Fat Allen Trial Draws Large Court Crowd
In Judge Lynch’s department Harry Fat Allen faces a life trial for the killing of Fred Greenbeck. A late venire of 150 names was drawn. total jurors drawn reaches 510 since April 16. Court plans a special venue and continued proceedings to Wednesday. The state seeks a grudge motive linked to actions by Greenbeck against prohibition and gambling violators. defense cites threats to Allen’s life.
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Lynch
Harry
Fat”’ Allen
Fred Greenbeck
Allen
Greenbeck
Ministerial Association
May Day Means Little to American Workers
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, said May Day has no special meaning for American workers beyond what it has for all Americans. He called American labor evolutionary and constructive, not revolutionary, and dismissed revolutionary symbols. He noted May Day shows are unlikely to bring rapid change.
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Associated Press
Washington
Europe
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Newly Born Babe Mailed From Louisiana to Oklahoma
Mies Kosie Fultz of Newellton Louisiana admitted to mailing a newborn infant from Scott Louisiana to a fictitious address in Duncan Oklahoma. Sheriff Latidas sought her arrest on murder charges after post office inspectors traced the package. The infant was found ten days later in Duncan and the mother had not received medical attention.
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Associated Press
Crowley
Mies Kosie Fultz
Newellton
United States
Leon Raas
Scott
Duncan
Oklo
Latidas
Opelousas
Post Office
Okla
Vicksburg
Miss
Butte Market Week Hailed On Radio Broadcast
The Standard's KFAP station aired previews for Market Week May 16 to 19 and attracted praise from listeners in Butte and across Montana. Judge Joseph R. Jackson urged visitors to come, mingle, and strengthen regional friendships, with teasers from the Montana Wesleyan Glee Club and Matson's jazz orchestra.
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Standard
Butte
Montana
Idaho
Joseph R. Jackson
Montana Wesleyan Glee Club
Matson
Chamber of Commerce
KFAP
East Second Street
Miles City
Great Falls
Missoula
High Court ruling allows liquor on ships outside three miles
The Supreme Court held that intoxicants cannot be lawfully brought into U S ports on ships within three miles of shore. Outside that limit American vessels may sell liquor to passengers. foreign vessels may do so under port restrictions. The decision affirms prior rulings and leaves open broader policy actions.
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Supreme Court
Associated Press
Washington
United States
van Devander
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Justice Sutherland
Hand
New York
Daugherty
Congress
Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Treasury
Five Dancers Pass 144-Hour Endurance Mark
Five of eight dancers who equaled a Youngstown endurance record passed the 144 hour mark in Baltimore. They remain exhausted but continue shuffling as they aim for 150 hours, a goal set at the start last Tuesday.
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Baltimore
Youngstown
Ohio
Emerson Hough Dies at 66 Prominent Author and Naturalist
Chicago reports Emerson Hough popular author and naturalist died in Evanston hospital after a short illness. He was 66 and had undergone an intestinal operation after a relapse. Funeral services will be held at his home. Hough’s early success came with Mississippi Bubble in 1902 and Fifty Four Forty or Fight in 1908. In Livingston Montana memorials credited his work with safeguarding Yellowstone bison and founding Sanctuary in the park. He wrote The Covered Wagon there in 1921 and remained a favorite visitor.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Emerson Hough
Evanston Hospital
Hough
Mississippi
Livingston
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
Horace Albright
Howard Hays
Yellowstone
Trough
Yellowstone Park
Park
Negro Runs Amuck Killing Three in Helena Alabama
Three men were killed and two injured when a black man went on a shooting spree in Helena Alabama. Allen Abernathy 22 of Greymont Birmingham was fatally shot along with Charley Phillips 22 and John Morgan Cain 45. Abernathy nephew of Judge P B Abernathy. Police said dynamite and further gunfire erupted but by evening the situation was under control.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Helena
Allen Abernathy
P. B. Abernathy
Jefferson County Court
Greymont
Charley Phillips
Roebuck
John Morgan Cain
Abernathy
Survey of South Montana Street Highway Underway
The survey of the Montana street Holmes avenue highway is under way. The state engineer says it is prudent to finish surveys made during the Main street route postponement as part of establishing a federal highway along this route.
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Montana
State Board
Montana Street
Holmes Avenue
Western Department
Federal Bureau of Good Roads
Secretary of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Butte
Lynch
Beating Suspected In Aurora Murder Case
Warren J. Lincoln, a former attorney and nurseryman, is believed beaten to death in his bed with an Indian club. His son John Lincoln, 20, is under arrest. Lincoln's wife and her brother are missing, while a neighbor recalls a glove from a woman’s cloak found near the scene. Authorities and state surveyors pursue leads as road-paving plans for a Montana street route advance with federal funding and local backing.
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Associated Press
Aurora
Itil
Warren J. Lincoln
John Lincoln
Lincoln
B. L. Shoup
Marie Kline
Ciiren
Parnell
Benton Harbor
House of David
Daugherty
Homer Quay
Hand Jury Probes Death Cult Members After Body Listed
A former sexton testifies that a death certificate lists the body as a 68 year old woman though she was a girl of about 16. The jury investigates possible links to a death cult.
Immorality Probe Into House of David Begins Again
Michigan grand jury resumes hearings on the House of David colony led by King Benjamin Purnell with 950 witnesses to be heard. Officials consider opening the burial ground grave to probe violent death claims and possible sex abuse by the cult leader.
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The
Associated Press
ST. Joseph
Mich
Michigan
Benjamin Purnell
House of David Colony
Harry Dingeman
Detroit
State Circuit
Andrew Dougherty
House of David
Germany to offer 36 billion gold marks in 99 year pact
Berlin reports a new reparations program to be sent to entente capitals and Washington Tuesday night. Chancellor Cuno and Foreign Minister von Rosenberg will finalize plans for a 9 year anti aggression pact with Rhine powers and a Franco German industrial entente.
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Pree
Berlin
Germany
Lord Curzon
Entente
Washington
Cuno
von Rosenberg
City Employes Begin Today Under New Raises
Raises in salary of 10 dollars monthly for policemen firemen and other city workers take effect today under budget amendments. Tonight the judiciary committee will consider an amendment to recover increases inadvertently overlooked when the first raises were approved.
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Judiciary Committee
Skeleton found possibly of Northwestern student missing since 1921
In a Mooreston harbor hole, a skeleton believed to be Leighton Mount, Northwestern University student who vanished after a class rush in 1921, was found with a belt buckle bearing L L M initials. Mount's mother identified the buckle and clothing fragments, and Northwestern President Walter Dill Scott reaffirmed there was no evidence of harm by fellow students.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Moanston
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
LL. M
J. L. Mount
Evanston
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern Tonight
Mount
Robbery at Atlantic City Bound and Gagged Family
Four armed men bound and gagged Mrs. Florence Richardson her daughter Mary and a maid at the Richardson seashore home in Atlantic City New Jersey They fled with about 80000 in jewelry silverware and valuables Mrs Richardson wife of a Philadelphia exporting firm president and part owner of the Washington American League baseball club Mr Richardson was away in England.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Florence Richardson
Mary
Richardson Seashore
Richardson
Philadelphia
Washington
England
United States Wins Preferential Reimbursement Terms at Paris Conference
Paris April 39 United States gains preferential treatment in reimbursing Rhineland army costs under an Allied agreement. The remaining legal question about America's position toward Germany was not specified but is expected to be resolved at the next meeting. American representative Mr Wadsworth maintains a firm stance as Allied delegates proceed with discussions.
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Daugherty
Supreme Court
United States
Seven Seas
Lake County Created by Vote in Polson Area
Missoula April 30 Lake county formed from parts of Missoula and Flathead by a three to one vote. Polson chosen as county seat by over 200 votes. Seven small precincts remain to report but cannot change the result. County includes Flathead Indian reservation and much of Flathead Lake.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Lake County
Flathead County
Polson
Take
Flathead Indian Reservation
Kalispell
Flathead Lake
Eleanor McBarren Wins Butte High Declamation Title
Eleanor McBarren won first place among girls in Butte High School's tenth annual declamation contest and will represent the school in the state contest in Missoula on May 10. Thomas Rabbit won the boys' division and both students received Simon gold medals for their performances Rizpah and A Soldier of the Empire respectively. The judges, after a 39 minute deliberation, praised all speakers with McBarren selected for state competition. The event featured the high school orchestra and a concert with Frances Cusick Louise Tripp Dorothy Garvin Eleanor McBarren Thomas Rabbit William Deeney Leonard Hample, chaired by Grant Bilderkin.
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Eleanor McBarren
Butte High School
Missoula
Thomas Rabbit
Miss McBarren
I. Simon
Rizpah
Simon
Harry Bennett
W. T. Scott
J. E. Stephenson
Grant Bilderkin
Frances Cusick
Louise Tripp
Dorothy Garvin
William Deeney
Leonard Hample
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