Revenue bill sails with minimal changes in House
Edward Pickard reviews the week’s action as the House pushes the new revenue bill through with little alteration and debates income surtax caps. Democrats and Republican insurgents clash over exemptions and the publicity repeal while committee assignments sting Wisconsin insurgents. Senate discussions focus on prohibition, World Court relations, and the Nye seating question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Www
Pickard
la Follette
Ways and Meals Committee
House
Mary Norton
New Jersey
Ratney
Hlinvuls
Green
Florida
Wisconsin
James A. Frear
Ways and Means
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Sprlie
Ladd
United States
Edge
Bruce
Maryland
Willis
Ohio
McKellar
Tennessee
Anti-Saloon League
Senator Smoot Seeks War Debt Settlement Review
On Wednesday Senator Smoot urged swift consideration of war debt settlements with Belgium Italy and other debtor nations while critics Reed Howell Norris and Johnson attacked the Italian deal as principal and interest cancellation. The Missourian filed a resolution urging the foreign relations committee to investigate possible foreign influence on U.S. government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enator Smoot
Belgium
Italy
Reed
Howell
Norris
Johnson
The
Missourian
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Coast Guard and Navy Leaders Preview Progress Against Rum Running
Rear Admiral Billard, Coast Guard commandant, says steady progress is being made in breaking up rum running and vows to drive the menace from American shores in due time. Secretary Wilbur says the Navy is in first class condition, ready for action, with high morale and limited funding requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anos
Billard
Coast Guard
Navy
Wilbur
Mitchell Found Guilty by Court Martial and Suspended Five Years
OL William Mitchell was found guilty on all eight specifications and sentenced to suspension from rank command and duty for five years with out pay. Dismissal was not imposed because of his World War I record. A letter from Secretary of War Weeks to President Coolidge criticized Mitchell as lawless and unfit for high office. Maj Allen Gullion urged maximum punishment, arguing for dismissal for conduct harming military discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mitchell
Mitchell
John W. Weeks
President Coolidge
Allen Gullion
Gullion
Britain Wins Mosul Border Dispute in League Decision
The League of Nations awards Irak most of the Mosul Vilayet while extending a twenty five year British mandate. Turkey refuses to participate while Ankara considers conceding after talks. General Laidoner cites Turkish depredations since March, warning of bloodshed if the vilayet is given to Turkey.
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Britain
Turkey
Mosul Vilayet
Council of the
League of Nations
Irak
Mosul
National Assembly
Angara
Great Britain
Laidoner
Vilayet
League
France Faces Financial Crisis As Loucheur Resigns
The chamber rejected Louis Loucheur s financial plan causing grave strain. Paul Doumer agreed to lead the finance portfolio promising full tax collection and stiff action against tax dodgers. Germany’s Dr Erich Koch failed to form a new ministry as von Hindenburg reshuffles. The Reichstag adjourned to January 12. Iza Khan enthroned Shah Pehle receiving King George s congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Touis Loucheur
France
Chamber of Deputies
Loucheur
Paul Doumer
Senate Finance Committee
Erich Koch
Démocratic Party
von Hindenburg
Germany
Social Democrats
Reichstag
Ambassador Moore Informs Spain His Resignation Accepted
MBASSADOR A. P. MOORE informs the king of Spain that his resignation has been accepted and that he will soon return home. He was a personal appointee of President Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mbassador A. P. Moore
Spain
Harding
Davis resigns as director general of railways
Amesco reports Davis resigned from the post of director general of railways, with duties now light and handled by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesco
Davis
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Montana towns urge residents to spend at home
The piece urges Montana communities to attract new residents and business by encouraging local spending. It notes some towns are investing to grow population and commerce and calls on people to support local enterprises for a year to boost growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Supreme Court Revises Rules on Briefs and Transcripts
The state supreme court announced rule changes to take effect March 1 1926. Attorneys must file 10 printed briefs along with the transcript on appeal, and printed briefs may be filed 45 days after transcript filing. Transcripts will be required only in civil cases where insufficiency of evidence justifies the verdict and the record exceeds 100 pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Blackfeet Tribe Seeks Emergency Funds and Tax Challenge
At Browning 800 Indians vote to seek a $25,000 emergency appropriation from Congress to aid needy tribesmen. Attorney AL Al Ground of Helena, attorney for the Flathead Indians, is hired to press the case. Ground is also tasked to test Glaeler County tax authority on lands with issued patents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfeet Reservation
Congress
Browning
AL al Ground
Helena
Flathead
Grorud
Glaeler County
Harve Daily Promoter to Become Afternoon Paper
The Harve Daily Promoter edited by KR Linebarger will shift from morning to afternoon with new equipment to handle expanded news service making it Montana’s eighth afternoon daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Daily
KR. G. Linebarger
Harve
Montana
Lewis Re elected President of Montana Motor Association
Lewis of Roundup was reelected president of the Montana Motor Association at a meeting in Helena. After a long conference with the state railway commission members, motor vehicle operators met with Attorney General I A Foot to discuss enforcement of motor vehicle license laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HW. AM. Lewis
Roundup
Montana Motor Association
Helena
State Railway Commission
I. A. Foot
Ranchers Have Good Season In Missoula Division
The Missoula division of the Northern Pacific reports a strong season with 350 cars of potatoes and vegetables 325 cars of grain 200 cars of hay and about 500 cars of sheep and stock shipped to markets and packing houses across marketing points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Raihway
New Road Bid Tabled for Montana Contract Low Bid Noted
New Road with a $13 934 22 bid from W R Gray of Great Falls won the low bid on the Best Riceville road project. Montana highway commission opened bids for grading 1500 feet of highway and 2400 feet of railroad grade and surfacing with crushed rock. The earth slide section will be moved to fit the Nethart branch right of way as the Great Northern Railway shifts to a new grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Gray
Great Falls
Riceville
Montana Highway Commission
Nethart
Great Northern Railway
Young Williston Printer Buys Tribune at Froeid
Alvin T. Westdal of Williston buys the Tribune at Froeid Montana from A. R. Butler, owner since early 1915, with possession expected around New Year. Westdal is a Williston High School graduate and has printer experience including linotype on the Harve Promoter and Willis ton Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froid
Alvin T. Westdal
Williston
Tribune
Froeid
Montana
A. R. Butler
Harve
Whitefish opens new public library with 1000 volumes
The Whitefish public library opened on Friday December 11. The Whitefish Woman's Club adopted A Library for Whitefish as its slogan two years earlier and with help from organizations and individuals, a thousand volumes were collected and cataloged. The building, formerly a tourist camp, was moved beside the city hall and provided for the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefish
Whitefish Woman’s Club
Woman's ‘Club
Beet Growers Win Record High Guaranteed Price
The Great Western Sugar Company and beet growers in the Billings and Lovell districts announce a 1926 contract with the highest guaranteed minimum price in a sliding scale. The deal sets 88.50 per ton as the minimum, an advance of 2 per ton over last year, and 50 cents per ton more than Colorado growers receive.
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Great Western Sugar ‘Company
Billings
Lovell
Colorado
Elk to be shipped from Missoula range to Atlantic seaboard
About fifteen carloads of elk will be sent by express from the bison range near Missoula to the Atlantic coast. C. T. Allen of the American Railway Express company travels to Molese to coordinate with range officials. Freight is deemed too slow for the transfer. Shipments planned for early next year.
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Bison Range
Missoula
Atlantic Seaboard
C. T. Allen
American Railway Express Company
Molese
Crow Indian mission dedicated on the Big Horn
Adler completes the Crow Indian Baptist mission building near St Xavier on the Big Horn above the town. The structure cost six thousand dollars and was dedicated December 6.
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Nardin
Ernest Adler
Upper
Big Horn
St. Xavier
Plenrywood
Outlook Hospital
Dpoplar
163Rd Infantry
Montana National Guard
Poplar
Boyce Miller
Crow Creek
Milwaukee
Saugus
Miles City
Milwaukee Woman's Club
Railwnay
Erastus TH. Wiiiams
163Rd
Montana ’ Infantry
Fred Hanaltk
Camp Perry
Geographic Magazine
John Survant
Milk River
Deer Lodge
Miles Cito
Frank Ty West
Montana
Broadus
Powder River
West
South Side
Custer County
Powder River County
Sidney Julius Thompson At River Wooding Incident
Sidney Julius Thompson loses control of power driven saw while trimming wood along the river. The tool’s arm swung free and flew into the air, detaching from its moorings during operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Julius
Thompson
Burial of the hatchet on Little Big Horn anniversary
Allegorical depiction planned for the semi centennial anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn at Custer Battlefield. White and red survivors of northwest Indian wars will participate. Event spans June 23 to 25.
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Northwest
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Custer Battlefield
Courtesy preacher breaks silence in Detroit
A suburban dweller recalls being ridiculed for courtesy while driving in Detroit. He says he now has another method after tooting his horn at a chap with a dragged canvas cover and a curb dispute. He resolved to stop warning others and accepts the ridicule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Elty
Detroit News
Happy Day Washes with Red Cross Ball Blue Ad
A laundress sings O Happy Day while hanging snow white laundry. The line notes a “happy day” due to using Red Cross Ball Blue ads.
Slander Prompts Grim Scottish Banquet Tale in Boston
Secretary T R PL Gibb at a Boston banquet of the Order of Scottish Clans recounted a slanderous anecdote about Scots being tenacious. A practical joker supposedly posted a placard on a penny slot machine claiming the penny would return if pushed hard, only to find a burly Scot dead the next morning at the machine’s foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. PL. Gibb
Order of
Boston
Permanent Waves and a Comedic Exchange at Dinner
Mortimer Schiff, a New York financier, stated that labor would repudiate communism as expected. He linked support for communism after its Russian collapse to a joke where a girl questions why the permanent wave is named so, and another replies you must keep waving it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Schiff
New York
Russia
Cuticura Ad Promises Skin Improvement
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for improving complexions scalp itching dandruff and rough hands. It claims gentle use morning and night with Ointment and Soap and promises quick cleansing and visible results.
Burglar Leaves Amusing Note After Failed Heist
London Tit-Bits reports humorist Bill Sikes recalls a burglar who entered a home and left a dining room note lamenting the failed theft. The intruder quips that after all the trouble he found nothing worth taking and asks the owner to buy a few valuables or he won’t return. The anecdote ends with the burglar showing a rare mix of humor amid misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maharajah of Patiala Buys Nearly 100 Dogs
The Maharajah of Patiala on his way back to India set a record as a dog purchaser buying nearly 100 Alsatian police dogs and English setters. His extensive purchases filled his staff with packing tasks for a week before departure from London.
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Patiala
India
London
Hopeful friends seek measured balance in travel plans
A short note describes friends wanting to travel but preferring restraint to explore widely. It suggests the value of careful pacing and thoughtful choices over grand itineraries.
Joint-Ease Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatic Joints
Pharmacists claim Joint-Ease speeds relief when other remedies fail for sore creaky inflamed joints. The product targets rheumatic joint misery with a clean penetrating formula and quick results. Priced sixty cents a tube at druggists nationwide.
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Coleman L. Blease
South Carolina
Damascus
Cologne
American Peace Foundation
America
Swanson
Coolidge
Borah
Washington
Bingham
Connecticut
Secretary of Commerce
General Staff of
Army
General Board of the Navy
Illinois
Hindis Supreme Court
Len Small
Small
Supreme Court
Iza Khan
Persia
Shah Pehle
King George of
England
Sam
Treasure State Tabloids
Bellans
Art-Craft Granite Co
Sioux City
Iowa
Bill Sikes
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