Germany Presents New Reparations Proposals To Allies
Berlin April 26 German government releases new proposals to the allied powers through the United States. Germany offers to pay indemnity over years totaling about 50 billion dollars in German marks and to place 1 billion gold marks at the reparations commission. It seeks to end penalties, gain free trade, and reduce unproductive outlays, with an international loan to aid the allies.
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Associated Press
Berlin
United States
Harding
Germany
Dr. Simons
Reichstag
Federal court May term faces 88 cases with single DA
With no deputies and a crowded docket the United States district attorney may dismiss cases for improper form. Judge warns the government will face dismissal for negligence. In Butte term May 4 to May 16 there are 24 jury trial cases, 29 arraignments, 25 informations ready, plus civil and equity calendars. Deputies Kellim and Toole have resigned, leaving one prosecuting officer to handle all matters.
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United States District Attorney
United States
George Sheton
Butte
Equity
Big Bill Haywood Said To Work For Communists In Russia
Washington April 26 The department of justice reports that Bill Haywood former I W W secretary now imprisoned at Leavenworth is in Russia without doubt and unlikely to return soon He is described as acting as a general manager for a communist organization in Russia overseeing employment activities Attorney General Daugherty says U S relations hinder capture but he believes Haywood will eventually serve his sentence.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bill” Haywood
Leavenworth
Russia
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Haywood
Butte Teachers Employment To Be Decided Next Friday
Butte school trustees will meet next Friday to act on the teachers' committee report and decide employment for the upcoming year. At last night’s board session two district workers were officially discharged, though notices were not sent to both by the clerk under the committee’s authority.
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Butte
McIntyre
Williams Is President Montana Woolgrowers
Helena April 26 The Montana Woolgrowers association filed articles after a convention voted to incorporate an order to install pooling and warehouse systems C H Williams of Deer Lodge was named president and C N Arness of Bozeman secretary
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Associated Press
Helena
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
C. H. Williams
Deer Lodge
C. N. Arness
Bozeman
Sugar Prices Fall as Butter Drops and Lead Rises
Reports from San Francisco and New York detail refined sugar at 7.50 per hundredweight, down 25 cents from yesterday, aided by heavy South and Central American imports. In New York, American Smelting and Refining raised lead to 4.35 cents a pound. Chicago notes butter prices tumbling with creamery extras at 35 cents per pound and several grades down. Receipts totaled 13,015 tubs. San Francisco cites prewar white collars priced at 15 cents each, two for 25 cents, until further notice.
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The
Associated Press
San Francisco
New York
American Smelting and Refining Company
Tornado Rips Braxton Leaving Dozens Dead and Town Destroyed
A Mississippi tornado hit Braxton killing more than a dozen and injuring many. Every business house was destroyed and residences wrecked. The president of the Bank of Braxton, Dr. J H Chandler, T M Everett, M T Kelly, and Mr Kimball were among the dead. Town of 500 cut off, rail line blocked, floods threaten crops. Survivors fled to Weatherby. five hid in a bank vault.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Braxton
J. H. Chandler
T. M. Everett
Bank of Braxton
M. T. Kelly
Mr. Kimball
Weatherby
Gulf & Ship Island
Tornado Hits Braxton Mississippi Demolishing Businesses
A tornado tore through Braxton Mississippi killing eight people and injuring several others. The storm demolished all business houses except the bank and cut wire service to the town, which has about 600 residents. Braxton lies 30 miles from Jackson in Simpson County. A separate report from Muscatine Iowa notes a tornado yesterday expanded across a wide area causing damage in several towns.
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Associated Press
Hattiesburg
Miss
Braxton
Menden Hall
Simpson County
Gulf & Ship Island
Jackson
Muscatine
Iowa
New Federal Department of Public Welfare Faces Opposition
Washington reports that plans to create a new federal department of public welfare are still formative and already drawing opposition. President Harding will need to secure support to shape the proposal into final form.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Department of Public Welfare
Hardin
Presidents Pacific coast vacation urged by friends
Washington April 26. Some of President Harding's friends urge a vacation trip to the Pacific coast for him this fall and it is understood to be receiving favorable consideration.
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Hughes
Harding
Washington
Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Prison Population Drops to Low Point in Years
Helena April 26 Associated reports the state prison holds 371 inmates, the lowest in years, after state accountant R. J. Lemert returned from an official visit to the penitentiary.
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Helena
R. J. Lemert
Harding cabinet discusses Alaska wood pulp for relief
President Harding and his cabinet addressed developing Alaska wood pulp resources to ease the national print paper shortage encountered during the April 26 briefing.
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Washington
Alaska
Harding
Budget bill passes senate without record vote
Washington April 26 the senate approved the budget bill without a record vote. The passage came late today and was not decided by roll call.
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Washington
Senate
Readjustment of Wages by the Miami Company
Globe Arizona April 26 1924 Manager F W MacLennan of the Miami Copper Company announced wage reductions effective May 1 Miners earning 515 per shift will be 450 per shift muckers drop 65 cents a day to 4 surface workers now 290 daily will be 250 A proportionate cut applies to salaried workers
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Associated Press
Globe, Ariz
F. W. MacLennan
Miami Copper Company
Martin eluding Butte officials escapes jail wall
William McKinley Martin who crawled through a brick wall at Deer Lodge county jail Monday night remained at large last night. Officials traced him to Butte where he is believed to be hiding. Sheriff Beal coordinated with other counties and all promised help. Martin has army background and may seek recruitment. Prisoners were barred from the jail corridor as the hole is repaired.
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William McKinley Martin
Deer Lodge
Butte
Beal
Martin
Eskimos Starving in the Frozen Arctic
In Repulse Bay, Eskimos near the Arctic Ocean are reported starving due to caribou herd failures this winter. Trappers say deaths are increasing while deer herds lie far away at Chesterfield Inlet and westward, with eastern coast tribes faring better.
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Associated Press
PAS
Repulse Bay
Arctic Ocean
Chesterfield Inlet
Half a Billion Short by June 1, Smoot Predicts
Washington April 26 Senator Smoot Republican Utah said deficiency appropriations requested by government departments will total about 500 million dollars by June 1. He noted requests on file with the appropriations committee amount to 330,000,060 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Talk on disarmament halts vote on naval bill
Washington April 26. After an all day clash over disarmament the house adjourned without a vote on the naval appropriation bill as members demanded more time to air their views.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Salary Increases Approved for Four University Faculties
Helena April 26. The state board of education announced 5 to 6 percent salary increases for the faculties of the four institutions composing the university. The teachers tenure and regulations of the previous board were readopted. A dispute over selecting architects for new buildings delayed the meeting, with Judge Sidney Lanner threatening resignation and Attorney General Wellington Rankin arguing power rested with the board of examiners before a final settlement.
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Associated Press
Helena
State Board of Education
Sidney Lanner
Butte
Wellington D. Rankin
Board of Examiners
Robbers Loot Liquor Warehouse in Regina Region
An armed band robbed the Dominion Liquor company warehouse at Govenlock near Regina last night, binding the night watchman and fleeing with 44 cases of liquor and $1,100 in cash. The raid is linked to a recent cross border group and follows another liquor heist in Regina.
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Associated Press
Regina
Saskatchewan
Dominion Liquor Company
Govenlock
Regina City
Four Children Die in Fire at Conrad Great Falls
A kerosene explosion in the Great Northern section house at Conrad killed Mrs. John Lambert and four of her six children, ages 1 month to 9 years, as the father and a 10-year-old child escaped. Mrs. Lambert died later, and John Lambert was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Conrad
Great Northern Section
John Lambert
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