Whaley Brothers Go On Trial in Stevensville Fire Case
The trial of Co. P and M la Whaley began in Ravalli County District Court over a Stevensville hotel fire on Sept 26. prosecutors claim the brothers burned the hotel to defraud an insurance company while most townspeople were away at the fair. Defense contends the evidence shows no intent to defraud. Fifteen buildings burned in the Bitter Root Valley incident.
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Missoula
Co. P
M. la. Whaley
Stevensville
Mont
Little Bitter Rooot Valley
Whaley Brothers
Atorney Goodwin
Ravalii
Bitter Root Valley
Hamilton
Watkin Pleads Guilty in Lenient Helena Court Deal
Oswald Watkins Agnes Watkins and Oswald’s sister in law pleaded guilty before Judge R Lee Ward to withholding 40000 stolen from the Union Bank and Trust company of Helena on November 5. Charles Stevens convicted of the offense had stolen the money. The court imposed one to two year sentences suspended on good behavior. Stevens a bank clerk stole the funds and hid them. Oswald Watkins found it with Frank Smith. Both painters they shared the money and Smith fled. Oswald and relatives spent much of the funds before returning the remainder. Oswald is a veteran wounded in the Ninety first division.
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Helena
Oswald
Elmer
Agnes Watkins
R. Lee Ward
Union Bank and Trust Company
Charles Stevens
Stevens
Oswald Watkins
Frank Smith
Smith
Missoula County Records Show Primary Registration
Missoula county records reveal 8 545 names enrolled by close of presidential preferential primary registration. County Clerk W J Babington notes the total may rise slightly as outlying precincts report. The registration is lower than August 1918 when 8 953 names were registered.
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Missoula
Missoula County
W. J. Babington
Graves Resignation Sparks Regret at Missoula Forestry Office
Missoula March 11 Officials of the first district forest service join in regret over the retirement of Henry Graves as chief forester announced in Washington The local staff valued his interest in Montana forestry and recall his on site work during the Cold Creek fires He was seen as the moving force behind a national forestry policy aimed at reversing the decline in reforestation amid aggressive timber cutting rates
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Missoula
The
Forest Service
Henry Ss. Faves
Graves
National Capital
Forester Graves
Montana
Cold Creek
Colonel Graves
Washington
Fearful Snow Shortage Menaces Summer Forest Fire
MISSOULA March 11 Residents in the Coeur d'Alene valley mining district fear a disastrous forest fire season due to extreme dryness and virtually no snow west of Bitterroot divide. Forest Service inspector F R Ingalsbe notes snowless conditions since December, with under six inches atop a 5500 foot peak, raising property danger if a fire starts. Mines in Wallace Burke and Wardner Kellogg run full capacity but miner scarcity and muckers surplus hinder output.
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Missoula
Coeur d'Alene
Forest Service
F. R. Ingalsbe
Wallace, Burke and Wardner-Kellogg
Ingalsbe
Riggs Seeks Third Trial After Second Conviction
Attorneys for George T. Riggs file notice in district court of intention to appeal to the Montana Supreme Court for a third trial. Riggs, twice convicted of murdering his wife, was sentenced to hang in 1918, then granted a new trial resulting in life imprisonment. He remains in the state prison as his lawyers vow to pursue further relief.
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Billings
George T. Riggs
District Court
Supreme Court
Riggs
True facts to come out says stockman Blankinship in cattle theft case
Billings reports Charles C. Blankinship Big Horn county stockman arrested in Walden New York on alleged cattle theft linkage. He was identified by his sombrero and released on bond after a Hardin preliminary hearing. The 36 year old Bozeman native smiles through the setback.
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Billings
Charles C. Blankinship
Big Horn County
Walden
N. Y
Blankinship
Hardin
New York City
Bozeman
Pozarich Charged With First Degree Murder in Montana Fight
In Great Falls on March 11 an information filed by the county attorney charges Matt Pozarich with first degree murder after Frank Sobol died from intestinal wounds from a fight in Black Eagle near the Anaconda company smelter. Sobol and Pozarich, Croatians and former close friends, clashed ending with Sobol carved in the abdomen. Pozarich has been held in the county jail for days.
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Great Falls
Matt Pozarich
Frank Sobol
Pozarich
Black Eagle
Anaconda Company
Sebol
First Annual High School Conference Planned at Missoula
Helena dispatch reports that starting March 22 and lasting to Friday evening, the first annual high school conference will be held at the state university in Missoula under the auspices of the University of Montana and the state department of education. Programs are being mailed from Chancellor RE Elliott's office.
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Helena
State University At
Missoula
University of Montana
State Department of Education
RE. C. Elliott
Divorced Couple Remarry in Great Falls
John O Kelley 49 and Josephine O Kelley 38, divorced before, renew vows in Great Falls with their son and his wife as witnesses. Both reside in the city.
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Great Falls
John
O'Kelley
Josephine O' Kelley
Estate To German Kin In Great Falls
Relatives in Germany will receive one half of the estate of Henry Burmeister pioneer stockman of this county died last week. Will filed for probate shows an estate estimated at 62000 dollars at the time of its drawing years ago.
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Great Falls
Germany
Henry Burmeister
Burmeister
Mountain States To Spend 150000 For Billings Line Improvements
March 11 report states Mountain States Telephone company will invest 150000 in Billings to extend lines and construct connections from Billings to Hardin to link with Sheridan and to build a line into the Lake Basin country.
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Billings
Mountain States Telephone Company
Hardin
Sheridan
Lake Basin
Real Estate Board to Join National Convention in Kansas City
Billings real estate men will ride a special car to the National Association of Real Estate Boards convention in Kansas City June 2 to 5. The local board invited members from other Montana cities to join the delegation.
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Billings
Billings Real Estate Board
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Kansas City
Montana
U S Radium Output Reaches Five Grams by 1918
The total U S production of radium up to 1918 is estimated at about five grammes, believed to be more than half of the world total.
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United States
Inquest Finds Fitzpatrick Died by Self Inflicted Gunshot
Anaconda inquest returned a verdict that John Fitzpatrick died from a self inflicted gunshot wound during a bout of melancholia. Witnesses described Fitzpatrick's jovial mood earlier that night, and a gun purchase linked to the deed. The jury included G. Sanders and J. Gilmore among six members.
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Mahoney
John Fitzpatrick
G. Sanders
John Gilmore
John T. Smith
Dan Heffron
J. J. Lynch
James F. Duffy
Thomas O'Donnell
Fitzpatrick
Chapman
John Hayes
Mr. Chapman
Saturday High School and Alumni Team Clash
Interest is high for the Saturday evening game between the local high school and alumni basketball teams. Alumni, once defeated early in the season, have sharpened their form, with former stars practicing old combinations. The high school squad is improving and aims for another win to earn sweaters.
Prisoner Requisition Won For Montana Return
Gov S W Stewart approved requisition papers for Sheriff Matlock to return George Dyer from Colorado to Montana. Dyer was sentenced January 26 1914 in Billings to ten years for robbery of $40 and a railroad ticket. He escaped on the way to prison, triggering a long pursuit ending in Colorado.
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Helena
Billings Files New Charge Against De Orgler
Yellowstone National Bank files an extra count against William de Orgler a self styled doctor and Romania baron. The charge concerns a $65 bad check drawn on a Utah bank with no funds. De Orgler was arrested in Great Falls on another bad check claim later satisfied. Authorities from Lewistown Roundup Harlowton and Glendive seized him and he was turned over to Lewistown.
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Billings
Wiliam de Orgler
Yellowstone National Bank
de Orgler
Utah
Great Falls
Lewistown
Roundp
Harlowton
Glendive
Daly School Dominates St Pauls In Graded Title Contention
The Daly School beat St Pauls 31 to 4 with Mulvihill scoring 12 and Kavanaugh 13. Controversy over an ineligible player postpones the championship deciding game, which will be replayed against Lincoln, after a Lincoln winover rooms 15 and 13 footer.
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Daly
St. Paul's
Ferguson
Mulvihill
Mulvihhill
Kavanaugh
Daly School
Lincoln School
Room 15
St. Paul's School
Eeewee
Mocemum Aevesiens
Bog Vee Cses Et Teevees McPhail
Scveevaers Shyrock
Still
Butte Resident Plans Return Home From Boston
J. W. Duncan of Butte, long active in prison reform and aiding ex-terms, is homesick for Montana and expects to return this summer. He is in Boston pursuing study and has kept in touch with J. Ed. Clifford, parole commissioner, who arranged for Duncan to receive the Standard. Duncan praised the paper in a letter noting its news variety and strong appeal to critical readers.
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J. W. Duncan
Butte
Montana
Mr. Duncan
Boston
J. Ed. Clifford
Clifford
The
Standard
Duncan
Two Men Arrested Charged With Robbery
On the complaint of John Mulder of Deer Lodge two colored men were arrested for robbery. Andrew Mayfield was taken locally and a second man known as Tweedy was arrested in Butte. Mulder claims $280 in cash disappeared and the pair deny the charge. Mulder and another man allegedly rode by taxicab and stopped at Three Mile crossing before reaching Anaconda. Authorities doubt Mulder's story.
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John Mulder
Deer Lodge
Green
Gillespie
Andrew Mayfield
Tweedy
Butte
Mulder
Anaconda
Farmers Institute in Worden Set for March 16
Billings March 11 Farmers from across the district prepare to attend a large institute at Worden on the Huntley project March 16. The announced program lists speakers of prominence and a varied agenda for the gathering.
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Billings
Worden
Huntley
Birthday tribute to Emmet as Irish freedom pledge grows
The Phil Sheridan club of Anaconda marks the 142nd birthday of Robert Emmet with a ceremony tied to Ireland’s crisis and pursuit of independence. Members express hope Ireland will soon be a free republic and reflect on Lincoln and World War I’s democratic aims.
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Phil Sheridan Club
Anaconda
Robert Emmet
New Republic
Ireland
Friends of Irish Freedom
Freedom
Liberty
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Anaconda Personalities Visit for Daylong Affairs
A batch of short notes records visits and brief business for Anaconda residents and connections. Andrew Tiller left for Dillon to tend to matters. Charles Anderson, H B Collins, C Walker, A E Coles and W M Cobleigh were in town or transacted business. Ruth Mutch, Katherine Corrigan, Louis Meyers and Mrs Blythe also spent time visiting friends or relatives in the area.
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Andrew ‘Tiller
Dillon
Charles Anderson
West Valley
W. M. Cobleigh
Bozeman
H. B. Collins
Butte
Cc. C. Walker
Helena
A. E. Coles
Lower Valley
Ruth Mutch
Louis Meyers
Race Track
Katherine Corrigan
Gold Creek
M. M. Blythe
Pearl Parks
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