Montana House passes highway and tax bills in vote
Proponents of the state highway program won in the Montana lower house as license and gasoline measures survived without major changes. HB 331 would split license receipts between counties and distribute half equally after costs. HB 330 keeps the current gasoline tax at 3 percent per gallon, with all funds to the state highway fund, anticipated to fall short by over 300000 dollars.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Helena
Montana
California
Exoneration of Burke by House Indian Affairs Probe
The special house committee majority report clears Commissioner Burke of maladministration charges raised by Hugh Murphy and the Indiana Rights Association. Oklahoma members Hastings and Ifill issue minority views on the Jackson Barnett estate allocations. Congressman Howard calls the investigation’s result the most detrimental event for Indians in 25 years.
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Associated Press
Washington
Special House Committee
Office of Indian Affairs
Burke
Hugh Murphy
Okmulgee County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Court
Indiana Rights Association of
Philadelphia
Hastings
Ifill
Jackson Barnett
Howard
Murphy
House
William Muth Dies at 74 in Helena Pioneer of Montana
William Muth longtime Helena resident and early Montana pioneer dies at home after months of illness aged 74 born October 3 1851 in Wheeling West Virginia served in the Fifteenth territorial legislature of 1887 and constitutional convention of 1889 survived by wife two daughters Mrs Elizabeth Dwelley Seattle and Willa Muth Helena two sons Roy V Muth Seattle and Beit Muth St Paul funeral services set for Saturday afternoon
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Associated Press
H A
Mont
William Muth
Wheeling
W. Va
Muth
Helena
Here
Marysville
Elizabeth Dwelley
Seattle
Willa Muth
Roy V. Muth
Beit Muth
St. Paul
Club Sets Stage for Annual Show in Smelter City
Anaconda Kiwanis members met at the Montana hotel to celebrate Washington's birthday and promote an upcoming auto and trades display show. About 150 attendees heard E. B. Catlin discuss Washington as a human figure, with Jack Tucker and William Nutting reporting on Bozeman's boys' vocational congress. Committee chairs spoke on the event schedule as plans progress.
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Anaconda Kiwanis Club
Montana
Washington
E. B. Catlin
London audience cheers Barrymore in Hamlet debut
The London Hay Market saw a warm first night for American actor John Barrymore in Hamlet. Distinctive cheers from gallery and stalls followed his curtain calls after the third act, and he admitted approaching his English debut with fear but left confident. His father Maurice Barrymore had played here 59 years ago.
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Associated Preas
London
John Barrymore
Hamlet
Barrymore
Hay Market
Maurice Barrymore
England
Report of reprimand for Gen Mitchell exploded
The Associated Press reports a widely publicized claim that Brigadier General Mitchell faced a presidential reprimand proved false. Mitchell testified before the House Aircraft Committee that he had not received any summons to the White House, and committee examiner Perkins noted he had believed the informant who spread the rumor. White House officials and Secretary Weeks denied knowledge of the report as Mitchell again condemned air policy from the War and Navy departments.
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White House
Associated Press
Washington
Mitchell
House Aircraft Committee
Perkins
New Jersey
Weeks
Aircraft Committee
War Department
Navy Department
Inheritance Tax Debate Stirs at National Conference
President Coolidge urges gradual government retreat from inheritance and estate taxes amid calls for tax simplification. Representative Green argues for federal tax to maintain state levies. The exchange highlights mounting concerns over multiple taxes on the same inheritance and the burden on heirs and executors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Inheritance and Estate Tax Conference
Representative Green
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
National Tax Association
Mr. Coolidge
Man Found Hanging Says Murder Victim in Denver
Gart Finn a Denver transfer and storage company owner was found dead hanging in a hay chute. Autopsy officials concluded smothering with ether occurred before the hanging, ruling out self-inflicted death and noting ether traces in one lung. Police and coroner indicated Finn could not have tied the rope or administered ether himself after the noose was placed.
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Associated Press
Denver
Gart Finn
Denver Transfer and Storage
George Boswick
Finn
Boswick
Five Soldiers Die as Manila Trolley Crash Kills and Injures
Five soldiers are dead and 14 injured in a trolley car crash in Manila. The disaster prompts questions about safety and military transport in the Philippines.
Chaplin Says He Is Unconscious While Acting
Los Angeles witnesses described a dramatic court scene during a film exhibit in Charles Chaplin's suit against Charles Amador. Chaplin testified that he lives the role while on screen and is not himself while acting, discussing his hat, trousers, and duck walk.
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Associated Prean
Los Angeles
Paine
Charles Chaplin
Charles Amador
Bank of Italy
Amador
Amador Chaplin
Chaplin
Caillaux Welcomed to French Capital
Paris February 19 Joseph Caillaux former premier and Louis Malvey former minister of the interior, recently granted amnesty by parliament, were loudly hailed by about 2060 partisans at a banquet. Both spoke bitterly of wrongs done by ambitious public men who stood in their way. Caillaux had been convicted in October 1918 of impeding prosecution of the war and was amnestied last November. Malvey was convicted of communicating with the enemy and banished from France.
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Associated Press
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Louis Matley
Interior
Caillaux
Louis Malvey
France
Senator John Esp of Big Timber Dead
Senator John Esp of Big Timber Montana dies in Long Beach California at age with four years in the state senate and six years as Sweetgrass County commissioner. He is survived by a wife two daughters and four sons. body to be returned for burial.
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Associated Press
Big Timber
Mont
John Esp
Long Beach
Cal
Senator Esp
Montana
Sweetgrass County
Third Night Deliberations In Verner Case Endures
Jurors weighing the murder trial of Ed ward Verner, Beattle federal narcotic agent, for the fatal Dec 14 shooting of John Stepan, 25, a Butte miner, remained undecided after 48 hours of deliberation. Bailiff Cronnelly noted fatigue as jurors retired for the night. Judge Lynch may dismiss them if no verdict by morning.
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Edward Verner
Beattle Federal Narcotic
John Stepan
Butte
King Block
West Park Street
Mike Cronnelly
Jeremiah J. Lynch
Britain backs U. S. in new arms move
London reports the British government will cooperate with the United States to build up another international disarmament conference. Austen Chamberlain has arranged with Frank Kellogg to attend during the summer if agreement is reached with other great powers.
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Associated Press
London
The
Daily Mail
United States
Austen Chamberlain
Frank A. Kellogg
Two Officers and Many Hurt in Manila Coast Artillery Accident
Manila Feb 20 Lieut Col R K E Herring Maj John Hunter and three enlisted coast artillery men were killed when a trolley car derailed on Corregidor island. Lieut F L Hayden and 10 enlisted men were injured along with several officers’ wives making total casualties five dead and 14 wounded.
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Associated Press
Manila
R. KE. Herring
John H. Hunter
Coast Artillery
F. L. Hayden
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
C. A. Carter
Mine Planting Service
James T. Davidson
Air Service
Leoncia Canesa
Philippine Scouts
Hamsen
William Russo
Fifty-ninth Coast Artillery
Florano Grandes
Philippine Scout
Crispin Regnaro
Ninety First Coast Artillery
Homer Askew
Medical Department
A. H. Miller
Ordnance Department
William Fagan
Quartermaster Corps
William W. Briggs
Abe
Woman Ends Hunger Strike in Bedroom Prison
New York reported Margaret Budlong ended her hunger strike today after a week inside her eleventh floor apartment. She drank milk but refused doctors advice to leave confinement for hospital care. Attorneys for both sides held secret talks as a possible early compromise loomed to resolve the estranged couple's dispute over desertion and divorce.
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Associated Press
New York
Margaret Budlong
Milton J. Budlong
Mia
Budlong
House Backs Pay Increase Bill To Senate Amendments
The House plans to accept a Senate amendment to the legislative appropriation bill raising salaries for senators and representatives from 7600 to 10000. Rep Dickinson of Iowa said the House would avoid conference and accept all Senate amendments, though some members feared recording support for the pay raise.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Dickinson
Towa
Tynan Refuses to Testify as Hearing Concludes
Thomas J. Tynan, Colorado penitentiary warden, declines to take the stand on advice of his attorneys during the state civil service commission hearing on prison mismanagement. Defense insists Governor Sweet would be compelled to testify if Tynan testified, prompting a dramatic courtroom moment before adjournment. Tomorrow, Tynan is slated to testify as hearings resume.
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Associated Press
Canon City
Col
Thomas J. Tynan
Colorado
State Civil Service Commission
Tynen
Sweet
Owever
Fred W. Sabin
Harrison White
Tynan
Frank E. Peel
Denver
Miner Is Dead In Alberta Shaft Fire Tragedy
Alberta, Feb. 19. George A. Holden, 67, a homesteader, entered an abandoned mine shaft on Jan. 22 for fuel when the roof caved in and fire from his lantern engulfed the shaft. His body is believed buried beneath debris as rescuers abort further attempts.
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Assnciater Press
Dridge
Alberta
Treasory
Floyd Collins
George A. Holden
Homes Steader
Holden
Screen star to file divorce suit against director husband
Hollywood. Marjorie Daw, the actress, returned from New York and announced plans to sue Eddie Sutherland in Los Angeles County Superior Court for divorce. She said they simply could not get along and that he will not contest the suit.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
Marjorie Daw
New York Today
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Eddie Sutherland
France Looks to America for Loan Says Clementel
Paris Feb 10 Finance minister Clementel closed the budget debate with confidence in France’s finances. He announced plans for a $100,000,000 loan in America after the budget passes, plus a second abroad for devastated regions. He indicated annuities under the Dawes plan would fund recovery, and framed repayments with a franc improvement and moratorium. Myron T. Herrick, the American ambassador, was praised as a friend of France.
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Nashville
Tenn
America
Esme Howard
Lions Club
England
Dominions
Paris
M. Clementel
Chamber of Deputies
France
Dawes
M. Clementes
Treasury
M. Clemente
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Myron T. Herrick
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