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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
3
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AMissoula boy died in a fall after coming into contact with an electric wire while on a bridge ledge. He was with a companion when the incident occurred and the boy swung onto a slider before the wire caused a fatal shock. The report notes the accident and local details surrounding Brockway’s Sonder.
President Harding will not consider reducing sugar tariffs to lower prices. A White House briefing cited in a June 1 report says modifications would not ease the situation and could harm domestic sugar industry. Chairman Marvin of the tariff commission hinted schedules may reach the president before his Alaska trip.
Secretary of War John W. Weeks predicts a general conscription in a speech before the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. He says it could call all men and women into service and would consider such action if war occurred, though he deems it unlikely during his term.
In San Francisco on June 2 the Goddess of Liberty depicted on a new American dollar shows adenoids says Dr Wallace Harold Barnes Stanford University Hospital clinical instructor. He notes her nose is pinched and mouth open indicating adenoids while the older dollar shows no such condition. Miller is agent for Rotary White and Electric White.
Chicago reports indicate Robert E. Barry of Marietta Ohio, a former aviator, disappeared last night with his bride of five days. Marietta authorities seek him for a 25000check passed and returned for lack of funds. Mrs Barry, honeymooning in California, is met by her sister Beatrice Gage and plans to return to Marietta.
In Yuma Arizona on June 3 more than 1000 Yuma Indians with Cocopah and Mojave guests observed Karook the dead memorial. The day featured sunup rituals chants dances and tribute to 29 carved idols followed by a pageant of warpath scenes and endurance tests and a midnight bonfire.
In Billings Montana on a Sunday early morning a log house burned killing James Frederick Kirch Jr. and Norman Wendell Kirch aged four and three. The children were left with a cousin 14 in the bunk house while relatives attended a schoolhouse dance four miles away. A lantern and lightning strike are suspected as causes amid an electrical storm. The blaze halted a family reunion planned for the Kirch household on a 44th wedding anniversary.
MISSOULA June 2 The body of nine year old Viola Jauron who disappeared two weeks ago was found in the Jocko river by an Indian fisherman and brought to Missoula. The body showed it had been held down by logs and was found after a large all day search of Lalo creek.
Four more captives held by the Suchow train bandits were released unconditionally and arrived at the Tsaochwang relief camp. The released include American Jerome A. Henley and Mexican Manuel A. Vera, plus British subjects Edward Elias and Theodore Lapsiere. The eight other foreigners remained captive on Paotzuku mountain as negotiations advance.
Clara Phillips, convicted of the 1922 murder near Los Angeles, was imprisoned at San Quentin State Prison after escaping to Honduras. She entered the women's ward calmly, received registration, and was assigned prison tasks soon. Her new inmate number is 37,944.
Washington officials held to a wait-and-see approach as Governor Smith signs the New York repeal, with President Harding possibly shaping policy. Some agents may go to New York but overall enforcement remains stretched, and state and local courts will continue cases under the Volstead Act.
President Harding proclaims Pioneer Spring National Monument in the Kashaib Indian Reservation Arizona containing 40 acres. It preserves water supply on the highway between Hurricane Utah and Fredonia Ariz. First settled 1863 by Dr. James M Whitmore the land was later acquired by Brigham Young who built Windsor Castle as a Mormon refuge and cattle HQ.
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