Officials Affirm Governor Statement In Oklahoma Business Clash
The war of words over the governor's May 29 whereabouts continues as copies of statements from Governor Haskell and State Auditor Rice circulate. The missive asserts the governor was in Guthrie then Oklahoma City, meeting with Chappell and others, while critics question timing and contact.
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Haskell
Rice
Norris
Reur
Remin Moe
Piake
Fire Rages Across Oil Field in Jonville WA
Terrific blaze sweeps Creston oil properties as Pacific Oil & Gas and Matson Oil report tanks of fifty five barrels of crude ablaze. Winds from a violent storm fan the flames, hampering efforts to extinguish fires across the oil field. No injuries reported but property damage mounts. Fire departments from nearby towns battle the inferno through the afternoon.
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Jonville
Oilo
Pralfic
Oi & Gas Company
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Orcs
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Bula County Sells $60 House Bonds
Bula County plans to issue sixty dollar house bonds in an election to fund a new court house and jail and road projects. The sale is subject to county approval with J F McMahon of City named for the transaction.
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Bula County
Tolna
J. FF. McMahon
City
Adon
Byatem
Roudend
Farmer receives life sentence for killing son in law
G H Watson, a Durant area farmer, was found guilty of first degree murder for fatally shooting Wesley Crabtree, his son in law, at Allison last August. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Associated Preas
Durant
Oklo
G. H. Watson
Wesley Crabtree
Allison
Standard Oil Announces Further Oil Price Cuts
The Standard Oil Company announced reductions across products. Refined oil drops by fifteen cents per hundred gallons to open price of $10.05 in tanks at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. All crude oil classes cut five cents nationwide.
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New York
Standard Ol Company
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
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Five Percent Reduction Over Dingley Rates
The tariff conference agreed to a five percent cut in the Dingley rates on women and children's cotton warp goods, in a move reported by Ly Associated Penn. This reduction targets tariff levels affecting imported textile items.
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Penn
Mountaineers Release Prisoner After Oklahoma Officers Are Overpowered
A mob of about one hundred mountaineers in Council City Techn. persuaded two Oklahoma officers to relinquish Grover Whittaker, who had been jailed for shooting his wife in Ardmore. The officers were waiting with the prisoner on the depot platform when the crowd overwhelmed them and ordered them to leave town.
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Oklahoma
Council City
Techn
Grover Whittaker
Ardmore
Okla
Whittaker
Coal Miners oppose wage cut in central Pennsylvania
Thomas D. Lewis national president of the United Mine Workers of America left Pittsburg for the central Pennsylvania coal mining district after operators there gave notice of an eleven cent per ton reduction in the tonnage rate. He said the union would resist to the bitter end.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Thomas D. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvani Coal Mining District
Lewis
IGE Companies Must Carry Scales In Public Service Rule
Guthrie Oklahoma July 17 The corporation commission declares ice companies fall under same regulation as public service firms provoking wide interest. Towns have passed many ordinances to regulate ice outfits and require accurate weighting for delivered ice. The commission plans to enforce weight disclosure so patrons receive the exact amount paid for.
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Oklo
Corporation Commission
Glenn Curtis Sets New U S Airplane Record
Glenn H Curtis completed a solo flight over the Memphis stead Plains course in fifty three minutes and forty one seconds, covering eighteen to twenty four miles, breaking all American airplane records for the year. The cup was offered by Scientific American and the event set a new national mark.
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Glenn H. Curtis
Mempstead Plains
Scientific American
Democrats Win Great Ball Game at American League Park
Washington July 17 democrats in the house defeated republicans 26 to 16 in a famed extra session baseball game. Uncle Joe Cannon watched as the crowd, including many government officials, endured a rain delay after the seventh inning while taft did not attend.
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Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
American League Park
Taft
No License Required to Hunt on Own Farm
A Guthrie Oklahoma note from July 11 denounces rumors that farmers must pay a license to hunt on their own land or to shoot squirrels eating corn. It cites Article 4 of Senate Bill No. 2, the Keys flair and game law, clarifying a $1.25 license per year but states no license is needed for hunting on land actually owned or occupied by the hunter.
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Guthrie
Okla
Senate
Taft Sees Republican Platform as Revision Downward
Washington July 17 Taft stated the Republican platform implies revision downward sparking debate among party leaders. senators warn of difficulties in securing tariff change while Bryan in Kang City comments on Taft stance and House actions.
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Associated Press
Washington
D.C
Conference Committee
Senate
Iiden
Kanga City
White House
Willam J. Bryan
Bryan
Oklahoma bank deposits rise amid state report figures
Guthrie Okla July 17 State Bank Commissioner A M Young reports for 631 state banks shows deposits up 1 730 990 26 in 57 days since April 28 loans and discounts rise 4 000 000 pushing resources and the average yield down four percent new banks added nine conversions of national banks The consolidated Oklahoma state bank condition shows April 28 and June 23 figures with total assets near 160 600 999 80 and 11 780 0900 26 respectively.
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A. M. Young
Iust
National Comptroller of Currency
Young
Oklahoma
Seriie Saensens We
Banke
Peel
Taft Holds Conference With Taft on Tariff Bill
President Taft meets with Cannon and Rep Wright to discuss tariff revisions under the Dingley act. Dwight predicts the conference bill will pass the House and receive the president's approval.
Sutton's Death Investigation Opens in Naval Case
The court of Inquiry begins probing the 1907 death of Lieutenant James N. Sutton of the U S Navy. Official record cites self inflicted pistol wound. mother and sister press to reopen the inquiry amid persistent effort.
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Court of
James N. Sutton
United States Navy
Sutton
Siater
County Clerks Ordered to Refund Indian Taxes
The state Board of Equalization orders county clerks to strike from the 1908 tax rolls the assessment on Todiah lands and improvements and refund taxes already paid. It held the assessments illegal as of March 1808 due to delayed removal of restrictions until July.
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Guthrie
Okla
State Board of Equalization
Todiah
Iitte
Oklahoma Govenor Haskell backs income tax amendment
Gov C N Haskell said the proposed income tax amendment to the U S Constitution would be submitted for a vote in Oklahoma at the earliest date. He did not say if a special legislative session would be called. Oklahoma already allows income tax with exemptions and believes public support is strong.
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Okita
C. N. Haskell
United States
Oklahoma
Haskell
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