Oklahoma Echoes on Senate Elections and Birds in Peril
Vinita Oklahoma papers discuss popular election of U S Senators, Lorimer case, Oklahoma bank guarantees, and a Nesbitt bill to end feather trimming. Columns condemn bird slaughter, praise enforcement, and urge real estate mortgage tax repeal while noting local politics, theater reviews, and public concerns.
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Lorimer
United States
Nesbitt
Crnel
Commercial Secretarys’ Association of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Times
Ammonia Blast Kills Woman at Locust Laundry
An ammonia explosion at Locust Laundry in Philadelphia kills one woman and lightly injures twenty female workers. Two hundred fifty employees, mostly women, panic and rush stairways as Jennie Hall is blown from a window to the street. No fire occurred.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Jennie Hall
Too Late Decision By Justice Day In Muskrat Gritts Cases
A January letter from McGown Serven Motun of Washington to J Starr discusses the Muskrat case and Levi Gritts case testing the McCamber amendment to the Curtis act of April 26 1906. It notes Justice Day delivered a unanimous decision on lack of congressional power over a jurisdictional act and that no merits were reached. The letter says printed opinions should arrive by week’s end and that the Curtis act remains unchanged.
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McGown, Serven & Motun
Washington, D. C
J. Starr
Gritts
McCamber
Five Civilized Tribes
Muskrat
Justice Day
Lamar
van Deventer
Congress
United States
Levi Gritts
First Parole Granted by Governor Cruce in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Jan 25. Governor Cruce granted his first parole since taking office. George Rice, jailed last July for liquor law violations, received a ninety day sentence and a $200 fine. The parole notes the prior endorsement by Governor Haskell, but remains within Cruce policy. Rice must pay fines and costs at five dollars monthly.
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Oklahoma City
Grice
George Rice
Marshall Ieee
Crace
Haskell
Cruce
Rice
Scottish Rite Winter Reunion Opens in McAlester
McAlester Oklahoma January 25 The winter reunion of the Scottish Rite began yesterday with seventy nine in the class. Masons from across the state and beyond gathered for the event. The Eastern Star ladies served luncheon to members at noon today.
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McAlester
Okla
Scottish Rite
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Order
Troops to Guard Mexican Border From Fort Sam Houston
Four troops of the third cavalry stationed at Fort Sam Houston will depart before nightfall to the Mexican border to preserve neutrality laws during the insurrection, which has assumed a serious aspect.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Third Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
David Graham Phillips to be buried in Greenwood
New York January 25 David Graham Phillips slain novelist lies in Bellevue Hospital after being shot by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough a self described musician of aristocratic stock. Funeral arrangements led by Senator Beveridge with Phillips family and associates selecting a grave in Greenwood Brooklyn.
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Associated Press
New York
David Graham Phillips
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Carolyn Frevert
Senator Beveridge
Phillips
George Horace Lorimer
Evening Post
Samuel G. Blythe
Beverridge
Goldsborough
Washington
Bellevue Hospital
Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough
Harrison W. Phillips
Eugene Fuller
Donovan
Bellevue
United States
Beveridge
Indiana
Harrison Phillips
Princeton Club
National Arts’ Club
Frances Goldsborough
John Farr
Goldesborough
Ino
Mr. Farr
Robert Adamson
Adi
iDavid Graham Phillips
Direct Election Plan Prompts Statewide Primary Reform
Oklahoma City January 25 principal feature of a proposed primary election law aims to require a majority to nominate and to implement direct primaries statewide on the first Tuesday in August every year starting 1912. If no candidate gains a majority a runoff selects the top two.
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Oklahoma City
William EF
Tishomingo
al Celal
Elbed
State Election Board
Secretary of State
Ast
Parti
Oregon
United States Senate
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Henry Watterson
North American Review
John Brown
Onawatomie
Brown
Republican Party
Christ
Chicago
Owen
Taln
the Republican League
Teed
Plano
Democratic Party
Captain Williams
Aoa
South Seas
Eugene Dautell
Jimsey Smith
Dautell
Joe Brooks
Villian
Emma
Asd
Vinsta
Joplin Globe
John G. Mileburn
Standard CW Company
Wickersham
Mr. Milburn
Railroads
Standard Ofl Company
Milburn
John D. Rockefeller
Tulsa
Senator Landrum
Sam Parks
Jake Martin
Jake
Ohio
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