Dentist Is Not Certain In Skeleton Identity
A skeleton found Sunday on a mountain near Homestake may link to Mrs. Ernest La Casse through perfume and belongings. Two Butte druggists identified Ideal Hubigant in a vanity bottle, the same brand she used. A Montana Hardware haversack, shoes, and small size hint at the missing woman, though a dentist cautioned no definitive dental match.
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Homestake
Ernest la Casse
Butte
Montana
T. B. Anderson
Prohibition Officer Cites Montana Crime Drops
Addison K. Lusk, Montana district prohibition chief, spoke to the League of Women Voters at the Y about dry law benefits. He cited 1917 homicide rate of 18.2 per 100000 dropping to 6.1 in 1921, and reduced assaults burglary and grand larceny in 1921 22 vs 1915 16. Prison population also fell by about half as state grows. He urged patience and law obedience, warning contempt risks.
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Addison K. Lusk
Montana
League of Women Voters
Lusk
Prohibition Enforcement
J. R. FE. Sievers
Earthquake Kills 1000 in Persian Turbat-i-Haidri
Turbat-i-Haidri in Khorasan central Persia reports a devastating earthquake that killed about 1,000 people. The shocks lasted several hours and left many villages devastated. Turbat-i-Haidri lies about 65 miles southwest of Moshhed, near the Irian desert plateau.
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Associated Press
Allahbad
Persia
Teheran
Turbat-i-Hatdri
Turbat-i-Haidri
Khorhzan
Central Province
Great
Irian Desert
Moshed
Captives' Release Believed in Sight
Peking May 29 Chinese military authorities and representatives of the Shantung bandits who kidnapped foreigners from the Shanghai Peking express May 6 are in direct negotiations for the captives' release. Advices received today by foreign legations signal a hopeful turn, and the international military commission's departure for Tsaochwang has been postponed until Thursday.
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Associated Press
Peking
Shantung
Shanghai-Peking Express
International Military Commission of Investigation
Tsaochwang
Butte to be Mecca for Montana press members
Butte will host the Montana State Press association convention August 9 to 11 with editors, publishers, and weekly paper staffers traveling from across the state. Secretary S. E. Peterson of Great Falls says the gathering will showcase Butte and Anaconda and marks a gala annual event for Montana’s newspaper army.
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Butte
Montana
Montana State Press Association
Anaconda
S. E. Peterson
Association
Great Falls
Peterson
Butte Shriners Leave for Imperial Shrine Meeting
The Butte and state cariners travel to Washington for the Imperial Shrine meetings June 6 and 7. A Montana products car, 5,000 copper shingle badges, and Bagdad band music headline the sendoff from the Northern Pacific depot. Senator Frank Hazelbaker of Dillon leads the delegation with a Billings stop planned to add riders.
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Bagdad
Shrine
Northern Pacific
Imperial Shrine
Washington
National Capitol
Montana
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon
Billings
Masonic Temple
Butte
Bagdad Temple
Daugherty Denies He Is To Resign
In Springfield, Ohio on May 29, Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus denied reports he would resign from President Harding's cabinet. He attended the cabinet meeting in Washington after a rest in Ohio and said the retirement and successor choice were not impending.
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Edgar Markham
Washington Newspaper
Golf Club
Gillett
Harding
Supreme Court
Sanford
New Rock Creek Park
Daugherty
Associated Press
Springfield
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus
United States
Springfield Daily News
Washington
Charles E. Morris
Poincare Wins Confidence Vote in French Chamber
Paris May 29 The chamber of deputies expressed confidence in Premier Poincare and his government by a 458 to 0 vote for funding his policy in the Ruhr. Only the extreme left opposed. Other critics did not abstain but joined the majority.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Ruhe
Butte Veterans Honor Memory in Parade and Graves
Butte veterans of three wars will march today to honor fallen comrades. In each cemetery they will decorate graves and fire a salute as part of the long-established custom.
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Butte
Grand Army
American Legion
Maine
Havana
Andrew M. Ehlirich
Henry W. Lawton
George H. Osborne
Ted Farrell
American Legion Post
Frank Barrett
Lincoln Post
Grand Army of the Republic
H. H. Makinson
Clara Phillips Returns Home to Face Innocence Claim
Clara Phillips, former Waco resident and convict in the Al berta Meadows murder, escaped from a Los Angeles jail last December and arrived in New Orleans from Honduras under California custody. She appeared buoyant on the Copan deck, insisted she returns to prove her innocence, and posed for many photos as she prepared for a Pacific coast journey. Local authorities and family accompanied her as she rested at the Orleans parish house of detention before departure.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Clara Phillips
Los Angeles
Alberta Meadows
Honduras
California
Orleans Parish
Pacific Coast
Waco
Texas
Phillips
Chicago Women Starved to Death at Lombard Hospital
Inspector Follmer said one or two deaths may be linked to a Lombard private hospital run by Dr. George F. Boffenmeyer. Relatives allege starvation and a water cure with a garden hose. Anna Kolar died May 26 after removal, while Gertrude Klasges had been confined since January.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John W. Follmer
State Department of Registration and Education
Lombard
George FE. Boffenmeyer
Follmer
Anna Kolar
Hinsdale
Gertrude Klasges
Democratic Floor Leader In House Near Death’s Door
In Wilson North Carolina May 29 the Associated Press reports that minority leader Claude Kitchin's condition is very critical and could end within hours unless there is a change. Kitchin has suffered stomach trouble for weeks while his wife daughter and son remain at his bedside.
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Associated Press
Wilson
N. C
C. A. Woodard
Claude Kitchin
Fire, floods and strikes shake North American towns
Flood damages reach 300000 dollars and 60 people killed amid strikes drawing police into Ruhr conflict. Verier village burned with no loss of life reported in Sudbury area. Duluth forest fires mobilize 150 workers. Ruhr police reinforce Bochum to quell unrest and end communist violence after three days of fighting. 18 reported dead.
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Sudbury
Ontario
Vernier
North Bay
Associated Press
Essen
Bochum
Ruhr
Duesseldorf
Rhineland
Sanitation plan eyed for flood zones. $200,000 damage noted
Oklahoma City officials map a sanitation campaign as the swollen North Canadian River subsides. Flood damage in the city is unofficially pegged at about $200,000, with hundreds made homeless and aided by relief organizations.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Wind Drives Fire Threat Across North Woods
Wind increasing over Minnesota and northern Wisconsin escalated forest fire danger while some fires were reported contained. State forester reports new blazes in several areas, yet many older fires were brought under control as weather shifts. In Douglas county Wisconsin, fires are under control unless winds rise, with northern counties easing their danger despite scattered outbreaks.
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ST. Paul
Minn
North Woods
State Forester
W. T. Cox
Superior
Wis
Douglas County
P. A. McDonald
Solon Springs
Wisconsin
Mexican Arrested on Bombing Charge
Medrardo Lopez was arrested near Mexico City on a May 18 bombing attempt at the lawyer's office adjoining the American consulate. The arrest follows a telegram from the Mexican consul headquarters stating the charge and motive to provoke U S reaction against recognizing the Obregon government’s sister republic.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Medrardo Lopez
Mexico City
Lopez
Obregon
United States
Belgian Plan for German Reparations Outlines Practical Debt Program
Brussels May 29 Belgian government suggestions on German reparations have been submitted to France. They permit a practical program for commercializing the German debt, a concept some French circles are said to want to keep as a perpetual political debt, a view noted in England.
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Associated Press
Brussels
France
England
Rotana Club and Montanans Send Checks for Montana Way Fund
Contributions toward the $700 deficit in the Montana Way paying fund continue with telegrams from Sen Lee Manile of San Francisco and Hugh Wilson of Los Angeles each sending $100. The Rotana club added $15 and a favorable vote for the southern outlet project. A Butte Clerks union donation accompanied good wishes, as other city groups consider similar action.
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Montana
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Lee Manile
Butte
Los Angeles
Hugh Wilson
Butte Clerks’ Union
Montana Way
Rotana Club
Silver Purchases Under Pittman Act Suspended
Washington May 29 The Treasury suspended further silver purchases under the Pittman act to determine if accepted offers exceed 200 million ounces the law authorizes. Officials expect to exit the silver market for years, after replacing nearly all silver loaned to Britain in 1918.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Treasury
Great Britain
India
Gilbert
Special
Senate Committee On Gold and Silver
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