Veterans join for Butte G A R encampment
Veterans from Civil and Spanish American conflicts gather in Butte for a joint department encampment of the G A R and United Spanish War Veterans with auxiliaries. About 600 visitors travel from out of town plus 500 local veterans and guests, as ceremonies begin at the First Presbyterian Church and Temple auditorium.
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Butte
United Spanish War Veterans
First Presbyterian Church
C. H. P. Bielenberg
Montana Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Mail Clerks Identify Wounded Man In Band Of Robbers
A wounded sailor identified as a member of a train robbery gang. The disaster on the battleship Mississippi may trigger a fleet wide probe into gun cleaning and air pressure failures. A plugman testified lack of cleaning fumes left in 14 inch gun barrels could ignite powder. The inquiry may extend to other ships to prevent similar catastrophes.
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Associated Press
San Pedro
Cal
Mississippi
Board of Inquiry
Francis Majeswki
Plugman
Court of Inquiry
Noted Engineer Dies at Lackawanna Station
Maj. Frank B. Gilbreth industrial engineer died of a heart attack in a station booth at Lackawanna railroad station while telephoning his wife. During World War I he commanded Army engineers on the general staff in Washington. Eleven children survive him. he was 56.
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Frank B. Gilbreth
Associated Press
Montclair
N. J
Lackawanna
Army Engineers
General Staff
Washington
Lillian FE
Chicago train hold up rings up to a million in loot
Police identify a bandit as J H Wayne who was wounded and captured after a dramatic raid on a Chicago flat. Wayne and three others plus a woman were arrested as investigators pursue a possible link to Tommy O Connor and a highway to a planned air escape. The bandits took money and bonds valued over one million dollars with new large denomination bills found on Wayne and Paul Wade.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
J. H. Wayne
Wayne
Hammond
Ind
Margaret Ray
Walter McComb
Paul Wade
Tulsa
Okla
James Mahoney
Peter M. Hoffman
Tommy
Tommy” O’connor
Wade
National Democratic Convention Prepares for Seatings and Chair Race
Washington dispatch notes signs of a near Democratic convention as officials, subcommittee leaders, and delegates arrive to assess the pre convention landscape. Dockweiler drafts seating plans while McAdoo and Governor Smith engage in campaign moves. Walsh, Cummings, and Harrison feature in chair and keynote discussions amid many candidates and eight dark horses expected.
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Associated Press
New York
National Organization
Cordell Hull
J. Bruce Kremer
Norman E. Mack
Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
Thomas B. Love
Texas
Isadore Dockweiler
California
Edward Quinn
Massachusetts
Dockweiler
Walsh
Montana
Homer H. Cummings
Connecticut
Committee On
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Cancer Germ Theory Advocated By Butte Doctors
A group of Butte physicians described at St James hospital a new anti toxin cancer theory claiming cancer is a germ disease. Dr Michael Scott and Dr T J Glover presented inoculation experiments on animals showing immunization prevented infection. Pathologist Dr Menni from Portland offered cautious support citing germ theory but declined to endorse cures.
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Michael J. Scott
Butte
St. James Hospital
Michael Scott
T. J. Glover
Glover
Scott
Menni
Portland, Ore
Grover
Bankers Meeting to Feature National Speakers in Montana
Helena June 14 Principal speakers announced for the Montana Bankers Association convention in Bozeman July 17 to 19 include Dr H W Mumford dean of the College of Agriculture University of Illinois Ralph Budd president Great Northern railway and George M Williamson vice president Integrity Mutual Casualty company Also Til C W Allendorfer and A T Hibbard secretary indicate Henry Wallace secretary of agriculture invited All business sessions will be at the state college
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Associated Press
Helena
H. W. Mumford
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Mumford
Til
C. W. Allendorfer
First National Bank of Kansas City
Clearing House
American Bankers’ Association
Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railway
George M. Williamson
Chicago
Integrity Mutual Casualty Company
All- Bankers’ Association
Tual
Montana Bozeman
A. T. Hibbard
Henry Wallace
State Colege
Seekers Try to Prove Leopold and Loeb Insane
Four alienists visited the county jail to examine Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, rich youths who killed 13 year old Robert Franks. The defense seeks to prove insanity while the state moves to counter the plea.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Leopold
Loeb
Life savings sunk into money making machine rug
Frank Bregar of 405 Kemper street deposited his $2,700 life savings into a satchel described as a money making machine operated by two crooks. He later found only old potatoes and learned of a ruse designed to separate him from his cash. The tale includes a friend from Austria and an associate named Bob, and a scheme said to have transported money from a Butte bank.
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Frank Bregar
Kemper Street
Pregar
Bregar
Austria
Bob
Butte
Ing
Bunce
O’donnell
National Hotel
Emma
Anaconda
Nissler
Yegen banker found guilty after 18 day trial
Chris Yegen president of Yegen Brothers was found guilty of accepting deposits in an insolvent bank. Jurors deliberated over 20 hours and the judge fixed a sentence of two to four years in Deer Lodge state penitentiary. Trial spanned 18 days with verdict at midnight. An appeal and new trial motions were filed. Bond set at 5000 dollars posted by T H McKinnon and A B Christie.
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Chris Yegen
Deer Lodge
Lynch
Mr. Yegen
Supreme Court
A. 8. Christie
Yegen
Yegen Brothers
Eastern Entrance of Yellowstone Park Opens
The eastern entrance, last to open, began traffic yesterday at Mammoth, with park officials reporting a season record. Superintendent Horace M. Albright notes a 100 percent rise over 1923 figures, with 1,464 cars and 4,736 tourists entering so far.
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Associated Press
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Park
Wye
Horace M. Albright
Judge with withdraws death sentence over tears in court
Chicago June 14 Judge William Lindsay halted handing down death for Russell T. Scott who pleaded guilty to killing a drug clerk after tears from Scott and his attorney. The case was continued to Wednesday while prosecutors and the state attorney reconsider. Scott and his brother Robert were charged in the murder of Joseph Maurer who worked as a drug store clerk.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Lindsay
Russell T. Scott
Lindsay
Scott
Walter Stanton
Robert
Joseph Maurer
Lutheran Synod Drops Hell From Apostles Creed
Decalb Wil June 14 The Lutheran Augustanian synod at its 65th annual convention replaces the word hell with hades in the Apostles Creed. 300000 members will confess descending into hades after crucifixion not implying denial of hell but clarifying Christ’s state after death. Dr C B Lindberg of Augstana Theological Seminary explains the distinction.
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Associated Press
Wil
Hell
Hades
Lutheran Augustanian Synod
Christ
Pontius Pilate
C. B. Lindberg
Augustana Theological Seminary
Ock Island
Lil
Twelve Die as Tennessee Cloudburst Ravages Johnson City
Twelve known dead and four seriously injured in a devastating Tennessee cloudburst that destroyed more than a dozen homes barns and mills. The Appalachain division of the Southern Railway was left impassable with thousands of acres of farmland ruined. The center was near Hunter Siam and Card's Bluff.
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Associated Press
Johnson City
Tenn
Appalachian Division
Southern Railway
Hunter, Siam
Card's Bluff
Boak Chosen Head Woodmen of World
At Lowstone Park Wyoming on June 14 the Woodmen of the World quadrennial convention elected R R Boak of Denver to head consul for four years and John Wirsdon of San Francisco head adviser. Other officers named include Thomas M Robinson Oakland A B Sunderland Fresno John Patterson Spokane Harry Raymond Denver J W Klein Golden Willis C Hawley Salem J O Wilson Portland Thomas H Lawson Salt Lake City L B White Los Angeles and T W Midkiss Great Falls as head sentry.
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Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Woodmen of the World
R. R. Boak
Denver
Cal
John Wirsdon
San Francisco
Thomas M. Robinson
Oakland
A. BE. Sunderland
Fresno
John Patterson
Spokane
Wash
Harry Raymond
Col
J. W. Klein
Golden
Willis C. Hawley
Salem
Ore
J. O. Wilson
Portland
Thomas H. Lawson
Salt Lake City
L. B. Whitehead
Los Angeles
T. W. Midkiss
Great Palls
Mont
Herriot Forms French Government After Crisis
Edouard Herriot, head of the left coalition, formed a new cabinet after a 14 day crisis. The government to curb minors from public life includes his radical allies with Gen Maurice Nollet as war minister, a choice noted as puzzling by critics.
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L’ress
Paris
Edouard Herriot
Radical
Maurice Nollet
Germany
War Department
M. Herriot
Nollet
France
Herriot
Doumergue
Maurice Nol
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