One Preacher Kills Another in Missouri Telephony Dispute
In a small Lebanon town, Rev. Martin D. Johnson aged 40, Baptist, shot and killed Rev. Solomon Odell aged 46, Presbyterian. The men clashed over a telephone company merger. Johnson led Laclede County Telephone and Odell represented Farmers' Telephone. After an exchange at a post office meeting yesterday, Johnson claimed Odell insulted him and Johnson took custody.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Mar
Ruse
Amall
Here
Lato
Martin D. Johnson
Solomon Odell
Johnson Ia
Laclede County Telephone Company
Odell
Farmers’ Telephone Company
Johnson
Ode
Bine
Johnson Jain
Democrats Elect Committeemen in Three Wards
Democratic meetings in the First Third and Fourth wards selected four committeemen per ward. Third ward chose BE, Rideshour. First ward C H Goodpanture. Fourth ward D M Marra. A Third ward verbal resolution endorsing the current city administration failed to pass. Fourth ward endorsed J M B Fowler and J P Taubell for councilmen. Low turnout due to weather. Fourth ward committeemen to meet at 8 pm at the sheriff's office to organize and plan actions for the city campaign.
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J. M. B. Fowler
J. P. Taubell
Democratic Party
Snow and Sleet Storm Hits Colorado Springs
Associated Press reports Colorado Springs cut off from Denver since early morning. City suffers one of the worst snow and sleet storms in years cutting wires and disrupting communication.
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Associated Prem
Colorado Springs
Col
Mor Mo
Denver
Ciry
Tornado Rips Wise County Towns Leaving Destruction
Reports from Wise county north of Fort Worth say a severe wind and electric storm struck early today. Four persons perished in a fire that followed. The town of Sildelf is reported practically destroyed with heavy damage to other villages.
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Assecated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Wise County
Here
Sildefl
Severe storm hits Sherman County Kansas tornado damages trains
A tornado struck a Rock Island freight in at Edeon Sherman county at night blowing nine cars from the track. Several houses were damaged but no lives were lost. Telegraph communication is severed ten miles west of rewater where reports say tornados did great damage. All wheel stops at Brewster are down.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
Mar
Edeon
Sherman County
Rock Island
Kdeon
Rewater
Brewster
Bank Vault Failed Attempt at Hemple Bank
Hemple Missouri on March 23 a dynamite charge was used to blast into the Bank of Hemple vault. The attempt failed, the vault remained secure but interior damage occurred. The robbers fled the scene.
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Associated Press
Hemple
Mar
Bank of
W A strong plea in alienation suit argues citizenship issue
Senator Robert L. Owen urged the court that the case is pivotal, tying millions in land value and a 35,000 chicken concern to whether a person with Indian blood can be a U.S. citizen. Judge Campbell weighs demurrers after extensive briefs, with a decision not expected for a month or more.
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Muskogee
Olla
Robert L. Owen
Addresa
Campbell
Owen
Bar
United States
Russell
United States Senate
Sewart
Oklahoma
Commission government a success in Des Moines
Des Moines reports a surplus of twenty thousand dollars after the first year under the commission plan. The prior year showed a deficit of about one hundred eighty thousand dollars, and the treasury now balances with the new system in place.
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Commission
Des Moines
Prows
Des Moinen
Mar
Des Moines Commission
Another National Bank Takes a State Charter in Oklahoma
Ontario Oklahoma March 24 the Bank Commissioner authorized conversion of Hobart National to Hobart State Bank with 20000 capital stock directors T T Chandler A C Hippen both of Hobart N B Millbrook of Rocky The State Bank Commissioners also authorized Farmers State Bank of Capron with 10000 capital stock directors W W Morin A D Sande D B Morrie all of Capron A C Green of Barrington
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Ontario
Okla
Mar
A.M. Young
Hobart National
Hobart State Bank
Capital Stock
T. T. Chandler
A. C. Hippen
Hobart
N. B. Millbrook
Rocky
State Bank
Farmers’ State Bank of
Capron
W. W. Morin
A. 4d. Sande
D. B. Morrie
A.C. Green
Barrington
Senator Owen Wins in Big Cherokee Fee Gale
In Washington D C on March 24 the failure of Shelley and Martin to perfect an appeal in the Owen litigation freed $60,000 belonging to Senator Robert L Owen of Oklahoma The funds were tied up over a fee exceeding $7,000 awarded to Owen in the case known as the cantern or emigrant cave decided by the U S court about four years ago.
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Washington, D. C
Shelley & Martin
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Owen
Cantern
United States
Coopers Convicted of Carmack Murder in Second Degree
The trial of Gal Donovan Cooper and his son Robin Cooper ended with a jury finding both guilty of murder in the second degree in the killing of former Senator K W Carmack. Bonds set at twenty five thousand dollars each. The lengthy case linked Colonel Duncan B Cooper a former Confederate officer and Nashville editor Carmack to a bitter political fight involving Governor Taylor and other state figures.
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Prew
Neshville
Nenn
Mar
Gal
Donovan Cooper
Robin Cooper
K. W. Carmack
Bharp
Lyndge Hutt
Burch
Mra
Wilson
Cooper
Duncan DB. Cooper
Porrest
Ginn
Columbia
Tenn
Edward Wark Carmack
Nashville American
Carmick
Nashville
Carmack
Taylor
Senate
Robin
Railroads and Missouri Way Agree on Compromise
Missouri railroads based in St Louis discussed a passenger fare of two and a half cents per mile and a milebook tag. A committee may be sent to Jefferson City to confer with Governor Hadley and Attorney General Major. One road objected to a compromise favoring a single cent rate, but most lines lean toward a state agreement.
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St. Lou
Mar
Missouri
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Hadley
Major
Nowata County Seat Question Triggers Election Probe
Guthrie Oklahoma March 24 Governor Hawkell has issued a proclamation for a county seat election in Nowata Delaware in the contest which would deprive Nowata of the jurisdiction expected filings show a heated dispute over county seat status and a potential relocation impact.
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Guthrie
Okla
Mar
Goveror Hawkell
Delaware
Nowata
Depew Brings New $9,000 Jailhouse To Creek County Progress
Creek county officials report Depew will see a $9,000 jailhouse under construction, a standout project for its size and investment. County commissioners last week awarded contracts for 12 new steel bridges to be built in the coming weeks. A Creek County High School is planned at Mounds with work starting promptly. the building is expected to cost about $25,000.
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Muskogee
Okla
Depew
Creek County
Selony
Acting State Dispensary Superintendent Resigns
Guthrie Oklahoma March 4 8 W Stone of Durant who has been noting state dispensary superintendent since the resignation of Superintendent Logine has resigned that position Stone was one of the district dispensary inspectors before taking charge of the state agency and may return to that work Governor Hawkell would announce a successor but W F Fleming of Pollen City admitted the place had been offered to him The legislature's inaction on the dispensary question suggests both state and local agencies will be reopened in the near future.
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Din Penmary
Missouri Legislature Passes Two Cent Mile Rate Bill
The Missouri Legislature today advanced a two cent mile rate bill to engrossment with preference to printing. The measure mandates railroads to levy a mile rate of two cents, applicable to travel at rates for five hundred one thousand and two thousand miles.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Mar
Indictment for Abductors of Willie Whitla
A grand jury indicted James Bo and Helen Royle Allan Faulkner for abducting Willie Whitla charging them with blackmail. Police had doubts about the abductee until Thomas Boyle of Sharon identified the man as his brother James and met the woman, stating she was his sister-in-law.
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Prene
Cleveland
Marts
Togaient
James Bo
Helen Royle
Allan Faulkner
Wille Whilla
Willie Whitl
Thomas. Boyle
Sharon
James
Kidnaping Case Fails To Produce Sensational Developments
Sharon Pennsylvania dispatch reports no sensational moves in the kidnaping case as the Cleveland arrestee is not the expected figure. Authorities believe she is Boyle’s wife and not connected to the Whitlas, diminishing the anticipated dramatic clues.
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Associated Press
Sharon
Mar
Cleveland
Boyle
Whitlas
Kidnapped Boy William Whitha Found Safe at Last
Eight year old Willie Whith a was recovered after a nationwide scare. He was returned to his father at the Hollenden hotel Cleveland at 8:40 p m following an agreement with his captors. The boy then boarded a street car toward Sharon Pa with his father and an agent, en route to reunite with his mother amid a joyous reception upon arrival.
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Cleveland
Mar
Willie Whitha
I Sharov
Mie
Tila
Hollenden
Outekirta
Billy Whitle
Jamen
Sharon
Enid
Billy
Billy Whitia
Gov Haskell case faces uncertain trial judge in Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma March 20 Attorneys for Gov Haskell in Muskogee town lot cases report no definite trial judge yet. Federal Judge Campbell or Judge Pollock will not preside and April 9 term opens with motions to quash indictments from Vinita. Attorneys Henry Ray Crace and B Stuart among those in conference.
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Guthrie
Okla
Mar
Hawkell
Muskogee
Campbell
Eastern Oklahoma
Pollock
Kansas
Tule ‘Sa
Vinita
Adimoty
Tornado Kills Two in Western Oklahoma School Tragedy
A tornado swept through western Oklahoma yesterday striking a school near Grandfield and killing two students Mabel Wile and Orn Witte. The disaster occurred as residents mourn the loss and assess damage to the rural area.
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Oklahoma
Ansdelated Proms
Wichita Malla
Tex
Grandfeld
Mabel Wile
Orn Witte
Castro in Paris plans Venezuelan return via revolution
Cipriane Castro former president of Venezuela and his party arrived in Bordeaux today and said at the railroad station that he intends to reestablish power in Venezuela by revolution if necessary. Admirers heard his plan before their departure for Trinidad.
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Associated Press
Paris
Cipriane Castro
Venezuela
Bordeaux
Trinidad
Castro
Oklahoma Clubs Sue Ultimatum Over Boycott
In Oklahoma City on March 24 a joint session of the executive commission of the stint federation of commercial clubs and the state retailers association ordered Kansas City Jobbera to end the boycott against the Missouri Kansas Texan Railway. If the boycott continues ten days a special committee will declare a wide boycott. Attorney General West and C. B. Bod attended and West called freight rate issues the most important challenge for the region’s industries.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Kansas City
Misouri, Kansas & Texan Railway Company
Executive Commission
Stint Federation of Commercial Clubs
Suite Retailers’ Association
Tve
Kanes City
Jat Bors
Believed Rail Route to Cherokee Nation Revival Prospects
Nowata Oklahoma March reports a revived plan for a Cherokee nation railway with potential Oklahoma Central lines. Interest from St Louis financiers and Chelsea refinery figures emerges as talks continue with local businessmen. The line would run Pryor Creek to Nowata or Chelsea to Bartlesville via water, with fifteen miles completed and about forty thousand dollars spent.
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Nowth
Okla
Mar Drewa
Olahoma Central
Verdigela
Todd and
Gammon
Refinery Pee
Chelsea
Nowata
Pryor Creek
Bartlesville
Wate
Allie al
Jamin
Pearce
Russell Will Head New Colored Home
Guttrie Okih March 2 1925 Guttrie Okih rumors claim Haskelleign the Din land loowting Taft colored for orphan deaf and dumb children will head the institution. Warseff editor Langston Western may be placed in charge as one of the first intelligent in the state. The paper was among the strongest influences by Republican congressmen in the district.
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Guttrie
Okih
Taft
Tomgland
Langston Western
Warseff
Republican
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