Testimony in Conley case details prison losses and brick deal
Former Montana penitentiary warden Frank Conley testifies as the state seeks 4900 dollars for lost autos and tools plus 384.85 for ice. He says most items belonged to him except one old car and that a worker was threatened after equipment moves.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Frank Conley
Montana Penitentiary
A. J. Horsky
Conley
J. F. O'Connor
Wellington D. Rankin
Mullen
Attorney O'Connor
Wilson
McTague
M. W. Potter
Penitentiary
Potter
Mr. Rankin
John Berne
Prison Board
Conley & McTague
Rankin
Deer Lodge
Berne
C. B. Nolan
State Prison Commission
Escaped patient linked to Washington officers in Montana
L. C. Norden and S. J. Pence of Washington D C are in Montana with an escaped Warm Springs sanitarium patient. They arrived with three prisoners but left two in Chicago. McCoy, returned to Warm Springs, escaped about a month ago, per reports.
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L. C. Norden
J. Pence
Washington, D. C
Buite
Montana
Warm Springs Sanitarium
Washington
Chicago
Warm Springs
McCoy
McCormack Postpones American Tour Six Months
John McCormack will delay his planned American tour for at least six months due to a nervous condition after a recent serious illness in New York. On the advice of his London physician and manager Charles Wagner, he will rest in England and Ireland and later travel to Southern France to escape cold weather.
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Associated Press
London
New York
John McCormack
Charles Wagner
England
Ireland
France
Gambling Charge Against Two Men Sparks Carnival Probe
Sheriff Duggan arrested Ted Sloan and John Van Lift after a complaint by Joe and Mrs Volmer. They allegedly won 42 dollars in under five minutes at a carnival game on South Montana street. Authorities say others were swindled and warned operators no gambling would be tolerated.
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Duggan
South Montana
Ted Sloan
John van Lift
Justice Court
Volmer
Sloan
van Lift
Starek Named Director of War Finance Corporation
The senate confirmed Fred Starek of Ohio as a director of the War Finance Corporation. A former Washington newspaper correspondent, he fills the vacancy from Angus McLean’s recent resignation after the nomination was sent to the senate by the president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fred Starek
Ohio
War Finance Corporation
Senate
Starek
Angus McLean
First Love and Cops Take the American Stage
A triple bill opens at the American theater featuring Constance Binney in First Love, Buster Keaton in Cops, and a comical adventure. The package promises romance comedy and daring stunts with a light hearted mood.
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Constance Binney
Buster Keaton
First Love and Cops Highlight Theatre Bill
The program features First Love a story of a young working girl and her awakening, and Cops a Buster Keaton comedy praised as a riot from start to finish. Chapters VI and VII of The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe are billed as bigger and better than earlier installments.
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Tures
Robinson Crusoe
Buster Keaton
City Council Hears Masked Klan Parade Ban
Chicago officials consider prohibiting Ku Klux Klan parades and public demonstrations within city limits if participants are masked. The judiciary committee voted unanimously to recommend the ban and also declined to bar Roscoe Arbuckle films.
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Chicago
Council Judiciary Committee
Roscoe Arbuckle
Veterans respond to accusation over carnival for disabled veterans
Commander Harry Hildebrand and John Troup rebut WCTU claims that the Butte carnival aiding Disabled American Veterans is run by fakers and illegal. They emphasize the event funds a veterans delegation to a San Francisco convention and uses goods from hospitalized wounded veterans. War Mothers join in defense, asserting all service members are law abiding and not fakers.
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Harry Hildebrand
John Troup
American Legion
Hildebrand
Butte
San Francisco
Montana
American War Mothers
W. Co. T U. Committee
Walkerville Masons to Build New Meeting Hall
Articles of incorporation were filed by six trustees for Monitor lodge No 35 A F and A M Walkerville to acquire grounds and erect a new building for Masons and Order of Eastern Star. The plan includes an auditorium gymnasium natatorium library and related facilities. Trustees named William H. Sweet Richard Hadwick John J. Doidge Harry Downing Charles Kestle and Joseph Harris.
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Masons and Order of Eastern Star
Monitor Lodge
No. 35
A. F
A. M
Walkerville
William H. Sweet
Richard Hadwick
John J. Doidge
Harry Downing
Charles Kestle
Joseph Harris
Man Charged Over Possession of Still in City Jail
Nick Kogg is jailed on a charge of possessing a still. Police Chief Jere Murphy said the arrest occurred late yesterday afternoon at 348 New Street.
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Nick Kogg
New Street
Jere Murphy
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Clyde Kerr
Margaret Cameron
Mile
Rhea & Co
Joseph Mack Jr. & Co
Britt Wood
Judson Cole
Divine I$fd
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Will Carleton
Calkinsco
Broadway
Butse
Ront
Rmealart
Disabled Veterans of America
War Mothers of America
Patriotic Hall
War Mothere
Walkerville Masons
Binney
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