Oklahoma Night Riders Organized in McLain County
Oklahoma City May 22 an organization of night riders exists in McLain county. It has at least thirty members and plans to recruit more as needed. Witnesses described midnight armed rides and threats across the country. Seven men are held for trial in district court on charges as members with bonds set at four thousand dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
McLain County
Curdy
Benjamin Franklin
Barney Hawk
Charles Barnes
W. A. Wallace
W. M. Drake
M. M. Spencer
Samuel Spencer
J. L. Bledsoe
Night Riders
Purcell
Morton Rogers
L. Green
Night Rider District Tense Before Curdy Arraignment
In McLain county Oklahoma City May 21 tension rose in Lindsey Curdy and nearby towns as the band of alleged night riders faced arraignment in Curdy. County attorney Franklin traveled to Curdy early today. The rough county road hides gang members believed to live there amid threats to merchants about collections. Detectives continue work on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lindsey
Curdy
McLain County
Franklin
Man Kills Self Amid Financial Woes At Council Hill
J W Carter, 50, ex superintendent of Kansas City Metropolitan street railway, shot himself in a Council Hill Oklahoma hotel room. A note cited financial trouble and his worsening blindness as motives. Also included is Guthrie Oklahoma on May 22 about 1909 school levies advising county superintendents that the levy can be set by July to allow equalised valuations to guide districts in setting taxes.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
J. W. Carter
Metropolitan Street Railway System
Kansas City
Wifelde
Council Mill
Gurter
Guthrie
Best Cameron
Pulse
Washington to Enact Broad Anti Cigarette Law
Spokane May 22 A new Washington criminal code will make manufacturing selling giving away or possession of cigarettes cigarette papers or wrappers a misdemeanor with a 250 dollar fine or 90 days in county jail. Lawyers debate whether smoking or possession of makings suffices for conviction as dealers predict constitution challenges and continued covert traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Spokane County
County Attorney Confesses Guilt in Shawnee Bribery Trial
Virgil Riggers, suspended Pottawatomie county attorney, testifies as state witness in a bribery case in Shawnee. Judge W N Maben, with Biggers, Johnson, and Hagar named as participants in a bootlegger protection scheme, discuss payments including 800 dollar bribes. Witnesses describe a conference and money passing through envelopes, as prosecutors press for indictments and defense argues a conspiracy to convict Judge Maben.
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Shawnee, Okla
Virgil Riggers
Pottawatomie County
W. N. Maben
Maben
Blegera
Bulgin
Shawnee
Biggers
Robert Hagar
Hagar
Cat Johnson
JL. B. Howell
Johnson
West
John Rogers
Rogers
Mr. Caldwell
B. B. Blakeney
Navy to Build Two Dreadnought Battleships in 1911
The United States Navy plans two Dreadnought battleships, five destroyers, and a modern repair ship in the 1911 program, despite a ten million dollar reduction ordered by President Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United Statess Navy
Taft
County Superintendent Shelton Calls for Boarders or Roomers in Vinita
Shelton asks all persons able to provide lodging for the tri county normal to send their names street numbers capacity and rate at once. About sixty have been provided for and it is estimated that three hundred will attend. Claremore provided for this number that year and Vinita can do as well as Claremore.
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Shelton
Portien
Vinita
Atendance Claremore
Claremore
Tulsa Grand Jury Report Delay Prolongs Indictment Hope
Tulsa Oklahoma May 22 grand jury not reporting indictments in Muskogee land fraud inquiry. Foreman Strain asked court for instructions on conspiracy and forgery indictments. Judge Marshall explained the law and advised the jury to consider fraud charges. panel adjourned then reconvened to continue evidence review.
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Marshall
Tulsa
Oklo
Haskell
Muskogee
Foreman Strain
Grand Jury
Furth
Oklahoma Suffragettes to Invoke Referendum
Oklahoma suffrage advocates press for a popular vote under initiative and referendum after defeats in convention and early legislatures. The campaign highlights women in state offices, Indian women activists, and notable leaders like Ida Porter Boyer while facing hurdles securing votes.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Equal Suffrage Association
Peter Hanraty
McAlester
State Federation of Labor
Gertrude Motter
Alfalfa
Emma Card Mills
Maine
Mise Maude Widamas
Caddo Aol
Kate Mead
Mary Niblack
Ortitiy
Nettl
Britton
Chnarron County
Pearl Bradfell
Garvin
Alma Crigwell
Harper County
A. B Lane
Kiowa
Ale Pleming
Latimer County
Mig. Ay Anderson
Love County
Miss Haste Bell
Murray County
Blanche
Larkin
Nowata County
Mia
Mary Couch
Oklahoma County
Flueaier
Lewis
Washington County
Mon Sadle Zimmerman
Woodward County
Owen
Ida Porter Boyer
Oklahoma City
Areers
Anne Latky
Ruth A. Gay
Della, Stephens
Julia Dunbam
J. L. Woodworth
Socialist Party
Supreme Court Sustains State Insurance Law
The Missouri Supreme Court today upheld a state law denying licenses to insurers that pay officers salaries over fifty thousand dollars a year. The ruling preserves the statute but calls it unwise and urges repeal.
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Supreme Court
Associated Promy
Jefferson City
Tie Supreme Court
Thas
Patrick Clark Testifies in Trial of Adam God James Sharp
Patrick Clark, wounded in last December’s street fight with religious fanatics, testified as the principal witness in the James Sharp trial. Sharp, described as the “Adam God,” read from a Bible during the session, turning pages and reading aloud at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Clark
Adam God
Associated Preas
Kansas City
Patrick Llark
James Sharp
Sharp
Plane for Grand Stand At Ball Park
George Hendricks prepared a new grand stand plan for the ball park. The design promises a sturdy seat structure with a capacity for about two hundred people and is set to be built soon.
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George Hendricks
Ball Park
New Garvin and Northwestern Railway Seeks State Charter
Guthrie Okla May 22 The Garvin and Northwestern Railway company seeks a $100,000 capital stock charter paying $102 for articles of incorporation Friday. The line runs from Garvin to Dexter with a branch to Eagleton. The article contrasts railroad growth with Republican leanings about Oklahoma politics.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Garvin and N. W. Railway Company
Mlns
Gaavin
Dexter
Branchine
Aagleton
Hurge
Oklahoma
Norman High School to Graduate Nineteen Students
Nineteen Norman high school students will receive diplomas next Thursday night at the commencement exercises in the opera house. Prof. A C Scott of Oklahoma City will deliver the commencement sermon at the venue on Sunday.
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Norman
Okla
Norman High School
A. C. Scott
Oklahoma City
Opera House
Oklahoma Reports Ready For Public Distribution
Guthrie Oklahoma May 22 Volume 20 of the Oklahoma Reports is out, containing Supreme Court opinions delivered during statehood’s first five months. The 910 page volume is well edited with 25 percent more material at half the territorial price. The state reporter’s office is busy compiling session laws 1909 and volumes for criminal and supreme court reports. The volume’s printing requires careful proofreading and about sixty days, with the editor hoping to catch up soon.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma Reports
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Criminal Court of Appeals
St Prene Court
Parker
Gainesville Firm Buys Confiscated Liquor in Prohibition Case
Guthrie Oklahoma May 44 Acting superintendent 8 W Stone arranged sale with Turk Chanowaky Liquor Co Gainesville Texas of a mixed carload of confiscated beer and whisky. The price ranged up to five dollars per barrel for beer and three to four dollars per case for whisky totaling 31898 75 dollars. Proceeds revert to the state treasurer to defray prosecution costs and bolster enforcement of the prohibitory law. The plan aims to curb bootlegger profits by using seized goods to fund cases.
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Guthrie, Oklo
W. Stone
Turk Chanowaky Liquor Company
Gainesville
Tex
Joan Walsh Aims to Overtake Weston Across Nation
Topeka Kansas May 22 Sergeant John Welsh retired U S Army starts pursuit to overtake Edward Payton Weston in a transcontinental journey. He will follow the Union Pacific tracks while Weston walks between Cheyenne and Denver today.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kans
John Welsh
United Stated Army
Edward Payton Weston
Union Pacific
Weston
Cheyenne Welly
Denver
Suffragettes 10 Deattle in June
Spokane report details a secret marriage aboard a parlor car when suffrage advocates travel on June 29 to Seattle for the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention. The bride and groom’s identities remain concealed until departure. notable figures join the train, with speeches planned in Pasco, North Yakima, Ellensburg, and Tacoma.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Emma Smith DeVoe
Equal Suffrage Association of Washington
May Arkwright Hutton
Spokane Suffrage Club
Seattle
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Dorthy Dix
Frances Squire Potter
Sarah Platt Decker
Lucy Anthony
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Europe
Union
Pasco
North
Yakima
Ellensburg
Tacoma
Mrs Sanders Hosts Bridge Luncheon at Wext Canadian Ave Home
Mrs J W Sanders entertained with a Friday bridge luncheon at her home on Wext Canadian avenue. An appetizing three course meal preceded an afternoon of card play. Mike Rogers won high score and Mise Casey took the progressions prize, with leather bound books as awards. Attendees included Mrs W E Massell, Mrs JW Orr, Mrs W R Bodmett, Mrs D A Wilson, Mrs L Idar, Mr Clarence Rider, Irving Halwell, Mrs Hatten, Mrs Nelms, Mrs W H Kornegay, Mrs Lyle Orr, Mrs A J Churchill, Mrs Mixwew Pao Trout, Mrs Casey, Mrs James of Sapulpa, Mrs Ottowark of Guthrie, and Miss Rogers of FY Gibson.
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J. W. Sanders
Wext
Canadian Avenue
Mike Rogers
Mise Casey
Meadames
Old-Time Fighters and the Armor of Knights
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls ancient tourneys where armored knights toppled from horses and heavy metal plates clanged. It evokes brutal contests, fallen fighters, and the era’s ferocious scenes, with echoes of the sport’s peril and storied chivalry.
Surprise Visit For Mr and Mrs Gwinnup Saturday Night
About thirty five of the leads of Mr and Mrs Gwinnup gathered at Mire J K Scott’s home then went to the Gwinnup Hotel for an evening. The occasion brought pleasure to Mr and Mrs Gwinnup as games and refreshments prevailed and everyone left hoping for another gathering.
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Gwinnup
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Tennessee
Night Rider District
NAVY
Talat
NEW Railroad
Gainesville Company
Joan Walsh
Deattle
Mrs. Sanders
Wall Mason
Ali
Bally
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