Word: tracings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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West Virginia's votes for Goff will be a tribute to a well-disciplined Old Guardsman. They will remove the last trace of the disrepute which Guardsman Goff suffered from his connection with the Alien Property scandals under Attorney General Daugherty. Other reasons for the gesture will be to head off Hooverism in West Virginia and to carry on a State tradition. West Virginia Republicans almost always have a Favorite Son. In 1920 it was Howard Sutherland, the coal man from Elkins who sat in the Senate from 1917 to 1923 and is now U. S. Alien Property Custodian...
Although the prime purpose of coming to Boston was to trace through the whole story of the oil scandals, Senator Walsh was brought around to the prohibition question in the course of the interview. "While the law has been notoriously violated in a good many sections of the country and ineffectively enforced," he remarked, "I am still convinced that it has been of inestimable value. Moreover," the foremost dry advocate in the Democratic ranks stated, "It may be of interest to you to know that there is no appreciable sentiment in Congress that promises any recession whatever from the policy...
...fences and poles throughout the city, advertising $65,000 in rewards for information concerning the Deneen and Swanson pineapplers. Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, State's Attorney Crowe and others were sponsors of the rewards. Meanwhile, Chief of Police Michael Hughes reported: "It is almost impossible to trace bombers. There are 50 places in the city where dynamite can be purchased just as a person buys a package of cigarets...
Clearly, Ambassador Morrow takes the large view that it would be futile to try to exact from Mexico the confirmation of "oil rights" to persons whose lands had shown no trace of oil in 1917-when Mexico embarked upon a Constitutional régime definitely conserving future Mexican oil discoveries to Mexicans...
...Lake will be the principal speaker of the evening. His subject is as yet unannounced. G. E. Huggins '01 will also be among the speakers at the banquet. Huggins was the first, graduate secretary of the Phillips Brooks House. He will speak on the founding of the House and trace its development...