Deadlock ends after five hours in Butte council contest
After hours of balloting in Butte, Alderman Heslet finally won by one vote on the seventy-sixth ballot. The council then swiftly confirmed Mayor Horgan’s appointments including City Clerk Don J. Harrington and City Attorney John T. Andrews, with broad approval from the new and old members.
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Callow
Alderman Heslet
Butterfield
Lindquist
Heslet
Mulholland
Hesset
Blank
M. J. Mulholland
Ca‘ton
Albert L. Pierce
Mr. Pierce
Horgan
John T. Andrews
Butte
Riley
Don J. Harrington
John T. Andrew
Judiciary Committee
Sullivan
Sulvan
Condon
Mallon
O'Leary
J. B. Freund
P. P. Dunn
Catherine Cummins
A. J. Boyle
Peter C. Dineen
Walter T. Shay
A. J. Duncan
Mlenore Horgan
P. H. Keane
J. H. O'Meara
Mr. Horgan
Clem Burkhart
Alderman Sullivan
Alderman Wilkinson
Judiciary
Joseph J. Riley
Don Harrington
Anaconda Company
Chile
Beryl Wilson
Richard Brimacombe
John Andrews
Karl Blodgett An
Ballot Deadlock Continues in Council President Race
The council endured a lengthy deadlock across many ballots with Hesler Mulholland and Callow leading. After 64 ballots, Alderman Wilkinson requested a recess to discuss a possible temporary bypass under the law, but upon return the same three-way vote persisted with Hesler still leading.
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Hesler
Mulholland
Callow
Akien
Wilkinson
Messrs
Mayor names standing council committees for new administration
Mayor Horgan opened the council meeting by naming standing committees. The list shows the first member as chairman, with assignments aimed at maximizing service and efficient city operation while minimizing individual burden. Committees include Building, Fire and Water, Finance, Hearth, Judiciary, License, Light, Park, Printing, Paving, Police, Rules, Sewers, Street and Alley, and Ways and Means with various aldermen appointed as chairmen and members.
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Horgan
Holp
Williams
O'Leary
Matllon
Lindquist
Blank
Sullivan
Heslet
Callow
Mulholland
Wilkinson
Condon
Mallon
Butterfield
Hearth
Graff
Pierce
Sylvester
Help
Catlow Journal
Williame
Park
FURNISHING FOR THE BIG PARTY IN BUTTE
The Butte plan for Market Week promises full housing for visitors with 29,000 attendees feared if hotels overflow. A housing committee coordinates lodging as Thornton and Acoma report strong bookings while hotels prepare for the Shrine burlesque parade opening the 10 day celebration full of carnivals luncheons dances and sightseeing.
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Butte
Thornton
Acoma
R. M. Hobbs
Montana
Toonerville
Fontaine Fox
Hobbs
Montana Klansmen Take In Candidates
A largely attended Ku Klux Klan ceremonial of the fiery cross was held near Lewistown Montana last night. Officials report 163 persons took the obligation with an outside attorney officiating and a nonresident churchman giving the invocation. It was noted that 38 klans in Montana conducted the same ceremony yesterday.
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Associated Press
Lewistown
Mont
Fergus County
Montana
Horgan Takes Office in Butte After Short Ceremony
Mayor William A D Horgan, a Democrat, officially assumes control of Butte as the city council adjourns sine die. Mayor Cocking and Alderman Blank bid farewell while new officials begin transition duties and Horgan plans his inaugural address amid a brief, orderly handover.
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Butte
William AD. Horgan
Council of Aldermen
James G. Cocking
Horgan
Cocking
Herman Blank
James Tretheway
Richard Brimacombe
Butte Mayor Outlines Economy and City Reform
The mayor pledges to run Butte within budget, cut waste, and pursue centralized purchasing. He proposes moving city offices to the courthouse, consolidating fire stations, replacing horse-drawn transit with motorized units, and ending patronage with direct city clerk approvals for expenditures. He urges council unity and asks a ways and means committee to study the plan.
City Officials Keep Most Posts Amid Shuffle
Police Judge Dan Shea remains in his routine duties after a reshuffle in the public works department. Commissioner Hot. Wiegenstein is retained for another term, with only minor changes in city attorney and staff, as officers continue city business.
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Hot. Wiegenstein
Public Works
Horgan
Wiegenstein
Dave
Dan Shea
Tie
David H. Wittenberg
Asesserant
Will Probe Death of Star Witness in Tabert Case
In Tallahassee on May 7, official circles announced a thorough investigation into the death of Jerry Poppell former sailor and star witness in the legislative inquiry into Martin Tabert of North Dakota. A conference among Representative Davis the governor and the attorney general prompted the inquiry amid reports he was given wood alcohol and a claim from his widow that he had been poisoned.
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Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Legislative Department
Jerry Poppell
Martin Tabert
North Dakota
Davis
Wittle
Poppell
Committee of 48 Starts Borah Boom
The executive committee of the Committee of 48 adopted a resolution to name Senator William E. Borah of Idaho as the progressive candidate for president in 1924. J. A. H. Hopkins was chosen as campaign chairman. Government oil lands yielded a royalty of 4 million dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922. Maoris of New Zealand use hot springs for steam cookers.
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Associated Press
New York
William E. Borah
Idaho
J. A. H. Hopkins
New Zealand
Bandits Demand Million Ransom Near Suchow Raid
Bandits seized villagers forcing them to march at gunpoint through rough country. Some escaped into tall grass. others were beaten and taunted. Troops pursued and engaged the brigands after warning from authorities. Suchow, a historic walled city on the Grand canal, lies 63 miles by rail NW of Shanghai and 300000 natives reside there.
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Suchow
Grand Canal
Shanghai
Nanking
Peking
S. C
Women kidnapped by Suechow train bandit released
All women abducted by the Suechow train gang have been released and reached Tsinanfu in Shan tung province. American and British consuls at Nanking have departed for the district with authorization to secure the captives' release, accompanied by doctoral nurses.
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Associated Pree
Peking
Tsinanfu
Shantung
Nanking
Bandits Demand 2 Million Ransom for Peking Express Captives
A report from Shanghai says bandits who raided the Peking express near Suzhou Kiangsu captured many passengers including foreigners and have demanded 2,000,000 Mexican dollars as ransom for all hostages.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Peking Express
Suchow
Kiangsu
Train bandits near Suchow may have killed prisoners
Unconfirmed reports say the Suchow train bandits may have killed one or two prisoners. Governor Makai of the Japanese settlement on Sakhalin and the president of the Tsakodate chamber of commerce were aboard the train held up near Suchow Sunday morning but are reported safe in Peking, having reached the capital by another route.
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Peking
Associated Press
Shanghat
Makai
Sakhalien
Chamber of Commerce
Tsakodate
Japan
Suchow
Meantoa n Held by Bandits in Shanghai Area
Shanghai May 7 Senor Ane chira paper mill magnate of Guadna lajara Mexico and his wife visiting Shanghai are among prisoners held by Suchow train bandits.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Senor Anechira
Guadnalajara
Mexico
PINGER BOY PRISONER HELD BY BANDITS IN CHINA
Cablegram from Mrs Finger to Mrs Blacker reports that Major Pinger and his wife are being held by Chinese bandits. She says she and Edward are safe and expect relief soon. Another son Roland Jr. is also said to be held, with details still unclear.
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Pinger
Associated Press
Berkeley
Cal
George H. Blacker
Roland W. Finger
Major Pinger
Edward
Roland Jr
Strike of radicals fizzled on Pacific Coast
San Francisco May 7 report says the general strike called by the Industrial Workers of the World began April 25 is nearly over in the Pacific coast states. Washington loggers and longshoremen voted to return to work, and at San Pedro 1200 longshoremen resumed duties aboard 50 steamers. Ship owners say workers are coming back and plans to import labor have stalled. An I W W leader in eastern Washington said workers were ordered to return and strike by slowing production.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Industrial Workers of the World
Pacific Coast
Washington
San Pedro
Cal
German girl evades quota under servant exemption
Fraulein Bertha Raetz, a German girl detained on Filis Island New York harbor, born to German parents in Switzerland, used the Swiss quota exemption for household servants to become a nurse and secure release. She heads to her uncle John Luther’s home in Milford Kansas.
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Fraulein Bertha Raetz
Filis Island
New York Harbor
Switzerland
John Luther
Milford
Kansas
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