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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1922
Page
6
Balkan and British finance news mix with war casualty reports from Chihuahua and Bombay. Italian and Polish relief notes border the day as Vatican and The Hague mark global diplomacy amid railway and seaports turmoil. Local strikes, elections and criminal cases fill a restless week.
The Roma airship crashes at Hampton Roads army base killing 34 of 45 aboard. Survivors include pilots Capt Walter Reed and Lieut Baron Burt. others escaped with minor injuries as flames prevented access. The vessel, largest semi rigid airship, had been purchased from Italy and recently commissioned.
Congress approves minted General Grant memorial coins totaling 26000 dollars for George Grant memorial projects in Ohio. Proceeds fund two memorial buildings and a five mile Grant Memorial highway linking Georgetown and Bethel near Clermont county birthplace sites. President Harding signed after swift Senate action.
District court in Lewis and Clark county fixed March 27 for the hearing on the accounting filed by the state against Frank Conley former warden. The conference included Judge Poorman Judge Horsky and Attorney General Rankin with Nolan and MacDonald coordinating the defense. The case focus is the prison administration during Conley’s regime and early court dates are being sought. The same report notes Montana automobile registration receipts totaling 78000 to be divided between the highway commission and county road funds and other banking and education related items in Helena.
Federal prohibition agents conducted what was termed the largest liquor raid in San Francisco entering the Hollird hotel and seizing whiskies wines and cordials estimated at 35000. George Martinez proprietor of the Hollird hotel was arrested charged with violation of the Volstead act.
A strike at the Jenckes Spinning company plant in Pawtucket led to violence as riot guns were used on a crowd of about 114 people. One man was killed and two seriously wounded while six others were hurt after patrolmen clashed with strike sympathizers following the arrest of three demonstrators.
Col Cholmeley Jones formerly directed the bureau of war risk insurance died in a New York hospital at age 38. Rejected twice for military service, he was given a captain's commission and served overseas with the war risk section before returning to lead the bureau and later resigning to head a finance corporation.
The state convention of taxpayers met in Billings with Governor Dixon present. Dan M. Kelly spoke on taxpayers and industries, A H Mowntan on economy in tax administration, and speakers urged constitutional reform, highway regulation, and public officers’ accountability. The group endorsed a constitutional convention and tax reforms including graduated inheritance and income taxes to ease school tax burden.
Joe Vuckovich convicted of the February 12 1921 Missoula murder of Mrs Jerry Shea was hanged at 6 1 am last Friday. He denied the crime to the end after a trial that included a prior police court fine for slapping Mrs Shen. He evaded arrest for days then was captured about 40 miles from Missoula. The conviction proceeded from district court to the state supreme court and finally to the U S district court on habeas corpus, which was denied.
A roundup of Montana items reports Billings drive raising over $4,000 for the YWCA, radio telephone-telegraph work planned for Roundup, and a Lewistown transfer warehousemen meeting. Union of Masons at Seton pushes clubhouse plans while Bond issues and Red Edge waterworks debates appear.
J ess e Stiff aged 23 and Donald Stiff aged 18 are reported burned to death at the Silf ranch eight miles north of Bozeman. Joli Gamble saw smoke from horseback and found the burned house with two charred remains. An inquest will be held as sheriffs and the coroner investigate possible murder and the fire’s motive.
Great Falls smelter progress continues with copper electrolytic plant back in operation. Since Butte mines reopened, metal has moved toward full market production. The final furnace refinery is set to resume March 1.
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