Alien warships mobilize after Chinese threat
Two American destroyers enter the Yangtse and will move 585 miles inland to stand by and protect foreigners amid rising tensions with China.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1926
Page
1
County tax rush. 1926 levy tops two million
Silver Bow County Treasurer James J. Brett reports $2,048,007.03 in total 1926 property taxes with about $1.1 million received by 6 pm deadline. Of receipts, $979,037.92 had been checked and recorded. Delinquencies for 1925 stand around $45,000, and Brett expects a similar or lower total for this year. The state and 24 counties share A C M payments in Montana.
Taxes of Anaconda Copper Mining Revealed for 1926
Figures compiled by W. oe, general land and tax agent for the company show total Montana state taxes at 1 746 463.44 with Silver Bow county at 620 411.56 and the city of Butte at 79 500.81. City and county taxes total 708 712.40 with monthly 89 050.36 and daily 31 941.16. State monthly tax 145 538.62 and daily 4 784.83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Silver How
Montana
William ©. Oe
General Land
Silver Bow
Pmtte
Labor unions plan strike simulating Soviet style actions
The Associated Press reports labor unions in Hankow are forming into Soviet like unions as Cantonese forces threaten foreigners. American destroyers Truxtun and Pope move up the Yangtse to Hankow to aid other foreign warships while Sun Chuan-Fang cannot guarantee safety at Foochow. British and Japanese concessions brace for anti foreign actions as tensions mount along the Yangtse and Fukien coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peking
Truxten
Pope
Yangtse
Hankow
Fukien
Marshall Sun Chuan-Fang
Foochoew
Russia
Sun Chuan-Fang
China
Booze Barrier Tightened for Holidays by Prohibition Agents
Prohibition enforcement officials in the Central Northwest moved to stop liquor from Canada for the holidays. A dozen agents were sent to the Canadian boundary and Duluth to tighten the barrier. General W F Rhinow said plans include a force of 50 combined prohibition and customs agents stationed at all ports from Montana to Upper Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
ST. Paul
Central
Northwest
United States
Canada
Canadian
Duluth
W. F. Rhinow
Montana Line
Upper Michigan
Montana Railroads to Spend Million Monthly on 1927 Work
Special Dispatch reports Montana railroads will spend about 1,000,000 monthly in 1927. Maintenance and improvements total around 6,000,000, with another 6,000,000 for new construction. Northern Pacific plans two branch lines in Glendive to Brockway and Florence to Stevensville Hamilton along Bitter Root river, roughly 4,000,000. Great Northern eyes a 33 mile Redwater valley extension from Richey to Circle at 900,000, on the Old Rockford-Lewistown route. Milwaukee, St Paul feeders under study after sale confirmation. Harlowton coast electrification to cost about 50,000,000, copper sales aiding trolley projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
MontAna
State Division of Publicity
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Brockway
Florence
Stevensville
Hamilton
Bitter Root
Great Northern
Redwater
Richey
Circle
Rockford
Lewistown
Chicago, Milwaukee
Tax receipts show faster payment in Silver Bow County
County Treasurer James J. Brett reports about 1100000 dollars deposited by 17000 property owners as the first half of 1926 taxes became due at 6 PM. Unpaid taxes are delinquent with penalties looming. Revenue from Nov 1 to Nov 30, 1926 totaled roughly 130000 more than 1925. Delinquents in 1925 were 45000. 1926 delinquencies expected lower. Total levy for 1928 is 2048007603, with over half already collected. The second 1926 payment continues on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Brett
Silver Bow
Brett
Silver Bow County
Montana Cowboy to Get Hearing Dec 15 on Broker's Murder
Santa Ana November 30 Preliminary hearing of Albert Dewey Gaines former Montana cowboy charged with murder in the death of J J Patterson Los Angeles bond broker near heard last March was continued until December 14 Phillip Goodwin former priest of the American Catholic church is now under sentence of death after conviction several weeks ago on charges of killing the broker Gaines is accused of having aided in the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Santa Ana
Albert Dewey Gaines
Montana
J. J. Patterson
Los Angeles
Phillip Goodwin
American Catholc Church
Gaines
Silver Bow County Farms and Tillage Figures Revealed
A United States Department of Commerce report on Montana counties shows Silver Bow with 180 farms, 141 owned by occupants, 16 renters, and three run by managers. Farms range from under three acres to 4,999 acres, averaging 421 acres. Tillable land covers 16.2 percent of the 464,640 acre county, with 75,847 acres in tillage and 11,936 total cropland. 9,196 acres were harvested in 1924. Continued on Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
United States Department of Commerce
Montana
Refiners Skip Gasoline Tax Payments in Montana
Montana refiners refuse to remit gasoline tax collected from the public to the state, despite voter approval for road funding. A.J. Breitenstein of the Montana Automobile Association reports that in 1926 only two large companies paid taxes unconditionally, four paid under protest, and ten Montana firms with taxes due did not pay yet continued collecting the tax. The issue involves the state highway commission and tax records reviewed with the AAA in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
A. J. Breitenstein
Montana Automobile Association
Butte
Breitenstein
State Board of Equalization
Continental
Texas Company
State Highway Commission
Turks jailed for plans to murder Ngi an Mawarajan
Immigration inspectors say a plot to kill Sir Tukaji Rae Holkar, former maharajah of Indore now touring the United States, was foiled with the arrest of three Hindustan men in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Sir Tukaji Rae Holkar
Indore
India
United States
Ship Board Defers Action On Offers
Washington reports the shipping board today deferred final action for two weeks on offers by New York shipping interests to buy the American Merchant lines and privately operate the United States lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
The
Shipping Board Today
New York Shipping
American Merchant Lines
United States Lines
Sheffield Demands Protection of U S Citizens in Mexico
Ambassador Sheffield today made representations to the Mexican foreign office over the November 28 attack on the Las Rudas ranch near Matamoros. He demanded protection for Americans by Mexican authorities as six Mexicans were killed in the clash between ranch defenders and agrarians attempting to seize the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prensa
Mexico City
Sheffield
Foreign Office
Las Rudas Ranch
Matamoros
Anaconda company pays Montana taxes totaling 1926 dues
Silver Bow county received 314705.89 as the first half of the Anaconda company’s 1926 county taxes totaling 629411.56 for Silver Bow. Butte city got 41276.46 as half of its 79400.84 city tax. Helena state treasurer received 326497.66 for metals mines tax. Overall Montana taxes from the Anaconda group amount to 1746463.44, distributed to 74 counties and the state treasury. Daily, monthly, and annual income figures are given for various jurisdictions. Deer Lodge County received 88044.66 as the 1924 installments on its assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bow
Anaconda Company
Butte
Helena
Montana
Rae
Deer Lodges
Old Miner Recovers Gems Claimed Lost 20 Years
Hayden Colorado reports miner George Rolfe recovered five diamonds valued at hundreds of dollars from a core drill bit buried in a mountain core 136 feet deep near the anthracite coal fields 14 miles east of town. He used bar shovel and hole to dig the shaft and retrieve the stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hayden
George Rolfe
Rolfe
Diamonda
Man Confesses to Murder of Two Officers in New York
A man recently walked into a New York police station and admitted killing two policemen and committing more than twenty robberies. His mother says Moran’s life was warped by a skull fracture suffered twelve years earlier, and friends note a cater plate in his skull. At arraignment he refused counsel and expressed a desire for the chair, apologizing to the officers and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moran
Copa
Queen Marie of Noumania Describes America Visit
Queen Marie of Noumania, returning from America, told AP correspondent her vivid impressions as she arrived in Paris. She arrived Cherbourg aboard Berengarita, traveled by train to Paris, and greeted Prince Nicolas and Princess Ileana with a playful retreat, saying “Come, children, let's get to bed.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marie of
Five Bandits Loot Bank In Pocaontas Heist
Five men robbed the Bonding time and Bank of Pocaontas County State Bank of about 5000 shortly before closing time. Citizens fired a volley of shots as the gang sped away in an automobile. No one is believed to be wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pocahontas
Ill
County State Bank
Ttm
Robbery at Plentywood County Treasury by Masked Bandits
Two masked gunmen robbed the Sheridan county treasurer’s office in Plentywood late tonight, seizing $45 000 in cash and bonds after forcing Treasurer Eugene Torstenson and a woman deputy to the floor and walls. They escaped unseen, apparently by automobile, with sheriff Rodney Salisbury launching a state-wide search as the fall tax deadline drew to a close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Preas
Great Falls
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Eugene Torstenson
The
Tribune
Torstenson
Rodney Salisbury
Explorer Carl Ackley Dies in Belgian Congo
Rochester New York report confirms Carl Ackley explorer died in the Belgian Congo on November 17. Friends in Clarendon near Holly recall his prior nervous breakdown and a rest cure at a Halobi nursing home after a hunting trip with Dr. Audley D. Stewart and George Eastman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rochester
WN. Y
Belgian Congo
Carl Ackley
Clarendon
Holly
Audley D. Stewart
George Eastman
Ackley
British East Africa
Explorer
Halobi
All Night Vigil Wins Treasure of Pirate Gold Mystery
A treasure hunt chart led five seekers to a hidden pirate gold stash above the east entrance of the YMCA. The $59 purse was claimed by Martin O’Neil and will be shared by four others from Carr O’Neill Brokerage and local participants who prepared the chart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Martin O'Neil
Carr O'Neill
O'Neil
W. LeSage
Edna Alley
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Treasury
Treasuries
State
Broker
Ngian Mawarajan
Mexico
Ship Board
U.S
Thiomas Moran
Opuregman Averd Jueon
Marie
Trip
King
C. Ackley
Africa
Martin O'Neill
Walter le Sage
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