Osage Graft Charge Alleges Interior Aid to Gypsy Oil
Osage tribal council files charges against Secretary of the Interior for aiding Gulf Pipe Line’s Gypsy Oil bid on Oklahoma leases. They claim bids were unfair, land selectivity favored by the secretary, and that Osage funds are being misused in agency operations.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma
House ‘Committee On Indian Affairs
Tribal Council of the Indians
Osage National Council
Osage
Osage Tribe of Indians
Gypsy Ol! Company
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Department
Pawhuska
Gypsy Oil Company
Osage Tribal Council
Senora De Avalos Widens Land Claim in Osage County
Wary Kohpay and rail of Henry Red Eagle, Me Ke Wah ti An Kah, Pe Tsa Mole and E Stah O Gre She testify in a case in Osage County Oklahoma. The land involved exceeds 400000 acres in the west half of Osage county. Standard Oil paid Indians 38 cents a barrel for oil while independents offered 60 cents.
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Wary Kohpay
Joseph Buffalohide
Henry Red Eagle
Oklahoma
Osage County
Standard Oil Company
Independents
U S Seal Skins Sale Sets High Prices in London
The annual U S government seal skin sale in London drew buyers worldwide with 3 764 pelts selling for £28 935 152 shilling and ninepence. Commissioner George M Bowers noted higher values due to larger skins and a smaller year’s catch amid an international pelagic sealing ban and U S policy restricting pelts to three year old males.
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London
United States
George M. Bowers
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
America
Sulzer Pardons Brandt in Burglary Case
Governor Sulzer pardoned Folke EB Brandt former valet of Mortimer L Schiff due to excessive thirty year sentence. Attorney General Carmody supported the pardon criticizing trial procedures. Senator Nelson offered to take Brandt to Minnesota and then to Washington before heading west.
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Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Folke EB. Brandt
Mortimer L. Schiff
New York
Brandt
Carmody
Nelson
Minnesota
Washington
West
Turkey Receives European Powers’ Note on Powers
Constantinople January 18. The collective note drafted by the ambassadors of the European powers in London was presented to the Turkish government here.
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Turkey
Constantinople
London
Immigration bill passed after filibuster and changes
The House approved the illiteracy test immigration bill after a lengthy filibuster led by Mann with Cannon Moore Bartholdt and Sabath. Conference changes impose stricter rules on steamship operators and allow deportation within three years for new arrivals who become public charges or face moral turpitude offenses. The head tax rises to five dollars and oversight expands for matrons inspectors and surgeons aboard ships.
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Washington
Jan
House
Mann
Cannon
Moore
Pennsylvania
Bartholdt
Sabath
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Trains Trapped in Mexican Rail War Spillover
A southbound passenger train and two troop trains were trapped by fires on the Mexican Central Railway below Juarez. Among marooned travelers are prominent American and Mexican mining and cattle men, including Alberto Terrezas of Cilaua hua.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Alberto Terrezas
Cilauahua
Prosperity in U S Manufacturing Reaches New High in 1912
The federal bureau reports 1912 marked the highest manufacturing record with record imports and iron ore movements. Materials imported for manufacturing topped 925 million dollars, signaling peak industrial activity nationwide. In Flint, Buick Motor plant fire destroyed the drop forge shop, causing about 275 thousand dollars in losses.
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Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Great Lakes
Flint, Mich
Drop Forge
Buick Motor Company
Proposal to open own loft factory for parcel post distribution
A mass meeting of striking girl garment workers in New York discussed opening a large own loft factory to use parcel post for distributing products. Miss Leonora O’Reilly proposed the idea while Miss Gertrude Corliss led a dramatic intervention at Jaffy & Co on Broadway to rescue two imprisoned workers, later beaten by a forewoman and then arrested. The Waist and Dress Manufacturers association plans to present settlement terms to workers.
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New York
Kessler
Leonora O'Reilly
Woman's Trades’ Union League
Gertrude Corliss
Loretto College
Clifton
Ont
Jaffy & Co
Broadway
Inaugural Ball Debate Over Wilson Letter Feasibility
William C. Eustis led talks with the inaugural committee on omitting the ball after President-elect Wilson suggested the move. A pension building site hearing occurred in the House while the Senate hearing was delayed. An amendment sought to ban dances deemed vulgar from the ball.
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Washington
William C. Eustis
Wilson
House
Senate
8. A. Roddenberg
Georgia
Minister breaks record for pancake eating in New Jersey
Revy. Har old Paul Sloap pastor of the Pitman Methodist Episcopal church in Metuchen New Jersey reportedly broke all records for pancake eating at a meet held at the parsonage of the New Brunswick Methodist church. He consumed 32 large pancakes about 22 inches across and two thirds of an inch thick, astonishing his flock.
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Metuchen
N.J
Harold Paul Sloap
Pitman Methodist Episcopal Church
New Brunswick Methodist Church
Belfast Riots Persist After Home Rule Vote
Rioting continued in Belfast through the day after the home rule bill passage. Crowds paraded the streets jeering and firing blank cartridges, with several people accidentally shot as some revolvers carried real bullets. A mob of Nationalists burned the Union Jack publicly.
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Belfast
British Lawyers Bar Women Excluded Under Bar Vote
London notables report that women were barred from practicing law at the British bar by an overwhelming Bar Association vote at its annual meeting. The outcome confirms longstanding gender barriers in the London legal profession.
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London
England
Bar Association
El Dorado Overdue Off Galveston Believed Lost
Galveston January 18 The Morgan line steamer El Dorado nine days overdue from New York to Galveston is presumed lost after officials say the vessel with a crew of 39 cannot be found. The ship carried 2000 gross tons of steel rails and was commanded by Captain F E Wood with William Gower as chief officer.
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Galveston
Morgan Line
el Dorado
New York
J. W. Durgen
Line
Mr. Durgen
F. E. Wood
William Gower
Oporto
Portugal
Johnson to Fight Palzer in Paris World Title Bout
New York reports Jack Johnson agreed to fight Al Palzer in Paris for the world championship on June 25, the eve of the Grand Prix. Tom O Rourke, Palzer’s manager, sent a telegram from Chicago confirming acceptance. Terms call for the winner to take 60 percent with Johnson guaranteed.
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New York
Jack
al Paleer
Tom O'Rourke
Palaer
Hicago
Oy R. Lippe
Paris
Johnson
Lippe O. K
105 Year Old Woman Plans Marriage In Los Angeles Scene
A 105 year old woman Marcelina Elisalda sought a marriage license in Los Angeles to wed 80 year old Plesantino Leon. A court order appointing the woman’s granddaughter Claudia Sage as guardian is being challenged by Mote Tage, who will contest the action.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Marcelina Elisalda
I Angeles
Plesantino Leon
Leonard
Claudia Sage
Mote. Tage
Six Die in Edmonton Rubber Company Fire Blaze
A major blaze in Edmonton's wholesale district, the worst in the city’s history, destroyed the Canadian Rubber company five story block and several large buildings. The wall collapse crushed a rooming house, killing six Italian workers. Fire Chief Lauder was seriously injured. Loss estimated at two hundred thousand dollars.
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Winnipeg
Man
Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian Rubber Company
Lauder
Joss
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Oscar A. Ririe
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Abe
Tom Weal
Senora DE Avalos
U.S. Seal Skins Sale
City of London
Schiff
Helen Gould
Lyndhurst
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Finley J. Shepard
Gould
Mr. Shepard
U.S
Highland
Ill
Christian Janett
Barbara Stephens
Miss Stephens
William D. Stephens
California
Washington Society
John D. Works
Congressman Roddenberg
Bunny Hug
New Jersey
Liverpool
Auchenarden
LaBlanca
LaPlata
Palzer
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