Fall and Doheny Case Near End in Government Trial
The government rested in the Fall Doheny criminal conspiracy trial as Senator Walsh concluded the prosecution’s hand. Defense plans to call about 50 witnesses and may finish by December 20. Evidence covered leasing of Elk Hills naval oil reserves and Pearl Harbor contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Fall-Doheny
Walsh
Montana
Senate Oil
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Edward L. Doheny
California
Elk Hills
Calif
Naval Oil Reserve
Senator Walsh
Foster Bain
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
Harding
Navy Departments
Wyoming
Doheny
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Ellis Hulls
Weshington
Fell
New Mexico
Naval Reserve
Vare Must Fight to Retain Seat in Senate Contested
Exclusive dispatch reports steps to file a formal contest to deny William S. Vare the Senate seat for Pennsylvania. William B. Wilson plans the challenge alleging election fraud based on irregularities in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. Support from Senator Norris and Senator Ashhurst signals a bipartisan effort to contest Vare’s oath of office.
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Frederic William Wise
Washington
William S. Vare
Pennsylvania
Congress
William B. Wilson
Ware
Wilson
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Norris
Nebraska
Ashhurst
Arizona
Senate
Vare
Romantic reminiscence from Aunt Het in twilight
A fragment quotes Aunt Het as a romantic old goose who muses on how it feels for a man to kiss a hand. The text is labeled with a 1926 copyright by Publishers Syndicate.
Two Old Mushers Save Motorists in Sierra Blizzard
Two veteran mushers Dan Haskin and Bill Farrington rescued 31 automobiles of a California bound caravan trapped in Montgomery Pass Nevada. Snow lay ten feet in places and the travelers faced two days without food as the rescuers pushed through to Bishop while locating 22 stranded cars and nine more nearby.
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Tonopah. Nev
Montgomery Pass
High Sierras
Here
Oouthern California
Dan Haskin
Bill Farrington
Bishop
Nev
Body of Olson girl found near Mt Sterling Wis
Clara Olson missing since September 9 was found buried in a shallow grave on a Crawford county farm six and a half miles north of Mt Sterling. The American Legion members organized searching parties located the grave and a courier notified authorities and Coroner Frank Hawley. Cause of death not yet determined as dirt-covering remained.
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Mt. Sterling
Wis
Clara Olson
American Legion
Crawford County
Here
Frank Hawley
Prairie du Chien
Olson
Rounds
Gay Mills
Chris Olson
William Caswenl
L. M. Shearer Agency
Madison
Erdman Olson
Kickapoo Valley
Chinese Menace Eases as Cantonese Win in Two Provinces
Foreign naval forces reach Foo Chow and martial law is imposed as Cantonese troops gain ground in Fukien and Hupeh. Northern forces retreat after Li Sen-Chun defeats Changi near Foo Chow. Hankow sees calls for a general strike on Dec 4 while foreign concessions seek stability amid promises to establish Wu Chang as capital.
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Associated Press
Foo Chow
Hankow
Fukien
Hupeh
Wu Chang
Yeomen Rate Case Adds Two Issues in Iowa Hearing
Walter L. Stewart, referee in the Yeomen rate case, held a hearing on two new issues before Judge Martin J. Wade. Plaintiffs seek to revive an injunction blocking rate increases, while the company challenges plaintiffs’ status as Yeomen Brotherhood members to maintain the suit.
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Des Moines
Walter L. Stewart
Yeomen Rate
Martin J. Wade
Yeomen Brotherhood
New York Heiress Weds Baron After Eloping
New York Dec 2 AP Baron George Tornow wed American heiress after escaping parents at Ardsley New York. The couple roamed Manhattan in a taxicab chased by calls from Joseph Clendenin vice president of American Smelting and Refining Co as a minister was found and the ceremony performed at the Little Church Around the Corner.
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New York
George Tornow
Joseph Clendenin
American Smelting and Refining Company
Mary Whe
Manhattan
Clendenin
William Phillips
New York American
Tornow
Ardsley
N. Y
Brookhart Silent On Smith Vare Seating And Prohibition
Iowa senator elect Smith W Brookhart says he has no statement on seating Frank Smith of Illinois or William S Vare of Pennsylvania and also no comment on prohibition His focus is on calling an extra congressional session to tackle farm problems he calls the greatest issue since the Civil War He plans to speak in Chicago tonight
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Moline
Lil
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Frank Smith
Illinois
William S. Vare
Pennsylvania
Brookhart
America
Chicago
Weather outlook for Iowa and Illinois flags unsettled weekend
Iowa presents mostly cloudy unsettled conditions with possible local snow or rain in northeast areas and a slight warmup tonight in the south and extreme east. Friday brings somewhat colder air to the northwest while cloudy to partly cloudy skies persist in Illinois with rising temperatures tonight and in the southeast on Friday.
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Iowa
Illinois
West Point Cadet Captures Heart of Princess Ileana
Cadet Lieut William J Glasgow of West Point, honor man and soccer team manager, dances with Princess Ileana during her West Point visit. A royal tour followed, then Ileana invites Glasgow to lunch in New York. academy rules allow a sanctioned meeting at the Thayer Hotel.
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West Point
Princess Ileana
New York
N. Y
Ileana
Romania
William J. Glasgow
Glasgow
Hudson River
Queer Marie
Princess Heana
Tieana
Thayer Hotel
Wintry blasts sweep country from Northwest to East
A cold wave spread from the northwest across the plains and middle west into the eastern half of the country. Two deaths were reported in the Midwest as temperatures plunged, with Minnesota snow, great lake shipping disrupted, and warnings of further disturbances.
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Chicago
Ill
Plains States
Middle West
Alleghenies
Gulf States
Pacific
Atlantic Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Great Lake
Minnesota
Clyde Gaskill
Austin
Andres Korjack
Illinois Central
Great Lakes
Northwest
Central States
Canada
Plains
Chaplin Separated From Wife Lita Grey Chaplin
Los Angeles December 2 AP The second marriage of Charles Chaplin is strained as Lita Grey Chaplin leaves with their two children. She says she will not return and is staying with her grandparents in Beverly Hills after a dispute at a Beverly Hills party. Chaplin hopes to reconcile through mutual friends and declined further comment.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Chaplin
Lita Grey Chaplin
Wm E. Curry
Beverly Hills
Chaplin
Mille de Precourt
Honolulu
Hall MIlls case nears end in New Jersey
Somerville New Jersey December 2 AP the Hall Mills murder trial heads toward a possible acquittal as Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson seeks a statewide inquiry into Somerset county justice He telephoned Governor Moore from Jersey City after a mistrial motion was denied Simpson urged an investigation claiming jurors should not decide the case and Moore offered no comment pending review
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Somerville
N. J
Hall-Mills
Alexander Simpson
Administration of Justice
Somerset County
Simpson
Moore
Trenton
Jersey City
Davenport Bishop James J. Davis Dies at 74 in Iowa Home
Right Reverend James J. Davis, bishop of the Davenport Catholic diocese, died at his Davenport home at 12:35 this morning at age 74 after a year of ill health. Born in Knocktopher Ireland on November 17 1852 he ordained in 1878 and served earlier in Dubuque and Johnson County then led St Ambrose College’s early support helping shape the diocese during decades of service.
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Davenport
James J. Davis
Davis
Ireland
Bishop Davis
Knocktopher
Tinvawn
County Kilkenny
James
Margaret Davis
Thomas
Calced Carmelite
Richard
Nazareth College
Nazareth
Ladies of the Sacre Coeur de Marie
France
Sag Harbor
New York
Sister of Charity of Nazareth
Carmel
Francis Fogarty
P. P
Donemagin
Carmelite College
St. Patrick’s Ecclesiastical Seminary
Carlow
Walsh
Kildare
Loughlin
Dubuque
Father Davis
St. Raphael's
St. Ambrose College
Main Battle of Short Session Defined in Congress
Washington reports the 69th Congress faces a tax reduction clash as Democrats push for immediate revenue cuts while Republicans demand more testing of current laws. A second major fight centers on the alien property seized during the war and German claims adjustments as Ways and Means focuses there. The surplus is cited at about 300 million dollars, with partisan lines on tax policy clear.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Garner
Texas
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Treasury
Green
Bonuses and Melons to Bring Happiness to Many This Year
New York reports a record upturn in year end bonuses for Wall Street workers with estimates ranging from 35 to 50 million dollars. Many firms will distribute profits to stockholders as well as employees, signaling broad prosperity across finance and industry in 1926.
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New York
Wall Street
Department of Business, Finance and Industry
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
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Inal
H. Foster Bain
Toan
T. J. Walsh
Carl Leonard
Southwestern Portland Cement Company
Frank H. Powell
Leonard
Powell
Wm $ Ward
Publishers Syndicate
Nevada
MT. Sterling, Wis
Army OF South
Pick Tully
Albert Olson
Erdman
Shanghai
Smith and
Charley Chaplin
Tor Simpson
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