Redhead bandit halts newsboys in bold downtown hold up
An abbreviated red headed holdupman flashed a Smith and Wesson in a morning newsboy raid. Police tracked a 16 year old with the gun, released him after questioning, then pursued the elusive culprit through Broadway alleys and courthouse corridors before caging the suspect.
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Smith & Wesson
Ruutte
Nickels
Imea
Harry Drake
Gerry
Kodda
Smith and Wesson
Newsies
Red Head
Miles City Reformatory
Butte
Redhead
Broadway
Red
East Park Street
Ombcers
Aograsp
Montana Boys May Set Record
A Montana page feature outlines multiple talks and events at a college program with names including Bishop Charles Wesley Burns and Dr. George F. Warren. The schedule covers topics such as agriculture, business, journalism, forestry, and irrigation, with various speakers from universities and federal services.
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George F. Warren
Cornell University
Ithaca
A. G. Crans
University of Wyoming
John A. Widisoe
Prompt American Irrigation Authority
B. W. Clark
The
United States Forestry Service
R.” Kilroy
Anaconda Standard
Otto
American Association
Preaient
U. Upham
Vana
Montane Bae
Dean Ga
Sivnas
Jane Nomsortnnes
Aeert Eitinetion
Netic
Ty Gontteercitact
Aca
Beavit Sens
Ieee
Ty Peartise
Eetsen
Ben
Cherny Tal Chen
Baxter
Cmicigh
Hans
Tadvatsien
Arash
Balan ‘Education Wamssten
R.A. Cooly
Ish x
Chinaie
Giedora
Shera
Ian Sya
G. 0
Tom
Ainis
Siontina
Embassy liquor raid exposes high life bootleg networks
Federal officers raided apartments in the national capital seizing imported wines and whiskies from foreign sources. A woman, Mrs Elizabeth Hecht, and a Guatemala claims owner were detained as authorities probe diplomatic pipelines. Officials say a self styled Guatemalan minister named Joaquin Mendes caused concern at the Guatemala legation. State department involvement expected to prompt ambassadors to tighten controls.
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Leutenant Davie
Guatemala
Elizabeth Hecht
Fromoreign
Davis
Joaquin Mendez
Washington
State Department
French Army 1a being Mobilized and Occupations
Paris reports French naval and mining engineers moved to Düsseldorf to aid Ruhr control while Toul and Mhingland garrisons shift. Americans in Coblenz assume occupation duties amid rising tensions as Reed's Senate move signals retreat. German deliveries for reparations exceed prior expectations due to fuel quality disputes.
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Rhine
Paris
Deusseldorf
Ruhr
Toul
Mhingland
Petit Parisien
Coblenz
America
Reed
Washington
Cobiena
Martin
Allen
DeGoutte
Mayence
Eighth Division
Berlin
Jan
Germany
Stepa
France
Demonstrations Over Unemployment Hit London
London witnessed one of the largest unemployed rallies in years under the Labour Party and unions. About 900 protests occurred nationwide with speeches and resolutions urging Parliament to convene and address unemployment. no disorders reported.
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London
Labor Party
Trades Unions
Montana Legislature Opens Week With Probes And Bills
Lawmakers move toward investigations of civil administration with a joint committee likely to start soon. Bills aim to repeal liquor prescriptions and metropolitan police powers, tax reforms, and a $25,000 salary appropriation for officers and staff, with session timing delaying normal business.
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House
Sonat
Senate
Paul of Powell
Judiciary Committee
Fe Seateena Serge Te Eerie
Crete
Aera
Cacuersne Cain noCarty
Montana
Mra McCarty
Anti- Shloon League
Lowndes Maury
Maury
State Highway Commission
Stuamminers Arith
Oker
Federal Agents at Work in Ku Klux Case Inquest
Testimony recounts a violent incident involving Watt and others claimed as Klansmen by victims. Dr. McKoin and witnesses discuss mob activity, with autopsy pathologist Duval describing unprecedented torture and mutilation of Daniel and Richard Charles Duval, noting surgical skill in the crime and rearranged clothing after death.
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Ku Klux Klan
Daniel
Richard Charles W. Duval
New Orleans
Piot
Blizzard hits Butte with widespread storm damage
A fierce blizzard battered Butte causing transformers to burn on East Broadway and widespread outages. Wires snapped near East Second Street and lights dimmed across the West Side Excelsior Streets and North Henry Street. Chimneys broke, signs toppled, and windows shattered including at Hoskins drug store. Snow melted as warm air arrived, then heavy wet snow fell again, delaying streetcar service and freezing temperatures returned by midnight.
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I Tter Company
Phoenix
East Second Street
Excelsior
Henry Street
Martin
Hoskins’ Drug
North Main Street
Florence Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Orelock
John. J. Barry
West
Granite ‘Street
West Broadway
Argyle Hotel
Rialto Ends Double Attraction With Vidor and Keaton
Butte patrons saw Florence Vidor in Real Adventure and Buster Keaton in Day Dreams at the Rialto, with a last showing today. The big Paramount feature Tick Town opens tomorrow, a lavish love melodrama featuring Betty Compson as a society girl who prefers a crook. A ribbing scene during Kick Town involved Kathleen Clifford and Jed Prouty, eliciting laughs from director Fitzmaurice. Additional inducements include a news weekly and Rialto musical numbers.
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Florence Vidor
Buster Keaton
Butte Picture
Rialto Theater
Paramount
Itick Tn
Rialto
Betty Compson
Kathleen Clifford
Jed Prouty
Kathleen
Prout
Fitzmaurice
News Weekly
Rialto Musical Men
Accuse Day Officers Lowest to Highest
William D. Foulke of the National Civic Reform League accuses Teague and other officials of corruption in Volstead Act enforcement. He writes that prohibition enforcement is corrupted from top to bottom by spoils-system appointees, and says civil service would have jeopardized the enforcement bill in Congress.
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Teague
William D. Foulke
National Civic Vice Reform League
H. Nicholson
Foulke
Nicholson
Civil Service System
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Congress
Oregon floods floodwide damage and transit disruption
Heavy rains in Oregon triggered widespread flooding. Bridges jammed with water in lower decks while the river rose beyond 18 feet. Through trains moved only along the Oregon Washington line. Spokane to Portland line flooded in Skamania county as telegraph proved intermittent. Sheridan and Lebanon saw water in business areas and Eugene south streets flooded. Rail service on the Oregon Washington line suspended after slides in the Columbia gorge.
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Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Spokat
Portland-Seattle
Columbia
Skamania
Oregon
Sheridan
Ore
Yamphill
Lebanon
Eugene
Scion
Oregon-Washington Company
Columbia Gorge
Paris talks fail to move markets
New York reports that despite hopes for a comprehensive settlement from the allied premiers meeting in Paris, markets showed only slight changes. Bankers and industrialists believed a settlement could lift American purchasing power and farm incomes, but the inability of the premiers to agree led to mixed yet modest market reactions with small price shifts and subsequent recoveries.
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New York
Paris
America
Germany
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Montana Boys
Bozeman
Mayo Institute of
Charles Wesley Burns
Methodist Church
L. Benz
Northern Pacific Railroad
Gallatin County
Boulger Springs
District of Columbia
Federal
Death Lake
East Broadway
Montana Power Company
Arthur
Kane
Charles
Southern
California
Pathe News
Sloan
John
American Association of Advertising Agencies
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