Drawing the claws of Prohibition law killing its effect
Federal officials in New York condemn lenient judges and evasive bartenders as the Prohibition law struggles. Revenue agents describe widespread off and on raids, price hikes, and “second offense” schemes thwarted by rotating bartenders and lack of convictions, urging Congress for stronger remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred van Duzer
Universal Service
New York
Hooch Hucksters
James McGuiness
United Tes Revenue
Newark Second District
Dodge
Mr. McGuiness
Miles City Raid Targets Houses of Ill Fame and Gambling
May 2 Miles City officers with state help under the attorney general’s direction executed a raid targeting alleged houses of ill fame, gambling places, and bootlegging. Forty nine warrants were issued for offenders at houses of ill fame, six for gambling venues, five for illegal liquor trafficking. local police were not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Kentucky Democrats set May 4 convention delegates
May elections show 411 counties instructing delegates for Gov. Jones of Ohio for the Democratic renomination. Thirty-two counties voted to send uninstructed delegates as Kentucky and Louisville Democrats cement plans for the state convention in Louisville.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Jones M
Ohio
CAWIBITIONS OF SKILL AT A CIRCUS CAWIBITIONS OF SKILL AT A CIRCUS
Exhibition of skill at the Y M C A Symnasium circus in Butte features over 200 boys and 60 men, including gymnastics, wrestling, marching, clowns, and a jazz band. Classes in education are suspended tonight and tomorrow. lectures and bands added. 309 students enrolled with 60 free scholarships offered.
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Symnasium Circus
Butte
August Urbain
Jennings
Say
F. G. Clark
Association
Rent Strike Sweeps Chicago Tenants Denied Eviction
Chicago May 2 Thousands of families joined a rent strike refusing to vacate apartments under Mayday roving orders. H B Standish, president of the Chicago Tenants Protective League, predicted about 10 000 tenants would defy landlords. Some disputes to be settled by arbitration others head to court for jury trials.
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Chicago
Standish
Chicago Tenants Protective League
Landlorera
Women Under 29 Should Not Enter Politics
London May 2 Major Archer Shee opposed a bill granting votes to women under 29. He argued women under 29 are captivatingly capricious fascinatingly futile irresistibly irrational ingeniously inexperienced politically pusillanimous wholly and charmingly incomprehensible in politics.
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London
House of Commons
Archer Shee
Church Leaders Urge Courage on Vital Questions
The denomination leaders declare the church must confront modern age issues without retreat. They outline 11 chief business areas from youth to world peace, call for decisive action, labor reform, and a new internationalism. They condemn exploitation and push for arbitration, reduced armaments, and a united church in mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Senate of the
League of Nations
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jesus Christ
Tacoma bakers strike for higher wages in Tacoma Washington
Bakers in 12 large Tacoma shops and all union teamsters walked out this morning seeking wage increases. Bakers demand a $1 daily raise and teamsters seek about $1.25 more per day. Several small bakeries have accepted the new scale and are operating. The strike is not linked to a May Day demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Ferret Defined as Domestic Polecat Variant
The ferret is described as a domesticated form of the polecat, a small carnivorous mammal kept as a pet or used for hunting. The distinction highlights its status as a domesticated subspecies rather than a wild animal.
Primary Count Cascade County in Montana 1924 Vote Totals
In Great Falls on May 2 the presidential preference primary results show Senator Hiram W. Johnson leading the Cascade county Republican field with 1,117 votes, over Harding 41 and Hoover 348. The tally includes detailed counts for Republican electors, Democratic electors and delegates, and a note that Gov. S. V. Stewart received 500 votes for vice president on the Democratic ticket with 18 Republican write-ins.
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Great Falls
Hiram W. Johnson
Cascade County
Johnson
Warren G Harding
Herbert C. Hoover
F. C. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Ethel R. Farnsworth
W. D. Kemmis
C. H. McLeod
G. C. Ctsel
George E. Hurd
J. M. Kennedy
J. K. Toole
R. E. Ayers
W. E. Barth
J. PF. Bote
P. E. Burke
J. E. Erickson
T. J. Walsh
John Allen
W. R. Allen
John Adams Jr
J. C. Alexander
C. B. Allen
L. D. Ambrose
A. M. Anderson
J. M. Burlingame
George Baker
John Brimacombe
L. L. Callaway
F. B. Connelly
Edward Donlan
A. J. Dorr
W. D. Fenner
F. L. Gibson
M. S. Gunn
O. F. Goddard
Mrs. C. S. Haire
H. L. Hart
Chicago Meeting Strike Troubles Hotels and Restaurants
May 2 Chicago reports most large hotels and restaurants affected by a waiter and cook strike faced little disruption. New waiter crews filled shifts while nonunion chefs kept working. About 40 leading hotels, restaurants and clubs agreed to pay union wage scales. Strikers seek 30 dollars weekly for cooks and 18 dollars for waiters, eight hour days, and overtime at time and a half. dairy lunchrooms and cafeterias were unaffected.
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Chicago
Benjamin Parker
Hotel and Restaurant Union
Two Million Pine Plants Planted In Western Montana Project
MISSOULA May 2 Two million white and yellow pine shrubs on 2000 acres are set to be planted across five Western Montana and Northern Idaho projects this planting season. Ground work by 400 men will take about a month before planting begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Montana
Idaho
Lolo
Haugan
Mann Lumber Company
Dean C. F. Mollet
School of Pharmacy
University
Washington, D. C
United States
Pharmacopea Association
Salem
Mass
The
State University
Mount St. Charles College
Helena
J. F. Preston
Preston
Flathead
Charles
J. G. Ambrose
Aileen Ambrose Paget
Vancouver
British Columbia
Australia
New Zealand
Dazzle Golf Skirts Stir English Players
London May 2 English golfers complain that this season women are putting them off by wearing dazzle golf skirts. Harmonious tweeds have been replaced by futurist frocks gaudy jumpers and leather hats, the color scheme hindering men from keeping their eye on the ball.
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London
Germany Faces Trade Crisis With France Over Frankfort Evacuation
Paris reports a renewed economic crisis as Germany demands French troops withdraw from Frankfort before any trade resumes. Berlin cites troop reductions in Ruhr to justify its position, while France insists on removal. Premiers Lloyd George and Nitti favor conciliation, yet Germany argues evacuate Frankfort or no trade.
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Universal Service
Special Cable Dispatch
Paris
France
Germany
Frankfort
Ruhr
Berlin
San Remo
Lloyd George
Nitti
Last of Holmes Lectures on Colloid Chemistry Tonight
Dr. Harry N. Holmes, chair of the American Chemistry Society colloids committee and head of Oberlin College chemistry, speaks tonight at 7 30 in room 9 of the state school of mines Butte on the industrial application of colloid chemistry. He will cite opportunities for manufacturers and researchers and urge young men to pursue the field. He departs tonight for Bozeman to present the series at Montana state college.
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State School of Mines
Butte
Harry N. Holmes
American Chemistry Society
Oberlin College
Holmes
Bozeman
Montana State College
Organized Labor in Mexico Supports Revolt Across Border
In Agua Prieta Sonora, May 2, organized labor across Mexico has aligned with the revolution. Authorities report 6,500 armed workers already joined and expect 15,000 within two months. Juarez garrison and Gen. J. Gonzalo Escobar reportedly joined the revolution, though officials in Juarez are not confirming. Col. Augustin Mora reportedly fled Juarez as revolt looms, according to anti-Carranza circles in El Paso.
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Agua Prieta
Sonora
Mexico
EL Paso
Texas
Juarez
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Escobar
Augustin Mora
Miss Blaisdell Wins Local Declamatory Contest
Miss Mary Blaisdell won first place in the declamatory contest at the high school auditorium. She will represent Powell county in Missoula at the annual track meet. Second and third places went to Lynda Hands and Lloyd Kelley. Judges were Joseph Smith II, Rev W H Christian, and Miss Elsie Kane. Musical numbers by Eleanor Bien, Dorothy Coleman, and Karl Kellogg.
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Elsie Kane
Eleanor Bien
Dorothy Coleman
Karl Kellogg
Incorporations Granted in Montana May 2 Montane
Incorporations include Glenn Oil Company of Billings W E Pinkney and L B Merrill of Brid ger and G C Thompson of Billings 1900000 Midland Petroleum Company of Sioux Falls South Dakota capitalization of 500000 has been granted permission to do business in Montana
Scholarships Open For Rhodes Awards In Montana
Two Rhodes scholarships for Montana were announced by Prof. H G Merriam head of the English department at the state university. Two to three misconceptions are corrected open to any Montana resident or student studying in the state aged 19 to 25 unmarried with two years of college completed. Scholarships run three years yielding about 1500 dollars annually with study abroad opportunities.
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Montana
University of Montana
Coroners Jury Names Fountain or Bartrow in Warburton Case
After three days and over 30 witnesses the Warburton inquest verdict finds either William Fountain or G. W. Bartrow caused the deputy sheriff George Warburton near Blossburg on April 19. The dead man, Bartrow, died from a gunshot wound inflicted by a posse member as he fled. An information against Fountain is expected to be filed soon.
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Deer Lodge
George Warburton
Powell County
Blossburg
William Fountain
G. W. Bartrow
Fountain
Bartrow
Lima Notes and Local Reupdates May Day, 1911
Oregon Short Line personnel travel to Pocatello and Salt Lake City on company business and back pay issues. Tonight’s Methodist church social hosted by Ladies' Aid. Local officials investigate a Navy station freight wreck near Glen. Garden activity rises amid vegetable costs. Community updates include reentries from Idaho Falls and Butte.
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Lima
CO. W. Dalmer
Oregon Short Line
Pocatello
William Winsper
Andrew Christenson
Salt Lake City
Co. FE
T. J. Hawkley
Intermountain Farmers’ Equity
Idaho Falls
Mary Morris
Butte
Harry Gills
Gills
May fete at Montana State Normal College on May 12
Dillon May 2 The annual May fete at Montana State Normal College will occur May 12 on campus with dances and solo performances emphasizing classical and aesthetic dance forms. The event attracts students townspeople and visitors from other cities. Tonight a dance is staged by the women of the residence halls as part of winter recreation. Many locals and out of town residents are reporting to the county assessor to value property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Montana State Normal College
Montana State Normal
All Are Kingmien Who Weep Over Heroes Graves
Paris may 2 American ex soldier tourists visiting European battlefields this summer may mingle with German veterans. The German government asked France for permission for German relatives of fallen soldiers to visit the front. About 1,000,000 German soldiers lie in France and Belgium. Graves of different nations are often segregated yet some areas, especially Champagne, will see French American English and German soldiers buried side by side. A German mother may soon stand near the tomb of her son while an American family mourns nearby.
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Paris
Ministry of the Interior
France
Belgium
Society of Friends
Champagne
Melrose Social Roundup Trails Relatives Across Montana
Miss Elvira Patch and Helen Patch return from Anaconda visit while Mrs. John Lee spent days in Butte. Miss Gladys Boetticher and Miss Margaret Karas with Miss Julia Thompson stop in Melrose on the way to Butte and Anaconda. Residents attend funerals, school visits, and city duties. Dr. P. J. Sheeran may locate in Melrose. numerous visits across Dillon, Lavon, Grant, and Glendale mark a busy week. The community hosts weddings, anniversaries, and gatherings, with Mrs. Screener's marriage to Mr. Howatt drawing local notice.
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Melrose
Elvira Patch
Helen Patch
Anaconda
John Lee
Butte
Gladys Boetticher
Lavon
Margaret Karas
Julia Thompson
Fossils
Wyo
Mary Flaherty
Dillon
Sheriff Wyman
Olga Willis
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Julia Harvey
Harvey
Mesdames Sheperd
H. T. Sappington
Elizabeth Boetticher
Elizabeth Vance
Browne
Otto
Dave Jones
Robert Hoffman
Ben Dean
John Reid
P. H. Connors
Joe Screener
Howatt
Charles Niblack
Therman McCauley
Hermann Mueller
James Hungate
Dell
Clarence Perry
Gladys Woodard
Glendale
N. Allen
Perry
Salt Lake
Hermann Potter
Sheperd
Helena
Presbyterian Church
John Melvors
Oliver Pierron
June
Sherman Bryant
Burnett
Bertha Thompson
Andrew Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Alice Hardisty
Arthur Jones
Isaac Dodgson
Florence Olson
Keith Boetticher
Louise Harvey
M. I. Flaherty
Katherine Ahern
Guidici
Alois Fessler
Fessler
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