Teapot Dome probe heats up as Fall return awaited
Washington January 23 AP The Teapot Dome investigating committee presses for answers from former Interior Secretary Albert B Fall who is to report to the panel after travel to Washington. The inquiry also probes Sinclair Zevely and the Hyva books linking large sums and stock to ranch purchases and loaned funds.
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Washington
Etate
Teapot Dome
Albert B. Fall
Wyoming
Senate
Caraway
Arkansas
Fall
Sinclair Oil
New Orleans
el Paso
New Mexico
J. W. Zevely
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
G. D. Wahlberg
Zevely
Liberty
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
G. Stanford
Long Island
Hyva Corporation
Stanford
Sinciair
Walsh
Montana
Archie Roosevelt
Wahlberg
All
Europe
Lenroot
Paris
Roosevelt
Sinclair's Lawyer Journey To Washington For Subpoenas
Albert Fall former secretary of the interior and J. W. Zevely counsel for Harry F Sinclair left New Orleans for Washington to comply with subpoenas for the Teapot Dome Senate committee. Fall said he would travel in his drawing room and was too ill to go alone. An agent from the justice department traveled in the same car.
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Zevely
Fall
Department of Jusike
Ten Prisoners Go On A Dash From Fort Logan
Ten military prisoners from Fort Logan in Colorado overpowered three sentries with shotguns, bound guards with their woolen leggings, and escaped from a sand pit. Six were captured soon after. four remained at large and were pursued by army personnel and local police until late. They were recaptured before midnight about 30 miles south of Denver while attempting to repair a stolen car and returned to the fort.
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Denver
Colo
Fort Logan
Here
Seven Killed in Vermont Fire Report Rises to Seven
Lyndon Vermont January 23 AP The death toll from the blaze that swept Stern block rose to seven as six residents of the block were reported missing alongside a woman killed by leaping from a window.
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Vermont
Lyndon
Irrigation project seeks time to clear heavy arrears
Salt Lake City Jan 23 AP E D Cluff urged the Okanogan Washington project be charged by actual producing acreage to clear arrears He proposed extending time and paying four percent of the 23380 construction charge per acre annually with adjustments for bumper or lean years The delegation noted water shortages limiting output and the hearing covered multiple projects with ongoing testimony and future sessions planned
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Salt Lake City
Okanogan
Washington
E. D. Cluff
Reclamation
Cluff
John §. Peterson
F. Hendricks
Omas FE. Campbell
North Platte
Nebraska
Newlands
Nevada
Reclamation Service
Salt River
Arizona
Huntley
Milk River
Sun River
Montana
Federal
Okanogan, Wash
Nebraska-Wyoming
Bes Saale
Secretary of the Interior
Lenin Dies Marking End of Soviet Era Mourning
Moscow reports the death of Nikolai Lenin after a long illness. Leaders of the All Russian Soviet Congress escort his funeral train to Moscow and the Hall of Columns where he will lie in state for four days of mourning. World workers and governments extend condolences as Russia grieves deeply.
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Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Gorky
Communist Party
all-Russian Soviet Congress
Columna
Sens
Unions
Lenine
Communist Ty
Europe
Ormal
Soviet Federation
Russia
Siberia
Crimea
Four Sailors Die As Tacoma Wrecks Off Vera Cruz
The cruiser Tacoma was wrecked in a norther off Vera Cruz while aiding Mexican revolution events. Captain Herbert G. Sparrow and radio men Edward Herrick Homer Lussier and Solomon Livin died. Seventy members evacuated. 278 aboard Richmond later rescued or ashore.
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Washington
Tacoma
Vera Cruz
Herbert G. Sparrow
Edward Thaxter Herrick
Homer Harry Lussier
Solomon Livin
Sparrow
Vera Cruz Harbor
Herbert G Sparrow
Consul Wood
State Department
Adolfo la Huerta
Alvarez Castillo
Gearcow
Richmond
Tampico
Omaha
Canal Zone
Dee
Captain Sparrow
Greenwich
Conn
Europe
Herrick
Framingham
Wase
Lussier
Bristol, Conn
Livin
New York City
League chief testified on checks in Anti-Saloon case
William M. Potter former head bookkeeper testified at the trial of William L. Anderson league superintendent that under Andersons direction he transferred entries in league books and wrote checks charged to O Bertsall Phillips salary account. Potter identified league checks and canceled checks showing endorsements by Anderson and notes stating settlements of the Anti Saloon League account.
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New York
William M. Potter
Anti-Siloon League
Lt. Anderson
League
Anderson
O. Bertsall Phillips
Ag@ierson
Anticon League
Wm. H
O. B. Ps
Tablet on Page's London Home Noted in English Speaking Unions
A tablet at 1 J Sensi Bas Loa honors Walter Hines Page and marks his residence in London from 1913 until his death. The plaque was erected by the English Speaking Unions to commemorate Page's life and work in diplomacy and literature.
Huerta Warns Foreign Craft On Shell Zone
In Brownsville Texas reports say the garrison at Monterey joins the rebellion as rebel forces claim Celaya fall and press Guadalajara. Tampico says blockade of Tampico will be raised while Ciudad Victoria occupation ends as federal forces approach. Federals claim capture of an oil camp.
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Brownsville
Texas
Monterey
Nuevolon
Mexico
Celaya
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Ciudad Victoria
Tamaulipas
Mexican revolutionists modify Tampico plan for blockade
The de La Huerta faction in Mexico shifts from a technical blockade of Tampico to warning foreign ships they enter the bombardment zone at their own risk, signaling a policy change in the volatile area.
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Washington
de la Huerta
Mexico
Tampico
Bridegroom in Jail Marries Before Return to Custody
Lee Cook, held on a Rapid City telegraphic warrant for auto theft, obtained an hour’s jail leave in Pasadena California on January 23 and married Miss Elizabeth Glines with a policeman as best man. The ceremony ended with the groom returning to jail as guests cheered.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lee Cook
Rapid City
Elizabeth Glines
More Evidence Against Soviets Before Senate Panel
State Department officials presented a new stack of official papers to the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, arguing against recognizing the Moscow regime and detailing the communist movement’s direction in Russia and America. A. W. Kliefoth testified for the administration, supporting Secretary Hughes’s stance.
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Washington
Russia
America
Moscow
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
United States
A. W. Kliefoth
Hughes
Blake Meor mick loses appeal for wife murder verdict
John Astor Harrison Blake Meor mick of Ladysmith Wisconsin, a grocer, was found guilty of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. He was returned to the state to serve the remainder of his life.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
John Astor Harrison Blake Meormick
Ladysmith
Rebels Lift Tampico Blockade Advise Wood
Mexican revolutionary leaders advised Consul Wood at Vera Cruz of lifting the Tampico blockade. If confirmed permanent, U.S. orders may remove the cruiser Richmond. Federal forces capture Zacamixtla and nearby oil camps as rebels retreat from Ciudad Victoria.
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Washington
Wood
Vera Cruz
Tampico
State Department
de la Ha
Richmond
Five Thousand More Rifles for Obregon Aid
The United States approves a second surplus war material sale to Mexico's Obregon regime. El Paso delivery to Obregon officials includes 5 000 Enfield rifles 2 500 Colt pistols and ammunition. Total sale value 700 000 for 10 000 rifles 5 000 000 rounds of ammo eight airplanes and related items.
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Washington
United States
Obregon
Mexico
Tampico
Frontera
Puerto
Vera Cruz Baghdbe
Hughes
el Paso
Monterey Rebel Split Report Reaches Brownsville
Brownsville reports say the Monterey garrison, capital of Nuevo Leon, revolted and joined the rebels yesterday. Federal forces at Matamoros ordered trains for Monterey halted amid the developing chaos.
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Brownsville
Tex
Monterey
Nuevo Leon
Matamoros
Mexican revolutionary forces capture Cesayo near Guadalajara
Advices reported today that revolutionary cavalry captured Cesayo, severing the ObsSddon army in the Guadalajara area from Mexico City.
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Washington
Mexicans Revolutionary Party
Cesayo
Revolutionary Cavalry
Guadalajara
Mexico City
President Coolidge seeks full banker cooperation in northwest
President Coolidge plans to summon Chicago and Minneapolis bankers to a conference on the northwest banking situation unless they cooperate fully with the federal reserve in easing credit conditions. Advices indicate hesitancy from those banks toward aiding the president's special banking commission.
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Hashington
Coolidge
Chicago
Minneapolis
Northwest
Federal Reserve
White House
Special Banking Commission
Coolidge proposes five step plan to aid Northwest farmers
President Coolidge outlined five steps for easing agricultural distress in the Northwest. The plan calls for debt refinancing for farmers, federal help to shift from single crop to diversified farming, restoration of impaired local banks and lending institutions, private financing to support the plan, and extending War Finance Corporation loan terms. He urged prompt action by Congress, the executive branch, and private interests to address a localized emergency affecting many farmers and banks in wheat regions.
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Washington
Northwest
Congress
Coolidge
Ee Eee
JT. Coolidge
Northacra
Woman leader in the Islands claims peace with followers
Manila dispatch says Marie Bernarda Balitaan, alleged Colorum leader, asserts her followers seek peace and will aid peace champions when trouble arises. She denounces sensational stories, denies supernatural powers, and cites faith in her healing abilities.
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Manila
Marie Bernarda Balitaan
Colorums
Constabulary
Bucas Island
Surigao
Taking Fish Out Of Season In Puget Sound
Seattle agents from the state department of fisheries launch a campaign against fish bootlegging on Puget Sound. Munroe Wickoff of Syberta says several men have been arrested in Tacoma for illegal fish catching and bootlegging with more arrests pending.
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Seattle
Wash
State Department of Fisheries
Puget
Munroe Wickoff
Syberta
Tacoma
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Jazon
Federaig
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