Oil inquiry reveals stock dealings by officials and aides
The senate oil committee disclosed records showing Attorney General Daugherty and figures like Slemp and Elkins owning Sinclair and Doheny stock around lease times. Testimony traced loans to Fall and other lawmakers including Curtis Goodykoontz Himes and Ryan. Subpenas were issued for Mellon Weeks and several Justice and Treasury officials as probes widen.
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Washington
Albert B. 1
Daugherty Daly
Sinclair
Doheny
C. Bascomb Slemp
Coolidge
Fall
McKinney
B. Mel
Elkins
Sinclair Consolidated
Tooight
Goodykoont
Ted
Doheny California
Teaxs
Curtis
Permelia Curtis George
Barks
Jehildren
Doug Senator
West Virginia
C. Bascom Slemp
Oif
Sinclair and Doheny
Slemp
House
A. B. Rouse
Kentucky
Wells Goodykoontz
West Virgina
J. H. Himes
Ohio
Thomas J. Ryan
New Yrk
Senate Oil Committee
Lewis F. Bond
Federal Trade Commission
Mellon
Weeks
Senate
Daugherty
Standard Air Crag Corporation
Alfred R. Urion
H. H. Vore
Harding
Crim, Anderson and Johnson
James A Fitch
Department of Justice
Elmer Lover
the Treasury
Soldier Bonus Bill Passed by Senate
Washington March 18. The house today passed the Soldiers Bonus bill after a forty minute debate over rules. The measure, with near two thirds margin, would provide paid up twenty endowment life insurance and cash payments to veterans not entitled to more than 50 dollars in adjusted compensation. The bill also proposes daily subsistence allowances for service members, with 1 dollar a day for home service and 1.25 dollars for overseas duty during the first sixty days of service.
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Washington
House
Senate
Servic
Fire damages school in Beelaire incident
Beelaire High School basement fire on Sunday evening caused $25,000 damage and gutted the first floor. Firefighters confined flames to the busment and lower levels. two firemen were treated for smoke inhalation. Investigation by school officials ongoing. A Louis woman legally adopts her son in law in another note.
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Beileir High School
Th Dumug
51. Louis
Joke
Landslide on B and O tracks checked near Morgantown
March 18 Morgantown reports steam shovels at a major landslide that has buried Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks south of town. Workmen from Pairent and Connetsville continue steady efforts to stabilize the hillside. A farm near the slide was once eyed for a garbage plant but remains occupied by Raymond Brinkey and family. The barn about 40 feet from the slip is feared safe as the slide is checked, with the house 150 feet north considered secure.
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Morgantown
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ely
Pairent
Connettsville
Striker Family Attends Sister's Funeral in West Newton
Mr and Mrs Richard Striker of Frances street traveled to West Newton Pennsylvania to attend the funeral of his sister Mree We Britton who died Monday morning at McKeesport hospital Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday at 730 o clock local time
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Richard Striker
Frances Street
West Newton
Striker
Mree We. Britton
McKeesport Hospital
Britton
Murder Suicide in West Virginia Senate Clash
In Washington on March 18, Senator Neely of West Virginia denounced Senator Lodge and criticized the Coolidge McLean affair linking it to cabinet sins. The report cites political tensions over oil disclosures and pressures on President Coolidge. A separate local item from Galloway recounts Ross Thorne 40 killed Miss Winifred Farner 30 then killed himself after jealously driven confrontation at her shanty. Both victims were laid to rest in Flemington.
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Washington
Coolidge
Neely
Cenator Lodge
West Virginia
United States
Roger Williams
McLean
Neeley Id
Mc- Lean
Galloway
Ross Thorn
Winifred Farner
Thorn
Miss Parner
Homse
Zedde Crosten
Griffith
Miner
Anine
Isis Shanty
Miss Farney
Flemington
Body of Robert Lambert Recovered From West Fork River
Clarksburg reports the body of a young boy, Robert Lambert, recovered three days after he fell from a small boat into Elk Creek in front of his home on Broaddus avenue. The body was found near a new concrete bridge downstream about a quarter mile from the drowning site. Widespread public concern and mourning followed the lengthy search along the West Fork river banks.
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Clarksburg
Little Fellow
Robert Lambert
West Fork
Elk Creek
R. H. Lambert
Broaddus Avenue
Hantio
Earthquake Demolishes Homes on Saghalien Island
A severe quake rocked the southern Saghalien Island region off Agra injuring several residents but causing no deaths. Shocks continue with terror among inhabitants as eight foot fissures opened in places. The tremor registered at Oatka Observatory. shock center believed near Aurildslanda.
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Tokio
Saghalien Island
Agra
Oatka Observatory
Aurildslanda
Mrs Faherty Burns in Gas Ignition Accident
Mrs Thomas Faherty of 02 Megan Avenue suffered facial and neck burns when lighting gas in her oven. Escape gas ignited at her face causing injuries to hair and eyebrows during the incident this morning.
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Thomas Faherty
Megan Avenue
Thomas
Supreme Court limits federal antitrust search powers
Washington report notes the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Holmes with no dissents, rules the Federal Trade Commission cannot conduct fishing expeditions for evidence in its efforts to inspect records of American Tobacco Co and P Lorillard Co. The court says such broad access violates the Fourth Amendment and requires a demonstrable basis for seeking documents, preserving private records unless specific materiality is shown.
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Washington
Fehearl Trade Commission
Supreme Court
Holmes
American Tobacco Co
P. Lorillard Company
Commission
Congress
Justice Holmes
Woman Shot When Gun Falls to Floor
FAIRMONT March 18 Mrs Esther Deak 32 wife of Steven Deak of Brady was wounded by a shotgun shot when the gun she asked her husband to remove from a wall slipped from his hands and discharged striking her right ankle. She was taken to Cook hospital for treatment. condition not believed serious.
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Fairmont
Esther Deak
Steven Deak
Brady
Cook Hospital
Mia
Deak
CHICKEN SUPPER AT ST PAULS M E CHURCH
The Ladies Aid of St Pauls M E Church will host an old fashioned chicken supper from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the church. Admission is 50 cents, with proceeds supporting church activities.
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St. Paul's M. HK
The
Ladies Aid
Senator Ernst Predicts Coolidge's Election in November
Senator Richard P. Ernst of Kentucky, first to back Calvin Coolidge after President Harding's death, says Coolidge will be renominated at Cleveland and elected in November. He cites broad Southern, Midwestern support, no real opposition, and Coolidge's honest leadership and direct problem solving as reasons for nationwide backing.
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Washington
Richard P. Ernst
Kentucky
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Galvin Coolidge
Cleveland
Ernst
Coolidge
Virginia
Middle West
Towra
Kansas
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Unite States
White House
Bergdoll Authorized to Consider Proposals on Punishment
Baden March 18. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the American draft evader, authorized his secretary to state that Bergdoll had not agreed to return to the United States as previously reported but was willing to consider proposals divine assurances as to exact punishment he would have to undergo in his case.
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Baden
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Ill Health of Pope Proves to Be Mistake
In Rome on March 18 a London paper error sparked surprise by reporting the pope’s health as worrying. The Vatican said his health is among the best and he continues heavy work. He met many cardinals and prelates in private and held a public reception for hundreds of pilgrims.
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Rome
London
Spring skirts show shorter tendencies in Paris
Paris reports spring styles favor shorter skirts with some as short as eighteen inches from the floor, though most fall four to five inches above the ankles. Parisians say American women prefer shorter hemlines, and buyers contend with bitter pro and anti short skirt campaigns. Many models heading to America are ten to twelve inches from the floor.
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Paris
America
Prince of Wales Injured in Army Steeplechase Not Serious
The Prince of Wales sustained injuries in a steeplechase accident at the Arbor field Army point-to-point meeting. Officials at St James Palace announced he rested well and progressed satisfactorily, with the condition described as not serious.
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London
Prince of Wales
Arborfield
St. James' Palace
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