Senator-elect Frank Smith Faces Senate Oath Decision
The Senate paused action as no word came from Senator-elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois on accepting the oath to finish the late McKinley term. Senator Ashurst said he would defer a resolution blocking Smith until credentials are presented, stalling potential attacks and worrying lawmakers about precedent and state rights. Republicans pressed Smith to decline amid concerns over campaign expenditures and political implications.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Frank L. Smith
Mlinots
McKinley
Senate
Ashurst Democrat
Arizona
Smith
Deneen
Mllnois
Lune Bandit Robs Morsillo Grocery Forces Cash Till
A masked bandit robbed the Morsillo Grocery at 27 West Granite Street about 11:45 last night forcing Joe Morsillo to the wall and Bob Morsillo to open the till. About $25 was stolen and a mackinaw coat left behind. This was the second robbery at the store within three weeks, with the first occurring Nov 24 when two bandits struck before midnight.
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Joe Morsillo
Bob Morsillo
Marsillo
West
Granite Street
Emperor Yoshihito Near Death. Heir Recalled From Tokyo
Japanese ministers and cabinet members were summoned from Tokyo to the Hayama villa to be at the bedside of Emperor Yoshihito as he hovered near death after several days of illness. An important announcement was anticipated this afternoon.
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Angsocia Od
Tokio
Yoshihito
Hayama Villa
Montanan Alex Remniens to lead Mountain States in Montana
Announcement in Butte by J N Whittinghill states Alex Remniens will become district manager for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph, moving from Lewistown where he has run the local office. He replaces Sam Officer, who departs for Denver to become assistant commercial manager. Remniens, a former minor league pitcher, will oversee offices at Anaconda, Dillon, Deer Lodge, Twin Bridges, Virginia City, Sheridan, Whitehall, Philipsburg, Basin and Drummond.
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Butte
Montana
Lewistown
Remneas
Anaconda
Dilton
Deer Lodge
Twin Bridges
Virginia City
Sheridan
Whitehall Philipsburg
Basin and Drummord
Mountain States Company
Officer
Children Seek Help for Funeral Attire in Butte
Three ragged boys visit the Salvation Army in Butte asking for old black clothes for their father’s funeral and shoes for a sister. Major Dee and staff provide clothing and consolation as the family endures poverty and a recent death during the Christmas season.
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Salvation Army
Dee
Daddy
Marx Resigns as German Chancellor After Reichstag Vote
Berlin Dec 17 Chancellor Marx and his bourgeois coalition cabinet resigned after a Reichstag non confidence vote of 249 to 171. Socialists, nationalists, communists and fascists united to oust the government, urged by Phillip Scheidemann. President Hindenburg invited the ministers to stay until a new government is formed as the Reichstag adjourned, with formation before New Year unlikely.
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Marx
Reichstag
Phillip Scheidemann
Hindenberg
Count von Westarp
People's Party
Reichswehr
Ecommunists
von Hindenburg
Coup Destroys Lithuanian Socialist Government
Berlin Dec 17 The Lithuanian socialist government was toppled in a military coup led by former president General Smetona who has seized dictatorial powers and a fascist regime is described. Reports from Riga say the coup unfolded after a long secret buildup with troops entering the building and Parliament dissolved. The president Kasimir Grinius was ousted and arrested, with Diet members ejected.
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Lithuanija
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Smetona
Riga
Diet
Lithuania
Die
Bank reimbursed for robbery amount in Texas incident
In Austin on December 17 counsel for Rebecca Bradley Rogers reimbursed Farmers National Bank of Buds Texas for the $1,000 stolen in a holdup last Saturday. Sheriff George Alien at San Marcos holds $964 recovered from Rogers as evidence. Rogers is free on bond charged with robbery with firearms and faces an arson charge tied to an alleged attempt to rob a bank at Round Nock Texas.
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Austin
Texas
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Farmers National Bank
Buds
George Alien
San Marcos
Rogers
Round Nock
Butte Swindle Involving $500 To A Suave Stranger
An elderly Butte Swedish woman says a glib stranger posing as an English war veteran swindled her. He offered a vast fortune for a low price and induced her to borrow $5600, part of which she gave as a binding payment of $500. The document claimed a $70,000 property plus vehicles. Police hunt for Fred Miller as she clutches a torn paper of false government papers.
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Butte
Fred Miller
Miller
Jack Doggam
Janes Larkin
Wyoming Street
Dee
Duggan
Mitler
Sunglinis
England
America
Army completes TecToON planes for long flight
San Antonio report notes all five Pan American flight planes tested at 100 percent perfection as the army readies a long experimental flight. Major Herbert A. Dargue led the test and expressed satisfaction with the equipment. If all goes to plan, the expedition may begin tomorrow morning with potential water tests at Medina Lake and an exhibition of the planes at Duncan Field over the weekend.
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Army
Texas
Duncan‘ield
A. B. McDaniels
G. A. Durgue
D&s. Thompsen
Associated Reer
San Antonio
Herbert A. Dargue
Medina Lake
Steel Mill Workers and Office Men Share in Melon Cut
In Pittsburg region the term melon cutting signals a 40 percent stock dividend worth 200 million dollars from United States Steel to factory workers and office staff. Since the 16-year program began, thousands of shares are held by laborers and managers alike. A yearly $5 bonus is given to those who retain shares.
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Pittsburg
Stee
United Sate Steel Corporation
Brothers shoot wife during quarrel at barber shop
In Leigh Nebraska a shooting occurred as Ted Mason and his brother Duffy shot and killed Duffy s wife Jane Maron while she sat in a barber chair. The incident stemmed from a quarrel over purchases made earlier in Omaha by her husband Frank Mason. The brothers surrendered and were jailed.
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Neb
Ted Mason
Duffy
Jane Maron
I Frank Mason
Omaha
Jane
Tenant Farmers Sought for Idle Reclaimed Lands
Washington reports a government plan to lease idle reclamation lands to tenant farmers in the South and Middle West. A Chicago conference with the Reclamation Service, railroads, and sugar concerns outlined 20 year amortized purchase terms at low interest and government help on irrigation farming.
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Mead
Chicago
George ©. Kreutzer
Reclamation Economics
Pall Roads
Yellowstone
Montana
Belle Fourche
Kreutzer
South
Middle West
America's Oldest Financier Is Dead
New York December 17 The oldest of Wall Street financiers John Aikman Stewart age 104 died at his New York home after a pneumonia attack following weeks of ill health He was former assistant secretary of the treasury and chairman of the United States Trust Company He spent time at home in Morristown New Jersey and winters in New York His career spanned many presidential administrations and he remained closely connected to banking circles.
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Prom
New York
Whall Street
John Aikman Stewart
the Treasury
Stewart
United States Trust Company
Morristown
N. J
Monros
Seven Die as Gale Sweeps Island Madeira
In Funchal Madeira on December 17 a violent gale sank the yacht Physall causing at least seven deaths. Houses flooded roofs blown off and outages reported as the storm lashed the island.
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Funchal
Madeira
Physall
Ormiston Is Arrested In McPherson Case In California
Kenneth G. Ormiston, co defendant in the Aimee Semple McPherson case, is under arrest in Los Angeles and to be arraigned tomorrow on criminal conspiracy and obstructing justice charges. He was taken from Cajon near the county line, brought to the city by automobile, and waived extradition to face the charges. Bail is set at 10000, with a request for reduction.
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LOS Angeles
The
Examiner
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Cajon
Los Angeles-San Bernardino
Union Parific Limited
Chicago
Ormiston
California
Tmarrigburg
Keetch
By ram to be named president of new railway
H E By ram, receiver and former president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway, will head the Chicago Milwaukee Pacific and Bl Paul Railway company. The New York World reports the appointment, with temporary officers named and possible future changes in management and finances. Byram is a joint receiver with Mark W Potter and Edward J Brundage of Chicago. Announcement followed by words from Ernest Iseline, chairman of a proposed group.
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Associated Press
New York
H. E. Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, Pacific & Bl. Paul Railway Company
New York World
Mr. Byram
Mark W. Potter
Interstute Commerce
Edward J. Brundage
Chicago
Ernest Iseline
City cuts debt by 87500 bond and interest payment
City Treasurer McCarthy will mail checks totaling 87500 to New York banks next week to reduce the 1916 bond issue and cover interest on the 1916 and 1927 bonds. The 460000 remaining on 1916, 11500 in interest on 1916, and 30000 in interest on 1927 bonds will be paid, funded by 1926 tax collections. Delinquencies will be listed and total taxes due. More than 2000 in delinquent taxes collected since late November.
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New York
McCarthy
Butte
Agai
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