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Newspaper

Helena Independent

Location

Helena, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1925

Page

3

Paris prison case over theft of reparations commission papers

Pierre Michaut and Jean Herbert faced a police court in Paris on charges of stealing confidential reparations commission documents and selling them to an American identified as Myers of Harvard. Judgment was postponed. Myers claimed he bought the papers for a Boston publishing firm and that the Harvard law library now holds the documents.

Paris Associated Press Pierre Michaut Jean Herbert The Preparation Commission Commission Myers Lbrarian Harvard University Reparation Commission Spa Bolongne Cannes Michaut Jousselin Boston Dennis P Myers World Peace Foundation Reparations Commission Richaut Elden R. James Harvard Law School Library

Grand Jury Again Has Naval Oil Lease Case

Washington May 12. Guy Tves an assistant secretary of the United States Senate was the first witness summoned at the opening session of the federal grand jury examining charges of conspiracy arising from naval oil leases. He was to identify the enabling resolution for the case. E C Finney assistant secretary of the interior followed as witness. Also summoned were Edward B McLean publisher of the Washington Post Theodore Mack interior department staffer and Ernest R EG U clerk of the senate public lands committee which led the inquiry.

Washington Associated Press Guy Tves United States Senate Federal Grand Jury E C Finney Interior Ives Edward B. McLean The Washington Post Theodore Mack Interior Department Ernest R. Egu Senate Public Lands Committee

Drain to Address Helena Convention by Air

James Drain national commander of the American Legion will be flown from Helena Montana to Port Angeles August 14 to address the state convention. State adjutant J Kelly DePriest announced the plan saying the airplane ensures arrival in time for the meeting after his Helena speech on August 13.

Associated Preas Port Angeles Wash James Drain The American Legion Helena Mont State Convention of American Legion J Kelly DePriest

Fingerprints Identified by Wire in Chicago

Fingerprints sent by wire from New York to Chicago tonight were identified in one minute after being received, the bureau of identification of the police department said.

Associated Press Chicago New York Bureau of Indentification of Police Department

Protestant Episcopal convention closes in Montana diocese

The Montana diocese Episcopal convention closed in Butte on May 12 with election of the standing committee including Rev C P Chapman of Butte and Rev H S Gatley of Missoula. Executive council members named include Rev T W Bennett of Dillon and Judge Lyman Bennett of Virginia City. Officers filling term vacancies were elected from the Women's Parochial and Missionary society, with Mrs H W Dickey of Helena and Mrs Charles McCoy of Helena named supply secretary and box packer respectively. Delegates to the triennial convention in New Orleans chosen include Mrs W Snell of Helena and Mrs H H Fox for Billings, among others. Alternates listed for various cities.

Associated Press Butte Episcopal Church Montana C.P. Chapman H. S Gatley Missoula J. G Spencer Anaconda G. C Jackson F. W. Haskins R. A. Price Dillon T. W. Bennett George Hirst Lewistown L. W. Snett Helena F. C. Chapman Lyman Bennett Virginia City Frank W Haskine John Bidlake J. H. H. Swain Women's Parochial and Missionary Society of the Diocese H. W. Dickey Charles McCoy Box Packer New Orleans W. Snell H. H . Fox Billings B. A. Benton W. Meissinger Kalispell Charles F. Chapman N. H. Boyer Deer Lodge Christoff Keller Great Falls Florence Jeffers Jeffers

Mrs Olive Warte Seeks London Divorce For Grin dell Mathews

Actress wife of a Hollywood star awaits divorce in London to wed Grin dell Mathews, the inventor of the death ray, who is also in London.

Olive Warte London II Grindell Mathews

Great Northern to Electrify Cascade Main Line

The Great Northern Railway orders four electric locomotives for 530000 dollars from Westinghouse Electric. The project covers twenty four miles of transcontinental trackage in the Cascade mountains, with total electrification costs expected to top one million dollars.

Associated Press St. Paul Great Northern Railway Company Westinghouse Dlectric Company East Pittsburg Great Northern Cascade, Mountains Ralph Rudd

Calumet Baking Powder Biscuits and Rhubarb Custard Pie

Simple home recipes include a soft dough biscuit method with flour salt baking powder and milk and a rhubarb custard pie. The dough drops over simmering stew and bakes for 26 minutes while the pie bakes at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes topped with meringue.

Marion Jane Parker Calumet Baking Powder Co

American Legion Post Sees 37 New Members Join

Lewis and Clark post of the American Legion welcomed 37 new members and 40 renewals at a recent Eddy Rose room meeting. A Memorial Day planning session was announced for 7:30 p.m. at the John Dietrich offices to coordinate observances on May 30. The post endorsed Boy Scouts, planning troop sponsorship and council funding, aiming for 300 new members this drive.

Lewis and Clark Post American Legion Post Eddy Rose Room John Dietrich Auditoriam G. E Boulgare Scout Council Boy Life Boy Scouts

Park Work Halted by Robins Nest Discovery

A young robin family halted park construction in Normal Bloomington May 12 when laborers found a nest in a lombardy poplar. City forester A M Augustine ordered the tree left until the brood is reared, delaying completion of the new park for several weeks.

Associated Press Bloomington Ill Normal A. M Augustine Illinois Horticultural Society

Crossword Puzzle Answers From Yesterday's Brain Teasers

A cluttered list of crossword clues and partial answers for horizontal and vertical entries. The page presents many short word prompts such as small instrument baking dish rap lightly press and various related solutions, but only hints are shown here.

Trial Starts for Former Governor in Bribe Scandal

A trial opened in Topeka with former Governor Jonathan M Davis, his son Russell, and Carl J. Peterson, bank commissioner, facing charges of soliciting and accepting bribes for pardons. Key testimony centers on a $1,250 payoff to grant pardons for Fred Follman and Walter Grundy while collateral evidence debates continue.

Russell Davis Johnathan M Davis Kansas Carl J. Peterson Young Davis Fred W. Follman Topeka Kans May Associated Press Jonathan M Davis Tussell G Davis Fred Follman Lachine Davis Car J. Peterson Walter Grundy Hutchinson Pollman Glenn Davis Russell McClures McClure

Alleged perjurer Luciano to face perjury charge

Nicholas Cneeks Luciano, whose testimony helped sentence three men to death in New York, now claims he lied under police pressure. He will be tried on perjury charges after signing an affidavit recanting his testimony, a document used by lawyers seeking a new trial for the condemned men. Police say his original account remains true.

Nicholas Cneeks) Luciano New York State Luciano

Soviet anti Bolshevik leader dies in prison fall

General Boris Savin koff once Petrograd military governor and Kerensky era official died by his own action by leaping from a window in Moscow’s state political department prison. He had been serving a long term for counter revolution after addressing a letter to a superior about release. The reply indicated little chance of liberation.

TNS Soviet Moscow Associated Press Boris Savinkoff Petrograd Kerensky State Political Department Savikoff M Dirinsky Cheka Dverunsky

Mixup over name change to Art Mix in court

Los Angeles May 12 A name change request for George Washington Kesterson to Art Mix for film use sparked a knotty legal dispute with Tom Mix protesting the alias. Arthur J Mix joined the objections as the judge postponed full hearings to July 10 to sort the muddle among the Mixes.

Associated Press Los Angeles George Washington Kesterson Art Mix Superior Court C. W. Guerin Tirst Art Mia Tom Mix Max Arthur J Mix

American cars flood Britain amid tariff threat

London May 12 Associated Press American made automobiles are shipped to Great Britain at about 1000 a day as Chancellor Churchill threatens to advance the date for imposing the McKenna duties. The 45 percent tax on foreign cars or parts, retroactive, spurs imports ahead of the change.

London Associated Press Great Britain Churchill

Ired Signs Up On The Old Ice Wagon

Milwaukee May 12 Harolds Red Grange signs with Wheaton producers for summer ice wagon work and possible film assignments. Offers total over 100000 with trial to test photography. Detroit court rejects Public School Defense League brief in Oregon school attendance cases. Casper boxing: Al Webster defeats Speedball Hayden in 10 rounds. St Paul welterweight Al Van Ryan beats Daga tye Gans by newspaper decision.

Milwaukee Ice Tongs Harold Red) Grange Wheaton Red Grange America Universal Grange Washington Associated Press Public School Defense League of Detroit Mich Supreme Court Oregon Tait Casper Wye al Webster Ings Teferes Speedball Hayden St. Paul AL van Ryan Daga Tye Gans

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