Oklahoma legislature debates county assessors and reforms
Alatoma City January 25. Governor Suffice backs 76 counties to appoint assessors if senate supports House action on county division repeal. After a long wrangle, a motion to report the Smith bill failed by one vote. Senate passes bill fixing a salary scale for savings and loan companies and governing sheriff fees. Administration primary reform bill extends primary filing to 60 days, requires expense data, rotation proposal. Delinquent youth training center and agricultural board funding also discussed.
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Alatoma City
Asf
Senate
House
Townsship Board of Equalization
Southwestern
Quest Oh
Bloor
Anthony J. Harvaxey
Shawnee Enin
Chas. Jones
Ryan Jat
Jones
Meminger
Stewart
Oize
Vandeventer
Bartlesville
Section Board
Seth K. Gordon
J. B. Thompson
Pauls ‘Alloy
Gilleaple
Barrett
Lindsey
Peebly
Board of Agriculture
Gore
Ottawa County
Oklahoma
Sheriff asked to explain subpoenas and guard the grand jury
Danville Jan 24 Foreman J aac Woodyard of Vermillion county grand jury asked Circuit Judge Kimbrough to compel Sheriff John Shepherd to explain why he did not serve the subpoenas. Woodyard also requested appointment of a deputy other than Fred Watch to guard the grand jury room. A R Fallis of Bluejacket was in city yesterday afternoon.
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Danville
Jaac Woodyard
Vermillion Nnty Grand Jury
Ircuit
Kimbrough
Sheriffohn | Sheperd
Woodyard
Fred Watch
Sommer Sets World Record Carrying Six Passengers
Dousey France January 26 Roger Sommer lifted six passengers on his biplane circling the airdome at about one hundred feet then flew to Romilly and back establishing a new world record for crews on a country flight with passengers.
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Associated Press
Dousey
France
Roger Sommer
Romanly
Oklahoma City Tax Payment Extension and Bank Guarantee Debate
Oklahoma City January 26 The Roddie bill to amend the bank guarantee law passed the senate 32 to 9 but the emergency failed to carry. Roddie urged reinstating a cut provision on bank deposits, arguing national banks hold most state bank funds. The senate also extended the first half tax delinquency period by sixty days and advanced several bills including school of mines funding and penitentiary appropriations. House and senate measures cover rail passenger service, private practice limits for county attorneys, and artesian wells on school lands.
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Roddie
Senate
Oklahoma City
Roddle
Oklahoma
House
Platte National Park
Supreme Court
School of Mines
Madden
Harmon
Citizens’ Committee
W. H. Murray
Marshall
Oklahoma Panhandle
Jurors Weigh Florence Coleman Testimony in Schenk Case
In Wheeling on January 26 the Schenk jury retired and signaled queries to the court. Foreman asked about Florence Coleman a black domestic who testified about poisons found in the Schenk home. The defendant Mrs. Schenk observed the jurors closely as proceedings continued.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Schenk
Reforestation Underway In Choctaw Nation Timber
Ten government timber appraisers in Muskogee report natural reforestation on unallotted Choctaw land in Oklahoma. New pine growth flourishes where timber was cut, with dense stands hindering travel. Seed dispersal across borders boosts hardwood areas into pine forests, and Arkansas sites show five to six inch trees. Experts foresee commercial timber in twenty years under favorable conditions.
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Muskogee
Oklo
Forestry Bureau
United States
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Line
Arkansas
Smith Defeated Under Opposition of Wilson
Trenton N J January 24 United States Senator Smith faced opposition from Governor Woodrow Wilson upon taking office and was defeated. James E Martin secured thirty one ballots in the house today and with nine senate votes will be within one vote of election, prompting Smith to release his supporters from obligations as Martins election tomorrow appears assured.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
United States
Smith
Woodrow Wilson
James E. Martin
House
Senate
Martin
Oklahoma City to Probe Governor Haskell Contract
In Oklahoma City on January 26 a special seven member House committee was named by Speaker Durant to investigate the contract between former Governor C. X. Haskell and the Citizens Capital Expense Committees. The issue centers on a state advance of $70,000 for a temporary capital and the citizens paying $71,200 in incidental removal costs. If the committee’s findings align with the belief that the contract is weak, Oklahoma City may avoid paying about $71,000 unless a new agreement is reached. The members are Coughlin, Cox, Clark of Atoka, Barrett, Kneel, Jackson, and Anthony.
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Oklahoma City
C.X. Haskell
Citizens Capital Expense Committees
House
Seven Representatives
Durant
Coughlin
Cox
Clark
Atoka
Barrett
Kneel
Jackson
Anthony
Editorial bid to sway canal property purchase exposed
Alfred W. Dodsworth, business manager of the New York Journal of Commerce, testified before the house ship subsidy investigating committee about an attempt to buy editorial support for the U. S. government's purchase of the Panama Canal property from the De Lesseps company of France.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Alfred W. Dodsworth
New York Journal of Commerce
House
de Lerséps Company
France
Reciprocity Treaty to Congress Sent by Canada
New York January 26. This afternoon the Canadian reciprocity treaty will be sent to Congress. Albany January 26. There was no change in the deadlock as no choice was made in the ballot for senator today.
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Congress
New York
Associated Press
Albany, N. Y
Great crowds gather to see pure seed exhibit
Bartlesville Oklahoma January 26 The better seed and livestock train touring the Katy lines draws crowds far larger than the livestock dairy train did last fall in western Oklahoma Farmers in eastern Oklahoma show strong interest Attendance at two days is over seven hundred at each station and totals 6400 at Yale Hallett Cleveland Homing Dewey and extra stops at Jennings The train draws attention from farmers and local clubs and bands greeted it at Cleveland Hallett and Hominy
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Bartlesville
Okla
Katy
Oklahoma
Yale
Hallett
Cleveland
Homing
Dewey
Jennings
Boards of Agriculture
A. & M. College
Banda
Hallett and Hominy
Two escape from state prison at Malister
W Z Tidwell from Coal county and China Reed from Grant county escaped from the state penitentiary in McAlester Oklahoma early today. They cut their way through the old federal jail ceiling and roof, lowered themselves by a rope, while guards were briefly away. Bloodhounds failed to track them. descriptions were sent statewide.
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McAlester
Okla
W. Z. Tidwell
Coal County
China ‘Reed
Grant County
State Penitentiary
Federal
Bonilla Leader is Killed in Honduran Conflict
Washington D C Jan 26 A dispatch from Minister McCreery reports Honduras revolutionists defeated near San Antonio Honduras Col Velazquez leader of the Bonilla army killed The action occurred Monday with forces scattered and the Bonilla faction left without a clear rout.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
State Department
McCreery
San Antonio
Honduras
Col. Velazquez
Commission Plan bill introduced in Missouri House
Jefferson City January 21 a woman plan of government bill was introduced in the house this morning. It applies to over sixty cities or every city with a population of over three thousand and less than a hundred thousand.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Formos Man and Wife Shot by Longtime Friend
Willis Bales and his wife, early settlers, were killed at their Formos home by Harvey Wadleigh, a neighbor and friend for thirty years. Wadleigh, possibly insane, shot Bales at the door then killed Mrs. Bales as she came to greet him. He fired at a yard boy, missing, and was arrested.
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Associated Press
Formos
Raps
Willis Bales
Harvey Wadleigh
Wadleigh
Bales
Mra
Two Convicted in Whiskey Gases
In county court Otis Tittle was found guilty of unlawful possession of booze with intent to dispose. John Britt was acquitted. Roy Goodpaster was found guilty with a sentence of thirty days hard labor and a $50 fine recommended. Pearl Fennel’s prohibition case hearings continued after noon.
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Otis Tittle
John Britt
Britt
Tittle
Roy Goodpaster
Goodpaster
Pearl Fennel
Political Danville Stirred by Grand Jury Summons
Danville Ul January 26 Danville stirred two hours earlier as summons of about twenty prominent Democrats to appear before the grand jury caused excitement. The day centers on Judge Kimbrough’s appearance before Foreman Isaac Woodyard’s Injury body as circuit Judge. The foreman warned of strong testimony regardless of persons involved. Mayor Platt’s testimony is second in importance.
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Danville
Kimbrough
Isaac Woodyard
Platt
Ketchel's Slayers Guilty of Murder Verdict Delivered
In Mashfield Missouri on January 24 the jury found Walter A Dipley and Goldie Smith guilty of first degree murder in the Stanley Ketchel case after a seventeen hour deliberation. Each defendant faced life imprisonment as recommended sentences.
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Associated Press
Mashfield
Walter A. Dipley
Goldie Smith
Stanley Ketchel
Bishop Thurston Consecrated in Minnesota Scene
Bishops from about a dozen Episcopal dioceses and hundreds of visiting clergymen gathered at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Minneapolis to witness the consecration of the Reverend Theodore Payne Thurston, rector of St. Paul’s Church, as bishop of the East Diocese of Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis, Minn
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Theodore Payne Thurston
St. Paul's Church
East
Oklahoma
Redistricting Bill Introduced in Oklahoma Legislature
Oklahoma City January 26 A bill to redraw state legislative districts was introduced by four house members and one senate member. It aligns with the Crumpecker plan creating eight lower house seats, each representing about 211,877 people based on the latest census. All districts favor Democrats, with detailed populations and Democratic margins for each of eight districts and notes that all districts leaned Democratic in the 1907 vote.
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Oklahoma City
Barrett
Maxey
Cargon
Newbett
House
Eggerman
Senate
Crumpecker
Congress
Oklahoma
Beaver
Cimarron
Texas
Harper, Woods
Woodward
Alfalfa
Ellis
Dewey
Roger Mills
Beckham
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Blaine
Custer
Washita
Kiowa
Caddo
Comanche
Tillman
Swanson
Noble
Garfield
Kingfisher
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Carter
Love
Marshall
Lyan
Cleve
McClain
Murray and
Johnson
Pawnee
Payne
Lincoln
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Hughes, Coal
Pontotoc
Creek
Okfuskee
Ogmulgee
Mclntosh
Pittsburg
Atoka
Pushmatah
Choctaw
Bryan
Grant
Kay
Osage
Tulsa
Rogers
Wagoner
Muskogee
Haskell
Washington
Nowata
Craig
Ottawa
Delaware
Mayes
Cherokee
Adair
Sequoyah
Latimer
McCurtain
Investigation Demanded Into Ballinger Pinchot Delay
Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska pressed for an inquiry into irregular actions that delayed printing and distribution of Ballinger Pinchot Investigation reports by 49 days. Speaker Cannon challenged what he saw as chair impropriety, but the House voted to back a committee investigation despite objections.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Ballinger-Pinchot
House
Cannon
Governor Cruce Nominates Two for State Posts
Oklahoma City January 24 Governor Cruce nominated G E B Warren of Tulsa to succeed himself as State factory Inspector and EB B Howard of Tulsa to the state board of public affairs. The senate confirmed both appointments but held up Eugene Morris of Duncan whose nomination as the Republican member of the board was not final.
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Oklahoma City
Cruce Monday
G. EB. Warren
Tulsa
Senate
EB. B. Howard
State Board of Public Affairs
Cruce
Eugene Morris
Duncan
Morris
Sheriff Shepherd to Serve Subpoenas in Vermillion Vote Probe
Danville Jan 25 Sheriff Shepherd is to serve subpoenas in the Vermillion county grand jury investigation into votes. Politicians familiar with the situation expect the grand jury to yield the sought results.
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Shepherd
Associated Press
Danville
Vermillion County
Funk Leads in Des Moines Senate Race With 35 Votes
Jan 26 Des Moines Iowa Funk led with thirty five votes in the race for United States senator today. There is no indication of a break in the deadlock.
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Funk
Young
Associated Press
Des Moines
A. B Funk
United States
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