Becks Place Challenged as New Congress Opens
The Seventieth Congress convened on Capitol Hill amid Senate fights over the Smith-Ware election and questions about James M. Beck of Pennsylvania. House members faced early discord and a probe into Beck’s eligibility as Vare’s seat successor, signaling a tumultuous session ahead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
William S. Vare
Vare
Widow Tells How Two Killed Husband in Mays Landing Case
Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl testified through sobs about the murder of her elderly husband. Willis Beach, the chicken farmer charged with her, is described by the state as motive linked to a supposed infatuation. The testimony portrays Beach as innocent with a twisted smile. Continued on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Mays Landing
N. J
Margaret Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
Auxiliary Makes Report on Work for Little Ones
The Butte auxiliary for the rehabilitation of crippled children, run with no salaries or overhead, held an executive board meeting at the chamber of commerce. Dr F E Savage, president, presented the board report which was adopted. Ernest Sylvester, secretary, gave the financial report, adopted on motion.
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Butte
Chamber of Commerce
F. E. Savage
W. B. Daly
Ernest Sylvester
Fred Furman
Louise Schrupp
H. B. Lowry
Lindbergh Plane Damaged Slightly at Hasbrouck Heights
Charles A. Lindbergh escaped injury when a wheel hit a hole at Teterboro airport and tilted the Spirit of St. Louis slightly striking the propeller. Details from the Gales Flying Circus company describe the incident occurring today in Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
Coroner Names Day for Inquiry Into Kokko Case
Coroner Barney McGreevey sets 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Warm Springs for the Kokko inquest into death by shock and hemorrhage after a guard allegedly beat him at the state hospital. Gov. J. E. Erickson and prison board members will attend as exhumation of Kokko's body by Dr. H. H. Bolton is planned.
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State Hospital
Warm Springs
J. E. Erickson
Board of Prison Commissioners
Barney McGreevey
Deer Lodge County
Helena
McGreevey
H. H. Bolton
Kokko
James Daly
Daly
H. A. Bolton
Hallin
Huge Deluged With Bill at Hiol Atouldh
Fifty four hundred bills or resolutions flood the desk of the clerk as the new body prepares to begin work. Early measures aim to set agendas and organize committees for the new session.
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Bill
Legislative flood as House sleeves pour 5400 bills
Washington dec 5 lawmakers swarm the house with a flood of 5400 bills and resolutions covering prohibition farm relief flood control immigration aviation and national defense The senate waits for organize as Norris resolutions on seats dominate the opening rush while other measures include tax cuts and repeal debates and a temperance act proposal across party lines
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Nebraska
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Illinois
Ware
Pennsylvania
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Michigan
Oliver
New York
O’connell
Remus Murder Trial Sees Connors Questioned as State Probes Finances
Five Chicago friends led by Clarence Darrow plan to testify as character witnesses for George Remus in Cincinnati. Prosecutors press Connors for Remus financial details and signatures while Remus declines to testify, aiming to connect him to the disposal of property and alleged bribery schemes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
George Remus
Clarence Darrow
Cincinnati
Remus
Darrow
Franklin L. Dodge Jr
George Connors
Connors
Federal Penitentiary
Walter K. Sibbald
Supreme Court Sets Aside Montana Bank Taxes
The Supreme Court, in three cases brought by Commercial National Bank of Miles City and others, reversed lower court rulings upholding Montana 1921 taxes on shares of national banks. Chief Justice Taft announced the decision without a written opinion, citing authority from earlier cases. Local bankers in Butte followed the outcome with interest but offered no comment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Montana
Supreme Court
Commercial National Bank of
Miles City
Custer County
Taft
First National Bank of Hartford
Hartford
Minnesota
First National Bank of St. Paul
Butte
United States Supreme Court
Noted Chicago Lawyer to Lead Character Witnesses
IN REMUS GAGE And four other friends will testify as character witnesses for the wife slayer in a high profile Chicago case. The lineup aims to bolster the defense as the trial proceeds with notable legal figures and associates taking the stand.
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Chicago
Wife Slayer
Blizzard Sends Butte Into Snow Chaos
A ferocious blizzard swept through Butte last night, halting motor and street car traffic and knocking out light service temporarily. In eight hours the thermometer plunged 25 degrees from 35 to an unofficial 10, as power lines and fire sirens sparked a citywide scare and cars became stranded.
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Butte
Sargent Proposes Quickening Justice In U S Courts
The Attorney General's annual report calls for faster federal court handling and calendar relief. It notes the odd contrast that assaulting a federal officer is a federal offense but killing one is not and urges a fix. Proposals include speedy cross district transfer for indicted offenders a stenographer before grand juries and more federal judges.
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Washington
Sargent
United States
Department of Justice
Twelve Men Sentenced in Federal Court Terms Kept
Twelve men were jailed for terms ranging from one to eight months in a federal court case. Fines totaled 6641 dollars.
Butte Judge Clears Calendar In Liquor Racketeering Cases
Federal court in Butte heard 43 cases yesterday with Judge George Bourquin jailing 12 and fining $6,641. Two women guilty of manufacturing liquor got suspended sentences. Carl S. Johanson drew four months for manufacturing and four more for sale plus $400 in fines after defending himself.
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Butte
George M. Bourquin
Bourquin
Carl S. Johanson
Johanson
KX Klan Leader Seeks Chance To Tell Story In Court
Michigan City Ind Dec 56 D C Stephenson life prisoner asks La Porte superior court for restraining order to gain protection from violence so he may disclose information he says is not available to authorities and would damage the current state administration. Robert H Moore of Michigan City attorney filed the petition.
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Michigan City
Ind
D. C
Children Marooned as Montana Blizzard Strands Bus and Crews
A Montana blizzard swirls from Winnipeg causing widespread disruption. Twenty five men are listed as lost near Shelby seven to ten miles out, while a bus carrying sixteen children is marooned near Brady eighty miles north of Great Falls. Communication in the region is severed and temperatures plunge from 58 to below freezing as winds shift and snow drifts increase.
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Associated Press
Helena
Montana
Shelby
Brady
Great Falls
Winnipeg
Contempt Count Denied by Six in Oil Conspiracy Case
Harry F. Sinclair William J Burns and four associates faced Judge Siddons denying criminal contempt for hiring Burns detectives to shadow the Fall Sinclair oil conspiracy jury They argued the charges are not crimes and the court lacks jurisdiction The six pressed to have the allegations dismissed as insufficient and improper.
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Associated Presse
Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
William J. Burns
Burns
Sinclair
Frederick L. Siddons
Budd Urges Merger Of Northern Railroads In Butte
President Ralph Budd of the Great Northern urged support for the proposed consolidation of the northern railroads at a noon meeting with Butte officials and business leaders. He outlined three possible outcomes: further economies, higher freight rates, or insolvency, and claimed the merger would align earnings with Western railways.
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Butte
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Interstate Commission
Ralph Budd
Great Northern
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Budd
Western Group of Railways
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