Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...resignation which President Coolidge did accept was that of Owen J. Roberts, Philadelphia lawyer, as special U. S. counsel in the oil scandals. Lawyer Roberts' business was suffering because the Congressional resolution under which he was appointed forbade him to serve any client whose case had to be taken up with any branch of the government. President Coolidge sympathized and said: "I want to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the government for the fidelity and energy with which you have prosecuted these cases." Actions still pending against Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair and Albert Bacon Fall were...
With a horse, Ulysses loosed destruction over Troy. In 1871, Mrs. O'Leary did the same for Chicago with a petulant cow, which shattered an oil lantern in its straw-lined stall. Flames ran amuck, ravaged the straggling town, left it blackened, hollow, crisp. Disconsolate, penniless, young Potter Palmer stood in the ashes of his home. Suddenly, where was Bertha? Bertha had borrowed a buggy, careened into a nearby village, wired New York for an extension of credit. New York agreed, and-phoenix-like-Chicago and the Potter Palmers soared together...
...play called The Ladder opened in Boston this week. It closed in Manhattan last sennight, having run 107 weeks, costing its "angel," Edgar B. Davis, an estimated 10% of his estimated $15,000,000 oil fortune. As everyone knows,* the play concerns the theosophical doctrine of reincarnation, to which Millionaire-Angel Davis sincerely, munificently subscribes. It meandered between four theatres, was rewritten many times,† had a period of "revision" during which the public was admitted free. Frequently Millionaire-Angel Davis gave bonuses of $20-gold pieces, paid well the cast, the author, J. Frank Davis (no blood relation...
...return to action on Soldiers Field this afternoon to launch its final drive in preparation for the climatic clash with the Yale bulldog, less than two weeks off. The Crusader contest this Saturday will be an excellent opportunity to set the Crimson gridiron machine in motion once again and oil up the rusty cogs before the biennial journey to the Bowl at New Haven...
...TIME erroneously referred to Oilman Sinclair's Salt Creek contract, which was voided last fortnight, as "a contract to extract oil from U. S. property on a royalty basis" (TIME, Oct. 29). Such a contract would be an operation lease. The Salt Creek field was leased to other operators, not to Sinclair. Lessees extract oil and pay the U. S. royalties of oil or cash. Sinclair's contract was to buy royalty oil from the U. S. at certain prices, with an option to renew the contract if he found the prices profitable. The voiding of Sinclair...