British Election Victory Returns Conservatives to Power
Edward W. Pickard reviews the British parliamentary election results. The Conservatives win a decisive Commons majority led by Stanley Baldwin. Labour collapses, Liberal faction fractured, Lloyd George victorious, and Mrs. Asquith defeated. Churchill and Chamberlain among winners as Liberals suffer near extinction. Canada anticipates McKenna duties and imperial preferences. Warning of campaign finance limits is noted. International scene includes Sino events and Russian recognition moves.
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Amsay MacDonald
Iis
Labor
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
MacDonald
Lloyd George
Asquith
Mitchell
Paisley
Winston Churchill
Austen Chamberlain
C. P. Trevalyan
Hastings
Philip Snowden
A. R. Marriott
Hamar Greenwood
Lady Astor
Miss Wilkinson
Philipson
Duchess of Athol
Atlantic
Canada
Dominion
Soviet Russia
Campaign probes reveal heated debate on contributions
The SP POIE BORAH committee examined campaign funding as it neared closure. W. W. Hodges of Denver testified on sugar tariff ties and cited support from Senators Ladd, Fra zier, and Wheeler. The group reported $2,750,000 raised and $750,000 returned to states, while Frank Walsh highlighted bribery claims with limited pivotal evidence and Liggett's controversial letter urging large donations.
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SP Poie Borah
Chicago
W. W. Hodges
Denver
Republican National Committee
Ladd and
Frazier
North Dakota
Wheeler
Montana
Hodges
National Committee
Washington
Frank Walsh
Coolidge
Dawes
L. K. Liggett
Massachusetts
League council keeps Mosul status quo pending final settlement
Britain and Turkey condemned the League of Nations council for the Mosul dispute as it ordered the status quo to remain until a final settlement is reached next spring when the region will be permanently allocated.
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Ritiker
Great Britain
Turkey
League of Nations Council
Mosul
UK protests over Teheran murderers execution delay
The British government, outraged that only one of Maj. Robert Imbrie's assassins was executed, sent a protest to the Persian government. The note threatens further measures unless all known killers are put to death, an effective ultimatum on the Tehran case.
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Robert Imbrie
Teheran
Justice Dept to Test Public Income Tax Lists in Court
Attorney General Stone announces the Department of Justice will seek a judicial ruling on the legality of publishing income tax lists in newspapers. Internal Revenue officials doubt the legality while the law requires public inspection but also criminalizes printing parts of returns outside legal channels.
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Department of Justice
Stone
Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Lowden Urged as Agriculture Secretary After Wallace Death
Rank O. Lowden of Illinois is urged on President Coolidge to fill the agriculture secretary post left vacant by Secretary Wallace's death. Assistant Secretary Gore acts as secretary. Gore had been the Republican nominee for West Virginia governor but halted campaign work to serve in Washington.
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Rank O. Lowden
Illinois
President Coolidge
Wallace
Gore
West Virginia
Washington
Notable figures mourned in week’s obituaries
The week’s deaths include James B. Forgan longtime Chicago banker and finance authority Percy D Haughton famed football coach General W B Haldeman commander in chief United Confederate Veterans Edward Bell American charge d affaires in Peking linked to mental strain from China turmoil Frances Hodgson Burnett among others reflecting a period of notable losses.
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James B. Forgan
Chicago
Percy D. Haughton
Gen. W. B. Haldeman
The
United Confederate Veterans
Edward Bell
Peking
China
Frances Hodgson .Burnett
Soviet demands apology over forged Anovley letter
Moscow branding the Anovley letter as a forgery sparks Soviet protest notes to London amid election tensions. The incident strains Anglo Russian talks and may derail the proposed treaty. Zinoviev predicts a German proletarian revolution despite Dawes and Ebert Noske.
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Ussia
Great Britain
Anovley
Moscow
London
Zinoviev
Germany
Dawses, Eberts and Noskes
Allies complete Ruhr evacuation and reparations gains
France finishes economic evacuation of the Ruhr and Rhineland turning public buildings and services over to Germans as 80 000 railway workers return to work. The reparations commission says the Dawes plan is fulfilled and allied experts plan a reparations conference. Owen D Young hands over to Seymour Walker Gilbert as agent general of reparations. J Pierpont Morgan signs French loan deal on the U S market for 150 million with 100 million repaid to Morgan.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
France
America
United States Army of Occupation
Owen D. Young
Seymour Walker Gilbert
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan Banking House
Hoover Calls National Conference On Street And Highway Safety
Secretary Hoover announces a Washington conference on December 15 to address traffic deaths 22600 injuries 678000 and property losses 600 million from 1923 accidents. Delegates from across the country will attend to consider the entire problem.
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Ecretary OF Commerce
Hoover
Washington
Signs of Hard Times for Three Foreign Leaders
The article reports a rising revolt against Kemal in Turkey led by top diplomats and military officers. In Spain, many oppose Primo de Rivera with arrests in Madrid after a major protest. Mussolini in Italy shows signs of waning power as few Fascisti attend the anniversary oath event.
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Kemal
Turkey
Mussolini
Italy
Primo de Rivera
Spain
de Rivera
Madrid
New Trial Granted in Montana Murder Case
Newton L Jackson, convicted of the Lewistown murder of Allison Melsam after the Roy First National Bank robbery in June 1922, was granted a new trial by the Montana Supreme Court on October 24 for improper denial of presenting good reputation evidence for defense witnesses. Other items include immigration hearing issues at Wolf Point, a celebratory birthday in St Edward Tugemon, a fire destroying a mobile truck near Great Falls, a Butte bomb explosion and mash seizure, two infant deaths in Libby fire, three suspects charged with murder in Missoula, a bank cashier resignation in Bozeman, a car crash near Wolf Creek injuring two, a self-inflicted death at Poplar, postoffice upgrades for five Montana towns, and a manslaughter charge dropped as accidental death.
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Newton L Jackson
Lewistown
Allison Melsam
First National Bank of
Roy
Supreme Court
Wolf Poing Mehard Ogle
Immigration Bureau
Weg
Canadia
Canada
Ry AL Morford
Co—J
St. Edward
Tugemon
Bozeman
Edwards
Sn Oall
Great Falls
A. Patterson
Sti
Vadnats
Foenton
William Vadnats
Butte
Nalice
James Tivans
Warland
Libby
Evans
Tiles
Ted Mauek
Helen Lew
Taz
Dick" Favelle
Missoula
Ida Tack
Plevria approves light plant bond by overwhelming margin
Voters pass the bond issue for a town electric light plant by 24 to 1, the most unanimous tally in town history. The council will move ahead with selling the bonds to fund the installation and purchase.
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Plevria
Havre Forms Livestock Shipping Association
A livestock shipping association was organized at Havre under county agent E B Duncan. In September the group shipped 16 carloads of hogs and eight carloads of cattle through the association.
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Havre
E. B. Duncan
Frenzied husband attacked wife and baby in home
In a local hospital a six month old girl, Rutte-Frances Gliko, is critically stabbed in the abdomen. Frank Gliko is jailed on assault charges after allegedly entering the home in a drunken frenzy near 8 p.m. on October 26, slashing the infant and severing the mother's thumb while she braced the child.
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Rutte
Frances
Frank Gliko
Frank Kiko
Giko
Laurel Youth Killed in Hunting Accident Near Town
Taunrel Otis Hunt 20, a Laurel High School sophomore, died Oct 28 when a hunting gun discharged after a scare near Schauer's Branch two and a half miles northwest of Laurel. He and Russell Ward had rode out for a rabbit hunt. the gun fell after a timber strike, shooting him in the heart.
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Taunrel
Otis Hunt
Ross
Day
Laurel
Young Hunt
Russell Ward
India
Tia
Hunt
Laurel High School
Wolf Point Lad Killed by Accidental Rifle Discharge
Leslie Cayvell six year old son of Mr and Mrs Lumon Cayvell of Wolf Point area was accidentally shot and killed by a bullet from a 32 Stevens rifle. The incident occurred October 28 when the boys tried to shoot crows in a corn field. They left the gun after failing to fire, and a dog stepped on it causing the accidental discharge. The bullet entered the lad's stomach and lodged in his back. he died within minutes.
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Mircle
Leslie Cayvell
Lumon Cayvell
Wolf Point
Wittle Ind
Clarence
Funds Reported For Officer Wilson Family Relief Drive
After a community drive totaling around 4 000 dollars, secretary treasurer Frank Beley announced 3 167 dollars were deposited with 500 dollars more added later to aid the widow and six children of Officer Wilson killed in the line of duty. The funds aim to clear the Wilson home mortgage and provide ongoing support.
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Livingston
Wilson
Frank Beley
Beeley
Grief Sparks Butte Miner’s Self Inflicted Death
William Moyle aged 74 died from a self inflicted gunshot during a despondent fit after learning of his son W H Moyle’s death on October 12. The Butte native and veteran prospector had been in failing health for over a month and reportedly gave up hope of recovery. He was found by his stepdaughter Mrs Jack Harris at 9 30 am on October 2.
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William Moyle
Jack Harris
W. H. Moyle
Mr. Moyle
Cornwall
Eng
Butte
Ford Derails Locomotive Near Miles City
In Cartersville on October 26 a Ford automobile collided with Milwaukee train No. 16 at a grade crossing. The engine derailed and the train arrived two hours late. no injuries were reported. It is unclear if the Ford continued after the collision.
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Ford
Miles City
Cartersville
Ford Automobile
Milwaukee
Mrs Oliver Dead in Roundup After Illness
Mrs John Oliver wife of State Senator John Oliver of Carter county died Oct 29 in Roundup after a week long illness of pneumonia. She was 47, lived in Roundup about a year. her husband is cashier of the Roundup State Bank and receiver of the Citizens State Bank. Five children survive. Senator Oliver was hospitalized in Des Moines, Iowa, recovering from a minor operation and could not be at her bedside.
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John Oliver
John Olver
Carter County
Pneuumonia
Oliver
Des Moines
Iowa
Record of Rapid Timber Growth in Hayes Creek Area
State forester R. P. McLaughlin and assistant silviculturist R. T. Gisborne reported rapid timber growth near Hayes Creek. A yellow pine stump measured 44 inches in diameter at about 100 years old, while another tree 70 years old reached 25 1 4 inches. The larger tree is estimated to contain 3 000 or 8 700 board feet. The growth rate is described as unprecedented by Gisborne. The report accompanies Montana fish distribution totals and health, census office plans at the Capitol, public service hearings, and other state notices.
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R. P. McLaughlin
R. T. Gisborne
University Heads Talk Finance at Missoula Conference
The executive council of the Greater University of Montana met in Missoula to discuss finances and policy. Chancellor M. A. Brannon of Helena attended the conference.
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The
Greater University of Montana
Missoula
Greater University
M. A. Brannon
Helena
Reservoir surveys planned for spring flood water on Hill county farms
County Agent E. B. Duncan and F. F. Murdock of the state agricultural college engineering department conduct tentative reservoir-site surveys to preserve spring flood water on Hill county farms. Requisition papers approved by Governor Dixon authorize Cravens alias Cramer to be returned to Carthage Missouri after arrest on burglary and robbery charges. A bail hearing occurred Monday for residents seeking Great Northern stockyards at Mondak with Daniel Boyle and S. M. Ross presiding. Land office receipts for the month totaled seventy two thousand dollars, turned over to the state treasurer on October 25.
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E. B. Duncan
F. F. Murdock
Engineering Department
The
State Agricultural College
Hill County
Dixon
Carthage
W. H. Cravens
W. H. Cramer
Butte
Daniel Boyle
S. M. Ross
State Railroad Commissioners
Mondak
Great Northern
Land Office
State Land Office
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