Governor Len Small Held Accountable for State Funds
Springfield Ills Dec 30 Gov Len Small was held accountable for the entire interest entrusted to him as state treasurer by Circuit Judge Frank W Burton. The ruling said the indebtedness to the State was considerably more than one million dollars and ordered hearings before the master in chancery to determine the exact amount. The decision followed eleven days of argument with defense contending no proof of misappropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Len Small
Frank W. Burton
Carrolton
Clarence M. Board
Burton
Werner W. Schroeder
Kankakee
John Daily
Peoria
Governor Small
Small
Verne Curtis
Edward Curtis
Curtises
Grant Park Bank
Ed Curtis
Verne
General Assembly
Genera Assembly
Christmas Fire Robertstown School Tragedy in Oklahoma
A Christmas Eve fire at the Babb Switch school in Hobart Oklahoma caused by a candle on a tree burned the packed 24 by 36 foot room. The single door and wire-covered windows trapped many spectators and students. Hospitals report multiple serious burn injuries and possible additional bodies remain in embers.
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Hobart
Okla
Babb Switch
Copper Stocks Rally as Copper Shares Lead New York Market
In New York on December 26 the stock market surged despite a dull post holiday session as copper shares drove a broad rally, with many copper issues hitting new high marks for 1924. American Smelting and Refining crossed par for the first time in seven years, and United States Steel and New York Central touched their highest prices in years while grain also gained on stronger foreign demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
American Smelting and Refining
Anaconda
Chile
Kennecott
Utah
Inspiration
Magma
Butte and Superior
Cerro de Pasco
United States Steel
Common
New York Central
Montana Fares Well In Government Roads
Washington dispatch reports H. McDonald notes federal aid highway designation marks progress in U.S. road building. Montana has 805.7 miles of system through June 30 costing nearly 8.9 million dollars with federal share about 4.4 million. Gravel and graded segments predominate. plan aims for arterial network linking cities 5,000 plus within ten years. states and counties to build connecting roads.
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Washington
H. McDonald
Bureau of Good Roads
Gore
Maryland
Delaware
Rhode Island
Montana
McDonald
Man awarded compensation for eye injury despite blindness in eye
Minnesota Supreme Court upholds the workmen compensation award to N C G Mosgard of Minneapolis who lost an eye in an industrial accident despite being blind in that eye. He had been denied compensation but the Industrial Commission granted him 18 dollars weekly for 102 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IT. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
State Industrial Commission
N. C G. Mosgard
Minneapolis
Industrial Commission
Game and Fish Commission seeks license hike in Montana
Montana Sportsmen association and the state fish and game commission, in a joint session, recommend raising hunting and fishing licenses to 2 dollars each or a 3 dollar combined license, with a 1 dollar option for women and youths 15 to 19. The measure aims to fund anti predation work and educational programs and could add about 815,000 in revenue. They plan final action today and also consider Echo lake fishing abuse and broader wildlife protections including fur bearing animals, irrigation ditch screening, and bear protection.
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Helena
Montana Sportsmen Association
State Fish and Game Commission
Sportsmen
Game Commission
Montana
Si Stoddard
Deer Lodge County
Sportsmen’s Association
Echo Lake
Georgetown Lake
Stoddard
Flint Creek
Reverend Joseph Pope Dies Noted Dry Leader in Seattle
Rev. Joseph Pope 58 longtime superintendent of the Washington Anti-Saloon League died at his Seattle home after a brief illness. Born May 14 1866 in Cornwall England he previously led Montana anti saloon work for 11 years and served in the Montana state legislature before settling in Seattle in 1923. He is survived by his widow and three daughters Mrs Mary Worden Missoula Mrs Ethel Morgan Corvallis and Miss Dorothy Pope Seattle. Pope had also conducted funeral services for old friends in Montana and Billings and was said to have accumulated substantial wealth from prohibition work.
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Joseph Pope
Washington Anti- Saloon League
Billings
Woman rides locomotive pilot twelve miles after crash
Indianapo lis news recounts Mary Clark 19 clinging to the Knickerbocker Special’s pilot for 12 miles after a head on crash at a crossing. Her mother in law Clyde Clark died, Kenneth Clark and Clyde Clark were injured, Billy Hartman 20 months old escaped. Mary prayed for strength to survive and for her family.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mary Clark
Knickerbocker
New York Central
New York
Ken
Billy
Insane Patients Die In Fire At Alton Hospital Farm
Three elderly patients at the state insane hospital east of Alton perished when a farm house used for patient housing burned in the pre-dawn hours. Thomas Guyn was severely burned. 11 others escaped as frost and smoke filled the frame building.
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Alton
State Insane Hospital
Charles Sunderland
Henry Languth
Monroe County
Fred Lang
Thomas Guyn
Fred Tackenbrook
Teckenbrock
Teapot Dome Matter Rests Until March 9
Judge T Blake Kennedy granted a continuance until March 9 for the government suit in equity to annul Mammoth Oil's Teapot Dome lease. The delay seeks time to obtain testimony from Canadian witnesses and U S residents to prove a conspiracy involving Harry F Sinclair and former interior secretary Albert B Fall. Mammoth's counsel opposed the delay.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
T. Blake Kennedy
Mammoth Oil Company
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
H. S. Osler
United States
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Mammoth Company
Movie Picture Treat For New York Blind
Twelve hundred blind men women and children sat in a darkened theater and saw their first motion picture through atmospheric narrative rhythmic music and narration. The hero was a blind lighthouse keeper and the producers plan another picture for blind audiences.
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YOK
Gvomen
Extra Session Decision Delayed by President Coolidge
Washington December 26 President Coolidge reserves decision on a possible extra session of Congress after March 4 noting it should be called only for great developments He will wait for the current session to end before acting The administration seeks swift passage of three regular appropriation bills and considers other legislation in the annual message While Republican leaders including Senator Borah weigh the issue no final determination is made
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Goolidge
House
Coolidge
Chairman Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ohio Lumberman Gives Stock Gift To Employees
William M Ritter of Washington donor to his former Columbus based company. Fourteen hundred and twenty four workers receive about one quarter of the firm’s capital stock. The gift plans call for 12 500 shares with a par value of 1 250 000 and a possible total gift of 2 000 000 to 3 000 000.
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Columbus
Ohio
William McClellan Ritter
Washington
William M. Ritter Lumber Company
Five Dead and Two Hundred Homeless After Parmartown Flood
ABINGDON Virginia Dec 25 Five persons are known dead and about 200 are homeless after a muck dam breaking at Parmartown on the north fork of the Holston river at 10 last night. The village of Parmartown largely workers at the Mathieson Alkali works was wiped out. Saltville hospital and private homes nearby are crowded with injured.
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Abingdon
Parmartown
Holston River
Mathieson Alkali Works
Saltville
Former Havre Judge F. N. Utter Dies in Indiana
Former Havre jurist and Montanan banker Judge F N Utter died in Lafayette Indiana after a fall illness and TB spine diagnosis. He came to Havre as a lawyer and served as judge of the Seventeenth district before later returning to private practice. Mrs Utter and children were with him in Lafayette during his illness and death.
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Havre
F. N. Utter
Montana
Lafayette
Ind
Utter
Jim
Middlewest
Grandview Hotel at Polson Destroyed by Fire
POLSON Dec 26 A fire destroyed the north wing of the Grandview hotel and left the entire structure a ruin from fire and water. The blaze, discovered at 9 30 a m, began in the kitchen and was blamed on an overheated range. The frame building burned rapidly but part of it remained standing thanks to Polson fire department efforts.
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Polson
Grandview
Polson Fire Department
Roy Walsh Murderer Shows Strain While Imprisoned
DEER LODGE Dec 27 Roy Walsh a condemned murderer appears optimistic but strained in the state penitentiary He talks of three inventions and a perpetual motion engine saying it could power an airplane or submarine He plans to carry on despite the looming re sentence to hang for the murder of Al Johnson storekeeper Renova.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Roy Walsh
Walsh
al Johnson
Renova
J. A. Cole
Kid McCoy Convicted of Manslaughter in Mars Shooting
Former boxing star Kid McCoy is found guilty of manslaughter for shooting Mrs. Theresa Mars in Los Angeles on August 12. Jury deliberated 34 hours over 24 ballots. sentence set for Friday at 10 a.m. Defense plans an appeal. crowd packs courtroom precincts.
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Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Superior Court
Theresa Mars
McCoy
F. W. Coulther
Los Angeles County
C. S. Crail
California
Mors
Albert A. Mors
N. Shields
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Oor
Oklahoma
Game and Fish Commission
Seattle
Wash
Sweet
Grass County
Virginia
Hoosier Town
Grandview Hotel
Roy. Walsh
Kid M'Coy
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