Express Companies Ordered To Appear Before Oklahoma Board
Oklahoma City mandate orders Edward Thomas Pratt and other Express company officers to appear July 1 with books and records to testify on stocks deeds and other fraud matters tied to tax assessment. Vice President Bradley of American Express and Wells Fargo officials are also summoned as the board weighs railroad contracts and franchise values in valuing Western Union and related properties. The board will hear remaining pipe line companies July 17 and county assesses June 18 with hearings starting July 19 to standardize county tax equalization ahead of an August levy.
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Oklahoma City
Edward Thomas Pratt
United States
New York
United States Express Company
State Board of Equalization
State Board
Bradbey
American Express Company
Richeré Burr
Welle Fargo Company
Offdale
Welle Fargo and Pacific
Welle Fargo Ie
Pacific
T. Bledsoe
General West
Suggeston
Oklahome
Western Union
Ohio
Arkansas
Bledsoe
Pacific Company
West
The
Oklahoma Crops Injured by Drought and Heat
Oklahoma crop conditions show widespread weakness due to dry spring and hot winds with cotton acreage rising to 2,706,000 but yields declining. Corn and other crops falter. winter wheat harvest slow. Osage Nation reports heavy rains but cattle feed remains scarce. Kansas also endures extreme heat near 39 degrees.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Board of Agriculture
Bulletin Saga
Barvest
Falta
Guthrie
United States
Jacobson
Pawhuska
Texas
Osage
Ten Buried Under Tons of Debrie
Ten workmen were crushed to death and five others seriously injured in the Buffalo water department's new pumping station collapse. The dead were buried beneath hundreds of tons of steel brick and mortar in a pit where they were working.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
N.Y
Buffalo Water Department
Yale Freshmen Triumph in Harvard Yale Regatta
Yale freshmen eight defeat Harvard by two lengths in the Harvard Yale regatta at New London Conn on June 20. Harvard varsity substitute fours win their race by three lengths.
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Associated Press
New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Tragic killings in Lockney scene cold-blooded deaths
In Lockney Texas on June a woman identified as Mrs Maude McCrary from Los Angeles was found hanging behind her home. Three children were found slain nearby with throat wounds. Police investigation underway as details emerge.
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Associated Press
Lockney
Texas
Maude McCrary
Los Angeles
Oklahoma Building Materials Report Urges Local Resource Use
The report by Chas N Gould and colleagues argues timber exhaustion in Oklahoma necessitates new building materials sources. It highlights stone types granite limestone marble and clay products plus cement and basalt, urging development of local deposits to replace imported materials. Each county is briefly described with geology and resources.
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Oklahoma
Chas. N. Gould
Oklahoma Geological Curtey
Norman
Chas. H. Taylor
Oklahoma University
Frank A. Herald
United States Geological Survey
Gaylord Nelson
Oxlahog University
Texas Porland Cement Company
Dallas
Oklahoma Res
Withdrawal of Troops From Texas Approved by Taft
Washington June 30 President Taft authorized the withdrawal of four regiments from the maneuver division at San Antonio Texas after a talk with Secretary of War Sumner and Major General Wood chief of staff. The regiments will be withdrawn within the next thirty days with details to be left perhaps for the summer.
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Texas
Associated Press
Waabingtom
Gamerak Wood
Staf
Taft
San Antonio
Tex
Osage Chiefs Lead Out of State Wedding with Ponies
Osage leaders Escon Rind and Fred Lookout brought their families from Pawhuska to Kansas City to wed 19 year old Charles Lookout to 14 year old Louise Bacop-Rind, marking a tribal ceremony using eighteen ponies as payment. The celebration followed ten days of feasting. the wedding party traveled in bright regalia as crowds gathered at the courthouse. Preston A. Shine, Osage attorney, accompanied the group.
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Kansas City
Okalhoma
Escon Rind
Fred Lookout
Pawbuski
Oklo
Charles Lookout
Louise Bacop-Rind
Lookout
Carlisle
Bacon-Rind
Preston A. Shine
The
Osages
Gavit Named AP Central Division Superintendent
John H. Gavit was appointed superintendent of the central division of the Associated Press with headquarters at Chicago. Jackson E. Elliotte was named chief of staff in Washington, and M. E. Stone became general manager.
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Associated Press
New York
John H. Gavit
Chicago
Jackson E. Elliotte
Staf
Washington By Road
M. E. Stone
Capitol Building Company Seeks Extension in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City June 1 The Capitol Building Company seeks an extension of its contract with the state over a $35,000 payment and land deed. Directors, meeting with Governor Lee Cruce, expect a favorable ruling. A federal Supreme Court rehearing on the capital case is pending. A sixteen member committee vows to raise $25,000 by Saturday regardless of extension.
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Oklahoma City
Capiol Building Company
Qe State
Direttors
Lee Cruce
Supreme Court of the United States
High Court
Committee of Sfteen
Ed S. Vaught
Vaught
Prisoner Paroled After 1901 Federal Mutiny
Leavenworth Kansas July 1 Associated Press Frank Thompson one of the mutineers in the 1901 federal prison escape, after Milling Guard J B Weldrupe was released today on presidential commutation. Thompson and others were tried for the guard’s murder and given life terms. evidence showed Thompson as a tool of the mutineers. He was sentenced from May, Oklahoma for larceny.
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Associated Press
Leageeworth
Kans
Frank Thompson
Federal Prison
J. B. Weldrupe
Thompson
May Alester, Okla
Reciprocity Clears Senate Path For Canada Tariff Plan
Washington July 1 The reciprocity issue sharpened as the senate prepared for long sessions and a possible vote before month end. Key figures La Follette Cummins Gamble and Bristow set the pace with speeches and anticipated amendments while leaders signaled limited debate on wool and free list bills and a vote by July 6 on free list expansion. The Arizona New Mexico statehood and other tariff measures were pushed alongside.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Gamble and Cummins
la Follette
Stone
Missouri
Burton
Ohio
Clapp
Bristow
Granta
Nelson
Bailey
Simmons
Cummins
Gamble
South Dakota
Penrose
Finance Committee
Kansas
Auditors Forge Unable To Trace Big Shortage
Oklahoma City July 1 Though officials say defrauded up to 40000 by fraudulent warrants no evidence pins blame for the defalcations. A new bookkeeping and auditing system starts July 1 to prevent claims or registration of fraudulent warrants.
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Oklahoma City
Welfare of State Depends On Welfare of Industries
Spokane July 1 Adequate protection for employer and employee, safer industrial operations, and relief for workers injured in hazardous trades are claimed under Washington's workman's compensation act to start October 1. The act imposes premiums on industries, creates an accident fund, and assigns a three-member commission to manage claims and rate setting. It details penalties for noncompliance, eligibility for benefits to dependents, and scales payments for death, total disability, and partial injuries. The act aims for self-sustaining funding with rate adjustments based on accidents and needs.
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Washington
Hay
George A. Lee
Spokane
C. A. Pratt
Tacoma
J. H. Wallace
Seattle
Howard L. Hindley
Olympia
Aviator’s perilous New York flight circles towers
Harry N. Atwood lifts off New London at 7 05 and blasts into New York skyscape, circling the Singer tower at eighty feet and skimming city roofs. He drifts through Lower Manhattan amid perilous air currents, then lands on Devere Island after a 1223 mile, 3 hour 20 minute jaunt, with a mechanician aboard.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry N. Atwood
Singer Tower
Lower Manhattan
Devere Island
Atwood
New London
Conn
Hell Gate
East River
Singer
Twelve Robbers Hold Up Train in Pennsylvania
Erie pa july 1 hundreds of farmers and police search for a band of twelve robbers who last night held up a pennsylvania train near Wesleyville in a wild west style. loot reported 25000 shipped by express. train slowed on a curve by poles. five hundred passengers panicked. express agent shot in side. conductor struck by a stone and chased up a tree. mail clerk wounded. about two hundred shots fired.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Wesleyville
Express
Ollie James Clears Field for Senate Race in Kentucky
Louisville Ky June 90 Congress man Ollie James now has complete right of way in Kentucky for the position of United States senator The move leaves him without opposition as Senator Paynter withdraws from the race Paynter reportedly feared James would beat him in the Democratic primaries James has served in Congress for several years and Paynter’s withdrawal was said to be prompted by that prospect.
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Loulaville
Olle James
Kentucky
United States
Offee
Thomas H. Paynter
James
Congress
Paynter
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Tiledsoe
Oklahoms
Osage Country
Debrie
Capitol Building Company
Spokane, Wash
Ollie James
Joe
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