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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1920
Page
7
A disrupted forecast shows unsettled conditions for Wednesday with likely local showers and Thursday cloud cover. Temperatures remain largely unchanged across the state while fronts move through, impacting Helena, Missoula, and surrounding regions with brief rain chances. Nearby towns report routine daily activities and small business notices amid the transient weather.
Local notes report on clergy, funerals, and society events. Emjam ed.-Nra and James Lynch of Townsend are mentioned in memorials. A fall at a store left a person with non serious injuries. Various residents, officials, and visitors are listed in Helena and nearby towns with brief notices of travels and duties. A Montana railroad hearing is announced for July 20 regarding dam crossing at Bor. A district court verdict awards 420.04 to Miracle-Trip company. Divorce decree granted Melcad case. Nessie Grigsby noted. Baby girl born to Y. Te Stanley and spouse at 820 State Street. Several locals identified by name travel or conduct business in Helena and surrounding areas.
Debates yield scant solution as platform plank proposals cover Japanese immigration limits land ownership and a path to independence for the Philippines. Proposals urge world peace, island waterways development, and ships under American control. Delegates push for Korea sympathy and financial stabilizers amid a broader hotly contested policy session.
A choked account of a Democratic convention scene featuring Senator Robinson attacking Republicans over the Paris peace treaty and President Wilson. It details a rousing reception, a call for broader inclusion of women in party leadership, and messages from Mrs. Wilson. A large crowd filled the hall as conventions activities continued with plans for Friday’s session.
A murder tied to religious faction rioting led to the arrest of Albert Sherman, deputy sheriff, and Walter Gilday was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Sherman claimed self defense after a group protests of Catholics prompted the shooting. An order barred Louis J. King from continuing meetings as tensions rose.
Two schoolboys learned the trade from Ringeray and Jesse James are held responsible for stealing a safe containing several hundred dollars worth of jewels from Mrs Frank Wosee lore. They allegedly tried to open the safe and hauled it away in a toy wagon as police search the area.
Debates at the convention doors center on a dozen planks as hearings and votes loom. Key clashes over One Truth and labor aims mirror national divides with Stewart Boon and Bruce Kremer among contested names. Broadwater and Harber feature in local chatter as insiders prep for Thursday ballots.
George Creek, former head of President Wilsons public information committee, joins a nine member group and may work with the sub committee drafting the document. He is slated to oversee literary qualities as Colonel George Harvey did for Nye Republicans at the Chicago convention.
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