Deadlock over Butte city treasurer role continues
January 16. In Butte the city treasurer office, never opened on a Sunday before, drew three police shifts guarding its door. Joseph E. Riley, deposed treasurer, stayed inside behind closed doors all day while Thomas McCarthy, appointed treasurer, did not appear. Riley retains keys to the doors and the safe combination.
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Butte
City Hall
Joseph E. Riley
Thomas McCarthy
Riley
MARSHAL DEMANDS REARING ON RUMA
Alva McDonald former United States marshal for western Oklahoma said rumors of a $10,000 bribe behind past Osage murder probe will be presented to the federal grand jury when it reconvenes in Guthrie Oklahoma tomorrow He vows to testify delaying the inquiry into alleged conspirators blamed for Osage and others deaths.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Federal Grand Jury
Alva McDonald
United States
Maine
Famous woman will be tried in Soviet espionage case
Moscow reports reveal renewed review of a dozen czarist era espionage cases by Soviet courts. Marie Serebriakova, over seventy and blind, is accused of being a long time spy for the empire and linked to many deaths of revolutionaries and spies. The public prosecutor seeks the death penalty, but age and blindness may spare her. Meanwhile Alexander Nikulin was sentenced to death for aiding czarist plotters and revolutionists.
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Moscow
Russia
Marie
Marie Serebriakova
Bolshe Press
Nikulin
Alexander Nikulin
Tocay
War of Tong War Looms on Coast. Police Guard Heightened
In Los Angeles, Jan 10, four heavy police guards remain to prevent a tong war after the slaying of Wong Quong, former president of the Hop Sing tong with a large LA membership. In San Francisco, Wong Quang was shot to death in Ross Alley Chinatown early Saturday, triggering police action.
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Los Angeles
Chinatown
San Francisco
Wong Quong
Hop Sing Tong
Wong Quang
Ross Alley
Rivers of France Begin to Subside
Paris January 10. Under bright cold weather the Seine and other rivers that had risen past their banks continued to fall today. Officials say fear of a serious catastrophe is now definitely past.
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Paris
Seine
Lis
Three Killed in Wreck W Durant in Frontenac Crash
W C Durant automobile maker was in a wreck when Florida East Coast trains 66 and 36 collided on a curve near Frontenac Pa. A trainman and two black attendants died. Durant’s private car Patriot was rear of train 36. Durant and party were rushed to New York.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Associated Press
H. N. Rodenbaugh
St. Augustine
Florida East Coast Railroad
J. N. Fogarty
W. C. Durant
Mr. Durant
New York
Frontenac
Titusville
Triedenbaugh
Durant
R. R. Hicks
Prince Carol plots revolt in Milan departure plan
Former Crown Prince Carol of Romania prepares to leave Milan where he has stayed since renouncing his accession rights. Mme Lupescu may accompany him. He sent confidential telegrams to Vienna and rumors say he plans to go there as a step toward regaining the throne.
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Milan
Italy
Carol of
Romania
Mme. Lupescu
Mme Lupesc
Carol
Vienna
Hotels Evacuated as Fire Destroys Three-Story Building
In Atlanta on January 10 a blaze of undetermined origin forced evacuation of guests from two hotels. The fire gutted a three story building on Mitchell Street, housing the Perfect Belt Manufacturing Co, and caused water and smoke damage to three more establishments. Estimated damage runs to about $20,000.
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Atlanta
Mitchell Street
Perfect Belt Manufacturing Company
Take Rich Loot In Bloody Raid
A passenger train between Guadalajara and Mexico City is reported attacked by 20 armed bandits who killed most passengers and wounded or burned most of the military escort. The train was burned and bandits fled with 3,500,000 pesos. Telegraph lines continued.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Negrete
Yureenaro
Manuel Nunez
No Early Solution of Mexican Crisis Reported
Mexico City reports show American Ambassador Sheffield filed a protest over retroactive petroleum and land laws. Optimism exists for an amicable adjustment, though final clarification seems unlikely. Special dispatches from Tepic say 500 bodies recovered after floods near Santiago Ixcaut la. damage was severe and waters are subsiding.
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Mexico City
Washington
James R. Sheffield
Mexico
Tepic
Nayarit
Santiago
Ixcauintla
Pastor urges jazz in church choirs in New York
The Chelsea Methodist Episcopal pastor Rev. Chrisian F. Reiner told his congregation that churches should replace costly quartets with jazz backed music. He said jazz thrills and relieves strain, prompting a prompt reaction from listeners.
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New York
Jaze
Chrisian F. Reiner
Chelsea Methodist Episcopal Church
Warm spell brings cattle flies back in Indian summer
Outbank Montana January 10– Indian summer weather for six weeks sparked an invasion of the heel fly or hot pest across the Blackfeet country five stock ranges. Cattle lose weight and graze mainly at night. James Perrine, with large herds, says it is the first time in his 49 years of ranching that flies have appeared at this season.
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Outbank
Mont
Blackfeet
James Perrine
King Albert Visits Cardinal Mercier in Brussels
King Albert visited Cardinal Mercier in Brussels reporting the aged prelate somewhat stronger than yesterday. Doctors say Mercier’s stomach operation did not meet expectations.
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Brussels
Albert
Cardinal Mercier
Yankee Mothers Of Day Are qeer
New York January 10 The American girl with rolled stockings cigarette bobbed hair and partying is only a bit more sophisticated than her French sister but the American mother is the outstanding feminine figure of the world, says Professor Charles Cestre of the Sorbonne He spoke at an Alliance Francaise event noting the American woman mother of the flapper stands out for education public life and a vivid mix of business and pleasure.
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New York
Charles Cestre
Sorbonne
Alliance- Francaise
Hard Coal Miners Reject Hughes Arbitration Plan
In New York a Sunday wage conference session failed to reach agreement after nearly five hours. Miners and operators voted down two proposals and left the matter to Charles E Hughes, while miners opposed a basket approach to arbitration. In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a strike resolution urged a general stoppage including maintenance workers to hasten the end of the current suspension.
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New York
Hughes
Alvan Markle
Markle
Charles E. Hughes
Vers
America
Mr. Hughes
Wilkesbarre
Pon
United Mine Workers of America
Weather Across West Sees Scrambled Patterns and Anomalies
A Pacific season report notes California enduring a cold spell despite mild winters with fogs causing night accidents and water shortages looming from scarce rain. Alaska and Alberta see unusual warmth and milder conditions with sparse snow affecting dog races and rivers. robins appear and stock ranges hold.
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San Francisco
Far West
Northwest
California
Alaska
Nome
Alberta
Lethbridge
Alta
Robins
Democrat Plan Proposes Income Tax Schedule Changes
Washington January 10 Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee draft a tax program proposing a $400 million cut this year, about $170 million more than the house bill. The plan accepts a surtax rate drop from 40 to 20 percent, raises reductions for incomes between $22,000 and $149,000, and keeps passenger auto taxes unchanged. It omits inheritance tax publicity returns and other rate schedules, with further items to be addressed later.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
House
Taylor Promotion Nominates Mobile Leader to ICC Post
Richard V. Taylor a longtime Mobile Alabama city commissioner and former mayor has been nominated by President Coolidge for membership on the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Richard V. Taylor
Mobile, Ala
President Coolidge
Interatele Commerce Commission
Dowager Queen Starts on Her Last Journey
Dowager Queen Margherita of Savoy’s funeral train moved from Bordighera to Rome with crowds at every stop. The journey, spanning Tyrrhenian shores, ends with interment beside her husband King Umberto in the Pantheon. Peasant crowds in Sunday best knelt along the routes as the train traveled past Genoa and Leghorn.
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Rome
Margherita of
Savor
Bordighera
Tyrrhenian
Italy
Jlambert
Pantheon
Genoa
Leghorn
Tiga
Mount Vesuvius erupts with dramatic lava displays
Rome reports Mount Vesuvius continuing activity with green and yellow smoke and jets of gas. Tuscany suffers a tremor as residents flee to open spaces. Lava streams threaten Torre Annunciata while many families camp outdoors despite cold.
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Rome
Mount Vesuvius
Tuscany
Italy
Vesuvius
Torre Annunciata
Ban on Masons in Denmark Sparks Officer Resentment
Copenhagen January 19. Government decree bars military and naval officers from Masons orders. Officers strongly resent the ruling and question if it applies to King Christian and his father Frederik. The clash raises constitutional and royal loyalty tensions.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Order of Thee Masons
Christian
Ning Frederick
Indian intermarriage seen erasing identity in 150 years
Chicago January 42 AP Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance of the Blackfeet spoke at Evanston urging that intermarriage with white neighbors will dilute Native American individuality. He predicted no full blooded North American Indian may remain in the country for about 150 years. He praised democracy and individual initiative among chiefs and noted his affiliation with a U.S. economics bureau.
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Chicago
Umity Club
Evanston
Buffalo Child Long Lance
Blackfeet
Long Taucu
United States Bureau of Economics
Beauties of Parks Shown in Films Across Nation
Secretary Work and Director Mather arrange nationwide film use of 11 872 square miles of the 19 national parks. In cooperation with Will Hays led Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America and California producers group, restrictions apply. Public can view American park beauties through motion pictures as backgrounds for suitable stories beyond just fiction. Continues on page Fen.
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Washington
Work
Seenhen T. Mather
National Park Service
United States
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
H. Uays
Association of Motion Picture Producers of California
Tno
AIL
America
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