Haskell Appeals to Circuit Court in Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma February 2 Attorneys for former Governor Charles N Haskell gave notice of appeal to the circuit court of appeals in St Louis from a Cotteral judgment for 42000 and eleven years interest totaling about 69000 including costs The principal is claimed due from Haskell to Trape Steel for a 1898 loan to promote the Lima and Northern railroad A New York bond holder secured the judgment and left for New York City Eaton of Muskogee has started an action in Oklahoma City against the steel company and Loder to show whether Illinois Steel property is in their possession A non resident service effort may be ineffective and Haskell must post a supersedeas bond for the full judgment Haskell did not appear in Guthrie during trial and relies on lawyers Ledbetter and Smith Citizens say he would be as safe here as anywhere in his many residences Another bank robbery report follows from Elk Falls Kansas where five robbers took 2700 and fled toward the Osage hills in northern Oklahoma with a posse in pursuit
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Haskell
Lima and Northern
Ohio
Cornelius S. Loder
New York
Steel Company
Loder
New York City
W. R. Eaton
Muskogee
Silinota Steel Company
Eaton
Oklahoma City
Guthrie
W. A. Ledbetter
Orville T. Smith
Haskete
Ottawa
Quarantine Clamps Philadelphia Tenderloin District
The city imposed a sweeping smallpox quarantine in the Tenderloin area, roping off the district and obliging all within to undergo vaccination. About a hundred physicians and police entered the zone, vaccinating residents as an estimated three thousand people submitted to the needles.
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Associated Press
Phiiladelphia
Tenderloin
Will Force Vote On Lorimer Case In Senate
Senator Brown of Nebraska and allies vow to block appropriation bills until a Senate vote on the Lorimer case. He accuses Illinois Senator Lorimer of bribery in his election. Failure of any appropriation bill could trigger an extra session of Congress.
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Lorimer
Senate
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Brown
Nebraska
Congress
Existence of Coffee Trust Brought Out in Statement
Washington February 2 The department of justice is told of an alleged coffee trust. A committee allegedly controls Brazilian coffee marketing and plans a four cent per pound price rise. The statement says seventy eight million pounds would be sold with an additional profit of three million dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Liquor Law Convictions Toll in County Court
In county court proceedings the day was quiet compared with recent days of heightened liquor law convictions. H Jenkins of Bib Cabin pleaded guilty to a liquor charge and faces sentencing Monday. Phil Buford was found guilty on one liquor charge and not guilty on another, with penalties of thirty days in jail and a $50 fine. The session also included civil suit arguments and a postponed State v Dave Jones and Otis Tittle due to a defendant's illness.
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H. Jenkins
Bib Cabin
Phil Buford
Buford
Dave Jones
Otis Tittle
Grand Jury Evidence Ready for Indictments in Danville
Danville Illinois February 2 States Attorney Lewman says the grand jury evidence is fully written and ready for review. Indictments are expected today with at least fifty likely. No adjournment before next Wednesday appears probable.
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Associated Press
Danville
States
Lewman
Banker Charged With Conspiracy to Swindle
A warrant was sworn out today charging Charles H. Meeker with conspiracy to swindle. The note alleges Meeker sold bogus London exchange and with the proceeds bought equipment to start banks in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Banking interests in those states are mentioned in the charge.
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Associated Press
Dalhart
Tex
Charles H. Meeker
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Meeker
Sald
London Exchange
Southwest
New Pullman Rates in Effect
Washington DC January 31 reductions in the price of sleeping car berths become effective at midnight. Tariffs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Pullman Company show rates on upper berths reduced by about twenty percent across the country.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
Oklahoma House Debates 30 Million Bond Railroad and Oil Pipeline
Oklahoma City Feb 2 Bills propose to create a total liability of 30 million dollars for a state owned railroad and oil pipeline. The railroad plan calls for 15 million in bonds and would run from Cimarron County through Oklahoma City to McCurtain County. The pipeline plan seeks 15 million from general revenue to build an oil line from Coffeyville through the oil fields to Texas. Senate actions include a capital removal contract dispute with Oklahoma City and other measures.
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Oklahoma City
Vossburg
Woodward
Cimarron County
McCurtain County
Jeff
Wynner
Guthrie
Marke
Allen
Congress
Senate
House
Williams
Logan
Moore
Grand
Neosho
Breedlove
Cox
Greer County
Red River
Industrial Institute For Girls
Chickasha
Charities and Corrections
Muskogee
Clinton
Enid
Convictions Rise as Bootleg Cases Go to Sentence
Heavy penalties persist in county court as juries convict bootleggers. Otis Tittle receives 180 days in jail and 250 fine, his second conviction this term. Claude Moore is fined 50 and jailed 30 days for prohibition violations. N. A. Langley faces 180 days and 500, with other defendants awaiting sentences. Bond forfeiture and bench warrants issued for absent defendants. Sentences set for Friday and Monday with multiple defendants named.
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WROM
Otis Tittle
Tittle
Claude Moore
N. A. Langley
Earl Lynch
Parks
H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Judd Taylor
Dock Isbell
Clay Tittle
Henry Raines
Blunt Martin
Jack Michaels
N. H. Langley
Reed Accepts Invitation to Address Oklahoma Legislature
United States senator elect James A. Reed of Missouri will address the Oklahoma legislature on Tuesday February 1 at 1 30 p m. President pro tem J B Thomas and both houses appointed reception committees to arrange the event in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
J. B. Thomas
Senate
James A. Reed
Kansas City
United States
Missouri
Haskell Motion Overruled in Oklahoma Case
Guthrie Okla Jan 31 Former Governor C N Haskell's motion to stay was denied by Judge Cotteral in the US circuit court The case involves an Illinois Steel Company loan to Hell in 1898 and a judgment still alleged due The court set March 20 in Oklahoma City for garnishee defendants to show property possession Walter R Taton Muskogee Haskell's business manager is the plaintiff
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Guthrie
Okla
C. N. Haskell
York County
Cornelius
Loder
Cotteral
United States Circuit Court
Imnois Steel Company
Hell
Haskell
Ilinois Steel Company
Oklahoma City
Walter R. Taton
Muskogee
Robbers dynamite bank near Galesburg and slip away
In Galesburg Illinois on January 31 robbers used six dynamite charges to blast the Bank of Bwan Creek and stole three thousand dollars. The blast was heard across the village as the duo fled with two farm wagons after severing telephone and telegraph wires.
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Galesburg
Ill
Four Hundred Die in Mount Taal Eruption
Associated Press reports from Manila that a conservative death toll from Mount Taal’s eruption and the resulting tidal wave reaches four hundred. Continued earthquakes persist and the volcano remains active with ongoing mud and stone showers.
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Iby Associated Press
Manila
P. 1
Mount Taal
Yellow Fever Contagion Ties Gunboat Marietta to Key West
The gunboat Marietta has several suspected yellow fever cases aboard and the Navy orders the vessel to Key West. Coxswain J N Minor of St Louis dies Sunday of yellow fever aboard the ship.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Marietta
Navy Department
Key West
J. N. Minor
St. Louis
Victim Identified in Hazelton Barrel Murder Mystery
Hazelton Pa February 2 Three years after the barrel murder case a woman identified as Bertha Marlow formerly of West Hazelton is linked to the mystery. The victim whose body was found burned and wrapped in a sugar barrel on Ebervale mountain bore a remaining shoe and necklace that helped confirm the identity. The case involved locals named as holding secrets about two Black Hand factions in the area.
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Associated Press
Hazelton
Bertha Marlow
West Hazelton
Ebervale Mountain
Mrs Taylor Leads In Piano Contest Voting Begins
The Chieftain piano contest heats up as contestants rally supporters and readers vote for favorites. At the first count Mrs John N Taylor leads with 12 075 votes followed by Mrs Ava Achgill 10 050 and Edith O Neil 675. Others include Mildred Britt 500 Ida Williams Catale 300 and Jimmy Connell.
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John N. Taylor
Ava Achgill
Edith O'Neil
Woodley
Mildred Britt
Ida Williams
Catale
Jimmy Connell
Serious charges against several truant officers
Oklahoma City February 2. The board of control reports some truant officers have wrongfully committed children to the state training school at Pauls Valley. They say charges against children as young as seven were trumped up and about thirty youngsters from one county should be in a proper institution. They plan to transfer these children to Pryor Creek or other facilities and seek repeal of the girls’ entry provision. They also propose separate facilities for boys and girls and seek funds for new buildings.
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Oklahoma City
Pauls Valley
Pryor Creek
Board of Control
State Training School
Prairie Fire Causes Ten Thousand Dollars in Damages
A prairie fire in Washington county oil fields near Bartlesville Oklahoma burned overnight and caused damage believed to be not more than ten thousand dollars. Separately in Washington Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry retired commander of the Atlantic fleet died suddenly of pneumonia.
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Associated Press
Bartlesville
Oklo
Washington County
Sperry
Washington, D. C
Charles Stillman Sperry
OPLIT EXPECTED ON TARIFF BOARD
Washington political brief notes Democratic mercers and House support for a permanent tariff board measure. Senate Republicans seek sufficient votes while Democratic opposition grows. Leaders Clark and Bailey diverge on tariff revision approaches as harmony talks loom.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Tariff Board
Messure
Senate
House
Champ Clark
Bailey
Hailey
Clark
Baltimore
Troops Expected to Attack Juarez Soon
Associated Press dispatch from El Paso reports 1500 Mexican troops mass near Juarez with riderless horses entering the city. A train thirty miles from Juarez was held by rebels for three days, damaging track while passengers faced dwindling food as insurrectionists provided aid from their commissary.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Pascual Grozco
Juarez
James
Garfield
Coffin Found Above Grave At Stanford Cemetery
A coffin containing the remains of George B. Saufley, a prominent attorney, was found above a grave in Stanford cemetery. Authorities barred access pending bloodhound arrival. Saufley died last March. a strange woman previously attempted to take the body.
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Associated Preas
Stanford, Ky
George B. Saufley
Stanford
Saufley
Groundhog Day Weather Omen Reported In Ada
Ada Oklahoma is cited with a population of 4349 in the thirteenth census, as Washington reports the 1907 special census gave Ada 3257. The piece notes superstition tied to Groundhog Day predicting six weeks of bad weather with the ground hog shadow observed most of the day.
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Oklahoma
G. Hog
Ada
Washington, D. C
Okla
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