Osage Oil Lease Controversy Faces Congress Today
The House Indian affairs committee prepares to hear government aide on Osage oil and gas land leases in Oklahoma. Secretary Fisher and Indian Affairs Commissioner Abbott faced testimony from T J Leahy who attacked Fisher and defended the Osage council members ousted last week. A sensational Cook report on lease execution is to be produced. senate appropriations also rose with funding for education sanitation and anti‑vice efforts.
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Harriman Denounces Convicts in Los Angeles Trade Council
Job Harriman, former socialist mayoral candidate, told the State Building Trades Council that Olaf A Tveitmoe and E Allan of San Francisco and J E Munsey of Salt Lake City, convicted in the dynamite conspiracy, were innocent. Banners revealed Tveitmoe’s portrait as delegates cheered. Treitmoe and Chaney were reelected to their posts on the statewide council.
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Trains marooned by snow in Idaho and Utah
A severe snowstorm isolates several towns. In Idaho Wood River region two weeks of blizzard froze passenger trains and downed wires stranding travelers cared for by farmers. Cattle near Halley lack water and food. many herds are lost or blocked from rivers. In Chingo heavy snow slows traffic as trolley and third rails freeze and telegraph lines suffer outages.
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Arrested as Train Robber in Birmingham Suburb
Jam 2 Marshall Moon, formerly an employee of the rail way postal service, was arrested in Woodawn, a Birmingham suburb, charged with holding up a Southern Railway train near Lincoln, Alabama, early Sunday. Bond set at 20000 pounds. Moon denied the charge. he was taken to jail with his wife and elderly father from Lincoln.
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Polar sleds in museum exhibit at American Museum
New York January 20 two battered sleds that traveled to opposite ends of the earth are showcased at the American Museum of Natural History. Capt Raold Amundsen presented one of the three sleds from his south pole expedition beside a sled used by Admiral Peary in the north pole voyage. Amundsen and Peary have been elected honorary fellows of the museum, an honor shared by only four others.
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South Pole
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North Pole
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Admiral Peary
Butter Injunction Dismissed Over Gov Hoard Error
Federal action seeking an injunction against the Elgin Board of Trade to curb Sherman Act violations was dismissed as to former Wisconsin Governor D. Hoard after District Attorney James H. Wilkerson explained a misidentification. Hoard had no connection with the Elgin board or the Butter Manufacturers association.
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Garden Annual a Leading Feature for Outdoor Work
The Post previews its Garden Annual to be published next Sunday as a major Semi monthly Magazine Section feature. The issue is illustrated and contributed by an expert, with limited edition status. Readers urged to order The Sunday Post now to avoid delay.
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The Governor's Lady at the National Theater
Washington audiences witnessed a human Belasco drama in The Governor's Lady at the National last night. Emma Dunn as Mary Slade and Gladys Hanson as Katherine Strickland deliver pivotal scenes. Daniel Stade, a driven suitor, tests love, ambition, and loyalty against public life and a social bargain, with strong supporting turns and elaborate stagecraft.
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Cold light lamp could revolutionize electric lighting
Paris reports M. Dussaud, a French scientist, unveils a new electric lamp delivering a focused 3000-candlepower light with no heat and far lower current. The design uses successive filaments and a lens to project light. it operates from tiny batteries or water jets and may be applied to photography and searchlights for the war ministry.
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Ship Phecda Reports Sinking of Danish Vessel
Charleston January 2 news reports the Dutch steamship Phecda sunk a large Danish tramp steamer about 90 miles off Plymouth England December 26 during a hurricane. All crew perished. vessel likely the Ivar of Copenhagen. Phecda signaled aid but received no reply as high seas swamped the distressed ship.
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Aged Archduke Rainer Nearing Death in Vienna
Archduke Rainer of Habsburg, elder son of a noble line, remains critically ill in Vienna with intestinal disease and high fever after a recent lung inflammation recovery. His wife Archduchess Maria Caroline is four months older. They married 61 years ago and are childless. The Waerington Fest special is noted in New York dispatch.
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Seminole Receives Silver Service for Coast Rescue Work
In Wilmington North Carolina on January 20 a silver service was presented to the revenue cutter Seminole by the Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company and Lloyds of England in recognition of its great service in saving lives and property along the Atlantic coast. A distinguished company of guards attended the ceremony.
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Arson Trust Indictments Shake New York Firm
Henry C. Freeman, wealthy insurance broker, and four others were indicted for arson conspiracy. Bail set at 50000 for Freeman. others remanded without bail. Prosecution cites a rising fire rate since the probe. Simultaneously a fire marshal notes a notable drop in fires amid the investigation.
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Riot in Legislature Sparks Wyoming Senate Race
Warren rushes to Cheyenne to take charge of his reelection bid as Progressives mock opposition grows. With a paper majority and six on joint ballot Two, a Republican loss looms if three GOP seats are challenged for fraud. Progressives and Democrats control the lower house and may seat Democrats if three Republicans are ousted, risking Warren’s majority. Balloting for senator starts January 28.
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Lacked votes halt Delaware senator race in caucus
In Dover four Democratic lawmakers refused to join a binding caucus leaving Willard Saulsbury with 20 votes and Henry Ridgley with six as the Delaware senatorial election nears deadlock. Twenty-seven votes needed. 25 of 29 Democrats voted in the caucus.
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Wishes to Remain in Senate in Early Campaign
Senator Smith launches a statewide letter campaign announcing his candidacy for the United States Senate. He says his Washington duties prevent personal meetings but will connect with voters before the campaign ends. He expects strong support from organization forces across the state.
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Watson Choice of Caucus Renominates Senator in WV
A Charleston message reports that by an unanimous vote of 48 Democratic General Assembly members Senator Watson was renominated to succeed himself. A Republican and Progressive majority of 22 oppose the Democratic ticket. Deadlock persists as the Republican wings fail to unite, foretelling continued Senate deadlock.
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Sisters Die Two Hours Apart Near Cloppers
Special to The Washington ros Rockville Md January 2 Miss Dorothy Kinney 74 and her widowed sister Mrs Marietta Martin 76 died within two hours of each other at their home near Cloppers this county Saturday afternoon Both deaths were due to pneumonia Kinney had been ill a week and Martin only one day Kinney's funeral was at St Rose Catholic Church Cloppers conducted by Rev George B Harrington Martins services followed two hours later at the family residence led by Rev A Gillingham Darnestown Presbyterian Church Burial was in the Darnestown cemetery
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May Share Customs Office with Two Cities Plan
The Treasury Department considers a two city headquarters方案 to pacify protests over losing the Norfolk and Newport News collector office. The tentative scheme would have one collector split between Norfolk and Newport News and apply to several pairs of cities including St. Paul Minneapolis and Duluth Superior.
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Bride Swallows Poison After Quarrel In Maryland
Jane Mra L J Forman aged 20 wife of a band member in Cumberland Maryland is dying in Keyser West Virginia after swallowing the contents of a vial of poison following a quarrel with her husband. They had been working in a Keyser laundry.
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Supreme Court rules foreign patent sets expire with its term
In Cameron Tank Company v Jenoxville the Supreme Court held that American patents on inventions patented abroad expire when the foreign patent ends. The decision rejects arguments that the Brussels treaty of 180 provides an exception to this rule.
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Election Judges Fined for Voting Law Violations
In Norton Virginia C G Duffey and J F Arrington were fined 500 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail for violating election laws at Stonega precinct during last November's county official election. Both men, a Republican and a Democrat, aided marking voters ballots, risking lifelong disenfranchisement. Duffey and Arrington also held positions with Stonega Coke and Coal Company. A motion to set aside the verdict was filed as they awaited bond reconsideration.
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Fled from Altar In Fear Halts Bride’s Nuptials
Special to The Washington Post. Baltimore January reports a groom elect Horace Lutwyche fled his home and bride’s wedding after mother of the bride informed parents and the ceremony was called off. The house held guests and a preacher waited as Lutwyche stood nearby then returned home unable to proceed.
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Despondent husband shoots wife in Norwood home
Richard McCarty, a Cincinnati bookkeeper, killed his wife in Norwood after a despondent moment, attempted to shoot his two young sons, and was about to kill himself when his father intervened. A note revealed his plan to kill wife and children before taking his own life. he was arrested.
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Sir James Coats Dead In Ayr Scotland
News of the death in Carrick house Ayr Scotland of Sir James Coats director of the J P Coats Company Limited thread manufacturers was contained in a cablegram received here tonight. The company has large mills in Pawtucket. Sir James was 70 years old.
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Five Men Escape from Jail in Broad Daylight
In Huntington on January 20 five Cabell county jail inmates overpowered Jailer Chapman and an electrician, seized the officer's revolver, and escaped after prying an iron bar from a grate. One man, George Dillion, was later captured. four others Leonard Bradford Willard Williams Lester Wade and Tony Smith fled with a posse in pursuit.
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Bryce to Lecture at Ju of Va Ancient Democracy Lectures
British Ambassador James Bryce will lecture at the University of Virginia on Ancient Democracy. The Barbour Page foundation funds two lectures next week with Bryce speaking Monday evening and Tuesday morning. The lectures honor Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, whose gift in 1907 established the endowment of £22,000 for annual lectures by distinguished figures.
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Maryland Agriculture College Will Not Move Location
Governor and committees confirm the Maryland Agriculture College plant at College Park will not be removed. The fire and valuable property deter relocation. Efforts to move to Washington or Frederick counties failed as no encouragement was given.
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