Witness Tells of Prison Career From 1886 to 1921
The former warden Conley testified about his service at Deer Lodge prison from 1886 as guard to 1921 as warden. He described the 1899 contract with the state, the facility’s limited capacity, and his role in expanding operations. He also held posts as mayor of Deer Lodge, highway commissioner, provost marshal at Butte, and deputy sheriff in Miles City.
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Svarden
Thomas McTague Ooh
Deer Lodge
Butte
Miles City
Conley
Muscle Shoals project heats up congressional debate
Fragmented notes describe a private party proposal and committee actions on the Muscle Shoals matter. Key figures and the Congress consider accepting a plan, with debates focused on who can support it and how it will affect national debt, as committees push for a favorable outcome.
Market Shows Alse In Figures
Market reports show price activity for Cascade county cattle and Montana stock in recent auctions. Prices hovered around 40 to 42 cents per pound with bids and bids reflected by buyers, while expectations for higher rates lingered for future sales as buyers weighed quality and breed type.
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Cascade County
Hoel Pigott
Montana
Iusett
Hong
Boston
Jetas
First Set Back in Tariff Bill Tilt In Senate Fight
The Senate committee majority faced its first reversal as the tariff bill fought back bricks duty for construction. A substitute would impose a 25 percent ad valorem duty on bricks if any country taxed US brick imports. Untermeyer urged removing duties on building materials to break dealer combinations. The panel’s brick provision shifted, magnesite duties rose, cyanide restored to free list, and four Democrats joined Republicans in key votes.
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Washington
Senate
Seanee Committee
Beig
Eerepublican Agricultues
O.epecal
Committee Majest
United States
Samuel Untermeyer
Lockwood
New York
Broussard
Louisiana
Ashurst
Arizona
Jones
New Mexico
Pittman
Nevada
Ole
Coal Dealers Protest Set Against Proposed Mine Price Rise
Washington May 90 coal dealers protest a plan for a minimum 83 a ton at the mines calling it unjustified. L W Ferguson leading Chicago Coal Merchants Association says 506000 tons under contract to March 31 1928 at 1.75 per net ton base undercuts proposed rise. Delegation will press Hoover for official review noting war period costs were higher.
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Washington
Secretary Hoover
Department of Commerce
L. W. Ferguson
Chicago Coal Merchants’ Association
Hoover
Knights of Columbus Vote to Remand Resignations
Des Moines May 30 The Iowa Knights of Columbus adopted a resolution at their annual convention demanding the public apology of Supreme Knight J A Flaherty and Supreme Advocate Joseph C Pelletier to the Massachusetts Supreme Court for casting aspersions on its motives in dismissing Pelletier as district attorney. Delegates were instructed to carry the action to the Atlantic City Supreme Council convention in August.
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Des Moines
National Organization of the Knights of Columbus
Supreme
J. A. Flaherty
New Haven
Connecticut
Joseph C. Pelletier
Boston
Massachusetts
Iowa Knights of Columbus
Flaherty
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Railway Shopmen To Get Pruning Knife
Chicago May 20 An 850,000,000 wage slash for railway workers will be announced this week The Herald Examiner says more than 400 000 shop craft employees will face at least a five cent per hour cut The move plus prior wage cuts for maintenance of way workers will save railways 100 000 000 of payroll costs by May 1920 levels with remaining cuts to follow before July 1.
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Chicago
Herald Examiner
Department of Labor
Maintenance of Way
Baby Clinic Draws Over Seventy Examinations
The Mothers club ran a rainy Saturday Baby Clinic with Drs. Claiborn Leary and Baskett, aided by Mrs. Crockett of the Montana Tuberculosis association. Prizes were awarded to top scores and ages, with a focus on mother and infant care education to save babies.
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Mothers Club
United Aid of Womanhood of
Montana
Ben Tangen
Arthur Nicholson
C. C. Nicholson
Womans Club
Dorothy Nicholson
Stuart Nicholson
Patricia Bryan
Pat Bryan
Wayne Henry
Robbie Jarrett
Mary Utermohic
Evelyn Barber
Raymond Bryan
Alice E. Kellogg
Will A. Webb
Gladys Skaarland
Alice M. Egeland
Alita B. Carlson
Hazel Carlson
Robert Chase
Mary Etta Patterson
Louis M. Wesland
Walter H. Nicholson
John Veblen
Warren Lintz
Elaine L. Baskett
Ruth L. Langer
Phyllis Utermohle
Vivian Crabtree
Beulah J. Patterson
Helen Roquet
E. R. Patterson
Bonus Bill Due For Long Drawnout Fight
Senate finance committee to consider soldiers bonus legislation on Monday. Chairman McCumber hopes to report an amended house measure, but Democrats doubt a quick decision. Support split shown in informal counts with Republicans divided 5 to 5, leaving minority to decide.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
House
Senate
Liberty Bonds Rise Above Par After Strong Buying Surge
New York May 31 bonds sold at par or higher for first time since issue. Heavy trading driven by money easing and investment demand from individuals and corporations ahead of June dividends. Quotations show yields around 6 percent with many issues advancing.
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New York
Mary Pickford G Gets O. K. In Nevada Court
The Nevada Supreme Court sustained Mary Pickford’s divorce from Owen Moore, affirming a lower court ruling quashing service of summons. The state had sought to dissolve the decree on grounds of residence, fraud, and collusion, contesting Minden court jurisdiction.
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Miss Pickford
District Court
Fowler
State Supreme Court
Jury In Cement Case Declared Unable to Reach Verdict
A jury in a cement case reported an inability to reach a verdict after deliberations. Court officials scheduled further proceedings to determine a path forward in the dispute.
Wage cuts slash nearly fifty million from railway pay
The United States railroad labor board ordered wage reductions totaling more than 846 million dollars for about 400 000 railway workers. The cuts average five cents an hour, mainly affecting maintenance of way staff, with broader effects on future decisions and potential impact on 200 000 jobs.
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Chicago
United State Railroad Labor Board
Pioneer George W. Baker Dies in San Diego California
George W. Baker a Boulder valley pioneer died in San Diego after a paralytic stroke two years earlier. Born in 1840 in Vermont he spent early years in New York mining and freighting before moving to Montana in 1881 to settle on the Boulder. Survived by wife Emma B. Cowles and four children the funeral service will be at Congregational church.
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George W. Baker
Boulder Valley
San Diego
Calif
Baker
Essex County
Vermont
New York
Minnesota
Montana
California
Nevada
Sweet Grass County
Boulder
Baker & Bruffey
Emma B. Cowles
Danville
Wis
Pearl
Senate Cloture Move on Tariff Bill Faces GOP Opposition
Reported from Washington that after a conference today Republican senators showed enough opposition to defeat a cloture rule on the tariff bill. Democrats remain solid against the proposal as an informal canvass finds perhaps a party declaration unlikely. Clerical errors and informal petitions circulate among cloture advocates amid uncertainty.
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Washington
Goatareace
Fellow Gets Freedom But Don’t Get Auto
United States district judge J. M. Bourquin upheld forfeiture and condemnation of Harvey Noble’s automobile for alleged transporting of intoxicating liquor contrary to law. The car was libeled after Noble was acquitted of the liquor transport charge, and the court found indemnity of fact and law not established. Noble’s claim that officers fired at him and he fled was deemed an unfounded, credibility-straining motive for his testimony.
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Butte
J. M. Bourquin
United States District Court
Harvey Noble
Noble
Jimmy Murphy Leads in 660 Mile Indianapolis Race
Jimmy Murphy of Los Angeles won the 660 mile automobile race at the Indianapolis Speedway before a record crowd of 136000. He smashed the distance record by more than 16 minutes with a time of 5 hours 17 minutes 30.79 seconds averaging 94.48 mph. Murphy made only three pit stops, first at 185 miles for tire and fuel, and a second for tire change and fuel, before finishing.
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Indianapolis
Jimmy Murphy
Los Angeles
Calif
Hall of Motor Fame
Indianapolis ‘Speedway
Murphy
Smithereens
Ralph
de Palma
Los
Angeles
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the Cutitialler
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Henne
Alse
Phillips Drug Co
Corrine Schultz
Gerhardt Schultz
Big Timber Pharmacy
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Peter Vork
Cap
Golden Rule
Madelyn Webb
Harold Webb
Hose
Solberg
David Veblen
Harold Veblen
King, Bailey & Lamb
Gwendolyn Egeland
Theo
Liberty
Bonds
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