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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
1
Washington reporters describe renewed momentum in the prohibition struggle as Congress nears session. Both wets and drys marshal attacks while some prohibitionists show breaches in unit cohesion and repeal supporters push for full repeal measures.
Northwest Mining association passes resolutions at Spokane urging the return of vast federal lands in 11 Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast states to state control for development taxation and governance. Opposes abandoning Alaska railroad and highway right of way. criticizes curtailment of mail service.
Victoria Deschamps, a 14 year old in San Francisco, was named Cinderella for a day when Jack Me Cord, described as a wealthy Alaska man, announced an adoption. Police questioned the wealth claim, noting Victoria’s Missoula parents opposed the plan. News outlets concluded the event was a publicity stunt.
Col Elias Marsters at federal prohibition enforcement HQ reluctantly endorses Col Albert White for U S marshal in Alaska after years of pursuit. White, once assistant administrator in enforcement, gains the nod but the scene is marked by tension and mixed motives as he leaves for Boise, Idaho.
Washington dispatch reports Clinton N. M. Howard, chair of the United Committee for Prohibition Enforcement, appealing to Pope Pius XX for moral support of civil authority in the United States. Rev. John J. Burke, National Catholic Welfare Conference secretary, rebuked the move as impudent and politicized, noting prohibition is a political issue and criticizing the letter as an attempt to discredit the Catholic Church. Continued on pare six.
Honorable Walter S. Hartman, Bozeman attorney and noted Montana orator, will deliver the principal address at the Woodrow Wilson birthday commemoration. The event is set for December 28 at the city auditorium after Helena citizens met at the Commercial club rooms to finalize plans.
Washington reports that during an interstate commerce commission inquiry the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad faced rising local taxes and electrification effects on earnings. Tax official A S Dudley testified taxes have surged, while rail executives argued electricity substitutions reduced costs. Milwaukee Land Co profits from 1907 to 1925 were about 2.047 million, and timber sales from holdings were described by VP Fr Ti Harning of Seattle.
Yaron City reports two fatalities and eighteen injuries from a tornado that struck today causing nearly $500,000 in property damage. Over 100 residents were left homeless. The deceased are two Black women and five of the injured are white. Governor Whitfield ordered National Guardsmen to guard property and prevent pillage.
Rudyard Kipling, the Burwash author, shows satisfactory improvement after contracting double pneumonia at his Sussex retreat. Reports say his condition remains careful and stable with no signs of complications.
A reader writes that after the Independent ran a classified ad for a table and carnel sale a buyer was found. She notes her household goods were moved after moving out of the city and claims similar ads by Cagsifled enn pins agin succeeded.
In Nederland Cola on December 5 a total of twenty miners trapped by fire at the Fairview mine and more than a dozen rescuers were rescued or brought to a bunkhouse hospital by dawn. Charles Mirquist, last to be freed, was overcome but expected to recover. Others named include Walter Striker George Suttle Chester Wileng Rob Stevenson and Ed Tenderson. Fireman Captain John Cutshaw was also overcome in the tunnel. The rescue effort continued with several workers briefly overcome earlier in the event.
New York AP reports Governor Smith’s 1-year-old son Arthur Smith secretly married Misa Ann Ness of Albany, with the groom’s elder brother Fred Smith Jr. having done similarly in 1944. The governor did not confirm details as notes of the romance emerged.
Mrs. Mra ti. KE. Thon, wife of State Treasurer Wy Harman, aged 80, died yesterday at her home in Tacoma Washington. Me. Tagen will leave for Tacoma this morning to arrange the funeral. The death came suddenly after a letter from her a few days ago indicating no illness.
Frank Letz a Montana cowboy was found seriously wounded in a thicket after attempting to dynamite the Horse Meat Packing plant of Chappell Brothers in Rockford Illinois. He had set four fires at the plant aimed to destroy the business and shipment of horses to Europe. He confessed the arousal from imagining horses moved on Montana ranges being shipped to Rockford slaughterhouses.
In Butte Montana Dan Sallegan a 21 year old convict escapes custody minutes after a jury verdict found him guilty of grand larceny in Judge J J Lynch's court. He breaks from his escort a hack and runs through jurors toward a street and train tracks before vanishing eastbound.
British and American gunboats reached a Shantung port recently amid clashes between Manchurian forces led by Chang Tso-Lan and local troops. Shelling from rival Chinese warships fell into the Chesdo foreign quarter during the engagement.
A nine year old tearfully watches her Aberdeen Angus calf win the high prize at the International Stock Exposition. Tamme Brown of Aledo, Utah owns the calf which claimed the first ever champion junior stock feeder title. The auction, led by the Lel Brothers for the Chicago Northwestern lines, fetched 20 cents a pound and set a record, with 25 prize winners sold that day.
Washington dispatch reports Republicans plan to organize both houses as the 65th Congress opens on Monday. Delegates meet to finalize states and committee assignments while Democrats prepare to select officers and set seats. Decision on insurgents' political status is deferred until next week. Continues on page two.
The French Senate approved a government measure urging financial inflation and a 20 to 100 percent tax rise with a 205 vote, after a heated debate. Finance Minister Loucheur faced ultimatums as Briand and party leaders argued the plan was needed to save France amid a tense political climate.
New York December 4. Gloria Swanson film star must pay a $250 fine for contempt of court. The appellate division filed a unanimous decision upholding the order of Supreme Court Justice Bard to vacate the fine. The levy related to her alleged refusal to accept a subpoena to appear in the divorce suit of Janet Reesher, actress.
Los Angeles reports actress Constance Talmadge regained American citizenship in a naturalization proceeding before Federal Judge William Jane. Born abroad, she had previously renounced nationality after marrying J.T. Pialoglou, a foreign cigarette manufacturer, and later re entered the naturalization process.
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