Oil Trial Brings Fame and Fees to Washington Lawyers
Frank J. Hogan's reputation grows as he may net around a million for his role in the oil case. Wilton J. Lambert's chief counsel fee nears $200,000, while Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene face uncertain sums for their public-spirited defense. Acquittal in the Fall-Doheny trial leaves Washington lawyers debating value and punishment in public opinion. Senator Walsh, called the gray wolf, notes the verdict may still taint Fall and Doheny in the court of public opinion.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
Frank J. Hogan
Probbie
Wilton J. Lambert
Fall
Hogan
United States
Owen J. Roberts
Atlee Pomerene
Roberts
Pomerlene
Coolidge
Congress
Pomerene
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Senate
Walsh
Doheny
District Court
Gasoline explosion destroys tank ship near Vancouver
A gasoline vessel named Houla O, 76 feet long, was destroyed by an explosion attributed to an engine backfire near Barnet eight miles east of Vancouver. James and Oscar Orpana were the only two people aboard and were seriously injured.
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Vancouver
B. C
Barnet
Here
James
Oscar Orpana
Phoenix Sees Coldest Winter Day With Frost Risk
Phoenix on a Sunday recorded a high of 48 and a low near 28 degrees, pushing citrus crops close to damage. Orchardists anticipate no loss as temperatures edge back up overnight according to weather notes.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Dev
Phoenix
Weather forecast for Denver area and New Mexico
Unsettled conditions in northern parts with warmer highs in the southeast. Monday shows highest temperatures near 37 and lows around 12 with humidity around 82 percent by 6 p m. Partly cloudy conditions expected with light trace precipitation and light south to southeast wind.
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Denver
Cole
Lee
New Mexico
Man Tries to Burn Milwaukee Hospital in Grudge
In Milwaukee Wisconsin a former hospital employee set a basement fire at Columbia Hospital endangering eighty patients as smoke filled corridors. John Donlon eighty from Minneapolis confessed to the arson attempt saying he felt unfairly treated and was arrested at Soldiers Home.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Columbia Hospital
John Donlon
Minneapolis
National Soldiers Home
Donlon
Rockefeller tofund New Riverside Church in New York
John D Rockefeller Jr donates to build a monumental Riverside Church on Riverside Drive at 122nd Street. The structure will imitate Chartres exterior and Albi interior, rise 375 feet with Laura Spellman Rockefeller memorial tower and largest carillon, seating 2,500 with Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick as pastor.
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New York
Riverside Church
John Dd, Rockefeller, Jr
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Riverside Drive
United States
Laura Spellman Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Ingersoll Boy Killed. Watchman Confesses
CIHIEBROKEE Okla Dec 26 Gilbert Hutchinson 14 Ingersoll school boy is dead Roy Hutchinson and his father Guy Hutchinson injured in a shooting at Ingersoll near here Sunday afternoon Co K Marbel a 70 year old negro watchman confessed to killing the boy and wounding the others saying he had waited two years for a chance to kill the Hutchinsons and gave no other reason.
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Alfalfa County
Ranchman to Speak on Murder Case Monday Morning
Farwell Texas December 26 George J Hessell charged with murder in connection with the death of his wife and eight step children said he would make a complete statement Monday while recovering from injuries. The mutilated bodies were found in a cellar on Hessell farm near here last Friday with a bloody axe nearby. The nine victims were buried in one grave Saturday.
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Farwell
Texas
George J. Hessell
Haseell
Nicaragua Crisis Sparks U S Intervention Debate In Mexico
Herman Roble, under secretary of education in Nicaragua, warned in Mexico City that U S armed intervention would trigger prolonged war and heavy losses. He rejected Mexico aiding the liberals, denied a secret treaty with Bucasa, and said private interests drive calls for intervention while few Mexicans fight with liberal forces.
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Mexico City
United States
Nicaragua
Diaz
Herman Roble
Juan Bautista Sacasa
Puerto Cabezas
Mexico
Senor Robleto
Latimers
Bregman Bluff Lumber Company
Sacasa
Chamorro
Bucasa
No trouble reported from marine base at Puerto Cabezas
Washington reported no further advices after Rear Admiral Latimer landed marines at Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua and declared the area a neutral zone near American property. Officials assumed the move successful with no incidents by Sunday.
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Washington
Latimer
Eberhardt
Managua
Puerto Cabezas
Nicaragua
State Department
Nicaraguan
Sacasa Liberals
State
Navy Department
Insurance Man Dead in Rochester After Operation
I Dee 26 and Ely Easterly 64 died Sunday in Rochester Minnesota after an operation. Easterly was from Denver Colorado and a national director of the Modern Weeden of America, a fraternal insurance society with headquarters here.
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Rock Island
I. Dee
Easterly
Rochester
Minn
Denver
Colo
Middle West
Weeden of America
Barking of a Dog Saves 125 From Death on Hell Gate
A fireboat George B. McClellan and tug Frank A. Furst towed 26 adrift coal barges with 125 bargemen and families from Hell Gate reefs after a dog’s bark summoned aid. The crew awoke to cries amid sleet and high winds, guiding the vessels to safety at a Brooklyn pier.
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Hell Gate Reefs
New York
Hell Gate
East Thirty-eighth Street
George B. MecClellan
John Hughes
Mill Rock
Frank A. Furst
Brooklyn
Butler Warns Nation Needs Massive Naval Build Up
Westchester Pa December 26 Representative Thomas S Butler, chair of the House naval affairs committee, urged rapid naval expansion. He warned the United States must spend about 400 million dollars to build a new navy, claiming postwar cuts have left America a distant third or lower in naval power. He criticized the 5-5-3 treaty and predicted the pact expires in 1922, urging renewed strength and readiness.
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Westchester
Thomas
Butler
House
Naval Affairs Committee
United States
Congress
Naval Affairs Committees
Missing Washington woman seen in Arkansas
Police chased a lead that Mrs Gladys W Houck wife of Dr Knutte Houck was spotted Thursday in Blytheville Arkansas while missing for nearly two weeks. The husband remained at the hospital under observation and believed she may be alive despite prior alarms.
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Washington
Gladys W. Houck
Blytheville
Ark
Preas
Snow Blocks Road Traffic In Arizona Mountain Pass
Heavy snow fell Sunday in the Miami to Superior mountain pass, reaching four inches with deep drifts that halted traffic on the Superior Miami road and stranded nearly a hundred cars overnight.
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Superion
Ariz
Miami
Superior
Superior-Mlami
Chicago finds eight percent pure liquor in holiday gifts
Chicago health officials warn that up to ten million dollars of holiday liquor marketed as gifts was poisoned. Dr Herman Bundesen estimates eight to ten percent was genuine liquor and notes most of the rest could cause later health breakdowns. A fatal liquor incident was reported as police investigate.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Eleven Dead in New York Prom Drinking
Eleven people died after drinking liquor during Christmas holidays in New York. Eight deaths in Manhattan were linked to improperly rectified alcohol and impurities, with additional deaths in Brooklyn. Dr Norris noted higher fatalities last Christmas with eighteen.
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New York
Manhattan
Charles Norris
Brooklyn
Norris
Quakes Ravage Albanian Coast Towns
Violent tremors shake the Durazzo region for days as a new crater erupts nearby. A lake boils and residents flee in fear amid the mountain shocks and ongoing aftereffects.
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Tirana
Albania
Durazzo
Albanian earthquake devastates Durazzo housing
Royal legation reports a violent quake destroying numerous houses at Durazzo Albania leaving over 1000 people homeless Premier Mussolini orders aid measures to assist the affected residents and provide relief actions.
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Rome
Daurazzo
Albania
Durazzo
Belter
Mussolini
Victims of Santa Fe Road Crash Buried in Greeley
Funeral services were held here for Edna Crawford Mrs Clara Pearson and Allen Crawford who died in an automobile accident near Santa Fe New Mexico last Thursday. The body of Mrs Pearson was sent to Amesworth Iowa. Mr and Mrs Thomas Bellwood of Playstaff Arizona attended the services. Four other passengers escaped with minor injuries and were able to attend.
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Greeley
Colo
Edna Crawford
Clara Pearson
Allen Crawford
Santa Fe
N. M
Mra
Pearson
Almsworth
Iowa
Mia
Thomas Bellwood
Playstaff
Ariz
Carol disappears for Christmas as Lupescu left behind
Paris dispatch reports former Crown Prince Carol of Romania likely spends Christmas on the Riviera after leaving Mme Lupescu, the red haired lover, behind. The break with Lupescu damages his throne prospects, with Bucharest circles downplaying a Bucharest visit as unlikely.
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Paris
Carol of Romania
Neuilly
Riviera
Mme, Lupescu
Neailly
Bucharest
Labor leader forecast optimistic 1927 for industries
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor predicts 1927 will be as good or better than 1926 as industries adopt production policies. He cites high wages, strong union influence on costs, wage gains on eastern railroads, and improving construction but notes coal and textiles must raise efficiency. He sees reduced communist influence in New York and calls for unions to plan to keep pace with progress.
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Washington
William Green
Amercan Federation of Labor
American Federationist
Baltimore and Ohio
Canadian National Railroad
New York City
Four French Sailors Drowned After Vessel Collision
Twenty four sailors aboard the French bark Eugene Schneider are believed drowned after a collision with the British freighter Burutu off the channel Christmas night. Four men survived by scrambling onto the Burutu, with 28 crew aboard the bark on its West Africa voyage from Dallas to Ghert.
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Portland
Eng
Eugene Schneider
Channel
Hither
West Africa
Monumental Monett Pioneer Patrick Martin Dies at 71
Patrick Martin, longtime Monett resident and financier, died at 3 40 a m he was 71. A brother of Albuquerque women Mrs Luke Walsh Mrs Barney Spears and Mrs P J Mee Farland he built Monetts first brick building and founded its Citizens Bank later serving as mayor under both old and new government systems. He helped establish city credit and led local business for years.
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Monett
Dee
Patrick Martin
Mr. Martin
Mra
Luke Walsh
Barney Spears
P. J. Mee Farland
Albuquerque
Martin
Citizens Bank
State Bank
Floods Trigger Deaths in Arkansas Tennessee and Nashville Evacuations
Reports from Arkansas and Tennessee say floods and storms caused three deaths in Arkansas and Tennessee and forced about 2000 residents from Nashville homes. The Cumberland River reached 61 feet with crest likely higher around 63.7 feet, while Mississippi and nearby rivers also swelled. Rescue crews used canoes as floods marooned families and damaged roads.
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Arkansas
Tennessee
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Columbus
Pine Bluff
Ark
West Point
Winona
Macon
Mies
Somersville
Kelief
Cumberland River
Chattanooga
Middle Gas
Ohio
Cumberland
Nashville Flood Drives 2000 From Homes Overnight
The Cumberland River flood forced about two thousand people from North and East Nashville or to evacuate, with police estimates and surveys covering the affected areas. Relief work began Saturday and continued through Sunday night.
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Nashville
Tenn
North
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