offers immediate compensation.
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Woodcock Manufacturing Company
Oklahoma legislature hosts diverse new members in 3rd session
Missourians lead the Oklahoma House with fifteen members, Illinois nine, Tennessee eight, and Texas seven. Many lawmakers bring varied careers from farming to law, medicine, and banking, with notable figures such as Harper county’s Vogle advocating direct election of U S senators and Guthrie loyalty from Shearer. The body includes former sheriffs, mayors, city attorneys, and civil servants, reflecting a broad cross section of professions and regions.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
House of Representatives
Mlinois
Tennessee
Texas
House
Vogle
Harper County
United States
West Side
Shearer
Renfrew
Grant County
Polk County
B. VP. Nesbitt
Breedlove
Green of
State Board of Agriculture
Cham Jones
Ryan
Jefferson County
Clark
Rush County
Kans
W. A. Durant
Bryan County
Oklahoma
Mulsem
la Flore County
Vossberg
Woodward
Coughlin
Frederick
Charlie Emanuel
Rusk County
Sulphur
Dan Peery
Caddo County
Joe
Chambers
Claremore
Rose
Clayton
Logan
Rowland
S.J. Smith
Sapulpa
Pennsylvania
Steen
Checotah
Lindsey
Georgia
Indian Territory
Thrash
Clinton
Broome
Tabor
James
Tehee
Tahlequah
Brooke
E. M.clark
Pawnee
Guthrie
Frey
de Ford
Harris
Washita County
James R. Knight
Valliant
McCurtain County
Ruatan
Banacoa
Vutilla Islands
Spanish Honduras
Central America
Marshall
Cimarron County
Taft names Whit as chief justice and picks new court lineup
Washington December 12. President Taft nominates Edward Douglass White as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also fills vacant seats on the high court and names Willis Van Dyke of Wyoming and Joseph Rucker Lamar of Georgia to the bench. The new commerce court appointees include Martin Knapp, Roberts Archbald, William Hunt, John Gare, Julian H. Ma, and others. Some debate centers on whether Charles E. Hughes should have been elevated instead.
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Edward Douglass
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Senate
President Taft
Willis van Day
Cheyenne
Wyo
United States Cult
Joseph Rucker Sam Georgia
Georgia Supreme Coll
New Court
Merce
Martin A. Knapp
New York
Inters Commerce Commission
Roberts Archbald
United Suit
Middle District
Pensylvania
William H. Hunt
Wytana
Court of Groms Appeals
John Emmett Gare
South Dakota
Julian W. Ma
Chicago
Illinois
Mack
In State Commerce Commission
Knapp
Lota F. M. Cockrell
Missouri
B. H. Meyer
Wise
McChord
Kentucky
White
Jo Charles E .Hughes
Ji Hughes
Hughes
Yisére
United 51
Order for hearing to sell real estate in mill minor estate
In Craig County Oklahoma probate court guardian W P Miller asks to sell all or part of Willie L Mill minors estate. The court sets December 20 1910 at 9 30 a m for hearing and directs notice as required by law. Judge Theo D B presides with Parker Rider Brown attorneys for the guardian.
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State of Oklahoma
Craig Cou
Willie L. Mill
W. P. Miller
Willie L
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