Butte and Silver Bow County to Wipe Out Debt
Taxpayers in Butte and Silver Bow County are promised a Christmas present as 160,000 of indebtedness will be wiped out before nightfall. The county plans to retire 98,000 in court house bonds and 20,000 in registered poor fund warrants, leaving a significantly lower debt level for years. Mortgage on the Silver Bow County Court House to be retired in June, completing three bond issues.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Court House
Silver Bow County Court House
City Reduces Debt to Lowest Level in Recent History
The city redeemed $140000 in warrants on the general fund today reducing overall general indebtedness to about $300000, the lowest in recent history. About 1130 warrants will be called, most held by banks, clearing all general fund paper issued.
Mutinous Crew Seizes Charley A. Dean Off Frying Pan Shoals
Reports say the four masted schooner Charley A. Dean wrecked on Frying Pan shoals after a mutinous crew demanded the captain yield command. Coast guardsmen, armed at their station, were kept from boarding as the captain held them at gunpoint. The vessel grounded in a heavy gale and remained hard and fast on the shoals.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
N. C
Charley A. Dean
Frying Pan
Coast
Radio announcer Kenneth Ormiston to be surrendered
Kenneth Ormiston radio announcer for Aimee Semple McPherson at her tabernacle and sought by California officials as a material witness in a charter against her will be surrendered to Chicago officials tomorrow. Warrants for his arrest reached Chicago by air mail from Los Angeles and his attorney said he would comply after a police conference.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kenneth Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Tabernacle
California
Charter
Ormiston
Los Angeles
Edward YP. S. Martin Ormiston
Morgan A. Collins
Woman Dies in County Jail Before Trial in Drug Case
Marie Hill 25 of Butte died in the county jail at 4 25 yesterday afternoon five minutes before her trial in district court. A confessed narcotic addict she had appeared in several police and court actions over six years. She had been held in connection with the murder of Hum We found with his throat cut on January 31 1921.
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Marie Hill
Butte
Duggan
Marie
Warm Springs
Hum We
Wyoming Street
Attorneys Bitter During Addresses in Fall-Doheny Case
In Washington six hours of sharp argument preceded the jury’s schedule to retire and decide whether Albert B. Fall and Edward J. Doheny conspired to defraud the government. Prosecutor Roberts and defense chief Hogan clashed over witnesses and strategy as testimony touched lease deals and loans tied to the Teapot Dome affair. Sinclair moves to quash indictments, arguing special counsel infringes on rights.
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Albert F. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Edward de Doheny
Washington
Mr. Doheny
Ingert
Mr. Fall
Associated Press
Owen J. Roberts
Frank J. Hogan
Ananias Club
Roberta
Hogan
Homan
Roberts
Philadelphia
Albert B. Fall
Doheny
Pearl Harbor
Wil
Secretary of the Navy
Tenehne
Roberto
Sinclair
Tespot Dome
Wyoming
Naval Reserve
McKinley School Delayed Opening Until September
The McKinley School will not open to pupils before next September, as warned by the Butte school board. Contracts set completion for Jan. 22, but officials say delays may push opening to September, with Feb. 15 as a hard cutoff if conditions hold.
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McKinsey
Butte
Charles Goddard
A. H. Douglass
McKinley
McKinley Parent-Teacher Association
Oklahoma detective dies. widow Edith Bishop charged
Mrs Edith M Bishop widow of Oklahoma state detective Bishop is arrested and jailed on murder charges. Fingerprint comparisons were ordered after Bishop was found shot seven times in his bed with his own revolvers nearby. The case drew Governor Trapp's directive for a full probe as officials question the couple's private life and possible suspects connected to Bishop's pursuit of criminals.
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Oklahoma City
Edith M. Bishop
Father Bishop
Oklahoma
Bishop
M. KE. Trapp
Enecral
State Capitol
Matthew Kimes
Sullivan County
Hishop
Farm Relief Bill Moves In Senate With No Name Yet
Washington December 14 A new farm relief bill based on the McNary Haugen plan faced a Senate introduction but stalled in the House due to a naming dispute. Senator McNary Republican Oregon offered the measure while hoping it gains approval from farm leaders. A companion bill was sent to Representatives Purnell and Palmer with the aim of joint introduction across the three great farm regions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
McNary-Haugen
McNary
Oregon
Senate Agriculture Committee
Parnell
Indiana
Fulmer
South Carolina
Far West
Middle West
South
Purnell
Palmer
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Agriculuret
Haugen
Seattle Ex-Chief's Book Sparks Grand Jury Graft Probe
Seattle police history dramatizes graft cases as King County grand jury probes alleged bribery tied to William R. Severyns book Confessions of a Chief of Police. The probe reopens questions about Patrolman Logate’s 1922 death and Severyns 60 000 offer for the dry squad head post.
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Seattle
Grand Jury
Central Press
Wash
Dev
William R. Severyne
King County Grand
Severon
Nhat
Ewing
Severyns
Charles O. Logate
Severyn
Prand
Winter Cold Kills Five Across Mississippi Basin
Five people died as a brutal cold wave spread from the Mississippi basin across multiple states. The blast hit Milwaukee and Neenah Wisconsin with lethal exposure as temperatures plunged to record lows. The weather bureau warned of more severe cold and warned the storm’s edge would linger into tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dee
Missippi
Alaska
Pacific Northwest
Ohio
Idaho
Indiana
Ilindis
Weather Bureau
Lormurrow
Milwaukee
Joseph Morawity
Yisto
Neenah
Wis
Christie Declares Amnesiac Wife Is Hers
Agatha Christie, reported missing since December 3, arrived at Harrogate under an assumed name. Colonel Archibald Christie confirms her identity but says she has suffered complete memory loss and does not recognize him or her surroundings. He plans to move her to London for medical evaluation. The writer was a social guest at a local hotel and appeared well during her stay.
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Harrogate
York
Wagland
Agatha Clarissa Christie
Sunningdale
Christie
Trazxenett
Capetown
South Africa
Archibald
London
Christic
Sho
Boland Faces Second Degree Murder Charge in Homicide
A J Boland was arraigned before Judge J J Lynch on a second degree murder charge linked to the death of Waterick Paddy Lodgers. He pleaded not guilty and trial was set for next Monday with Boland held in the county jail since November 24.
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A. J. Boland
J. J. Lynch
Holand
Costy
Boland
Rodgers
Margaret Bilbou
North Main Street
Tom Davie
John K. Claxton
Craven 70 Faces Appendicitis Operation at Murray Hospital
President George W Craven of the School of Mines was stricken with appendicitis and gall stones while in his office yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Murray hospital last evening for an operation slated for today. He had been ill about two weeks but kept his condition private.
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George W. Craven
School of Mines
Murray Hospital
Craven
Star Witness Details Slayer Plot Against Canton Editor
Star witness Steve Kascholk testified about an alleged underworld plot to kill Canton publisher Ben R. Mellett. He described events and affirmed his certainty of the facts as the defense attempted to challenge his testimony in the trial of Patrick Wagene MebDermott.
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Preos
Canton
Ohio
Underworld
Ben R. Mellett
Steve Kascholk
Patrick Wagene MebDermott
Kaseholk
Lady police officer charged with on duty intoxication
New York report states Mrs Belin da Milatz a Brooklyn policewoman was suspended after appearing at a police station in a befuddled condition early Sunday. She faces formal charges as one of the few on duty intoxication cases in the district.
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New York
Belinda Milatz
Brooklyn
Pallee
Circus Elephant Gies KPNS Ng Thrill in Four Counties
In Kansas, circus elephant Diamond roamed four counties for three days before trainers cornered him near Garnett. He smashed fences, trod a pig, and briefly startled a schoolyard before calm was restored as ropes secured him and a warming fire planned to prevent pneumonia.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kanes
Mdimond
Garnett
Quenemo
Diamond
Diasmond
Mercury Fails to Break Cold Grip as Temperatures Edge Up
Bitter Montana cold lingers despite a slight warm trend. Yesterday’s high near noon reached 2 below zero, with early morning lows around 23 below and a 5 PM reading of 6 below. Eastern areas stayed colder. Primrose and Thompson Falls posted mild positives while Havre and Malta remained well below freezing. Shopping and traffic picked up despite the chill as residents stocked up for Christmas.
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Butte
Montana
Montana Power Company
Primrose
Missoula
Sua
Thompson Falls
Havre
Belt
East Helena
Malta
Harlowton
Livingston
Hebgen
Neihart Iy
Anaconda
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Edwin J. Crown
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Oran
Paddy Rodgers
Star Witness
Mercury
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