Wheeler Verdict Hangs On 12 Jurors After Trial
The jury returned after a day of argument and Judge Dietrich instructions in the Wheeler case. The panel could find Wheeler guilty on all counts or acquit. the verdict depended on whether the $10,000 retainer and alleged Interior Department influence were proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Dietrich
Wheelat
Wheeler
Stent
Javier Fee
Senate
Campbell
Interior Department
Great Falls” Hotel
Nasocies
John L. Slattery
Thomas Ish
Baxen
Slattery
Walsh
Ditrict
Gordon Campbell
Mortana
Stevenson
Montana
Hayes
P. Hayes
Mayes
Baia Ar Far Beown
Funds Short Report Of Brett Funds Short Report Of Brett
County records show the state auditor reviews county accounts annually with a quarterly report. Brett as county treasurer notes a March start with no cash papers and insufficient funds at Metals Bank and Trust, signaling a need for action by the Board of County Commissioners. The letter, dated April 24, 1925 from Brett to the commissioners, cites the lack of funds to cover withdrawals and urges formal notice to the board.
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Eubhenize
McIntyre
Butte
Mont
Board of County Commissioners
Metals Bank and’ Trust Company
14 Miners Fight Blaze For Hours
A lengthy mine fire rescue effort saw at least three acts of valor. Sparks, a rescue service engineer, made two trips into the mine reaching the 2006 foot level before heat and gas forced him out. B Van Voorhis helped rescue three men and faced fumes and collapse during the effort. H R Uptoff, an experienced miner, took charge and aided entombed workers as crews reached the surface.
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Sparks
B. van Voorhis
van Voor & Point
Tom Point
Hichardson
van Voorhis
H. R. Uptoff
Former Butte Man Directs Rescue Efforts
Karl Z. Sparks, noted in Associated Press dispatches, directed rescue work at Wallace Centers day. A Butte resident years ago, Sparks led the mines rescue car for the Federal Bureau of Mines after serving as a mining engineer and chief engineer of mine rescue crews in the Coeur d Alene region. He lived on Utah Avenue with his mother, Mrs. W. Sparks, before his federal appointment.
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Karl Z. Sparks
Preas
Reads
Wallace Ceaters Day
Butte
Federal Bureau of Mines
Federal Service
Mr. Sparks
Utah Avenue
W.sparks
Hutte
Coeur
Find No Trace of Escaped Convicts
Sacramento police said they have no clue to the whereabouts of escaped San Quentin convicts Joe Tanko and Floyd Air after a search of Merritt yielded no results.
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Associated Pres
Sacramento
Sacramento Police Tonight
Joe Tanko
Floyd Air
San Quentin
Merritt
Noted surgeon claimed by death in Arizona report
Associated Press report from Douglas Arizona April 24 notes the death of Dr. George Rees aged 68 a prominent surgeon with forty years in hospital service linked to Calumet and Heel Hospital Calumet Michigan and other medical circles.
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Associated Press
Douglas
Ariz
George Rees
Calumet and Heel Hospital
Calumet, Mich
Emergency Channel Victory Amid Flood Debris at Har rigan
County surveyor Michael Loughrin praised the new channel as it carried brown silt toward the Columbia, noting the scouring current underpinned by the river pillar and likening the storm to April 1908 and 1925 floods. Linemen battled ice damage as trains and power lines faced dangers, while farmers anticipated irrigation gains from the flood waters and reservoir fills at the Butte system.
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Michael Loughrin
Columbia
Harrigan Avenue
Silver Bow Creek
Placer
Colorado Street
Front
Armstrong
Telephone Company
Sipmann
Thermeelves
Railway Companiee
Femerday
Service Restored After Montana Power Outage
Montana Power announces restoration after a severe winter outage affecting a wide area from Butte to Helena and the Belt mountains. Snow blocked repairs as crews faced impassable roads. towns including Townsend and Deer Lodge suffered outages for hours. Despite delays, crews worked around the clock and power was restored to Deer Lodge, Townsend, and other affected zones.
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Mortana
Aines
Butte
Helena
Belt Mountains
Livingston
Deer Lodge Valley
Bik Park
Townsend
Deer Lodge
Stewart
Boulder
Raverbury
Chicago to Open Gun Court May 1
The Chicago police announced the opening of a gun court on May 1 after a wave of murders and crime raids. They described the underworld threat and ongoing investigations including a headless torso found recently and an unidentified woman.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Great Britain
Evening campaign notes on Hindenburg and Marx rivalry
The piece discusses expected voter turnout and the push by Hindenburg’s managers to win women’s votes. It notes Bavarian defections to Marx, ongoing editorial vituperation, and controversy over American reports about German credit. The tone reflects a heated final days campaign across Germany.
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von Hindenburg
Bavaria
Dr. Marx
Bavarian People's Army
United States
Victory
Marx
Germany
Law Disregard Anarchy Cause Continued From Page 1
The piece laments a mindset that defies laws as personal liberty and explores how such attitudes become ingrained from childhood. It argues allegiance to country requires full obedience to laws, seen at home and in daily life, warning of a pervasive belief that rules exist only to be broken. The London county council is mentioned in relation to enforcing order.
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London ‘County’ Council
Bulgaria Crisis Deepens Over Explosives Seizure
Reports from Sofia describe a communist group among railway workers in Varna and a stockpile of munitions seized by police. The Bulgarian government faces harsh reprisals as unrest spreads in agrarian areas of West and North Bulgaria while Bulgaria’s currency falters. International dispatches warn of rising tension and unclear fact between authorities and outsiders.
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Black Sea
Varna
Bulgaria
Montana Tourism Booms In Rail Bureau Adverts
The Montana attractions as a tourist playground are well advertised by a Northwestern railroads bulletin reporting 38,400 inquiries for Pacific Northwest vacation literature and rates. The ad campaign will reach about 15 million readers through Saturday Evening Post and Literary Digest, with illustrations of the Cody route to Yellowstone and Glacier and other scenic Montana Rockies views. Placard form window displays accompany the April circular as the Pacific Northwest bureau asks what is being done to draw visitors this summer.
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Montana
Durealé
Associated Northwestern Railroads
Pacific Northwest
The
Literary Digest
Cody Road
Yellowstone
Gomes Prevented From Quitting Presidency in Portugal
Lea Press reports President Gomes, who has led Portugal for fourteen and a half years, was blocked from resigning as Congress refuses to accept. The article also notes a separate item about Franco purchasing feathers from China for ornaments.
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Lea Press
Gomes
Republic of Portugal
Congress
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Huston K. Wheeler
Great Falls
Ade Remer Morrachini
Pierre Morrachini
New York
Leon Rothier
Metropolitan Opera Company
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Sekodoming
Watt
Mrown
Montana Power
Marion King
Robinsonville
Missie
Memphis, Tenn
Marion
Ernest Strait
Burbaria
Vienna
Mote Fahne
Sofia
M. Prutkin
M. Mouravieff
Samboulisky
Gov- Boon
London
Josiah C. Wedgewood
M.mackinder
P. D. Malone
Lynch
England
Pouriny
Franco
China
Nas
Lee
Gore ‘Wey
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