Senate Returns to Oil Debates as Rockefeller Stewart Clash Unfolds
Senate debates oil control at Standard Oil Indiana amid Nye charge over Stewart’s attitude. Norris cites price gaps between Canadian and American electric rates. Cruiser bill advances with eight ships built in navy yards. Radio case accuses RCA of fostering a wireless monopoly. Senate confirms Charles H. March to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Washington
Boulder Dam
Senate
House
Nye
North Dakota
Lands Committee
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Robert-W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Stewart
The
Standard of Indiana
Continental Trading Company
Indiana Company
Borah
Mr. Rockefeller
Norris
Nebraska
Canada
United States
Navy Yards
Ways and Means
Parker
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Charles H. March
Minnesota
Federal Trade Commission
Tariff Debate Advances With Aid For Agricultural Duties
Washington January 26 The House Ways and Means Committee heard nearly twenty witnesses urging tariff changes across many products including flaxseed sugar beets cheese whole milk cream high protein wheat nuts and fruits Opponents mainly importers of nuts pressed for reductions Representative Newton urged higher protection on wheat flaxseed sugar beets cheese and dairy products but did not specify rates He criticized the current flaxseed duty of 40 cents a bushel as too low for domestic margins
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Newton
Rep
Minn
Radio Enthusiast Hangs Self Over Faulty Set
Burlington New Jersey January 26 Police said George Heniy 62 Grovesville near here hanged himself after his radio would not function. He worked on the radio late last night then ran to the yard and took his life.
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Burlington
N. J
George Heniy
Grovesville
Here
Banker Guilty of Noteforgery and Bank Collapse
Jessup F. Bolinger, former president of the First State Bank of Shelburn Indiana, is sentenced to two to fourteen years in prison and fined $100 after pleading guilty to forging a note for 2500 dollars. He also admits to additional forgeries and defalcations totaling about 235000 dollars including notes tied to Peoples National Bank and Trust Company of Sullivan. Maple, VP of that bank, was found dead in the Sullivan bank and police suggest possible murder or suicide as Bolinger was later found unconscious from carbon monoxide in his Shelburn garage. Directors closed the bank and investigation continues into forged notes and bank failures.
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Bolinger
Peoples National Bank and Trust Company
Sullivan
Edgar D. Maple
W. H. McGrew
Maple
Shelburn
Kenneth Brownell
Sullivan Bank
TANKS EXPLODE IN $40,000 FIRE
A series of explosions at the Wilmington Oil and Home Oil plants set off more than 100000 gallons of gasoline and other fuels igniting tanks and vats. James H Wayland suffered severe burns and was reported near death. Firefighters contained the blaze after a day of flames and smoke. Damages were estimated at 40000 dollars.
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Wilmington
Wilmington Oil Company
Home Oil Company
James H. Wayland
Wilmington and
Home Oil Companies
Bannard Leaves 5 Million Estate to Yale in Will
Otto T. Bannard banker died recently at sea and left Yale University 2 million from an estate valued at 5 million. Niece Lucy Wadhams Dodge of Pittsfield receives 400 thousand in trust and a realty share. The Charity Organization Society of New York gets 200 thousand. remaining funds go to eighteen relatives and friends with stock shares in New York Trust Company.
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New York
Otto T. Bannard
Yale University
Yale
Lucy Wadhams Dodge
Pittsfield
Mass
Hubbard Francis Bannard
San Marino
Cal
Louis O. Bannard
Sawtell
Frederick Raymond Bannard
Elizabeth Haddams Pearson
Atlanta
Helen Barnard
Woman Catches Ten-Foot Shark Near Salt Cay
Mrs. Oliver B. James of New York caught a ten foot shark weighing 400 pounds near Salt Cay Nassau Bahama Islands on January 26 using a wired Manila cable.
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Nassau
Bahama Islands
Oliver B. James
New York
Salt Cay
Manila
Explosion Kills 12 at Kingston Pocahontas Coal Mine
In Kingston West Virginia twelve miners died and two more were missing after a blast at the Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company mine. Sixty nine were in the workings. fifty five escaped through a side entry and walked two miles to the mine offices. Rescue crews found the bodies of twelve men and continued searches for the missing two as gas filled passages hampered efforts. Chief R M Lambie oversaw rescue with oxygen gear as the explosion shook the area and fans were knocked out.
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Kingstown
W. Va
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
G. W. Williams
R. M. Lambie
West Virginia
Kingston
Lambie
Mine Blast in Manchuria Kills 103 Miners
An explosion and ensuing fire at the Entai Coal Mine near Liadyang Manchuria killed or trapped 103 miners, including 100 Chinese and three Japanese workers, with authorities fearing all perished.
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Manchuria
Mukden
Entai
Liadyang
Train wreck in Chicago suburb kills one and injures thirty
A Chicago & Northwestern suburban train crash at the Northwestern terminal kills William H. Henderson of Elmhurst and fatally injures Edward Gatzke. Thirty others, mainly Western suburb residents returning from work, are hurt with several in critical condition. Investigations begun by railway officials and city and county authorities.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Northwestern
William H. Henderson
Elmhurst
Edward Gatzke
Charles Easley
Ft. Wayne
Ind
George Miller
Villa Park
Crabbe Fails to Deter Prohibition Case Verdict
Former Ohio Attorney General Crabbe failed to persuade Judge Hough that Charles Masser of Cleveland was not operating stills as charged. Masser received one year and one day in federal prison in Atlanta for running stills that supplied Columbus liquor. Crabbe claimed Masser loaned $2000 to conspirators but did not actively run the business.
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Columbus
Jan
C. Crabbe
Ohio
Eason W. Hough
Charles [Assera
Cleveland
Masser
Atlanta
Fire destroys Central Pier in Atlantic City
Atlantic City January 26. A day of six fires culminated in the destruction of the Central pier at Tennessee avenue and the boardwalk with losses estimated at 500000 dollars. Eight firefighters were hospitalized and many others were only lightly injured. The pier housed the Atlantic City Convention Bureau records and offices buried in the ruins.
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Atlantic City
Central Pier
Tennessee Avenue
Young
Norwood Hold-Up Ends With Transit Officer Slaying
In Norwood Ohio a cafe hold-up ended in the death of Joseph Martin 40 of Dayton Ky when Patrolman George Schultz shot him as the trio of robbers lined up customers. Companion Scott Tulley 19 Covington was captured later. a third suspect "Red" Bailey 28 Covington is sought by Norwood and Covington police.
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Joseph Martin
Dayton
Henry Schwegmann
Main Avenue
Norwood
George Schultz
Scott Tulley
West Second Street
Covington
Bailey
Johnson Street
Martin
Schultz
Tulley
Schwegmann
Globe-Wernicke Company
Cowington
Cincinnati
Thomas Q. Jenike
Norwood Police
Maj
John Seebohm
Cincinnati Police Department
Frederick C. Swing
Ralph ‘Cahill
Train Crash Kills Three. Two Hurt Near Falmouth Ky
A Louisville and Nashville northbound train struck an automobile at Morgan Station eight miles south of Falmouth leaving three dead and two seriously injured. Gillespie family members perished. Mrs Polly Gillespie and son Arthur were taken to St Elizabeth Hospital Covington. The sedan’s closed windows may have prevented hearing the whistle.
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Louisville & Nashville
Morgan Station
Falmouth
Gillespie
John
Harold
Polly
Breckinridge
Ruby
R.R
Arthur
Je Spie
Arthur Gillespie
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Covington
W. A. McKinney
Kentucky
Rescue by Calibrated Skill Boats Italian Captain Credits Fractions
New York January 26 Italian steamer Florida crew saved by Captain George Fried who used basic celestial readings after instruments were lost aboard the Florida. He estimated position using the sun’s altitude relayed by Captain Favoloro and guided the Florida alongside the America to safety.
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New York
Florida
George Fried
America
Giusephe Favoloro
Fried
Favoloro
Manning
Mrs. Manning
Capt. Favoloro
CRAWLS INTO FURNACE TO GET EVIDENCE OF DRY LAW
In Columbus on January 26 a patrolman crawled into a hot furnace to obtain evidence in a liquor violation case against Lucinda Browder. Officers raided her home after she denied entry and saw her pouring liquid from a pitcher into a radiator. The officer crawled to the basement and captured liquor with a dishpan under the radiator pipe.
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Columbus
Lucinda Browder
Golden
King of Osage Hills Hale convicted of murder
W. W. Hale known as the King of the Osage Hills was convicted of murder in Federal Court for complicity in the killing of Osage Henry Roan. He received a life sentence, after previously failing at a retrial. The case sparked a wider Osage killings reign of terror.
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Pawhuska
Okla
K. Hale
Osage Hills
Hale
Henry Roan
John Ramsey
Roan
Ramsey
United States Supreme Court
Franklin E. Kennamer
Haile
Leavenworth Federal Prison
F. E. Kilduff
Rogers Jr Marries Virginia Lincoln in Cleveland
Henry Huddleston Rogers Jr., youngest son of oil magnate Col Henry H. Rogers, wed Virginia Lincoln daughter of Dr. William R. Lincoln at the First Unitarian Church in Cleveland. Guests included H H Rogers Sr Millicent Rogers Ramos and Erturo Ramos among other society leaders. Rogers studied at Oxford and met his bride while a mechanic at a local electric plant. Lincoln was a student and collector for the Gage Galleries.
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Cleveland, Jan
Henry Huddleston Rogers, Jr
Col
Henry H. Rogers
Virginia Lincoln
Cleveland
First Unitarian Church
H. H. Rogers
Millicent Rogers Ramos
Rogers
Countess Salm
Erturo Ramos
Barleycorn in New Costume Fights Pint Bill at Legislature
Ohio House sees another dry fight as the full pint bill proposed by Democrat O. Sims would allow physicians to prescribe a pint of whisky per patient every ten days. The Anti Saloon League attacks the measure while the Fairfield Medical Society backs it. Deadlines loom February 18 as the session accelerates.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Oo. Ls Sims
Tiry Democrat
Fairfield County
Judiciary Committee
Sims
Anti- Saloon League
Dry League
American Issue
Fairfield County Medical Society
Hopper
Temperance Committee
House
Cooper
Roscoe
C. McCulloch
Utilities Commission
Senate
Pilot leaps to safety from burning plane near New Carlisle
Lieut J B Haddon an army air pilot jumped from a blazing aircraft at altitude 32000 feet after losing consciousness in 60 degree below zero temperature He regained consciousness when the plane descended to 10000 feet and later brought it down to 3000 feet before a connecting rod failed and the ship burst into flames
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Springfield
J. B. Haddon
Army Air
New Carlisle
SOS Picked Up From Disabled British Vessel
Coast Guard headquarters received an SOS from the British steamer Silver Maple reporting a disabled condition 780 miles east of Boston at 37 10 N 56 15 W. Cutter Mojave and Tampa of Boston were directed to contact the steamer and assist as needed.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Boston
Mojave
Tampa
Hoodlums Gasped at Second Solar Plexus Blow
Chicago police renew a dragnet after another night of raids on poolrooms restaurants and vice resorts. The Bureau of Identification resumes 24 hour work as about 400 prisoners are checked and two hold ups are foiled. The city eyes a new court plan to speed justice and a 250 officer increase by July 1.
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Chicago
Bureau of Identification
Harry Olson
Cook County
Criminal Courts
Suit to reclaim Stone Mountain site over incomplete memorial
S H Venable and two other original owners sue in DeKalb Superior Court to recover the Stone Mountain site deeded for a Confederacy memorial. They allege the Stone Mountain Monumental Association breached a 12 year completion term, is insolvent, wasteful with funds, and cannot finish the monument. The petition seeks the property for rededication to its original purpose.
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Decatur
S. H. Venable
DeKalb Superior Court
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain Monumental Association
President Roosevelt Hails Former Skipper
President Roosevelt salutes a retired naval captain as officers of an ice coated vessel are welcomed by relatives and a crowd of reporters swarms the deck amid a framed ceremony on the harbor.
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Roosevelt
Whelan
Heroic Lifeboat Rescue Of Italian Sailors By America Crew
The liner America returned to New York with thirty two rescued Italian sailors from the Florida. Chief Officer Harry Manning, small in stature yet bold, led the lifeboat crew in a perilous crossing to pull the men aboard as the storm worsened.
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New York
America
Harry Manning
George Fried
Manning
Capt
Fried
Florida
Favoloro
Flori
King of the
John Talts
Talts
Washington
America’s Hospital
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S.C
Indiana
U. S
Radio Commission
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House Merchant Marine Committee
Manton C. Davis
Radio Corporation of America
Universal Wireless Company
Buffalo
Senate Lands Committee
Walsh
Montana
Sinclair
Salt Creek
Hubert Work
Interior
William J. Donovan
Coapéland
Congress
Ransdell Dem
Set
Wilmington (O.) Oil Co
Bannard
N. Y
China
Chicago Depot
Crabbe
Main Avenue Cafe
Famouth
Covington Hospital
Lorena A. Hickok
Qokot Hills
Henry J. Rogers, JR
John Barleycorn
H. P. Braman
Georges Banks
Illinois
Sue
W. W. Chaplin
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