Hill Faces Prohibition Ruling Link in 1923 1924 Charges
Congressman John Philip Hill of Maryland has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Baltimore on charges of manufacturing wine and cider at his home and maintaining a common nuisance by making alcohol brews. The case centers on 2.75 percent alcohol content in homemade beverages and past injunctions against his activities.
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Edward W. Pickard Hether
John Philip Hill
Maryland
Baltimore
Hill
Haynes
Manila reels from high seas liquor scare and consular rules
Manila faced a dry regime threat as US officials ruled foreign ships bound for the port must not bring liquor without bills of health. Filipino customs circumvented this by imposing nominal fines for ships arriving without proper health papers, restoring normal bar conditions in Manila.
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Manila
United States
Repudiation Claims in Daugherty Senate Inquiry
Gaston B. Menns linked to a signed repudiation of testimony before the Senate Investigating Committee and alleged perjury by other witnesses against former Attorney General Harry Daugherty. John W. Davis demanded retraction while Daugherty labeled the attacks as personal. Reports mixed on witness statements and Means confession, with Wheeler noting the risk of perjury and a broader political scheme.
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Gaston B. Menns
Ngnin
Harry Daugherty
Senate Investigating Committee
Daugherty
John W. Davis
Department of Justice
Davis
Roxie Stinson
Means
Bar
Wheeler
Clash Partly Fought as War Grows Near Peking
War reports say Chang Tso Lin and Wu troops armor and air power gathering for a major battle to decide the capital. Chang bombed Wu headquarters at Shanhaikwan and a troop train while Wu’s forces countered with armored tanks and machine guns, advancing into Fengtien. In Shanghai both sides plan a large offensive.
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Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Chang
Shanhaikwan
Fengtien
Shanghai
League of Nations draft plan tied to German admission terms
The proposed security and arbitration protocol would trigger a disarmament conference in Geneva if three of four great powers and ten smaller nations ratify. Germany seeks neutral status, denial of war guilt, and a permanent council seat, plus Ruhr evacuation and colonial mandates, but aims to join only after concessions.
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League of Nations Assembly
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Geneva
League Council
United States
Russia
Germany
League
Berlin
Council
Ruhr
Army aviators complete globe circuit lands in Seattle
The airmen finished their around the world flight at Rockwell Field in San Diego after starting in Seattle. On their Santa Monica stop they landed on a roses covered field and each recipient received a purse of 1000 dollars in gold.
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Seattle
Globe
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Cal
Santa Monica
Centennial Celebration at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia
The ARPENTERS hall hosted a 150th anniversary commemoration of the first Continental congress with governors of the original 13 states and Revolutionary War era militias invited. President Coolidge delivered the main address, followed by a Valley Forge pageant the next day.
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Arpenters' Hall
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Carpenters' Company
Coolidge
Valley Forge
Notable Deaths and Political Moves Across States
Rig. Gen. Charles E Sawyer dies at his Marion Ohio home aged leader and Harding Memorial chair. R J Gamble and W R Green also die. Oval Smith renominated by Democrats. New York Republicans back Theodore Roosevelt for governor denouncing the Ku Klux Klan. California bars La Follette Wheeler electors, forcing use of Socialist electors. North Dakota Republicans seek to bar La Follette electors on fraud claims. Republicans summarize that Socialist Third party electors act as Republicans and back La Follette if successful.
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Charles E. Sawyer
Harding
Marion
Ohio
Harding Memorial Association
R. J. Gamble
United States
South Dakota
W. R. Green
Congress
Massachusetts
Green
Oval Smith
New York
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
California
LaFollette-Wheeler
State Supreme Court
Wisconsin
North Dakota
LaFollette
Coolidge
Lewistown Hears of Wisconsin Cattle Shipment and Local Incidents
Missoula cattle dealer M Levinson arrived in Lewistown with Wisconsin Holsteins destined for local farmers. Other items touch on a lightning strike near Fort Benton, timber sale estimates near Missoula, a Dillon teachers association formation, a centerville safe robbery, a fatal ranch fire near Whitehall, a hunter lost near Homestake, bird hunting complaints, Augusta Gilman station move, a bull goring death near Thompson Falls, and a Whitepine ranch death with a defending pickfork nearby.
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Wisconsin
M. Levinson
Lewistown
Missoula
Levinson
Livestock Association of
Big Hole
Elers I Koch
Koch
Dillon
Montana Education Association
Dillon Public Schools
Beaverhead County
State Normal College
Centerville
Butte
William Hodges
John Flaherty
Jefferson County
Cold Springs Ranch
Whitehall
Mr. Flaherty
George Murray
Hunter
Homestake
Keith Pillsbury
Butte Nimrod
Game Department
Cascade County
Judith Basin
Great Falls
Augusta
Gilman
State Railroad Commission
Great Northern
Sun River
Great Northern Bull Gores
Victor Erickson
Whitepine
Thompson Falls
Erickson
Livestock Firms Strike Deal for Winter Sheep Feed
A deal between Wood Livestock Co of Idaho and Horton Brothers ranch on Tongue River near Forsyth covers hay and pasture to winter 10 000 head of sheep in eastern Montana. Idaho feed shortages push large numbers of sheep and cattle into western Montana for the winter.
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Wood Livestock Company of
Idaho
Northwest
Tom Horton
Horton Brothers
Tongue River
Forsyth
Montana
Wolves Kill Calves In Judith River Range Survey
W B Willey supervisor of the Jefferson forest reports wolves are killing many young calves. After a week inspection Willey with T hommason and Guy Myers found eight calves killed last week. A government trapper has been stationed on the south fork and three large wolves and 15 coyotes have been killed.
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Judith River
W. B. Willey
Jefferson National Forest
Mr. Willey
Thommason
Ern. Ing
Missoula
Guy Myers
Judith District
Great Falls
South Fork
Judith Game Preserve
Lost Fork
Malta Commercial Club seeks lower freight rates for horses
The Malta Commercial Club adopts resolutions urging the state railroad commission and major railways to cut freight charges on horses. The move aims to reduce Montana ranges surplus horses by replacing them with more profitable stock and freeing range for cattle and better-bred horses. J. F. Kilduff, club president, cites efficiency and range use as reasons and sends copies to Montana commercial clubs.
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Montana
Excess Wool Profits Returned Under War Price Fixing 1918
Government fixed wool prices in 1918 and limited profits. Total excess profits recoverable amount to 1,484,207.99 dollars. So far 748,829.22 collected and 444,574.93 returned. Firms still owing resist court action. all cases tried have led to final payment, indicating full recovery.
Bitter Root Apples Headed East From Stevensville
The first general move of the Bitter Root apple crop begins this week from Stevensville Montana with five carloads loading for shipment before midweek. Only five cars have previously shipped to the New York market while heavy local express shipments go to Montana commercial centers and nearby states.
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New York
Stevensville
Montana
Woman Shot Accidentally in Montana Car Load Incident
Mrs Frank Nolan of Sunburst arrived in Great Falls on September 23 for treatment of a gunshot wound to the left leg. The bullet was fired when a .22 caliber rifle discharged accidentally while unloading game from a car near a Sunburst rear door. The wound was treated at Columbus hospital.
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Frank Nolan
Sunburst
Great Falls
Poison Test Reduces Wood Chucks in Gallatin County
In Gallatin County a poisoning trial reduced wood chucks numbers. County agent R N Bodley and state rodent control agent O E Stephl spread a strychnine molasses mix on alfalfa tips. The experiment, described as a success by Bodley, aimed to control the growing rodent population.
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Gallatin County
R. N. Bodley
O. E. Stephl
Mr. Bodley
Youth Regains Consciousness After Long Coma
George Jacobson a 16 year old of Niehart regained consciousness at a local hospital Friday after more than 250 hours in a coma. He was found unconscious near his home September 14 with a fracture at the skull base believed to be from a fall from his horse.
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George Jacobson
Niehart
Osteopaths Condemn Hospitals Over Osteopathic Access
At the Montana Osteopathic Association closing session a resolution condemned hospitals for denying osteopathic physicians access to patient care. A second resolution urged government cooperation with other nations to abolish cocaine production and distribution as a local anaesthetic, citing its evils and available substitutes.
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Osteopaths
Montana Osteopathic Association
Governor lifts embargo on California shipments except livestock
Governor Dixon issued a proclamation lifting the embargo on shipments from California effective Sept 28, excluding livestock due to the foot and mouth disease epizootic in southern California. Livestock from uninfected California areas may move with strict inspection while embargoes stay in affected zones. Texas livestock quarantine ordered by Dr. W J Butler remains until epidemic extent is known.
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Dixon
Calfornia
California
Texas
W. J.butler
Butte & Superior Mining Co Tax Upheld by State Supreme Court
The state supreme court on September 26 affirmed a Silver Bow district court ruling that Butte and Superior Mining Co must pay a tax of 53,944 on the net proceeds of the Black Rock mine for the year ending May 31, 1920. Howard McIntyre, treasurer of Silver Bow County, brought the action in 1923, contending 1920 net proceeds were 1,186,245 while the company claimed a 1920 deficit of more than 1,000,000 due to ore purchases. The company argued the 1920 report was accepted as filed, leaving the state board of equalization without authority to revise it.
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State Supreme Court
Silver Bowistrict
Butte & Superior Mining Co
Black Rock
Howard McIntyre
Silver Bow County
State Board of Equalization
Montana counties to share gas tax funds
State Treasurer O H Junod announced that 39899.88 dollars from the two cent gasoline tax will be evenly distributed among Montana's 55 counties in the coming days. The figure is 40 percent of last quarters' total gas tax receipts for the 1928 fiscal year.
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Montana
O. H. Junod
State Highway Commission
Cashill Brothers Ordered to Serve Larceny Prison Terms
The Supreme Court upheld a one to two year prison sentence for C. H. Cashill and his brother Scott K. Cashill, the first men convicted under Montana's new banking laws. They were found guilty of grand larceny by a Deer Lodge County jury on Oct 14, 1921, with Judge George B. Winston presiding.
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C. H. Cashill
Scott K. Cashill
Montana
George B. Winston
District Court
Deer Lodge County
Supreme Court
Seek Authority to Close Rural Phone Line
Handel brothers of Musselshell request permission from the state public service commission to discontinue the Musselshell to Roundup rural telephone line. They say the line earns less than its operating expenses and service is provided at a loss.
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Musselshell
State Public Service Commission
Handel Brothers of
University of Montana units plan united publicity campaign
The chancellor announced a calendar proposal for a state board of education meeting describing a statewide campaign to advertise all Greater University of Montana units. The plan would replace unit by unit campaigns and address citizens about state educational facilities.
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United
Greater
University of Montana
State Board of Education
Montana
United Campaign
Prohibition Case Convicts Jerry Sawyer in Gallatin County
The Montana Supreme Court affirmed a district court conviction for violating the state prohibition act. Evidence shows Jerry Sawyer, already twice convicted of unlawful possession, was arrested February 1 by a deputy sheriff and two beer brewers acting on a warrant to search his Bozeman premises.
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Supreme Court
District Court
Gallatin
Jerry Sawyer
Sawyer
Bozeman
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