Donations Rally Boosts Butte Boy Scout Campaign
About 300 friends and advocates gathered in the chamber of commerce for a fundraising dinner to launch a Boy Scout drive in Butte. Leaders from business, government, religion, and labor pledged support, with telegrams from prominent citizens read aloud as the effort was praised for fostering clean, better citizens and wartime contributions.
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Boy Scout Movement
Senate of the
United States
Supreme
Montana
Organized Labor
Butte
Senator Mantle
Rabbi Levin
John PD. Ryan
Marcus Daly
C. W. Goodale
J. Ross Clark
Arthur Carson
W. D. Thornton
Harry Turner
Boy Scouts Organization
Butte Judge blocks $600,000 refunding bond sale
Judge Jackson grants a permanent injunction against the mayor city clerk and city treasurer of Butte prohibiting the sale of $600,000 city refunding bonds to W L Slayton & Co. The bid was at 90 percent and faced attacks over parity and advertisement legality. William Barth sues the city churches.
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Jackson
Butte
W. L. Slayton & Co
William Barth
City of
W. D. Kyle
Barth
Clinton and
Elderkin
Stodden
Jean F. Slayton
Bond House
Kyle
Supreme Court
Wilson and successor to ride in same wagon
President Wilson and President-elect Harding will ride together to the Capitol on Friday. Wilson will sign last minute bills while Harding takes the oath of office. Secretary Tumulty told the joint congressional committee that Wilson was very desirous of accompanying Harding.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Harding
Capitol
Congress
United States
Tumulty
Joint Congressional Committee
Weeks Confirmed as Secretary of War for Harding
The Associated Press reports definite confirmation that John W. Weeks of Massachusetts will be secretary of war, announced as Harding neared Marion. Weeks, former senator and 1916 presidential hopeful, is a lawyer and Naval Academy graduate. Harding hints he may deliver his message to Congress in person.
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Turner
W. E. Maddock
Associated Press
Harding
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Marion
Florida
Weeks
United States
Republican Executive Committee
Naval Academy
Khown
Wilson
Congress
Messenger
Eight Held Up by Masked Bandits in Meaderville Store
Three masked bandits robbed George Renovich’s soft drink store at 2014 Yew Street Meaderville at 1130 PM. They forced proprietor and seven customers to the wall, took three boxes of cigars, two gold watches and about $100 in cash, then vanished. Several nearby burglaries and holdups across Butte in the past day have totaled over $6,000.
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George Renovich
Yew Street
Meaderville
CC. R. French
Warren Avenue
Butte
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Warren and
Talbot Avenue
Two Million More for Sufferers in Europe
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial Fund donate 2 million dollars to the American Relief Administration. The gift is split equally between the two foundations to aid starving European children through the relief council.
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Associated Press
New York
Rockerfeller Foundation
European Relief Committee
Rockefeller Foundation
Laura Spellman Rocckefeller Memorial Fund
American Relief Administration
Relief Council
Europe
GONGOLIDATION BILL 5 APPROVED
Helena governor signs house bill No 22 paving way for city and county government consolidation. Bill favored by Butte business interests aims to cut officer expenses. Law takes effect after voter approval in 1922 general election and subsequent legislative steps. Butte Chamber of Commerce members supported the measure after trips to Helena.
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Helena
Miles Cavanaugh
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court declares Lever Act unconstitutional
The Supreme Court ruled sections of the Lever Act unconstitutional, nullifying government action that halted the 1919 coal strike and later efforts to curb living costs through prosecutions of alleged hoarders and profiteers in essential goods. The decision arose from an appeal related to a sugar case but broad terms end many cost of living prosecutions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Champ Clark in Critical Condition Amid Illness
Washington reports Champ Clark democratic leader of the house is gravely ill after ten days of illness with fears rising that he may not survive the night. Associated Press dispatch notes the illness casts a pall over congressional leadership and party plans. Separately, Dublin dispatch says several prisoners court martialed over the November 21 assassination of fourteen British officers will face execution this week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Champ Clark
House
London
Dublin
Wilborn Arrives to Identify Butte Woman
P C Wilborn of Concordia Missouri arrived in Butte with his son in law to determine if the Mountain Junction death victim is his daughter Nettie Wilborn. A bankbook with her name was found. The elder Wilborn hopes for closure after meeting Charles F Wilborn en route to Butte.
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P. C. Wilborn
Concordia
Butte
Mountain Junction
Nettie Wilborn
Wilborn
State Board of Health
Great Falls
Charles F. Wilborn
Marias
Chouteau County
Bowdoin
Carter, Mont
Repeal War Time Laws Sent to Conference
The Senate adopted the house resolution proposing a general repeal of wartime laws and sent the measure to conference in Washington. The move signals end of wartime controls as lawmakers push for repeal negotiations.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Montana House Favoring Liquor Prescriptions Bill 289
Den Helena Feb 28 After debate the house committee of the whole recommended passage of senate bill 289 to allow physicians to issue liquor prescriptions for medicinal use under the Volstead act A roll call 48 for 36 against Rouleau of Silver Bow urged necessity Snell of Silver Bow warned of quack doctors Eight senate bills were killed or amended including Sub 8 B 130 bank examiner salary and appointments S B 99 county employment tenure S B 255 rail fares S B 259 state officer pay S B 230 stock fraud S B 254 judicial district changes and S B 257 judges retirement
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Helena
House Committee of the
Rouleau
Silver Bow
Snell
Senate
House
Montana Bankers’ Association
O'Hara
Cavanaugh
Chamber of Commerce
Committee On Railroads and Transportation
Judiciary Committee
Allen
MacDonald
Flathead
Mrs Clara Smith Hamon Pleads Not Guilty in Hamon Murder
Ardmore Okla Feb 28 Mrs Clara Smith Hamon charged with murder in the death of Jake L Hamon pleaded not guilty at district court arraignment. Arraignment was continued last week due to her illness and a full list of state witnesses was set to be completed by March 4 for the defense.
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Associated Pron
Montana Senate Acts On Real Estate Licensing And Prohibits Derogatory Bank Statements
The Montana Senate approved on third reading substitute House Bill 27 licensing real estate dealers and blocked a bond increase. It also debated derogratory statements about banks, killing the enacting clause 28 to 10 amid accusations of limiting free speech. An agriculture department plan and a revolving fund for the state fair were reported.
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Standard
Helena
Senate
House
Larson
Teton
Edwards of
Joint Conference Committee
S&s. B
Department of Agriculture
Siegfried
White
Fergus
Donlan
Judiciary Committee
Committee of the Whole
Fordney Emergency Tariff Bill Near White House Decision
The Senate approved the conference report on the Fordney emergency tariff bill by 49 to 36, with 11 Democrats breaking ranks and four Republicans opposing. The House had passed the conference report 205 to 127. President Wilson now holds the fate of the measure as Congress nears its end, with options including a veto, veto override chance, or pocket veto.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Conference Committee
House
White House
Underwood
Alabama
Congress
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