Assembly Gets Well Started in First Week
Bills introduced and notice given of thirty more. Ten committees are functioning at present.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1923
Page
1
Bills introduced and notice given of thirty more. Ten committees are functioning at present.
Montana lawmakers report 16 bills introduced and two passed in week one of the Eighteenth Legislature. Senate committees named for 37 of 39, house committees partially filled, with Grumbaker announcing 10 of 49. Two appropriations totals range to 110000 and 415000 for per diem and expenses. A tax commission bill, H R 3, seeks broad powers to investigate individuals firms and associations in Montana.
Jan 6 Polk county council chaplain sheriff E Robb faced two charges over alleged theft of grand jury evidence from the county Jail One charge accusing him of stealing a cider press grindstone barrels and a wash tub was dismissed as a laughable farce The other charges stem from a separate theft of $30000 worth of liquor from the county Jail ten days earlier by former county Jailer Mesure Jay
At Lausanne, Ismet Pasha of Turkey challenged delegates over foreign tribunals, insisting peace hinges on their decisions. Lord Curzon urged agreement on capitulations while protests and terse exchanges marked sessions. Riza Nur Bes and Ran Nur Bey attacked alliance moves but later appeared courteous as talks continued without a firm accord.
Washington officials report that members of the American funding commission held a three hour conference this afternoon to prep for the open ing Monday discussions on format. The item continues on page seven column eight.
President Harding proposed appointing Secretary Hoover to head the interior department but Hoover declined, saying he had begun a large western development program and that the commerce department’s reorganization was not complete. He emphasized continuing work under the present role with the president’s agreement.
Victoria, British Columbia, Jan. reports that men digging a water well in the Caribou district uncovered fine gold nuggets and sand enriched with gold. L. C. Westwick of Springhouse relayed the sighting to T. P. Mackenzie, grazing lands chief, noting the gold bearing sands extend over a large area and the site is on Charles Labounty's property.
Pathologists testified that Watt Daniel and Fletcher Richards were subjected to terrible torture by masked assailants. The testimony described the victims being restrained and assaulted, detailing how the men were left in positions that indicated prolonged distress before death.
Welded testimony from state pathologists at the Morehouse parish inquiry details the dismembered bodies of Watt Daniel and Fletcher Richards found in Lake La Fourche. They were said to have been tortured with a device causing equidistant bone breaks, while gang members wore black hoods during the kidnapping auto party. Governor Parker’s probe aims to fix responsibility for the killings and other band depredations linked to the Ku Klux Klan.
Kidmore to be returned from prison in Utah is named in a federal case. An arrest here ties him to the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. a Casse and he will face federal charges.
In Missoula on January 6, neighbors entered the shack of Anna Smyer a spinster over seventy and found her near death from hunger. She could not speak or move and was taken to the county hospital. Officials question how food supplied by county and charities was used and plan to investigate the strange case.
Jan. 6 A Chesapeake dog owned by William Hall rescued his mistress, Mrs. J. J. McBride, who fell from a small foot bridge into the Boise River. The dog swam to her and towed her to shore despite the swift current and sinking several times.
County officials enacted reductions to save over 10000 yearly after downgrading Silver Bowl to a second class county. Sheriff salary trims 1000 annually, assessor treasurer clerk recorder and auditor each 3500, coroners stenographer 1200 saved. Several offices remain unaffected including schools administrator county engineer and district court clerk.
A garage blaze in Raleigh North Carolina killed three people and seriously burned another. A fireman was injured and several automobiles were destroyed in the blaze reported January 6, with authorities investigating the cause.
A legislative body passes a resolution by a strong majority voting 57 to 6. Republicans attempt to forestall action, but the measure is approved when the roll is called.
The U S Senate adopted a resolution by 37 to 6 calling for immediate withdrawal of American forces from the Rhine as administration plans for a reparations commission face opposition. The debate included private maneuvering and warnings that the move would not alter current policy or prompt U S troop repatriation. Senator Reed of Missouri introduced the measure. Senator Robinson of Arkansas led the reparations debate amid consultations with Secretary Hughes.
The Associated Press reports Oregon floods trap towns and force evacuations as warm rains swell streams. In Lane and Yamhill counties all rivers overflowed their banks. A double header passenger train on the Coos Bay line derailed near Mapleton after a soft road bed, one locomotive plunging into the Siuslaw River. Portland docks are submerged with efforts to unload freights.
Washington discusses U S policy toward France and Britain amid crisis in Germany. Official view emphasizes remaining a sympathetic spectator with no premature moves. Washington signals willingness to help only if French and British initiate requests and aims to avoid creating misunderstandings.
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