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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1925
Page
3
Canton and nearby river districts see protracted fighting between Yunnanese and Cantonese troops with heavy casualties and refugees flooding riverfronts. Foreign gunboats arrive, a Chinese gunboat commander flees after $100,000 bribe, and dock workers strike spreads to seamen joining, signaling broader disruption to shipping and commerce.
Washington June 9 Commissioner Mead of the reclamation bureau denied 39 Boise Idaho project settlers extensions for water rental and drainage charges. He accused some water users of delaying payments to exploit relief laws, aiming for a three year moratorium and funding back charges regardless of need.
A Chicago piano maker denounces jazz as animal howls not music at the National Music Trades convention. He contends jazz lowers morals and should be extirpated, while music merchants argue music boosts morale and keeps families home.
Portsmouth N H June 9 By the Associated Press Fleet submarine U S S V 4 third of its class and among the largest undersea boats of the navy was launched at Portsmouth navy yard today The vessel is a sister ship to V 1 and V 2 launched at Portsmouth last year The V 3 is designed to accompany the fleet at sea in any weather and to maintain any speed of which the fleet itself is capable
Boise Idaho June Bolae civil ian polo team earns chance to face Fort TD A Russell for Northwest championship after defeating the Presidio San Francisco quartet 1 1 to 1 0. If Boise wins the titular game set for Thursday the tournament ends.
Dr. John Galen Locke, grand dragon of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan, was held in contempt by Federal Judge J Foster Symes for failing to produce financial records for an IRS income tax probe. Locke was remanded to U. S. Marshal custody pending a penalty decision.
Chief Eagle Horse, head of the Thiget tribe of southeastern Alaska, arrived in San Francisco with his bride whom he went to Paris to wed. The couple met in Alaska months ago while she was visiting relatives.
In Wellesley Farm, Massachusetts, Priscila Amidon aged 16 died after a head wound found in woods. Sterling Mills age 18, another student, was shot in the head and in serious condition at a Newtown hospital. A revolver belonging to William R. Amidon was found by the girl's side. Police maintain a mutual self inflicted tragedy following an alleged death by action agreement.
About 2000 delegates from 15 states and foreign countries attend Minneapolis’s Norse American centennial event for the triennial Young People’s Luther League gathering through Wednesday. Music festivals feature choirs from St. Olaf, Oslo, Concordia, Augustana, Waldorf, and a joint St. Olaf chorus of 250. Delegates discuss recruitment, standardizing programs, and strengthening missionary work led by Rev. N. M. Yivisaker.
Raymond Griffith stars in The Night Club adapted from the stage play After Five. He plays Robert White who inherits a million but must marry a chosen girl to collect. Laughs follow as a string of misadventures ensue, with a finale that patches misunderstandings and delivers playful satire. Last showings today at Marlow theater.
Spokane report says Nell Shipman moving picture animals totaling forty starved in cages at Priest Lake Idaho with 23 dogs four bears a wild cat a deer several coyotes two wolves an eagle and an owl half rations Friday and Saturday. Assistant forest supervisor F I Carrall notes cannot release them as they would threaten game and tourist camps. Forest service lacks funds to feed them and appeals for aid were made.
Pikeyville Kentucky reports Congressman John W. Langley Republican Kentucky was fined ten dollars and ordered jailed for ten hours for contempt of court by Police Judge J P Marrs after being brought in on a drunkenness warrant and sentenced.
Portland June 9 The National Federation of Music Clubs declined to award its best male voice prize as none of the competitors met the federation’s standard. William Beller of Chicago won the piano prize and Catherine Wade Smith won violin honors. Kathryn Nall of West Chester Pa won the contralto award.
Dorothy Perkins, 17, stands trial for the death of war veteran Thomas A. Templetou after witnesses testified she carried a revolver before the St Valentine party. The prosecution plans to press her motive and cross examine suitor Mickey Connors while a judge bars some evidence from a buddy of Templeton. The medical examiner linked a blood clot to the fatal wound.
The forty-fifth annual Montana Christian Missionary society convention opens in Bozeman with 400 delegates, ministers, and laymembers in attendance. Sessions run through June 12. Notable speakers include Reverend W F Turner and Reverend W M Wickiter of Spokane, Northwestern superintendents of missions and Bible schools for the Disciples church.
London reports that Britain and France plan a bilateral security pact to guarantee western frontiers and deter aggression. Italy likely to join, under the League of Nations, with actions taken only under the league covenant. The agreement shifts Britain from isolation toward a four power framework amid debate in Parliament.
Archbishop Michael J Curley of Baltimore blasting the current U S immigration law as insulting to the great peoples of the world during Loyola College exercises. He argued restriction should not rest on insulting non Nordic races and called the latest statute absurd.
Unforeseen difficulties halted completion of the McClintock jury as two vacancies remained empty. The court adjourned after using a sixth list of 100 possible jurors. Prosecution sent three witnesses to Chicago and issued subpoenas for bank records and Shepherd family papers. Eva Peterson testified to McClintock’s will considerations in Seattle. The smokestack at Puget Sound smelter reaches 372 feet 10 inches, the world’s tallest.
Denver will become the national headquarters of the Ancient and Arabic Orders Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America under Colorado incorporation. The imperial council announced after its Los Angeles meeting that the move broadens the order from fraternal aims to include a large hospital program aiding suffering children and others.
A Hong Kong dispatch reports Americans Mat Min and Min Frank Crampton and Mrs Montgomery Ogden, aboard a boat under the American flag, fired on by Yunnanese machine gunners at Canton as they tried to escape. Mrs Crampton wounded. party forced to return. Marines reportedly landed at Honan to guard a Christian college and foreign residents of Shameen. The electric cable to Shameen cut, leaving the area in darkness. Rumors say Yunnanese mercenaries sank the largest enemy gun boat and fleet companions. casualties exceed 200 in the ongoing fighting.
Sprague Washington June 9 The body of Joseph Connor Frazier Montana an Indian who attended school at Salem Oregon was found on the Northern Pacific railway tracks here today It is not known how he met his death
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