White Wash Was Promised Bart
Ray Templeton and Edward Sarl of the Callahan gang were found guilty by a federal jury on four counts each of robbing post offices at Hope and Burdock Kansas. Frank Burt admitted that authorities promised him immunity if he cooperated, and Callahan faces trial after a demurrer was overruled. Grand jury members Evans and Smith were indicted for tampering to block Naftzger’s indictment. Treat Roberts, who exposed a hidden room, became violently insane in a store and threatened self harm.
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Wichita
Kans
Ray Templeton
Edward Sarl
Callahan
Hope and Burdock
Burt Callahan
Atate
Burt
John Callahan
Templeton
Earl
Pollock
Sumner County
Lewis Evans
George Stith
Naftzger
Federal Grand Jury
Evans
Smith
Treat Roberts
City Electrician
Wichita City Hall
Frisco Files Statement of Taxable Valuation
Oklahoma City reports the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway filed with the state auditor a 1911 taxable property statement. Total valuation listed at $26,120,041 with main line at $20,629,430 side tracks $1,022,620 buildings $698,201 and rolling stock $3,769,790. Frisco capital stock $50,000,000 funded debt $276,662,724.11 equipment notes $15,700,521.79. American Express personal property taxed here listed at $7,109.13.
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Oklahoma City
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Leo Meyer
Oklahoma
Frisco
American Express Company
Judge Browns Court at Winita Dissolved
Oklahoma City reports Governor Cruce signed the judicial reapportionment bill creating district 23 comprising Ottawa Craig and Mayes counties. Russia's concern grows over Russo-Chinese tensions and Manchurian boundary talks. In east Asia soldiers complain of food and large shipments of arms move to Manchurian garrisons. In California two Santa Fe passenger trains collide near Clendora injuring several passengers.
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Oklahoma City
Cruce
Ottawa
Craig
Mayes
Russia
Brown
Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Mar
Pekin
Manchuria
Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
Clendora
Dolly Mason Arraigned for Trott Slaying in Joplin
In Joplin Missouri on March 16 Dolly Mason was arraigned for the killing of Hardin H. Trott at her home 207 Pennsylvania with a previous continuance already granted in the case.
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Joplin
Mar
Dolly Mason
Hardin H. Trott
Pennsyl
Governor Cruce Signs Recently Enacted Laws
Oklahoma City March 14 Governor Cruce announced he signed several bills including adoption of illegitimate children, public funds deposited in banks paying 3 percent on daily balances, sale of unused county farm real estate, legalizing a Wagoner bond election, condemnation of steers for railway purposes, amending Spiro county court town bill, and exempting pecking plants from state inspection by federal authorities.
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Oklahoma City
Cruce
Ashby
Pushmataha
Wright
Fuller
Jackson
Moss
Edwards
Broome
Spiro County
Barrett
Promoter Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison
George H. Monroe, a promoter of get rich quick schemes, was convicted in New York for using the mails to defraud through Wireless Telegraph stock. He obtained about half a million dollars from investors in recent years and received a three year sentence at Atlanta federal prison.
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Associated Press
New York
George H. Monroe
United States
Atlanta
Voters Register Open in Vinita Wards for Spring Elections
The registration books in Vinita's four wards are now open for voters who qualified since the November election. They will stay open until Saturday night at 9 o'clock, and all unregistered residents who wish to vote in the spring elections should register at once.
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Vinita
Firing Across Borderline Violates Neutrality Laws
Reports from Mexicali and El Paso detail cross border gunfire by Mexican officials at Algodones and insurgent actions near Juarez. The U.S. protests a grave neutrality violation while Mexican authorities announce trials for captured insurgents and foreigners, with pending civil proceedings and military charges.
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Associated Press
Mexicali
United States
Calexico
Algodones
Washington, D. C
Diaz
Tansurrectos
Insurrecto Forces Move North Toward Juarez
States report Insurrecto ranks around six hundred with Captain Oscar G. Creighton commanding in rising action over railroad bridges. Government orders halt crossing of Americans from El Paso into insurgent territory as Francisco I. Madero gathers about one thousand fighters and artillery north of Casas Grandes, marching toward General Orozco. Insurgent strength concentrates at multiple points after Casas Grandes defeat. movement appears northward toward Juarez.
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Juarez
United States
Casas Grandes
Cuellar
Chihuahua
Adobe
el Paso
Manuel Tamborel
Oscar G. Creighton
Francisco I. Madero
Field's Minstrels Surpass All Former Productions
Vinita theatregoers last night witnessed Al G Field's Greater Minstrels in a full house debut. The crowd filled the auditorium early as the 5 KH O sign hung, and patrons praised the show as the greatest theatrical event of the season with no standout numbers, since every act blended singing comedy dancing acrobatics and spectacular effects into one memorable performance.
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Vinita Theatre
al. G. Field
Vinite
Vinsta
Demurrers in Muskogee Election Case Heard Before Campbell
In Muskogee Oklahoma on March 16 demurrers to indictments against fourteen election officers were argued before Judge Campbell. Defendants’ attorneys cite two grounds: federal statutes do not apply and the grandfather clause in the Oklahoma Constitution remains valid. The case stems from the last election when some voters were denied ballots under the clause. The government alleges a conspiracy to bar legal voters from voting.
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Muskogee
Okla
Mar
Demirrere
Campbell
W. A. Ledbetter
B. Stewart
Norman Haskell
Fred Branson
Reorganization of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
The Missouri Pacific begins reorganization with stockholders meeting to elect directors in St. Louis. The move signals retirement of J. Gould from active management as Charles S. Clarke oversees votes for the proposed directors. Fort Worth stock sheds burn, killing nearly a thousand livestock and injuring four men with major property losses.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Feasts J. Gould
Charles S. Clarke
Clarke
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Prensa
George J. Gould
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Tex
Stubbs vetoes inheritance tax law in Kansas
Topeka Kans March 14 Governor Stubbs vetoed the inheritance tax law passed by the recent legislative session. The bill aimed to change the gold law to exempt direct heirs from liability under the act.
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Stubbs
Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Depots urged to stay sanitary in eastern Oklahoma
Oklahoma City March 16. The corporation commission plans to place inspectors on eastern Oklahoma railroads to force cleaner trains and depots following W. H. Merchant's complaint against Frisco and Rock Island over an unsanitary depot at Wister. Cases against Missouri Kentucky and Texas and Rock Island saw fines or warnings. commissioners stressed railroads must improve depot conditions and conduct.
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Oklahoma City
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Henshaw
W. H. Merchant
Frisco
Rock Island
Wister
Mer
Mcéenehan
Iron Mountain
Kansas City
Missouri, Kansas & Teans
McAlester
Hum
Love
A. F Fenimore
Fargo
Banta Fe
C. W. Zarn
Yukon
Trial of Thirty-Six for Murder at Viterbo
At Viterbo Mary March 1 Associated Press reports a packed courtroom as the trial of thirty six criminals for murder opens. Clerks read long indictments with interruptions from the prisoners in cages. When the clerk calls Vitozzi morally a criminal the accused priest groans and offers “sufferings to relieve the souls in purgatory.”
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Associated Press
Viterbo
Mary
Mar
Toourt
Milukoff Warns Russia Faces Peril in Diplomacy
In the Duma Milukoff of the constitutional democrats criticizes Russia for a haughty stance toward China and warns that diplomatic decline endangers the empire. He cites contradictory near, middle, and far east policies and notes growing German concerns and a dangerous, stranded far east diplomacy.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Jury Secured in Camorra Case in Viterbo Italy
In Viterbo Italy on March 15 a jury was secured after long delays for the trial of thirty nine Camorra members. Proceedings began of one case against the defendants as authorities prepared for the proceedings.
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Associated Press
Viterbo
Italy
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