Judge Bourquin Has Ford Up On Carpet
In Helena Montana on August 3 Judge George M Bourquin took under advisement contempt proceedings against S C Ford former attorney general and Gordon Campbell case attorney Ford denied intent to deceive the court though acknowledged carelessness in preparing the bill of exceptions Fred M Rose Helena court reporter testified he relied on the Rose report and copied from the transcript Rankin acted for Ford Slattery prosecuted the matter
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Helena
Mont
S. C. Ford
Gordon Campbell
Great Falls
United States
George M. Bourquin
Ford
Fred M. Rose
Rose
Wellington D. Rankin
Mr .Ford
J. L. Slattery
Martinez Mystery Deepens Over Body Found in Lab
Police and criminologists pursue clues to identify a body found at the Pacific Cellulose Company lab in Walnut Creek. Sheriff Veale questions if the remains are Charles Henry Schwartz, as widow Mrs. Schwartz fights to bury the body. An X ray will check for prior fractures while investigators probe whether missing ranch hand Joe Rodriguez was murdered and placed to fake an explosion.
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Martinez
Calif
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
R. R. Veale
Charles Henry Schwartz
A. B. Tinning
Schwartz
Joe Rodriguez
Portugese
Rodriguez
Laurel Residents Welcome Weekend Visitors and Local Notables
Reed Point resident Reed Point Guy Carleton spent Sunday with his sister in Laurel. The Guthries and their young daughter visited relatives here. The Jake Wagner family visited the area and saw Mrs. Lena Carleton. Floyd Goddard and family from Livingston were weekend guests at the parental home. The Leavenworth area hosts J B Gezon of Livingston visiting Frank Miller’s home. J T Hays of Red Lodge is organizing the M W A camp again and recruiting. Pete Nordzy, N P bridge crew, was a Sunday guest. Pearl Carpenter Doris Moler Donald and Joe Bare enjoyed Mystic Lake Sunday. Tom Deckert is hauling wheat to the local elevator from Roberts ranches. Mrs Billings of Idaho moved to live with her daughter Mrs S H Bare, arriving Sunday. Dave Hudson and wife Neal Gunnels and families from Stillwater spent Sunday with the Bares. Elmer Rash and Carl Hiner, Laurel residents, visited J G Poundstone and E L Smith between trains. Tom Friend, west of here with N P bridge outfit, returned Sunday for a few days then went back. Beulah Manis of Big Timber, visiting friends and former pupils, will teach rural school next year near her homestead. Mrs Yoders and son left for Pennsylvania after a month with daughter Mrs E L Bond on their ranch. The Bonds accompanied their grandmother to make a home with her.
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Jake Wagner
McLeod
Lena Carleton
Floyd Goddard
Livingston
J. B. Gezon
Frank Miller
J. T. Hays
Red Lodge
Pete Nordzy
N. P. Bridge Gang
Here
Pearl Carpenter
Doris Moler
Donald
Joe Bare
Mystic Lake
Tom Deckert
Roberts Ranches
Billings
Idaho
S. H. Bare
Dave Hudson
Neal Gunnels
Stillwater
Elmer Rash
Carl Hiner
J. G. Poundstone
E. L. Smith
Tom Friend
N. P. Bridge
Beulah Manis
Big Timber
Beulah
Public Land Committee to Probe Western Lands and Oil
The Senate Public Lands Committee will launch a broad investigation of public lands in the west starting Aug 26 in Salt Lake City with hearings in Helena Missoula Yakima Seattle Portland Pendleton Baker and Boise. The panel will examine grazing mining Indian affairs timber reclamation forest reserves power sites and national parks and review oil matters including Salt Creek and Teapot Dome.
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Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
Salt Lake City
Helena
Mont
Missoula
Yakima
Wash
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Pendleton
Baker
Boise
Idaho
California
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
American Wool Growers
National Livestock Association
Congress
Interior Department
Western States
Walsh
Montana
Europe
Salt Creek
Teapot Dome
Mid- West Oil Company
John Gordon Implicates Scott In Murder Confession
Wichita authorities weigh the truth of a confessed admission by John Gordon alias many names. He claims Russell Scott killed Joseph Maurer, Chicago drug clerk, while Gordon admits other crimes but refuses full details until a priest visits.
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Wichita
Kans
John Gordon
Joseph Maurer
Chicago
Russell Scott
Gordon
Hutchinson
Scott
Underworld
Maurer
A F L Declares Non Partisan Policy Against Third Parties
The American Federation of Labor announced a firm shift away from third party movements like the La Follette bid of 1924. It vows to back individual candidates friendly to labor, wage a strong non partisan campaign, and mobilize women workers during primaries and elections.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
LaFollette
el Paso
Atlantic City
Labor
la Follette
Russell T. Scott Is Proving A Bad Mind
Russell T. Scott faces a sanity trial after a stay of execution. A Chicago jury was selected to rule on his mental condition as alienists present reports and conclusions for the panel of 12 jurors.
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Russell T. Scott
Chicago
Scott
Joseph B. David
Thomas Scott
Sanity hearing on murder convict raises delusions claim
In a December sanity proceeding over the 1925 murder of drug clerk Joseph Maurer, defense attorney William Scott Stewart contends the defendant suffers delusions of persecution. Judge David rejects attempts to imply innocence and insists the sole issue is insanity since conviction.
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Joseph Maurer
William Scott Stewart
Scott
David
Supreme Court
Denver Holdup Gunfire Kills Two Women and a Man
Denver police hunted a holdup bandit after he shot and killed two women and a man and wounded another man as they sat in a parked car on South Federal boulevard near Fort Logan. A motorcyclist who witnessed part of the incident assisted in the investigation.
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Denver
Fort Logan
South Federal Boulevard
Bandit Firefight Near Fort Logan Road Death Toll Rises
A bandit shot four youths during a car robbery on Fort Logan road. Mrs Marie McCormick 25 was killed instantly Julia Stearns 23 and Fred Funk 24 died en route to hospital Carl Perry 20 in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the arm Perry summoned help from a nearby farmhouse after the fleeing robber. Police said the suspect fled toward Fort Logan with no description available.
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Fort Logan
Marie McCormick
Julia Stearns
Fred Funk
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Wyo
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
T. Blake Kennedy
United States District Court For Wyoming
Mammoth Oil Company
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Kennedy
M. T. Everhart
Everhart
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Liberty
Harry F. Sinclair
Interior
Continental Trading Company Limited
Fall
Sinclair
Mammoth Company
Navy Department
Sinclair and Fall
Clase
Secretary of the Navy
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Yellowstone
Cody
Pacife
Nane
Seattle-Tacoma
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Duluth-Superior
Chicago , New York
Nordstom
Patterson’s
H. W. Rieke
Judge Bourquin
Reed Point
Guy Carleton
Cramer Schultz
Laurel
W. L. Guthrie
Public Land
Great West
Carl Perry
the General Hospital
Perry
J. A. Lowry & CO
Grand Hotel
Times
Sweet Grass County Creamery
Patterson Undertaking CO
C. Graff
America
Sara
Forder
F. Dasroll
City
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