Dixon urges higher taxes and banking reform in Montana message
Governor Joseph M. Dixon addressed a full house in Helena detailing plans for increased taxation on multiple industries, tighter prohibition laws, banking law changes, abolishing the railroad commission, creating a state tax board, and proposing a state income tax. The two hour reading began at 11:20 and ended shortly after 1:05.
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Helena
House Chamber
Joseph M. Dixon
Joint Assembly
Montana
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Tax Commission
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Herrin murder case guards accused in riot trial
The Herrin murder case opening today sees 10 defense witnesses for the five charged with murder. Only Charles Davis testified to an actual assault by a mine guard. Davis recounted being escorted off property after seeking to report fence destruction. Other witnesses denied being harmed. Gibbs, a farmer, said guards swore in front of his family.
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Charles Davis
Davis
C. J. MacDowell
Interior Secretary Resigns Amid Cabinet Shakeup
A.B. Pall resigns as secretary of the interior as President Harding begins his term. The outgoing secretary will retire from the cabinet after March 4, returning to private life in New Mexico where he will pursue personal affairs and rest briefly before resuming public duties.
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Interior
Harding
United States
New Mexico
Mexico
Louisiana Sends More Troops to Police Inquiry
Bastrop Louisiana January 2 Louisiana's crack cavalry troop from Jennings to arrive tomorrow to reinforce three state troop companies now on duty in Bastrop Mer Rouge amid investigations into the deaths of two men robbed and masked. The movement was expected though not officially announced earlier. The cavalry unit formerly served overseas with Rainbow Division may be used to round up suspects tied to the case.
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Louisiana
Jennings
Wil Feach
Mer
Touge
Garry
Addi-Ional
Fine union men for leaving their train
Three dozen defendants were fined a total of 9,800 dollars by United States District Judge Benjamin Bledsoe for conspiring to abandon passenger trains east of Santa Fe last August. The court called the acts inexcusable and unjustified, noting no violence but faulting the men for deserting passengers and violating railway obligations.
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United States District Court
Benjamin Bledsoe
Nnld
Coms Sang
TWO DOZEN INJURED AS EXPRESS JUMPS TRACK
Twenty four people were injured when a broken brake beam caused the Dixie Flyer to derail near Macon Georgia. A rail became partially detached and fell into a ravine, lifting seven cars. Passengers including Miss Jane Cassidy of Shelbyville Kentucky were involved. The locomotive remained on track amid the wreckage.
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Tlin
Jacksonville
Ain
Interior Secretary Fall to quit March resigns for law practice
Secretary Fall of the interior department will retire from office in March to return to the practice of law and private business in New Mexico. President Harding offered him a seat on the supreme court bench but the offer was declined. Fall’s resignation marks the second cabinet exit under Harding, with ongoing speculation about his successor and possible reshuffles in the administration.
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Asso
Washington
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Interior Department
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New Mexico
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Supreme Court
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Arep
New Mexican
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Agricultural Department
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Commerce Department
Interior
Lucius Tl. Barnes
United States Chamber of Conmerce
Interior Post
Senator New
Indiana
Kellogg
Minnesota
Bakers Son Freed Of Murder Charge
Plains N Y Jan 2 Walter Ward wealthy baker s son and former police commissioner of Rochelle was freed today of the murder charge that hung over him since last spring when he confessed shooting in self defense an alleged blackmailer Clar ence Peters Supreme Court Justice Seeger dismissed the indictment for lack of evidence to prove his story false He criticized the prosecution for failure to bring the case to trial deeming them afraid to place it before a jury which would likely acquit
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Ward
Baker
Rochelle
Welt
Clarence Peters
Supreme Court
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A Histice
Irish Republicans Picket NYC Hall After Battle With Free Staters
Irish republicans picketed New York City Hall after clashes with Free Staters over Irish consulate control. Demonstrators waved placards denouncing Mayor Hylan and police, with banners accusing British and Scottish figures. Sir Basil Thomson visited, while Hylan’s police reportedly assaulted a marcher as the mayor escaped by car. The crowd attracted a large turnout as homebound workers passed through City Hall Park.
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New York
Daniel J. McGrath
Republi
Crawford
New York City Hall
Hyla Police
Sir Basil Thomson
Scotland Yard
Associated Press
Sion
United States
Sir Basil
Hylan
Tiylan
Muriel Macswiney
Gegar A
Jury
England
Mir MacSwiney
Gegan
Thenotor
Negro Quarter Oklahoma Town Heavily Guarded
Sapulpa Oklahoma January 2 heavily armed guards patrolled the borders of the negro quarter tonight and officials were confident that no race trouble would grow from the killing of one policeman and wounding of four others last night by four negroes. The tense situation persisted after nightfall though authorities said the guard was strong to quell any disturbance. Several negroes suspected of involvement remained under watch.
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Sapulpal Okla
Hundred Strikers Taken in Custody in Alberta Raid
Edmonton reports that the entire police force arrested about one hundred strikers after stone throwing at the Standard mine. The demonstration formed a column as convicts escorted to await charges in court.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alleged Bandit Ministered in Wounds Two on Broadway Hunt
A garbled report describes a crime spree on Broadway where a man allegedly injured two people during a burglary attempt. He pulled a gun to force entry into a taxicab, leading to a dramatic chase and pursuit. Bonar Law is cited voicing opinion that public opinion absence makes action near impossible.
Fury on Manhattan Streets Ends With Russo Apprehension
John Russo of West Orange New Jersey allegedly tried to break into a West Forty-fourth street rooming house. He fired 19 shots, hit a man and a woman, and fled in a taxi. Policeman Halstead leaped onto the cab and used the revolver as a club to render Russo unconscious after a fast chase through traffic.
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West Orange
N. J
West Forty-fourth Street
Broadway
Fatrolman Halstead
Russo
Halstead
Pty Halstead
Tusto
World leaders clash over reparations in tense preconference mood
Paris scene closes a short council session with British Italian and Belgian premiers facing a bleak outlook. Mile. Lasteyrie French finance minister and Poincare push for a path forward as ministers mill over a complex reparations deal amid diverging positions and uncertain outcomes.
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Great Britain
Belgium
Marquis Della Toreretta
Taly
Fn Lian
France
Mile
Lasteyrie
Poincare
Mile 1
Counell
Dormitory at Buckner Orphan Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire largely destroyed the three story brick dormitory nine miles from Dallas at midnight. About 250 boys were at the home sleeping as the blaze swept the building. the institution houses around 700 orphans under Buckner’s care. No precise details on casualties or causes are given beyond the total loss of the dormitory structure.
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Dallas
Texas
Buckner
H. ©. Buckner
Soft Drink Official Open Fire In Sioux Falls Standoff
In Sioux Falls South Dakota January 2 two federal officers were shot during a daylight gunfight with Neary a soft drink shop proprietor The officers Marshal Putoff and King were wounded slightly and taken to a hospital where their condition was listed as not serious Neary was arrested after authorities executed a warrant and a brief exchange of fire occurred with shots aimed at Neary but none hit him He was overpowered and jailed
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Prem
Sioux Falls
Man Neary
Ale Putoff
Howe
Former Helena Bank President Forfeits Bond
Former Helena Bank president George L. Ramsey, once head of the Bank ing Corporation of Montana at Helena, forfeited a 2500 bond. Judge Bourquin ordered the forfeiture in federal court with a bench warrant for re-arrest. Ramsey and Otto Ramstad faced charges of false reporting related to the First National bank of Poplar.
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George L. Tramsey
Banking Corporation of Montana
Helen
Copper Company of Arizona
New York City
George M. Bourquin
Tskhied
Ramsey
Helena
Otte Ramstad
First National Bank’ of
Poplar
M . Ramstad
Rumsey
Ramstad
First National Bank of Poplar
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Id Aid
Otto Ramstad
Caave
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