Wheeler Freed From All Charges in Oil Permit Case
Washington December 29 Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana won a ruling to dismiss all charges against him in a DC federal indictment alleging conspiracy to defraud the government by obtaining gas and oil permits. The court threw out charges against Edwin S Booth and Gordon Campbell. further appeals were not suggested.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Walsh
Wheeler
Edwin
Gordon Campbell
Bailey
Secretary of the Interior
William A. Leahy
View Of Home Team Through Annin Glass
Local fans enjoyed a week of hoops with a Friday night duel against Big Timber. The home team led 17 to 10 as the game moved fast and the home guard surged ahead while Big Timber showed strength but lacked finishing punch. The girls preliminary was the fastest seen in the local gym with Jane Littleton scoring early and Irene Petosa Nellie Grant and Littleton closing strong. The Big Timber forward stood out with all twelve points for her side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus News
Big Timbers
Big Timber
Jane Littleton
Irene Petosa
Nellie Grant
Gallatin Natural Gas Co Appeals Utility Ruling in Montana
Gallatin Natural Gas Co appeals to Yellowstone County district court after the Montana Public Service Commission ruled it a public utility. The Delaware firm operates a Wyoming to Montana pipeline delivering gas to Billings via the Billings Gas Co. The commission found shared ownership with Billings Gas and asserted jurisdiction over the Gallatin company. The appeal seeks to set aside the order and discontinue the commission’s authority.
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Helena
Mont
District Court
Yellowstone County
Gallatin Natural Gas Co
Montana Public Service Commission
Commission
Gallatin Natural Gas Company
Delaware
Montana
Elk Basin
Wyoming
Bridger
Fromberg
Laurel
Billings
Billings Gas Company
Montana Corporation
Gallatin Company
Billings Company
One Hundred Million For Xmas In Chicago
Chicago closes a record Christmas with department stores reporting 50 to 99 million dollars in sales and smaller shops adding similar totals. Welfare groups prepare to feed the hungry while robbers strike citywide, with a $4000 store hold up and a diamond ring theft. Vice President Dawes among last minute shoppers at State and Madison seeking a missing gift.
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Chicago
Santa Claus
Sco Oodon
Dawes
State
Madison Streets
Farm relief program to handle surplus crops
Washington December 26 The administration plans to broaden its farm relief program to include machinery for handling surplus crops. President Coolidge and Secretary Jardine agree surplus crops are a major agricultural problem and government action is needed. The approach favors selling surplus crops in export markets without a direct government commission, as Iowa farmers and bankers met to discuss marketing the surplus corn.
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Washington
Coolidge
Jardine
Congressional Farm Bloc
Federal Commission
White House
Des Moines
Iowa
Dickinson
Towa
Agriculture
Clark Estate Pays 900000 Inheritance Tax Advance
The Montana state board of equalization reports W A Clark heirs paid 900000 as an advance inheritance tax to Silver Bow county treasurer. Half funds public schools, half to state general fund. audit continues to seek higher final tax. The move saves interest on 450000 for six months and could boost Montana receipts if federal law retroactively favors unsold estates.
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Helena
W. A. Clark
Butte
Silver Bow County
State Board of Equalization
Montana
Board of Equalization
Board of Examiners
Stewart
Sergeson
Clark
Sydney Lanner
Clark Heirs
Walker
Met Museum to Benefit From Munsey Estate Will
New York December 30 The Metropolitan Museum of Art will receive the bulk of the Frank A. Munsey estate under his will filed today The will directs five years for disposing of Munsey papers including the Sun and Evening Telegram and converting assets into cash or securities.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frank A. Munsey
The
Sun
Evening Telegram
Munsey
John M. Hyde
Lewistown
Munsey Trust Company
Washington, D. C
Bowdoin College
Maine State Hospital of
Portland
Central Maine General Hospital
William T. Dewart
Mr. Munsey
Pat Crowe the Omaha Outlaw Given Suspended Sentence
Pat Crowe, 37, once an outlaw tied to the 1907 Eddie Gudahy kidnapping, received a suspended sentence for vagrancy in Essex Market court after being arraigned on begging in a subway. He recalled the St Joseph and Gomer Bluffs railroad robbery, the $50,000 ransom, and said he has reformed and prefers begging to stealing.
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New York
Pat” Crowe
Jim Callahan
Eddie Gudahy
Chicago
Packer
Essex Market
Crowe
St. Joseph and Gomer Bluffs
St. Joseph
Missouri
Ace
Winter Wheat Acreage Given By Crop Agents
Montana farmers seeded 188000 acres to winter wheat this fall down about 25 percent from a revised 650000 in 1924. Abandonment from winter damage averaged 20.8 percent over ten years, with 70.0 percent last winter. December 1 crop condition stood at 87 percent of normal, rye at 9000? percent. Weather in Sept to Nov reduced seedings. August intentions called for less winter wheat and more winter rye.
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Helena
Mont
Dee
Montana
Montana Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Wheat Market Goes Wild in Chicago Short Session
In Chicago on December 26 the wheat market surged to new seasonal highs as buyers pushed prices up across the board. Strong eastern demand and a buoyant government report supported gains, with December futures closing at 1.844 per bushel and a late 9 to 9 cents rise trimmed by profit taking. oats and corn also rose modestly on the strength.
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Chicago
Five Hundred Cities Observe Wilson Day
Five hundred U S cities paid homage to Woodrow Wilson on the 69th anniversary of his birth. A Woodrow Wilson foundation dinner at the Hotel Astor featured Dr Harry A Garfield praising Wilson for clear vision and indomitable purpose. He cited welfare conferences for women and children, public health treaties at Locarno, support for a world court, and a proposed armament limitation conference.
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New York
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Hotel Astor
Harry A. Garfield
Wiliam College
Wilson
Garfield
Locarno
Birthday wreaths laid on Woodrow Wilson tomb in Washington
Wreaths from nearly fifty cities and local groups were placed on Woodrow Wilson’s tomb at the Episcopal National Cathedral to honor his birthday. A dinner followed with remarks from Wilson’s friends and admirers. New seventeen cent Wilson stamps went on sale today, each place card bearing a quote.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Episcopal National Cathedral
Noted $30 000 damage suit against Dr Hathaway up
The retrial of a $30,000 damage suit by Mrs. Gina Kelly of Forsyth against Dr. R. J. Hathaway of Glendive and Susan Kipp of Rosebud opened in Anaconda district court. Kelly alleges unlawful removal from a Wisconsin sanitarium to Warm Springs and improper operations with coercive measures and forced confinement, with prior verdicts overturned as excessive.
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Anaconda
Gina Kelly
Forsyth
R. J. Hathaway
Glendive
Susan Kipp
Rosebud
Warm Springs
Montana
Hathaway
Miss Kipp
George 3. Winston
Kelly
Wauwatosa
Wis
Riverside Institution
Milwaukee
Winston
Feldt
Locke Seeks Court Over Board’s Disallowance of Lodging Claim
Helena dispatch reports J G Locke chairman of Montana Industrial Accident Board says court will review board action disallowing boiler examiner J R Hartley lodging and meals during Hardin assignment October 9 to 24 The disputed amount covers time awaiting instructions on transportation at ten cents per mile and Hartley says he could not obtain transit within that limit.
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Hardin Oa
President Green Opposes Soviet Fund Senders
President Green of the American Federation of Labor warned unions nationwide about appeals to raise money to fund a committee of alleged labor representatives to Russia. He said the drive is sponsored by communist sympathizers aiming to imply a Soviet government mandate.
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Washington
Green
American Federation of Labor
Russia
Great Britain
Death Rate For 1924 Given By Department
The commerce department places the 1924 death rate at 11.9 per 100000, based on 1,173,900 deaths in 99,030,194 people, with broader city figures showing rising automobile deaths and upticks in personal crisis reports and murders from 1923 to 1924.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Mike Riser to Stand Trial for Draper Death
Mike Riser appeared in Judge J. C. Stantoon's court on a first degree murder charge in the death of Police Officer Frank Draper during a search of Riser's apartment. Riser, wounded and jailed, pleaded not guilty and a February trial is anticipated at the next jury term.
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Lewistown
Mike Riser
J. C. Stantoon
Department of the District Court
Frank Draper
Riser
Farr W W. Koehler
Roy Ayres
Great Falls
Bronze Tablet Planned for Late Jurist Theodore Brantly
Helena officials announce a bronze tablet honoring Theodore Brantly, longtime chief justice of Montana's supreme court. The plaque, by Sherry Fry, shipped from New York and destined for the court room, recalls Brantlys 1899 to 1922 tenure and his role in shaping liberty through law.
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Helena
Montana
W. A. Clark, Jr
Theodore Brantly
Supreme Court of Montana
Commonwealth
Brantly
State Capitol
Third Judicial District
Anaconda
Also Mentioned on This Page
Supreme Court of District of Columbia
Edwin S. Booth
Annin Glass
Natural Gas Company
James A. Stewart
QO. A. Bergeson
Internal Revenue Department
Clark Properties
Munsey Money
Mrs. Hyde
Pat Crowe
Omaha
New Street Mendicant
DR. Hathaway
Jerome G. Locke
Soviets
Draper
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