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...Blackmer is urgently wanted in the U. S. as a witness in the coming (October) trial of Albert B. Fall, onetime (1921-23) Secretary of the Interior, and Harry F. Sinclair, oil man, for conspiracy in the famed Teapot Dome scandal. Last May Mr. Blackmer refused to honor a subpoena to return and testify; the passport revocation followed, presumably with the intention of preventing Mr. Blackmer from leaving France for even more distant regions. Not but that he can get out of France without a passport, but he cannot legally enter any of the countries bordering France, which would seem...
...works, electric dynamos, elevated railways and civic opera, that all contribute to make Chicago its bigger and better self. He is Samuel Insull, and it is charged that he either knuckled to or abetted the winning Smith campaign to the tune of $500,000. The Committee issued a subpoena for Mr. Insull and just then it became known that he had planned to go abroad. The press hinted at evasion, whereupon Mr. Insull, charged with having furnished the largest individual wad of political slush-money ever known, replied (in a quaint accent that is all his own) : "I have made...
...have nothing to say.' "The other was: 'I'll be right here when they come to serve it (the subpoena). Of course I wouldn't try to evade it. I never evade...
Witnesses. Congressman Reid presented a list of 73 witnesses whom he asked be called for the defense. The list included Secretary of War Davis, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. It was pointed out that it is unusual to subpoena Cabinet officers, and Mr. Reid countered by saying personal attendance would be waived if the three Secretaries would submit documentary records...
...Mitchell appeared with his counsel, Representative Reid of Illinois. As the Court was about to swear him, Mr. Reid objected. The Court was surprised. It was discovered that Col. Mitchell, while directed to appear, had not actually been subpoenaed. So a subpoena was promptly served on him. He still declined to testify, saying in a letter to the Court and to the War Department: "I am advised by my counsel that it would be inconsistent with my legal rights and might jeopardize my case should I be required to testify before the Naval Court on matters likely...