Verdict of acquittal in famous oil fraud case
Washington judges cleared former Secretary Fall and Edward L. Doheny in the long running oil fraud conspiracy trial after a lengthy jury deliberation. The defense characterized the accusations as a grave error in judgment and noted the missing stage money and personal effects tied to the case.
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Edward L. Doheny
Sterling
Patriéte
Washington, D. C
Amistake
Mr. Fall
John McCormack
Althoit
Medical Life's Office Manager Arrested in Federal Fraud Case
W B Smalling former home office manager of Medical Life Insurance and sales chief Ivan G Siondergan were indicted on using the mails to defraud. They faced federal charges arising from the company sale and stock selling misrepresentations. John W Schaefer was also indicted for defrauding Chicago mail order houses. Both cases returnable by grand jury in Dubuque.
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Des Moines Insurances Company
Grundy County
W.B. Smalling
Ivan G. Siondergan
United States
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United States Marshal
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Chicago
Michael George
Dubuque
Bill Killefer to Join Browns After St. Louis stint
Chicago dispatch reports Bill Killefer, longtime St. Louis Cardinals manager on their staff for two years, has reached an agreement to join the St. Louis Browns for next season. Officials at the American League head- quarters denied knowledge of his role with the Browns.
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Bill Ks Kileter
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Browns
Killefer
Browns
Farm Renter Slanders Ames Owner in District Court Suit
In December 16 district court at Nevada a Story county farmer C M Garrison sues IL Woodruff of Ames for slander claiming remarks caused health decline and reputational damage amounting to 3000 dollars. Garrison is a tenant on Woodruff s farm and alleges the slander occurred in the presence of Garrison s wife and son and before Ames residents.
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Ames
IPI
IL. K. Woodfull
C. M. Garrison
Story County
Garrison
Nevada
Woodruff
Dope Doctor Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
Des Moines physician C. M. Collins, 55, was sentenced in federal court to five years for narcotic law violation. His plea for leniency was ineffective after a prior trial ended in a hung jury.
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Des Moines
Pr. C
Courier Delivery by 6 30 PM Prompt. Call for Copy
The courier should be delivered to your home before 6 30 o clock. If the carrier boy error or another cause results in non delivery by that time, please phone 5 and a copy of the panel will be sent. Phone calls reach these offices before 6 30 p.m.
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Hoy
Christmas Tree Gift Request for Good Fellows Party
The article reports a drive for a personal Christmas tree gift for the Good Fellows party, noting funds totaling 331.15 and no donated tree yet. The B and P W club seeks a north woods style tree to decorate the club rooms at 3101-2 Fourth Street West, with donations coordinated by Alicn B Warsaiy.
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Professional Women's Club
Good Fellows
Suindéeone
North Woods
Alicn
B. Warsaiy
B.& P. W. Cldb
Evening Courier
Noac
Fourth Street West
Arrest Cashier of Defunct Beaver Valley Bank
Ta. Dec.16 C. W. Wilhelm, cashier of Beaver Valley State Bank of Parkersburg, suspended since Nov.5 1924, was arrested today on an indictment returned by Butler county grand jury charging fraudulent banking. Bond set at 6000 and reports indicate other indictments may follow as the seven day French jury heard 50 witnesses. bank assets were about 2 million with depositors receiving roughly 54 percent in liquidation proceedings.
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Courier Species Service
Allison
C. W. Wilhelm
Beaver
Valley State Bank
Parkersburg
Butler County
Frank W. ‘Edwards
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Ben J. Gibson
First Wife Still Loves Man Wanted for Death of Third
Maude McNay Murphy declares she still loves Lee Daniel Murphy despite his murder charge. The Long Beach, California fugitive is suspected to flee may travel to Peoria Illinois seeking a hiding place. Murphy’s estranged wife and her three year old son live with her mother in Peoria. Local police monitor possible arrival.
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INS
Maude McNay Murphby
Lee Daniel Murphy
Long Beach
Cal
Boy Who Built Fire on Dynamite Dies
Kenneth Belt 13 of Honey Creek Iowa died in hospital after five sticks of dynamite exploded in a stove where he and Fred Brewer had built a fire. Brewer suffered severe injuries to arms and legs, Floyd Bell escaped with minor injuries and was left at home.
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Honey Creek
Council Blutts
Council Bluffs
Kenneth Belt
Fred Brewer
Floyd Bell
Girl Leaves Baby in Berkeley Millionaire Home
Berkeley California December 16 a young woman entered C J Hart’s home and asked to use the telephone then asked the caretaker to hold her two year old daughter until she could dismiss her taxicab and then vanished leaving the child behind authorities search for the unknown woman and recover the child from the millionaire’s residence.
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Berkeley
Cal
C. J. Hart
Boxing death under investigation in Chicago case
Police probe the death of Fred Canady a 29 year old black man after a boxing match last Friday. Investigators seek details on the circumstances surrounding the fatal injuries.
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Det
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Fred Canady
Wisconsin Play Shelved After Missing Performers
University of Wisconsin students stage a drama titled slashepsh set in a morgue but two principal performers are absent and the anatomy faculty withholds two cadavers from the production. Dr W J Sullivan questioned if realism could go too far as Milas E Brown the property man notes the challenge.
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Madison
Wig
University of Wisconsin Players
University Anatomy Laboratory
W. J. Sullivan
Tot Milas E Brown
Butler County Youth Appeals Theft Conviction
Allison Jn December 16, Clifton Lack, convicted by a district court jury of stealing chickens, will appeal his sentence. The three day trial ended with the verdict after the fict had been read. Lack is accused of taking four chickens from Howard Sells farm northwest of New Hartford on August 12, 1929.
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Courier Sperial Servie
Allison
Cliffora Lack
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Howard Sells
New Hartford
Kiwanis Club Plans Mexican Winter Trip
Shenandoah Indiana Kiwanis Club sponsors an 11 day winter vacation to Old Mexico. The itinerary runs from Shenandoah via St Louis Corpus Christi Monterey and San Antonio ending in Hot Springs with a Feb 12 departure. The club previously organized Lincoln tomb Pilist image Niagara and London trips.
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INS
Old Mexico
Kiwanis Club
Niagara
London
Monterey
St. Louis
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Hot Springs
Aged Woman Is Saved from Freezing in Tipton
An elderly mother of Mrs William Binz wandered beyond Tipton’s outskirts for over an hour before being found exhausted. She had arrived from Davenport and attempted to walk to Bing Nome two miles from the town, her feet swollen from the cold.
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Tipton
William
Binz
Swonan
Davenport
Bing Nome
Pupils Too Sleepy Curfew Will Ring in Emerson
In Emerson Ta the curfew law appears forgotten or rescinded in most cities and towns with some inaugurating it anew. Superintendent O. S. Thompson proposed the curfew, saying many pupils arrive at school sleep deprived.
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Emerson
Troops quell riot in Vilna as communists clash over arrests
Warsaw reports troops and police used to quell a riot after communists tried to free leaders jailed in Vilna. Crowds stormed the jail, prompting intervention by soldiers and police reserves.
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Warsaw
Vilna
Booze Bill Ready for Congress Control Corp on Medicinal Whisky
Treasury completes a proposal to form a 10000060 corporation to oversee medicinal whisky manufacture. No government funds will be used. Secretary Mellon says subscriptions for 60 million in stock and 340 million in bonds are expected to be obtainable. Lincoln Co Andrews, prohibition enforcement chief, outlines plans.
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Washington, D. C
The
Treasury
Congress
Lincoln Co. Andrews
Mellon
Gov Small appoints Col Frank L. Smith to fill McKinney seat
Springfield dispatch reports Gov Small signed today the commission naming Col Frank L. Smith to succeed the late Senator Bickins McKinney. Smith, at the signing hour, was abroad in Illinois over farm property, with no plans to return soon, and his staff said the appointment was not finalized until this morning. The move triggers Senate opposition and a bar resolution by Senator Ashurst seeks to block Smith from taking the oath. White House signals hands off while Reed committee prepares probe results on Smith’s past expenditures.
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Len Small
Frank ZL. Smith
Senate
William B. McKinley
Tingis
Cov. Smith
Dwight
Frank L. Smith
Tate
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Washington, D. C
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Senate Campaign Funds’ Committee
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Ernest
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Arizona
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Jlinnis: Utilities Commission
Samuel Tasull
Chicago
Coolidge
White House
Acquittals in conspiracy case prompt mixed reactions
In Washington on December 16 Albert B. Fall and Doheny were acquitted of conspiracy related to government corruption. The trial drew wide attention as a key test of justice and political influence.
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D.C
Albert Bi Fall
Ty Doheny
Harding
Germany Budget Row on Secret Arm Fund Sparks Riots
In Berlin the Reichstag erupts as Philipp Scheidemann accuses Defence Minister Gessler of a hidden budget for arms and planes kept abroad. Rightists call him traitor while shouting insults. Scheidemann says Allies know German military rot and that Germans must address it themselves.
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Beilam
Reichstag
Philipp Scheidémann
Social Democrats
Defenae
Gessler
Russia
Scheidemann
Marx
Germany
Ex-Ticket Agent on Trial for Embezzlement in Nevada
William Earp, formerly a freight and ticket agent for the Fort Dodec Des Moinedy and Southern railroad, is on trial in a district court in Ames. He was arrested in July after a three year operation shortage was found and waived to the grand jury on a larceny by embezzlement charge for about $7500.
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Nevada
Fort Dodec
Des Moinedy & Southern Railroad
Wil- Ham
Earp
Ames
Emperor Yoshimito's condition worsens with pneumonia
Tokio December 14 official bulletin reports Emperor Yoshimito in critical bronchial pneumonia. Pulse quickened rapidly as cabinet and privy council rush to Hayama palace, the seaside resort near Tokio, to be at the imperial bedside.
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Yoshimito
Privy Council
Imperial Palace
Hayama
Larked Ends Life at Knickerbocker Club
In New York Savane Al Larned, famed as a mille janis champion, reportedly took his life after a long illness. The Knickerbocker club context is noted with a fumble and a shooting reference amid a Metropolitan championship event at Marble Hills, New York.
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New York
Savane
AL Larned
Fermion Mille
Janis Champion
British Gunboats Hit as Yang Plans Dispatch
Fragmentary text reports Yang Sen and British gunboats in a tense exchange with attempts to dispatch vessels and potential sinkings. Mentions bolstered troops and a dispatch train amid unclear context.
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Debate Delays Rivers and Harbors Bill in Senate
In Washington on December 16, the rivers and harbors bill faced delays as senators debated the $900 million post office and treasury appropriation. Debate centers on Missouri River development between Kansas City and Sioux City with a House cut from 50 million to 12 million. Missouri Valley senator hopes to restore the larger sum.
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Senate
Post Office
Treasury
Missouri River
Kansas
Missouri Viltey Howver
McDermott and Rudner Linked to Mellett Murder Trial
Canton Ohio news reports McDermott and Ben Rudner testifying in the murder case of Don R. Mellett, with prosecutors alleging a Chrysler roadster used in the killing and that Rudner hired McDermott for the hit tied to bootlegging interests.
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C. E. Fonts
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Don R. Meltett
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Ben Rudner
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Teapot Dome Case Prosecution Focus Shifts to Sinclair Trial
Washington December reports say prosecutors plan to arraign Albert Fall and Edward Doheny in January as the Teapot Dome affair enters a new phase. Contempt indictments loom for Sinclair while appeals challenge lease validity in Los Angeles and San Francisco courts.
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Senate Oil Committee
Supreme Court
Teapot’ Dome
Elk Hills
District Court
Cheyenne
Court of Appeals
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Los Angeles
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