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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
8
A baby girl was born Tuesday September 29 to Mayor and Mrs John H Trower. Also noted were visitors from Gibson and Livingston and a new Overland sedan for Sheriff Brannin. Local licenses and trips to Bozeman, Wyola, and Melville are listed along with a rough house incident at the McQuillan property.
Colonel William Mitchell accuses the navy of amateur bungling in three major aero nautical projects. He contends the Shenandoah disaster stemmed from a propaganda mission, tropical planes were mishandled for the MacMillan Arctic expedition, and the Hawaiian flight used an inadequate gas supply.
Fred W. Sargent, president of the Chicago and Northwestern, told the Chicago Association of Commerce that no western district railroad earned 5.75 percent since the war and needs about 500 million dollars annually in new investment. He urged public support for bonds, rate increases, removal of restraints, and relief from taxes, while promoting rail development and canal toll adjustments. The speech touched on financing, remedies, and public cooperation.
George B. Haskell of Springfield files a 15 million dollar federal suit in Boston against the Aluminum Company of America. He alleges conspiracy with George J. Allen and James B. Duke to block water power access for aluminum manufacture and claims the company controls most bauxite supplies in the United States and abroad.
Rome reports the Holy Year committee issued a circular to pilgrimage directors requiring women in churches to wear head coverings and modest attire. It states violators will be ejected and notes the rules come at the request of Pope Pius XII era context.
A continued listing highlights winners in multiple divisions at the First Club And Project Fair. Names such as Bonnie Thompson Gunivere Horton Lewis Brannin and Leon Tucker appear across classes including poultry corn beef calves grains and vegetables with top prizes noted for tomatoes beets carrots and more. The Big Timber Woman's Club vegetable show also records multiple firsts seconds and thirds for Mrs G H Gordon and others.
Robert M. La Follette Jr. won a U.S. Senate seat with a landslide in Milwaukee and carried 70 of 71 Wisconsin counties. He topped opponent Dithmar by large margins, including Racine and Kenosha counties, while Rock county backed Dithmar. Heavy rain delayed some precinct reports across the state.
Three crewmen of Submarine -51 were saved after its sinking off Block Island Massachusetts. One man was in serious condition from chlorine gas exposure, another had water in the lungs, and the third was only chilled. They were wrapped in blankets and taken to Chelsea Navy Hospital after surfacing from their bunks near the conning tower.
Captain Dichel reported sounding alarms and reversing when the S 51 appeared on his starboard bow. The submarine sank within a minute after a glancing strike halfway between stern and conning tower. Three survivors were rescued as the City of Rome resumed voyage preparation toward Savannah.
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