Fall Ordered Secrecy in Dome Leasing Testimony
In Washington Oct 20 Albert B Fall prompts secrecy claims at Teapot Dome trial saying interior assistant secretary Finney must interpret leasing laws. Government lawyers show Finneys letters to inquirers misled applicants about Teapot Dome lease prospects as Fall seeks secrecy in negotiations with Sinclair. Fall appears healthier. Mrs Fall returns to courtroom as trial continues.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Justice Siddons
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
E. C. Finney
Fall
United States Supreme Court
Naval Oil Reserve
Interior
Owen J. Roberts
C. B. Upland
Minneapolis
Finney
Sinclair
Roberts
Edward L. Doheny
Butler
Supreme Court
Weather forecast and today’s temperatures
The forecast calls for a fair night and Friday. Temperature readings show 54 at 7 am, 54 at 8 am, 59 at 9 am, 65 at 10 am, 72 at 11 am, 77 at noon, and 79 at 1 pm. One year ago readings were 66 and 45 degrees.
Aged English Ruralist Robbed by Girls in cafe
William Blackburn, 70, visiting London Ontario, claimed he was having a good time with Ethel Russell and another woman when $1,000 in bills vanished from his pocket after they left for tea. Police later linked Miss Russell to the theft, sentencing her to eight weeks in custody.
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United Press
London
Ont
Ethel Russell
William Blackburn
Rochdale
Ethel
Blackburn
Clerkenwell
Miss Russell
Press Bureau Official Addresses Amarillo Rotarians
Roy Baumgartner head of the Dallas bureau of the Associated Press spoke to Amarillo Rotarians at the Amarillo hotel about AP’s global news gathering. Seth R Steele highlighted Hi Y work in schools and sought Rotary support. Dick Ozenbaugh of Denver Sewerpipe and Tile spoke briefly. a rotating informal choir led by Will Smith and others provided the club music.
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Associated Press
Roy Baumgartner
Dallas
Amarillo
Dick Ozenbaugh
Denver Sewerpipe and Tile Company
Denver Lions Club
Will Smith
Larry Ferree
John Cunningham
Ed Enochs
Elmer Lewis
Emil Myers
Jess Rogers
Charley Gregg
Flood Control Seen as Nation's Big Problem
Secretary of War Davis called flood control the biggest national problem and essential business to prevent a disaster like last spring's. He spoke at a Pine Bluff breakfast urging states to back one comprehensive plan to convince Congress the solution is desired and satisfactory.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
Davis
Congress
Mexican Arrested in Knife Affray Here
Sachez Rominex was arrested by Special Santa Fe Officer Nolan this morning in connection with the stabbing of Bioenti Hernandez yesterday afternoon in the Santa Fe yards. Hernandez was severely cut, the knife driven through his arm in one place. He expected to recover after initial fears of fatal injuries.
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Sachez Rominex
Santa Fe
Nolan
Bioenti Hernandez
Hernandez
Two O Clock In the Morning Carrier’s Early Delivery Service
A News-Globe carrier begins his work at two thirty to gather papers and roll them for routes. He must leave the office before four and have papers delivered to doors by six. Readers are urged to give exact change as thanks for the early service.
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News-Globe
Denver to Run Fair Special for State Fair
The Fort Worth and Denver railway planned a Panhandle-Colorado special to Dallas for Amarillo and Panhandle residents attending the State fair. Tickets at 9.95 good through Monday night with return on any regular train, standard lower Pullman 4.13 one way. About 120 reservations were made. the local groups later called off the plan amid allegations of a gentlemen’s agreement violating the law.
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Fort Worth
Tri-State Fair
Houston
Harve H. Haines
Board of City Development
Haines
Tri-State Fair Association
Dallas
Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Wells Is Given Death Penalty At Coleman
The Associated Press reports in Coleman on October 20 that O. Wells was found guilty of murder with the death penalty. Wells, a convict, was brought from the state penitentiary to face charges for killing J. A. Mitchell at Coleman on January 27, 1927. He denied guilt and claimed alibi, and was a fugitive when Mitchell, a storekeeper, was shot by a masked robber.
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Associated Press
Coleman
O. ©. Wells
Wells
State Penitentiary
J. A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Grand Jury to Investigate Burial Incident
Borger reports on the reburial of Mildred Eva Elston at St Francis as the case awaits a December grand jury in Stinnett. Undertaker C. T. Dobbins faces a $2000 bind over. debate over broken legs and embalming quality follows.
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Borger
St. Francis
Mildred Eva Elston
Stinnett
C. T. Dobbins
L. F. Dodd
Dobins
Elston
Michigan
Our Darling
Pickets Posted At Colorado Coal Mines
Industrial Workers of the World leaders ordered further action to paralyze Colorado coal, with about 150 pickets blocking 200 miners in Huerfano County. Pickets formed on West Seventh Street in Walsenburg, some miners’ wives present. Six arrests occurred at Big Turner mine and Kebler No 2. Turner, Kebler No 2, and Lester mines closed as workers faced threats. 36 Turner workers and 50 Kebler No 2 workers were on shift yesterday. Lester saw 162 workers report but then pickets circulated to halt operations.
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United Press
Denver
Industrial Workers of the World Today
Colorado
Huerfano County
West Seventh Street
Walsenburg
Big Turner
Kebler No. 2
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Turner Mine
Kebler
Big Lester
Senator Fess Criticized by President for Talking Too Much
Senator Fess of Ohio said at the White House today that President Coolidge severely reproved him for publicly predicting Coolidge would be nominated in 1924. Fess claimed the president feared the country would think he himself sought to be drafted, and that the president would not consent to a draft.
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Associated
Washington
Fess
Ohio
White House
Coolidge
Stay granted for Catherine Cansler pending appeal
In Chicago on October 20 Judge William V. Brothers granted a one week stay of execution for Mrs. Catherine Cansler, originally scheduled to be hanged tomorrow for her role in the William Lindstrom murder. The delay allows time for appeal to the state supreme court as Judge Sullivan returns from abroad.
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Associated Arena
Chicago
Catherine Cassler
William V. Brothers
Cook County Criminal Courts
Judge Brothers
Phillip L. Sullivan
Cressler
State Supreme Court
Cansler
William Lind
Three Mexicans Held in Amarlo Holdup Case
Three Mexicans arrested by Amarillo police on charges of holdup. They allegedly robbed Felipe Otero of 141 dollars and Francisco Barajas of 9640 dollars Wednesday night in the Santa Fe yards. Suspects named are Francisco Rodriguez, Francisco Sanchez, and Rode Regas. Police found stolen merchandise and Panhandle officers planned to identify more items linked to a recent robbery.
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Amarillo
Felipe Otero
Francisco Barajas
Santa Fe
R. P. Francisco
Francisco Sanchez
Rode Regas
Panhandle
D. W. to Represent at Railway Meet in Fort Worth
Biggs, secretary of the Amarillo Real Estate board, will assist Col. Harvey Haines of the Board of City Development. He departs for Fort Worth early next week for the state meeting of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and a women’s auxiliary gathering. Biggs aims to secure conventions for Amarillo.
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J. . Biggs
Amarillo
Exhibitors Won’t Be Punished Over Fight Film Shipments
Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard ruled that motion picture exhibitors showing the Dempsey Tunney fight pictures in states outside Illinois cannot be punished under the interstate commerce act forbidding transportation of the films. The ruling came as the grand jury investigating fight film transport asked for explanation of the statute.
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United Press
New York
Ilinois
Henry W. Goddard
Goddard
New York State
Baby Drowns in Ice Cream Freezer
Abilene report says 18 month old Vincent Volbert, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Volbert, fell headfirst into an ice cream freezer with four inches of water and drowned. His mother, one of seven children, missed the youngster during a search.
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