Commission aims to fix farming ills and aid cattle makers
President Coolidge backs a broad agricultural commission to study marketing tariffs quarantine and foreign competition with real farmers and livestock men as leaders. It will not rush a report to Congress but will target co operative marketing and credit issues facing cattle producers amid bankruptcy risk.
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Coolidge
Congress
Department of Agriculture
R. D. Carey
Commission
United States
Legion urges Congress on national defense measures
RESIDENT COOLIDGE has been asked by the American Legion through National Commander Drain to intercede in his message to Congress a list of Legion recommendations on national defense. Key proposals include universal military service in war and maintaining a navy equal to Great Britain with higher battleship appropriations.
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Coolidge
American Legion
Drain
Inderse
Congress
Legion
Great Britain
Porter plan proposed to end opium abuse at League of Nations
Congressman Stephen Porter, chair of the American delegation, submits the Porter plan to the League of Nations conference in Geneva as a lawful framework to end illegal opium and other pernicious drugs and restore European stability.
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Europe
Geneva
Stephen Porter
Gilbert’s snag over 26 percent German reparations tax
Mr. Gilbert, agent general for reparations, warns after December 1 the transfer commission will collect a 26 percent tax on German imports but will not reimburse Berlin. Germans hoped it was a challenge to recoveries. French and British caution, seeking possible neutral expert arbitration under the Dawes plan.
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OMNG
Gilbert
Transfer Commission
Seipel Resigns as Austrian Chancellor Amid Budget Clash
Austria loses Mgr Seipel as chancellor after he says he cannot carry out League of Nations policies. Rudolph Ramek takes over promising to follow reconstruction plans while bankers officials and profiteers oppose a 100 million dollar budget for next year.
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Ustria
Mgr. Seipel
League of Nations
Rudolph Ramek
Mer. Seipel
Doctor Seipel
NEN WU PEI-FU Proclaims Independent Military Gov ernment
Wu Pei fu and the Indhuns of the Yangtse and Yellow river provinces form a military government and declare independence from Peking. He plans to raise 200000 troops to oust General Feng and Marshal Chang, then moves toward Wuchang with 20000 men as Sun Yat-sen seeks Japan’s support. Chang eyes Feng’s removal as a key move in the power struggle.
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NEN
WU Pei-Fu
Hankow
Yangtse
Yellow River
Peking
Feng
Marshal Chang
Wuchang
Sun Yat-sen
Japan
China
Chang
Kerr Shonta Pursues Communist Trials Amid Pressure
Kerr Shonta presses ahead with trials of about two hundred Communists accused of revolutionary plots and several have been executed despite Soviet Russia’s threats. Daily demonstrations occur before the Esthenian consulate in Moscow. Large Soviet troop concentrations line the Isthonian border.
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Kerr Shonta
Russia
Moscow
Third Internationale
President Coolidge Speaks on Lumber Waste and Reforestation
Presidents urged 40 states and Canada to curb lumber waste with proven methods. He warned that two thirds of timber is lost from cutting to use, a loss exceeding 16 billion cubic feet each year, and called for action to prevent forest denuding by overcutting and fire.
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Umbermien
States
Canada
Labor and political clashes headline El Paso and Juarez meetings
AFL convention in El Paso faces a sharp clash over a coal strike dispute with the Coal River Collieries owned by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. John L. Lewis is backed for secretary of labor as Gompers signals stepping back. The Mexican Federation of Labor condemns communism in Juarez. In France, Caillaux and Malvy receive amnesty amid war prosecutions. News of Montana.
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Hi American Federation of Labor
el Paso
Texas
United Mine Workers of America
Coal River Collieries Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Eurly
Warren
Stone
Engineers’ Brotherhood
John L. Lewis
Gompers
Mexican Federation of Labor
Juarez
Alfonso Soria
Michoacan
Treasure State Briefs Report Bank Payouts and Local News
Central Bank Trust will pay 15 percent on old Empire bank certificates December 1 under new terms. A stray bullet injured James Wharral in the mountains near Biz River. In Carbon county 81 percent of 6,529 voters cast ballots on November 4. William Walsh of Anaconda died after an awning pole struck him. Oat Bank Hardware changes ownership to Paddle Pass with new Minneapolis-based buyers. Casteel must stand trial for fraud larceny in Helena. Ada Wilson, Rock Slings postmistress, indicted for taking mail money. bond posted. Gov Erickson in Helena preparing legislative message. Red Lodge court: Milowsky fined 200 and 60 days, others dismissed. Flathead Indians receive $25 per capita from Interior. Eureka blaze damages Majestic rooming house and nearby stock.
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Central Bank &Trust Company
Old Empire Bank
Deaths of Cardinal Logue and film producer Thomas Ince
Cards note Cardinal Logue’s death at Armagh after his eighty four years and his peacekeeping role amid Irish tensions. Thomas H Ince a leading American film producer died after heart disease while aboard his yacht near San Diego and at Beverly Hills aged 43. he launched careers for Charles Ray William Hart Douglas McLean Dorothy Dalton Madge Bellamy and Doris May.
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Ireland
Ant
Cardinal Logue
Armagh
Thomas H. Ince
Moving Pictures
America
San Diego
Beverly Hills
Mr. Ince
Charles Ray
William 5. Hart
Douglas McLean
Dorothy Dalton
Madge Bellamy
Doris May
DoJ Seeks Quick Trial on Tax List Indictment
By direction of Attorney General Stone the Department of Justice has obtained an indictment in the Baltimore Daily Post for publishing income tax lists. This is a test case and speedy court action is sought.
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Stone
Department of Justice
Baltimore Daily Post
Teacher Burned in Kitchen Kerosene Explosion at Utopia Beach
Mrs. Wiebrock, a teacher at Utopia Beach school near Lavina, sustained severe facial and hand injuries from a kerosene stove explosion in her teacherage. She woke early, added kerosene to rekindle the fire, and the blast burned hair from her head and scorched one side of her face and her left hand.
Campaign Expense Reports Filed For Montana Election
Montana parties report costs in the general election with the Democratic Party at 585,618.45 and the Republican side at 23,978.85. Other entries include La Follette-Wheeler at 3,896.01, Anaconda Copper Mining at 380,005.81, Montana Mining Association at 24,205, and Yellowstone county Linderman-for-Senator club at 446.25. Deadline dates: November 17 for clubs and November 19 for candidates. The Republican National Committee sent 16,500 and the Democratic National Committee 2,000.
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Montana
Democratic Central
Silver Tow County
la Follette-Wheeler
Lacklette-Wheeler Club
Butte
Soiztvt
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana Mining Asociation
Linderman-for-Senator Club
Yellowstone County
Republican National Committee
National Democratic Organization
Boy Fractures Skull After Cliff Fall at Forsyth
Norris Brooks a one year old? Clarify: The text indicates a 14? year old. Norris Brooks, son of Lydia Brooks, clerk in the county treasurer's office at Forsyth, fell from a cliff on the Yellowstone River to rocks 40 feet below, suffering a skull fracture. He was taken to Deaconess hospital where surgery was performed but he was not expected to live. He was with three schoolmates when the accident happened as they sat on the cliff edge while hunting. An embankment gave way, sending him over. his companions called a doctor at Milwaukee depot, and he was rushed to the hospital.
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Norris Brooks
Lydia Brooks
Forsyth
Yellowstone
Deaconess Hospital
Brooks
Hff
Milwaukee
Dead Veteran Adjutant General Receives Corps Citation
Major General Morton cites Warlie Loren Hammond for heroism during a rescue attempt at an abandoned coal shaft near Fiord. Hammond, 1st Class private, died alongside 14 year old Stephen Marcinkowski after entering the shaft despite lethal gas. Their bodies were recovered with difficulty.
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Charles L. Shert- Jan
Morton
Ninth Corps
Warlie Loren Hammond
68Rd Infantry
Fioid
Stephen Marcinkowski
Fiord
Hammond
Marcinkowski
Pair Held for Mann Act Abduction Sentenced in Deer Lodge
Robert Holden aged 20 and Jack Lewis aged 22, who fled Bozeman with two six year old girls on October 6, were found in Provo Utah after a 10 day search. They were sentenced to Deer Lodge penitentiary by Judge B B Law for eight to 16 years each on three Mann Act counts including abducting underage girls for immoral purposes and transporting them within and out of state for immoral acts.
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Robert Holden
Jack Lewis
Bozeman
Provo
Utah
Deer Lodge
B. B. Law
Prisners
Child Struck by Train at Crossing, Helena
Six year old Doris Wanamaker of Helena was hit by a Northern Pacific freight at Roberts Street crossing near the passenger station. Brakeman Harry Cameron, riding the engine pilot, pulled the girl free and was dazed from the collision. The injury required amputation of her right leg below the knee.
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Doris Wanamaker
Helena
Northern Pacific
Roberts Street
Harry Cameron
Taylor Appointed to Boulder State School Board
Lees Taylor of Boulder was appointed by Governor Joseph M. Dixon to serve on the state school board at Boulder. The term runs to April 19, 1925, filling the unexpired term of L. Q. Skelton who resigned.
Fatal Injuries After Car Hits Horses Near White Sulphur Springs
Coleman B. Johnson died a week after a collision on Sheep Creek highway near White Sulphur Springs. He had multiple broken ribs and a punctured lung. The driver died Nov 15 at the Black residence, after walking a mile from the crash. Johnson is survived by his widow, a daughter and four sons.
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Wm. Black
Sheep Creek
White Sulphur Springs
Coleman B. Johnson
Johnson
State Capita l NEWS Payment of 1928 warrants nearing completion
The state general fund warrants totaling about 165000 issued before August 31 1923 were nearly paid last week. Another 800000 in warrants dated December 6 1923 are called for by state treasurer O T H Junod. Warrants are paid from the two mill levy for the first half of 1924 taxes. The Montana railroad commission is asked to approve removing a spur from Windham to Lehigh on the Treat Northern line to haul coal. mining has ceased and the line has not operated for two years.
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O. T H. Junod
Windham
Lehigh
Billings-Shelby
Treat Northern Railroad Company
Montana State Railroad Commission
Quiet Title Decision Upholds Slette Case in Court
Ellen Josephine Slette won quiet title against Review Publishing in Montana Supreme Court with no errors found in the lower court record. Guardianship over state water is enforced by IT B Foot of the health board who requires regular water samples to protect public health. Legislature to meet Monday January 5 to begin session and inaugurate elective officers.
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Ellen Josephine Slette
Review Publishing Company
Culbertson
Slette
Supreme Court
Wellington D. Rankin
Montana
B. Foot
State Board of Health
Foot
State Health Board
State Legislative Assembly
Montana cattle shipments near year's end on decline
N A Phillips secretary of the state live stock commission says Montana finished peak cattle shipments. Last week 64 shipments arrived in Chicago versus 195 the prior week, with a few large loads remaining but main shipping completed.
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Montana
N. A. Phillips
State Livestock Commission
Chicago
Mr. Phillips
Six applicants to take state bar exam in December
J. W. Crosby announces six applicants for the state bar examination to begin December 2 at 10 o'clock at the capitol. The list includes Lows M. Dv Helena, Charles FB Day Butte, Floren N. Wammon Savage, Bennett H. Smith Billings, John W. Kelly Butte, and Marcus O'Farrell Butte. The Montana Public Service Commission dismisses a petition to force Montana Power to extend service to Great Falls west side, citing lack of authority.
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Capitol
J. W. Crosby
Supreme Court
Lows M. Dv
Helena
Charles FB. Day
Butte
Floren N. Wammon
Savage
Bennett H. Smith
Billings
John W. Kelly
Marcus O'Farrell
State Public Service Commission
Great Falls
Montana Power Company
Capitol reports due to governor by year end
Every office and department at the capitol is busy submitting its biennial report to the governor before year end. The papers summarize two years of work and often include recommendations for the next biennium.
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Capitol
State Denies Probe of Rates Dismisses Action
The Montana state railroad commission declined the attorney general Rankin request to set a date for an inquiry into express rates and dismissed the action. Applications for rehabilitation come from the eastern part of the state as part of the industrial accident board efforts. Lief Fredericks, chief of civilian rehabilitation, will travel east to interview applicants.
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Wellington D. Rankin
Montana
State Railroad Commission
State Indusrial Accident Board
Lief Fredericks
Bureau of Civilian Rehabilitation
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Richmond Brown
X. A. Mitchell Ledges
Iunglish
Central America
Armenia
Agricultural Commission
Carey
Porter
Edward W. Pickard
Australia
New Zealand
League of Nations Council
Washington
League
Portugal
Finland
Diet
Mexico
Calles
Hat
Premier Herriot
Joseph Caillaux
Louis Malvy
Interior
Paris
France
News of Montana
James Wharral
Dutton
Chouteau
Biz River
Carbon
KE. Thompson
Carbon County
William Walsh
Anaconda
East Commercial Avenue
Walsh
Casteel
George V. Casteel
Ranking Corporation of
Joan
Henry
Johanna “Hagen
Hagens
Ada Wilson
Rock Slings
Mont
United States Marshals Office
Gov. Erickson
Lec J. J. Erickson Fis
Otter
O. F. Goddard
Red Lodge
Steve Milowsky
Harry Grissy
Frank Campagnola
Bear Creek
C. C., Rowan
Interior Department
Eureka
Majestic
Majestic Theater
Eureka Furniture Exchange
State Capital News
State House
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