Fall Refuses to Testify in Senate Oil Probe
Washington Feb 2 7 Former Interior Secretary Fall refuses to answer questions before the Senate oil committee asserting the committees authority expired and that answering could incriminate him He reads a prepared statement while aided by doctors and lawyers and is escorted from the hearing room as the panel adjourns to executive session.
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Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Interior
Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
EB. L. Doheney
Congress
Levi Cook
Lenroot
Pall
Enator Walsh
Montana
Eikins
West Virginia
Senate
Sinclair
Paris
Mason May
Europe
Sinclair Oil Interests
America
Berengaria
President Harding
ST. Louis
Edward L. Doheney
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Ed A. Glenn
United States
James A. Reed
Doheney
Glenn
Missouri
United States Senate Committee
Robinson
Denby
Walsh
House
Coolidge
Patt
Los Angeles
Calif
Wm. G. McAdoo
Wilson
the Treasury
Dohoney Oll
E L. Dohoney
California
E. L. Doheney
Theabinet
Treasury
Thomas W. Gregory
Colidge
Oif
Dohoney
Gregory
Island Oil Company
Three Die in Gas Explosion in Kansas City
A gas explosion in a Bailey Reynolds Chandlier building at 931 Grand Avenue kills three men including Claude James and foreman Charles Payne. Several others are injured as the blast shakes downtown Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Bailey-Reynolds Chandlier Company
Grand Avenue
Claude James
Bailey Reynolds
Fire Hits Barnum Circus Workshop Center
A blaze at Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey winter headquarters in Bridgeport Connecticut destroyed the paint and blacksmith shop causing a panic among the menagerie. Firefighters kept animals calm for over an hour. The Sacred Ox from Italy died in a pen near the blaze. Damages were estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Associated Pree
Bridgeport
Conn
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Italy
Thie
Prairie Oil and Gas sets oil price at $1.15 a barrel
Prairie Oil and Gas Company announced a new price of 1.15 dollars per barrel for oil under 20 degrees gravity, an increase of 25 cents. The Empire Company followed with a similar price.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Empire Company
Absent Voter Law Passes In State Senate
The Iowa senate approved a new absent voter law 37 to 0 to ease wartime voting difficulties. The measure covers general, special, municipal and primary elections with mailed ballots and attached applications. Debate included a withdrawn push to apply to school elections and further amendments to election procedures. Both houses adjourned until Monday.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Fulton
Jefferson County
Browne
Jackson County
House Insurance Department
House
Sanitary Survey Proposed for Iowa Rivers
Greene Iowa February 2 The state board of health calls for a sanitary survey of Iowa streams to curb pollution after an investigation into fish kills in Shell Rock river and Allison. A pollution penalty will be asked of the state assembly as dead fish clog the river and ice pack along Greene River banks.
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Associated Press
Greene
Iowa
State Board of Health
Shell Rock River
State Assembly
Allison
Physicians Protest Restriction on Prescribing Alcohol
In Des Moines on January 31 physicians protested a prohibition bill that would block doctors from prescribing liquor deemed necessary for treatment. The senate committee on intemperance pushes BIN No 283 limiting liquor sale under permits, sparking physician letters and telegrams opposing the measure.
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Des Moines
Senate
Fall Refuses to Testify as Senate Adjourns
Albert B. Fall declined to testify before the Senate oil committee and questioned its authority. Rear Admiral Robison defended Pearl Harbor fuel tank contracts as national defense. The Senate adjourned until Monday as other bills move forward.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Senate Oil Committee
Fall
Robison
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Teapot Dome
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Denby
House
Finland
Post Office
Treasury Department
Montgomery
Wilson
Navy Department
Butler
Naval Committee
Three Oklahoma A and M Students Charged in Fatal Bullets
In Stillwater Oklahoma three upperclassmen at Oklahoma A and M fired a .22 rifle at a yard target behind a fraternity house. The stray bullets killed Mrs Mathilda A Hodges and lightly wounded two women. The students David D Zine Roy G Doak and Earl Nutter were charged with murder and jailed for a preliminary hearing.
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Associated Press
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A
M. College
Mathilda A. Hodges
David D. Zine
Roy G. Doak
Earl Nutter
Justice Court
Physicians Oppose Drug Committee Alcohol Prescription Amendment
A committee amendment would strike 49 sections and bar druggists from filling prescriptions that include alcohol except a physician stock for medical use. Doctors oppose, noting many shops rely on alcohol prescriptions and fearing future limits on therapeutic drugs. The report cites liquor sales at Sioux City and Davenport drugstores as drivers of added prescription revenue.
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Sioux City
Davenport
Lowa
Its a Good Way to Introduce Yourself in a Journal Ad
A brief note suggests introducing oneself by referencing an advertisement found in the Journal. The remark implies using the ad as a contact prompt and begins a potential exchange.
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Journal
Johnson City dry raids net 128 arrests in Williamson County
In Johnston City Alabama on February 2 authorities say 128 men were arrested during a county wide dry raid led by S. Glen Young of the Ku Klux Klan. The raids targeted private homes and confiscated six stills 27 barrels of wine 51 gallons of moonshine and 200 gallons of home brew. A Chicago and Eastern Illinois train carried prisoners to Benton for federal processing.
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Associated Press
Johnston City
Williamson County
Ku Klux Klan
S. Glen Young
Chicago and Eastern
Ilinois
Benton
California ranch sale to government for veterans hospital
Volney Craig announced by telegram from Washington that the government has accepted his offer to sell his San Fernando valley ranch for 100000 dollars as a site for a veterans hospital. The government had previously indicated it would not meet that price and would pursue condemnation to obtain the lands at a lower figure.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Volney Craig
San Fernando Valley
Here
Veterans’ Hospital
Washington
Craig
Account for all in hotel that burned in Oklahoma City fire
Oklahoma City police say all guests of a small hotel destroyed by fire last night were accounted for. Initial reports suggested three fatalities. property loss estimated at $10,000.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Howat dragged from UMWA convention platform
Riotous scenes at the United Mine Workers biennial meeting in Indianapolis end with Alexander Howat, Kansas district president, forcibly removed from the platform as John L. Lewis adjourns the convention sine die. Police were called as delegates clashed and factions formed around the disputed report.
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Rio
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Alexander Howat
Kansas
United Mine Workers
John. Lewis
Howat
Lewis
Boy Fatally Burned by Gas Blow Torch
Des Moines reports a 19 year old, George Campin, fatally burned when a blow torch used to repair an automobile exploded. Edward Gathersale and his young son suffered burns and are hospitalized as investigators seek the cause.
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Associated Pres
Des Moines
George Campin
Edward Gathersale
John
Cruiser Richmond Ordered Back to Duty at Vera Cruz
The cruiser Richmond at Galveston is ordered to Vera Cruz to relieve the cruiser Omaha and six destroyers detained there on orders from Washington. The Richmond is expected to arrive at Vera Cruz tonight.
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Richmond
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Washington
Galveston
Omaha
Validity of Decree of Divorce in Candler Suit
In Atlanta on February 2 the court will hear arguments on the validity of Mrs. Onezima de Bouchel Rocquet’s Reno divorce decree as it affects her engagement to Asa G. Candler Sr. and the breach of promise suit against Candler. Evidence includes 39 letters from Candler to de Bouchel and testimony on domicile and aggressor questions.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Onezima de Bouchel
Adolph Rocquet
Asa G. Candler Sr
Samuel Sibley
United States District Court
de Bouechel
Mr. Candler
New Orleans
Reno
Nevada
de Bouchel
Occasional Snows Predicted Next Week With Colder Temps
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows considerable cloudiness with likely occasional snows in the north and rain or snow in the south. Temperatures start above normal then turn much colder.
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Associated Press
Wasbmington
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Democrats Set Davenport Convention For Early April
Davenport will host the state Democratic convention to select delegates to the national convention in New York the first week of April likely the third, per a decision by the state Democratic Central Committee.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
New York
Davenport
State
Democratic Central Committee
First Church Adjusts Services During Scarlet Fever Quarantine
Reverend J Reade McCrory and family are quarantined after a child contracts scarlet fever. Miss Ella Montgomery will preach in the morning, no evening service, Sabbath school at 9 45, Young People's service at six, and a committee will oversee later services.
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J. Reade McCrory
First United Presbyterian Church
Ella Montgomery
McCrory
Norwegian Wins Ski Race at Chamonix
The United States failed to place in the Olympic 18 kilometer ski race in Chamonix with Hauge of Norway winning in 1 hour 14 minutes 3 seconds.
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Chamonix
France
United States
Hauge
Norway
Store force appreciates the information
A terse note quotes a shopper who says I saw your ad in the Journal and expresses appreciation for the information provided by the store force.
Woodrow Wilson Struggles With Declining Health
President Woodrow Wilson continued to grow weaker amid strong effort from physicians and family. Doctors reported no nourishment for almost a day, yet his pulse and breathing remained steady as his condition slowly worsened and the end loomed uncertain. Mrs. Wilson remained at his side with Admiral Grayson and other aides assisting as mail and telegrams flood the residence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Grayson
Mr. Wilson
Admiral Grayson
Wilson
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