Western Reserve Question Settled by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government may set aside large forest reserves without state consent and such reserves are not bound by state fencing laws. The case involved Holy Cross forest reserve in Colorado and cattleman Pied Light. Colorado Attorney General Barnett supported Light, arguing federal conservation exceeds constitutional authority and deprives states of equal dominion over their lands.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Offeult
Unite States
District of
Colorado
United States
Pied Light
Holy Cross Forest Reserve
Holy Cross Reserve
Supreme Court of the United States
Light
Forest Reserve
Barnett
Scandal in Ohio Legislature Emerges in Early Session
Associated Press reports in Columbus describe lawmakers rushing into the capital ahead of Monday sessions amid detectives’ bribery charges that threaten the Ohio general assembly. Senators and representatives accused of accepting money had not yet reached the city, while Governor Harmon planned to consult the attorney general on the sensational developments.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Natal
Beause
Ohio General Assembly
Harmon
Appoints Bank Examiners in Oklahoma City May Day
J D Lankford, state bank commission, announces appointments of bank examiners and office men. Field men include G L Wilson Enid M E B Garrett Nowata W C Ernest Thomas W L Reed Ada George Meade Chickasha L F Crow Tulsa H M Foster Apache J G Dill Gozebo Claude Tuttle Hobart Henry Wells Caddo W M Malone Vinita R C Stuart Stuart chief clerk J L Coffman. Six of the old examiners are reappointed.
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Oklahoma City
J. D. Lankford
State Bank Commission
G. L. Wilson
Enid
M. EB. Garrett
Nowata
W. C. Ernest
Thomas
W. Lb. Reed
Ada
George 8. Meade
Chickasha
L F. Crow
Tulsa
H. M. Foster
Apache
J. G. Dill
Gozebo
Claude Tuttle
Hobart
District Court in Session With Judge Preston Davis
District Court in session today with Judge Preston 8. Davis presiding. No jury was called for this term. cases requiring a jury will be heard at the regular term beginning May 5. Today focused on arguments on motions and demurrers. An injunction from Pryor was called but transferred to Pryor for hearing.
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District Court
Preston
Davis
Pryor
Cratic House
Underwood
Pension Committee
Dalzell
New Democratic
Ways and Means
House
Territories
Arizona
New Mexico
Governor Crace Requisition Aims At Paschall Return
Oklahoma City May 1 Governor Crace issued a requisition on Illinois for the return to Cleveland county of L O Paschall charged with obtaining money under false pretenses He allegedly obtained 198 50 from the National Bank of Norman by mortgaging cattle he did not own Paschall is said to be under arrest at Decatur Ill A second requisition was sent to Missouri for Ben F Kesterson wanted in Creek county on forgery charges He allegedly received 15 in Sapulpa on a forged check.
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Oklahoma City
Crace
Ilinoia
Cleveland County
L. O. Paschall
Paschall
National Bank of
Norman
Paschal
Decatur
Ill
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ben F. Kesterson
Creek County
B. M. van Orman
Sapulpa
Fire at Bangor destroys vast city area and property
Bangor Me May 1 Homeless hungry and exhausted by flames as a seven hour blaze that began near Broad and Union streets destroyed the city’s retail district and many homes. The loss is estimated at six million dollars with two known deaths and several injuries. Morning trains brought relief while militia guarded salvaged property. The fire leveled forty city blocks before rain helped halt it.
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Associated Press
Bangor
Broad
Union Streets
Exchange Streets
Storm in Missouri Kills One in Warrensburg Fury
A violent wind and ball storm swept ten miles across northern Johnson county from Fayetteville to Valley City on Saturday. One person died and another was fatally hurt as over twenty houses were unrooted and four homes swept away. At William T. Fain’s home the antebellum mansion was blown apart and ten year old Kelly Fain was fatally injured. The mother was also struck and may die. Two children escaped to a cave. one boy was lost to the storm. The cloudburst moved from the west with a path nearly a mile wide, destroying structures along its entire course.
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Warrensburg
Johnson County
Fayetteville
Valley City
William T. Fain
Kelly Fain
Fain
Senate struggles delay on Canadian reciprocity vote
Washington May 1 The Senate delays action on the Canadian reciprocity bill as it organizes after a rapid House session. The finance committee will hear the measure with debate likely lengthy, while progress on house bills for popular election of senators and campaign disclosure remains unlikely until reciprocity is settled. Senator Stone speaks to counter misrepresentations as adjournment nears.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Penrose
Stone
Missouri
Underwood
Representative Dalgell
Pennsylvania
Dalzell
Independent oil deal signals big refinery bid near Tulsa
The Graham Harmon syndicate buys Charles Page oil property for about a million dollars, planning a 15000 barrel per day refinery near Tulsa to challenge Standard Oil. They arrive to finalize takeover as 1800 acres of proven oil land and 2000 barrels daily output grow, with location likely near Tulsa or between here and the Tanehum field.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Charles Page
William Graham
California
Clifford B. Harmon
New York
Standard Oil Company
Andh
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
T. M. Harmon
William Harmon
Page
Graham Harmon
City of
Here
Tanehn Oil Field
Qteel Shipment Delayed for Carnegie Trust Failure
The Porter railroad faces delays after the Carnegie Trust company in New York failed. The defunct trust held about 176000 of the foreign company's funds in the U S. Construction plans wait for a new fiscal agent while steel for the first forty miles was set to be shipped but tied to a constitutional amendment delay. The road is graded to Delaware.
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Porter Railroad
Carnegie Trust Company
New York
Trust Company
Delaware
Freezing Weather Grips Midwest States
Missouri Kansas Nebraska and parts of northern Oklahoma are shivering after a sudden temperature drop. Some locations fell by fifty degrees as a strong northwest wind moved eastward. The Weather Bureau predicts freezing conditions will extend across most of Kansas Nebraska and Missouri by Tuesday morning with frost around Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Insurrection Spreads in Canton and West River District
May 1 report from Hong Kong states the Canton uprising spreads to countryside. Rebels seize three key towns along the West River, loot reported, and incidents of murder and pillage are described.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
China
Canton
West River District
Representative Alexander Recovering After Surgery
Kansas City Missouri May 1 Representative Alexander C Mitchell of Kansas who underwent a surgical operation yesterday passed a good night and shows improved condition today.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Alexander C. Mitchell
Kansas
Second Trial of Dr Hyde Postponed In Kansas City
Kansas City May 1 Dr Hyde held on murder charge of Colonel Thomas H Swope appeared for arraignment in criminal court for a second trial but due to the illness of county prosecutor Virgil Conkling the arraignment was postponed until May 16.
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Dr. Hyde
Associated Press
Kansas City
Thomas H. Swope
Virgil Conkling
O Hara Plans New Immigrant Colonies in Craig County
J M O Hara of Nebraska famed for Bohemian and German settlements there works with Parker Wise Investment to obtain Craig county land for new colonies. He is one of three men doing similar work for the firm. One agent is in New York shipping colonies from Germany. advance colony agent arrives tomorrow.
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J. M. O'Hara
Nebraska
Parker-Wise Investment Company
Craig County
Mr. O'Hara
Parker-Wise Company
New York
Germany
Insurrectos Draft Peace Proposal In Mexico
In a sunbaked adobe camp at El Paso Mexican insurrection leaders met Sunday to craft a peace program for federal envoys. They elected Dr Francisco Vasquez Gomez, Francisco Madero Sr, and Jose Pino Suarez as peace commissioners. They await credentials from Senor Carabajal and plan to demand cabinet posts and provincial governorships as terms. The group asserts Diaz’s resignation doubt and seeks broad reforms through negotiations.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco Madero, Jr
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Francisco Madero
Senor
Jose Pino Suarez
Revolutionary Party
Francisco Carabajal
Federal Peace Commission
Senor Carabajal
Senor Braniff
Senor @bregon
Insurrecto
Insurrectos
Gomez
Senor Pino Suarez
Diaz
Jorozco
Villa
City New Officers Take Oath at City Hall
The oath of office was administered to Mayor J. C. Starr and Councilmen J. Campbell and A. G. Marrs by retiring mayor C. L. Rider to preserve a quorum for bond approvals and resignations. Bonds of new officials were approved and L. C. Couch and Henry S. Knight were elected to fill ward vacancies. The first regular council meeting is set for tomorrow night. Doyle returned from Miami after docket clearance.
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J. C. Starr
J. Campbell
A. G. Marrs
C. L. Rider
C. H. Goodpaster
Doyle
Miami
Pioneer appoints new head as Gleed to lead Missouri and Kansas
Eugene Nims retires as Pioneer Telephone Co president and will keep Oklahoma interests. Charles B. Gleed of Kansas City is chosen to succeed him as Pioneer president and also named vice president of both the Missouri and Kansas Co and the Pioneer Co. Nims says Oklahoma will become a leading state in the union.
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Pioneer
Oklahoma City
Eugene Nims
Pioneer Telephone Company
Charles 8. Gleed
Kansas City
Missouri
Missouri and Kansas Company
Pioneer Company
Conference attendees mirror Mexico City revolutionists
Blanco notes that yesterday's conference drew the same small group who met in Mexico City a year earlier to draft the revolutionist party platform. Military leaders joined only to be informed of progress in negotiations.
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Ohio
Crage
Standard Oil
R. P. Ironside
Wife
Alexander Recovering
Insorrectos
Madero
Henry Knight
W. B. Depue
Vinita
Court House
James
Davenport
New Halsell Bldg
W. H. McCann
Kinnison and Hollow
Okla
D. H. Wilson
Attorney-at-Law
Empire Block
Vinita Oklahoma
E. M. Henderson
Riddle Building
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