Leader Angered by Bryan Attack on Democratic Leader
Washington May 11 Democratic Leader Underwood condemned W J Bryan for opposing the wool tariff measures. He said the wool schedules mirror the Wilson bill and argued the revenue must come from a tax on raw wool. Underwood predicted a large majority for the revenue wool bill despite Bryan's defiance.
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Washington, D. C
W. J. Bryan
Underwood
Bryan
Mir. Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
United States
Payne
Waderwood
Waya and Means Committee
Democratic Party
Wilson
Bi Bryan
Garros Leads Rome Turin Flight From Genoa to Pisa
Genoa May 30 Garros the French aviator took the lead in the Paris Rome Turin flight. Beaumont experienced motor trouble but repaired and continued. Garros reached Pisa at noon and pressed on toward Rome hoping to reach there this afternoon.
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Garron
Rome
Genoa
Garros
Turin
Beaumont
Pisa
Fire wipes out Windsor and Victoria hotels in Silverton
A May 30 dispatch reports a raging fire in Silverton B C destroying the Windsor and Victoria hotels and several stores. Five people died in the Windsor hotel fire, with other casualties feared.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Silverton
B. C
Windsor
Victoria
Windsor Hotel
Frisco to lay off 400 workers over slack business
Springfield Missouri may 31 notice posted at Frisco shops announces 400 employees will be laid off this evening due to slack business. Officials say the layoff could extend a month or longer if conditions do not improve.
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Springfield
Vinita banker sentenced for banking law violation
Tulsa May 80 W P Phillips former cashier of the First National Bank of Vinita was convicted of violating national banking laws and sentenced by Judge Campbell to five years at Leavenworth federal prison after noon Monday in U S court.
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Tulsa
Okla
W.P. Phillips
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Campbell
United States Court
Phillips
First National Bank of
Vinita
Packing firms establish operations in Vinita new sites
Vinita gains two new whole title houses for Armour Packing Company of Kansas City and Ryan Flour and Seed Company. Ryan will use 204 West Main Avenue while Armour favors a building on the railroad right of way. The Armour unit will ship meats and lard to surrounding towns from Vinita.
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Vinita
Ryan& Company
Mlinolg Avenue
Armour Packing Company
Judge Campbell frees Blaize in bank case in Tulsa
Federal Judge Ralph F. Campbell in Tulsa yesterday quashed an indictment against former Farmers National Bank of Tulsa president Eugene P. Blaize. The ruling cited Supreme Court precedents and found no crime in Blaize overdrawn funds and a note to cover the shortage, related to the bank’s 1909 failure and subsequent sale. Indictments against Blaize in other counts remain pending.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States Supreme Court
Ralph F. Campbell
District of
Oklahoma
Eugene P. Blaize
Farmers National Bank
Blaize
Farmers National
Columbia Bank and Trial Company
Oklahoma City
Exchange National Bank
Muskogee
Laize
Farmera National
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
One Killed and Many Hurt in Indianapolis 500 Race
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 31 Ray Harroun won the 500 mile race in a Marmon in 6 hours 41 minutes. Ralph Mulford finished second and David Bruce-Brown third in a Fiat. One spectator, motor mechanic P. Dickson, died when a wheel rim failed on the Amplex driven by Arthur Greiner, causing a wreck that injured several others as cars flew along the back stretch.
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P. Dickson
Chicago
Arthur Greiner
John Schant
Amplex
A. W. Greiner
S. B. Dicksotti
Benz
Robt. Burman
Wm. Knipper
Buick
Cheverlet
Commencement Week Programs At Oklahoma University
Oklahoma University outlines a week of graduation events from June 4 to June 8 led by Rev William Dunn and Senator Robert Latham Owen with diplomas, alumni banquet and various student and society activities. Notable items include baccalaureate sermon, joint Christian Associations meeting, senior recital, class play, annual commencement, alumni business meeting, and luncheon.
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Han
Pater
Mater
Nate
University of Oklahoma
William Dunn
Youngstown
Robert Ll. Owen
William Dunn Ryan
Ryan
School of Fine Arts
Alumni Association
Chapel
Robert Latham Owen
Assistant Postmasters Organize in Oklahoma
A state association of assistant postmasters organized in McAlester with RK C Nelson as president and R C Knighton as secretary treasurer. Executive committee includes Nelson Knighton W L Peters Lewis J Bennitt and W B Fulton. Next meeting set for Shawnee on September 6. Dr Robert J Burdette of Pasadena visited. he and Mrs Burdette are guests of their son, also a local newspaper man.
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McAlester
Oklo
RK. C. Nelson
R. C. Knighton
Guthrie
R. C. Nelson
W. L. Peters
Enid
Lewis J. Bennitt
Mangum
W. B. Fulton
Owen's stance on the too late baby case in DC letter
In a Washington letter from May 27 Vinita Chieftain reader Robt. L. Owen explains his position on the too late baby case. He denies private interest in oil leases tied to the outcome and says the matter should be settled by courts, not Congress, with a likely Supreme Court ruling in 1912. He notes pressure misread as hostility and maintains public welfare dictates a speedy, final decision.
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Washington, D. C
Vinita Chieftain
Vinita
Oklahoma
Bir
G. W. Waller
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Congress
Court of
Supreme Court of the United States
Robt. L. Owen
Wickersham testifies before House committee on expenditures
Attorney General Wickersham tells the House committee on expenditures in the justice department that he advised United States Steel from 1901 to 1909 while at Strong & Cadwallader and that he received about twenty six thousand dollars of fees funneled to the firm for services to the American Sugar Refining Company personally handled by Henry W Taft brother of the president.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wickersham
House Committee On
Department of Justice
United States Steel Corporation
Strong & Cadwallader
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry W. Taft
Wickershamn
Taft Addresses Arlington Veterans on War and Peace
Washington May 31 President Taft spoke at Arlington National Cemetery where thousands of veterans heard him stress that the horror of war must be avoided in the future. He praised the sacrifices of those buried there who fought to end slavery and warned against pursuing reforms through war, noting the need to balance benefits against the terrors of conflict.
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Washington, D. C
Arlington National Cemetery
Taft Tueday
Tj Arlington
Europe
One Killed In First Motor Race Accident at Indianapolis
Indianapolis May 80 A crowd of about five thousand gathered as the first motor race of the speedway season began. An Amplex car driven by Arthur Grainer of Chicago threw a tire and overturned killing S Dyckson, with Grainer possibly fatally injured. Ray Harroun led the field at 250 miles with the race expected to last several hours.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Wight
Bob Bulman
Amplex
Arthur Grainer
Chicago
S. Dyckson
Grainer
Dave Lewis
Throzier
Thears
John Glover
Westcott
Soine
Ray Harroun
Marmon
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Vinite
Armour Packing
Cambell
Greiner
Dickson
Danve Lewis
Teddy Tetzlaff
Lozien
Harry EB. Knight
John T. Glover
Knight
Bob Evans
Jack Tower
Jackson
John Wood
Joe Jagersburger
Case
Lew Strang
Everett
Simplex
Ralph Depalma
Charles Bury
Interstate
H. Endicott
C. EB. Sprague
National
John Aitken
W. FE Kener
Pope-Hartford
Louis Diabrow
Richard Albrecht
Frank Fox
Scott
Harry Knight
Joe Jagersberger
Maxwell
Will Jones
Fred Pfister
Stutz
Gil Anderson
Frank Agan
Mercedes
Spencer Wishart
Wm. Pfeiffer
Lindenstruth
Howard Wilcox
J. P. Walker
McFarlan
Bert Adams
al Adams
Harry Cole
Oklahoma University
OWENS
Delaware County
Taft
Acciden
Oliver Francis
Mr.t. Adair
Westville
Adair County
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