Guthrie Governor Seeks to Carry Out Will of People
Guthrie Okla Jan 16 Governor Haskell states that voters last fall believed they were voting out the dispensary and he wants the will of the people to guide action. He awaits legislative moves and hints legislation may repeal the dispensary law. Local agencies closed by the governor remain shut despite the supreme court granting new life to the state agency.
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Guthrie
Okla
Jan
Haskell
Supreme Court
Tompkins Grants Appeal of Harry Thaw's Mother
Nyack New York January 16 Harry K Thaw will be given a trial in New York City to determine his mental condition An order to that effect was issued today by Justice A S Tompkins to whom an appeal made by Mrs William Thaw The trial will be before a judge or court not by jury
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Associated Press
Nyack
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Tompkins
William Thaw
Twelve Million Dollar Mortgage Filed For Kansas City Trolley
A twelve million dollar mortgage was filed in Kansas City Kansas today by W Lanning of Tonganoxie Kansas president of the Kansas City Southern railroad. The mortgage to Carnegie Trust company New York funds construction of an electric trolley line between Kansas City and Topeka via Tonganoxie and Lawrence and a line from Lawrence to Independence Kansas.
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Carnegie Trust Company
Kansas
Associated Press
Kansas City
Kans
W. Lanning
Tonganoxie, Kans
Kansas City & Southern Railroad Company
Carnegie Trust Company of
New York City
Topeka
Tonganoxie
Lawrence
Lawrence Independence
Thornton J. Hains Acquitted By Jury
The jury in the Thorton J. Hains murder trial in Flushing New York after a night of deliberation sent for instructions and then reconvened. Reports say the panel stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction in the case involving the shooting death of William E. Anis at the Bayside Yorke club last summer.
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Associated Press
Flushing
Thorton J. Hains
Thornton Jenkins Hains
William E. Anis
Peter Mains, Jr
Bayside Yorke Club
Hat Industry Faces Major Strike Across Factories
New York Jan 15 Seventy five hat factories employing twenty to twenty five thousand workers halt using the waton label following a decision by the associated hat manufacturer. The order triggers strikes at Orange New Jersey Brooklyn New York South Norwalk and New Milford Connecticut with about six thousand men leaving work.
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Associated Press
New York
Associated Hat Manufacturer
Waton
Orange
N. J
Brooklyn
N. Y
Missouri Assembly Awaits Result of Contested Lieutenant Governorship
The Missouri General Assembly met to adjourn until Monday afternoon awaiting the committee's action on the lieutenant governorship contest. The decision could affect the state leadership as deliberations extend the session.
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Missouri Assembly
Associated Prent
Jefferson
City
Juin
Missouri
Oklahoma Senator Gore Wins Extension for Lands Near Lawton
Senator Gore of Oklahoma announces a bill approved by Secretary Garfield extending payment time for lands in the Lawton Oklahoma district. Total payments exceed 800000 dollars, with 231000 dollars of town lots due February 1. The extension aims to ease the local financial burden while also noting ongoing homestead entry extensions proposed by Representative Scott Ferris.
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Washington
Gore
Oklahoma
Garfield
Lawton, Ok
Lawton
Scott Ferris
Engineer and 4 Italians Killed in Train Derailment
A northbound Missouri Kansan and Texas flyer derailed near Beagle Kansas at 1 o clock last night after a switch failure. Engineer Johnt Cowden of Parsons is believed dead. his body not found. Four Italian laborers sleeping in a bank car were killed and several injured. Fireman Weidich is seriously injured. five mail clerks from Kansas City were slightly hurt. Cowden’s wife, a passenger, helped in the search for his body.
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Beagle
Kans
Johnt Cowden
Parsons
Weidich
Kansas City
Colonel Davenport
Homer Martin
Herbert Potter
George Farley
Andrae Dunlap
Vhce
Cowden
American aviator injured in Habas railroad wreck
Paris Jan 16 Deville Wright the American sergeant and sister were injured in a railroad wreck near Habas today. The American party note was sustained in July, ten other passengers injured.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Deville Wright
Habas
Judge Fines Attorney for Bribe Offer in Leavenworth
Acting Judge Nerdinger of the district court fined Attorney Schwartz fifty dollars and jailed him ninety days in Leavenworth for allegedly offering a bribe to secure a favorable decision. Schwartz allegedly visited the judge at his hotel and offered money to influence rulings in certain cases.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Nerdinger
District Court
Schwartz
Tim
Pittsburg Bankers Sentenced to Five Years Each
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania United States District Court on January 16 William C McKee his brother Johnny M McKee William C Mullen and E H Steinman were each sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for irregular banking methods.
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Associated Pres
Pittsburg
United States District Court
William C. McKee
Johny M McKee
William
Charles E Mullen
E. H. Steinman
Haskell Won't Reopen State Dispensaries
Guthriel Okle reports Governor Haskell states he will not reopen the state dispensaries now despite a supreme court ruling that they were not abolished by voters. He says action will come only if the high court orders direct reopening, a move many expect the court will not mandate.
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Guthriel Okle
Haskell
Wreck at Dotsero Kills Many in Rio Grande Crash
Seventy-one dead and fifty injured in a collision near Dotsero between a west bound Denver & Rio Grande passenger train and an east bound freight. A second relief train derailed, complicating rescue efforts. reports describe horrific mangling and a six year old survivor found near her mother's body.
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Denver & Rio Grand
Denver & Rio Grande
Dotsero
Glenwood Springs
Eigit
Git
Colo
Colorado
State Auditor Holds Up Paychecks of Officers
Guthrie Ok Jan 18 State Auditor Trapp is withholding pay for legislature officers and employees due to a defect in the Wilson bill that appropriated 100000 for mileage per diem and contingent expenses of the second Legislature. He is issuing warrants to members of both houses but doubts authority without a separate appropriation bill naming salaries. Meanwhile officers and employees are to draw pay for their services.
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Guthrie
Trapp
Wilson
Trappie
Howse Refuses Willett Permission To Continue In House
Washington January 18 Congressman Willett of New York attacked President Roosevelt in the House calling him a Norwegian hedge and deriding his policies. The House voted seventy eight to sixteen to deny Willett the privilege of continued speech as he lashed at the chief executive amid a storm of rhetoric and humor.
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New York
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Bin
White House
Alexder Hamilton
Willett
Spike
Noah Webster
Bank to Surrender Charter and Beacon a Stave Bank
A Farmers National bank will surrender its charter and reopen as a stave bank to gain protection under the Bank Guaranty law. Reported that a majority of this bank's stock is now controlled by the Practical National bank.
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Farmers National Bank
Prac National Bank
Seven foreigners killed in liquor-fueled fire at Goodtown
Seven foreigners, reportedly stupefied from liquor, drank at a wedding yesterday and burned to death as a fire swept three houses at Goodtown. Fire officials say the blaze began after the wedding, leaving victims identified by local authorities.
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Associated Presse
Johnston
Goodtown
Four Slightly Injured in Wreck in Colorado
Pueblo Colo Jan 16 Four persons were slightly injured when an east bound express went into a ditch near Boos Colorado. All injured were passengers including Miles Harvey of Cola Kans who sustained a sprained back and a score of others narrowly escaped death or worse in the crash.
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Associated Press Pueblo
Colo
C. Louis Express
Boos
Colorado
Passerae
Miles Harvey Cola
Kans
Legislation Expected On State Dispensaries
Guthele Oklahoma January 15 The supreme court decision affirms the district court ruling that the agency system was not correctly submitted at the last election and is not annulled Until legislation is enacted no effort will be made to reopen agencies closed by Governor Haakell's proclamation when the election certificates were submitted
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Guthele
Okla
Supreme Court
Distriet Court
Haakell
One Dollar Paid For Each Oklahoma School Child
Guthrie Okla Jan 18 One dollar for every school child in the state was paid out by State Treasurer Jos A Menefootony to county treasurers totaling about 500282 from rental lands and interest on the five million dollar state school fund. Largest check to Potawatomi County 16870, Oklahoma County 16640, Lincoln 14627, Pushmataha 2494.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Jos. A. Menefootony
Congress
Pottawatomie County
Oklahoma County
Lincoln
Favor Amendment on Bank Guaranty Law in Guthrie Meeting
Meeting of state bankers in Guthrie discussed the Roddie bill to amend the depositors guarantee law. They supported limiting new state banks to capitalization of 15 000 to 20 000 or more by town population and urged relief from posting security for funds held under the guarantee plan. They also favored raising the guarantee fund maximum rate to 2 percent in a single year.
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Guthrie
Ohia
Young
Sugket Brigade Saves Keifer From Fire
Tulas Ohio January 16 a fire believed incendiary destroyed three business houses and threatened the town of Keifer eighteen miles south of Tulsa before the brigade containing Keifer firefighters saved the town with their efforts in a fierce blaze that damaged property and threatened further devastation
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Associated Press
Tulas
Ohio
Pire
Keifer
Tulsa
Robbers strike bank near Enid in early morning raid
Enid Oklahoma January 14 robbers blasted the safe at the First State Bank of Carriee thirteen miles northwest of Enid and escaped with $2,000 after triggering an explosion that drew a crowd of citizens. Authorities pursued possible suspects after the dramatic bank heist.
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Associated Press
Enid, Okio
First State Bank
Carriee
Enid
Rbbers
Agreement to Settle Venezuela Disputes Reached
Associated Press reports a practical outline for settling US Venezuela disputes has been nearly completed. The protocol aims to resolve outstanding issues between the two nations and pave the way for formal settlements.
Digastrous Fire Rash in Sapulpa
A major blaze in Sapulpa Oklahoma destroyed the Gillieland Mercantile Co store, J R Sutton Dry Goods, and a rooming house with forty tenants. One man died and Fire Chief Stags was overcome but revived. total loss estimated at seventy five thousand dollars.
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Pron
Sapulpa
Okla
Pire
Gillieland Mercantile Company
J. R. Sutton Dry Goods Company
Stags
Three Found Guilty of Wrecking Bank in Pa Trial
Pittabard, Pa. January 16 B F Ringer, former cashier and vice president of Parmers with Drovers National Bank of Waynesburg accused of causing a two million dollar failure, was found guilty today and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary by United States Judge James Young.
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Associated Press
Pittabard
B. F. Ringer
Parmers Widh Drovers National Bank
Waynesburg
United States
James §. Young
Aged Physician Cyrie Campbell Dies in Home Fire
Cherryvale Kansas January 15. Cyrie Campbell a seventy five year old retired physician and pioneer of thin seation was burned to death when his home was destroyed by fire early today His wife was probably fatally burned Gas jet likely caused the blaze igniting a partition in the home
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Associated Preas
Monument proposed for Payne and coach in Guthrie
A bill filed in the Oklahoma House proposes a $10,000 monument to Captain David L. Payne and another figure for their role in the opening of Oklahoma to settlement. A committee to select the design and inscription would include the governor and two appointees.
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Guthrie
Dan
David L. Payne
Willicey
Chinhorma
Bowne
Ashby
Commuieson
Organized Labor Recognition Sparks Guthrie Lobby Scrutiny
Guthrie Okla Jan 26 the fies permits drafted by the legislate representatives of any particular organing on t lobby before commitieen were to unanimous vote extended to sever ap resentatives of organized labor dividers. the anti lobby laws are being closely en forced. as yet few lobbyista have appeared in Guthrie.
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Guthrie
Okla
Fies
Statement denies claims of future counsel role for segregated troops
In Washington, D C Jas 1 Sept 1920 Associated Press reports James Foraker denies he will serve as counsel for the discharge of Negro soldiers of the Twenty Fifth Infantry after his retirement from public service.
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Associated Pries
Washington, D. C
Jas. 1
Secotwe Foraker
Uwe
Supreme Court sustains decree against Waters-Piere Oil
The Supreme Court affirms a lower court decree imposing a fine of 1 million against Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Texas. The ruling comes from the D. C. desk dated January 18, rectifying a prior assessment and ordering payment to the state authorities.
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Washington, D. C
Jnc
Aupreme Court of the
United States
Arate Court of Teana
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