Alleged Huge Gift in Oil Land Bill Highlights Navy Oil Reserve Threat
A Senate minority report denounces a House oil lands bill as likely to destroy Taft era naval petroleum reserves. It argues the measure would favor Standard Oil and others, granting vast withdrawn lands for a small royalty and risking future fuel shortages for new battleships. The report cites 40,810 acres in California and Wyoming lands as affected, with an estimated value of at least 50 million dollars.
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New York Times
Washington
Committee On Public Lands
Senate
House
Taft
United States
California
Wyacht
Spegan
Department of Justice
Act of Congress
Phelan
Hasting
Wisconsin
Edity
Inel
Departments of Justice, Navy, and Interior
Honolulu
Wiretap Echo in Court Against Morton Sultzer
Morton B. Sultzer formerly with Seymour & Seymour faced a Supreme Court trial before Justice Benton on grand larceny charges. He allegedly wrote checks about $1,000 above his balance to meet demands, claiming an imaginary account while managing a Darien farm business. Assistant District Attorney Olcott outlined the wiretap evidence.
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Morton B. Sultzer
Seymour & Seymour
Justice Benton
Supreme Court
Sultzer
Darien
Conn
Olcott
Soul faith as Waite faces electric chair
Dr Arthur Warren Waite, awaiting execution in New York, tells reporters that his soul will live after death and that he has found comfort in the Bible. He describes a split between his sense self and soul self noting a recent life change and a repudiation of profanity. He says he has spent happy days in the Tombs reflecting on religion.
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Justice Shearn
Supreme Court
Arthur Warren Waite
Tombe
Pageant to Tell Church History Draws Three Hundred Members
Three hundred members of the Church of the Ascension on Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue prepare a picture story pageant about the church history. Participants will be fed supper at 12 West Eleventh Street, then a procession forms at 7:45 PM to march to the church after a 6:30 PM gathering.
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Church of the Ascension
Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
West _Eleventh Street
Asks Account of Kramer Estate in Surrogates Court
Mrs. Kate J. Schmidt filed a petition in the Surrogates Court to compel the executors to account for the William Kramer estate. She claims negligence and no report in four years, noting Thalia Theatre property on the Bowery and Riverside Drive lands, with $25,000 in back taxes unpaid.
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Kramer
Kate J. Schmidt
West 140Th Street
William Kramer
Schmidt
Thalia Theatre
Bowery
Riverside Drive
Noonday Anti War Talks At Fifth Avenue Meeting
Speakers at today noon meeting of the war against war year at the Woman's Peace Party will include Professor William Hull of Swarthmore James A. Fairley Sidney L. Gullick Rabbi Stephen S Wise and Rabbi Alexander Lyons at Fifth Avenue venue.
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Woman's Peace Party
Fifth Avenue
William Hull
Swarthmore
James A. Fairley
Sidney L. Gullick
Stephen S. Wise
Alexander Lyons
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Charlemagne Tower
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Pittsburgh
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Ohio
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Cincinnati
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