Padlock Incidents At New Hope Norwegian Lutheran Church
In Stevens Point Wisconsin May 18 a district court granted a temporary injunction banning Pastor N F Kile from interfering with church property. Congregation members had asked for his resignation last October. after he refused padlocks were placed on doors and court action followed. An injunction hearing for a permanent order is planned in circuit court. The New Hope church shares a pastorate with the Norwegian Danish Lutheran church at Albany where Kile was called in March 1917. Allegations include prior charges in Albany, his resignation from that pastorate, refusal to resign at New Hope, occupying parsonage and church farm, and twice breaking church door padlocks.
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Stevens Point
Wis
N. F. Kile
New Hope
W. N. Martin
New Hope Church
Covered Glove Blackmail Demands Money in Butte
The Great Northern railroad worker Malloy received two letters from a group calling itself The Covered Glove, demanding money. Police arranged a dummy package sting but no one claimed the payment. A second letter followed May 15 warning to have money on person when they meet. Federal officials may take up the case, believed to be youths. Malloy has 25 years with the railroad, living in Butte for 15.
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Malloy
Great Northern
Butte
Warren Avenue
Beebe Dies. longtime Tutte engineer to be buried
William A. Beebe, an longtime Tutte High School engineer, died at his home 842 Colorado street. Born June 8, 1873 in Woodburn Indiana, he lived in Montana 30 years. He leaves wife Cora Beebe daughter Mrs Arthur Nelson son George Beebe and a brother in Ohio. Funeral at home and St Joseph's Church details to come. M J Walsh Co. in charge.
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William A. Beebe
Tuite
Colorado Street
Beebe
Montana
Woodburn
Alien County
Ind
Butts High School
Cora Beebe
Arthur Nelson
George Beebe
Tutte
Ohio
St. Josph's Church
M. J. Walsh Company
Miners Union Riot Case Brought to Supreme Court
Helena May 15 Peter Breen of Butte filed in the supreme court a motion to advance setting of a damage suit for 90000 brought by Butte local No 1 Western Federation of Miners against the city of Butte over losses during the McDonald rebellion of 1918. The appeal was filed in 1914 and Breen cites absent witnesses health issues and the need to settle financial interests, warning further delay could jeopardize the appellant’s rights.
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Helena
Peter Breen
Butte
Supreme Court
Butte Union
Western Federaton
Breen
Montana
Six Army Trucks Roll To Forest Service Links
MISSOULA May 18 six one ton army trucks the first sent by the war department to the forest service report Monday morning overland for forest headquarters in Montana and Maho with parties of engineers in charge. They carry material for the crows and have been assigned to the Coeur d Alene Pend Oreille Kaniksu Selway Nez Perce and Clearwater forests. The Clark's Fork river road washout near Plateau mars progress. County Surveyor Thayer Stoddard leaves for the reservation to survey proposed highway routes and secure right of way. Sheriff Green returns from Tacoma with extradition papers for W Westbrook.
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Missoula
War Department
Forest Service
Forest
Montana
Maho
Coeur Alene
Pend Oreille
Kaniksu
Selway
Nez Perce
Clearwater
Clark's Fork
Plateau
Mintral
Nisger Hill
Alberton
Cordurroy
United States
Wallace P Smith
L.T. McLaughlin
Federal Court
Thayer Stoddard
State Convention of Baptists
Helena
G. W. Shepard
H. Madeon
HE. High
C. B. Allen
Immanuel Baptist Church
J.T. Green
Methodist Conference Elects Three Bishops
Des Moines May 18 Three men were elected bishops at the sixth general conference ballot. Anton Bast of Copenhagen Edgar Blake of Chicago and George H Bickley of Philadelphia join nine white bishops already chosen with three more to be selected. Dr C W Turns of Minneapolis was elected on the fifth ballot announced today. The sixth ballot produced no election and the eighth ballot was held tonight with results to be announced tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Tews
Methodist Episcopal Church
Anton Bast
Copenhagen
Edgar Blake
Chicago
George H. Bickley
Philadelphia
C. W. Turns
Sinneapolis
Diseases in State Report Of Last Week Cases
Health bulletin lists measles at 137 and smallpox 34 in the past week. Diphtheria shows 1 case, scarlet fever 7, tuberculosis 19, German measles 3, whooping cough 4, chickenpox 17, mumps 16, pneumonia 7. Yellow fever and tuberculosis totals display a slight decrease.
Stores Cut Prices Across Omaha Merchants
Omaha stores begin reducing prices by 20 percent on many items with some extending to restaurants. A large dealer cut 250 dollars on open models and 402 on cloned cars. War time prices include 12 cent sundaes and other items. Knoxville department store trims 20 percent on most stock. Cars and shoes also mark down.
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Omaha
Cerns
Sores
Davis on Trial in Beaverhead Murder Case
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Dillon Montana May 18 reports the second day of the trial of B C Davis for the murder of Sheriff C K Wyman. The panel is ranchmen and remote residents. W E Chapman maps Monida scene. ten more witnesses testify. Davis acts insane, mumbling, groaning, and shouting during recess. Court crowded. defense and state expected to rest by Thursday. insanity defense likely. Doctors Scanland and Bolton from the state hospital are to serve as expert witnesses.
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Standard
Dillon
B.C. Davis
C.K. Wyman
Beaverhead County
W. E. Chapman
Monida
Davis
Teachers' Bonus Denied by Board After Salary Increase Debate
The board rejected further pay raises for teachers citing district finances after cutting summer programs. A committee advised no additional increases beyond the already approved $800 increase. Superintendent Maddock will shorten the school year to two semesters and appoint wardens’ supervisors for summer at $100 monthly, with nurses reelected.
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Nellie. Small
Mister A. McGuire
A. Appel
E. Lovelace
J. Farrell
Teachers’ ‘Association
Maddock
Teachers’ Corps
Workingmen Seek Return to Telephone Company
The Associated Industries outlines its stance on industrial relations with unions. It notes that an offer to workers who labor 31 days would yield 170.50, vs 165 from the power company, and mentions that a union rejection ended relations. The article details a split: Teamsters vote against a 50 cent daily raise and plan a strike vote, with about 400 members. cooks and waiters withdraw from two restaurants during repairs, a move challenged by the building trades council.
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Associated Industries
Power Company
Teamsters
Trades Assembly
Building Trades Council
Passport policy debate heats up in Congress
Representative Mann challenges wartime passport limits arguing the bill blocks asylum for persecuted Irish and other refugees. Chairman Poster says conference will strip objectionable sections while Senate floor shows limited turnout. Mondell defends report amid opposition.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Mann
Deer Lodge News items and local notices
Work on the old court house in Deer Lodge has halted pending sale of court house bonds, casting doubt on a new county records building. A Monday wedding at Hotel Deer Lodge joined David Buckridge and Maud Nichola with the ceremony by Rev. M. T. Nolen. the groom serves in the navy at Great Lakes on nine day furlough. Veterans H. Zenor and C. P. H. Bielenders witnessed. Albert Ritchey and wife visited from Champion district, N. Burt and family moved to Elk mine where Mr. Burt is engineer for the company. N. R. Steinmetz and C. M. Harris of Baltimore & Ohio railway are in the city.
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Deer Lodge
Court House
Hotel Deer Lodge
David Buckridge
Victor
Maud Nichola
Butte
M. T. Nolen
M. E. Church
Groom
Navy
Great Lakes
H. Zenor
C. P. H. Bielenders
Albert Ritchey
Champion
Nate Burt
Elk Mine
Mr. Burt
N. R. Steinmetz
C.M. Harris
Baltimore& Ohio Railway
Polish Offensive Triggers Czarist Military Council
A Moscow wireless dispatch reports czarist military leaders led by General Brusiteff form a council to plan rapid annihilation of Polish invaders. The move comes as Polish offensives boost nationalist unity between Bolshevists and nationalists and shift language toward Russia rather than Soviet.
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Karl von H. Bertin
Lenine ‘Trotzky
Moscow
Brusiteff
Forest fires seen in Missoula district
Three forest fires were spotted on a ridge west of the reservation highway near Arlee as Missoula motorists observed from the reservation. One fire appeared large, the others smaller and likely started by the big blaze. No forest service report was filed, as the fires were on Indian lands, but officials said they would investigate promptly.
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Missoula
Jocko Fiver
Arlee
Forest Service
Big Timber News Highlights Local Awards And Socials
Frank Stein returns to his Grey Cliff ranch from Kenosha to resume ranch life. Sweet Grass county high school approves 60 000 bond funded dormitory and additions to manual training. TL R Peck returns from six month west coast vacation. Mrs Peck stays in Monrovia. Solberg and daughter Sigrid visit from Bozeman. Big Timber volunteer fire department elects officers. Robert Bray expands bee business with 125 added stands purchased in Brownsville. Jessica Caulkins hosts eleventh birthday party with pink white decor, fortune telling, and a Paul Jones march for entertainment.
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BIG Timber
Frankstein
Kenosha
Wis
Grey Clif
Sweet Grass County
TL. R. Peck
Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Selmar Solberg
Sigrid
Bozeman
Robert Bray
Brownsville
Texas
Jessica Caulkins
C. A. Caulking
Paul Jones
Montana Development Association Sets May 24 Meeting
Helena May 18 The executive committee of the Montana Development Association resolved to convene a city meeting on May 24 to define the political policies the association will pursue during the year. The action outlines a planned discussion of policy direction and advocacy strategies for the organization.
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Helena
The
Montana Development Association
Libby Couple Wed Take Trip West
May 18 Miss Genevieve Rayome daughter of Mr and Mrs EN Reyome married George W Hesse a Libby native and local soldier who served in France. The Rev Father Mestory performed the Catholic ceremony. The newlyweds are honeymooning on the coast then plan to settle in Libby.
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Libby
Genevieve Rayome
EN Reyome
George , W. Hesse
France
Father Mestory
Hythe conference shocks experts with loan plan to Germany
Paris reports experts are astonished by Lloyd George and Millerand aiming to shift Germany loan guarantees to the United States despite America not attending Spa. They propose using German ships held by America as security, a move critics call a colossal bluff and an attempt to rob Peter to pay Paul.
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C. F. Bertelli
Universal Service
Special Cable Dispatch
Paris
Lloyd George and
Millerand
Hythe
England
Ameren
America
Spa
United States
Lloyd George
Britain
United States Supreme Court
Germany
Cleo
Planes and travel notes highlight Three Forks week
May 18 Three Forks notes air plane activity from Friday to Sunday with Aviators Reese and Hourgalin flying to Whitehall and local trips around the Missouri. The Ladies Aid Society plan a Wednesday afternoon program at the chapel rooms, led by Mesdames Whittle Young Matter and Kvalnes. Local residents arrive from Manhattan and Billings for visits and business.
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Forks
Whitehall
Reese
Hourgalin
Clef
Missouri
Mans Watton
Tiesser
We Qerial
Butte
Atao
Yallings
Fiarry Gillingham
Manhattan
Sten Hoy Hungerford
Billings
Dorsey
Mite Beulah Lewis
Mies
Styte
Butte-On & Shopping
Clark
Maudlin
Madden's traitor remark sparks southern protest in House
Washington May 18 A repeated statement by Representative Madden Republican Illinois that Confederate Civil War days were traitors triggers a storm of protest from southern members including Representative Stedman Democrat North Carolina and Confederate veteran. Madden denies apology saying traitors tried to destroy the Union and asks Does anyone deny it. The uproar ends with Stedman praising Robert E. Lee and Madden isolated in a wilderness of his own creation.
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Washington
Representativ Madden
Illnois
House Today
Souther
Representative Stedman
North Carolina
House
Madden
Romjn
Missouri
Johnson
Mississippi
Mr. Stedman
Robert E. Lee
Mr. Madden
Vermont and Pennsylvania primaries show early returns
May 18 reports from Vermont and Pennsylvania detail early results in the primaries. In Pennsylvania 119 districts counted yield five regular Republican slate delegates at large, with Charles L. Riddle close to the slate. Vermont shows Wood leading Webster on the Republican ticket as the only names on that ballot, while several figures received write-in votes on the Democratic side.
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Philadelphia
Charles L. Riddle
Montpelier
Vermont
Wood
Wiliam Grant Webster
Webster
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Wilson
Coolids
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Police claim plot aimed at overthrow in France
Paris May 18 Soviet rule in France was to be established if May Day strikes succeeded police say they found complete evidence from papers seized at Boris Souvarine residence and at Etienne Leveque home. They claim soviets were ready to seize Orleans Tours Brest Bordeaux Marseilles Strasbourg and Paris and cite leader Charles Rappoport as suspect awaiting arrest.
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Paris
France
Boris Souvarine
Etienne Leveque
Federation of Railroad Men
Orleans
Tours
Brest
Bordeaux
Marseilles
Strasbourg
Charles Rappoport
Chamber of Deputies
New Jersey Governor Declares Firm Prohibition Stance
Atlantic City May 18 Governor Guy Bawa Edwards of New Jersey rejects claims of pussyfooting on prohibition. He says he will push a wet plank in the Democratic platform, intends to travel to San Francisco to press his case, and vows to challenge any rival who questions his stance. Edwards cites personal liberty and state rights as core concerns and cites potential clash with William Jennings Bryan in San Francisco.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Guy, Bawara I. Edwards
New Jersey
Indi
Traymore
San Francisco
Tom
William Jennings Bryan
Edwards
Fry
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