Mellon urges unpledged stance for convention delegates
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, after being elected chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation, advises delegates to remain unpledged until the Kansas City convention so Pennsylvanians and the nation can choose freely. Hoover receives cautious support with a close rating among candidates.
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Secretary of Treasury
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Treasury
Mellon
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Republican State Committee
Montana Leads in Farm Mortgage Debt Reduction
The eleventh Montana Taxpayers association bulletin reports Montana reduced farm mortgages by 35,385,000 dollars, a 45 percent drop from 1920 to 1925, while 39 other states increased their debts. North Dakota fell 24 percent and Idaho 21 percent. Montana accounts for the majority of national decreases.
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Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
North Dakota
Idaho
Arizona
Kentucky
Colorado
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Delaware
U. S. Bureau of Census
Oklahoma Ee
Republican Delegates Grow Among States For Hoover and Smith
Washington May 12 The number of Republican delegates rising below the Mason-Dixon line and Democrats fault lines widen as June conventions approach. Hoover faces organized opposition while supporters claim signs point to victory. Smith’s race is uneven with scattered opposition. The two thirds rule shapes Houston and Kansas City contests. Continued on page 11.
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Hoover
Associated Press
Washington
Smith
Kansas City
Houston
Commerce
Hig
Kansas
Exiled Mexican prelate Ignacio Valdezpino dies in San Antonio
The Rt. Rev. Ignacio Valdezpino 67 bishop of Aguas Calientes Mexico died today in a San Antonio hospital. He was the second exiled Mexican prelate to die here within a month. His body will lie beside Archbishop Jose Mora y del Rio until both are moved to Mexico. He died in the arms of his brother Juvenal Valdezpino of Mexico City after requesting last rites Friday.
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Associated Press
San Antono
Texas
Ignacio Valdezpino
Aguas Calientes
Mexico
San Antonio
Valdezpino
Jose Mora Y del Rio
del Rio
Juvenal Valdezpino
Mexico City
Elks Lodge and Butte Mines Band Celebrate Milestones
More than 800 Elks joined the Elks lodge No. 240 thirty six anniversary and the Butte Mines band fortieth founding at a joint celebration at the Elks home. H A Gallwey chaired and spoke on the band Elks friendship and its history since December 1887. The band has backed the lodge at national and state conventions and earned wide recognition for Butte.
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Elks
Butte Lodge
Butte Mines
H. A. Gallwey
Elks Lodge
Gallwey
Sam H. Treloar
Butte Elks Lodge
Butte Elks
Butte
Silver Bow Primary Contest Grows Warmer with 72 Entrants
Seventy two candidates entered the Silver Bow county race as filings rise toward the June 16 deadline. Clerk Harrington predicts over 150 names on the July 17 primary ballot and about 23 000 voters on final lists. New filings include Sadie E. Cleary for public administrator and George P. Murphy and William L. Murphy for precinct committeeman.
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Silver Bow
James J. Harrington
Emmatic
Sadie E. Gi. Cleary
North Washington
Cleary
Butte
Anaconda Company
George P. Murphy
Garrison
William L. Murphy
West Mercury
Harrington
J. F. Driscoll
District Court
J. J. Brett
Protests to League and Geneva on Shan tung Debacle
Tokyo weighs presenting Shan tung debacle to Geneva. Japanese insist leadership is for Chinese good after clearing Tsinan of nationalist troops. Tsinan administration to be run by Chinese Chamber of Commerce with control of telegraphs and police.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tokio
Geneva
Shantung
Associated Press
London
Tsinan
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Tsingtao
Tsiwan
Tientsin
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Tehchow
Shantung-Chihli
Peking
Montana Leads In Farm Mortgage Debt Reduction
During 1920 to 1925 only nine states reduced farm indebtedness. Montana cut debt by 35,385,000 dollars, about 43 percent of the nation’s total reduction, while the other 39 states added 595,905,000 dollars. Montana’s average debt per acre fell from 2.22 in 1920 to 1.30 in 1925, compared with national averages of 4.19 and 4.98.
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Montana
Union
United States
Spontaneous Chicago Welcome For Bremen Flyers
Chicago honored the Bremen trio Fitzmaurice Koehl and Von Huene feld with a grand May Day parade along Michigan Avenue. Wives of Koehl and Fitzmaurice and Governor Small rode in the second and third cars as flower airplanes and aviation floats led to a Soldier Field ceremony before about 100,000 spectators.
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Michigan Avenue
Hochs
Erin Go Braghs
von Huenefeld
Koehl
Fitzmaurice
Associated Press
Chicago
Bremen
Governor Small
Soldier Field
Western States May Benefit From New Road Fund Bill
The House approved an amended Senate highway bill to allow states with over 5 percent unappropriated public lands and non taxable Indian lands broader use of federal aid funds. States could cover up to full project costs on primary and adjacent secondary routes and must reinvest released state funds into other primary system projects under the Agriculture secretary. No new appropriations are provided.
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Associated
W.ashington
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Ayres and Toole Enter Montana Governor, Lieutenant Governor Races
Roy E. Ayers of Lewistown filed as a Democratic governor candidate with a plan to curb debt and streamline services and Warren Toole of Great Falls seeks the lieutenant governorship. Ayers, 45, Fergus county native, former county attorney and judge. Toole, Helena native, Yale and Stanford Law graduate, WWI veteran, son of former Governor Toole. December filing details noted in Helena.
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Associated Press
Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Lewistown
Warren Toole
Great Falls
Judge Ayres
Fergus County
Valparaiso University
Judge Toole
Law School
Stanford University
Field Artillery
Army planes on way to Bremen halt to refuel
Two United States army amphibian planes traveling from New York to Greenly Island to assist in bringing out the Bremen transatlantic plane halted in Saint John harbor for refueling.
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Bremen
Preas
Mothers Day tribute speaks to mothers and sons
A newspaper note discusses Mother's Day customs set for the second Sunday in May and offers reflections on a mother's love. Andrew J. Davis of Butte's First National Bank criticizes the observance as incomplete and urges complementing it with acknowledgment of a mother's life and childbirth.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Davis
First National Bank of
Butte
Mr. Davis
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Mother's Day Founder
Miss Anna Jarvis
U. S
Hale
Data IN Tax Bulletin
Oagh
Elas and Mines Band
CHINO
Chihli
Machang
Campbell
Neb
Reinhold Koch
Koch
Kochs
Franklin
Lewiston
Mothers OF Nation
A. J. Davis
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