Butte Considers City Speed limits Eight M.P.H.
Tonight the judiciary committee will hear a Cox bill to limit city auto speed to eight miles per hour on streets six at crossways and four at turns with fines from twenty five to two hundred fifty dollars. Auto firms and workers will press for exceptions and rider laws.
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Judiciary Committee
Butte Council
Cox
Ludendorff
Teamsters
Workingmen’s Union
Council Committee
L. A. Smith
Nerny
Davis
Riley
Grigg
McAndrews
J. C. Smith
Butte
Long Prison Term Is Given Williams For Snaltoming
Williams convicted last week of pocket picking and stealing a weekly paycheck from Walter Shay, a sewer worker, received a 10 year sentence after Judge Donlan chose a lighter penalty than the maximum. Williams denied any prior trouble, claimed no record, and testified he had been in Seattle seven months with a saloon background in San Francisco. The judge doubted his story but spared the maximum, saying he reserved it for highwaymen.
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Denlan
Department of the District Court
Walter Shay
Williams
Donlan
Butte
Denver
Seattle
Joe Flynn
San Francisco
William
County Hospital Management Change Next Year
County commissioners awarded the hospital and poorhouse contract to Mrs Nellie Dennison Walkerville at 350 per capita weekly, maintaining the same rate as before. Dr J A Tremblay was reappointed county physician. The Miner Publishing Company again received the county printing contract.
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Nellie Dennison
Walkerville
J. A. Tremblay
Miner Publishing Company
Victims of Ingratitude at the American Screen
After The Celebrated Case, the Milano two reel drama Victims of Ingratitude plays at the American, with a trio of first rate comedies Oh Such a Night Marriage a la Carte and a Nestor western. Pearl White stars in Oh Such a Night and Betty Stokes offers a new musicale program.
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House of Picture Features
Milano Company
Gina
Helen
Mario
Pearl White
George
Betty Stokes
Adv
Life in a Penitentiary Lecture at Imperial Theater
Montana's Imperial theater presents LD L Wells to lecture on Life in the Ohio Penitentiary illustrated with views of prison departments and convict life. Wells, a prison authority, contrasts humane care with older methods and explains convict employment and post release trades. Three reels of picture plays accompany the lecture, admission unchanged at 10 cents.
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Imperial Theater
Montana
Nickelodeon
LD. L. Wells
Ohio
Wels
The
Imperial
Christmas Tree Dance Ready at Woman's Club
Arrangements are complete for a charity dance at the Woman's club house Wednesday evening to benefit the Christmas tree for poor children. Gifts are planned for 100 or more kids. the tree will stand at the club building next Monday. Mrs. Charles Bostwick Mrs. Charles Austin and Mrs. Robert Armour lead the event with Brennen's orchestra providing music.
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Charles Bostwick
Charles Austin
Robert Armour
Brennen
Christmas Standard Sent Abroad From Butte Sale
Hundreds bought extra copies of the Christmas Standard to mail to friends in other states and distant lands. The sale promises to be unprecedented, aiming to show what the newspaper is doing in the new state. Standard office sells wrapped copies for five cents.
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Butte
Standard
Thinks Son Kidnapped Returns From Rabbit Hunt
A 10 year old boy, Frank Gallwey, wandered from home Saturday with a companion and a shotgun for rabbit hunting near Brown's gulch. He reappeared at his home on East Broadway last night, pleasing his mother who had feared a kidnaping. Police and truants searched Grant school and the city. Gallwey had money for a movie and had slept at ranch houses over the weekend.
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Frank Gallwey
Daniel Boone
Brown's Gulch
Gallwey
East Broadway
Grant School
Save 25 to 50 Percent on China and Housewares
A local advertisement promotes shopping for china glassware and housekeeping needs with claims of 25 to 50 percent savings. It emphasizes matching appropriateness to needs and long term satisfaction of the purchase.
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China
Lord Denman's Eviction Sparks Sydney Riots
In Sydney on December 16, Premier J McGowan tried to hand over the former Governor General Lord Denman mansion to the public for the botanical gardens. The act provoked protests and a riot in which several were slightly injured as Denman was asked to move his effects from state owned property.
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Sydney
New South Wales
J. McGowan
Lord Denman
Covernor
Australia
Sydney Botanical Gardens
McGowan
Fatal Touch Claims Black Hand Leader in Bakery Shooting
Amelia Price, reputed Black Hand leader, was shot and killed in a Manhattan bakery when she allegedly demanded $190 from owner Joseph Gallucci. Gallucci’s nephew fired the fatal shot as he escaped. Also: Smoking set sale at Brownfield Canty’s with $6.50 sets offered for $4.50.
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New York
Amelia Price
Upper
Joseph Gallucci
Gallucci
Brownfield- Canty’s
Husband of star witness held on robbery charge
Lester Beal, linked to the Max Fried white slavery trial as the witness’s husband, was arrested on a robbery charge by N Neyman and Mrs Englem an of 52 East Galena Street. Telegrams from his wife and a federal court summons were found with him. Beal posted jail release after J P Murphy’s trip to Missoula. He faces additional charges for taking a sack of nickels from a blind organ grinder.
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Lester Beal
Max Fried
N. Neyman
Se South Main Street
Engleman
East
Galena Street
Helena
Beal
Missoula
J. P
Murphy
Fried
Decorated Elevators Banned by Fire Chief
Fire Chief Sanger banned elevator boys from decorating cages with pine boughs and paper. He warned a stray flame could ignite decorations and endanger riders. Boys objected, noting annual rivalry for best decorations and ongoing city practice yesterday.
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Sanger
King of Montenegro on Pathe Balkan War Views at Orpheum
At the Orpheum the Pathe weekly previews The King of Montenegro on the Scutari battle, the latest Balkan war view drawing crowds. The Scoop from Vitagraph is the headliner, a comedy about a girl reporter interviewing a crusty millionaire and his handsome son.
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Montenegro
Scutari
Pathe
Orpheum
Smugglers drama and Edison views in Pathé program
A brief ad notes Pathe features include a rustler and looker interview with Edith Storge in Love and Treachery, plus the army navy football game and other recent events. Also advertised are smoking sets at reduced prices and views of Ceylon.
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Rustler
Edith Storge
Vitagraph
Pathe
Ceylon
Edison
Adv
Twenty Four Cent Eggs Continue Sale in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, December 16. Despite some women quitting the campaign of the Housekeepers' league claiming they are being used by speculators to move surplus stock, the 24 cent egg sale proceeds today.
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Philadelphia
Housekeepers’ League
Forbes Returns to Manila From Seattle Voyage
Governor general W. Cameron Forbes of the Philippine Islands sailed from Seattle to Manila on the steamship Minnesota. Also aboard was M. L. Stewart, director of commerce for the Philippines, returning to Manila after a year’s leave.
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Seattle
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippine Islands
Manila
Minnesota
M. L. Stewart
Philippines
Cuticura Remedies Backed by Patient Testimonial
A Detroit reader recounts a summer skin outbreak from scalp to feet with intense itching. After trying multiple eczema treatments, Cuticura Ointment and Soap provided complete relief within three weeks, leading to a full recovery. The ad promotes samples and products from Cuticura Dept. T, Boston.
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Kanter Ave
Detroit
Mich
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
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