Rain Falls Across Midwest Boosting Crops Expanse
A mid western rain spree lifts drought concerns as Oklahoma and Kansas win widespread showers. Vinita and Craig county lag behind, while Tulsa area reports strong rain to aid wheat corn alfalfa. Lawton and Enid see notable downpours, with central Missouri and northwest Missouri also benefiting.
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Craig County
Vinita
J. Pluvius
McPherson
Goodland
Rock Island
Nebraska
Horton
Fairbury
Kansas
Oklahoma
Enidland
Lawton
Oklo
Missouri
Audraln County
Use of City Water Costs Him Fine
McAlester Oklahoma May 29 Rufus Johnson manager of the New Process laundry was tried in police court on charge of using city water and fined fifty dollars and costs. This began a series of arrests by police as warrants were issued for several other prominent business men and managers of manufacturing establishments.
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McAlester
Oklo
Rufus Johnson
New Process Laundry
Sherif Tatum
Juliet McGowan
Peters
H. F. Schreiner
Public Works
Debreiner
Pitman
Schreiner
Grewer
Bond
Water Department
Tatum
Wealth of material in the Arbuckle mountains Oklahoma
Chester A. Reeds at Bryn Mawr College has written on the geological and mineral resources of the Arbuckle mountains. The bulletin highlights non metal minerals with asphalt glass sand cement materials and building stone as the main commercial resources. Vast inexhaustible deposits of asphalt lie dormant while cement materials show enormous potential with required limestone and clay quantities cited for each kiln.
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Oklahoma
Chester A. Reeds
Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania
Arbuckle Mountains
Reeds
Danish Visit Delights U S Navy Leaders At Court
King Frederick received Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger and his staff along with the four battleship captains of the second division of the Atlantic fleet visiting Denmark. The audience occurred in Copenhagen on May 26 as the American group engaged in ongoing diplomatic exchanges with the Danish court.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Frederick
Charles J. Badger
Denmark
Supreme Court Upholds Hours of Service Law
The U S Supreme Court rules the 1907 hours of service law for railroad workers constitutional. Justice Hughes announces the decision in a Baltimore and Ohio case, sustaining limits of sixteen hours for trainmen and nine to thirteen hours for telegraph operators with mandated rest periods. The railroad argued intrastate reach and reporting requirements, but the government defeated these objections.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Justice Hughes
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Circuit Court of the United States For
District of Maryland
Governor Hay Defends Washington Insurance Law in Spokane
Governor Hay addressed Spokane manufacturers defending the new industrial insurance law effective June 8 and explaining the employers liability commission. He cited casualty companies’ $95 million collections with only $15 million reaching injured workers and blamed lawyers and costs. The commission includes George Lee, A. Pratt, and J. H. Wallace, with Howard Hindley as secretary. Two test cases are set for June 18 in state supreme court and October 1 in federal court as assessments begin.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Employers’ Liability Commission
Hay
George Lee
Co. A. Pratt
Tacoma
J. H. Wallace
Seattle
Howard J. Hindley
State Supreme Court
Federal Court
Oklahoma City Keeps State Capital Status in Court Ruling
Washington May 29 The U S Supreme Court declined to hold that Oklahoma's December act to move the state capital from Guthrie was unconstitutional leaving the capital at Oklahoma City in effect for now.
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Oklahoma City
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Guthrie
Trust Inquiries and Wool Tariff Clash In Congress
Washington, May 29. Investigations of steel and sugar trusts and government department methods will shape early week activity in the House. The Lorimer case may reach a Senate vote Monday on the method of further inquiry. The La Pollette resolution and Martin Dillingham substitutes face debate. The wool tariff bill looms as caucus work and debate open Friday.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
House
Lorimer
Senate
LaPolleté
Martin and
Dillingham
Senate Committee On
Steel Trust
Gary
United States Steel Corporation Board
Sugar Trust Committee
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce and Labor
Post Office Department
Capitol
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Taft
Senate Finance Committee
Champ Clark
Washington
Starle
Arizona
New Mexico
Flynn Buys Sapulpa Light Newspaper
Sapulpa Oklahoma May 29 Dennis Flynn editor of the American bought the Sapulpa Light on Saturday giving him both the morning and evening papers He plans to run both in Republican politics He first gained notice as a Republican writer on the Ardmore Statesman
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Sapulpa
Okla
Dennis Flynn
The
American
Flynn
Ardmore
Statesman
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Albert Rosenthal
Philadelphia
House Committee
State Department
Justice Day
Supreme Court
Trust Inquiry
Sapulpa Light
Kansas City Weekly Star
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Halsell Building
F. M. Gwinnup
Son Vinita, Oklahoma
Farmers State Bank Vinita
Cobb Hotel
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