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March 10, 1925

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GOVERNMENT OPENS TEAPOT DOME SUIT; SECRECY ADMITTED; Pomerene Declares Sinclair and Fall Perpetrated Big Fraud Under Cover. TESTIMONY BACKS CHARGE Finney Testifies Fall Ordered Silence -- Navy Oil Chief Says He Was Kept in Dark. COL. STEWART NOW AT SEA Witness to Canadian Deal Goes to Latin America -- Two Others in France Won't Return. GOVERNMENT OPENS TEAPOT DOME SUIT

By Special to The New York Times

Govt suit opens; Govt counsel charges fraud and conspiracy by Sinclair and Fall; Stewart reported at sea, bound for Mexico or S A; G G Battle, counsel for O'Neil and Blackmer, says clients may take up permanent residence in France; E C Finney and Commander H A Stuart and others testify

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Notable Births

Bob Lanier (politician)

1925Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician, Mayor of Houston (died 2014)[†]

Robert Clayton Lanier was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Houston, Texas, from 1992 to 1998. Before becoming mayor, Lanier had a notable career as a lawyer, banker, and real estate developer. He also held significant public service positions, including chairman of the Texas Highway Commission and chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO). As mayor, he focused on improving infrastructure, public safety, and the city’s diversity. Lanier was re-elected in 1993 and 1995, and after leaving office, remained active in real estate and public policy. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former mayor of Houston.

Notable Deaths

Myer Prinstein

1925Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (born 1878)[†]

Myer Prinstein was a Poland-born American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club in Queens, New York. A 1902 law graduate and track team captain for Syracuse University, after college he became a New York real estate lawyer and businessman while living in Jamaica Plains, Queens. To date, he is the only Olympic track athlete to win both the triple and long jump in the same Olympics, earning the distinction in St. Louis in 1904.