Denby Faces Blame in Doheny Oil Lease Case
Former Naval Secretary Edwin Denby testifies in a conspiracy case tied to Albert Fall and Edward L Doheny over the Elk Hills lease. He says he suggested transferring navy oil reserves to interior, helped draft a 1921 transfer order, and approved a Pearl Harbor storage plan that went to Doheny.
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Washington
Edwin F. Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Doheny
Elk Hills
Naval
Fall
Navy Oil Reserve
Navy
Interior Department
Denby
Harding
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Navy Department
Congress
Judge Advocate General's Office
Doheny May Testify In Oil Conspiracy Trial
Defense lawyers indicate Edward L. Doheny may take the stand to discuss oil leases and the hundred thousand dollars lent to Fall before lease awards. Mrs Doheny and Edward Jr may also testify as the defense nears completion. Fall’s illness interrupted proceedings but Doheny's condition is improving.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Interior
Fall
Sinclair and Fall to be arraigned in Teapot Dome case
Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall will be arraigned in Washington on December 17 as a preliminary step before trial for conspiracy in the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve scandal. A trial date will follow the arraignment.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Lions Put Over Highway Project
The state highway commission will take over the Ada to McKeown bridge road, announced to the Lions in Oklahoma City by a committee. Delegates from Holdenville attended, and the group discussed farming problems and plans to improve marketing for local farm produce.
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State Highway Commission
Ada
McKeown Bridge
Lions Club
Oklahoma City
H. Clay Stephens
W. E. Harvey
John A. Smith
W J. Coffman
J. C. Hynds
W. D. Little
Widow of Blonitr Held With Probe Continues
Oklahoma City December reports state action toward filing a criminal complaint in Luther Bishop death will wait on a coroners jury verdict. Edith Bishop, widow of the slain officer, is in custody as detectives uncover a hidden gun cache in a closet. She says someone else could have hidden the firearms and seeks morning talks with Sheriff Ben Dancy.
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Oklahoma City
Luther’ Bishop
J. K. Wright
Oklahoma
Wright
Bishop
State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Edith Bishop
Rewards Posted for Capture of Officer Killer
Four rewards totaling 2590 dollars are posted for the capture of the person who killed the officer. The governor Trapp offers 500 dollars and Oklahoma City Mayor O A Cargill also offers 500 dollars, with two more rewards from other sponsors.
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Governor Trapp
O. A. Cargill
Oklahoma City
State officers continue questioning Mrs. Luther Bishop
Oklahoma City December 7 state detectives continue questioning Mrs Luther Bishop about the apparent assassination of her husband early Sunday morning.
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Oklahoma City
Luther Bishop
November Rainfall: Month Nearly Dry With 0.37 Inches
November yielded only 0.37 inch of rain from two showers, far below later-year figures. The year to date totals 41.33 inches, well above the 13 to 14 year local average, with prior years at 32.01 in 1925, 32.29 in 1924, 51.62 in 1923, and 45.23 in 1922.
Farmers urged to grow more crops with market info
At the meeting a plan to expand local farming relies on farmers receiving information and market access. Harry E Morris, R W Simpson and J E Williams were appointed to study the issue and report periodically.
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Harry E. Morris
R. W. Simpson
J E. Williams
Gas Rate Hearing Ends as Commission Prepares Decision
The Oklahoma Commission will take about ten days to review testimony from the MacThwaite Gas Co rate hike case in Ada. With key members absent earlier, the full commission must examine all evidence before ruling on the proposed increase.
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Ada
Corporation Commission
Mac-Thwaite Gas Company
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Tax Petition Unconstitutional
The Oklahoma Supreme Court today declared initiative petition No. 92 unconstitutional, affirming Lincoln County district court. The ruling dismisses the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company suit against Lincoln County A sessor Ora Long and County Treasurer Paul Prince, involving a tax contest. More than 40 cases pursued the same issue.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Supreme Court
District Court
Lincoln County
Atchison- Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Ora Long
Paul Prince
Supreme Court
Oklahoma Supreme Court to rule on Initiative No 92
Railroads including the A T S F and St L S F file many suits in Oklahoma counties over tax levies and protests tied to Initiative No 92. The state supreme court will decide the measure's constitutionality, shaping numerous related cases in the clerk's office.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court Clerk
A-T-S-F
St.-L-S-F
Supreme Court
Bailey held in city jail on whiskey possession conviction
Heldom Commitment To be Bailey was placed in the city jail here Sunday on a commitment out of the last term of county court. He was convicted on a charge of possession of whiskey and was arrested in Okemah before being brought to the county jail.
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Heldom
Bailey
Okemah
Waner Named Best In His National League
Ada player Paul Waner is chosen as the National League best right fielder for last season by Baseball Writers association. Waner returns from a hunting trip in Old Mexico with manager A. O. Green as Ada fans hail his all round excellence and anticipate next season.
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Paul Waner
Ada Boy
Ada
Old Mexico
Waner
Baseball Writers Association
Wilson
Chicago
E. Brown
Boston
Bob O'Farrell
St. Louis
Paul
A. O. Green
Ada Baptists Begin New $100000 Church Auditorium
Workmen tear down the old Baptist church on the Ada site to make way for a new 60 by 92 foot auditorium with seating for 1200. The project totals $60,000 for the auditorium and $10,000 for equipment, plus a $50,000 loan. Hill and Hill oversee construction with Sam Hill in charge. The church aims for completion by June 1, 1927, weather permitting.
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Ada
Old Baptist Church
Hill & Hill
Sam Hill
Prince Carol and Chairs Debate Across Boundaries
A satirical remark questions Prince Carol pursuing the Romanian throne by suggesting he cross borders to endorse chairs and return with a dozen of them. The jab blends politics and consumer whim in a playful quip.
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Carol
Hall Mills murder defendants vindicated in New Jersey
In Somerville New Jersey Frances Stevens Hall her brothers Henry and Willie Stevens and cousin Henry Carpender were cleared of all charges in the Hall Mills double murder case. A jury had acquitted Mrs Hall and her brothers of Mrs Mills murder and indictments were quashed. The remaining indictments against the group were dismissed by Justice Parker on Attorney General Katzenbach’s motion. Carpender was indicted but not charged in the final action.
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Hall
Mills
Carpender
Somerville
N. J
Frances Stevens Hall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Eleanor R. Mills
Edward Wheeler Hall
Edward Katzenbach
Henry de la Bruyere Carpender
Stevens Brothers
Jane Gibson
Jersey City
Charles W. Parker
Henry Stevens
Justice Parker
East Central State Teachers College Tops Oklahoma Enrollment
East Central again claims the largest enrollment among teachers colleges in Oklahoma. A state check shows East Central leading Central at Edmond and Southeastern, with Ada’s East Central surpassing all denominational colleges and universities except Oklahoma State University Norman and Oklahoma A and M Stillwater. December 1 figures list college students, training school grades, correspondence, and extension students.
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East Central
Oklahoma
Central
Edmond
Southeastern
Ada
State University
Norman
A. and M. College
Stillwater
Ada bus hits child. life ends on street
A four year old boy, L. J. Ritchie of 205 North Blubb avenue, died after a Ada Chickasha bus struck him near Glenwood school at 1 45 pm. Driver Slim Rodison was treated for shock. neighborhood witnesses report the child stepped into the roadway as the bus started away. The accident prompted a swift medical response and a tense scene as relatives mourned.
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L. J
Jim Ritchie
Blubb Avenue
Ada- Chickasha
Glenwood School
Chickasha
Rodison
B. B. Dawson
Ada Hospital
G. S. Boyd
West Thirteenth
Red Bull
Engine Fireman Suffers Broken Leg In Accident
D. E. Ward a Purcell fireman on the Santa Fe line between Ada and Purcell was injured when a Santa Fe mixed train derailed at Conley ten miles west of Ada. He suffered a broken leg after being jammed between the cab and engine. he was treated in Ada and the road service resumed.
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D. E. Ward
Purcell
Santa Fe
Ada
Conley
Ward
Government Wins Another Point in Oil Fraud Cases
The Supreme Court refused to grant relief to Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall in the criminal conspiracy proceedings tied to the Teapot Dome lease. The government's oil counsel secured another procedural victory as Fall Doheny trial proceeds.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Three Homes Burned in Francis Fire Disturbance
A early Friday blaze in Francis destroyed three homes after starting at Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heatley residence and spreading to C. E. Newsome’s home. The heat and lack of modern firefighting allowed the flames to gain headway before midnight. Witnesses included Ada residents at a basketball game nearby.
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Francis
Robert Heatley
C. E. Newsome
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