Illicit liquor still cases lead Montana court action
Judge Bourquin fines Moran and McGinn six months in jail and 600 dollars each for operating an illicit liquor still. Leahy Hurley defendants plead not guilty with May 17 trial date. Burke and Mrs. Burke and Harrington fail to appear. bonds forfeited and warrants issued. Water company and Fabian arraigned on Lever Act sugar hoarding. Gronberg and Burkland face demurrers or pleas. Underwood pleads guilty to shipping whiskey without permit. 225 dollars fine plus costs. Minor civil cases postponed as court resumes today at 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Bourquin
Martin Moran
Thomas McGinn
Thomas Leahy
John
Richard Hurley
Martin Burke
Jamies Harrington
Butte Water Company
J. F. Fabian
Eugene Carroll
Water Company
Hi. Gronberg
John Burkland
Gates
L. B. Underwood
Montana
Internal Revenue Collector
A. H. Kell- Ing
United States Attorney
Butte Notes Briefly Round Up Local Nods and Court Actions
Butte residents and visitors are listed including A. J. Schuler of Anaconda, Mrs. Tilton of Sheridan, Mrs. Merrill of Sheridan at the Finlen, Miss Anderson of Sheridan, Miss Webb of Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews of Trident at the Thornton, and others. Naturalization for Garrett Klein of Manhattan proceeds, Barnett Kadushin seeks name change to Kadin, divorce actions for Bertha Mustard and Frank Besse, and Chin Jack suit verdict for Federal Laliberta. Calkins news dept. open to 16 p m and public phone available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orton Bros
A. J. Schuler
Anaconda
Butte
D. W. Tilton
Sheridan
F. H. Merrill
Finlen
Cora A. Anderson
Gladys Webb
Dillon
W. H. Andrews
Trident
Thornton
Post Office
J. W. Mason
W. J. Sehaak
Great Falls
M. W. Owsley
Twin Bridges
J. C. McLeod
Acoma
Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
State Penitentiary
Jerry Waggaman
Helena
Garrett Klein
Manhattan
George M. Bourquin
Klein
Netherlands
Bertha Mustard
Syed Mustard
Spokane
Frank Besse
New Council 5 Heady 10 Start New Committees
The newly elected city council met in a brief session to organize committees for the coming year. Mayor Stodden noted an inadvertent error placing two First ward members on the fire and water committee and promised a change before Wednesday night. A special session was held due to an unconstituted finance committee, followed by a luncheon with county officials. The new committees were listed, including Building, Paving, Finance, Police, Health, Rules, Judiciary, Sewers, Journal, Library, Street and Alley, License, Ways and Means, Light, Parking, and Printing with named members and alternates.
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Stodden
Counci
Fire and Water Committee
MacDonald
Wilson
Freudenstein
McKeon
Lyth
Butterfield
Langdon
Pierce
Holland
Pollard
Wilkinson
Cavanaugh
Callow
Hess
E. R. Grigg
Peirce
Sullivan
Silver
C. F. Chapman
P. J. Prophy
Frances Nichols
Street
Alley
Cavanagh
Light
Mr. Dorch
Dr. Potter
O Neill New Chief Of Eagles At Butte Meeting
Butte Aerie No 11 of the Eagles elected officers led by W P Daniel Hanley and W P O Neill. A delegate to the national convention at Syracuse was chosen, with 44 delegates to Kalispell for the state convention. Installation planned for June. order growth noted with 170 new members in the year and 1 200 active members.
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Butte Aerie
The
Eagles
Daniel Hanley
Con P. O'Neill
M. J. Hartnett
Daniel Regan
John Rowe
Don E B. King
Basil Tyson
Dennis Healy
William Malloy
M. A. Sullivan
William Paschall
P. H. McCarthy
Syracuse
N. Y
E. D. Weed
Helena
Kalispell
Butte Arrests Guilty in Salt Lake Murder Case
Nick Oblizalo and Steve Maslich were found guilty of the murder of Marko Laus near Salt Lake on August 3, 1919. The jury verdict leaves punishment to the court with sentencing set for May 8. Maslich faces separate trial. both defendants were captured in Nevada and Butte. Laus's brutal death included 53 knife wounds and a garroting, with $1,100 missing.
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Nick Oblizalo
Steve Maslich
Marko Laus
Salt Lake
O'Donnell
Maslich
East Park Street
Butte
Larson
Oblizalo
Ely
Nev
Lund
Laus
West
Butte Bread Prices Rise as Sugar and Flour Costs Grow
Bread prices climbed in Butte on Monday with wholesale 12 cents and retail 15 cents for standard loaves, larger loaves at 18 cents or two for 25 cents. Bakers received a $1 a day raise after a union-employer agreement, while sugar up $9 per hundred pounds and flour up $1 a barrel drive costs. Prolonged sugar shortages threaten sweet goods, though officials deny wage hikes caused the rise.
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Butte
Justice Department Agent J L Webb Admitted to Supreme Court
Special agent of the Department of Justice in Butte has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Webb formerly practiced law in Galveston Texas and has now gained admission to practice in sixteen states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Webb
Department of Justice
Butte
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Webb
Galveston
Texas
Secretary Stewart Files Candidacy for Secretary of State
Helena May 43 Secretary of State T Stewart filed today in his own office his declaration of intention to run for the office of secretary of State on the Republican ticket.
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Helena
T. Stewart
Protests in Panama Over U S Annexation of Taboga Island
May 3 report from Panama describes torchlight protests against the United States acquiring most of Taboga island for Pacific defenses. Rocks were thrown at Panama officials. Major General Kennedy ordered American officers to leave a ball after violence. General Pershing attended a reception and planned an Atlantic defenses inspection the next day.
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Panama
United States
Taboga Island
General Pershing
Union Club
Tivoli Hotel
Boyd
Maj
Cien
Chase W. Kennedy
Canal Zone
Balboa Administration
Atlantic Canal
Sugar prices soar as supply tightens in Butte
Sugar costs rise with exhausted local supply in Butte and prices predicted to top 25 cents. Cane sugar quoted at $22.75 per hundred at San Francisco brokers, beet sugar at 31 cents from Utah Idaho. Wholesalers report price jumps and warn of further increases as stock depletes.
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Butte
San Francisco
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Utah-Idaho
Joseph Corby Auxiliary Meet At Your Hall May 4
Joseph Corby auxiliary No 1 holds a meeting at your hall on Tuesday evening May 4 for special business by order of the president.
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Joseph Corby
Plan to house evicted tenants in almshouse, Bloomfield NJ
Officials in Bloomfield New Jersey consider using the town almshouse to house evicted families if housing conditions worsen. The plan would shelter a number of families temporarily with a nominal rent, while the two current residents would be boarded out elsewhere.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Mabel Normand Starts Rosa Alvara at Culver City Studio
Actress Mabel Normand begins work on Rosa Alvara at the Culver City Goldwyn studios under director Victor Shert. Pearl Curran wrote the story, with Hugh Thompson Doris Pawn Tully Marshall Eugenie Besserer and Buster Trow in supported roles.
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Rosa Alvara
Mabel Normand
Culver City
Goldwyn Studios
Victor Shertginger
Pearl Curran
Hugh Thompson
Doris Pawn
Tully Marshall
Eugenie Besserer
Buster Trow
What Is Rheumatism Why Suffer From It
An advertorial claim explains rheumatism as blood saturated with uric acid poison and warns salves do not cure it. It promotes Swift’s Specific as a guaranteed vegetable blood cleanser used for over fifty years, urging readers to write for free medical advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
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Instar
Century Horlick
ED Rose Jeweler & North Main
Chamber of Commerce
A. E. Wilkinson
M. F. Lyth
Fred Langdon
Lou Freudenstein
Peter H Clinton
Shelby Irvine
John Callow
FE. A. Silver
John Mac Donald
Keon
T. D. Butterfield
J. JD. Wilson
C. T. Juttner
G H H. Hessson
W. T. Stodden
Peter Cavanaugh
Sterling
Sheffield
Towle - Winterhalter_ Hannifin
Perl
RASK
East Park
Soap
Monument
Talcom
Malden
CP. O'Neill
Hanley
M’carthy
Bryant
Park
Lyon
John J. M’carthy
E. Park St
Calkins Company
Kk. Calkins CO
DR. Lamb
East Mercury
Moat
Oechsli
West Broadway
Vogue Art
Brownfield-Canty
West Park ST
McCarthy’s Sanitary Grocery & Meat Store
East Broadway
Dinah
Pride
Hansen's
Yellowstone
Idaho
McCarthy's Sanitary
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