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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1925
Page
4
Court hears claims against the Banking Corporation of Montana to determine preferential or trust character. The receiver Claude C. Gray had duly qualified and taken possession of the bank, with claimants duly excepted to the proceedings.
A court order outlines cash balances and the handling of claims against The Banking Corporation. It classifies trust claims, sovereign claims, county deposits, and general creditors, directing payment from remaining cash and asset collections, with specifics on Hanover Bank and Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago interactions.
Dayton Tenn June 26 The Associated Press reports Governor Peay urged in a letter to Walter White that the Scopes trial be concluded within an hour. White oversees the Rhea county case against John T Scopes who faced charges of teaching evolution under state law. The governor called the push for a lengthy hearing unnecessary.
A Faramount film adaptation of Zane Grey's Code of the West debuts at the Marton theater with a strong cast led by Owen Moore and Constance Bennett. Set in the Tento Basin Arizona scenery, the plot follows a flirtatious eastern girl and a bashful western cowboy amid gunpoint marriage, dramatic chase scenes, and a raging forest fire.
Hundreds homeless as fires scorch Western Washington and British Columbia causing roughly one million dollars in damage. One foreman Oliver G Glark killed near Port Neville. A Lake Sammamish saw mill fire left only a few residences and the school, with about 500 000 dollars in damage. Camp No 3 at West Fork Logging 60 firefighters saved the camp. King county fires under control though Issaquah blaze still menaced.
Paris dispatch reports the chamber of deputies approved Finance Minister Caillaux’s financial proposals by a vote of 430 to 23 this morning. Faris dated June 27.
Mrs. Pinkham testified in the Symington divorce case that in 1924 Thomas H. Symington learned his wife admitted bearing an illegitimate son at 16, and he proposed adopting the child as heir. She described shock and confusion over the alleged revelation and an attempt to sign papers detailing the birth.
San Francisco June 26 AP report notes a planned dawn to dusk army air trip from San Francisco to Salt Lake City halted by fog and orders. Lt William R Sweeley would have piloted the San Francisco leg while Capt A J Herold flew Salt Lake City leg but flew without authorization and was recalled.
The forest service official notes long distance study suggests the slide could create a new lake suitable as a reservoir for irrigation water, potentially yielding more good than harm. The feature may provide a storage site for agricultural needs and regional water supply.
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