OIL LEASE SCANDAL
INDICTMENT AGAINST SENATOR AYHEELER DISMISSED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed the indictment charging mis-use of office by Senator W heeler in connection with oil pci nut s 1924, thereby ending the cases begun as a result of Senator V heeler s piosecution of senatorial investigations involving departmental justice. (The Democrats moved swifth to vindicate Senator Wheeler. The Senate adopted a resolution to investigate Senator Wheeler s counteicharge that the indictment was « Republican conspiracy to ™n lns put at ion, and abort tlie V Daimhertv enquiry. Senator \\ also defended Senator Wheeler, and branded the indictment as a political tn k to divert attention from the-commit tee’s serious disclosures.)
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Gisborne Times, Issue 10191, 31 December 1925, Page 5
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115OIL LEASE SCANDAL Gisborne Times, Issue 10191, 31 December 1925, Page 5
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