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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1926
Page
8
Weather notes for Montan list varied items including names and local notices such as beauty culture services, dental offices, dressmaking, and a memorial meeting. Also includes a damages case, tax figures, and coal production shifts across counties.
A 1923 Montana coal report shows 3,054,914 tons produced valued at 7.9 million dollars, with the prior full year at 3,185,759 tons worth 9.16 million. Six decile of output came from Cottonwood Coal Cas‑cate Musselshell Rosebud Carbon counties. The four counties produced six percent of state total. their towns' production is listed for the past two years.
Hollywood notes Paramount producer director Alan Towan predicts college classes will soon present complete picture dramas and that screen acting will replace stage plays. He cites inquiries from college theater workers and says producers will seek new talent from campuses to fuel future films.
Mrs Archie Goodall will conduct a one week school for pupils who failed to make their grade or the sixth grade examinations. Phone 1211.
A string of guests at the Harvey and Placer hotels includes Mrs Tol Hanson of Milltown Mrs Jones of Walthai and many other travelers and couples from Great Falls Missoula Two Dot New Gould Anaconda Los Angeles and Galway Ireland Also individuals from Helena Fresno and White Sulphur Springs are noted as staying while others attend a funeral and a western automobile trip.
New York June 6. Dr Morris N Joself and Dr David Zelenka of Brooklyn arraigned on manslaughter charges over the death of 5 year old Frieda Cohen during an neck gland operation. They were held in $10000 bail each for Friday hearing. Parents say death due to ether overdose and accuse doctors of fleeing. The doctors deny excessive ether use and say they left due to the family's threats.
Governor J. J. E. Erickson designates June 28 to July 3 as American Independence week. The proclamation links the 150th anniversary of the Declaration with Thomas Jefferson’s centennial death and outlines daily observances from Patriot's Pledge to Monticello Day. It urges citizens to participate in activities honoring the founders and to promote copies of the Declaration in homes.
Memphis resident Bennet J Doty, 23, known as Gilbert Clare in the French Foreign Legion, is slated for execution by firing squad in Syria after a mutiny trial. The son of a Memphis attorney, Doty previously served with Jim Battery E in WWI and studied at the University of Virginia. Locals telegrammed Tennessee and Mississippi senators begging clemency amid his controversial record and claimed bravery with the 30th division.
Mr and Mrs Orville Smaitley were awakened at 3 am to a bed tilting. On the porch they found an elephant pulling pillars from the porch. The animal had escaped from a nearby circus.
A Great Northern freight train derailed after a coupling broke on Saturday night near Corbin. Fourteen cars went into a ditch with tangled wreckage. No injuries were reported and service was to be restored today after detours via Garrison.
Peking June 6 The fame of dragon bone medicine among the Chinese of Sze Chuan prompted a remarkable discovery by Walter Granger of the Central Asiatic expedition under Roy Chapman Andrews. Granger found fossils of 5 or 40 animals of Pleistocene age and reported the find in Peking as the expedition awaits a chance to resume work in the Kale and the Gobi desert for traces of primitive man.
A Washington report from June 6 states world flour exports declined in 1925 due to higher wheat production and subdued European activity. U S exports fell from 15,900,000 barrels in 1924 to 11,119,000. Canada dropped from 11,476,000 to 10,319,000. European shipments dropped by 3,130,000 barrels, while U S gains occurred in South America and Africa to 311,000 barrels.
A large vote is expected in the count for this year’s princess title in Lewis and Clark County. The American Legion post committee made no tabulation yesterday, and yesterday’s figures stand until the second count is finished today. Voting closes June 15, with results announced and the new princess introduced at the annual military event under Tegian’s auspices.
A voting ballot fragment shows a contestant from Lewis and Clark County contesting for Queen of Montana at the Montana State Fair. The notes reference the pageant during the fair dates September 6 to 11 with a signature line.
The Rev J G Tougas preached the annual baccalaureate for Mount St Charles college and academy seniors in the assembly hall last evening offering spiritual and practical guidance. Alumni dance planned for Tuesday. commencement set for Wednesday with Rt Rev Monsignor Victor Day to present degrees and diplomas while Jeremiah Lynch participates as speaker.
The senior class of St Vincent Academy will receive diplomas at annual commencement in Inmaculata Hall. The program features musical numbers and an address to the graduates by Rev. W. P. Joxee of Butte.
In Alamosa during the Amterada Federation of Labor convention a rumor spread that Maj George Merry international president of the Printing Pressmen and foremer vice commander of the American Legion predicted a Berry bid for the Democratic vice presidency in 1928. State leaders arriving for the convention avoided confirmation, but the chatter heightened interest in Berry speaking Thursday afternoon.
Rev. William Sheate Chase, head of the Reform Federation, told a Washington audience that Congress faces a choice to submit to the rum rebellion or sever the general party line. He warned that if the rum business wields more influence than party platforms and the duty to enforce prohibition, American institutions may decay.
The Near East relief gains duty free status and unlimited access for supplies and administration in Syria as France agrees to allow expedients for relief operations. The organization spends about one million dollars yearly in the Syrian area and plans expanded activity in Damascus and Beirut amid ongoing warfare and rebellion.
An advertisement extols Feteraan’s Ointment as a remedy for leg sores, chafing, and skin conditions. It claims rapid relief and marks the product with a long list of names and places associated with its distribution, describing dramatic outcomes.
Three Helena men in the American Institute of Banking completed the standard four year banking course through the Helena chapter. The group, including partners from the joint chapter, finished subjects in standard banking vegetable instruments commerce law and economics. The completion earns the institute standard certificate of graduation as over 41 600 members partake in these courses.
Northwestern Grain Dealers association holds its two day annual meeting starting this morning at the pav er. Dealers from Montana and neighboring states attend in sizable numbers as discussions focus on crop and market conditions and their impact on the year ahead.
The winter recital by Intermountain College music pupils will be held this evening in the assembly hall. One of the featured events promises a Cantemence Llent Diya break fast early morning on Mount Ascensint.
A damaged notice describes the initiation of a large class by the Townsend chapter of the Odd Fellows at Vanhdates, with participants assembling and leaving the fecal temple at 7 o clock for Townsend in Helena.
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