McLean Testifies on Oil Scandal In Palm Beach Loan
Washington March 12 Edward B McLean publisher of The Washington Post told the Oil Committee he was drawn into the Teapot Dome case by aid for a trusted friend Albert B Fall He said he lent Fall 100000 in November 1921 and that the checks were returned unpaid and that his cash plan was only for Fall. He denied owning oil stock or links to Sinclair Doheny or any slush fund. He stressed he acted for a friend and never did anything dishonest.
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Washington
Edward B. McLean
The
Washington Post
Oil Committee Today
Albert B. Fall
Walsh
Montana
Palm Beach
Fall
Atlantic City
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
McLean
Edward L. Doheny
Doheny
White House
Wilton J. Lambert
William Leahy
Lambert
Palmach
Boy Crushed to Death Under Heavy Counter in Yard Play
Alfred Worth 6 of 523 Hickman Street dies after a heavy counter collapses in a rear yard behind Louis Hearling restaurant at 3435 Reading Road. Brother Oward 9 present but unable to assist. Counter pinned him. he dies at General Hospital. Father Hyman Worth tailor. Coroner Hadley returns verdict of accidental death.
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Alfred Worth
Hickman Street
Louis Hearling
Reading Road
Oward
Leonard
Haerling
Fred Oser
General Hospital
Columbian School
Kling
Ness
Hymans
Vine Street
Joner Hadley
Seizure of Royal Mail Liner Orduna Over Rum and Drug Smuggling
Government agents seized the Royal Mail Liner Orduna in New York harbor after arresting eight crew members for smuggling whisky and narcotics. The raid followed a setup with crew members and an order by Secretary Mellon. Libel and forfeiture actions will proceed with bonds set at 38 million dollars. The ship, built in 1914 and valued around three million, remains under Treasury guard while cargo unloading continues.
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Washington
Orduna
New York Harbor
Hayward
Orunda
Royal Mail Company
Belfast
Treasury Department
Hitchcock
A. C. Hunter
Steamship Company
US prosecutor cites ship law evasion in Orduna seizure
New York March 12 United States District Attorney William Hayward condemned foreign ships for trafficking liquor and narcotics in New York Harbor after the Orduna was seized in a raid that netted $10,000 in contraband. Eight crew members were arrested and the government urged revoking privileges for such vessels.
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New York
United States
William Hayward
New York Harbor
Hayward
Washington
Washington By Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Tsither
The
Treasury Department
Orduna
House Rejects Coolidge Tax Cut Resolution for 1923
Washington March 2 Republican leaders ruled out immediate action on President Coolidges 25 percent tax cut request for 1923 saying the parliamentary situation would not permit action before Saturday when first installments are due. Mellon warned the revenue bill would cause a deficit of at least 55 million dollars in 1925.
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Washington
House
Coolidge
Representative Longworth
Mellon
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Senate
Reed
Rép
Smoot
Robinson
Arkansas
Longworth
Representative Hull
Tenn
Democratic National Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Hull
American Bankers Back Hundred Million Loan to France
A group led by J. P. Morgan & Co. arranged a credit of not less than 100 million dollars for the Bank of France to stabilize French exchange. The loan is fully secured by gold, runs no more than one year, and may be liquidated by sending gold to Morgan in New York if needed. The move marks the first foreign government credit of its kind in the United States and mirrors broader French efforts to balance the budget and curb new expenditures.
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New York
Bank of France
J. P. Morgan & Co
Senate
War Office bans silk stockings for Polish women workers
In Warsaw on March 12 General Sikorski, Minister of War, issued an edict forbidding silk stockings and finery for War Department women employees. He reviewed the staff after noting many stenographers left to marry, and ordered dark, high-collared dresses, high shoes, and cotton or wool stockings.
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Warsaw
War Department
General Sikorski
Sikorski
S Santiago Believed Lost With 25 Crew In Atlantic Storm
New York reports the Ward Line freighter Santiago with captain J. S. Baldwin and 24 crew missing after a snow hurricane battered the Atlantic coast. The ship, carrying 32 000 bags of sugar from Cienfuegos to New York, sank sixty miles south of Cape Hatteras. Brooklyn suffered transit crippling and property damage as the storm raged at up to eighty miles per hour.
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New York
Ward Line
Santiago
Atlantic
New York City
Cape Hatteras
Eastport
Brooklyn
Charleston
S.C
Navy Yard
Cissy
Hatteras
Baltimore
J. S. Baldwin
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Light frost damages Florida vegetation report
Light frost reached as far south as Miami causing some damage to tender vegetation. Walter Bennett of the local weather bureau noted a twenty two mile per hour wind helped keep frost from settling in the Tampa area.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Miami
Walter Bennett
House Votes to Create Probe on Parole Bribery Case
A House committee was authorized to investigate alleged payments to two congressmen for paroles and pardons. Burton to chair with Parnell Michener Wingo Moore on the panel.Garrett cited urgency while Longworth urged DOJ-led inquiry. Daugherty had refused to disclose names previously.
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Washington
Burton
Rep
House
Chicago
Gillett
Parnell
Indiana
Michener
Michigan
Wingo
Arkansas
Moore
Virginia
Garrett
Department of Justice
Jongworth
Rules Committee
Republicans
Longworth
Kentucky
Zihlman
Maryland
Daugherty
Navy Secretaryship Offer Reaches Kenyon After White House Meeting
William S. Kenyon former Iowa senator and federal judge has been offered the Navy secretaryship by President Coolidge after a two hour White House conference. He will decide by tomorrow and has discussed the option with close friends. Some advise he stay on the bench due to his legal and agricultural interests.
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Washington
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
Naval
President Coolidge
Harry M. Daugherty
Kenyon
White House
Coolidge
Navy
T Taft
United States
Navy Department
United States Court For
Eighth Circuit
Uld
Curtis D. Wilbur
Supreme Court of California
Death gamble over weapons ends in murder charge
Mrs Bell Gaertner, divorcee, faced a coroner's jury which found Walter R. Law, an automobile salesman, was killed by her. Law died with a bullet through his head in Gaertner's car after a coin toss decided who would shoot first during a cabaret outing dispute. Gaertner, intoxicated, could not recall events. she suggested another shooter may have fired. Gaertner, a former cabaret singer, had two prior marriages to William Gaertner who planned a third marriage to her.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bell Gaertner
Walter R. Law
Law
Geier resigns from Business Men's Club committee amid YMCA dispute
Philip O. Geier, treasurer of Cincinnati Milling Machine Co and longtime Business Men's Club figure, resigns from the club's House Committee. The move follows fallout from the Central YMCA jurisdictional fight, tied to Walter H. Geier and others ousted from the YMC A management committee. Geier plans to stay active in Cincinnati civic affairs, including the Chamber of Commerce and Rapid Transit Commission.
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P. C. Geier
House Committee of Business Men’s Club
Y.M.C.A
Central Y. M. C. A
Business Men's Club
Philip O. Geier
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Geier
A. E. Anderson
Business Men’s Club
Mr. Geier
Walter H. Geier
Luke Smith
A. W. Shell
Central Y. M
C. A
Rouster
Messrs. Geier
Shell and Smith
Central Y.M.C. A
Cantansman
Central 7S M. Co
Anderson
P. O. Geier
House
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Rapid Transit Commission
Charles Urban
Prohibition Officers Alleged in Extortion Case at Trial
Frank Fleming and wife testified in Judge Struble’s Common Pleas Court that village dry agents demanded payments for immunity from arrest. They described payments totaling $1,000 to Newtown and another court's officers, leading to Fleming’s arrest without a warrant and a $1,500 fine. Other defendants include Wesley Williams Donald Snow Frank Fehr and William Burke.
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Frank Fleming
Eastern Avenue
Stanley Struble
Common Pleas Court
Fleming
Capelle and
Thon
Struble
Prohibition
R. S. Kinney
Newtown
Hanoi
Kinney
Daugherty probe hears witness on stock gifts and fight profits
Roxie Stinson of Columbus testifies before the Senate committee about stock transfers and profits tied to attorney general Daugherty and Jesse W. Smith. She says 25 White Motors shares and plans to profit from Carpentier Dempsey fight films were part of a scheme referenced by “we” and “they.” She promises documentary evidence after Ohio records arrive.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Daugherty
Roxie Stinson
Columbus
Jesse W. Smith
D. H
Latteris
Smith
Daughertys
Pure Oil Company of Ohiory
Ohio
Thk
Senator Wheeler
Paul Howland
Miss Stinson
Howland
Wheeler
Brookhart
Iowa
William R. A. Hayes
Samuel Ungerleider & Co
Columbus Brodkerage
Miss St
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