Depositions Read At Teapot Dome Oil Hearings
In Cheyenne on March 11 government counsel opened with depositions in the Mammoth Oil case seeking cancellation of the Teapot Dome release. Readings include G K Thomas John C Schaffer and others detailing lease bids and Fall's views toward independent operators and Warry Sinclair as a bidder.
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Associated Prec
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mammoth OW Company
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Albert BR. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Ifield
Pioneers' Refining Company
Teapot Dome
G. K. Thomas
Denver
John C. Schaffer
Chicago
Schaffer
Janes T. Beatty New York
Texas Company
Frar.s. Kistler
Producers and Refiners Corporation
Birch Helms
New York
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company
Warry F. Sinclair
Mammoth Company
Sinclair
Fall
Explosion Injures Two in Bloody Herrin
Yesterday a dynamite blast tore through H Fowler’s butch shop in Herrin injuring Fowler and his wife who slept above. Glenn Fowler, a body guard for S Glenn Young, was away. Police suspect an external explosive. two others were injured and two suspects arrested. Damage estimated at 5 000 to 10 000 dollars.
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Herrin
Fowler
Bandit's Confession Ignored by Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed Cecil Mickle's murder conviction of railroad detective Thomas Griffin, sentencing him to life, while rejecting consideration of a bank bandit William Wright's notebook confession exonerating Mickle.
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Bandit
Iowa Supreme Court
Associated Treeay
Des Moines
Iowa State Supreme Court
Cecil Mickle
Thomas Griffin
High
William Wright
Mobile
Ala
Mickle
Griffin
Shamrocks Sent Back From Boston Under Plant Import Rules
Over a thousand Shamrocks headed for Boston homes were ordered returned to Ireland by the department of agriculture under live plant import rules to prevent pest risks. A spectator found a small bottle of Irish whiskey in one box with a note claiming it would keep the Shamrock fresh per St Patrick.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Ireland
Department of Agriculture
St. Patrick
Southern Illinois Visited by Storm Report
A severe wind hail and rain storm swept three states causing property damage over half a million dollars. In Edgar County Illinois about a dozen homes and the Methodist church were leveled and ten houses destroyed near Paris. Terre Haute Indiana saw damaged roofs and unroofed buildings at St Mary of the Wood Academy. Rochester Indiana reported barns razed and a grandstand damaged at the county fair grounds.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ilinois
Edgar County
Tlllinois
Paris
Ill
Terre Haute
St. Mary
Wood Academy
Rochester
Claywood
Senator Couzens Challenges Treasury Department Probe
Senator Couzens challenges the treasury department move to reopen his 1919 income tax saying the move is to discipline him for fighting government corruption. The Senate investigation committee plans to resume its inquiry into tax settlements next Monday despite his charge.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mar
Couzens
Senate Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Senate
The
Treasury
Iowa City's Woman Mayor Seeks Re-Election
Miss Jennie Harvet, nominated by the Republican convention, aims to continue as mayor of Iowa City. She has served three years, first elected after filling an unfinished term. Iowa City is the state's largest municipality led by a woman.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Jennie Harvet
Iowa City
Harvat
Towa City
Towa
Fred MacMillan Heads to South America Mission Trip
Fred MacMillan a railroad man and coal dealer from Des Moines sailed last week for South America as an invited guest of Robert E Speer secretary of the foreign mission of the Presbyterian church His goal is to visit Presbyterian missions in South America and he belongs to the First United Presbyterian church.
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Des Moines
Fred €. MacMillan
South American
Robert E. Speer
New York
Presbyterian Church
South America
MacMillan
First United Presbyterian Church
Prospect of a Row Over Plans for an Interstate Bridge
In Des Moines the State House discussed plans for a Missouri River bridge between Iowa and Nebraska. Latimer of Front County filed a bill to appoint a three member Iowa commission to meet a Nebraska counterpart to study the bridge’s advisability. Last week Pritchard of Sioux City introduced a bill for a bridge linking Woodbury County Iowa with Dakota County Nebraska.
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Associated Press
State House
Des Moines
Alisouri
Iowa
Neraska
Ola
Latimer
Front County
Nebraska
Missouri
Fremont County
Otoe County
Pritchard
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Dakota County
Rural Iowa mail carriers to gain extra pay this year
Rural mail earners in Iowa will receive 660000 dollars more in salary this year after the passage of the postal salary increase bill. The additional funds will be paid out through the Des Moines postoffice.
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Iowa
Associatedress
Des Moines
Towa
Dessoincs Postoffice
Son of Millionaire Weds Sales Girl
Reed A Albee son of vaudeville magnate E F Albee married Frances Cotter a 17 year old sales girl from Jersey City New Jersey last Friday The marriage occurred in Jersey City by a magistrate Albee had been divorced three weeks earlier from Louise E Williams an actress
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New York
Reed A Albee
E. F. Albee
Frances Cotter
Jersey City
N. J
Albee
Louise E. Williams
Opening of New Washington Hotel Boosts National Capital Image
The Mayflower Hotel in Washington promotes itself as a modern prestigious venue during the Coolidge inauguration. Officials favored economy and reduced pomp, while the Mayflower benefits from publicity and a noted inaugural ball. Washington tourism and hotel capacity expand amid political bustle and high demand.
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Washington
National Capital
Dpd. C
Coolidge
White House
New Mayflower
Mayflower Hotel
Mrs Stokes Testifies In Own Defense At Denver Conspiracy Trial
Mrs Helen Elwood Stokes of Denver testifies in the trial of her husband W R Stokes charged with conspiracy to defame her. She denies all accusations and says she traveled only with a woman companion and never with other men. The hearing ends with a remark she made admitting self defense in a prior incident.
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Chicago
Helen Elwood Stokes
Denver
W. RE OD. Stokes
W. N. Gemmill
Ehen
Mrs. Stokes
Burke
Chicazoo
Billings
Anamosa Convicts to Make 1926 License Plates
Des Moines reports that Iowa will have 1926 motor vehicle license plates produced by state prison inmates at Anamosa. The contract, awarded by the board of control with the executive council, replaces a plan for five year plates defeated in a recent state election.
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Anamosa
Des Moines
Iowa
Board of Control
State Executive Council
Slemmons
Americans Attend Special Mass in Rome
In Rome on March 11 the American Holy Year Pilgrimage from Horton gathered with tourists and American residents for a Vatican Mass celebrated by Pope Pius. The Pope appeared and the assembly knelt as the papal Mass proceeded with Cardinal O Connell delivering an address.
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Rome
Horton
Vatican
Pius
Former Governor Ferguson Cleared By Amnesty Vote
In Austin on March 11 James Ferguson, formerly Texas governor, won vindication as the legislature passed to third reading a bill granting amnesty from impeachment. The House vote was 80 to 63, sending the measure after Senate approval toward final passage restoring his eligibility for state office.
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Austin
Texas
James Ferguson
Legislative Court
Werr
House of Representatives
Senate
State House keeps retrenchment and reform committee
The retrenchment and reform committee will stay at least two more years after the House adopted a judiciary committee report calling for indefinite postponement of its abolition. Debate centered on its role linking legislature and state administration. defenders cited disallowed $29,000 claims and the need for oversight.
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Ed Praga
State House
Des Moines
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate Liit
Ensich
Saunders
Palo Alto
Harrison
O'Donnell
Dubuque
Atlantic Scouting Fleet Practices on a School of Whales
The Atlantic scouting fleet en route to San Diego for general mobilization used a large whale school off Magdalena Bay for submarine firing practice. Westbound ships report whales bearing shell damage off the lower California coast, while the Norwegian whaling fleet near Magdalena Bay benefits from Yankee gunners’ marksmanship.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Magdalena Bay
Hydrographic Office
California
Egypt Tomb Doubtful as Pharaoh Seneferu Interment Questioned
Cairo March 11 The Boston Harvard expedition unearths a Giza tomb believed to hold Pharaoh Seneferu but many Egyptologists doubt the find. Some argue a king who built pyramids at Medum and Dahshur would not bury himself 9 feet beneath the surface, erasing his memory.
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Associated Press
CARIO
Egypt
Giza
Boston-Harvard
Sene Fern
Medum
Dahi
Debate Opens in Iowa Senate on Gasoline Tax Bills
March 11 in Des Moines opens a clash over two gasoline tax bills Bowmen and Bergman with Shaff ruling both on floor. Bowman defends his two cent proposal and Bergman seeks equal sharing of revenue among primary county and township road funds with varied apportionment. Exemptions refunds differ with Bowman limiting tax to highway use while Bergman extends refunds to tractors farm use and road work.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Senate
Bowman
Blackhawk County
Shaff
Clinton County
Bergman
Jasper
Ways and Means
Blackhawk
Kowman
Special Gas Tax Committee
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