New Indictments Against Sinclair Downey and Fall
New indictments pierce the Teapot Dome and Elk Hill reserve leases charging conspiracy with oil sales to the government and asset purchases. The actions omit bribery counts, name Sinclair Fall and Doheny, and seek Supreme Court review over previous quashed charges.
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Teapot Dome
Elk Hill Naval Reserves
Supreme Court
Washington
Albert B. Fall
E. L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Elk Hill
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Fall
EB. L. Doheny
EB. L. Doheny, Jr
Atlee Pomerene
United States
Doheny
Sinclair
Liberty
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Continental Trading Company, Limited
Canada
Department of Justice
Congress
Department
Grand
Oif
Bond Refusal Keeps Two UMWA Officials Unfixed
Fairmont West Virginia May 27 Attorney W D Samples for the United Mine Workers in Grafton asked bond for Ettor Dalguzzo and James Feeley international representatives among those indicted in the John RIy conspiracy case charged with destroying mine property The Taylor county court refused bond until they surrender to its jurisdiction Prosecutor W Merle Watkins said the men had been located around Grafton and at Wendel since early in the labor controversy and had suddenly left the region when arrests were made He said they are now out of state Watkins noted Feeley and Dalguzzo first came to Wendel recognized as UMWA representatives
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Fairmont
W. Va
W. D. Samples
United Mine Workers of America
Grafton
Taylor County Court
Ettor Delgazzo
James Feeley
International
John Riy
Feeley
W. Merle Watkins
Wendel
Billy Case
Watkins
Dalguzzo
Prosecutor seeks reprimand in germ plot case in Chicago
In Chicago on May 27, the trial for William Darling Shepherd stalled as veniremen failed to yield a jury. Prosecutor Crowe and defense head Stewart clashed openly over jury tampering probes while a key charge remained in abeyance. Crowe sought missing witness Robert White, with New York detectives unable to trace him.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Robert K. Crowe
William Scott Stewart
Crowe
Shepherd
Stewart
W. W. O'Brien
Lynch
Cook County
Criminal Couris
T. J. Lynch
James Callan
New York
Robert White
White
Charles C. Faiman
National University of Science
Faimann
McClintock
Norwegian Defense Minister Grows Uneasy Over Amundsen Rescue
Rolf Jacobsen told Shipping Gazette that navy officials should consider sending two airplanes to Spitzbergen to search for Roald Amundsen and his party. Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen warned that Amundsen could pursue routes to Fort Conger Cape Columbia or Scoresbysund if no word comes soon. Bernon B Prentice said Amundsen planned to move on to Alaska if conditions allowed at the pole.
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Oslo
Norway
Rolf Jacobsen
Shipping Gazette
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Spitsbergen
Copenhagen
Knud Rasmussen
America
Thule
Greenland
North Sea
Denmarkshaven
East Greenland Company
Scoresbysund
New York
Alaska
North Pole
Bernon
Prentice
Lincoln Ellsworth
Amunson
Pole
Ellsworth
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Arctic
Wrangel Island
Punder
Associated Press
New Daily Record for Non-Union Production
Fairmont WV May 27. Non-union coal loading reached 1122 cars with 155 mines active while union mines loaded 160 cars from nine mines. A corrected figure earlier set a new daily non-union record of 1195 cars from 154 mines. Corrections reflect daily adjustments to the fifty-ton car standard used in official statistics.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Northern West Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
C. C. Shafer
Northern West Virginia Operators’ Association
Mr. Shafer
Former Vice-President Marshall Slowly Making Way Toward Recovery
Former vice-president Marshall, age seventy one, remains at the New Willard hotel in Washington with nervous exhaustion and a cold. Dr. L Mardin reported slight improvement but warned it will take a week to regain strength. Atlee Pomerene visited but was not admitted. Mrs. Marshall said he was getting better though he slept.
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Washington
N- de
Yeas Marshall
New Willard Hotel
Marshall
Governor Gore Denies Sponsorship of Two Tax Bills
Secretary to the Governor Sam T. Mallison says Gore did not sponsor the automobile license tax increase or the insurance premium tax. The only revenue bill approved by the governor is the gross sales tax revision, deemed an emergency measure.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gore
Sam T. Maliison
Robinson
Joint Legislative Committee
Sam T. Mallison
Councilman election decided by one vote in wards race
Buchannon West Virginia May 27 city council canvass shows Whitescarver winner by one vote over Herndon in the fourth ward with official totals 583 to 582.
Rebuked by Husband Woman Kills Herself
In Wheeling West Virginia on May 27 Mrs. Errett Ullom twenty two shot herself in the heart after being rebuked by her husband for waking him too late to eat before night duty as a taxicab driver. She died instantly. Ullom was released after questioning.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Errett Ullom
Allom
Freight rate cuts boost Bluefield wholesale savings
Bluefield’s traffic department reports freight reductions for cotton goods iron and steel bananas and other items saving local wholesalers thousands of dollars annually. Rates from the south align with eastern cities and a push for a wholesale dry goods house grows as savings mount. The department monitors bills and assists members to lower costs and improve local competition.
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Bluefield
South
East
Southern Association
Ron
Huntington
Charleston
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Gulf Ports
Reese
Round Table Discussion Opens West Virginia Episcopal Council
More than 100 clergymen and lay members from across West Virginia attend the annual West Virginia Episcopal Conference in Parkersburg. The first sessions feature a devotional by Rev. E. B. Andrews of Wheeling and a business session organizing the council with Bishop Gravatt and Bishop Strider leading. Dr. John Wood of New York presides over the round table discussion as plans for the conference work are outlined.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
W. L. Gravatt
Charleston
R. E. L. Strider
Wheeling
T. J. Carter
Clarksburg
S. G. Carghill
John Woode
New York City
Dawes Dawes Dawes backs rules reform in Senate
Vice-President Charles G. Dawes told the Associated Industries of Alabama in Birmingham that force to reform Senate rules is needed and should be carried into the 1926 primary campaigns. Senator Oscar W Underwood supported Dawes and urged a rule change to enable a majority to control Senate business.
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Birmingham
Ala
Senate
Charles G. Dawes
Associated Industries of Alabama
Congress
Dawes
Dixie
Oscar W Underwood
South
Underwood
Miners Die In Triple Explosion At Carolina Coal Mine
Wives, mothers and children gathered near the pit as rescue teams, aided by Cumnock miners, fought to reach more than sixty entombed men after three gas explosions. Six bodies were recovered, believed to have died shortly before discovery. Authorities, led by General Metts, coordinated air clearance, shaft penetration, and army engineers while remaining hope dimmed for survivors.
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Coal Glenn
N. C
Carolina Coal Company
Bion H. Butler
William Hill
Cumnock
Cumnock Company
Hill
Butler
Federal Bureau of Mines
Fort Bragg
Metts
McLean
Frank Page
State Highway Commission
Corps of Engineers
Archie Hollins
Hollis Richardson
Raleigh
Sanford
Presbyterian Assembly Ends With Threat of Denominational Split
The 137th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States ended with a risk of a split over modernist views. A 15 member commission will be appointed within two weeks to resolve the dispute, while a protest from 50 signatories questions the ruling on loyalty to the virgin birth. The assembly adjourned as leaders returned home.
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Columbus
137Th General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Bowe
Zrdman
Eaen
Henry
Chicago
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Branch of
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Cloane Coffin
Judicial Committee
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A. D. Gantz
Synod of New York
Questriary
Henry H. van Dusen
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Philadelphia
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