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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
6
A California newspaper editor and former assembly member argues lawmakers flood the system with bills. He suggests constituents or the administration petition directly to initiate measures, reducing legislative burden. He notes Montana could adopt a similar approach and calls for focusing on essential state well being.
The article notes Paris newspapers flirting with the idea of drafting women to bear or raise children as cannon fodder against Germany. It argues such measures cannot make France safe, given France’s smaller population and strategic limits, and urges against importing or enforcing such policy.
Large firms increasingly offer employee stock plans to build retirement reserves. The American Tobacco Company pioneered a two year installment plan for preferred stock, with quarterly dividends, annual credits, and five percent interest on unpaid balances. The plan lowers purchase price and rewards long-term employee investment.
A major company with about 14 500 employees touts its self-pensioning plan as eight years old and highly successful. It compares features to government postal employee pensions, highlighting executive sponsorship, safe investments, and strong returns. The note emphasizes practical future planning for workers and favorable leverage by the company.
The piece argues nature's laws curb wealth and political power, recounting the Stinnes family in Germany. It warns that colossal industrial trust influence failed to endure, despite Napoleonic-era ambitions, as depictions of economic fate emphasize nature's corrective force.
Zion City leader William E. Voliva stands firm on a literal bible view asserting a flat earth with a roofed sky and a sun that circles it. He argues against Darwinian theory in public disputes with Tennessee university students and educators.
The Argonaut hails Roald Amundsen's daring attempt to reach both poles from Spitzbergen by flying boats. Disappearing over Arctic ice, the 54 year old Norseman faced grim odds as experts warned of foolhardiness. If planes failed, the party planned a march to Cape Columbia retracing Peary, risking a long wait for return.
The text presents a sermon-style message by the Rev Roy L Smith DC, pastor of Simpson Memorial Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. It emphasizes sincerity initiative and responsibility, noting the world forgives few for imitation and rewards patience and effort.
Col Robert N Harper is lauded in Washington for funding and building the new Washington Auditorium. The testimonial dinner celebrated his civic leadership and private enterprise, turning a needed public venue into a lasting monument to his public spirited service. The structure hosts grand opera and boxing exhibitions, attracting thousands of fans and proving a practical civic achievement.
The city, already hosting many national and international gatherings, gains ample convention housing. The modern Auditorium, with main hall and numerous conference rooms, seats about 6 000 and will serve as a premier venue for future meetings and events including opera summers and Metropolitan plans. Senator King of Utah hinted at suffrage support, while Colonel rarest noted possible changes in political status.
A Missoulian editorial condemns a public debate on religion, urging Mr McCormick and the Klan to drop the matter. It argues permits could invite harm and warns authorities would be playing with dynamite. The paper calls for city and county teamwork to push Missoula forward.
J P Morgan announces a 50 million dollar foreign bond for Belgium, the year's largest such offering. Maturing in 30 years at 7 percent, bonds payable at 98 yield 7.15 percent. The issue is part of a broader 100 million dollar financing plan conceived last year.
Two of three amphibian planes joining Commander Donald B. MacMillan's Arctic expedition arrived at the naval reserve base in Squantum after a flight from Philadelphia. A third plane diverted to Sagamore due to a heavy squall. Byrd reported dense fog near Montauk delaying the NA-1 and NA-2, while NA-3 reached Cape Cod three and a half hours after arrival.
President Coolidge resumed duties at the White House after a period away. In official news, the Muscle Shoals commission disapproved short leases while Canton dispatches report intense fighting. Winfield Scott of Oklahoma was appointed pension commissioner.
Denver June 10 The federal judge ordered Dr John Galen Locke grand dragon of the Colorado Ku Klux Klan held by a U S marshal until a dispute over books requested by internal revenue agents is settled. Judge Symes had held Locke in contempt for failing to produce the books and Locke was in custody at his home. The books relate to Locke income tax returns. The judge indicated information might be found from other sources and Locke agreed to appear before the examiner tomorrow morning.
Dr. Charles Platt of Philadelphia was elected president of the National Probation Association at its annual convention in Denver. Charles Chute of New York was re-elected general secretary, and Dr. Platt succeeds Judge Henry Hulbert of Detroit as head of the association.
Vice-President Charles G. Dawes will travel to Denver on July 23 or 24 for a Chamber of Commerce sponsored address. He plans to tour additional western cities during the trip.
George F. Forter longtime Roosevelt aide rushed from his Chicago home to India to marry Miss Mima De Manziarly, a former University of Wisconsin student once dubbed Chicago's most eligible bachelor.
A Helena Independent Information Bureau Q and A column presents rapid facts from Frederic J. Haskin’s staff. Topics cover coast guard boat speed, a Hudson River bridge near Albany, balk rule in baseball, blood as tissue, invention failures, Bank of England tours, veneer history, Tennessee as the Volunteer State, and illiteracy rates by country with figures from 1912 to 191L and other noted details.
Assistant Attorney General William J. Donovan told the National Association of Credit Men that the government will cooperate to stamp out commercial criminals. He urged ethics as prevention and noted a new million dollar fund to apprehend crooks with offices in New York Chicago and San Francisco and district offices in 25 cities to maintain records of credit criminals.
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