Wheeler faces grand jury in DC over oil lease fees
Washington tests testimony on proposed $10,000 fee for oil land lease services linked to Senator Wheeler of Montana. DOJ reassembles case for DC grand jury with Montana witnesses summoned. Wheeler denies allegations calling it a frame-up while his Montana indictment remains docketed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Lis Elecn
Gordon
Montana Federal Court
LaFollette
Plot in Rise on Otoge Markets Sparks Debate
Associated Press report from Washington notes Senator Shipstead of Minnesota denouncing stock and bond price rises as a stock gambling boom aided by the fed and Mellon. He cites a 2 percent cut in call loan rates after election as false stimulus and claims industrial production last year was lower than in the past.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Shipstead
Minnesota
Federal Reserve Board
Mellon
Reserve Board
Shipstead
Child Labor Bill Beaten in Pierre
In Pierre South Dakota the state senate defeated by 35 to 6 a joint resolution ratifying the federal child labor amendment. Washington: The house passed a bill authorizing 366000 dollars for land purchase adjoining Fort Bliss Texas.
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South Dakota Senate
Washington
Fort Bliss
Texas
House
Clash Over Grazing Fees at Wool Growers Meet
San Francisco January 21 Representatives of the United States forest service clashed with western wool growers over a proposed grazing fee increase at the sixtieth annual National Wool Growers convention opening a three day session. Forest official W C Barnes defended bureau policy while urging fees tied to land values. Stockmen urged legislation for greater security of rights on national forest reserves and backed the Plupps bill to place forest lands under exclusive control of stock owners. F J Hagenbarth of Spencer Idaho head of the association for twelve years slated for re election Friday. Secretary Treasurer F R Marshall Salt Lake said no faction on tariffs. Paul Shoup Southern Pacific welcomed delegates noting wool’s importance to civilization. He warned nine western states produce more than half the US wool clip yet few wool manufacturers exist in those states. San Francisco Jan 21. Wool shortage noted amid rising population.
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National
Wool Growers’ Association
Forest Bureau
W. C. Barnes
Washington Bureau
Congress
Forestry Bureau
F. J. Hagenbarth
Spencer
Idaho
National Association
F. R. Marshall
Salt Lake
Paul Shoup
Southern Pacific Company
Western States
United States
Shoup
California
Oregon
Tower Wins Seat In Lake County Senate Contest
A partisan clash in the Senate over the Lake county senatorial contest ended with Ralph Tower, Republican, seated over James H. Lyle, Democrat, after a party-line vote of 35 to 15. The proceedings featured points of order and speeches by Senators Stewart Paul and Duncan, with the minority supporting Lyle and the majority backing Tower. The special election of April 30, 1925, followed Lake County's creation and official setup.
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Lyle
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Tom Stewart
Paul of Powell
Elections and Privileges Committee
Taylor
Sheridan
Ralph Tower
Lake County
James H. Lyle
Duncan
Paul
Tom Walker
Silver Bow
Paula Powell
Stewart
Oliver
British destroy big battleship in Atlantic
British warships sent to sea last Monday to destroy the battleship Monarch returned to port. The Monarch allegedly rests at the bottom of the Atlantic after a fierce bombing by airplanes, in line with the Washington arms treaty verdict.
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Portland
Fing
Associated Press
Monarch
Davey Jones
Great Britain
Wilkesbarre Mine Workers Do Not Strike
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on January 21 a meeting of general grievance committees decided there will be no general strike by the mine workers of District No. 1 in sympathy with about 1,000 men laid off in the Pittston area.
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Associated Press
Wilkesbarre
Mayfield Likely to Keep Senate Seat After Report
Washington Jan 21 The senate elections sub-committee unanimously recommended seating Democrat Senator Mayfield of Texas following hearings on charges raised by George E. B. Peddy. The report will go to the full elections committee Friday with action expected by Chairman Spencer as Peddy claimed excessive spending fraud and intimidation. The case has spanned over a year.
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Washington
Mayfield
Texas
Senate
George E. B. Peddy
Spencer
Missouri
Peddy
Maxfield
First newspaper interview with Texas governor ends with pardon delay
In Austin the woman governor and her husband Jim discuss a pardon application for Sylvester Montalbano of Houston. The governor jokes as Ferguson suggests a 60-day furlough extension while the pardons board decides the next step.
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Austin
Tex
Associated Press
Jim
Sylvester Montalbano
Houston
Ferguson
Board of Pardons
Regime of Kato Opened Peace Era Delay
Tokio report on Premier Viscount Takaaki Kato’s imperial diet address notes Russo Japanese treaty allows a long peace, promises government aid for foreign loans this year, reiterates internal reform and spending cuts, and pledges a strengthened China policy with anticipated speed in reforms.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Takaaki Kato
Tole
Giiing
China
Ile
Lausanne Conference Debate Quietly Moves Senate
A White House dinner with most Senate Foreign Relations Committee members and Richard Washburn Child discussed the Lausanne treaty. Child outlined steps and reasons for ratification, while President Coolidge offered no public comment on the pact. No world court topics or other pending foreign relation matters were addressed.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Turkey
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard Washburn Child
Child
Coolidge
Opium Conference Sees Discouraging Mood Despite Mediation
Geneva January 21 The international opium conference remained in a non conciliatory mood as mediation by France and Sweden continued. American delegation head Stephen G Porter called the situation distinctly discouraging, with many delegates pessimistic about any early consensus.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Stephen G. Porter
Montana Man May Enter the Cabinet
The 1920s era report notes President Coolidge weighing western and midwestern candidates for secretary of agriculture. Thomas Campbell of Montana, famed as the world’s greatest wheat grower, attracts endorsements after a White House visit by Senator Walsh. R. P. Merritt in California also garners support.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Far West
Rockies
R. P. Merritt
California
Thomas Campbell
Montana
Merritt
Hoover
Wilbur
Walsh
Wife of Senator Calls Wickersham Attacks In Conference
Mrs H W Keyes wife of New Hampshire Senator defends her husband at a Washington conference on world court. She challenges assertion that senator is unresponsive noting she has read his congressional mail and found no letters urging support for the world court.
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Associated Press
Washington
George W. Wickersham
H. W. Keyes
New Hampshire
World Court
Keyes
Wade
Funeral of Hopper Held in Edgar Montana
The funeral of W. J. Hopper, president of the Montana Farmers union and Country cooperative society, was held at his Edgar home. Hopper died of cancer Monday night. He was born in Bedford England, moved to Kansas as a boy, later ran a business in Stella Nebraska, and came to Montana in 1909.
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Associated Press
Billings
W. J. Hopper
Montana Farmers’ Union and Country Operative Society
Edgar
Hopper
Bedford
Eng
Kansas
inStella, Neb
Tie
Montana
Dominican Pact Ratified On Dominican Evacuation Debt Refund
Washington January 21 Senate approves treaties with the Dominican Republic confirming the evacuation of American military forces and detailing the method for refunding the Dominican debt totaling 25,006,000 dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Dominican Republic
Ed wards Frameup Tied to Prohibition Trial Ends Night Lockup
In Jerany City New Jersey on January 21 a jury comprising ten Weehawken police officers and two civilians was locked up for the night after a day of sensational summations in a conspiracy case to violate the state prohibition act. The defense claimed Senator Edwards was framed by Samuel Wilson and asserted a frameup amid testimony about $5800 and whiskey deliveries.
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Jerany City
Weehawken
United States
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George Cutley
Cutley
Samuel Wilson
Anti-Saloon League of New
Jersey
Wilson
Lionel Wilson
Diry
Senator Edwards
F. Griffin
Griffin
Larsen battles for eight percent interest bill in Montana
A legislative clash in the nineteenth Montana legislature saw Representative A. T. Larsen push House Bill No. 34 to raise the legal interest rate to eight percent. Larsen faced opposition from Flachsenhar and maneuvered through committee to reach third reading amid strong parliamentary moves. A final roll call and procedural maneuvers kept the bill alive, with continued discussion expected on page ten.
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Burke Clements
A. T. Larsen
Sheridan County
Montana
House
Larsen
Flachsenhar
Prairie County
Ruffcorn
Committee On
Kansas House rejects federal child labor amendment
Topeka Kans Jan 21 The proposed child labor amendment to the United States constitution was rejected by the Kansas House of Representatives by a vote of 101 to 7. The house indefinitely postponed a resolution to submit the amendment to a vote of the people of Kansas.
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Topeka
Kans
Associated Press
United States
Kansas
Aote
Katsas
Plane crash near Pensacola kills two
A seaplane, 5-L No. 3590, fell five miles east of Pensacola in Escambia Bay. Aviation pilot Clarence Edward Linville and aviation rigger Harry Maxwell Young were killed. Machinists A. W. Rolland and A. W. Penal were injured, with Rolland suffering a broken arm. Survivors could not explain the crash.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Jan
Escambia Bay
Clarence Edward Linville
Harry Maxwell Young
A. W. Rolland
A. W. Penal
Sade string Dwindlers Weird End Quits Short Millions
Moe Carman, managing director of Equity Finance and Service Co, was indicted for second degree forgery after confessing to forging 1.5 million dollars to enrich himself and investors. Bail set at 500 dollars as clients seeking high returns were misled. Turman, involved in the scheme, vanished then reappeared saying he took the medicine and confessed. The indictment cites a forged 6,000 dollar note.
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Associated Press
Joe New York
Moe Carman
Equity Finance and Service Company
Turman
Buffalo
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Federal judge not drunk declares denial in hearing
Wheeling West Virginia January 21 Associated Press federal judge William E Baker of Northern West Virginia District Court testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee denying all charges. The proceedings centered on alleged liquor use while on the bench and fees from attorney appointments. Prosecution focused on clerk I Wade Coffman's alleged intoxication. Baker denied the charges.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Associated Press
William E. Baker
United States District Court of
United States
I. Wade Coffman
Senate Asks World Meet in Arms M Kellar Slap at Great Britain
President Coolidge is authorized to call a second arms conference under an amendment to the naval appropriation. Senator McKellar, Democrat of Tennessee, offered a resolution for the president to inform the senate if the last arms conference treaty limiting great powers’ navies was violated by Great Britain. The King amendment would apply to both land and naval forces. Administration senators doubt the timing but expect to avoid a protracted fight. The House did not include a similar sea only provision in the naval bill.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Great Britain
Hale
Naval Committee
Administration
House
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