Gould Son Testifies Heir Recorded $4.5 Million Loss
Kingdon Gould testified in a Denver and Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific stock accounting suit that his father George J. Gould lost about 4.5 million dollars in railroad securities. He said 150000 Missouri Pacific shares were sold to Wall Street before 1915 and scattered to avoid market impact. The hearing also focused on Utah Fuel Co stock and the Gould board’s actions.
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New York
George J. Gould
Gould
Denver and
Rio Grande
Missouri Pacific
Kingdon Gould
Superior Court
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Gould Board of Directors
Abraham Benedict
Wall Street
Father
Utah Fuel Company
Fuel Company
Prospects for Special Session on Ferguson Impeachment Dispelled
Speaker Lee Satterwhite announced no special legislative session will be called to probe Governor Miriam A Ferguson. He cited potential litigation over highway contract issues and concerns about funding for expenses and witnesses. Attorney General Dan Moody had ruled the session would lack authority to appropriate funds, despite calls from more than fifty House members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Lee Satterwhite
State House of Representatives
Dan Moody
Satterwhite
House
Ferguson
Spain’s Prime Minister Seeks Sunday Newspaper Publication
Madrid dispatch reports Prime Minister Frimo de Rivera pushes publishers to form a collective Sunday paper in each town. He aims to end the centuries old Sunday newspaper ban and asks for a reply by January 6 amid editor opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Frimo de Rivera Waris
Press Association
Ramage Company Plans 3500 Foot Test in Artesia Field
Announcement from Roswell states Ramage No 1 in section 21-17-28 will drill a 3500 foot test. Deep sand previously found by Ohio Oil at 2710 feet in Teomie Allen lease SE 1-4 28-18-28. Other artesia wells pursuing the sand include Texas Production section 6-18-28 Twin Lakes 28-18-28 Ohio Oil 4-18-28 and Levers Wilson No 1 3-18-28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
Ramage Oil Company
Ohio Oil Company
Teomie-Allen
Artesia
Texas Production Company
Twin Lakes Oil Company
Levers-Wilson
Artesia Oil Expands to Six New Mexico Refineries
Phillips Petroleum announces Artesia field oil will feed six New Mexico refineries and one in Texas with Roswell Albuquerque Clovis Artesia Dayton and the Artesia field already producing. A large share goes to the Rio Grande refinery in El Paso as output nears 10 000 barrels daily after January 1. A casing head refinery with 12 000 gallons daily capacity will begin construction in the Artesia field.
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Artesia
New Mexico
Texas
Roswell
Albuquerque
Clovis
Dayton
Rio Grande
el Paso
Phillips Petroleum Company
Stuppi Reports Interest in New Mexico Oil Fields
Clarence Stuppi of Patterson and Stuppi returned from a coast trip visiting Los Angeles San Francisco Oakland and Long Beach. He says California oilmen show strong interest in the New Mexico fields with several independent firms planning drilling early next year.
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Stuppi
New Mexico
Clarence Stuppi
Patterson and
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Long Beach
California
Lane Wells Set For Oil News In Artesia Field
The two Lane wells in section 22 16 25 Artesia field show potential for oil. No 1 finished a fishing job and is drilling below 2500 feet with a likely oil sand. No 2 at 3000 feet shows high grade oil. The Glorieta sand may be reached around 3100 feet.
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Artesia
Levers-Wilson No 1 Produces Steady Oil Flow
Levers-Wilson No 1 is completed and flowing into tanks as a steady producer. Sand in the well ranges from 2067 to 2092 feet. No. 2 well will begin immediately 428 feet north of No. 1, in section 18, township 18, range 28, W1/2 SE1/4.
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Levers-Wilson No
Levers-Carper No 1 Drilling in Pink Limestone
Levers-Carper No 1 is drilling in hard pink limestone at 2,410 feet after passing a good producing sand from 2,350 to 2,875 feet. Operators expect to reach the bottom sand within the next 26 feet.
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Levers-Carper No. 1
Reinsmith and Steele Drill Big Program in Eastern State
Reinsmith and Steele are implementing a large drilling program in the eastern state. The No 1 well on the Ingram ranch, 79 miles north of Roswell, is progressing below 600 feet in section 29 1 21. No 2 is at 200 feet in section 11 6 27. No 8 25 miles NW of Clovis on Gurley ranch is at 250 feet. No 4 is located in Yoakum county about 80 miles NW of the Big Lakes wells.
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Reinsmith and Steele
Ingram Ranch
Roswell
Clovis
Gurley
Trial ends in Firpo suit dismissal over unpaid share
New York December 21 A $50 926 suit by Andrew McCorkindale against Luis Angel Firpo was abruptly dismissed after McCorkindale testified Firpo owed nothing. McCorkindale claimed a share of Firpo's $203,625 in earnings. Tex Rickard testified he paid $18,000 to McCorkindale to sign a release.
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New York
Andrew McCorkindale
Luis Angelo Firpo
McCorkindale
Firpo
Supreme Court
Tierney
Tex Rickard
MecCorkindale
Rickard
Justice Tierney
Feng Yueh-shiang's Forces Suffer Tremendous Losses in Yangtsun Fight
After a 24 hour artillery duel on the Yangtsun front, Feng Yu-Hsiang's national army reportedly failed to oust Li Ching-Ling's troops. The Daily Mail notes tremendous casualties, weakening prospects and waning allied enthusiasm, with a peacemaking gesture from Feng despite no peace talks.
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London
Yangtsun
Daily Mall
Feng Yu-Hsiang
National People's Army
Li Ching-Ling
Chiha
Feng
Daily Mail
Shenandoah court hears final arguments and technical review
Mitchell declares the sentence cruel as Shenandoah proceedings wrap with Major Leonard and Professor Hovgaard outlining causes for the disaster. Hovgaard details technical factors including a violent gust and sagging movement, while gas pressure is ruled not excessive though some valves misfired. Rosendahl will present the survivors’ summing up tomorrow for the Lakehurst naval air station and bureau of aeronautics, after which the court will adjourn for advisement.
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Mitchell
Shenandoah Court
Major Leonard
William Hovgaard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Judge Advocate
Hovgaard
Shenandoah
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Judge Advocate Rests Case Before Court Shenandoah Inquiry
Major Henry Leonard, judge advocate of the Shenandoah naval court, rests the case without summation after briefing 65 witnesses and 111 documents. He notes the disaster involved a West mission airship from New Jersey, 14 dead, 29 saved, and urges careful assessment of blame and facts.
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Washington
Henry Leonard
Shenandoah Naval Court
Leonard
Shenandoah
Navy
New Jersey
Tle
Robbery Report St. Joseph Tourist Case On Second Street
A tourist case belonging to Carl Pennington of St. Joseph was stolen from his car Monday evening on Second Street between Central and Copper. The case contained a suit of clothes four shirts and other articles.
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Carl Pennington
St. Joseph
Second Street
Central
Copper
Former British Army Officer Denied U S Admission
A special board of inquiry at Ellis Island denied Captain Sydney H. Fortune, former British army officer, admission to the United States on moral grounds linked to his 1918 divorce. He arrived at quarantine and was sent to Ellis Island. he previously served with the Graves Commission in the Near East.
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New York
Ellis Island
Sydney H. Fortune
United States
Fortune
Graves Commission
Near East
Man's Skeleton Found Hanging From Bedpost
Milwaukee December 21 persist ence of Edward Anderson rent collector led to breaking down a room door and finding the skeleton of tenant John Plstenek hanging from a bedpost. Plstenek, a stevedore, had been away often and had not responded to monthly visits since July. No motive for the death by his own action is known.
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Milwaukee
Edward Anderson
John Plestenek
Plestenek
Anderson
Chicago
Man Held in Roswell Over Moon Car Sale
D I Moore is held in Roswell New Mexico pending investigation into his role in selling a Moon touring car in Hagerman for 150 dollars. Police acted after the recently sold car raised suspicions and Department of Justice officials in Ohio were reported involved.
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Jain Roswell
N. M
D. J. Moore
Hagerman
Moore
Department of Justice
Ohio
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B. J. Gould
Th Son
Texas House of Representatives
Tor Horlick
Mesa, Canyon
Pueblo
Charles Lummis
West Central
Ord
Bugs Curios
Atalogue
Flatt Price
Maisel
Alvarado Hotel
Ramage Company
Artesia Field
Artesia Oil
Lane Wells
Levers-Carper
Pink
Reinsmith
Steele
Boxer Ens
McCorkingdale
Yang- Tsin
Matson
William J. Bryson
Elizabeth Tongue
Bryson
Board
St. Luke’s Hospital
U. S
Fogg
West Central Avenue
Raabe & Mauger’s
Telephone
Perrin
Silver Avenue
Mulberry
Yale
Cleveland
Crowley
The
Morning Journal
Uralgia
Hunt
Butt’s Drug Stores
Cay
Southwestern Educational
Chas
RE. McClure
West Copper
Slobe-Wernicke Agency
Windsor
Mantel
Tot Bikes
Pioneer Furniture Co
North Second Street
Cutlery
Wiss
RAABE
Mauger
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