Battle Over Police Judge Post In Billings Race
Billings may see a hot fight over the police judge seat as W. E. Downs faces contest after Frank L. Mann, defeated by 13 votes, seeks to challenge the outcome. Mann cites Attorney General L. A. Foot's opinion that a justice of the peace can draw both county and city salaries if paid on a fee basis, potentially affecting who holds the police judge position. The case hinges on whether a salaried justice may also receive police judge pay, with several legal routes suggested to resolve the rights to the salary and office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
W. E. Downs
Frank L. Mann
L. A. Foot
Justice of the Peace
Mann
Attorney General
Montana
Justices of the Peace
Annual Egg Rolling at White House Draws Thousands
Washington children roamed the White House grounds for Easter Monday egg rolling under Mrs. Coolidge’s watch. The gates logged 38 377 entrants, 2 000 more than last year, as children rolled eggs and played, with 40 parents assisting and two women briefly overcome but revived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Bill Jones
Jimmy Smith
Secretary Wilbur Targets Navy Officers in Court Martial
Secretary Wilbur ordered six Navy officers court martial over the Beaufort liquor incident. Commander D W Fuller led the transport. Lieutenants RL D Hill Fred M Rohow Clarence W Baker. Machinist Frank M Hendricks. Chief Pay Clerk J P Gallagher face charges. Trial to be held at Hampton Roads naval base. board lineup to be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur
Navy Department
Beaufort
Hampton Roads
West Indies
D. W. Fuller
Rockland
Maine
D. Hill
Jrv
Norwich
Gonn
Fred M. Rohow
Sturveon Bay
Wis
Clarence W. Baker
Newport
R. 1
Frank M. Hendricks
New Haven
Conn
J. P. Gallagher
Norfolk
Fuller
Hampton Roads Naval Base
Germany Drifting Back to Days of Former Kaiser Wilhelm
Count Frederick Von Loebell, head of the bourgeois bloc, says Hindenburg's nomination signals a move to restore a bourgeois regime and push socialists from power. He denies monarchist aims and argues monarchical sentiment exists but is ill-timed during Germany’s internal and foreign policy rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
Frederick von Loebell
Field Marchal von Hindenburg
Socialist Party
Count von Loebell
Social Democratic Party
von Hindenburg
Republic
German Republic
von Lochel
Arbor Day Proclaimed for May 12 in Montana by Governor Erickson
Governor Erickson proclaims May 12 1925 as Arbor Day urging school programs to teach tree planting forest conservation and beautification of home grounds statewide. He calls for adult participation to ensure lasting benefits for Montana’s younger generation and visitors.
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Erickson
Helena
State of
Montana
J. J. E. Erickson
Miss Marie Grosfield Weds Wisconsin Resident Sidney Lecan
The Grosfield home in Big Timber hosts a formal early evening wedding uniting Marie Grosfield and Sidney Lecan of Nelsonville Wisconsin in a double ring ceremony led by Rev A A Holbeck. The event featured rose and white decor, Mendelssohn music, and elaborate gowns.
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Grosfield
Marie Grosfield
A. M. Grosfield
Sidney Lecan
Nelsonville
Wis
A. A. Holbeck
Lutheran Church
Margaret Crest
Mendelssohn
Lillian Grosfield
Karine Rue
Tda Rastad
Walsh Arrives to Shield Wheeler as Trial Opens in Great Falls
Senator Thomas J. Walsh reached Great Falls to lead efforts to defend Senator Burton Wheeler who faces a federal trial on charges of accepting fees for lobby work. The defense may call Blair Coan as a witness if not subpoenaed by the government. Wheeler and Walsh anticipate a speedy hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Thomas J. Walsh
Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Walsh
Blair Coan
Agrent
Republican National Committee
Coan
Senate
Wheeler Investigating Committee
Grat Falls
Grand
Wheeler
Senate Committee
George R. Lockwood
National Committee
John L. Slattery
Mrs. A. L. Love Transferred Amid Office Consolidation
Mrs. A. L. Love long served as chief clerk at Bozeman land office for 27 years and will move to Billings under state office consolidation plans reducing offices to two. She began May 3, 1898 under then register A. L. Love. many successors and officers followed in the line, ending with George C. Davenport and Raymond B. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
A. L. Love
United States Land Office
Billings
A. J. Edsall
Mr. Asbury
M. R. Wilson
J. N. Kelly
Walter Sales
Fletcher W. Appleton
James P. Bole
George C. Davenport
Raymond B. Lewis
Tribute Paid To Old Sweet Grass Rancher
The Leavenworth Echo reports the death of B. L. Ryan at Cascade sanitarium after years of illness. Born April 20 1851 in Van Buren County Iowa he lived in California and Montana before moving to Peshastin Washington then Leavenworth for health reasons. He married Ida C. Bartells in 1896 and is survived by his wife one daughter two spouses and one grandchild plus four brothers and a sister. The funeral will be at the family home on Benton Street with interment in Wenatchee mausoleum under Wenatchee Undertaking Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Echo
Leavenworth
Wash
B. L. Ryan
The
Pioneer
Cascade Sanitarium
Benton Street
Wenatchee
Ryan
van Buren County
Towa
West
California
Montana
Big Timber
Mont
Ida C. Bartells
Peshastin
Bozeman Tax Law Upheld by High Court in Montana
In Helena on April 10 the Montana Supreme Court upheld Bozeman's license ordinance for the second time, affirming the Gallatin County district court in City of Bozeman v Nelson. The decision rejects Nelson's claims of discrimination and revenue purpose. The court also affirms Yellowstone County's case, ordering sheriff Englehart to release an attachment on a threshing bean separator and return the asset to cover a debt tied to Hugh Tenaka's purchase of the thresher.
Walsh seeks senate probe into Salt Creek oil leases
Senator Thomas J. Walsh announced he will press for a Senate investigation into how the Mid West Refining Co gained leases in Wyoming’s Salt Creek field by acquiring Interior Department leases. He cites Bart Blackmer and ties to Albert Fall era policies and contends regulations allowed placer claim exchanges, enabling widespread oil leases by Midwest.
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Great Falls
Thomas J. Walsh
Senate
Midwest Refining Company
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Department of the Interior
Walsh
Burton K. Wheeler
Congress
Mid-West Refining Company
H. M. Blackmer
Albert B. Fall
Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Cheyenne
Wyo
Paris
Continental Trading Company
Toronto
Harry F. Sinclair
Fall
Sinclair
Geo. P. Hoover
Washington
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Senator Walsh
Midwest
Donahey faces delinquency case tied to Zanesville girl
Hal Donahey 19 son of Governor Vic Donahey was found technically guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Zanesville probate court. He was fined 100 dollars and placed under court jurisdiction until he reaches adulthood. Lillian Vogel 15 was found in a Zanesville rooming house and placed on probation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal Donahey
Vic Donahey
Lillian Vogel
Zanesville
Clarence Graham
Young Donahey
Miss Vogel
Donahey
Hal
Executive Mansion
Dorothy Ellingson committed to Napa asylum after insanity verdict
In San Francisco on April 9 a sanity verdict absolved Dorothy Ellingson of murder charges and ordered commitment to the Napa State Hospital. The 17 year old, previously detained for killing her mother, fainted on verdict and regained composure for the commitment proceeding. The nine man three woman jury reached a nine to one agreement.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
State Asylum For the
Napa
Calif
Superior
Harold Louderback
Richest child in world learns of vast fortune in New York
Joy Louise Leeds, adopted by Warner M. Leeds, discovers she will inherit more than 4 million dollars from her foster father and 4 million from her foster mother. The girl, born as a foundling named Katherine Kennedy, remains under guardianship until age 35. Her family links include tin plate fortunes and connections to Boston and Greek nobility.
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Mineola
N. Y
Joy Louise Leeds
Warner M. Leeds
Joy Louise
Louise Hartshorne Leeds
New York
United States
Leeds
Gloria Caruso
William A. Clark
John Jacob Astor
John
Emily
Edward
E. B. McLean
Henry Abbott
Mrs. Abbott
Bellevue Hospital
Foundling’s
Bellevue
Katherine Kennedy
Child's Hospital
William B. Leeds
Anastasia
Greece
Prince Christopher
Constantine
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Navy Booters
Wisconsin
Gods Garden
Holbeck
Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass
St. Olaf’s College of Northfield
Minn
John K. Nelson
Nils Iverson
George Rostad
C. Q. Loftsgaarden
T. M. Grosfield
Miles, Miller
Clara Grosfield
W. Bailey
Bertina Amundson
Clarence Amundson
Joliel, Mont
Wheeler Legal Talent
High Court
NFW
Asylum
Dorothy
Foundlings
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