Paving Plan For Anaconda Butte Highway Link
State highway engineers will begin preliminary work soon to pave the connection between Butte and Anaconda. The project, part of 40 announced under the initiative good roads measure, will use funds from the gasoline tax once available. Concrete routes include South Excelsior, a cutoff at Emmett Street in Butte, and a segment from East Park Avenue to the concrete highway outside Anaconda.
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State Highway Commission
Butte
Anaconda
H. W. Holmes
Helena
Commission
South Excelsior
Emmett Street
Hutte
East Park Avenue
Conda
The
Highway Commission
Knoxville Ministers Stand Against Denver Judge in April Hearing
Knoxville ministers protested Judge Ben B Lindsey of Denver who was invited to speak in April by the Knoxville Optimist club. They critiqued his Red Book articles alleging support for free love. Lindsey denied advocating free love, saying society drifts toward it, and the club planned to proceed with the appearance.
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Associatea
Prose
Knoxville
Knoxville Baptist Ministers” Association
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Col
Knoxville Optimist Club
Lindsey
Red Book
Optimist Club
Knoxville Social Workers Club
Associated Prot
Baptist Ministers
Tenn
Fair City
Baptist Brethren
Pish
Lush
Poppycock
Tragic Stampede Leaves Dozens Dead at Theater
At a crowded Sunday matinee a stampede trapped children on a stairway, with 20 rescuers unable to move bodies as mass crush injuries occurred. Fire crews cut a wall to recover victims while hospitals and morgues prepared for a mounting toll.
Underground Dwellers Discovered Near Branch Fort
Officials report a hitherto unknown sect of intensely religious people who spend most of their lives underground. Members retreat to caverns at age 40 and stay until death, frightening census takers who meet them as omens of the world’s end.
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Mussia
Weeklong Capitol Hearings Signal Broad Domestic, Foreign Focus
Congress plans a crowded week with committee hearings on foreign affairs and a rapid move to votes. The Senate will review the Lausanne treaty with Turkey, the Smith and Ware election cases, and Latin American issues while the House tills the annual Independence Offices appropriation and supplies for the Army. Entwined are Democratic pushes for tax reduction and a pending Senate vote on Frank Stulth from Illinois, plus petitions contesting William Vare’s Pennsylvania seat. Republicans oppose diverting cases to campaign funds committees and elections inquiries continue into Senator Gould’s bribery charges.
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Associated Pf
Washington
Congress
Senate
Turkey
Annal Independent Offices
Frank
Stulth
Tlinois
Iman
William Wilson
William $. Vare
Pennsylvania
Wilton
Vare
Special
Elections Committee
Tts
Gould
Maine
Mobilization Ordered for West Coast Marines in San Diego
Washington announced a standby battalion of Marines is being assembled in San Diego to ensure readiness for any emergency. Major General Lejeune stressed the move is not tied to nearby crises in Mexico, Nicaragua, or China, and follows a transfer from Guantanamo to Nicaragua. He noted no special significance to the San Diego group beyond its home station status.
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San Diego
West Coast
Washington
Cal
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Mexico
Nicaragua
China
Tranfer
Guantanamo
San Dingo
Two Crown in Flood Waters in Mine Shaft
James T. Sullivan and Pat Shields died when water from old workings breached the Ortisco shaft. Rescue crews battled rising flood as the two men remained missing at first before the bodies were recovered. The incident highlights dangers of underground mining near Ortisco.
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James T. Sullivan
Pat Shields
Ortisco
Companions Make Escape in Ortisco Mine Flood Rescue
A mine flood at Ortisco mine late Saturday night caused two men to drown after being swept by rising water from neighboring workings. James T. Sullivan and Pat Shields died as pumps worked to recover bodies, while rescuers including Sherlock, Lynehehan, A. E. Cherry and others braved the torrent to reach them.
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James T. Sullivan
Centerstreaterville
Pat Shields
Wyoming Street
Ortisco
Sullivan
Shields
New England
Sherlock
Delaware Avenue
John ‘Lyneheha Kossuth
Lynehehan
A. E. Cherry
South Main Street
Orv Han
East Park Street
Emil Tilt
North Gaylord
Montana Solons Schedule Quiet With Short Recess
The Montana legislature will recess for two days as work begins to wrap up. The Senate meets in the morning and the House in the afternoon. Few bids were introduced that week, but several are under consideration as sessions advance.
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Elena
Jay Ssnature
Ite Orktion
Mall
Considera
Four cremated in new attack on Birger gang
At least four persons were killed last night when Shady Mest road house and armed camp of Charles Hirger, Birger gang trader, was burned. Bodies charred beyond identification sent to the court house. Art Newman says two bodies believed to be Steve George and his wife Farmers living nearby heard explosions around midnight and saw fire.
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Marion
Til
Teast
Charles Hirger
Courthotter
Art Newman
St Lane
Birger
Steve
George
Farmera
McPherson Case Showdown Today
LS Jan 9 McPherson faces potential charges tied to her disappearance and kidnaping case. Dintz Kegan to file an Information before the Superior Court. Municipal Judge Samuel J Hake ordered action after the evangelists hearing last October.
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McPherson
Dintz Kegan
Ormiston
British Marines Escort 60 American Women to Safety
The Associated Press reports that sixty American women and children evacuated from Hankow reached Shanghai amid a threatening situation and mob violence. British marines escorted most refugees who left Hankow with little money or baggage, while missionaries from Kiuklang reached Shanghai with about a hundred others still in danger.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Hankow
Kiuklang
Kuling
Nanchang
Sieum
Itwan
Admiral Hough
Yang
Union Leaders Seek Change to Prohibition Law
The International Typographical Union advocates amending the Volstead act to permit wine sales and promote temperate living. President J. W. Hays and secretary-treasurer Mat Wheater argue current enforcement is weak and that prohibition has failed to curb crime. A Mount Pleasant forum heard critiques of federal enforcement and calls for clearer responsibilities.
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Union of Labor
Congran
J. W. Hays
International Typographical Union
Ite Five
Mat
Wheater
Mount” Pleas Congregational
Fortune, wife jailed in day’s legal entanglement
Chicago report details Luan Boede a Boston family member, his wife, and a deputy sheriff serving a summons as a legal case unfolds. The affair centers on a $251 dispute linked to a pottery plan and family tensions in Chicago on a January day.
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Chicago
Los Fortune
Jan
Luan KK
Boede
Boston
Mrauth Stevens
Su Mons
Ifo
Dairy Products Association Convenes in Butte Today
Sixty members of Montana Dairy Products Manufacturers Association from across the state meet in Butte for the second annual convention. The program includes lectures on new methods, entertainment, luncheon, and a banquet at the Silver Bow club. Delegates arrive yesterday and tours are planned, with speakers from dairies and ice cream plants.
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Finlen
Montana
al Parte
Wate
Butte
Pinon
Ihe Forest
Gairy
Silver How Club
Minin
R¢Ne
Tika
Fred A" Frenningsen
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Butler
McPherson Case
Atronaling
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Xuting
Yangtze River
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K' Ungsi
Kisukians
Khanghal
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American Federation of Labor
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