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Newspaper
The Weekly Chieftain
Location
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1911
Page
2
A threefold U S troop deployment guards Juarez border bridges as tensions rise with insurrectionals. Reports from El Paso and Juarez note intensified patrols and a siege atmosphere affecting daily life and local trade.
Butter sells at 1.25 per pound and crackery 60 cents a box while three pound cans diminish. A dairyman feeds cows potatoes as alfalfa spikes in cost. Jose G Ramíres editor of El Destroyer Mexicano is jailed for criticizing the army. J G Bayes an American ranch manager is arrested by Insurrectos and detained. Several Americans are ill but hopeful the war ends soon.
Guthrie Okla Mar 18 Oklahoma state banks have taken national charters at a rate of about one daily over the past fifteen days with more reports. Producers State Bank of Nowata becomes Producers National and State Bank and Trust of Nowata changes to Commercial National. Kingfisher sees two banks consolidate into the People National and Guaranty State absorbed. Okmulgee State Bank becomes Exchange National. Blackwell Clinton and Medford may follow.
Naftzger testified he bought sixteen hundred dollars worth of stamps from Frank Burt, former police chief, at various times. He denied knowledge the stamps were stolen and said he had no time to read about post office robberies while working eleven hours daily at his bank. The case heads to the jury.
Nafin ger, once president of the Fourth National Bank, stood trial on charges of receiving postage stamps stolen by the Callahan gang. Co-defendants John Callahan Ray Templeton and Edward Earl were convicted. Nafteger sought a continuance citing absent witnesses. Judge Pollock denied it as prosecutors noted a witness statement could show stamps were rewards from police for catching government criminals. The morning focused on jury selection.
The funeral of W. C. Baker, a farmer from this city, who died at his Kansas City home on Thursday, will be held this afternoon under the auspices of Heroine Lodge No. 104 of Masonry. Death was due to paralysis after a Monday morning illness. His daughter Mrs. George Couch of this city is in Kansas City.
A deadly fire at Chicago Union Stock Yards killed one man and burned three hundred cattle. The stock pens were destroyed, with damages estimated at twenty five thousand dollars.
The Roosevelt dam reclamation project near Phoenix Ariz reaches dedication with Col Roosevelt and party present. The dam creates a 1 284 205 acre foot reservoir feeding a Salt River Valley irrigation system with hydroelectric plants and a cement mill. It covers 60 miles of land above lands to be irrigated and supports pumping 50 000 acres.
Guthrie Okla March 17. Federal investigation reveals six men indicted for forging Seminole land deeds with Taft’s name. Five convicts receive average seven year terms. others await trial. James F Gresham directs prosecutions under state laws as 70 quit claim deeds surfaced in February and March.
John Schenk superintendent of the Park Ridge branch of Northwestern Gas Light and Coke was found shot to death early today. Police said Mrs. Schenk admitted shooting him thinking he was a burglar after she recovered from the shock.
Charles H. Davis, who served as a private in Indian wars across Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas and in 1877 killed Sioux chief Lame Deer after an attempt on General Nelson A Miles, died in Seattle last night at age 58.
President Taft finished his last golf game of the spring vacation at the Augusta country club and will return to Washington tomorrow. He will address the special session of Congress convening April 4 with a brief message, noting no immediate recommendations. He may bring up Canadian reciprocity or the arbitration treaty with Great Britain.
Judge Preston Davis of the twenty third Oklahoma district arrives with appointment framed to hang in his chamber. He will meet the supreme court next Tuesday to fix Vinita district terms. District No 23 will include Craig Mayes Ottawa counties with a governor appointed judge per reapportionment. Emergency clause declares immediate effect for public health and safety.
Federal indictments charge election officials with preventing negro citizens from voting for congressmen due to race. J. D. Davis of South Seminole and Sam Edmondson of North Choctaw townships Lincoln county arraigned in Guthrie and released on $1000 bonds. Seven indictments in western Oklahoma and twenty five statewide tied to grandfather clause.
A Hamburg paper reports four Germans and one Englishman have been arrested for transmitting to England the plots and specifications for German warships under construction.
Oklahoma City March numbers show 6000 residents receiving surprise checks from the railroad commission. A total of 15856 dollars was paid in rebates while pending final court decisions clarified old versus new freight rate deposits. Shippers learned post hoc of refunds tied to the old rate excesses.
Morris and Schreck prepare for a major boxing bout in Sapulpa Oklahoma. The event will be held in an open air arena seating 20000 with a 4 pm start and a preliminary bout between two lightweights to follow. Schreck arrives next Tuesday as Sapulpa buzzes with fight fever.
In Joplin Missouri on March 17 Dolly Mason faced a preliminary trial where her charge shifted from first degree to second degree murder. Bond set at 5000. Father present, Trott fatally wounded after Mason fired through her Pennsylvania avenue home window.
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