Oklahoma budget seeks 3.5 million for state agencies
Guthrie Ok Jan 7 Appropriation aggregating nearly three and a half million dollars to cover the expenses of the various state departments and institutions for the biennium ending June 30 190 A budget accompanying the state auditor report submitted to Governor Hankell lists major items including 442 274 for the state normal schools 381 928 for Fort Supply podium and 390 010 for the state university. The document outlines salaries and offices from lieutenant governor to printing claims and care of convicts noting the total equalized value of taxable property and land and town lots in the state.
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Guthrie
Hankell
Fort Supply
Stte University
Insurance Commission- Serene
Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeals
Responsibility to Warden for Prison Punishments Rule
Leavenworth Kan Jan 7 joint Kansas and Oklahoma prison probes reassembled. Warden Haskell testified he personally bore responsibility for punishment methods including water cure and crib. Miss Kate Pacarnis, Oklahoma charity commissioner, expected to describe her findings. Oklahoma ex-prisoners re-examined as hearings run into Saturday afternoon.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kans
Kansas
Oklahoma
Lanting
Haskell
Crib
Kate Pacnan
Oklassina
Oklahoma Committee
Senator Tillman Named in Secret Service Report Shadowed
Washington, D.C. July 7. President Roosevelt forwarded papers to the senate detailing employment of secret service men. The report mentions Senator Tillman of South Carolina as shadowed during investigations begun a year ago after his allegations about land grants involving the Oregon and California Railroad Company.
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Associated Prews
Washington, D.clay
Roosevelt
Senate
Secret Service
Tillman
South Carolina
Oregon and California Railroad Company
Women Acquitted in Husband Murder Case
In Media Pennsylvania on January 7 Mrs M Florena Exle and Mrs Catherine Bergel were acquitted of fatally shooting Captain J Clayton Bed, the husband of Exle. The jury deliberated for eighteen hours before delivering the verdict.
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Associated Press Media
M. Florena Exle
Catherine Bergel
J. Clayton Bed
Three American Battleships Reach Port Said
The American battleships Georgia New Jersey and Nebraska have arrived at Port Said. The Virginia and Louisiana have proceeded to Beirut Syria after the harbor call.
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Port Said
Associated Prose
County to Study Build Court House Bonds Vote
Craig county commissioners closed session and asked the county attorney to review the Jo Jo statue and advise on whether to call an election for bonds to fund a new court house. The report is due at the next meeting. M F Simeresn named constable at Big Cabin to fill Noah Langley’s vacancy. Township trustees named for Municipal township 2 Theodore Metzen and W P Daniels, after removal of Daniels from the county. Township 4 picks Oliver Tyler as replacement for T J Gambill. Daniels’ whereabouts are unknown.
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Craig County
M. F. Simeresn
Big Cabin
Noah Langley
Theodore Metzen
W. P. Daniels
Oliver Tyler
T. J. Gambill
Whee
Fires, marriages, and development news from Fairland area
Jan 4 items note L D Long visiting Vinita and taxes paid in Miami. A December marriage officiated by Rev Harve Western. School reopens after holidays with higher attendance. Rev Daniels preached at the Baptist church and baptized at Hudson Creek. J R Copeland loses barn and contents to fire. 900 bushels of corn and hay burned. stock saved. incendiary suspected. Fairland Development Co reports early iron and lead findings five miles south at Jane McCullough farm with open inspection. Ira Thornhill faces larceny charge. pledge set for Wednesday. driver for a livery stable.
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L. D. Long
Vinita
Barony Sutton
Dad Gains
Miami
John D Chandler
Lucy Oakley
Harve Western
Daniels
Miers
Baptist Church
Hudson Creek
J. R Copeland
Fairland Development Company
Janie McCullough
Ira Thornhill
Testerman
Taylor Proposes to Limit Voters
Guthry Oklo Jan 7 One of the first propositions before the second legislature was Senator Taylor’s joint resolution to amend the constitution to admit a grandfather clause as part of the election law. It aims to disfranchise those who cannot meet ancestral or educational requirements. The measure would submit a constitutional amendment to voters to permit further suffrage restrictions. The session covered tax delinquencies and various bills in both houses, including tax relief, game and fish regulations, death penalty, school text books, and multiple resolutions.
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Guthry
Oklo
Taylor
Oklahorma Democracy
House
Senate
John
Coal
Bryan
Pottawatomie
Harrison
Hughes
Ty Jatin
Bryan and Hortison
Jubn
Creatin
Wortman
Maxey
Secretary of State
Convention Hall
Partridge
Guthrie
Ledidkarate
Eggerman
Keys
Williams
Russell
Franklin
Hatchet
Morris
Hooker
Redwine
Billups
Cordell
Thomas
Yeager
Prohibition Enforcement Attorney Resigns in Guthrie
Fred Caldwell, state prohibition enforcement attorney, resigned yesterday to Governor Haskell. The move followed a conference on the confiscation of five turrets of beer at a leading hotel before the legislative reception and boll last night.
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Guthrie
Okla
Fred Caldwell
Haskell
Boll
Weather Foreseeable as West Point Sees Snow Likely
Dated Jan. shows forecast of worsening weather. Mrs A A Batchler returns to Kansas City after holidays visit. School reopens after Christmas. Youths return to Tahlequah Seminary. RW Mitchell family plan move to Roy New Mexico. C A Columbia visits Chetopa Kansas. C A Tyler farms hogs.
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Mra
A. A. Batchler
Kansas City
Tahlequah Seminary
RW. Mitchell
Roy
N.M
Doubt Over Identity of Body Found at Columbus Church
Associated Press dispatch says doubts arise about whether the mutilated body found in the Columbus township church store is Rev. John Carmichael. Sheriff unconfirmed. Search for Gideon Browning, a carpenter who vanished with the minister, last seen headed to the church. Also, Union City report notes Judge Jones instructing a night rider jury on murder as charged.
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Fn Associated Press
Detroit
Columbus Township
John Hi. Carmichael
Gideon Browning
Browning
Associated Press
Union City
Tenn
Home Finding Offer Promises Free Property Showings
Pledges of costfree viewing on select town and country properties. Enlistment as assistants in home finding positions claimant a chance to prove value through guided tours and property exposure.
Senator Culbertson condemns merger reply as unlawful act
Washington Jan 7 Senator Culbertson briefed the senate on the president’s reply to the resolution asking about the merger of the Tennessee Coal and Iron with United States Steel. He calls the reply another arbitrary lawless act traced to the chief magistrate and insists the president must obey the law himself and ensure others do as well.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Senate
Culbertson
Tennessee Goal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt Signs Relief Appropriation Bill
President Roosevelt signed a relief appropriation bill in Washington to aid earthquake sufferers. The measure was approved by Congress and approved earlier today in the capital.
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Roosevelt
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Judge Opens Lease Bid for Waller Oil Lands
In county court Judge Frear reopened the case for bids on leasing the lands of Bessie C. Waller for oil. One bid offered a $4500 bonus and a 12.5 percent royalty. Other bids included a $500 bonus with 42 percent royalty and another $500 bonus with 45 percent royalty.
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Bessie C. W. Waller
Frear
Defense calls medical expert in Hains trial
The defense in the Hains trial will call its medical experts today to testify about Captain Hains sanity. Justice Greime insists that all evidence must mount by Saturday night. The jury will likely retire for deliberation Wednesday night.
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Associated Press
Fort Blushing
N.Y
Hains
Greime
Ihs
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Board of Health
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Whitaker Orphans’ Home
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Chetopa
Kana
C. A. Tyler Farma
C. A. Tyler
Vinita’s Big Department Store
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