Oil Trust Denounced in Senate Inquiry Report
The La Follette oil investigation committee charged Standard Oil with controlling the industry through interlocking ownership, distribution, and price manipulation. The report urges a uniform bookkeeping system, monthly interstate reports, real pipe lines, revised freight rates, and possible prosecution for price fixing to curb evils in the oil trade.
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Washington
Standard
Supreme Court
la Fol
Senate
Iis
Stand- Oil Company of
New Jersey
Vnry
Standard Oil Iater
Jersey Company
Ous Standard Oil
Eipal
Tony
Oiipanies
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Hand
United States
Department of Ice
Weather Forecast for Enver and Arizona
Partly cloudy conditions forecast for Enver Cale on Monday with rising temperatures. Arizona expected to be fair and warmer into Tuesday with continued fair conditions. Local report notes yesterday's high temperatures and humidity readings near 42 degrees.
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Enver
Cale
Nice
Por
Wis
P. Is
Dar
Labor Shortage Probable as Spring Arrives
New York March 4 AP reports continued strength in commodity and security prices with high industrial activity. Steel prices rise and copper gains. Iron Age index at 27.49. Cotton hits new highs as May futures reach 30.84, with a projected 12,069,000 bales needed to restore balance. Railroads show improving January earnings while labor shortage fears grow in steel and other industries.
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New York
Associated Press
Steel Industr
Federal Reserve Bank
Electrocution Deemed Painless by Stanford Professor
Stanford University reports Professor Frederick J Kowere testifies electrocution is painless after surviving a 2,900 volt shock during a physics experiment. He says he felt no pain or sensations until revival fifteen minutes later. His assistant’s removal of wool socks interrupted the circuit, saving his life.
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Stanford University
Calift
Frederick J. Kowere
Rogers
Swallow Released After Oath Refusal in Klan Case
Guy W. Swallow former Topeka police chief was jailed after refusing to take an oath as a witness in the supreme court hearing on the ouster suit against the Ku Klux Klan. He was released after the supreme court ordered his release when he agreed to be sworn.
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Topeka
Kans
Guy W. Swallow
Supreme Court
Ku Iklux Klan
Chicago Family Found Dead in Restaurant Acid Tragedy
In Chicago on March 4, William Kratzenberg 40 years old, his wife 69, and their four children were found slain by fumes from a deadly acid used as a disinfectant by restaurateur Peter Vordachyak. W Hall, agent for the National Hygienic Corp, and Vordachyak were arrested as investigators note the gas kills in seconds. Representative William Powers, who lived in the Kratzenberg home, discovered the bodies after leaving a window open. The coroner said the fumes were lethal within four seconds.
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Chicago
William Kratzenberg
Mary
Peter Vordachyak
W. Hall
National Hygienic Corporation of
Cleveland
William Powers
Kratzenberg
Powers
Joseph Springer
Hah
Harding and Party Plan Southern Vacation
President Harding and Mrs. Harding with a group of friends will depart Washington for a month in Florida. It will be the first vacation in a year for the president and the first trip beyond the White House since September. He leaves a light docket after clearing most major appointments.
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Washington
Congress
Harding
Wild protests drive changes in school code
Santa Fe reports a reworked school code after extensive revisions by a joint committee and conference, amid protests from rural districts. The measure aims to save funds through county control of superintendents and bus-transport reforms, with Governor Hinkle influencing provisions but not backing the code as an administration project.
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Santa Fe
Senate
Hinkle
Mechem
Night of Looting Grip Essen as Occupation Tensions Rise
Essen reports the wildest night since occupation began with looting of food stores and a major cabaret robbery by armed mobs described as communists. A German woman was killed by a French sentry near the central station amid clashes over military control and police shortages. The French seized Essen’s rolling stock and funds valued at one billion marks from the Reichsbank, to cover Rhine land army costs, with Belgian forces taking additional money from circulation.
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Essen
Preas
Dnemplore
Orly
Berlin
Duisburg
Rhineland
Congress Exhibited A Lack Of Vision Says Hull
Cordell Hull chairman of the Democratic National Committee declares the first two years of the Harding administration produced only failures and broken promises. He argues a Republican Congress showed lack of vision, constructive policy, and leadership, noting public belief in propaganda.
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Washington
Harding
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Republican Congress
Muir Sard
Priest II Stabbed During Mass in Bahia Blanca
Father Luis Perez was fatally stabbed during an early morning mass in Bahia Blanca Buenos Aires. A Danish suspect was arrested and has not yet confessed to the crime.
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Priest
Buenos Aires
Luis Perez
Bahia Blanca
Final Rural Credit Measure Signed by Harding
Washington March 4 The composite farm credit measure passed by both houses in the closing hours of the session was signed today by President Harding. It creates federal intermediate credit banks and national agricultural credit corporations, extends the War Finance Corporation to March 31, 1924, and provides a joint inquiry into federal reserve bank membership. House appointees include McFadden Dale Strong Wingo and Steagall.
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Washington
House
Senate
Harding
White House
Wallace
National Agricultural Credit Corporations
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
McFadden
Dale
Vermont
Strong
Kansas
Frepublicans
Wingo
Arkansas
Steagall
Alabama
Cemoerie
Be Kind to Animals Week Observances Noted
Chicago delegates designate April 9 to 14 for Be Kind to Animals Week with Humane Sunday on April 15. Denominations announce special observances promoting mercy to the weak and suffering as sermons and duties of the human race.
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Chicago
Mondell Praises Republican Administration in Farewell
Union text reports Wyoming Republican Mondell lauding the 67th Congress for its diligent handling of business and the Harding administration. He claims the period saw vast, rapid national progress and a strong record of economy and legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Mondoell
Wyoming
House
House of Representatives
Harding
Mendels
United States
Harding Sige Bill to Return Alien Property
Washington reports President Harding signed a bill returning alien property trusts of 10 000 dollars or less. Alien property custodian Thomas W Miller explains the act protects American German claims and releases 93 percent of seized wartime property, with provisions barring insurance firms that refused Californian claimants. The measure keeps remaining German assets under custodian control pending satisfaction of American claims and wedges against fugitives from justice.
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Washington
Harding
Thomas W. Miller
Germany
Colonel Miller
California
Miller
Senate
Bergdeh
Mixed Claims Commission
Judge John A. Riner of Cheyenne is Dead
John Alden Riner age 72 longtime U S district judge for Wyoming died at his Cheyenne home after a year of declining health. He retired last year, then the oldest federal judge in Wyoming, and had been a prominent Mason.
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John A. Riner
Cheyenne IS
Cheyenne
Wio
John Alden Riner
Wyoming
H Riner
Riner
Russaick wins Banff dog race grand prix
A. Shorty Russaick of The Pas Manitoba ran 100 mile race in 13 hours 16 minutes to win the dog race grand prix at Banff’s winter carnival earning 2560 dollars.
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Alta
Shorty"’ Russaick
The
Pas
Manitoba
Banff
Roadmaster Dies in Colorado Springs
Roadmaster of the Colorado division for the Rock Island railroad, John Bullivan, died in Colorado Springs at age 19. The brief obituary notes his role and sudden death in the local area.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
John
Bullivan
Colorado Division
The
Rock Island Railroad
Sears
Sweet measure signed by the President
Washington March 4 President Harding signed the Sweet bill to liberalize the veterans bureau benefits raising assisted service cases to three years. Capt C H Conk national commander of the Disabled American Veterans protests the bill calling it a shadow of its former self and cites extended eligibility as a gain for tuberculosis and mental cases.
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Washington
Harding
Veterans Bureau
C. H. Conk
Disabled American Veterans
Congress
Santa Fe House resolves welfare reform fight in one head bill
The New Mexico house cleared a welfare reform bill unifying child welfare under one budget head. Debate focused on expenditures from the current bureau budget, with opponents citing $13 000 yearly costs and proposals to cut overhead. The plan passed and was sent to the senate.
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Senate
Hesch
Eco
Ope
House
Representative Bent
Bent
Airplanes Land in Montgomery on Porto Rico Flight
Six U S De Havilland planes en route from Kelly Field San Antonio to San Juan Porto Rico landed in Montgomery Alabama at 2 30 p m with engine trouble delaying the third leg to Arcadia Florida Officials say a new motor will be installed here and take off may slip to tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday morning
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Ala
United States
Dehaviland
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
San Juan
Porto Rico
Lake Charles
Charles Austin
Newton Longfellow
Arcadia
Fla
Battling Siki sails for Dublin bout
Senegalese boxer Battling Siki sails from Cherbourg to Dublin aboard the President Adams for a March 17 bout with Mike McTigue. He travels with his wife and manager and laments the dry ship policy after asking for a stimulant.
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Cherbourg
Associated Press
Couzens blocks Senate action in McNary case
Senate fell short of confirming James G. McNary as comptroller of the currency after Senator Couzens of Michigan publicly questioned his fitness and delayed action. The vote collapsed in the final hours as other nominations also faced lapses, with no final decision on a recess appointment.
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Washington
James G. Mc Nary
Tesna
New Mexico
Couzena
Michigan
McNary
Senate
Joseph W. Tolbert
South Carolina
United States
Tolbert
Montana
Allied Debt Commission
Gians
Virginia
Simmons
North Carolina
Earl R. Vanderen
van Alstyne
Tex
H. L. Dawson
Prescott
Arizona
White House
Couzens
Ers
Peas
New York
Southwest
Curerency
Caesar
National Republican Campaign Fund
Watson
Indiana
Wing
Utah
Conzens
Aviator Killed When Bomber Forced Down Over Brooklyn
Lieut. Stanley Smith Army Air Service died of internal injuries after a Saint Martin bomber diverted and landed wheel-first in Brooklyn. Maj. Follett Bradley likely fatally injured. four student privates escaped with minor injuries. Officials from Chanute Field were aboard. the crash was linked to a broken control rod.
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Stanley Smith
Army Air Service
Maj
Follett Bradley
Siant Martin
Mitchelfield
Chanute Fleet
Rantoul TL
Broookiyn
Bradier
Chanute Field
Smith
Bradley
Oaty Seventh Congress Ends Witness Closing Scenes
A report highlights the end of the seventh congress with numerous witness closings and a claim that the greater share of time was spent in actual session than any prior period in the nation’s history.
Ninety Nine Bills Signed by Harding and Adjournment
Washington reports the sixty seventh congress adjourned sine die as President Harding signed the farm credit bill and 98 additional measures. The finale featured a Marine Band concert and a lively House scene as members fled for the recess amid late night sessions and ceremonial farewells.
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Harding
Capitol
Coolidge
Senate
House
Marine Band
Government Printing Office
Congressional Record
Department
Congress
Mae 4
Senate Chamber
Frelinghausen
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Sutherland
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Mississippi
Harrison
Dial
South Carolina
Hursum
New Mexico
Lodge
Massachusetts
Robinson
Arkansas
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