Montana Highwaymen Propose Pay-As-You-Go Road Plan
Helena December meeting of about forty Montanans endorses an initiative to raise the gasoline tax from two to three cents and divert half of automobile license receipts to the state highway fund. The plan aims to build 2,940 miles in ten years with a three cent tax and half of license revenue, plus 15 percent of state funds, to finance federal-aid routes.
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Helena
Montana
Sid Coffey
Missoula
A. J. Davis
Butte
Charles E. Brown
Miles City
J. G. Reitrich
Roundup
Lewis Penwell
A. J. Bretinson
Great Falls
David C. Salverds
Lewistown
Ray Hart
Billings
Holmes
Judge Rejects Habeas Petition Against Chapman
Hartford judge denies Gerald Chapman habeas corpus request to return to Atlanta federal prison for 25 year sentence before Connecticut can proceed with murder execution. Court rules commutation need not be accepted to be operative and Chapman remains under Connecticut law under Coolidge commutation.
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Hartford
Conn
Edwin Thomas
United States District Court
Gerald Chapman
New Britain
Thomas
Chapman
Connecticut
Coolidge
Funeral of Hugh I Wilson in California
Hugh I. Wilson long time Montana businessman was buried in Los Angeles with Elks organizing rites. Senator Lee Mantle spoke as a friend. More than 100 former Montana residents attended the obsequies and Rev J Randolph led the service at the Episcopal church with pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
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Butte
Hugh IL. Wilson
Montana
Los Angeles
The
Elks
Lee Mantle
Rev. J. Randolph
Episcopal Church
Charles N. Kessler
Thomas F. Hinds
J. V. Bogan
Hugh Cook
C. B. Loreh
Robert E. Burns
B. BE. Calkins
A. J. Green
Paul Ambertson
W. E. McEklvilly
M. A. Miller
FE. I. McGinn
J. J. McHatton
Joseph Harmon
A.E. Frye
Left Arm Amputated After Train Accident on Bozeman Hill
Conductor C L Morgan of the Northern Pacific, based in Livingston since 1906, lost his left arm when he slipped under freight train No. 603 on Bozeman hill. He was brought to Robinson hospital after an amputation about five inches below the elbow by Drs. Greene and Pampel. The arm was crushed with no circulation in the hand. Morgan rests easily after surgery.
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Livingston Enterprise
C. L. Morgan
Northern Pacific Railway
Bozeman Hill
Livingston
Northern Pactive
P. L. Greene
Northern Pacific
Robinson Hospital
Greene
Pampel
Edge of New Jersey senator shakes up Senate days
Senator Edge of New Jersey urges amending the Volstead act to ease enforcement. He favors 2.75 percent beer and relaxing physician liquor prescriptions, proposing constitutional changes under government supervision to address widespread violations and “intolerable conditions.” He cautions surveys show rising law violations and calls for legal modification to improve the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edge
New Jersey
Senate
Washington
Congress
Senator Edge
Friends of Prohibition
Rdue
Pioneer Lady Calls for Pioneers Society in Big Timber
Lena B. Clark, longtime Boulder valley resident and former Big Timber resident, urges old timers to revive the Pioneers club. She defines pioneers as those who forded rivers and trails before bridges and locks, and proposes a Big Timber Get-together banquet to form a Pioneer Society tied to Montana statehood milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena B. Clark
Boulder Valley
Big Timber
Sebrah
Pioneers
The
Pioneer
Yellowstone
Montana
Sweet Grass Students Earn Dramatic Honors At Missoula
The Montana Kaimin reports University Players produced a top one act program. Joran Birkeland and Adolph Still star in The Valiant with Leonard Brewer giving a superb Dyke performance. Brewer’s scene with Birkeland stood out among strong cast work.
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Sweet Grass
Missoula
Montana Kaimin
University of Montana
Joran Birkeland
Adolph Still
Sweet Grass County
Holworthy Hall
Robert Middlemass
Leonard Brewer
Park City Falls As Local Ball Team Wins 22–9
The local hoop warriors defeated Park City five last Friday night 22 to 9 in a fast game. Lyon Hoem and Gunderson led an aggressive offense while Tucker and Egeland limited Park City to 9 points. Miles City visits on the 29th to challenge the home squad.
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Hoop Warriors
Park City
Lyon
Hoem
Gunderson
Tucker
Egeland
Stoltz
Miles City
Governor Smith Frees Gitlow From Prison Sentence
Governor Smith pardoned Benjamin Gitlow who was jailed from 1920 after conviction under the criminal anarchy act. He noted Gitlow’s guilt but said he had been sufficiently punished for a political crime, citing a prior 1923 pardon of James J. Larkin under the same act.
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Albany
N. Y
Smith
Benjamin Gitlow
New York
Sing Sing
Gillow
Gitlow
James J. Larkin
Larkin
Butte Mines Safe In Underground Guards
Washington reports improved health and safety in the Butte Montana underground copper mines. Concrete lining waterproofing water piping ventilation devices and underground fire and rescue units reduced risks from heat rock dusts and timber fires according to a Bureau of Mines bulletin.
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Washington
Butte
Mont
Bureau of Mines
Butte Chinaman Will Grace End Of Rope
Butte Montana December 12 Sonic Won a 20 year old Chinese man was sentenced to death by district court for the April 10 murder of Pete Pavice. He was found guilty of first degree murder and faces execution February 5. His attorneys reserved an appeal to the state supreme court. Witnesses said Won threatened payoff and fired three shots at Pavice. A woman in the lodgings testified Won also fired at her as she fled.
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Od Butte
Mont
Sonic Won
Pete Pavicie
Supreme Court
Won
Fire destroys Anaconda Copper framing mill at Rocker
The framing mill of the Anaconda Copper mining company at Rocker near Butte Montana burned today causing about 150 000 in losses. The fire started from friction heat from a broken airline in the basement and the entire structure was reduced to ashes within an hour. The offices and creosote treatment plant survived and mine operations at Butte will not be disturbed.
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Rocker
Bulte
Another Frenchman Out Of Cabinet Place
Paris dispatch reports M. Loucheur resigns as finance minister after clashes with the finance committee and broad business opposition. Senator Paul Doumer, a former finance minister, is favored to replace him and Briand will decide after a cabinet meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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Paris
M. Loucheur
Finance Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Paul Doumer
Briand
Doumer
M. Briand
M. Doumer
House Advances Lower Inheritance Tax Rates
The House approved modified inheritance tax rates within the nonpartisan revenue bill on its seventh day of debate. The plan cuts the maximum rate from 40 to 20 percent for amounts over 10 million dollars, lowers brackets toward one percent on the next 50 thousand, and raises the state tax credit from 25 to 80 percent. An attempt to raise the federal rate to 30 percent failed 54 to 179.
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Washington
House
Rainey
Illinois
Ways and Means Committee
Ramseyer
Republican
Iowa
Stephenson Returns to Indiana Prison for Appeal
D C Stephenson, former Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader, is back in state prison awaiting an appeal of his murder conviction. Judges denied motions to arrest judgment and to grant a new trial as his lawyers argued the verdict was illegal. 120 days were allowed for exceptions.
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Noblesville. Ind
D. C
Stephenson
Sparks
Excluding Gould Heirs From Trust Funds In New York Case
New York December 16 A judgment in the New York supreme court excludes the three children of the late George J Gould by his second wife from a trust fund established by Jay Gould for George J Gould’s children. Their shares would go to the seven surviving Gould children including Jay Gould Kingdon Gould Marjorie Gould Drexel Lady Decies George Gould Edith Gould Wainwright and Gloria Gould Bishop. The seven may partake in a separate trust of about 9 226 204 which avoids court approval. Guardian Thomas F Keogh plans to appeal for the excluded children.
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New York
George J. Gould
New York Supreme Court
Jay Gould
Geo, Sinclair Gould
Jane Sinclair Gould
Guinivere Gould
Guinivere Sinclair
Kingdon Gould
Marjorie Gould Drexel
Lady Decies
Vivien Gould
George Gould, Jr
Edith Gould Wainwright
Gloria Gould Bishop
Thomas F. Keogh
Anaconda Company Plans Polish And German Mine Deals
C F Kelley president of Anaconda Copper Mining says negotiations with W A Harriman and George von Giesehe of Germany on reorganization and financing of Polish zinc and coal mines and German zinc mines have overcome Polish government objections via protective stipulations.
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New York
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Europe
WA. Harriman Company
George von Giesehe Company
Germany
Kelley
La Follette Maintains Progressive Stand in Senate
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin told the old guard he will adhere to progressive principles of his father and follow the platform he was elected on. He seeks clarity on committee assignments before they become definite and urged a consistent independent course.
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Washington
T.a Follette
Wisconsin
Old Guard
Watson
Committee On Committees
Senate
la Follette
Mines, Manufactures and Indian Affairs
House
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California
Morgan
Josephine Paris
Brewer
Miss Birkeland
Governor Smith
Butte Chinaman
Green
Florida
Bryan
Wilson
Blanton
Texas
Texas Club
Frank W. Mondell
Madden
Hlinois
Mills
Ana A
Anaconda Company
Senator Lafollette
Colorado River
Delph E. Carpenter
Denver
Senate Litigation and Reclamation Committee
Boulder Canyon
Dern
Utah
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