Mellon Plans Tax Cuts Face Senate Hearing
Edward W. Pickard reports on Secretary Mellon presenting Treasury views to Ways and Means. Proposals include gradual surtax cuts, estate and gift tax repeal, and retention of some taxes. Support comes from manufacturers and state tax clubs. France loan policy and Locarno pact reception also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Alhucemas
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Rose Pastor. Stokes
James G. P. Stokes
Edward W. Pickard Pening
House Committee On Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Iain Surtaxes
Board of Tax Appeals
National Association of Manufacturers
Iowa
Texas
Green
Garner
Tax Club
French debt plan rejected by Caillaux cabinet
French Finance Minister Caillaux presented a temporary plan for the war debt to the United States but the Painleve cabinet rejected it as unlikely to win approval in parliament. A semi official indication followed that Paris would soon send new proposals to the American debt funding commission via the French ambassador in Washington. Critics say Caillaux may not intend a serious offer, aiming to shape Parliament's view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Coolidge
Paris
America
Europe
United States
Washington
Painleve
Caillaux
American Debt Funding Commission
Balkan Tensions Rise After Greek Bulgarian Clash
Greek and Bulgarian troops clashed near Demihissar Macedonia. A Greek officer and a sentinel were killed. Greece demanded 400000 indemnity, punishment of Bulgarian officers, and an apology. Greek forces moved toward Petrich as European powers feared a new Balkan war amid Albanian unrest and Italian propaganda. Sofia planned to protest to the League of Nations over alleged Greek invasion.
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Hose
Locarno
Demihissar
Macedonia
Sofia
Petrich
Europe
Albania
League of Nations
Bulgaria
French forces quell Damascus revolt after brief siege
Rebels in Damascus rose against French occupation but were crushed within a day as General Sarrail struck with artillery armored cars and tanks. The Moslem quarter suffered heavy damage from bombardment and fires. Two American warships were sent from Gibraltar to Alexandria to protect lives and property.
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Cruses
Syria
Damascus
Sarrail
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Egypt
Indiana Governor appoints Arthur R. Robinson to U S Senate
Governor Jackson names Arthur R. Robinson to fill the unexpired term of the late Samuel M. Ralston. The Indianapolis lawyer and Republican will serve until March 3, 1929. A World War veteran, Robinson rose from first lieutenant to major and previously sought the Senate nomination in 1916. He is married with one daughter.
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Overnor Jackson
Indiana
Arthur R. Robinson
United States
Samuel M. Ralston
Robinson
Senate
Indianapolis
Harry New
North Dakota
Governor Sprague Declines to Name Ladd Succession
Governor Sprlle states he will not appoint a successor to the late Senator E. F. Ladd, signaling a wait for special circumstances or future action by the legislature. The proclamation leaves the seat vacant as the political scene reacts to the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernor Sprlle
E. F. Ladd
Mitchell Ordered Before Court Martial For Treasonable Conduct
OL William Mitchell is ordered to appear in Washington on October 28 for a court martial on charges of violating the ninety sixth article of war. Maj Gen C P Summerall presides with a panel including generals Howse Sladen MacArthur Graves Poore Bowley King McCoy Winans Irwin Booth Winship Moreland and McMullen. Veteran officers expect a guilty verdict and dismissal, likely overturned to a public reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mitchell
Washington
Navy Department
C. P. Summerall
Robert L. Howse
Fred W. Sladen
Douglas MacArthur
William 8. Graves
Benjamin A. Poore
Albert J. Bowley
Edward L. King
Frank R. McCoy
Edwin B. Winans
George L. R. Irwin
Ewing E. Booth
Blanton Winship
Sherman Moreland
Joseph I. McMullen
Mitchell
Impeachment Threat Seen Against Texas Governor Ferguson
Governor Ferguson faces impeachment threats as opponents allege waste of funds and inefficient administration. Representative King calls a special session to investigate with Speaker Satterwhite backing the move, citing a statute allowing a session for impeachment with 50 lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A" Ferguson
Texas
Ferguson
A. H. King
King
Lee Satterwhite
House
Satterwhite
Austin
Supreme Court Upheld Volstead Act Pre Amendment
The Supreme Court ruled the Volstead Act constitutional even before the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified. It held Congress had authority to pass the law prior to the amendment and to enact future provisions carrying out constitutional aims.
Episcopal bishops vote to remove obey from marriage rite
At the New Orleans convention the house of bishops and deputies agreed to drop the word obey from the marriage service and to strike the 39 articles from the Book of Common Prayer. They also ended proposals to admit women to the deputies and to license women as lay readers. A resolution urged U S senate backing for the permanent court of international justice at The Hague.
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Episcopal House of Bishops
New Orleans
House of Deputies
Book of Common Prayer
United States Senate
Permanent Court of International Justice
The
Hague
National Congregational Council opens in Washington
President Coolidge presided at the opening of the National Council of Congregational Churches in Washington and was elected and re elected honorary moderator. He urged churches to strengthen respect for the law as crime defies government. Frank J. Harwood of Appleton Wisconsin was elected moderator for the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council of Congregational Churches
Washington
Coolidge
Frank J. Harwood
Appleton
Wis
Y. M. C. A. Work
Sugar Factory Opens At Chinook Amid 2500 Attendees
The Utah-Idaho Sugar company opened a new sugar factory at Chinook at a cost of 1,000,000 dollars. About 2,500 people from the Milk River valley and other Montana regions attended the ceremony with remarks by Governor J E Erickson Bishop C W Nibley and company officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinook
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Milk River
J. E. Erickson
Montana
Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
EK. ©. Leedy
Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railway
Sam Stephenson
Great Falls
R. G. Linebarger
Havre
W. H. Wattis
Sugar Company
Three Forks Church Rebuilding After Earthquake
The Methodist Episcopal church at Three Forks, nearly wrecked by the June 27 quake, is being rebuilt and should finish in about three weeks. Twenty workmen have been on site, with the cost around $5,000. The building, once the most damaged, will be razed to the foundation and rebuilt to resemble the original structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Three Forks
Music Director Charles Currier to lead Sweet Grass high orchestra
Charles Currier has been engaged to direct the school orchestra and glee clubs at Sweet Grass County High School. Under his leadership the program is expected to rival any in the area. Home economics analyzes tasks performed by girls at home, with data to be evaluated as part of the course of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Currier
Sweet Grass County High School
Currier
Sweet Grass High
Sumatra State Bank Makes First 25 Percent Deposit Payment
The Sumatra State bank announces it has paid 25 percent of deposits held when it suspended February 18, 1924. Officials say the payment is ahead of the April 1, 1926 due date, made possible by reopening on April 4, 1925, and improved funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumatra State Bank
Twenty Miles of Scobey to Ophelm Line Nears Completion
The Montana railroad commission says the 20 mile Scobey Ophelm extension of the Great Northern railway will be completed in a few days. Freight will be hauled as the construction department sees fit. The line includes Four Buttes eight and a half miles from Scobey and Peerless eleven and a half miles farther.
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Great Northern Railway
Montana — Railroad Commission
Four Buttes
Scobey
Peerless
State Buys Lake County Bonds
Lake county bonds totaling 100000 dollars were purchased by the Montana state land board with state school funds. The bonds were issued to finance the county’s indebtedness inherited from Missoula and Flathead counties, from which it was cut off four years ago. The state's bid competed with several other prospective buyers.
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State
Lake County
Montana State Land Board
Missoula
Flathead
Road Bureau Closes Helena Office After Budget Cut
The federal Bureau of Roads office in Helena will close November 1 due to lack of federal aid work in Montana. District engineer C. H. Purcell says staff will transfer to other states as the bureau reshapes operations.
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Federal Bureau of Roads
Helena
C. H. Purcell
Bureau
Portland
Montana
Montana Power to Extend Harlem Line This Fall
Word from Trarlem says Montana Power plans to extend their line into Harlem from Chinook with work likely starting in October and possibly connecting to the city by November 30. The report notes ambitious timing and potential integration with Harlem utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trarlem
Montana Power
Harlem
Chlinook
Oldest Montana Lawyer Levi J. Hamilton Dies at 71
Levi J. Hamilton, attorney, author, and politician, was found dead in bed at his home in Butte. Death was due to heart failure. At 71, he was among Montana’s oldest practicing lawyers and descended from pioneer Ohio stock.
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Levi J. Hamilton
Butte
Mr. Hamilton
Montana
Ohio
Civil War Brigadier General Thomas T. Heath Dies at 91
General Thomas T. Heath, 91, one of the Civil War’s last surviving brigadier generals, died at his Lockland Ohio home. He served in the Union Army and lived a long life after the war.
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Cincinnati
Thomas T. Heath
Lockland
Ohio
Deer hunting tragedy near Bozeman claims student life
J Howard Waddell a 24 year old Montana State College junior was fatally injured by an accidental shotgun discharge from companion Carl Albrecht while deer hunting 35 miles north of Bozeman. Waddell died after seven hours before reaching Bozeman hospital with the shot fracturing his left thigh and death attributed to shock exposure and loss of blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Waddell
Montana State College
Carl Albrecht
Bozeman
Waddell
Five Montana fair directors freed as betting case dismissed
Judge A J Horsky in Helena discharged five state fair directors and released their bail after upholding defense objections to betting records. The dismissal followed a finding of insufficiency in the information charging recording bets on horse races. The state gave notice of appeal to the Montana supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
A. J. Horsky
Helena
Lester H. Loble
Carl Rasch
W H. Pigott
I. W. Choate
E. E. Collins
Billings
Horsky
Andle
Montana Supreme Court
Mid night copper mine to reopen after 18 years idle
Dominic Spogen of Belt, secretary of the mining company, says the Mid night copper mine in the Big Blackfoot country will reopen after 18 years idle. An adjoining patent acquisition prompted the decision. Ore samples show about 24 percent copper with 49 to 60 ounces of silver and a net value of 76 dollars per ton. The mine sits 18 miles up the middle fork of the Blackfoot from Lincoln, 20 miles from the nearest rail.
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Big Blackfoot
Dominic Spogen
Belt
Spogen
Middle Fork
Blackfoot
Lincoln
Damages Filed Over Change of Venue in Bozeman Suit
J A Roderson, a former railroad brakeman, sues Northern Pacific Railway for 30020 in district court Bozeman claiming injury from October 7 1921 while riding in a private car through a Gordon to Mulr tunnel. He alleges exposure to smoke fumes and gases during severe weather impaired health and earning power.
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Silver Bow County
Northern Pacific Railway
Bozeman
J. A. Roderson
G. HL. Jacobus
Gordon
Mulr
Dillon Celebrates Forty Fifth Anniversary of Founding
Dillon marks its forty fifth anniversary this month with ENel Brothers observing the event. The firm was the first to establish operation in Dillon after moving from Corinne Utah when the railroad terminus was fixed at the site. Dillon began as a tent town and grew into a thriving community by 1882 with frame houses and business blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Enel Brothers
Corinne
Utah
New Guard Infantry Company Proposed for Miles City Post
The American Legion Post at Miles City considers accepting a guard infantry unit with equipment and pay for maintenance. The Baker company is to be replaced as it is understood to be mustered out. Miles City officers have pressed for a new infantry unit and believe fifty veterans can be enlisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
American Legion
Miles City
Baker
Hot Lunches Return in Orinoco School District
Women in Rosebud county organize hot noon meals for school children in the Orinoco district. Last year’s program is praised and participation rises. All students except one showed weight gain over the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orinoco
Rosebud County
Kalispell Teacher Killed in Roadside Crash
Mrs. Lena Myers a Kalispell high school teacher died instantly in an automobile accident on the road between Kalispell and Whitefish. She was traveling with her niece Miss Gladys Child to attend a football game in Whitefish when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Myers
Kalispell High School
Kalispell
Whitefish
Family Involved in Livingston Train Crossing Accident
A Livingston family of eight waited at the Northern Pacific crossing when a westbound freight passed. After the caboose cleared, the father driving the car moved onto the tracks ahead of an eastbound train. The crash left the father and six children with cuts and concussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. McCann
Livingston
Northern Pacific
Mourning a Dog, Not a Wife, on the Track
Zeke Yawkey from Rumpus Ridge encounters a distressed acquaintance by the track who laments losing his best dog. The man explains his wife is long gone, but he mourns the dog as the current sorrow. The scene captures a rural, stoic moment from the Kansas City Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeke Yawkey
Rumpus Ridge
Mr. Yawkey
Kansas City Star
Bayer Aspirin Warning Ad Idy Message
Demand Bayer aspirin only. insist the name Bayer appears on package or tablets to ensure genuine, safe product trusted by physicians for 25 years. Imitations may be dangerous, says Ady.
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Bayer
Coal and labor expert warns against passive hope
Warning Ellis Seatles of Indianapolis told an Atlantic City audience that a passively hopeful attitude fails to prevent a world clash between capital and labor. He urged action, saying those clinging to hope often end up in the mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Seatles
Indianapolis
Atlantic City
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Snowy White Clothes
Advertisement copy extols the satisfaction of clean laundry achieved with Red Cross Ball Blue. It urges readers to work hard and enjoy spotless whites, finishing with a brief exhortation to seek an appetite by hard toll.
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