Butte High Dominates Inter scholastic Track Meet
MISSOULA May 13 After a shaky start Butte high athletes roared back to overturn Great Falls in the interscholastic track meet. Butte finished with 41 points to Great Falls 0, led by Gonser of Great Falls with 16, while Butte’s Erickson, Krony, Wagstaff and Dunn starred in sprint and distance events. The meet featured a dramatic 440-yard dash finish as Erickson overtook Domitrovich, a thrilling relay, and multiple podiums for Dunn Swenson Peters and Mattison as Butte claimed the title.
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Lal
Diapaten
Missoula
Great Falls
Butte High
Gonser
Butte
Mike’ Danahey
Ttson
Domitrovich
Erickson
Dunn
Swenson
Taylor
Forsyth
Tucker
Wagstaff
Lloyd
Not So Easy to Buy Liquor Say Federalmen
Prohibition agents testify at a hearing led by Chief Jere Murphy detailing difficulties in selling liquor in the city. The session examined enforcement challenges and local compliance issues amid ongoing prohibition measures.
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Prohibition
Jere Murphy
Federal officers say Butte liquor cases hard to prove
Federal agents testified in Butte hearings that securing liquor sales evidence is nearly impossible under recent court rulings. They described undercover work finding few sales in two weeks, with Holter noting success in Red Lodge but nowhere nearby. Chief Murphy’s trial continued amid questions about Neal’s hiring and stool-pigeon issues.
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Butte
Murphy
FW Kelly
Department of Justice
C. Stackman
George Neal
Prohibition Enforcement
Neal
Hen Holter
Storneys
Holter
Tom Walker
Donovan
Red Lodge
Louis P. Donovan
Pic
Growers Favor Co operative Plan Across Nation
The American Farm Bureau federation announced that reports from all parts of the country show organized agriculture is in favor of the national co operative grain marketing plan. The plan, led by the federation, aims to unite grain growers under the United States Grain Growers initiative.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Co-Operative Grain’ Marketing Plan
United States Grain Growers
Pershing to lead General Staff and army training
Washington May 33 General Pershing will become chief of the general staff on July 1 relieving Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March He will also head the general headquarters war staff with Maj. Gen. James C Harbord as assistant chief of staff Harbord will relieve Maj. Gen. William M. Wright Weeks said Pershing will be the real military head and will organize and train all elements of the army including the national guard and organized reserve Harbord will hold broader powers than the former assistant chief of staff
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Peyton C. March
General Harbord
Associated Press
Washington
General Pershing
General Staff
Weeks
General Headquarters
Army
France
James C. Harbord
William M. Wright
Harbord
Army of the
United States
National Guard
Organized Reserve General Harbord
Stat
Mrs McCully on Witness Stand Near Collapse
Mona McCully testified through tears in Thompson Falls as the state’s murder case against Fred Mecully, accused of killing Leon Richardson, unfolded. She described abuse and hardship, while Mecully admitted guilt on the stand and left the courtroom before details of the crime were fully explored.
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Standard
Thompson Falls
Mona McCully
Fred Mecully
Leon Richardson
Child Loses Eye In Rooster Attack Lawsuit
May 13. Leonard P. Kingsley sues for 20000 damages for the loss of his five year old daughter’s left eye alleged to have been scratched out by a vicious rooster owned by Emil Wienecke the child’s uncle. The rooster is described as having a disposition to attack people on other occasions.
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Leonard P. Kingsley
Emil Wienecke
Wienecke
Bergdoll’s Mother Defends Slacker Son Claims Aid Costs
Mrs Emma Bergdoll of Philadelphia testified before a House committee about her son Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. She said no portion of $105000 in treasury gold went to burial funds and doctors and lawyers have cost her around $30000 since his escape to Germany. She also noted she recently sent $10000 to help him and challenged the idea that all slackers are singled out while his return is tied to timing of an armistice agreement.
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Associated
Washington
Treasury
Emma C. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
House
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
Grover
John IH. Sherburne
Bergdoll
Mass Southard case updates cross the Pacific
Deputy Sheriff W K Ormsby of Twin Falls Idaho announced plans to sail with his wife from San Francisco on the Matsonia on May 18 to Honolulu. There he will seek extradition of Mrs PV Southard, held for murder of her fourth husband Edward Meyer in Pocatello. Billings reports exhumation of Harlan C Lewis, a former husband, confirming poison as the cause of death.
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San Francisco
W.K. Ormsby
Twin Falls County
Idaho
Ormsby
Honolulu
Matsonia
PV. Southard
Edward Meyer
Pocatello
Associated Press
Billings
Mountain Battle Rages in West Virginia Mingo Hills
Emissary calls for a truce as two days of fighting rages along Tug River in the Mingo mountains. Three men killed, 400 miners surrounded near Gates, women and children hide in dugouts without provisions amid heavy firing from both sides. State troopers report mass engagements from Raw W Va to McCarr Ky, with non union miner Dan Whitt killed at Matewan. Richard Beverly, United Mine Workers member, is arrested in Kentucky for participation.
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Prem Williamson
W. Va
Mingo
Tug River
John Hall
Hall
A.C. Pinson
Kentucky
McCarr
New Howard Coal Company
Gates
Brockus
New Howard Cmpany
Matewan
Sprigg
Raw W. Va
Witliamoon
Dan Whitt
Six Killed When Freight Wrecked Near Eagle Flat
Six persons died late today when a freight train derailed and deranged, ending up in a ditch at Eagle Flat Texas on the Texas and Pacific railway. Train crews reported the wreck, with emergency crews at the scene and authorities beginning investigations.
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Associated Prem
EL Paso
Texas
Eagle Fiat
Texas & Pacine
el Paso Acero
Los Ied
Soldiers blown to pieces when black powder explodes
Lawton Fort Sill Oklahoma report says Seventh Ordinance Corps members were blown apart by a black powder explosion. Fragments found of Luther Gee 31 Snyder Oklahoma. James Talley 26 father Ed Talley. Charles Talley Vulcan. Monroe 20. Royal Clark 20 mother Mrs Laura Clark Cedarville Iowa.
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Lawton
Orla
Wogren
Aviators Sent Out With Faulty Planes Declared
Lieut C C Eversole testified 13 air mail crewmen died due to mismanagement by officials. He cited drunk field staff and illegal parties. pilots and mechanics corroborated. Deaths linked to negligent training and improper aircraft usage including a De Haviland type without proper instruction.
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Christensen
Associated Press
Chicago
Air Mail
Lieut. C. C. Eversole
Nant Eversole
Han
Attifavita
Eversole
A. P. Christenson
Cleveland
Christenson
Eversole Smys
Mccidents
Carl Smith
Elizabethtown
Wright
de Haviland
Hversole
Smith’ 2
Stoner
Goshen
Ind
Butte Girl Posing as Man Arrested in Great Falls
An unnamed Butte girl, identifying as Frederika Welderechtt and claiming to be over 21, was arrested in Great Falls after four months posing as a man. She refused to provide further personal details beyond her origin in Butte.
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Butte
Associated Press
Great Falls
Ater
Frederika, Welderechtt
Fire Started In Webster School Fought By Boys
An attempt to burn the Webster school at Aluminum and Idaho streets in Butte failed after two youths across the street raised the alarm. They kicked a basement window, used fire extinguishers, and rushed to the garret to confront the blaze until firefighters arrived. Several youths helped control the fire before it spread, with Ernest Braunlich and Harlan Gilbert credited for bringing chemical extinguishers to the scene.
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Webster
Aluminum
Idaho
Butte
Garret
Stres
Duggan
Ernest Braunlich
Travonia
Harlan Gilbert
Evans Avenue
Dell Bicknell
West Aluminum
James Riley
Nevada
Emergency immigration bill heads to President for approval
A conference report on the emergency immigration restriction bill was adopted today by the Senate and House. The measure now proceeds to President Harding for his signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harding
Threat to Private Ownership in Railroads Described
In Washington on May 13, Chairman Cummins warned that wartime government control and rising treasury claims threaten private railroad ownership. Julius Kruttschnitt testified that settlement costs may near 1.8 billion dollars, to be paid from the treasury, as under-maintenance and delayed wage decisions strain operations and defer savings while labor-board rulings lag.
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Washington
Treasury
Cummins Interstate Commerce
Julius Kruttschaltz
Southern Pacific Company
Cummins
Dees
Opera
Kruuschnitt
Kruttschnitt
Railroad Labor Board
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