Court slate cleaned in two weeks jury session
The Sixth judicial district closed a two-year backlog during a recent jury term, with two major grand larceny cases involving sheep products. McComas-Sylling received a 1.5 to 3 year sentence and appeal bonds were posted. Stokes was found guilty after a retrial for theft of wool, with ongoing proceedings and new venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth, Judicial District
McComas-Sylling
Stokes
Sixth Judicial District Court
McComas- Sylling
Pioneer
Deer Lodge
Miller
O'Connor & Miller
Jim Vining
Horace S
Dempsey Declares He Is Out Of Fight Game
Jack Dempsey announced in San Diego that he is definitively through with boxing. He said there is nothing more to say about the matter and will not face Gene Tunney next summer, despite Tex Rickard seeking an opponent. He spoke with his wife Estelle Taylor after lunch with friends at a local hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Jack Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Tex Rickard
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Rickard
Tunney
Million Dollar Slander Suit Delayed For Sermon Prep
Aimee Semple McPherson won a delay in a deposition in the $1,600,000 slander suit filed by Virla Kimball. Attorney S. S. Hahn, McPherson, and new counsel Jerry Geisler set Monday March 12 for replies, citing the evangelist’s Sunday sermon work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Four Square Gospel
S. S. Hahn
Mother Sells Girl And Now Two Are Dead
Chicago report details a 14 year old girl named Nar Fancy sold by her mother for 87500 to Steve Tarvosof a 20 year old man. After Nar Fancy rejected him he returned to Milwaukee then came back and shot her in her bedroom before fatally shooting himself.
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Chicago
Steve Tarvosof
A. Naruscziszic
Nar Fancy
Milwaukee
Wheeler urges Democrats to run on progressive lines
Senator Wheeler of Montana told the Woman's National Democratic Club that the Democratic Party must embrace progressive and liberal platforms or risk extinction. He attacked Republicans for corruption, urged curbs on labor injunctions, maintained inheritance tax, and called for reform of the Federal Reserve to aid farmers and small merchants. He also advocated withdrawing American marines from Nicaragua and warned against using force to protect property.
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Wheeler
Washington
Montana
Woman's National Democratic Club
Montana Democrat
la Fellette
Democratic Party
Walsh
Harry F. Sinclair
Mentenna
Coetidge
Interstate Commerce
Federal Trade Commissions
Jery
Federal Reserve
Nicaragus
Chicago
Philadelphia
Elevators Introduce Protein Based Grain Buying
Swift Grain Co and Powers Elevator Co adopt a protein based pricing system for wheat. Prices vary by protein content from 12 to 14 percent across hard spring dark northern spring and northern spring categories, with winter and other grains largely unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Grain Co
Powers Elevator Co
Gallatin Upsets Dope Bucket In Tourney Win
Gallatin county high of Bozeman defeated Custer in the first round of the 17th annual state tournament, edging ahead early and finishing 25 to 20. Harding led Gallatin with five field goals as Anaconda and Teton Co joined in opening day wins in Butte.
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Gallatin
Dope Bucket
Custer
Butte
Mont
Dawson County Quint
Butte High School
Glendive
Gallatin County High
Bozeman
Anaconda
Teton Co. High
Lewistown
Butte Central
Poplar
Missoula
Bearcreek
Billings
Manhattan
Dillon
Rowan and
Ghent
Whitefish
Fergus High
Husky
Teton County Hoppers
Jenkins
Smelter Boys
Davidson
Norris
Chateau
Reed Found Guilty Of Bombing Schoolhouse
In Ottawa Illinois Hiram Reed 101 of Mossville was found guilty by a jury of bombing the Pleasant Valley schoolhouse hurting his sweetheart teacher Miss Iola Bradford. The verdict followed less than an hour of deliberation with no recommendation to the court and a possible sentence of one to 20 years.
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Ottawa
Ill
Hiram Reed
Mossville
Pleasant Valley
Iola Bradford
Reed
Mrs Graysons Plane Now Officially Lost
The Sikorsky amphibian NX 1262's license was cancelled with the note passengers and plane lost at sea. The plane Dawn left Long Island December 28 1927 carrying Mrs Frances Grayson Oskar Omdahl pilot Brice Goldsborough navigator and Fred Koehler mechanic was sighted over Massachusetts but never heard from again.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Long Island
Frances Grayson
Oskar Omdahl
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Koehler
Massachusetts
French Divorce Mills Get Serious Setback
A Paris report notes a sharp setback for the American divorce industry in France after Versailles court denial to Bainridge Colby. Foreign lawyers and French attorneys faced scrutiny as rich Americans flocked to Europe for dissolving marriages, with brokers operating on the Riviera and at resorts.
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Paris
France
Versailles
Bainridge Colby
Reno
Riviera
Channel
Dr. Pampel Reappointed to State Board of Health
Livingston physician Byron J. Pampel was reappointed by Governor Erickson to a five year term on the State Board of Health. He has chaired the board and served since its founding ten years earlier. The board, chosen from the medical association list, reflects non partisan appointments and five year terms with staggered reappointments each spring.
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Livingston
Byron J. Pampel
State Board of Health
J. E. Erickson
State
Pampel
State Board
Stewart
Dixon
State Medical Association
State Association
Lindbergh Gift Bill Approved by Senate
The senate approved a house bill authorizing Charles A. Lindbergh to accept gifts and decorations from foreign governments and sent it to President Coolidge. Senator Jones, a Republican from Washington, stated he did not oppose the bill but urged Lindbergh to refuse such gifts.
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Washington
House
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate
Coolidge
Jones
Congress
Lindbergh
Arctic Survival Tale Of Three Men And Two Airmen
Ottawa reports the escape of Pilot A. A. Lewis Flight Sergeant N. C. Terry and an Eskimo guide after extraordinary two week drift on Arctic ice and sea. Stranded by thick weather they battled cold hunger and disorientation, finally reaching Port Barwell on Hudson Strait.
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Ottawa
North
Atlatic
Marine Department
T. A. Lawrence
Port Barwell
Hedson Strait
A. A. Lewis
N. C. Terry
See Im
Port Berwell
Hudson Strait
Lend
McAdoo Backs Walsh in Democratic Presidential Push
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana gains open support from William G. McAdoo as Democrats move toward primaries in California and beyond. The pair aim to stall Smith with Walsh entering California and Wisconsin, while Reed of Missouri campaigns in those states and others.
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Washington
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
William G. McAdoo
Smith
New York
Teapot Dome
Reed
Missouri
California
Kansas City
Houston
White House
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Walsh
Herbert Hoover
Frank C. Lowden
Watson
Indiana
Willis
Ohio
Curtis
Kansas
Norris
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Huston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
North Dakota
McAdoo
Madison Square Garden
Toay
Instructors Seek Mine School Head Job in Butte
More than 20 applications have been received from educators for the head of the State School of Mines post after Dr. G. W. Craven resigns. Chancellor OM. A. Beamon, visiting in Butte, notes ongoing faculty discussions on school problems. A year of research is planned with emphasis on Montana's mineral prospects and expanding the library and mining engineering periodicals.
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Butte
G. W. Craven
State School of Mines
OM. A. Beamon
Bette
Brannon
Mines
Helena
Montana
Original Tom Sawyer Is Buried In Canada
Spokane dispatch reports Mrs Flavilla Pines of Coeur d Alene Idaho says her brother Thomas Sawyer died February 7 in Tucson Arizona and was buried in Bellevue cemetery Ontario Canada as the original of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Sawyer aided in Milwaukee railroad construction across North Dakota and Montana before health led him to Arizona.
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Spokane
Wash
Tom Sawyer
Samuel J. Clemens
Mark Twain
Flavilla Pines
Coeur d'Alene
Ida
Thomas Sawyer
Tucson
Acz
Bellevue Cemetery
Ontario
Clemens
Tom
Mississippi
Sawyer
Milwaukee
North Dakota
Montana
Arizona
First Electrocution Set in Cook County for Illegal Operation
Chicago jurors convict Dr Amenti Rongetti of murder and sentence him to death for an illegal operation that killed Loretta Enders 19. It marks the first death penalty used by electrocution in Cook County since the method replaced hanging. The case began after 3.5 hours of deliberation with guilt found on the first ballot. Rongetti allegedly refused further surgery because Enders lacked funds.
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Chicago
Amenti Rongetti
Loretta Enders
Cook County
Dirigible Los Angeles returns to home port after stormy voyage
The Los Angeles dirigible, after a 4000 mile trip to Panama, fought a blizzard and strong winds to reach its hangar at 7 a m. Four sailors clung to handrails were rescued inside the cabin as a snowstorm threatened the ship. Com C E Rosendahl brought the airship over Guacanayabo bay Cuba at 11 40 p m after a 37 hour flight. The crew totaled 43 aboard the craft at peak.
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Lake Marst. N
Los Angeles
Panama
Germany
C. E. Rosendahl
Guacanayabo Bay
Cuba
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Lloyd Stokes
Svend Maitland
Jesse J. Kellogg
Garret Mos
Hollingsworth
John Weidinger
W. C. Rowsey
Peter Lamb
L. T. Bailey
John Krone
Henry Glass
Stanley Lavold
Edward Hower
A. A. Lamp
Lamach
Maitland
Jin
Loggins
MacFarlane
R. H. Wiedman
Gallatin Topa Custer
Whiefish
Fergus
Dr. Pampel
M’adoo
Wets
Drys
Hut
Hit
Wisconsin
South Dakota
St. Petersburg
Fla
School of Mines
Canada
Dirigible
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