Timber theft indictments hit big corporations in Oklahoma
Indictments against twenty six corporate representatives for stealing timber from segregated tribal lands in Oklahoma were returned by a federal grand jury in Muskogee. An extra indictment charged impersonation of a U S officer. The thefts targeted Choctaw Chickasaw and Seminole lands on Sugar Loaf Backbone and Winding Stair mountains. Deputies were sent to arrest indicted individuals residing in Lestore McCurtain and Choctaw counties. The men will be brought to Muskogee Wednesday to post bond.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
United States
Campbell
Grant Victor
Lestore
McCurtain
Choctaw
Oast
Treasury
Indian Agency
W. J. Gregg
Government Indictments Return After Months of Inquiry
Government inspectors spent months gathering evidence leading to today’s indictments, detailing the case against multiple accused thieves. The proceedings highlight extensive investigation and formal charges filed by authorities.
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Ling
Panama Bill Dominates House Session For Six Hours
The House debated major changes to Panama Canal Zone administration and construction for about six hours. Amendments were offered but mostly rejected as leaders argued over governance, with Speaker Mann delaying a vote due to a looming roll call.
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Panama
Washington
Feb
House of Representatives
Panama Canal Zone
Mann
Richardson
Canal
Congress
Taft
Stephens
Minn
Rainey
Lils
Cochran
New York
Canal Zone
Jils
Hardwick
Fire injures several at Pallant Apartment building
Chicago on February 9 reports indicate several women were injured in a blaze at the Pallant Apartment building on Fifty first Street and Jefferson Avenue. About 150 residents fled the five story structure as smoke filled hallways and firemen assisted women with children. some jumped from first floor windows, with minor injuries likely.
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Chicago
Fifty-first Street
Jefferson Avenue
Ballard
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Appeals to Roosevelt
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association sends a telegraphic memorial to President Roosevelt criticizing California and federal policies favoring Japanese residents over Chinese. It urges action against school discrimination, immigration abuses, and legal inequities, seeking justice for Chinese citizens and residents. It also notes other local crimes and robberies in the city.
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California
San Francisco
Roosevalt
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Chinese Six Companies
Ita
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Washington
Sacramento
Executive Department
Reno
Nevada
Memorial Esten
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Hy Ne. Nom
O. P. Stiger
Chinese sue city of Reno for seven thousand dollars
Reno residents protested a grand jury finding that the Chinese district was unsanitary and its shacks torn down and burned. After appeals to the San Francisco consul and six companies, a consul representative investigated and returned but withheld the report. The Chinese sued Reno for seven thousand dollars in damages.
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Reno
Nev
San Francisco
Robbers Hit Hubbard & Dean Jewelry Store in Salt Lake
Police report multiple holdups and robberies across Salt Lake last night with four robberies and one attempted robbery. The Hubbard and Dean jewelry shop at 49 East Third South was pried open with a forceful entry, the brass lock cover bent into a horseshoe shape as thieves fled before completing their claimed task.
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N. J. Westwood
West Third South
T. O. Tolton
Seventh East
Daynes Jewlry
Main Street
Jimmy
J J. Fox
St Louis
Greektown
Weat Second South Street
Fox
Woods
Status
Salt Lake
Hubbard & Dean
East Third South
Women in Utah Charged with Vagrancy
Two Black women Lucile Whitten and Marguerite Smith were arrested in Salt Lake City on vagrancy charges. They pleaded not guilty as trial was set for next week. Bail was set by Judge J M Bowman at 300 dollars each, higher than the county attorney’s 100-dollar recommendation.
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Salt Lake
Lucile Whitten
Marguerite Smith
Asgistant
J. M. Bowman
Bowman
Plasterer Killed in Elevator Shaft at Boston Block
Henry Wallace of Salt Lake, married with no children, was instantly killed while plastering on an upper floor of the Boston block Newhouse district when the elevator platform struck his skull as he looked down the shaft. His body fell to the basement and was found by coworkers. He worked for Frank Durand, contracting plasterer.
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Salt Lake
Henry Wallace
Boston
Newhouse
Wallace
Salt Lake House
Frank Durand
Woolgrowers to Meet in Salt Lake on Feb 18
The Utah Woolgrowers association directors will convene in Salt Lake City February 18 to elect officers and conduct business. A report on the spring storage movement shows 400,000 pounds shipped to Boston. 200,000 pounds sold at six price, 200,000 pounds held by shippers seeking a higher price. D Call, president, and C B Stewart, secretary, are expected to be retained.
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Salt Lake
Utah Woolgrowers’ Association
Boston
Utah
Nations
Pocatello
C. B. Stewart
Cache County Raises Its Liquor Licenses
Logan in Cache County reports the county commissioners held a regular session and passed a new liquor license ordinance regulating alcoholic sales within the county.
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Cache County
Logan
Liquor License Rates Raised in Cache County
Outside incorporated Cache County cities a new annual liquor license rate increase was approved. The saloon and retail liquor license rose from $500 to $900, while wholesale and manufacturing licenses now cost $600 per year. The new regulations take effect March 1.
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Cache County
Unconscious Flora Ellaworth Found After Assault
Flora Ellaworth twenty two a domestic was found at Shamrock forty miles east of Pittsburg with a shot hip and arm and a body bruised. The investigation lasted through the night and failed to reveal the assailant. Authorities pursue clues as to who attacked her.
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Pittsburg
Flora Ellaworth
Shamrock
Witness Hints at Possible Suspect Details
A note suggests the girl could provide material information about the assailant if she regains consciousness. The report centers on potential identification and ongoing investigation into the attack.
Girl Has Narrow Escape From North Denver Fire
Fire at the Narragansett hotel in North Denver trapped forty guests who fled in night clothes into the freezing street. Miss Minnie Schwartz, 22, was found unconscious by Petrolman Breuer, carried to safety after breaking in the door. She inhaled smoke but is expected to recover.
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Denver
Narrgansett
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Utahua Dental Co
Waah Ave
Boyle Hardware Store
Abraham Lincoln
The
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Commercial National Bank
Commercial National
Ogden, Utah
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