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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1925
Page
1
The committee indicates that auto taxes may drop by ten but will not be repealed. Other cuts proposed make it impossible to eliminate these liabilities entirely, a decision noted as key to the trial.
Washington November 8 The House Ways and Means Committee moves to revision of excise rates as it prepares to consider excise reductions. Repeal of automobile taxes threatens an estimated 150 million revenue loss next year, but committee slashes elsewhere leave only one dollar of the 100 thousand treasury surplus for tax cuts. If all earlier requests for excise repeal were granted, the changes would cut revenue by over 300 thousand annually, yet auto tax reductions seem certain despite the broader revenue impact. Secretary Mellon supports repealing automobile taxes on autos and tires but backs retention of certain auto taxes.
Five hotel workers were found dead in Hibbing Minnesota after a gas jet in a kitchen was left open. Police and a coroner investigated asphyxiation and possible poisoning, with officials leaning to accidental gas exposure. An inquest was planned to confirm the cause.
Washington November reports a member of the American commission to the Versailles peace conference rebukes Henry Cabot Lodge's posthumous League of Nations work. He says the Senate should advise on the covenant form and rejects implied conclusions from the book.
Dr. Charles Erdman of Princeton Theological Seminary argues that if Sampson had lived in modern times he would be a great football figure like Red Grange. He notes Sampson was strong and exceedingly fast, and that Delilah’s betrayal did not erase his allegiance or the symbolism of his hair, a badge of strength.
Vu Perovich, who years ago crouched in a four by ten by five foot Alaskan dungeon awaiting death, will be freed from federal custody tomorrow by a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge John C. Pollock. Convicted in 1905 of murder, his sentence was commuted to life by President Taft in 1909, and he has served since at the federal penitentiary. Perovich claims the witnesses against him were aligned to frame the charge and disputes the change in sentence.
John Gibson twenty five in a drunken wander near Anaconda districts with an eight inch ice pick protruding from his body seeks aid. His wife Rhoda is jailed as authorities investigate a fraught marriage dispute and potential stabbing claims amid conflicting accounts.
Vincent Sheean reports from Tangier on Abd el Krim and the Rif War, questioning European involvement and the presence of expert European advisers amid the hostile powers. The piece argues against the notion that Krim’s tribesmen act alone without broader organization, noting skepticism in the Christian world.
A Navy air pilot Lieut. Beyrer died in a plane crash near Calmuera Cuba. Ensign Shane H. King, the other passenger, sustained minor injuries. Beyrer hailed from Bertrand Nebraska while King resided in Marysville Missouri.
In Butte, a man identified as Whitey or related nickname sustained a stab wound to the left chest after a confrontation near Broadway and Wyoming. He walked to the street, received aid to St James Hospital, where doctors said the lung was punctured. Police secured a description of the suspected assailant but had not captured him by nightfall. The victim had recently arrived from California and had met his attacker the previous night.
U S. officials say funding settlement for Italy's war debt nears a crux as a joint sub committee meeting looms. American and Romanian funding mission members expect progress, while earlier proposals were rejected as unacceptable. Negotiations proceed despite potential impasse, with clarifications anticipated after initial talks.
A child age two is saved when a button obstructing the windpipe is removed aboard a railroad train en route to hospital. Eilene Sinnett of Halneavill West Virginia was stabilized during the journey and rushed to a city hospital where doctors performed the lifesaving procedure.
Washington November 8 The Associated Press reports Col William Mitchell and his legal advisers will resist prosecution in his court martial by mounting a defense and presenting evidence to support his claims that the war and navy departments are incompetent criminally negligent and almost treasonable in national defense. The prosecutor warns that evidence extending the trial to broader service controversies will be allowed unless offered to mitigate sentence.
Dillon reports from Willard ranch north of the city show oats yielding poorly this year while wheat reaches 1,104 bushels per acre and an average 13 bushels per acre. Ranchers note weather delayed thrashing across the county with some equipment still to finish.
The physician plans to testify in his own defense tomorrow as insanity is argued in the murder trial of his 34 year old daughter Hazel found dead at his home on February 24. Defense counsel Lewis Mowry outlined the plan as Dr Singer would present testimony on her death and alleged epileptic attacks.
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