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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1925
Page
4
Directors re-elected all officers of the Commercial club after the annual meeting. The lineup includes President Isaac Boyer, vice presidents T Jarlow R O Kaufman and Aubrey M Holter, treasurer E W Prosser, and secretary W G Ferguson.
A crowd of state legislators and local residents fell ill from probable ptomaines after the Commercial club annual dinner on Thursday night. Victims were pale and some were weakened but improved after the worst. Investigators test canned corn and chicken meat suspected in the meal.
W J Cooney a post office inspector from Great Falls arrived to probe a report by G F Barnes in charge of the Sixth ward substation that $400 in currency was taken from a sale. Police assist in the inquiry. Barnes formerly ran taxicabs here and recently bought the Hargrove store near the Northern Pacific depot housing the substation.
Mrs W J Ashlock mother of Mrs John G Brown of this city died yesterday at the home of her son Dr Thomas Ashlock in Lewistown. Accompanied by Dr Ashlock and Mrs Brown the body will go to Kirksville Mo for funeral and burial. Surviving are Mrs L K Cram Baker Ore and Mrs Jy A Sigfried Kennewick Wash. She celebrated her 82nd birthday on the fifteenth of this month.
J A Rapelje vice president Northern Pacific railroad in charge of operation in a St Paul hospital after an appendicitis operation is in a serious condition. T H Lantry general superintendent at Livingston is seriously ill with pneumonia in Seattle after a recent coast trip.
A charity matinee at the Marlow theater this morning shows Wesley Barry’s Little Heroes of the Street. The film was donated by a Butte exchange and theater use is donated, with all proceeds going to the Christmas Seals fund of the Montana Tuberculosis Association.
President Coolidge contemplates retirement of Ohio prohibition chief Hayes and weighs creation of an independent enforcement bureau. Arthur Woods, former New York police commissioner, is mentioned as a potential replacement as speculation swirls around the administration’s stance on liquor enforcement and policy. Hayes states there is nothing to report on retirement and dismisses rumors.
Leona Rutledge fourteen and Clara Belle Hill sixteen escaped Montana Children's Home in Helena on Dec 5 1924. They married three men in rapid succession in Butte amid underworld ties. Probation Officer David O Connor and state humane officer H L Higgins led arrests. The girls were returned to custody and marriages likely annulled. Additional arrests for encouraging delinquency were anticipated.
A troubled scene centers on a teenage girl held after confessing to stealing money and resources from her mother. Her father and brother act as mourners at a simple funeral for the mother as inquest proceedings loom. Public defender Frank Egan is reportedly ready to represent her.
Washington June 16 The National Picture Conference formed a permanent organization to coordinate groups seeking to elevate the industry. A 15 member committee led by Dr. Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg was named to organize the body. The conference endorsed principle behind the Shaw bill to regulate the motion picture industry and favored production site controls but opposed six commissioner salaries and retirement provisions. Deets Pickett of the Methodist Episcopal board argued clergymen have helped popularize films but face ridicule when shown on screen.
A 1920s livestock associations resolution set urges uniform sanitary laws to prevent foot and mouth outbreaks and calls for federal legislation on grazing fees. It endorses Gooding long and short haul bills, teaches cooperative marketing in colleges, backs the California plan, and seeks credits for breeders through agricultural banks and the National Agricultural Credit Corporation with federal farm loan board cooperation.
Herbert Hoover has refused President Coolidge’s offer to head the agriculture department. He will remain in the cabinet as commerce secretary and Coolidge continues a broad search, with Robert D. Carey prominent among hopefuls. A closing line notes a joke: all work and no play does not make Jack a dull boy.
Marcel Grandjany, acclaimed French harpist praised by Musical Courier, headlines tonight’s Consistory concert under the Scottish Rite musical committee chaired by E. C. Davis. Tickets are at Reeves Music House with praise from Leonard Liebling and Deems Taylor for his powerful tone and technical mastery.
Reginald Barker directs the Métro production Brake on Barriers at the Antlers today praised as the most lively and best acted film in a long time. Lada Covanant adapts the story for the screen with Howard Higgins delivering a dramatic toying with the divorce question and its ties to youth.
Reports say Jack Dempsey intends to retire after engagement to actress and stop boxing. Tommy Gibbons of St Paul positions as preferred successor while Gibbons notes Dempsey’s retirement may be near. Local screenings in Great Falls feature the film Powder River with American Legion involvement.
Norma Tal Madge spends four hours daily on makeup for the final sequences of the photoplay Secrets at the Marlow. She arrives early with make-up artist George Westmore to prepare for matinee and night performances, as Secrets is billed as her greatest picture.
A carbon monoxide scare at the Croton theater in Croton Neb sent thirty children and four adults fleeing as the exhaust pipe from the gasoline engine fighting the theater became clogged. In Paris, Finance Minister Clemenceau said America's participation in European affairs via the Dawes plan is an insurance on reparations payment during the allied financial ministers conference.
The article lists cast members including Francis McNois and Clarissa Selwynne with gowns designed by Clare West. Stephen Gooson is credited as art director for the large sets, and Frances Marion adapted the photoplay from a famous stage play of the same title.
The Garden of Weeds a James Cruze Paramount production stars Betty Compson as a chorus girl who falls for a young millionaire. Warner Baxter and Rockliffe Fellowes lead the cast in a tale of wealth power and deception set on a country estate.
District attorney and state enforcement officers raided homes in Capitol Hill late tonight as part of a probe into a supposed large liquor combine led by influential businessmen. The operation yielded a quantity of fancy liquors and wines.
Gerald Chapman, the notorious mail bandit who escaped from the Atlanta penitentiary, was positively identified as the lone robber who held up a mail clerk on a Long Island railroad car last Tuesday night and escaped with 210000 dollars.
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