Gems Hidden in Fruit Jar From Schoellkopf Robbery Found in Denver
New York police report that 86 200 of the 300 000 worth jewels stolen from Buffalo socialite Mrs C P Hugo Schoellkopf were recovered this week in a sealed fruit jar in Denver. The cache was uncovered after John W Mahan, a former Broadway gem dealer now under bail, confessed and implicated Eugene Moran and Albert Hurwitch currently in Tombs Prison.
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New York
John D. Coughlin
C. P. Hugo Schoellkopf
Buffalo
Denver
Owens
Coughlin
John W. Mahan
Broadway
Mahan
Eugene Moran
Albert Hurwitch
Tombs
Harris
Checks Totaling Sixty-Eight Thousand Presented as Evidence
Late President's son testifies before the Senate Teapot Dome Committee. Archie Roosevelt recalls discussions about payments alleged to Sinclair and Fall. Stanford offers notes and canceled checks to support testimony as the panel seeks the full facts of the case.
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Associated Press
Washington
E. L. Doheny
Secretary of the Interior
Gratton T. Stanford
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Archie Roosevelt
J. W. Zevely
Sinclair
Consolidated
Zevely
Fall
Stanford
Java Corporation
William Thaw
Long Island
James M. Strong
Paris
United States
Walsh
Democrat
Montana
Hyva Corporation
Roosevelt
Senator Smoot
Rep
Utah
G. D. Wahlberg
Wahlberg
Fall Ranch
New Mexico
Sinclair Company
Mr. Wahlberg
Want-Ad notices across various opportunities and sales
Classified items include a dentist practice for sale or partnership, a private family seeking an experienced chauffeur, Rose CombsHens for sale, a restaurant purchase desire, bricks offered in bulk, downtown office space sub-lease, a meat market partnership inquiry by a large grocer, and a colored man seeking a butler post. Also a proverb warning about self conceit in business methods.
Woman Mistakes Safety Director For Bold Burglar
Special to The Commercial Tribune. Hamilton Ohio January 26. Safety Director Meyers who also serves as Service Director accompanied patrolmen to a burglary call on the city outskirts. Inside the house a woman who had phoned pointed and declared he was the burglar. She explained she assumed officers had captured the suspect for identification. Meyers was not the burglar.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Meyers
Bandits Hold Up Hutcherson Meat Shop
Two armed men robbed Herman Boeing’s meat shop at 1207 Bay Miller Street last night, taking 107 dollars from the cash register and customers. They wore black cloths over their faces, spoke with customers during the heist, and fled before police arrived after an hour-long search.
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Herman Boeing
Baymiller Street
Boeing
Philip Aul
Hopkins Street
Aul
Oil Boat Bang Catches Fire Missing Captain and Crew
The Bang an oil carrying boat exploded into flames in the East River. The captain and five crew members were reported missing as marine police observed men leaving the burning vessel. Residents near Silver Beach and White Stone reported many thousands of gallons of oil aboard and sightings of men dropping into small boats.
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New York
East River
Silver Beach
White Stone
L. L
Poland recalls legation aid after Ogandal incident
Washington reports recall of Wenceslas Sokolowski First Secretary of the Polish Legation to Warsaw following a liquor raid on an apartment he occupied Diplomats immunity cited as abused by Mr Sokolowski who possessed liquor beyond limits The recall details were conveyed in State Department correspondence and a note from Assistant Secretary Moss expressing regret over the raid entry into the diplomat's rooms.
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Washington
Wencéslas Sokolowski
Legation
Warsaw
Dement
Hughes
Wroblewski
Sokolowski
Treasury
Moss
The
Three More Banks Close in Western Montana
Missoula Montana January 26 Following the closure here yesterday of the American Bank and Trust Company three banks in towns west of Missoula closed today They are the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Dixon the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Plains and the Thompson State Bank of Thompson Falls.
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Missoula
Mont
American Bank and Trust Company
Here
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Dixon
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Plains
Thompson State Bank of
Thompson Falls
Resolution on Teapot Dome leases and Doheny offer
Senate Oil Committee hears a Doheny offer to reconvey the California naval reserve and related contracts. The proposal, tied to reimbursing government costs from offset wells, awaits expert review and possible Senate action. President Coolidge seeks department advice on legality of Doheny Sinclair Falls leases amid ongoing investigations.
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Washington
California
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
E. L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Pearl Harbor
California Reserve
Senate
Doheny
House
Garrett
Tennessee
Itader
Walsh
Dem
Mont
Caraway
Sinclair
Attorney General
Department of Justice
California Naval Reserve
Harry F. Sinclair
Fall
Coolidge
Interior Department
Doheny and Sinclair
Mr. Falls
Wyoming
Lenroot
Teapot Dome
J. W. Zevely
Vowel
President Coolidge
John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
Adams
National Republican
Hull
Democratic National Committee
Automobiles Survive Crash at Addyston Crossing
Bernard Ketterer and John Zind Jr. escaped a deadly interurban collision at the Addyston crossing when their car was struck twice by a rail vehicle. The rear end was crushed while the two front-seat occupants were tossed from the wreckage, while driver Charles Loew and Oscar Emmett walked away unscathed after a dramatic rescue.
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Bernard Ketterer
Parkland Avenue
Sayler Park
John Zind, Jr
Monitor Street
Zind
Ketterer
United States Castete Tee Company
Inlaw
William Steiner
Oscar Emmet
Twain Avenue
Charles H. Loew
Addyston
Loew
George Lyons
North Bend
Addyston Crossing
Lyons
Emmett
No Man's Land Proposed Along Quebec Canada Border
Quebec January 26 a sixty foot strip of no man s land on the Canadian side of the border is proposed in a bill to curb across the line moonshiners and bootleggers. Lawmakers expect passage will lead to talks with the United States to add sixty feet on its side of the border.
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Quebec
No Man’s Land
United States
Coolidge to Hire Bipartisan Special Counsel for Oil Lease Cases
President Coolidge says a bipartisan team will pursue court action on naval oil reserve leases after Senate hearings. He vows to prosecute where wrongs are found, enforce civil liability, uncover fraud, and cancel illegal contracts with Justice Department guidance.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Naval Oil Reserve
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Senate Committee
White House
Senatorial Committee
I Nmittee
United States
Copeland Warns of Perfidy in Dome Inquiry at Duckworth Dinner
Senator Royal S. Copeland addressed the Jackson Day dinner of the Duckworth Democratic Club. He predicted exposing perfidy by officials in the Teapot Dome affair and urged an ex service man bonus with a new financing plan.
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DOME
Copeland
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Duckworth Democratic Club
Linton
America
Senator Copeland
United States
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Copeland T
Woman Shot to Death in Pittsburgh In Accident
Mrs Laura Hall of Huntington West Virginia was fatally shot in Pittsburgh while a pistol was being inspected by three men Charles G Gordon L C Lafferty and C L Moore all from Huntington and Hurricane. They claimed the shooting was accidental and police questioned them.
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Pittsburgh
Laura Hall
Eighth Avenue
Huntington
W. Va
Charles G. Gordon
Sixth Avenue
L. C. Lafferty
Third Avenue
C. L. Moore
Hurricane
Miners Entombed After Lan cashire Mine Disaster
Rescue crews from the U S Bureau of Mines reach Shanktown Pennsylvania after an explosion traps about forty nine miners at Barnes Tucker Coal Company Lan cashire mine. One body recovered. gas poisoning, cave ins, and rising water hinder rescue efforts as Bethlehem Steel crews join the effort.
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Shanktown
Lancashire
Barnes & Tucker Coal Company
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Bureau
Bethlehem Steel Safety Department
Johnstown
Dixonville Hospital
Indiana County
Iles
Indiana
D. J. Parker
Bethlehem Steel Company
Altoona
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Situation Wanted
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N. Y
Poland
Elam
Congress
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Tea
Benedict Arnold
Soums
Trio
U. S
Illinois
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