Fire damages Montana Odd Fellows Home in Helena
Fire of undetermined origin gutted a brick and stone building housing about 30 inmates and staff at the Montana Odd Fellows Home in Helena last night. A failed water supply from a storage tank, pumped dry by the Helena Fire Department, hindered suppression as crews fought the blaze with chemical extinguishers and fire engines. No injuries were reported.
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Montana Odd Fellows Home
Helena Valley
Helena
Gunman's Sweethearts Tell Why They Loved Him So
Women who loved Martin Durkin describe his appeal. They praise his looks, romantic skill, and calm conduct while noting Durkin’s multiple marriages and missing first wife Sadie Stroka. Detectives seek other former companions who might testify as trials approach.
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Gunman
Durkin
Ruth
Betty Werner
Italy and Britons Sign Up On Debts Settlement
London reported a full settlement on the Italian war debt with a British statement announcing terms not released. It is believed the deal grants Italy an annuity of 4.5 million pounds yearly for 62 years and renounces interest on 22 million pounds in gold deposited with the Bank of England. The Italian mission will depart for Rome Thursday after a two week stay in London.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Reading
Bank of England
Rome
Boy of 15 Is Not To Be Executed In Pennsylvania
The state board of pardons commuted the death sentence of William Cavalier, a 15 year old boy from Schuylkill County, convicted of murdering his grandmother. The decision was announced in Harrisburg on January 26.
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Harrisburg
William Cavalier
Schuylkill County
State Board of Pardons
Tablets unveiled in Helena Y M C A memorial service
Bronze tablets honoring 17 beneactors were unveiled in the Helena Y M C A lobby. Dinners and services featured Mrs Frank Bogart and Mrs McKennan unveiling tablets for John Dielenberg and for Dr and Mrs C K Cole, with a $8500 gift cited from their son Dr Phil Cole. A mortgage bonds burn of $10000 was conducted by Charles Puchler of San Francisco.
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John Dielenberg
Deer Lodge
Helena
C. K. Cole
Phil Cole
Frank Bogart
Cole
McKennan
Charles Puchler
San Francisco
Secre
Disbursement Planned For Flathead Tribe Members
Secretary of the Interior authorized distribution of 63,425 among Flathead Indians in Montana as a per capita payment of 25 to about 2,737 enrolled members. Funds come from the tribe’s U S treasury balance of 133,670 earned from timber sales. payment aims to aid farming, to be made through the tribal superintendent.
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Washington
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Lost and found prompt in Independent Classified Ads
A short note praising The Independent Classified Ads for recovering a lost pocketbook. The piece urges readers to call 491-492 to place or follow up on ads for lost or found items, highlighting efficient service.
Dwyer and gang face jurymen in major bootlegging case
Federal grand jury indicts 61 men for conspiracy and violations of the national prohibition law. William V. Dwyer and ten confederates face charges including bribery of government employees. he and John J. McCambridge charged with sending 12 men to deaths aboard an unseaworthy ship in the rum trade. The syndicate, dubbed the backbone of rum row, allegedly operated 18 ships as a $25 million bootleg ring with New York headquarters.
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New York
Coast Guard
William V. Dwyer
Dwyer
John J. McCambridge
International
Jscopé
Rum Row
C. Paul Chartier
Canada
Lou Itzkovitch
Two Big Vessels In Peril Off Atlantic Coast
A raging sea kept two crippled British freighters amid mid ocean danger as a rescue effort continued. The liner Bremen reported six crew members from the Laristan were lost near Halifax, while fifty four men were aboard the two stricken ships. Canadian salvage tug Reindeer stood by at Halifax to aid once weather permits.
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York
Roosevelt
Laristan
Haugen Bill Passes House To Create Agricultural Marketing Division
The House approved the Haugen bill to set up a cooperative marketing division in the Agriculture Department. The measure passed 357 to 3 and now goes to the Senate for action. The vote reflected broad backing with minimal opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Believe Apes Are Descended of Men
London January 26. The Rev R H C Graham Baptist missionary who spent 37 years in the Lower Congo returns with accounts of a race of Africans who believe that the monkey is descended from man. The Batangi, who hunt chimpanzee for food, are cited as new evolutionists in his lecture to the British Phrenological Society.
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London
R. H.C. Graham
Lower Congo
Graham
British Phrenological Society
Spanish airmen complete second leg of Atlantic flight
Spanish aviators finished the second stage of their voyage from the Canary Islands to Porto Praya Cape Verde Islands en route from Spain to Argentina.
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Porta Praya
Cape Verde Islands
Canary Islands
Porto Praya
Spain
Argentina
Mitchell Hesitates on Army Resignation as Offers Pile Up
Washington date line reports Colonel William Mitchell delaying his army resignation submission while receiving private employment bids including a nationwide lecture tour. Representative Conally proposes a review of military court martials to revise related law.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Mitchell Court
Conally
Democrat
Texas
Hearing on Advance in Rates Ends in Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on western railroads plea for a 5 percent freight-rate increase concluded in Kansas City Missouri. Railroads must file briefs by March 4 with opposing state bodies by April 3 and railroad replies by April 24. The commission expects about three months after briefs to reach a decision.
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Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana Potatoes Under Quarantine Declared
A quarantine was announced to prevent the Colorado potato beetle from entering Idaho from Washington, Oregon, and Montana, affecting 12 Idaho counties. The decision was made at Boise on January 26 with the quarantine also extending implications for neighboring states.
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Boise
Ida
Colorado
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Pacific Day Fleet Opens Off California Rum Hunt
Coast guard cutter gear and three eagle boats with 30 Federal and county officers sail from San Pedro for an offensive against rum ships off Southern California. The mission aims to seize a large vessel named Saf carrying liquor valued at 1.5 million dollars.
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San Pedro
Cal
Coast Guard
California
Bill to Lower Water Fees on Large Reclamation Projects
The House irrigation committee drafts a bill to reduce water charges on 19 western reclamation projects. It follows the commission’s recommendations and seeks Secretary Work’s approval before committee introduction. If approved, Chairman Smith plans to introduce the measure as a committee bill.
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Washington
House Irrigation Committee
House
Smith
Senate backs Swanton world court reservations
The senate, with near unanimity, approved all reservations to American adherence to the world court. Tomorrow a final adoption is expected after disposing of an even number of additional reservations designed to limit U S involvement, judge elections, and funding.
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Washington
Senate
World Court
United States
League of Nations
White Headlines Farming Meet With Sheep Industry Outlook
At the Lewistown farm week gathering Senator B C White delivered an extended address on the sheep industry in Montana. He analyzed world conditions for sheep and wool and forecast lasting prosperity for the state's sheep sector. Also speaking were W T Giese on Montana wheat protein and Frank T D Astroth on the profitable dairy cow for the American Jersey association.
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Lewistown
B.C. White
Man Vai
Montana
W. T. Giese
Division of
Helena
Frank TD. Astroth
St Paul
American Jersey Association
G A. Norns
Vax Bill Seeks Senate Passage After World Court Vote
The tax reduction bill gains right of way in the Senate after a World Court vote tomorrow. Chairman Smoot vows to keep the bill before the Senate aiming for final passage within two weeks, with February 12 set as the deadline to ensure March 15 tax installments.
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Washington
Senate
World Court
Smoot
Finance Committee
Osborn Wood Sought by Palm Beach Agency
The Palm Beach national detective agency seeks Osborn Wood son of Major General Leonard Wood. They say he left a fashionable Dahm Beach hotel for Havana leaving behind several alleged worthless checks. They have asked Havana police to refuse him entry and Key West police to arrest him on arrival.
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West Tahu Beach
Pla
Palm Beach
Bishop Joseph S. Glass of Salt Lake City Dies at 51
Right Rev Joseph S Glass 51 bishop of Salt Lake diocese died in Los Angeles hospital from obstructive jaundice He served as St Vincent's College president and pastor before becoming bishop in 1915 Funeral services set for Los Angeles and Salt Lake City with burial in Salt Lake City He had been in ill health for three months and was attending Cathedral events in Helena and meetings in Helena and Montana.
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Los Angeles
Joseph S. Glass
Salt Lake
St Vincent's Church
George Montgomery
St Vincent's College
Aftair
Nevada
Wo Aom
St. Vincent's Church
Salt Lake City
Madeline
Monsignor
Munt
St Lake City
Bishop Carroll
Capital levy debate tops Paris fiscal measures
Paris radicals and socialists oppose the government's plan to raise indirect taxes and create a sinking fund. They demand a capital levy instead, arguing their bills do not amortize debts and should be settled later by tapping capital.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Engine Room and Hoist Destroyed at Crystal Copper Mine
A fire destroyed the engine room and electric hoist at the Goldsmith mine near Butte, owned by the Crystal Copper company. Loss runs to several thousand dollars as flames spread from the office where clothing near a stove was believed to have ignited. A safety cage collapse was averted when the cage was caught by safety dogs as the foreman and another miner fled to the surface.
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Butte
Goldsmith
Crystal Cowper Company
Color bar bill passes first reading in Cape Town house
Capetown notes a one vote majority passage of the color bar bill in the South African assembly for first reading. The measure tightens native rights and aims to perpetuate white control in the union. Also reported are Hong Kong famine estimates with about a million people starving in Hupeh.
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Capetown
South Africa
Senator Harris Dies in Legislature After Collapse
State Senator John P. Harris of Preburgh collapsed during a legislative hearing on election bills and died shortly after in the chamber. The sudden death occurred today, shocking colleagues as officials await further details.
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Harrisburg
John P. Harris
Preburgh
Jain
Ontario Gold Strike Starts Hot Stampede
A gold strike at Red Lake in western Ontario draws prospectors to the district. Reports say trains, dog sleds, and eager arrivals from the east with Toronto capital backing. The region, long a hunting ground, becomes a rush to stake claims as winter workers converge.
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Ontario Gold Strike
Winnipeg
Man
Red Lake
Ontario
Toronto
Aoa
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