Butte Man Aims to Kill Josie Norick Then Self killed
Mike Ladum told county officers he came to Butte with the sole purpose of killing Josie Norick, a 19 year old waitress, and then taking his own life. Norick's condition was described as fair with three bullets, one through the left breast, one in the back, and one in the right leg. A federal narcotics officer Edward Verner shot miner John Stepan during the ensuing panic as two guns were displayed in an automobile. Ladum showed no remorse and claimed unreturned love for Norick, while she fights for recovery at Murray hospital.
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Double tragedy leaves youths dead and wounded
Report details a Sunday morning shooting spree resulting in the death of an innocent youth. A waitress with three bullet wounds lies in Murray hospital. suspect Mike Ladum, a county jail prisoner, allegedly attacked her. Witnesses describe Ladum beating the wounded woman as he was seized nearby. Another man, Butteriner, shot while fleeing, died amid panic from the first shooting. Federal officer Edward Verner admitted the shooting and is held without bail.
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Tragedy On Montana Street Collision Kills Bert Clark
A northbound automobile on Montana street crashes through lowered gates and into a moving B A P caboose, killing 45 year old Bert Clark and injuring Stanley Sando, Charles Beley, and Margaret Beley. Five year old Ross Beley escapes uninjured as witnesses describe the fatal impact.
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Gompers Train Reaches Parsons Delayed Arrives Late
The Gompers train arrived in Parsons at 8 p.m. thirty five minutes behind schedule. Officials expect to make up time to reach St. Louis and on to Washington and New York for the AFL leader’s funeral. Burial may be postponed due to unsettled arrangements aboard the train.
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Funeral Train Bears Gompers East to Final Rest
Slow music and the scent of flowers marked the funeral train carrying Samuel Gompers toward Washington. The procession moved through MuskoGe f as it heads to the national mourning space, with details continued on Page 2.
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Butte Salvation Army Christmas Club Invites Youth
The Salvation Army in Butte invites local boys and girls to join a Christmas club by bringing gifts of provisions or money for Christmas dinners. Members earn entry with a jar of jam or other preserves, canned vegetables, or monetary gifts to fund meals. Designated city locations will collect the goods throughout the week.
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Divorces Reported From 2000-Year-Old Egyptian Papyrus
The Associated Press reports a Dec 14 Berlin finding of an Egyptian tomb document said to be 2000 years old, claimed as the first divorce decree. The Demotic papyrus bears notary Thut’s signature and four witnesses signed on the reverse, though grounds for divorce are not stated.
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Heads of Executed Slayers Displayed in Museum Exhibit
Florence, Ariz. December 14 heads of Paul V Hadley and Theodore West hanged for murder at Florence state prison are shown as scientific exhibits at the Carnegie Institute museum in Philadelphia. Warden Sims says institute scientists prepared reports without knowing identities or records. West’s skull may indicate asylum insanity, while Hadley’s skull is described as unusually well developed, suggesting a prominent public role.
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Stepans Sister to Arrive in Butte as John Stepan Death Casts Shadow
A Slavonia to Butte reunion theme unfolds as John Stepan’s sister is expected to reach the city in days. Tony Stepan may inform her of John’s death after a government narcotics officer shot him while he fled up West Park street. Edward Verner, a federal officer, is jailed awaiting county action. Stepan, a Tramway mine ventilation worker, had supported relatives back home. The investigation and federal review continue as Meadeville and McQueen’s discuss the fatal shooting.
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Butte Faces Storm as Area Expected to Be Hit
Montana weather alerts warn of a heavy storm with low temperatures today and tomorrow. Barometers in Butte fell eight points as winds shift, with 44 degrees at 9:20 PM after reaching 55 earlier, signaling inclusion in the storm zone.
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Memorial Today Pays Tribute to Woodrow Wilson
Prominent figures from four administrations join President Coolidge and a host of officials in a noon memorial in the House chamber for Woodrow Wilson. Cabinet members, Wilson's widow and daughter, Supreme Court justices, ambassadors, senators, and military officers attend as Dr. Edward Anderson Alderman delivers the eulogy and Chaplain J J Muir and Montgomery give prayers. The service will be broadcast by radio.
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Memorial Erected in Honor of Theodore Roosevelt
President Zayas spoke at the Santiago Cuba dedication of a Roosevelt memorial honoring Theodore Roosevelt as Rough Rider commander. The monument stands near San Juan Hill, on land provided by the city, with sponsors including the Rotary Club of Santiago, the Rough Riders Association, and the Roosevelt Memorial Association.
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Poisonous liquor epidemic claims five lives
New York on December 14 reports a pre holiday epidemic of poisonous liquor. Five people died with one woman among them and several others unconscious or in serious condition were rushed to Bellevue Hospital in the last 24 hours, according to police and surgeons.
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Million In Line For Passports To Enter America
Representative Albert Johnson says over a million people are standing in lines in cities worldwide to obtain passports to the United States. He notes London’s July 1 quota law start as context for wartime immigration trends and public demand.
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Three Babies Die In Eden Store Fire Tragedy
A fire trapped three Smiley children in the second story of the Eden general store. Authorities blamed an overheated furnace as the cause. Vernon Smiley, five, escaped before the flames were found, while 18 miles south of Eden the rancher C D Smiley mourns the loss of his three infants aged ten months to three and a half years.
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Historic Grand Canyon deer drive begins today
A mass drive of 5000 to 8000 deer from Grand Canyon national forest is set to start tomorrow. George McCormick leads 15 cowboys and a Navajo contingent to form a single boxed herd and cross the Colorado River through a narrow point near Lee’s Ferry by Dec 26. Moving picture crews accompany the operation for documentation.
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