Compact groups are heavy stockholders in oil firms
The Senate oil committee heard from Prairie Oil and Gas president James F. O Neill and Standard Oil of New York president H C Folger about control stakes, with eight and four major holders owning 37 and 25 percent respectively. O Neill listed eight top holders including Rockefeller family members and related trusts. Folger cited four top owners led by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Production peak and future reliance on foreign supply were noted, along with large cash and stock dividends since 1911 and tax payments.
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Washington
Prairie On and Gate Company
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Senate Oil Investigating Committee
James F. c.Neill
H. C. Folger
Gi. E K. Roe
O' Neill
Folger
Mr. O'Neill
Prairie Oi and Gas Company
Edward &. Harkness
Northern Finances Corporation
John B. Rockefeller, Jr
A. M. Harkness
Henry H. Houston
General Educational Board
Laura Spellman Rockefeller
A- M. Harkness
Edward
Harkness
Northern Finance Corporation
O'Neill
la Follette
Mid-Continent
Prairie OF and Gas Company
United States
Standard of New York
Wolger
Patrolling Ireland to Halt Train Wrecks with Blockhouses
A Dublin dispatch says Ireland will deploy rail line blockhouses like those in the South African war. Each position will be a few miles apart and garrisoned by 54 to 100 men. Unauthorized near the rails may be shot on sight.
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London
Ireland
Daily Mail
Dublin
Burial of Poland's President Narutowicz
Gabriel Narutowicz, Poland’s president for two days, was buried in a cathedral crypt today. The funeral drew the new president, cabinet, senate, diet, and many diplomats as bells tolled and a 101 gun salute marked the ceremony.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Gabriel Narutowicy
Poland
Senate
Diet
Weather Outlook for Denver and Southwest States
Denver areas report fair weather for Saturday and Sunday. New Mexico expects continued mild temperatures in the east portion. Arizona forecasts fair skies with little temperature change through the weekend.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Arizona
Weather Summary From University Report
Conditions for the twenty four hours ended at 6 p m yesterday show a clear day with southwest wind. Highest temperature 31 degrees, humidity at 6 p m 27 percent, precipitation 0. The record was compiled by the university.
Two Arrested Here Held for Safe Blowing
Two men were arrested in Los Lunas after safes at the post office and Huning Mercantile were blown open between midnight Thursday and morning. Sheriff Tondre seeks a third suspect, called the leader, believed to have done the actual safe blowing and a recent Bernalillo safe raid. The haul totaled about 700 dollars and federal investigators led by Ernest A. Abney will study the post office burglary.
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Los Lunas
Joseph Tondre
Tondre
Bud Ward
George Driver
Tordre
Huning Mercantile Company
Diego Aragon
Tos Lunas
Log Lunas
Berelas Bridge
Albuquerque
Third Street
Central Avenue
Con
Ward
Bernalillo
Barelas Bridge
Los Tunas
Ernest A. Abney
Borah Pushes Conference on Naval Arms Race
Washington heard extended Senate debate on naval disarmament and a call for an international conference to limit ships under 10 000 tons and aircraft not covered by the Washington treaty. Senator Borah urged action while Poindexter and Stanley warned Congress cannot cut taxes by abolishing the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Poindexter
House
Stanley
Kentucky
President Sues Havener for 100000 Damages in Mine Case
George B. Orr former general manager sues Charles E. Havener president of Colorado Utah Mines Holding for 100000 in Chicago. Orr had been exonerated yesterday of a 152000 embezzlement charge over securities he claimed belonged to him.
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Chicago
Deg
Charles E. Havener
Colorado-Utah Mines Holding Company
Orr
Government aloof to plan for commission on reparation
Official circles in Washington indicate that the proposal to appraise Germany is not approved. The report notes the government stance is cautious and undecided on forming a reparations commission.
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Washington
Germany
Plan on European reparations remains undecided
Washington reports the United States remains noncommittal on a proposed American backed commission to study Germany’s ability to pay reparations. Officials deny government backing while not ruling out potential future diplomacy or mediation by others amid the unsettled European settlement talks.
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Washington
Associated Press
American Commission
Commission
United States
Europe
State Department
Chamber of Commerce of
Germany
Six Sailors Rescued After Battle at Sea
The freighter Menominee 1000 miles from the Atlantic coast picked up a lifeboat with six exhausted sailors from the Gordon Rudge of St Johns Newfoundland. They abandoned their vessel after a fierce storm on the return from Torreviega Spain with salt fish. The Menominee is due to arrive in New York on Tuesday.
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New York
Atlantic
Menominee
Gordon Rudge
St. Johns
N. F
Torreviega
Spain
Dearborn Street Station to be Rebuilt by Eight Railroads
The Dearborn Street railroad station, partly destroyed by fire yesterday, will be repaired and used again by eight railroads that have long used it as their terminal. Owners led by President H. G. Hetzler of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railway announced repairs would start at once.
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Chicago
Dearborn Street
H. G. Hetzler
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
Happenings at Washington in tabloid form
President Tilarcing granted Christmas pardons to three federal prisoners. A Capper Truth in Fabric bill report was ordered by the senate interstate commerce committee. The house rejected a 360 009 dollar request for seed distribution by congress members. The senate opened naval appropriation debates. Alien Property Custodian Miller urged return of Austrian war era seizures. McKellar proposed abrogating discriminatory treaties in shipping bill amendments. Morse denied permission to travel to Rome for medical consultation. Prairie Oil and Gas president ONeill testified that ten years hence US refiners may rely on foreign fields for half supply.
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Tilarcing
Capper
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Austria-Hungary
Miller
United States
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Charles W. Morse
New York
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Rome
James E. O'Neill
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Washington Officials Stars Shop Early for Christmas
Postmaster General Hubert D. Work urged early shopping and mailing. Mrs. Work led by example and other members of President Harding's official families followed suit as wives were photographed holiday shopping in Washington.
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Hubert D. Work
Mrs. Work
Washington
Bers
Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Henry C. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Hubert Work
Freight Rates Reduced Across Nation Say Western Railways
The Western railways committee on public relations reports freight rates have fallen about 12 percent in the last year, costing railroads $471 million annually. They warn further reductions threaten national prosperity while noting farm prices and other commodities rise, with western lines losing about $266 million annually due to rate cuts.
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Chicago
Western Railways Committee On Public Relations
SM. Felton
Western Territory
Western Railways
Western
Parker bank vice president to face new counts trial
Alva L. Smith, found guilty of embezzling 6000 in Parker Arizona bank funds, will be retried next Tuesday on additional counts. The judge set December 29 for sentencing as courts prepare for further trials on false entries and misappropriation related to the Parker bank failure.
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Arizona
Yuma. Ariz
Alva
Smith
Valley Bank
Parker
Parker Bank
Valley Bank of
First State Bank
Clarita
Oklahoma
Fred Ingraham
Cire Eles
San Diego
Calif
Mexico
California
Nebraska
Stephens
Christmas tensions at Lausanne talks threaten minority rights
At Lausanne the sub-commission on minorities reports sharp Turkish opposition to exemptions for Christian minorities from military service and to protecting cemeteries. Riza Nur Bey refuses to commit, angering allies who seek to honor League of Nations protections for women and children seized and Islamized during the war.
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Tausanne
Sub-Commission On Minorities
Risa Nur Bey
Angora
Moscow
Turkey
Laroche
Riza Nur Hey
Riza Nur Pey
League of Nations
Lausanne
Turey
Mexican cut export duty on cotton to aid growers
The Mexican government announced a ruling abolishing export duty on cotton shipped into the United States and held in Honduras before returning to Mexico. The change amounts to a Christmas gift of 2.50 dollars per bale for many cotton growers.
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Calexico
Caln
United States
Mexico
Gold Coins Demand Drives Premium for 2 1/2 Dollar Pieces
In New York on December 22 a brisk demand for two and a half dollar gold pieces for Christmas gifts has pushed their price higher. Banks are offering as much as $2.90 to $3 per coin as the coins grow scarcer each year.
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New York
Fear changes in Federal Reserve may harm nation
New York December 5 Jewis Pier son president of the Merchants Association of New York and chairman of Irving National Bank warns President Ardington that merchants fear changes in the Federal Reserve System could wreck the economy. He urges immediate action to keep the system from disarray and repeats fears of a replay of the First and Second Banks crises.
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New York
Jewis Pierson
Merchants Association of New York
Irving National Bank
Ardington
United States
Federal Reserve
Argentine GellS Products Wheat and Cattle Sale to Greece
The department of commerce was advised that a provisional contract has been arranged for the Argentine government to sell 800000 tons of wheat and 19000 head of life cattle to Greece.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Cable Today
Greece
Hooded Mob 15 Relieved of Death of Mer Men
The report describes hooded group killings along with U S officers and state troops in Mer Rouge and La Fourche area. Missing men Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards tied to kidnappings are identified among partial remains. Investigators pursue ringleaders while searches for bodies and dynamite blasts unfold.
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Mer Rouge
la Fourche Lake
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richards
Dpartment of Justice
New Orleana
Mon National Guard
Apartment of Justice
Governo
Ganz
France backs Washington pact ratification amid four power treaty debate
Paris December 22 The French government backs ratification of the Washington naval agreement with Premier Poincaré and Aristide Briand leading the push. Andre Tardieu and Briand support the measures while George Mandel resists. A sub commission will report after New Year as open chamber debate seems unlikely before January 15 due to budget matters.
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Paris
Foreign Affairs Commission
Chamber of Deputies
Poineare
Washington
Aristide Briand
M. Poineare
United States
Senate
Srandegee
Connecticut
Brandegee
M. Briand
Andre Tardieu
Clementists
George Mandel
Clemenceau
M. Sarrut
Poincare
M. Veincare
M. Guernier
France
Italy
M. Guerrier
YMCA joins in anti Arbuckle protest
Dr John R Mott of the international committee of the YMCA of North America protests Roscoe Arbuckle's reinstatement after Hays lifts the ban. He says youth worshippers should not be exposed to films recalling past orgies and urges rehabilitation away from motion pictures.
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New York
John Re Mott
International Committee of the
Young Men's Christian Association of North America
Will H. Haya
Roscoe
Patty" Arbuckle
Mr. Hays
Comminittee
As T Do
Young Men's Christian Associations
North America
Roscoe Arbuckle
Criqui Given Ultimatum Oh Kilbane Bow
New York boxing promoter Tom O Rourke cabled European featherweight champion Criqui offering a Kilbane title defense on Decoration Day at the Polo Grounds with a $25 000 guarantee or 20 percent of gate receipts. If Criqui refused Dundee would be matched with Kilbane for the title. O Rourke also seeks a July 4 heavyweight bout at the Polo Grounds involving Dempsey.
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New York
Tom Rourke
Lugene Criqui
Johnny Kilbane
Cleveland
Polo Grounds
Criqui
O'Rourke
Robert Jubetine
Johnny Dundee
Kilbane
Dundee
Tom Gibbons
Jessi Mard
Joe Beckett
Jack Dempsey
Governor Parker declines to outline next step in Morehouse kidnapping case
Baton Rouge Louisiana December 22 Governor Parker refuses to outline actions planned after investigations begin this week in the Morehouse kidnapping case. He spoke briefly to newspaper men on the sheet and gave no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Colernor Parker
Morehouse
SEACHTIME GUN COMPANY Ordered to Active Service
New Orleans December 22 The Sea Time gun company PD 156th Infantry Louisiana national guard ordered into active service by Adjutant General Toom and will entrain at 7:30 p m The destination is Morehouse parish seat Bastrop The departure also of Attorney General Coco for Morehouse taken as an indication the state will proceed with arrests and prosecutions in a murder case involving two men found in a lake
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New Orleans
Chine Gun Company
156Th Fantry v
Louisiana National Gun
Toom
Bostrop
Morehay
Attor General
Coco
Morehouse
Cambridge honors Ge rwen with nine varsity letters
Cambridge Massachusetts reports Ge rwen of Newton to end his college career in June after earning nine varsity letters in baseball and hockey, as announced by the Aly Bulletin.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Gerwen
Newton
Sity
Aly Dulletin
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Lake Cooper
Me Rouge
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O’rourke
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