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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
4
The court announces drastic changes to admission regulations to enforce its decrees. Justice Van DeVanter explains new requirements including a state certificate of qualifications and a detailed personal statement from applicants.
Shanghai reports show shops and offices closed during last week’s student protests are reopening while agitators press to tie up shipping. Wharf laborers, quartermasters, engineers, and signaling staff have responded, with fighting continuing since Saturday afternoon, causing only light casualties known so far.
President Coolidge drew vast crowds at a Minnesota event despite intermittent drizzle and circling dust from wind at the racetrack. He praised national unity and opposed radical elements while highlighting immigration limits and constitutional safeguards. The visit included receptions, handshakes, and a late return to Washington after a long day in St Paul and Minneapolis decorated for North American centennial celebrations.
The Paramount comedy features Raymond Griffith Vera Reynolds Wallace Beery and Louise Fazenda. Based on William de Mille’s stage play After Five the film follows Griffith who after being dumped by a bride inherits a fortune but must marry a specific heir to claim it. He travels to Europe with his uncle’s valet to escape women but every description beckons him, until he meets the one true love.
Helena moviegoers will see The Thief of Bagdad, Douglas Fairbanks star, at the Marlow on June 19 and 20 at a general 50 cent admission. Connie Eckhardt signed with United Artists to bring the premiere film to Helena, marking one of the season’s largest photoplay deals.
In Denver Colorado two women learned they were married to Lloyd Cook a railroad worker when they came to claim his body. Wife No 1, Mrs Juanita Cook, led the funeral proceedings while Wife No 2, Mrs Hazel Cook, mourned at the grave. The bigamous marriage was revealed during the events following his death last Wednesday.
Helena hosts a statewide beauty event culminating in a Butte state final during the Fourth of July week. Contest rules allow any woman 16 or older from Helena to enter through Helena preliminaries and final judging at Shrine temple. Prizes include 100 dollars and a Yellowstone trip for first place, 50 dollars for second, and third prize cash awards. Tex Howard provides music and Louis De Arnold leads song selections at a Wednesday night Shrine temple dance.
A lively Winter Garden Orchestra segment in jazz time with muted instruments delights the MareLowe crowd. Performers Vera Rossland, Jan Moore, Georgie Price, Ed Brendel, James Hamilton and Margaret Breen captivate as costumes dazzle and scenes like the Jeweled Curtain and Westminster Abbey wedding enchant.
Canada plans to deploy mounted police and government experts to start July 1 to patrol islands off the Atlantic and Pacific in the Arctic and study natural resources. The move, seen in Washington as a step to strengthen Ottawa’s Arctic claims, may relate to the MacMillan expedition aims to plant flags on undiscovered polar islands.
Mrs Esther Icons bought a home six years ago with only wages from laundry work. Now at seventy she has finally made the final payment, completing the purchase and securing home ownership.
Former U.S. Senator Kellogg, a long-time Minnesota resident, warns farmers in a political stronghold about covert revolutionary propaganda spread by foreign influence. He extols constitutional rights, urging Americans to uphold liberty, press freedom, and due process while rejecting tampering with foundational principles.
Relief spreads along the Atlantic coast as an ocean breeze cools the region after a prolonged heat spell. Un usual precipitation and high winds affect Iowa and the Dakotas, while heavy frosts hit portions of Wyoming. Forecasters note a disturbance moving west toward the Pacific bringing showers and storms.
Five bodies recovered in West Kentucky Coal Mining Company No. 9 mine at Sturgis Kentucky after a gas explosion. Twelve miners remain buried or missing. rescue teams of about 60 men withdrew after benumbed gas exposure with ten responders treated but not seriously harmed.
Britain France and Belgium propose a new pact to secure peace in western Europe while avoiding commitments on Germany's eastern frontiers. Italy remains excluded as the Rhineland agreement relies on Germany joining the League of Nations, with all pacts tied to the League covenant.
Chicago June 8 The wealthy real estate broker Joseph F Kyle is under technical arrest again after a judge freed him from the docket. State's Attorney Crowe vows to press manslaughter charges as Kyle allegedly drove recklessly into a light truck carrying vegetables, killing 76 year old Charles Hudson. Kyle had previously settled $12,500 with Hudsons relatives.
Washington reports Secretary Wilbur refused the Norwegian Aero Club request to send the Los Angeles or Shenandoah in search of the missing Amundsen polar expedition. The Navy deeming the effort impractical, and President Coolidge forwarding the note. Oslo dispatch notes meteorologists disputing wreck, Believed Amundsen and Ellsworth march toward Cape Columbia. Nome reports Bear voyage ice conditions, aiding Eskimo outreach. Paris notes Jean Charcot to join July search, confident Amundsen party safe and seeking civilization.
A vast San Francisco land mass is gradually subsiding into the sea with little alarm. The Union Ferry Building has sunk about 14 inches since 1898, yet no cracks appear. Engineers report subsidence slowing, with only 1.37 inches noted in the last six years.
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