Midnight New Year Celebrations Sweep Butte in 1925
Butte residents plan watch parties at churches clubs and theaters to bid farewell to 1924 and greet 1925. Silver Bow club New Finlen hotel and Rialto Broadway theaters host midnight events. streetcar service runs late. Elks Lincoln Corps and fraternal groups stage dances and patriotic gatherings at various venues. Continued on Page 2.
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New Finlen
Silver Bow Club
Butte
Finlen
Helena
Montana Club
Algers& Shrine
Elks of Lodge No
K. C. Bullding
Midee
Broadway
Rialto
American
Lincoln Corps No. 6
Women's Relief Corps
Patriotic Hall
McCoy Convicted of Manslaughter in Mors Case
Ex pugilist Kid McCoy and noted Lothario Beau Brummmer found guilty of manslaughter in the August shooting of Mrs Theresa W Mors in Los Angeles. He is isolated in a small cell after conviction and plans an appeal before Judge Crail on Friday prior to sentencing.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Kid Mc Coy
Beau Brutmmer
Lothario
Theresa W. Mors
Peter Maher
Coney Island Sporting Club
New York
McCoy
Charles 8. Crail
House Passes Treasury Post Office Supply Bill At Unprecedented Size
The House approved a 763 million peacetime appropriation with 11 million for prohibition enforcement 20 million for the coast guard 2.6 million for transcontinental airmail 526 thousand for pneumatic tubes 16.6562 million for customs and 9.1031 million for public health. The measure clears way for Senate action and nudges Army funding debates. Relative Busy of Mississippi opposed and failed to push to recommit.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Treasury Post Office
Congress
Senate
Prohibition
Coast Guard Service
New York City
Customs Service
Public Health Service
Democrat
Mississippi
Appropriations Committee
Senate Passes 137 Bills Before Two Day New Year Recess
The Senate sped through 137 bills and resolutions before a New Year’s recess of two days. The House approved the treasury post office appropriation bill but did not adjourn until Friday, with Rep. Longworth winning unanimous consent for a one day recess. Most measures covered private claims settlements and bridge construction on navigable streams. a lack of quorum stalled House action.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
House
Treasury-Post Office
Longworth
Ohio
Lawyers Get $150000 for Saving Killers
In Chicago on December 30, the attorneys who saved Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. from the gallows after pleading guilty to kidnapping and killing Robert Franks will receive 150000. Clarence Darrow and the Bachrochs share the fee. the Leopold and Loeb families debated the total but settled on the sum. Darrow is reported to be in Colorado visiting his son.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Robert Franks
Clarence Darrow
Benjamin
Walter Bachroch
Leopold
Loeb
Darrow
Colorado
Fewer Divorce Actions in Silver Bow Courts in 1924
In 1924 Silver Bow county saw 762 marriage cases in district court with 349 divorces among them, down 14 from 1923. Wives sought dissolution at over twice the rate of husbands, with cruelty the leading ground. many filers were non residents seeking relief in Butte.
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Silver Bow
Silver Bow County
Butte
Gretna Green
Butte Ae
Oime
Navy inquiry opens as White House weighs arms talks
The U S Navy faces a congressional inquiry after a stormy naval committee session. Chairman Butler announced Wilbur will testify January 8 on immediate recommendations, while President Coolidge hopes a 1925 arms limitation conference may occur.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
House Naval Committee
House Committee
Coolidge
Naval Committee
Wilbur
Congress
Butler
Two Children Die in Fire Aboard Ginyu Maru
A fire aboard the Japanese liner Ginyu Maru 1500 miles south of the West Coast of Mexico killed two children Dee 10 and badly burned two steerage passengers. The Julia Luckenbach rescued all other passengers and crew as radio contact was restored.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Dee
Here
Mexico
Federal Telegraph Company
Julia Luckenbech
New York Battles Christmas Rum Fleet For New Year
New York patrols seal off the bay as 40 coast guard chasers and five destroyers enforce Washington orders to stop the New Year liquor flow. Eighteen vessels including schooners and steamers are believed loaded with up to 600 000 cases valued at as high as 40 000 000 dollars. The fleet includes three coast guard cutters with heavy armament and 67 speed boats patrolling to disrupt small cartels. Officials call the action the broadest government crackdown yet against the liquor fleet.
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Associated Press
New York
Ornment
Coast Guard
Former Leader of Montana Anti-Saloon League Dies
Rev Joseph Pope 58 longtime head of Montana anti-saloon league died in Seattle after a heart attack during a Montana trip. Born May 14 1866 in Cornwall England he moved to the United States in 1890 later serving in Montana state legislature before relocating to Seattle in 1923. He is survived by his widow and three daughters.
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Associated Press
Beattle
Joseph Pope
Washington Anti-Saloon League
Mr. Pope
Montana
Anti-Saloon League
Cornwall
England
United States
Seattle
Pension Granted to Widow of War President
The Senate passed a bill granting a pension of 5600 annually to Mrs. Smith Bolling Wilson, widow of the late war president. The measure now goes to the next procedural step for final action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mra
Smith Bolling Wilson
Senate
British Minister May Bring Debts Into Conference
Paris dispatch notes a high level meeting of allied finance ministers with James A Logan Jr to represent the United States. The talks aim to set bases for Dawes plan proceeds and possibly revise reparations shares among allies. War debts may surface depending on Winston Churchill plans.
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Associated Press
Paris
James A. Logan Jr
Reparation Commission
United States
Dawes
Spa
Herriot
Chamber
Winston Churchill
Court Battle Over Bonus Insurance Proceeding
Benjamin Catchings, New York attorney, asks DC supreme court to halt 266 mail bags of adjusted compensation policies valued at 750 million dollars to World War veterans. Chief Justice McCoy to hear the petition. argues the law is invalid and bonus insurance is a mere gift not a debt of the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
Benjamin Catchings
New York
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
McCoy
Catchings
Bertier
Supreme Court of the United States
District of Columbia
United States
French Premier Assures Herrick Over France Finance
Paris reporting Premier Coolidge fully advised American Ambassador Myron T. Herrick on France's financial inventory. He explained the inventory's context and addressed concerns to dispel misimpressions in the United States. He also pledged assurances on the government's intentions regarding financial obligations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Herriot
Myron T. Herrick
France
M. Clementel
United States
Unclear US France debt talks linger at White House
Washington reports state President Coolidge has not formed firm conclusions on possible French debt repudiation. Officials say he is kept fully advised and would influence US policy if official action becomes necessary. Paris and Paris embassy notes indicate no French move toward repudiation.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Paris
France
Smarphapic
Develo
United States
M. Clemiel
Jusserand
Mellon
Monoxide Victims Rise to Four in Hollywood
In Hollywood California a second married couple died from carbon monoxide in two days. Mr and Mrs G M Lindsey were found dead in their bedroom with windows and doors closed and a gun heater burning. The previous victims were Mr and Mrs Milton Holly found yesterday in a bungalow.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
G. M. Lindsey
Milton Holly
Governor Small Held Accountable for State Funds
Springfield dec 30 Gov Len Small was held responsible for the entire interest in securities entrusted to him as state treasurer. Circuit Judge Frank W Burton ordered a formal decree after hearings that the amount owed could exceed one million dollars with exact figures to be set by the master in chancery.
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Small
Associated Press
Springfield
Len Small
Frank W. Burton
Carrollton
Clarence N. Board
Master of Chance
Curtises
Burton
Werner W. der
Kankakee
Dash
Peoria
Gov. Small
Messenger Killed by Train Bandits in Chicago Suburb
Russell Dickey, 23, of Elroy Wisconsin, an express messenger on the Viking train, was shot and killed as robbers attempted a holdup near Highland Park. The bandits fled after subduing a taxi driver and evading pursuit, with investigators unsure if valuables were taken.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Russell Dickey
Elroy
Wis
Viking
Northwestern
Highland Park
Minnetka
Evanston
American Express Company
Dawes Plan Doom if No Change Says Stresemann
Berlin reports quote Foreign Minister Stresemann warning that Allied refusal to evacuate Cologne spells German political collapse and jeopardizes internal pacification. He argues the Dawes plan hinges on broader peace aims and opposes evading Versailles terms.
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Dawes
Associated Press
Berlin
Cologne
Germany
Stresemann
Europe
Dr. Stresemann
Military Control Commission
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M’coy
Post Office Department
U.S. Navy
Wilson
Illinois
Verne Curtis
Edna Curtis
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