KS Police Court List Shows High Conviction Rate
The police court records before Judge Whitty reveal a high conviction rate for the year ending April. Of 2,227 disturbance cases many fines ranged from 5 to 200 dollars. In total 580 were dismissed 249 served runs 187 forfeited bonds 6 remitted fines and 1 suspended sentence. Vagrancy and miscellaneous cases numbered 1,597 with numerous outcomes. The year averaged over 22 cases per session with few appeals to the district court and few reversals.
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PF. G. Whatty
Whitty
Payers Not to Expect a Hearing on Tax Protests
The treasury department commissioner says taxpayers should file a brief 10 days before they wish to be heard as war related business strains the system. Local collectors and citizens are asked to refrain from delays and raise questions with the bureau in Washington to avoid unnecessary protest time.
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Treasury Department
Lea Clinton H. Moore
Butte
Internal Revenue
Bureau
Washington
Drunk Man Attacks Stranger with Broom on Street
Jorge Kilduff said he struck Percy Vial with a street broom after mistaking him for a man who had assaulted him. Vial suffered a large wound. Kilduff faced a fine of 56 dollars after his account.
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Jorge Kilduff
Poyurt
Percy Vial
Vial
Viel
Kildutt
Wmitty
Daughters of St George to Give a Dance Tonight
The Daughters of St George present a concert and dance tonight with a varied program featuring soloists Estella Smart Olive Carkeek and Gertie Hill among others as the St George Glee Club performs a patriotic selection. The event honors Memo y with a closing patriotic program at the First Baptist Church and choir rehearsal set for Thursday evening at eight.
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Ighters OF
ST. George
St. George Glee Club
Estella Smart
Olive “Carkeek
Master ‘Wills
Annie Bawreading
Wilfred ‘Trethefi
Gertie Hill
Iguerite Davies
Storge Glee Club
The
First Baptist
Fle
Memo
Uelock
Convicts Doing Great Work As Helpers On Farm
Warden Frank Conley reports prisoners at three Montana prison farms near Deer Lodge and Warm Springs have proven capable and eager to work in potato fields. Four hundred acres are planted, with no escapes under the honor system. Prison welfare policy shifts toward more field labor and expanded grounds cultivated by the inmates.
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Frank Conley
Flathead County
Deer Lodge
Warm Springs
No Ghoul Involved In Diamonds From Woman Body
Public administrator Tim J Harrington stated he fully investigated the claim that diamonds worn by the late Mattie Robinson were removed from her body near Colorado Junction. The diamonds were turned over to the administrator, and an estate inventory will be filed in district court soon.
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Tim J. Harrington
Mattie Robinson
Colorado Junction
Robinson
Canadian slackers can't ape conscription in Sherbrooke
In Sherbrooke Quebec on May 23 Dominion authorities ordered military and immigration officials to bar men of military age from entering the United States after reports that many eligible to serve under a Canadian conscription law attempted cross border. Anita Stewart is tied to Vitagraph for three years at a thousand a week.
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Sherbrooke Quebec
United States
Anita Stewart
Vitagraph
Army bids opened for 74400 trucks and 10000 motorcycles
Chicago May 2. Bids will be opened June 8 by the quartermaster's department of the United States army for 74,400 automobile trucks and 10,000 motorcycles. Delivery required during 1918.
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Chicago
Quartermaster's Department
United States Army
District Loan Bank in Spokane Leads Nation in Loans
D G O Shea of Red Lodge, president of the Northwestern Farm Loan Bank, says the Spokane district, covering Montana, tops the nation in loan applications with 1500 on hand and more than 600 associations forming. He notes districts vary in federation progress but expects rapid local loan processing once associations approve applications and pass them to the bank for final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. O'Shea
Red Lodge
Northwestern Farm Loan Bank
Spokane
Montana
O'Shea
United States
Farm Loan Bank
High Treason Charged Against German Radicals
Berlin paper reports possible proceedings against prominent German radicals on high treason charges. Investigation into their roles at meetings in Berlin connected to munitions strikes involves George Ledebour, Herr Vogthern, Herr Buchner, and Herr Wittmann, independent socialists.
Food and Health Exhibition Opens at American Museum
New sur Saad grayfish and various edible sea weeds highlight the displays at the food and health exhibition opening today at the American Museum of Natural History. The exhibit also features a large array of American foods prized for their high dietetic value.
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New Sur Saad
American Museum of Naturalistry
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P. J. Whitty
Bult
al Brien
Mra. W. Iltek
William Fiood
A. J. Erickson
Boyle
Dupont Powder Works
Tadies
Walsh
Jack Walsh
Nick Walsh
Fidelity Hall
Sharp
Samuel Williams
Thomas R
Hennessy
G.A.R
Y Hennessy
Hennessy’s
Lao
Children’s Union
Young Men's
Jardinieres
ART China
Irs
Conley
Rebekahs
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Elvira Edwards
N. G
M. A. Berryman
Parana River
Argentina
First National Bank
Pierre Jay
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
James Alexander
National Bank of Commerce
Gates W. McGarrah
Mechanics’ and Metals National Bank
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Allan B. Forbes
Harris, Forbes & Co
District Loan Bank I
Rialto
Liss
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