Charges of Misuse of Public Funds in Oklahoma
Rep Lester A. Maris and Rep J M Humphreys filed charges with the House Investigating Committee accusing Governor C N Haskell of improper disbursements. Allegations include salary payments to Lieut Gov George Bellamy from the Banking Board while drawing a separate state salary, plus unappropriated school land department expenses and employment of W B Anthony as governor secretary. Gov Haskell defended the expenditures as economical and promised full disclosure of testimony to prove legality and public benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bellamy
W. B. Anthony
Marlow
Representative Maris
Humphreys
John H. Burford
Supreme Court
Republican State Committee
Taylor
Cloonan
Bunch
Oklahoma
Interests of miners sacrificed by Lewis
Francis Feehan, president of the Western Pennsylvania district of United Mine Workers of America, told a convention in Tidiotnappelle Indiana that National President Lewis protected road companies and not miners. He charged fifteen thousand miners had their interests sacrificed and suffered wage reductions due to Lewis’s action ending the Pittsburg district strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Associated Press
Tidianapelle
Ind
Na Onal
Pittsburg
Francis Feehan
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Washington House Panel Sets Inquiry Preparations
The Ways and Means Committee authorized leaders to work on a resolution to probe the high cost of living. Patrons of the investigation were directed to co supervise the inquiry with Payne and Clarke guiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Jan
House Committee On Ways and Means
Payne and Clarke
Indian woman loses case in U S Supreme Court
Lydia B. Conley an Indian woman lawyer failed to stop the sale of a burial ground at Kansas City Kansas where her ancestors lie. The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling dismissing her bill to enjoin the disbursement of the burial grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lydia B. Conley
Kansan City
Kans
Supreme Court of the United States
Humphreys Seeks Investigation Of Bank Failure
A resolution in Guthrie proposes an investigation into the failed Columbia Bank & Trust company. It asks Attorney General Went to present to the legislature the grand jury matters from Oklahoma City. The letter by West criticizes state officials and suggests possible impeachment of the governor and removal of named officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Guthrie
Oklo
House
Humphreys
Columbia Bank & Trust Company
Belle Gunness Rumor Roundly Rejected In Belief
Belief grows among LaPorte residents that Belle Gunness has been captured in Wilmar Minnesota as a multi murder suspect. Minnesota authorities reportedly hold the alleged arrest, with transport arranged for an officer to investigate. Public doubt persists that Gunness is dead, amid rumors tied to May Lamphore’s supposed confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guntesa
Hur
Wiltuar
Minnvsgta
Lands Openings Spark Senate Critique Of Lottery
In Washington on January 28 Senate discussion centered on public lands lottery. Senator Gore proposed a registered mail option to enter land claims to ease access for common applicants. Senator Burkett condemned the current system for crowding trains and frontier towns, alleging elite influence and violence at openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
Burkett
Nebraska
Volue
Congress stalls as Taft program stalls in session
Washington January 31 Two months pass with little progress on President Taft’s agenda. Republicans face divisions over interstate commerce reform postal savings banks and land conservation while investigations into Interior forest Alaska and other issues complicate plans. A Republican leaders conference is likely after Senator Aldrich returns to Washington to map a path for Taft policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Taft
White House
Court of Commerce
Interior Department
Forest Service
Alaska
Arizona
New Mexico
Claus
Aldjrich
Florida
Tutt
Capitol
Kole
House
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
Committee On Rules
Senator Owen Advocates Raising Hogs Intelligently
The dialogue reports Senator R L Owen stressing hog production as key for farming profitability. He describes housing for sows, clean water, diverse crop rotations, and dedicated hog lots with bermuda forage to feed and fatten swine efficiently. He notes expected annual gains per sow and cites Circular No 50 on southern hog raising as a valuable guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Owen
Oklahoma
Washington County
Bermuda
Secretary of ‘Agriculture
Oklahothe
Howe
Stillwater
Paris Flood Eases After Destructive Rise
Paris amid rising waters reports say the flood is easing notably near St Lazare station and city cleansing measures are under way. River level fell two feet by noon with no injuries reported though a sidewalk collapse occurred. Outskirts saw fierce night chase by pursuers and violent acts by looters. three assailants were killed and two hanged as deterrents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
St. Lazare Station
Fife
Gore Resolution Seeks Mail Transport Cost Comparison
Senator Gore introduces a resolution directing the Senate Post Offices and Post Roads Committee to compare costs of transporting second class mail by mail express and fast freight, and to report rates paid by the U S government and by express firms to major railways for similar services. It also requests rates for transporting periodicals in Canada and other countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D .C
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
United States
Dominion of Canada
Kansas Tax Law Declared Unconstitutional by U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a Kansas ruling and remanded a case involving the state taxing the Pullman Company on its capital under the Bush act. The decision held the Kansas approach unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
State of
Kansas
Pullman Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Kansas
Monde Bill Admits Entry to Coal Land Surfaces
The House Committee on Public Lands voted to report favorably on the Monde bill admitting entry to the surface of coal lands in the United States. The measure affects about thirty million acres of land in Wyoming Colorado Utah New Mexico North Dakota Oregon Washington and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frens
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Public Lands
United States
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Professor Gould Returns From the East to Oklahoma
Professor Charles N. Gould, head of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, came back from an eastern tour for Oklahoma interests. He met with officials in Washington to urge a Government Engineer for Oklahoma road material tests and arranged talks with government labs in Pittsburg on using Oklahoma clays for fire bricks. In Boston he attended the American Association for the Advancement of Defense meeting and spoke on Oklahoma soil and resources. He gave lectures at Harvard, Columbia, and Bloomington, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Norman
Okla
Charles N. Gould
Oklahoma
Ccological Survey
American Association For the Advancement of Defence
Boston
Bureau of Roads
Washington
Pittsburg
Department of Agriculture
Bette
Harvard
Columbia
Bloomington
Indiana
Bituminous Coal Miners Demand Ten Cent Wage Increase
The United Mine Workers of America scale committee proposed a ten cent per ton wage increase for bituminous coal miners. The report, presented at the convention, indicates new wage contracts will be negotiated in districts including Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Sensation in Swope case shakes Kansas City docket
Dr Bennett Clark Hyde flees to Independence Missouri after suing executor John H Paxton for one hundred thousand dollars over alleged slander tying Hyde to poisonings of Col Thomas Swope and Chinaman Swope. Chicago reports confirm Col Swope died from poison per medical exam. Paxton Reed and local officials traveled to receive pathology findings on Swope and Chrisman Swope.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Swope
Bennett Clark Hyde
Independence
John H. Paxton
Pation
Paxton
Hyde
Chicago
Thomas H. Swope
Dra, Kekinen
Haines
Vaughn
John G. Paxton
J. R. Reed
B. F. Zwart
L. Jost
Walter 8. Haines
C. Ludwig Hektoes
Col. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Locals Update From Vinita Area Evening Visitors and Travel
Saturday's Daily notes arrivals and departures in Vinita and nearby towns. Individuals include Joplin, Tulsa, Parsons, and Muskogee visitors and residents such as R W Stowe J W Green Hugh Klein Mack Bette T H Bima Addis Brown Clara Justice Forest Martin Nellie Shivers Wilsie Glick J Thomas John Jackson Arthur Creasy Arnold Layton Gertrude Cantrell M Pope Florence Bramble Florence Bramble and others. Also reported are moves to Oklahoma City and Welch and preparations for spring as Bramble Millinery promotes new ceilings. Local meetings of Shriners referenced with L Conner.
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R. W. Stowe
Joplin
J. W. Green
Witmer
Hugh Klein
Parsons
Vinita
J. W. Orr
Tulsa
Mack Bette
T. H Bima
Miami
Addis A. Brown
Clara Justice
Adair
Forest Martin
Chelios
Nellie Shivers
Bluejacket
Wilsie Glick
Boston
Co. J .Thomas
John Jackson
Big Cabin
Arthur Creasy
Arnold Layton
Maejacket
Gertrude Cantrell
Todd
M. Pope
Moody Springs
Oklo
R. V. McSpadden
Muskogee
John Walker
Familly
Oklahoma City
Florence Bramble
R. J. Wright
Davenport
Dorethy
Pearl Shelton
Afton
Robert Jane
I Wyandotte
W. A. Jenkins
H. Douglas
Minehicket
Floyd
Hall and
Harta
Sharpsville
Ind
Vinetta
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N. Haskell
Andian
Humphrey
Belle Guiness
Hittchcock
Ballinger
Pinchot
Senator Owen
Slanden
D. W. Bottenfield
Baxter Springs
Louise Graper
Welch
Edwin Grant Steele
South Dizon
D. B. Delaney
H.C. Ballard
Mra
Davis Hill
L. Conner
B. J. Corpenny
Fittle von
Mm. J. W
Banders
Kanan 'City
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