Stone Nimination Delayed as Senate Probes Conspiracy Case
Edward W. Pickard reports the fight over Attorney General Stone’s nomination to the Supreme Court amid Senate Judiciary Committee delays. Stone outlines a large conspiracy to defraud federal lands, involving Senator Wheeler and Interior Department officials. He offers Wheeler grand jury testimony with immunity. Opposition cites past cases and offers of testimony, while Heflin and Overman press concerns.
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Edward W. Pickard
Stone
United States Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Grand Jury
District of Columbia
Wheeler
Montana
Washington
United States
Gordon Campbell
Interior Department
Mr. Stone
Heflin
John Ownbey
Colorado
Supreme Court
J. P. Morgan
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Ownbey
Judiciary Committee
Labor amendment support grows amid state votes
The proposed constitutional amendment has won acceptance in Arkansas Arizona and California legislatures and in New Mexico's lower house while seven states Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Delaware rejected it. Ohio Louisiana North Dakota and South Dakota each voted against in one house and Massachusetts and Washington both rejected it in part. Wyoming postponed action. Frank Morrison AF of L secretary says the fight is not over and predicts enough states may approve with calls for congressional investigation into spending.
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Arkansas
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Delaware
Ohio
Louisiana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Washington
Wyoming
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
National League of Women Voters cites possibility of reconsideration
The National League of Women Voters issued a statement saying that action by one or both houses in 18 states does not mean defeat and insisting that reconsideration may be possible in some states.
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National League of Women Voters
USMLE Shoals Bill Sent To Conference In Senate Group Named
Legislation on Underwood bill moves to conference with senate conferees Keyes McKinley Kendrick in favor Norris McNary Smith declining. House conferees named McKenzie Morin Quin. Committee aims for final enactment before March 4.
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Uscle Shoals
Senate
Keyes
New Hampshire
McKinley
Ilinois
Kendrick
Wyoming
Norris
McNary
Smith
House
McKenzie
Tenois
Morin
Pennsylvania
Quin
Mississippi
Farm Cooperatives Plan Urged by Coolidge at White House
President Coolidge convened Republican leaders and agricultural committee members to press for cooperative marketing legislation. A federal five member cooperative marketing board is proposed with two cabinet secretaries and three appointees from federated co operatives. Salaries set at 12000 dollars for the three appointees. The plan aims to limit government interference under Capper Volstead while preserving police powers of agriculture. Also urged is a long-pending Interstate Commerce Commission freight rate readjustment to ease farm transport costs. Senate had adopted the report and sent it to the President.
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Coolidge
White House
Senate
House
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Premier warns of war ideas in Germany papers
A premier declares that a large German group is reverting to war ideas seen in their papers, poetry, plays, and speeches, and cautions that Frances is treated disgracefully amid calls for industrial collaboration.
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Clared
Germany
New French Ambassador Arrives in Washington
BLE DRESCHNER arrives with family to assume duties and meets President Coolidge. Retiring ambassador M. Jusserand sails for France after saying France needs more money for debt payments and prioritizing reconstruction. He cites 140,000 homes to be built and 100,000 tuberculosis cases last year with 18,000 deaths.
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Ble Dreschner
Washington
Central board created to supervise narcotic traffic at Geneva talks
At the Geneva conference Eas pushes for a central board to oversee international narcotic traffic. Members would be appointed by the League of Nations council and the United States, signaling potential closer U S relations with the league. Some view it as a step toward associate status for the United States without covenants or political obligations.
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Eas
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
United States
League
America
Bloody clash in Herrin leaves four dead and five wounded
In Herrin Illinois Glenn Young the Klan raider and Deputy Ora Thomas clashed in a gun battle that left both men dead along with two others. Five more citizens were wounded as armed followers joined the fight. Citizens hope the deaths end the town’s turmoil.
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Errin
Williamson County
Illinois
Glenn Young
Ora Thomas
Young
Thomas
Herrin
France’s Debt Stance and Disarmament Stand In Chamber
Premier Herriot stated France would not repudiate debts to the United States, reaffirming loyalty to treaties. He argued the debt issue is moral and economic, with no intention of coercion, while emphasizing Germany’s failure to disarm under Versailles and France’s resolve to ensure security.
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Remier Herriot
France
United States
M. Herriot
Chamber of Deputies
M. Viviani
M. Poincaire
Sven
England
America
M.herriot
Germany
Russian Mercenaries Seize Shanghai Under Lu Yung-hsiang
Imitation armored cars manned by Russian mercenaries arrive in Shanghai and drive Chi Hsieh yuan's forces from the city. Lu Yung-hsiang advances with 2000 troops to seal the victory, while Chi flees toward Japan. 25 foreign warships guard concessions as Sun Yat sen's condition is uncertain.
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Shanghai
Chi Hsiehyuan
Lu Yung-hsiang
Chi
Japan
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Tokyo
Peking
Dr. Sun
Nome Epidemic Sparks Dog Team Rescue Across Alaska
Eskimos suffer most as Nome vies with distant towns for supplies of anti toxin. Anchorage and Nenana dog teams race 600 miles across snow to deliver medicine while Nome doctors rely on six month old serum, seeing it still retain curative power.
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Nome
Alaska
Anchorage
Nenana
Eskmos
Asquith Accepts Peerage Becomes Earl of Oxford
Former British prime minister Erbert H. Asquith has accepted elevation to the peerage and will hold the title Earl of Oxford. He initially appeared to relinquish Liberal leadership to Lloyd George but said he had not yet resigned.
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Erbert H. Asquith
Great Britain
Earl of
Oxford
Liberal Party
Lloyd George
Chilean military officers depose Junta and recognize Alessandri
Young Chilean army officers overthrow the Navy backed Junta formed last fall. Civil war danger recedes as Augstin Edwards helps secure an agreement recognizing Arturo Alessandri as constitutional president. Alessandri remains in Italy but ready to return. Dean Amunategui is tasked with forming a cabinet.
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Chile
Augustin Edwards
Arturo Alessandri
Italy
Amunategui
Medical Faculty
The
University of Chile
Doctor Performs Home Operation On 10 Year Old
In a remote area a physician and two assistants carried out an emergency operation on 10-year-old Forrest. With improvised tools from hardware and drug stores, sterilized in boiling water, the team wore aprons and completed the procedure successfully. The boy is now recovering rapidly.
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Forrest
Flagler of Wisdom
Hospital
Wad
Stephan
Dilton
Mont
Wisdom Drug Store
Charles Quiest
Dick Tathaway
Penitentiary Term Given Hunter for Manslaughter
Ernest B. Tex Hunter was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve from five to 10 years at Deer Lodge by a district court jury in Shelby after six hours of deliberation. He was charged with killing his wife at Sweet Grass in September 1924. Hunter, known for multiple northern Montana alcohol violation appearances, allegedly killed in a fit of anger when he saw his wife with George George, a Bulte taxi driver, near the Canadian border road house he owned.
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Ernest B
Tex” Hunter
Deer Lodge
Shelby
Hunter
Sweet Grass
Montana
George George
Bulte
Woman in Libby shoots relatives in clash with officers
In Libby a woman in an insane fit shot her brother Oscar Tilman, then fired at her father and barricaded herself inside. Officers could not enter the house as the seriously wounded Tilman suffered a chin injury from a bullet that lodged under his shoulder blade.
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Cresy Rowell
Oscar Tilman
Libby
Tillman
Missoula Train to Train Four Hundred-Sixteenth Infantry
Reserve officers of the Four Hundred-Sixteenth Infantry will train this year at Fort Missoula from July 19 to July 26, under Capt. Thomas A. Retner. Major Reynolds of Lewistown will serve as training officer. A total of 56 officers can be trained, but attendance is not expected to reach that number.
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Fort Missoula
Thomas A. Retner
Reynolds
Parolee Coleman Arrested in Kalispell on Dry Law Charge
Coleman arrested in Kalispell on violation of prohibition law. He was on parole from the state penitentiary and his parole was revoked after the arrest. He was taken to Deer Lodge to await disposition of the pending dry law charge.
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BE. LE
Coleman
Kalispell
Tring
State
Deer Lodge
Pioneer of Alder Gulch Dies
Charles James Moore aged 82 a pioneer of Alder Gulch was found dead in a room at his daughter Mrs W B MacDaniels home at Mfantlfon He had lived in the Bitter Root valley for six years Survived by several children in Hamilton Missoula Chicago and elsewhere
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Charles James Moore
Alder Gulch
W. B. MacDaniels
Mfantlfon
Bitter Root Valley
Hamilton
Missoula
Chicago
Will Deport Slayer Leonard Isaacson to Finland
Leonard Isaacson, who began a 40 to 50 year murder term in 1918, is released on condition of deportation to Finland. He will be sent from New York. if he returns to the United States the sentence will be reimposed.
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Leonard Isaacson
Finland
New York
Refinery Fire Heavily Damages Tart Oil Plant
An explosion and blaze at the Tart Oil Refinery in Missouua severely burns F R Phillips, an employee, as the inferno destroys a large portion of the refinery. Damages are estimated at $6,000 after vapors ignited in the refinery room.
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F. R. Phillips
Missouua
Lawyer Fined For Contempt In Miles City Divorce
In a Miles City divorce case counsel for the plaintiff called the defendant Frank C. Cook a liar. Judge S TD McKinnon fined the attorney $10 for contempt of court, a penalty he paid.
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Miles City
Frank C. Cook
S. TD. McKinnon
Allen Dodge Receives Min Length Sentence for Liquor Sale
In Big Timber, Allen Dodge was sentenced to six months in jail and a $250 fine after a jury found him guilty of selling liquor to minors at the Stone bar. The jury requested the jail term be remitted.
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Allen Dodge
Stone Bar
Big Timber
Sugar factory site survey by Utah-Idaho Sugar officials
Look Over Factory Sites Mark Austin general field superintendent and Douglas Sealley of the operating department of the Utah-Ida ho Sugar company of Salt Lake City arrived at Chinook with a Chinook commercial club committee to inspect possible sites for a million dollar sugar factory in Milk River valley. They will also inspect sites at Zurich Harlem and Malta before a final location decision.
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Mark Austin
Douglas Sealley
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Salt Lake City
Chinook
Chinook Commercial Club
Milk River
Messers
Austin and Scalley
Zurich
Harlem
Malta
Brief Notes Concerning the Treasure State Highlights
A roundup of Montana items reports a bootlegger sentenced in Lambert, a Walla Walla cleric’s son pleading guilty to robbery, and a fatal stove oil incident near Anaconda. Lambert fire destroys a major block including banks and stores, plus a fatal carbolic acid death in Butte.
Carbon Black Plant Planned in Baker Field
Montana Carbon Black association plans a new plant in the Baker field. J P Buichfeldt, president, says the facility will produce over 3000 pounds of carbon black daily with a net value around $500 per day. About seven workers will be employed and operation is expected year round.
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Baker
Montana Carbon Black Association of
Minneapolis
How to Remove a Rusted Machine Screw
Use oil on the screw then heat with a wire over a flame to red heat. Apply the heated wire to the head for a minute or more, let it cool and reapply oil as needed. When cold the screw usually loosens. if not repeat heating and oiling steps.
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Seience Monthly
Shave With Cuthura Soap Ad Claims Double Efficiency
An advertisement promotes Cuthura soap as boosting razor efficiency and skin health. It claims no mug or slime, no germs, no irritation even with twice daily shaving, and that the soap is usable for shaving bathing and shampooing.
No Encouragement Magistrate Prisoner Dialogue
A terse exchange from the Bailie records a magistrate questioning a prisoner about a midnight home invasion and robbery. The prisoner counters by reframing the accusation to a noon highway robbery as he begs to return to his work.
Boschee’s Syrup Promises Quick Throat Lung Relief
Boschee’s Syrup soothes throat and lung inflammation caused by irritation from coughing. It is advertised as a long standing household remedy for colds bronchitis and lung troubles, claiming to aid sleep and morning expectoration. The ad notes availability wherever medicines are sold. When family quarrels occur a lot of ruth leaks out.
Consider If Fun Makes One Look Foolish
A reflective line questions whether enjoying oneself can lead to looking silly. The statement urges self awareness about social image while seeking amusement.
Are You Weak Appetite Gone? Tacoma Woman Testifies
Mrs. Bessie B Ronald of Tacoma describes severe weakness and cough from feminine issues. She credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with restoring strength and appetite, saying she could work again. Trial package available by sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Tacoma
Wash
Joint-Ease Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An old advertisement touts Joint-Ease as the remedy for rheumatism spreading agony in joints. It claims quick, lasting relief regardless of chronicity, urging customers to choose Joint-Ease as a clean penetrating preparation favored by druggists.
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T. C
Frank P Leiper
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C. ©. Arehart
Lambert
Lérbert Wwolff
Walla Walla
Apa
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Henry Buehler
Owen Normand
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Lambert Block
First Nationaul Bank
Standard Mercantile Plardware
Henry & Erickson Hardware and Grocery
Millage and Holmes
Carter's
McCarthy
Groovery
Gladowsky's
Harry Pale
John WB. Mage
South Bridge
Mass
Conrad Paige
Sim Winkinwelder
Mar Winkfinwelder
Mra
Winkinwelder
Wiflendt
Butte
Hill County State Bank
Traore
Internal Revenue
Havre. de Molay
Erickson
Marton Christensen
Christensen
Gallatin County
State Hospital For the
Warm Springs
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Cirele
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TH. RR. Blehmeyer
Great Falls
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