Depositional Testimony Details Teapot Dome Applicants
In Cheyenne on March 10 the trial for annulment of the Mammoth Oil Teapot Dome lease heard that several applicants besides Marty F. Sinclair were involved. Depositions from Beatty, Helms, and Shaffer showed prior discussions with Secretary Fall about leasing to independent producers, with unofficial sources indicating the reserve had been leased to Mammoth. The testimony suggested Fall kept the leasing open for further negotiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenne
Wyo
Marty F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Mammoth Oil Company
Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Producers’ and Refiniers’ Corporation
Birch Helms
New York
Texas Pacific Oil and Coal Company
Memmoth Company
Fall
Beatty
Helms
Kistler
John C. Shaffer
Evanston
Schaffer
G. K. Thomas
Denver
Pioneer Oil and Refining Company
Teapot Dome
Shaffer
Naval Reserve
Mammoth Company
Helms the
Haps
Eapot Dome
Salt Creek
Tomb far older than Tutankhamen’s found near Giza
A cable to Dr. George A. Reisner of Harvard confirms the tomb uncovered by the Harvard Boston Museum expedition near the Giza Pyramids is about 1700 years older than Tutankhamen’s tomb. Alan Rowe and Duncan Greenlees lead this project begun in 1909 after discovery in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mar
George A. Reisner
Harvard
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Giza Pyramids
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Alan Rowe
Dr. Reisner
Duncan Greenless
Seven Carnegie Men Arrained for Trial in Riot Case
Seven Carnegie residents were put on trial in Pittsburg criminal court on riot charges tied to a August 25, 1923, clash between town residents and Ku Klux Klan marchers in Carnegie. The judge refused a severance requested by defense attorney John B Rabb. Defendants named: William K Flaherty Joseph Joyce Lawrence Kemmel James McIntyre Chas R McKenna Timothy O’Donnell Ira Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Mar
Carnegie
John 8. Rabb
John ©. Haymaker
William K. Flaherty
Joseph Joyce
Lawrence Kemmel
James McIntyre
Cha
Unfilled Steel Orders Rise in March Totals
New York reports unfilled steel orders rose to 771 tons in the latest release, up 247 tons from the end of the prior month and the highest since August. Corporate subsidiaries averaged 98 percent capacity for ingots and 90 percent for finished steel, with shipments near 1,160,000 tons and new business around 1,100,000 tons. In the first three weeks, new orders exceeded shipments by about four thousand tons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Heavier penalties urged for dry law violations
A House sub committee report proposes a new Prohibition Agency separate from other bureaus with civil service agents and government purchase of bonded liquors. It calls for stricter penalties including minimum fines and mandatory prison terms for first offenses and higher transport and liquor penalties. The panel notes enforcement challenges are overstated and cites alleged prohibition benefits such as reduced crime and improved health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
House
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Hudson
Republican
Michigan
Prohibition
Civil Service
Commander Bagby Seriously Injured in Shell Test
Lieu tenant Commander Oliver W. Bagby of Missouri attached to the navy proving ground at Dahlgren Virginia was seriously injured when a shell test fragment ricocheted from the blast into his office compartment striking him in the chest. His full injuries were not known at the time and he was to be taken to the naval hospital in Washington for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Oliver W. Bagby
Missouri
Navy Proving Ground
Dahlgren
Proving Ground
Navy Department
Naval Hospital
Body Miss Reichert Recovered From River
The body of Miss Helen Reichert of Canton Illinois, a music student missing since February 18, was recovered from the Elster River, which has drained since yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela
Helen Reichert
Canton
Illinois
Elster
Five Year Mann Act Violation Sentences in W Va
Huntington, March 10. Judge McClintick sentences Harry Terry to five years for Mann act violations. J Pat Evans receives five months in Mingo jail and a $50 fine for Volstead act plea. Others plead guilty or are awaiting decisions in related prohibition cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
J. Pat Evans
Mingo County
George W. McClintick
Evans
Harry Terry
Twentynine
Harold Strasbaugh
Mrs Margaret Hall is removed from home in Philadelphia
Mrs Margaret Hall, who had defied authorities over a home in the Delaware River bridge approach, was removed by welfare federation workers and taken to comfort lodgings. Bridge construction crews delivered an ultimatum and work began on the Hall residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Margaret Hall
Delaware River Bridge
Welfare Federation
West Virginia legislators debate weekend adjournment plan
Charleston lawmakers wrestle with whether to adjourn the second session for a long weekend as a four day inspection trip by the joint building committee to the eastern panhandle looms. The plan and timing depend on whether to let committees advance hundreds of bills before reconvening Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Joint Building Committee
Panhandle
Charles G. Coffman
Senate
Coffman
House of Delegates
House
Edmund Sehon
Cabel County
BP. Bunker Reynolds
Hourly Inspections Ordered for Saloons in Chester
Chester police Chief Vance orders hourly inspections of all saloons and suspected liquor establishments with search warrants. If liquor is found, all personnel in the location should be arrested as part of a city cleanup drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Vance
Faiman Recalls Letter Tied to McClintock Case Inquest
Chicago on March 10 Dr C Faiman head of a bacteriology course school admitted in the state attorney’s office that he received a letter about a bacteriological course from a lawyer John Marchand former investigator for the school claimed the writer was William J Shepherd foster father of young Mc Clintock who died of typhoid last December leaving his estate to Shepherd with a 4000 dollar annuity to Isabella Pove Shepherd faces scrutiny as judge Harry Olson probes motives Mrs McClintock’s custody of the boy and the role of Mrs Fannie Helm are also mentioned in the probe now turning up in St Marys Kansas former home of Olson and Mrs McClintock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. Faiman
States’ Attorney's Office
William Nelson McClintock
John Marchand
William J. Shepherd
Young McClintock
Shepherd
Isabella Pove
Farman
Udge Harry Olson
Municipal Court
EmmacClintock
McClintock
Shepherds
St. Mary's
Kans
Judge Olson
J E Olson
Fannie Helm
Barrymore Not Able to Fill Engagement in Kansas City
Kansas City, March 10. Ethel Barrymore, noted actress, did not appear in a local performance tonight. An attack of arthritis forced cancellation of the first performance of a week's engagement, leaving her confined to her hotel. Her condition reported not dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kethel Barrymore
Girl Starts Fires And Attempted Murder In Kentucky
Frances O'Dell a thirteen year old girl confessed to setting kerosene fires in several houses in Callellsburg Kentucky and attempting to poison her stepfather by putting poison in his coffee. Police say she acted after her mother remarried and she appears normal aside from the anger. The fires caused little damage and were detected by the coffee odor. She will be held in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callellsburg
Frances O'Dell
Ford & Harvey win contract for street paving project
The city awarded Contract Street Paving 15 to Ford & Harvey of Lynchburg after a bid tabulation showed one course concrete paving with asphalt options. Hill Avenue grading was also awarded to Harry M. Waugh of Bluefield, with bids forwarded for state funding and further action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford & Harvey
Harry M. Waugh
Hill Avenue
Lynchburg
K. E. Reed
Thoney Pietro
Morgantown
Municipal Paving & Construction Co
Knoxville
Federal Asphalt Paving Co
Hamilton
Ohio
Charles A. Haggerty
Webster
Masa
Bluefield Paving Company
Bluefield
Tenn
K. Eg. Reed & Co
South Charleston
W. Va
Fidelity Construction Co
Mt. Hope
Webster, Mass
Rosenheim & Pemberton
Bluefield Jenkins Construction Co
Norton
J. O. Mitchell
Jenkins Construction Co
A. Lynch
H. W. Waugh
Narrow Escape in Senate Vote for Warren Attorney General
In Washington on March 10, Charles Beecher Warren of Michigan failed to become attorney general by a 41 to 39 vote after Vice President Dawes delayed. The deadlock ended when Dawes could not arrive in time, prompting possible resubmission or a recess appointment for the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Charles Beecher Warren
Michigan
United States
Senate
Dawes
Capitol
Reed
Pennsylvania
Tle
Aoe Eee Aetor Borth
Carole Oat Beeatorhs
Coolidge
White House
Beck
Justice Department
Congress
Bingham
Butler
Cameron
Capper
Cummins
Curtis
Dale
Deneen
Dupont
Ernest
Fernald
Fess
Gillett
Goff
Gooding
Hale
Harreld
Jones
Keyes
McKinley
McLean
McNary
Means
Metcalf
Moses
Oddie
Pepper
Pine
Sackett
Schall
Me Smoot
Spencer
Stanfield
Wadsworth
Watson
Weiler
Willis
Overman
Borah
Brookhart
Couzens
Frazier
Johnson
Ladd
McMaster
Norbeck
Norris
Ashurst
Bayard
Kease
Bratton
Broussard
Bruce
Caraway
Copeland
Ferris
Pletcher
George
Harris
Morrison
Heflin
King
McKellar
Mayfield
Neely
Pittman
Ralston
Ransdell
Missouri
Robinson
Sheppard
Simmons
Swanson
Trammell
Tyson
Walsh
Wheeler
Farmer-Labor
Shipstead
Warren
Mr. Dawes
Costgla
Trial of Millionaire W. E. Stokes Hinges on Wife Testimony
In Chicago the trial of W. E. Stokes the New York hotel owner continues with his wife permitted to testify under Illinois law despite spousal prohibition. She will deny reports by two sleeping car conductors that she traveled with another man during 1922 and face questions about alleged affidavits and alleged mistresses as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millionaire Stokes
Chicago
W E. D. Stokes
New York
Stokes
W. N
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rOn Teapot
Cheyenne
Bagby
Harry & Sinclairg
Atty Martin Littleton
Reichert
Colored Institute
Concord State College
Athens
Faiman
Olson
Ethel Barrymore
Girl
Wade
A. F. Kingdon
Leon Diggs
Aiste
Efe
Mr. Stokes
Helen
Helen Ellwood
Helen Underwood
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