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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
1
Secretary Mellon announced that French commissioners authorized to negotiate funding for France’s war debt to the United States would sail September 15. The Belgian settlement, reached yesterday, prompted varied opinions on its effect on French and state law sentiment.
In Portland Oregon August 19 the man hunt for convicts Tom Murphy James Willos and Edgeworth Kelly from Oregon State Penitentiary continued. Reports said three-man groups resembling the fugitives were seen across Oregon and Washington as searches persisted in multiple locations.
Washington officials of the prohibition enforcement forces met to discuss their status under an impending reorganization plan. Directors and high officials remained uncertain as they awaited further guidance while officers stayed on to handle individual matters with the commander.
Unusual weather pressures cause the MacMillan Arctic expedition to abandon plans for a polar sea flight. The National Geographic Society and Navy, agreeing with Commander MacMillan, shift focus to Greenland Tuam, dor and Baffin Island investigations. Some friction over prior consultation noted as the decision was announced.
Euzaneth Chevallier aged 29 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Chevalier, died last evening from injuries after a family car rolled forward while starting, running over the child who stood nearby near the ranch house at Silver. The incident occurred when the engine was cranked. the self starter failed and the car moved in gear. Despite the physician’s arrival, the little girl died at home. The funeral plans were arranged by Terrmann and Campaii.
A fire at Lewistown Oil and Refining near Spring Creek, six tanks and a building were burned, totaling about 10,000 dollars in damage. John Corth, a stills worker, died from burns as the explosion and flames trapped him near the heat exchange building. Firefighting saved a string of tank cars nearby. plant operations can resume after wreckage is cleared.
Newport R I Aug 19 The Mackinac ex cur sion steamer exploded in Narragansett Bay engulfing passengers in steam. Thirty seven died within 24 hours, four missing, over a hundred injured many burned. Navy hospital staff worked nonstop as volunteers aided victims. Captain McVay also led the Larchmont disaster in 1907, the blast blamed on a defective boiler. Continued on page two.
Police investigated an uncooperative woman taken from a Santa Fe train en route from the Pacific coast to Detroit. The woman named Elizabeth Wise, 5289 Fountain Street, denies identity as Dorothy Van Polta or connections to a Hamington family, while a stranger with the name Winabeth Whar caused confusion at a downtown hotel.
Victor L Lawson editor and publisher of the Chicago Daily News died at his home after a two day illness. He had suffered heart attacks and myocarditis in recent years and his death came at age 78 or 79 as he had planned. His wife Mrs Clarke N Tayence of Chicago was summoned to his bedside. He would have been 79 next month and had just resumed leadership of the paper after recoveries.Continued on Page They.
Cleveland August 19 AP dispatch says John Ferbes 19 shot and killed his father Michael Ferbes 45 in their home after the father allegedly tried to stab his son with a butcher knife. Police report the father told the son I am tired of feeding you Why don t you die quicker A murder charge was filed against the gun in pending court action set for tomorrow.
Kansas City August 11 A woman and a man held up the auditor of the Ambassador hotel in his office and escaped with 1006 dollars according to Associated Press.
Washington August 19 The Associated Press reports the federal government dropped the conspiracy charges against Albert H. Fall Jr Cohen Wotline and related defendants on a technicality. The case involved the original conspiracy allegations and the government counsel withdrew the appeal from the court decision, ending the unit case.
The murder trial of Dorothy Ellingson, 7, adjourned to this afternoon then to tomorrow after noon amid defense and prosecution motions. The judge's instructions and closing arguments are pending, with the jury to decide the case. The maid testified and the defendant alternately admitted and denied harming her father.
Roy Chapman Andrews reports from Peking that American Museum of Natural History expedition finds stone implements and weapons buried in Gobi dunes deep inside Mongolia. They claim to have uncovered earliest type of man and traces of other primitive humans amid dinosaur fossils. Findings include skulls and skeletons from the transition from reptile to mammal life, with details continuing in the newspaper.
Six San Quentin inmates escaped in a launch from the water front gang with a hostage, B O Miller. They were pursued by guards and later captured at Malibu Point on the Contra Costa shore. Miller was near death from bullet wounds. guard George Grayson was hospitalized in critical condition. One escapee, Paul Pace, suffered a shattered arm. Bay Area posses mobilized across Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Grand Lodge of Montana pays tribute to Hedges at a memorial service in Missoula while 2100 Master Masons meet for the Grand Lodge’s first annual communication. Grand Master H. Hart presides, with eulogies by Rev H S Gatley and leaders from Montana and surrounding jurisdictions.
A fire at the Sthesters building caused damage estimated between $11.00 and $345,000 to the building and several tenants’ stock after a girl employee forgot to turn off an electric iron used to press a hat. The blaze reportedly began from a faulty iron at the American Villines company Sere location.
Angelo Lanzone, 40, was shot six times in the head by an assailant after a confrontation with his wife Fannie Lanzone. Police said Mrs Francee Damante, the victim’s mother-in-law, defended her daughter and was taken into custody as the investigation continued.
J Ramsay MacDonald, first labor prime minister of England, argues in The Nation that Baldwin’s coal subsidy risks provoking violent revolution. He notes rising unity among trades unions, public sympathy for miners, and government mishandling that led toward an inevitable crisis.
Chicago report says Mrs Mary Kuna 42 confessed to fatally stabbing her husband Albert 3 during a quarrel at their home after both drank moonshine. Police found Albert dead in a bloodied pool while Kuna, rocking their baby, sang a lullaby. Her initial confession was later retracted.
New York police stormed a basement den on Eldridge Street where Charles Anderson, accused of attempted jewelry heist, held out with an improvised barricade and pistol. After a siege with gunfire, Anderson surrendered. authorities sought him for a $17,900 jewelry theft.
A Kansas City Star report notes a challenge between James Garfield Brows, an Oneida Indian bricklayer, and Nelson Onala, a Black bricklayer from Nebraska, for a race to lay bricks. The letter, sent to the Kansas City Star, quotes a boast of 43,000 bricks daily and expresses confidence in beating Brown.
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