Geneva setback fans league critics and political tension
Edward W. Pickard reports the League of Nations adjourned Germany’s membership vote until September after Brazil refused a one‑seat swap, sparking disappointment across Europe. Britain’s Briand and Chamberlain face domestic pressure as France grapples with finance and security goals amid Locarno concerns.
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Edward W. Pickard
fIc
League of Nations Assembly
Germany
Afranio Melo Franco
Brazil
Austen Chamberlain
League
League of Nations
Europe
Geneva
England
Briand
France
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Prenier Briand
Luther
Foregin Minster Stresemann
Bomb scare on St Patrick's Day alarms London crowds
Prince of Wales and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin were shaken by a crude bomb scare at St Patrick's Day events in London. A box releasing acetylene fumes and tarred rope was tossed into a restaurant entrance near the prince, and a similar device set fire to a carpet at the Hotel Cecil while Baldwin attended a banquet. No damage or injuries were reported.
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Prince of Wales
Stanley Baldwin
St. Patrick’s Day
London
Cecil
Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Powers deliver ultimatum on Tientsin harbor access
The United States Britain Japan and Italy delivered a 1901 protocol backed ultimatum to Chinese factions demanding removal of port and river traffic impediments at Tientsin. Naval forces in the area include a dozen ships as clashes escalate with Chinese troops firing on Japanese vessels.
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United States
Tientsin
Taku
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Pei River
Peking
Radio Slander Case Tests Law in Radio Age
Chicago State's Attorney Robert Crowe sued a radio announcer for slander after he claimed Crowe and friends were at a cabaret. The announcer was jailed twelve hours before being charged with disorderly conduct. A court case set for April 24 may shape libel and slander laws for spoken versus printed defamation.
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Chicago
Robert E.crowe
Jall
Passage of White bill to create federal radio commission
The House of Representatives approved the measure by 218 to 124 to establish a federal radio commission. The bill outlines a regulatory framework for the growing radio industry and aims to standardize broadcasts nationwide. Members cited the need for orderly development and consumer protection in the evolving medium.
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NDER
House of Representatives
Budget Bureau
State Department
House and Representatives
Middle West Manufacturers Rally Over Gooding Bill Fight
Manufacturers in the Middle West press a final battle against the Gooding bill in Congress. If enacted it would bar the Interstate Commerce Commission from overturning its ruling against cheaper long haul rail rates to Pacific coast cities. Midwest shippers argue cheaper rates are essential to compete with Atlantic rivals and Panama canal water routes.
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Middle West
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pacific Coast
Mid-West
Atlantic Seaboard
Panama Canal
Chicago
Commission
First American Officer Hanged in Peace Time
JTomn S Thompson of the U S Army was executed for the murder of his seventeen year old fiancée Audrey Bur High at Manila on April 5 1925. He said he could not live without or marry her due to his insufficient salary. Audrey High was the step daughter of Capt Hamilton P Calmes medical corps.
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Ge Condlieut
JTOMN
S. Thompson
United States Army
Thompson
Audrey Bur. High
Manila
Hamilton P. Calmes
Medical Corps
Paring Down Circus Parade Dims Yearly Show
The Peru Indiana headquarters announce the annual circus season will drop the parade and high priced European performers. Big circuses now visit only large cities due to traffic and distance, with ten years ago 20 circuses in trains of ten or more cars and current big shows carrying about 1500 people.
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Peru
Ind
Spurned Legislature Alters Road Funding Plan
Montana highway officials celebrate Washington move to reclaim lost federal aid. A 450000 federal share was forfeited when the last legislature rejected federal road funds, now reallocated among 47 states. If the Senate appropriation plan passes, about 800000 may be saved for Red Lodge Cooke City highway construction under state supervision.
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Red Lodge
Cooke City
state@highway commission
Washington
Mountine
Walsh
Wheeler
Interior Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Howard W. Holmes
State Highway Commission
Pioneer Dies John Protting a Montana Pioneer
Pioneer resident of Montana since early days Charley Protting died after a brief illness at Ble Timber. Born in New York City he enlisted in the regular army at a young age and joined a cavalry company. He came to Montana to fight the Indians in 1860 and largely remained there except for one visit home to bring his brother Yorks to Montana.
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John Protting
Montana
Sse
Yorks
Montima
Carbon County Tobacco and Grain Shipping Totals
Carbon County reports a good year with 20 000 cartloads of various goods shipped locally. Final tally shows 2b704 carloads, not counting express shipments, partial loads, or trucked produce. Red Lodge’s early head terrace shipment is included among the totals.
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Carbon County
Red Lodge
Head Terrace
Billy Sunday to Lead Butte Revival This Spring
The Rev. Billy Sunday has accepted to open a revival in Butte for five to six weeks instead of next spring. A tabernacle for 5 000 will be erected and a choir of 600 to 800 voices planned. Estimated cost to bring him to Butte is $15 000.
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Billy Sunday
Butte
Muay
Silver Bow Minsterial Association
Buiter
Farmers Take Ownership Of Local Phone Line
Dr D W Carper manager of the farmers telephone line near Hardin announced the final payment completing ownership by 30 farmers. The line spanning 383 miles of line from Mountain States Telephone bought in 1919 for 1076 dollars and 50 cents, now belongs to the valley farmers.
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D. W. Carper
Hardin
Farmers Telephone Line
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Ranger Bowman Killed in Yellowstone Road Accident
Ranger Karl Bowman of Yellowstone Park died when his car tipped over on the road between Livingston and the park. The crash occurred about 25 miles south of Livingston. Bowman was the sixth ranking ranger among 31 in the park service and one of the last picturesque figures of the old stagecoach era.
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Karl Bowman
Yellowstone Park
Livingston
Bowman
Park Service
Helena men plan northwest fair to be held next year
Lewis Penwell, president of the Montana State fair, and J Burke Clements, a Helena newspaper man, have gone east to negotiate with the railroads for a three month exposition in Helena next year. The plan would use the state fair grounds and facilities.
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Lewis Penwell
Stockman
J. Burke Clements
Helena
Eoast
Orsyth man named stock inspector by Rosebud County
Lem Burrington of Orsyth has been appointed stock inspector by the county commissioners of Rosebud County to assist officials in their work in this capacity.
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Lem Burrington
Orsyth
Rosebud County
Bank Reopens After Federal Consent in Libby
Bank Will Reopen W M Wayman receiver of the First National bank of Libby has received a message from the comptroller of currency at Washington DC giving consent to the reopening of the institution The bank will be open for business in a very short time it is announced.
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W. M. Wayman
First National Bank of
Libby
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D. C
Montara County Commissioners Plan Meet With Attorney General
James Convery of Silesia, head of the Montara State association of county commissioners, named a 12 member committee from scattered counties to confer with Attorney General L A Foote in Helena to clarify laws governing county commissioner duties. The aim is to reduce uncertainty from recent legal interpretations and minimize future court disputes arising from misunderstandings of procedure and commission actions.
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James Convery
Silesia
Montara State Association of County Commissioners
L. A. Foote
Helena
Convery
Montana News Roundup From Weede To Bozeman
Multiple Montana items report post office closure orders for Weede, licenses for Absarokee to Columbus freight service, and county awards. Highlights include Valley county winning a silver trophy, top state extempore writers from Anaconda Missoula and Butte, Legion national membership placement, a Three Forks fire loss, a Palsan civic library bond vote push, resignations by Rosebud county officials, irrigation project discussions in Helena, a big Ancient Arabic Order ceremony in Bozeman, Frank D. Brown presenting a Livingston memorial, and a new 810,000 Roundup high school addition opened with a nine classroom expansion.
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Weede
Molstone
Washington
W. A. Cook
Montana Railroad
Absarokee
Columbus
Valley County
Butte
Murry Lauzen
Anaconda High School
Bozeman
Taithe Shaw
Missoula
Mary Landean
Butte Central High School
Montana Department of the American Legion
Indianapolis
Althouse
Peine
Three Forks
Patsen Civic League
Palsan
Montana
Frank D. Brown
Missoura
Montana Pioneers
Livingston
John Bozeman
John M. Bozeman
Brown
Board of Education
W. D. Dusenbery
F. T. McCormick
Red Lodge Canning Company Incorporation Granted
Articles of Incorporation approved for the Red Lodge Canning Company a $225,000 corporation to run a vegetable and fruit canning factory at Sted Lodge beginning next fall.
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Red_Lodge_Canning company
Sted Lodge
Armory Inspection Set by War Dept for Montana Guard
Col I C Welborn designated by the war department to conduct the annual armory inspection of the Montana national guard. Inspection begins in Helena on March 31 and continues at home stations of the One Hundred and Sixty third infantry through April.
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Col
I. C. Welborn
War Department
Montana National Guard
Helena
One Hundred and Sixty-third Infantry
The Weeded Lamb: Montana Station Feeds and Meat Flavor
The Montana Experiment Station reports lambs fed on mill screenings develop strong weed flavor affecting meat quality. Tests show weed seeds like fanweed and wild mustard impart taste and odor, making meat undesirable to customers. Researchers will test wheat as alternative to eliminate off flavors while considering screenings’ cost.
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Montana Experiment Station
Appointment of Max Legge as Blaine county agent succeeds Gustafson
J C Pastor announces Max Legge will take charge April 7 as Blaine county agent replacing George W Gustafson who will begin spring farm operations on the North Part Blaine county Legge a Montana State College graduate with farming experience in Sheridan County North Dakota and World War II veteran recently excelled in livestock judging earning top score for the Montana team at the Pacific International Exposition The county extension work shows strong organization and progress in hog production cooperative marketing pure seed and certified seed potato breeding boosting regional agriculture
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Max Legge
Geo. W. Gustafson
Blaine County
J.C. Pastor
Montana Extension Service
Legere
Sheridan County
Montana
North Dakota
College of Agriculture
State College
Hve
Portland
Ife
Local growers to plant certified seed crops in Fallon County
Albert Fost of Willard, Bentley Sinclair of Plevna and Dave Pieper of Plevna will grow pure seed plots next year under Fallon county crop standardization. Fost plans nine acres registered Marquis wheat, 40 acres approved Marquis, 12 acres Victory oats and 20 acres pedigreed Grimm alfalfa. Sinclair will plant two and a half acres registered barley and Pieper 15 acres approved barley.
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Albert Fost
Willard
Bentley Sinclair
Plevna
Dave Pieper
Fallon County
Mr. Fost
Sinclair
Mr. Pleper
Beet cultivation to expand in Cartersville district
Work to break and prepare condition land for beet raising began in the Cartersville district. Soil is good for cultivation and rapid progress is expected. Gus Halmline, a prominent local farmer, says about 60 acres of beets will be produced in the county this year, an increase of roughly 300 acres over last year.
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Cartersville
Gus Halmline
Roosevelt County Farm Bureau to hold 1926 annual meeting
The Roosevelt County Farm Bureau will hold its 1926 annual meeting in the third week of March at the new Lanark community hall. Delegates will discuss the county agricultural improvement program and plan the coming season’s work.
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Roosevelt County Farm Bureau
Lanark
Hubert Hobson Ships Hog and Cattle Loads to Markets
Hubert Hobson, a longtime trader for eastern and western markets, has shipped 171 feeder hogs to Loup City Nebraska and plans to send fat hogs and beef cattle to Omaha for sale.
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Hubert Hobson
Big Horne County
Loup City
Neb
Omaha
Seed pea acreage in Carbon county rising for next year
In Carbon county near Red Lodge contracts total more than 450 acres for a pea cannery venture. Overall seed acreages for the coming year are expected to reach about 7,000 acres, above 1925 levels despite an unfavourable season in higher county sections. This marks the county’s first move into growing peas for a cannery.
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Carbon County
Red Lodge
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