News Review of Current Events by Edward W Pickard
New York wins bid to host the 1924 Democratic national convention at Madison Square Garden opening June 24. Delegates and officials foresee political gains and concerns from McAdoo, Smith, and Underwood camps, with women voters urged for half of delegates at large. Wilson honored. bonus plans debated amid tax and franc economy steps in France and broader party strategy. Kansas favors a modified admission tax to help fund the bonus. The franc dip prompts French cost-cutting and tax rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tsankoy
Work
Indian Affairs
Burke
Oklahoma
Madison Square Garden
New York
National Committee
Washington
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
McAdoo
al Smith
Underwood
Wall Street
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Kansas
Curtis
Copeland
Treasury Department
Tax revision hopes hinge on House action and insurgent GOP risk
Resident Coolidge’s political managers expect nomination on the first ballot if Congress passes a Mellon-like tax reform. House leader Longworth pursues the measure with a fair chance, while Democratic errors could win GOP insurgent support for their plan. The main dispute remains the maximum surtax rate and rule changes to ease tariff legislation. The Senate may back the reforms with insurgent Republican help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Congress
Mellon
House
Longworth
Ways and Means
Senate
Diers Bonus and New Financing Plans Tabled
The report notes soldiers' bonus proposals discussed with WC officials and new financing plans reviewed last week, with Senator Curtis among participants shaping the legislative course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diers
Senator Curtis
Caraway Attacks Fall and Daugherty Over Navy Oil Graft
Senator Caraway of Arkansas denounces Albert B. Fall before a Senate committee probing naval oil reserve sales to private interests. He accuses Fall of selling reserve fuel and mocks Attorney General Daugherty for protection. He suggests prosecutors are blocked while officials remain immune.
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Enator Caraway
Arkansas
Albert B. Full
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Full
Daugherty
Navy
Benedict Arnold
Hudson River
Mr. Fall
America
Albert B. Fall
Department of Justice
White House
Governor Pinchot Calls for Probe of Prohibition Enforcement
Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania denounced the national scandal over enforcement failures at the Anti Saloon League convention and urged a congressional investigation of the prohibition enforcement unit of the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overnor Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Anti- Saloon League
MENANDOAH FIGHTS gale to reach Lakehurst hangar
The dirigible MENANDOAH broke loose in a 72 mile per hour gale while moored at Lakehurst during a test for the Arctic Navy expedition. Captain Anton Heinen and 21 crew flew the craft for seven and a half hours, reaching New York harbor before returning to the hangar, with only the torn nose covering as damage.
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Lakehurst
Anton Heinen
New York Harbor
Heinen
Dawes Seeks Stable German Currency to Prevent Global Bankruptcy
General Dawes, chairing the committee of experts on Germany payment capacity, blasting demagogues, urges currency stabilization and revived German productivity. The panel gathers financial authorities and invites Reichsbank president Schacht to report on aid from London Zurich and Amsterdam. Dawes signals pursuing an immediate loan around 250 million dollars to stabilize the mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eneral Dawes
Committee of Experts
Germany
Herr Schacht
Reichsbank
London
Zurich
Amsterdam
Dawes
British Parliament Opens as Tories Rally Liberals
ING GEORGE formally opened the British parliament Tuesday as the Tory government urged Liberals to join and keep Laborites out of power. Ramsay MacDonald pledged to move to test the government’s confidence and Asquith signaled Liberal support, while Labor denied revolutionary aims in a Commons speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing George
Ramsay MacDonald
H. WH. Asquith
Liberals
MacDonald
Commons
Labor Party
Rebellion Near Tampico Heads Toward Climax
The revolutionaries push toward a climactic phase while Tampico becomes the focal point for military action. The United States warns rebels against blocking the port to American commerce as the cruiser Tacoma heads to Vera Cruz but runs aground 16 miles away.
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Tampico
United States
Tacoma
Vera Cruz
Earthquake Turmoil Strikes Tokyo and Regions
OKYO endured a severe earthquake the fiercest since last September's great temblor. About thirty people died and many buildings in Tokyo and Yokohama were wrecked. Next day shocks were reported from Sendai, Bogota, and Bombay.
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Okyo
Yokohama
Sendai
Japan
Bogota
Colombia
Bombay
India
Veni Zelos Aims For Greek Premiership And Political Change
Utenize los becomes premier of Greece assembling a cabinet with Rous sos as foreign minister. Britain may renew friendship and aid as Greece likely joins a British Italian Spanish bloc to curb French influence. Salonik may need English support to stay from Serbia while Veni zel is pushing for a republic and first president though opposing royal expulsion.
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Utenizelos
Greece
Roussos
Mediterranean
Europe
Salonik
Serbia
Venizelos
Revolutionary Army
Farmers Convention Resolutions Aim at Policy Changes
Armers and manufacturers in the Middle West met in Chicago to draft resolutions for President Coolidge and Congress. They oppose price fixing, back cooperative marketing, commend Agriculture and Commerce for foreign marketing work, support reforestation, seek tax cuts, urge immigration limits by need, oppose government ownership of railroads mines utilities farms or factories, defend Supreme Court authority, and push Muscle Shoals for fertilizer production.
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Middle West
Chicago
Coolidge
Congress
Departments of Agriculture and Commerce
Supreme Court
Rabbit War and Rail Routes Mark Montana News
Scobey hosts a rabbit control drive seen as sport and campaign momentum. Montana National Guard Mustered at Polson with three officers and 60 enlisted. A rural route serving about 108 families begins March 3 from Moore. Prohibition enforcement leader Addison Lusk speaks at Polson Kiwanis. Brotherhood Investment Co. plans to back Labor National Bank of Montana with 10 million dollars. Antelope herd on Jack Rowley’s Lewistown ranch grows to over 75. An oil stove explosion at Hardin kills 100 hens and damages a residence. Bridger coal mine to reopen with scale capacity. Kalispell to renew water mains with 60 to 70 thousand dollars. Custer County voters approve 50 thousand in bonds to rebuild Mizpah bridge over Powder River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rowley
Flat Willow
Lewistown
Bly McCarty
Hardin
Plymouth Rock
Fire destroys Eureka drug store in severe cold
Fire at Eureka consumed the drug store with about 8000 dollars of contents and 4000 dollars for the building. An adjoining frame building owned by the Lindsey Estate was wrecked with a loss of 1000 dollars. Firemen fought the blaze in 20 below zero temperatures. three hose lines and water pressure near 1000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Lindsey
Champion Stock Judging Team Dominates Bozeman Contest
Big Timber high school won the annual stock judging contest held in Bozeman in connection with the Young Men's Vocational conference. Two hundred fifty teams entered. Valley City No DL finished second, Big Sandy Mont third, Ene reka fourth, Simms fifth, Wilsall sixth, and Unrlem seventh. Valley City represented Nolti nier consolidated school near that place.
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Big Timber High School
Bozeman
Valley City
Almshouses Report No Inmates and 1922 Census
Three Montana almshouses reported no paupers in 122 according to department of commerce records. During the year 473 persons were admitted, 341 discharged or transferred, and 9 died. On December 3, 1922, there were 342 inmates.
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Montana
Department of Commerce
Amy
Record shows Mrs. J Cranston churned state record butter
In 1923 Mrs. J Cranston of Cascade churned and sold 2258 pounds of butter, a figure believed to be the state record for individual production.
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J. As Cranston
Cascade
Trail Cafe in Columbus Burned By Oil Stove Fire
A fire started by an oil stove in the basement of the Trail Cafe in Columbus destroyed the cafe. The blaze, intended to prevent frozen pipes, caused about 2500 dollars in damage.
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Columbus
Labor Bank Feasibility Studied in Great Falls
Great Falls group Trades and Labor Assembly begins investigation to assess the feasibility of establishing a Labor Bank in the city. The effort aims to provide financial services tailored to workers and unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Bank
Trades and Labor Assembly At
Great Falls
Salt dispersal plan for native grouse propagation
Forest Supervisor B W Clark orders rangers to salt the tails of six blue grouse pheasants and prairie chickens and ship the birds to Montana State College poultry department. Canadian pin tailed grouse will join for a breeding experiment to see if native grouse can be propagated in captivity.
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B. W. Clark
Poultry Department of
Montana State College
Lewistown Land Office Ranks Third in Oil Boom Receipts
The Lewistown land office leads in U S oil permit activity with 1 147 filings boosting annual receipts to about 8257 000 driven by bonuses rents and royalties. Glasgow trails with 1 024 oil apps while Salt Lake and Douglas exceed Lewistown nationally.
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Lewistown Land Office
Lewistown
United States
Glasgow
Salt Lake
Douglas
Chisgow
Kalispell
Greatalls
Great Falls
Mites City
Mother of Six Found Frozen After Four Days
Mrs Blaze Planishek, 80, of Bearcreek, disappeared from home and was found dead in the hills near the city reservoir after four days. Snow obscured tracks. she had fallen several times before the final fatal fall. Survived by husband and six children. a $200 reward had been offered.
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Blaze Planishek
Bearcreek
City Reservoir
Market Review: Ludwigs Tops Hog Sale in Spokane
Ludwig Rake returned to Spokane from Phil Lem with a Chester White spring hog shipment, topping the market with a cartload. The 230-pound average hogs sold at 7.80 per hundred, as Spokane becomes the hub for Montana hogs and the market was flooded on arrival.
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Ludwig Rake
Phillem
Spokane
Chester White Spring
Montana
Prize Winning Rhode Island Red Hen Earns Two Top Prizes
C S Hanna of Simms owns a prize Rhode Island Red hen named the best in the northwest. The bird won first prize at the Northwest Poultry Meet in Spokane and again at the Montana State Meet in Stanford, earning a special prize from the Old National Bank of Spokane.
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Rhode Island
Northwest
C.S. Hanna
Simms
Spokane
Montina
Stanford
Old National Bank of
Capitalists Buy Mines Near Clinton in Missoula Area
A group of eastern capitalists has purchased the Hidden Treasure mining claims near Clinton, about 20 miles east of Missoula. The reported purchase price is $115,000.00, signaling a major investment in the region's mining prospects.
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Hidden Treasure
Clinton
Missoula
Bank Robber Davis Sentenced in Montana Case
Arthur J. Davis, 32, was sentenced to fifteen to thirty years at hard labor in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to the First National Bank robbery in Conrad last April. He was the first of sixteen alleged Montana bank robbers rounded up in six weeks.
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Montana State Penitentiary
Arthur J. Davis
John J. Green
Conrad
First National Bank
Walier
Davis
Montana
Two New NP Depots Open in Montana
The Northern Pacific railway completed two new brick depots on its Montana line at Doseman and Miles City cost about 120000 dollars. Both stations feature modern facilities for travelers comfort and convenience.
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N. P
Northern Pacific Railway
Montana
Doseman
Miles City
Franklin driver falls through ice while crossing lake
Fred Firehammer of Franklin started across the ice of a lake east of Ryegate. The ice broke at the center and his car sank in about four feet of water. The water later froze, leaving little chance of a swift rescue in early spring thaw.
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Fred Firehammer
Franklin
Ryegate
Firehammer
Montana Farm Size and Irrigation Potential Revealed
Montana's average farm size is 608 acres with 198 improved. The state notes Montana trails only two states in large farms and in improved acreage. Irrigation data suggests about 2 million acres could still be irrigated with current and proposed projects. Land values depend on location, water rights, and improvements with nonirrigated farms priced 15 to 35 dollars and irrigated farms 75 to 100 dollars per acre.
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Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
North
South Dakota
State Department of Agriculture
C.D. Greenfield, Jr
State Irrigation Commission
Carey
Labor Surplus in Montana Cities Except Butte
Monthly summary from the Montana state department of agriculture shows a surplus of common labor in most large cities, with Butte lacking workers while 100 men are available for the harvest and near Missoula workers are sought to replace quitters. The report notes 20 skilled miners could be hired immediately by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
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Butte
Missoula
State Department of Agrieutire
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Meyer Leaves Revenue Service for Lumber Business
RANK KE Meyer resigns from the revenue department after five years of service. He plans to move to Bellingham Washington to join his brother in the lumber business. A. P. Enzhreston becomes chief clerk succeeding Meyer in the office under Collector C. A. Rasmusson since last May.
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Rank KE. Meyer
Revenue Department
Bellingham
Wash
Mr. Meyer
C. A. Rasmusson
A. P. Enzhreston
Government cadastral surveyensive work vast in 1923 state
Federal land surveys covered 955 160 acres in 1923 with plans to survey about 8 000 000 acres more of forest reserve land. Surveying focuses on the western rugged regions where terrain slows progress and drives up costs.
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Moory
Union
Addison K. Lusk
Polson Kiwanis Club
The
Brotherhood Investment Couony
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Labor National Bank of Montana
Tiree Forks
Brutks
Bridger
Custer County
Powder River
Mizpah
Eureka Drug
Cat Creek
State Capital News
Treasure State
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