City Council votes to enforce occupation tax ordinance
City council in regular session votes to enforce the occupation tax and begin proceedings against nonpayers. Routine bills approved, street light issues noted, and the highway and light committee tasked to address outages. City finances reviewed, engineer Havenor resigns, and a sidewalks ordinance referred for correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fusz
Terrell
Kelly
Elk Saloon
East Center Street
Bistline
Chilson
Martin
Southern Idaho Mail
J.C. Hawkes
J. H. Croxall
City Sexton
A. H. Smith
Adaho Consolidated = Power company
Idaho Consolidated — Power Company
George Cash
Hay
T. C. Reynolds
Lehiye Cides Ternonkinee Tee
W. H. Price
J. C. Johnson
John Hale
A. O. Kimpton
Pocatello Water Company
Bistl
Alderman Smith
Teamsters’ Union
Chy Trenslarer
Weat Clark
Weat Center
West Launder
North
South Main
Hawley Arguments Highlight Orchard Testimony
Boise January 3 Judge Wood refused to instruct the Pettibone jury that conspiracy bars a guilty verdict. Haywood’s involvement appears through Orchard’s testimony which Hawley says remains practically uncontradicted as defense avoids calling Haywood Moyer or others. A review of corroborative evidence began before noon adjournment.
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Boise
Wood
Pettibone
Haywood
Hawley
Orchard
Moyer
Occupation tax tussle in Pocatello council session
Alderthan Martin questioned why the occupation tax yielded little revenue while City Clerk Gilmore cited notices sent and payments received. The council debated legal action against tax delinquents, with the mayor and several members urging enforcement as discussions drifted into political jests and a pool game before adjournment.
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Alderthan Martin
Gilmore
Fargo
Kane
Smith
Talbot
Houde
Loux
Honde
Chilson
Pocatello
Martin
McCammon
Bistline
Bistlite
Williams
Night riders dynamite and torch Russellsville tobacco warehouses
A mob of about 100 night riders attacked Russellsville Kentucky early today, blasting two tobacco warehouses and the American Snuff building along with a planing mill. Three policemen were overwhelmed, two merchants shot but not seriously, and Dr. Charles M. Roberts of Evansville was severely wounded. The attackers wore white caps and masks and abducted telephone operators for hours as they warned growers to withhold crops.
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Russellsville
Logan County
Frank C. Work
American Snuff Company
Roberts & Brown
J. R. McLean
J. H. Mosely
Charles M. Roberts
Evansville
Third Forgers Captured in Granger Drive to Idaho
Third member of the forged check gang was captured at Granger Wyoming and will be brought back to Idaho. Charles Caver and Robert Hogdens were seized at Bancroft by Deputy Sheriff McGarvey and jailed locally. A third man fled to Soda Springs, rode a train, and was later arrested at Granger and sent to Green River to await transfer. They passed two forged checks totaling 31 dollars at Bancroft and McCammon merchants.
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Granger
Idaho
McCammon
Bancroft
First National Bank of Pocatello
Marsh & Co
Charles Caver
Robert Hogdens
Caver
Hogdens
McGarvey
Soda Springs
Wyo
J. G. Gudmandson
Green River
A. P. Dolheer
McCamnow
Mrs Reilly Breaks Arm in Fall at Home
Mrs. Mary Reilly of 242 South Main Street slipped on her front step yesterday and suffered a compound fracture of the right arm. Dr. J A Castle treated the injury, and she is resting as easily as possible.
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Mary Reilly
South Main Street
J. A. Castle
Local resident travels home along dark end of street
A brief sentence notes a resident living across the river as they pass along the dark end of West Center Street on their way home.
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Weat Center Street
Rioting Resumes in Muncie as Rioters Attack Cars
A crowd attacked two cars on the outskirts of Muncie Ind injuring two rioters one severely. Police arrested over fifty and the jail neared capacity. Traffic officials sought troops but state authorities refused unless further trouble occurs.
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Muncie
Ind
East Main Street
Walnut Street
Baldwin
Perry
Hanley
Ute Indians Find Tough Fate in Dakotas Work Labor
A Salt Lake correspondent notes about 400 Utes who left Utah last fall went to South Dakota to hunt buffaloes and found only jackrabbits and soldiers. They were told to earn their living and now build railroads in the Black Hills per diem, echoing a shift to self support under Indian bureau policy.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Plains
South Dakota
Black Hills
Countess of Yarmouth seeks divorce in London
The Countess of Yarmouth widow to the Earl of Yarmouth, formerly Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, has started nullification proceedings. She is a sister of Harry Thaw.
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London
Countess of
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Pittsburg
Earl of Yarmouth
Countess of Yarmouth
Harry Thaw
Jury in Powers trial unable to reach verdict
In Georgetown Kentucky the jury in the Caleb Powers trial reported a hung verdict this morning. Judge Morris sent the jury back for further deliberation with no word of a decision by afternoon.
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Georgetown
Dan
Caleb Powers
Morris
Poisoned by Cheese in Wharton Ohio
Report from Wharton Ohio on January 3 describes multiple people seriously ill after eating tainted cheese. authorities investigate possible contamination and emergency crews tend to the affected families.
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Wharton
Ohio
Oh Delave
Jap Fleet Sought as Patrie Highlights Bold Question
The Patrie runs strong front page lines asking where the Japanese fleet is positioned amid growing wartime tensions. Fighting Bob’s fleet is noted as heading in that general direction, signaling caution and preparedness.
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Bob
Where is the Japanese fleet alarm as seen near Hawaii
Paris vies with a headline asking the whereabouts of the Japanese fleet. The edition prints alarmist reports that ships were spotted cruising off Hawaii, signaling heightened tension in the Pacific.
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Paris
Hawaii
Mystery of Disappearance of Aged Civil War Veteran
A wire net is sunk in the Portneuf river above the dam to catch the body of George Beckley a Civil War veteran who disappeared near Pocatello en route to Blackfoot. His son-in-law James Hunter with friends will search the Black Rocks area after a prior unsuccessful trek along Sterly Creek. authorities fear drowning.
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Portneuf
George Beckley
Pocatello
Blackfoot
James Hunter
James Knowles
Black Rocks
Vancouver unions grow bellicose
Vancouver Trades and Labor Council debated the Japanese question and seriously proposed laboring men unite in case of emergency, including searches of Japanese homes for knives and revolvers. Resolutions criticized Police Magistrate Williams for pro Japanese decisions since September reelection. A committee was appointed to investigate and demand dismissal if findings support the charges.
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Portland
Ore
Dan
S.A
Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver Trades and Labor Consel
Williams
Huntington mayor shot during election night
Fragmentary text reports a mayor in Huntington being shot by a person identified as a Democrat candidate during a political event. Details are incomplete, with key names and locations garbled, but the incident concerns a violent attack tied to an election.
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Pete
Havenor
Fortail
John Ellis
Goldie McAllister
Cupation
F. EB. War- Neteeawas
Amt
Sehool
Wil Wnpaid
Joterest
Iocul
Ouring Jsior- Ear
Eolcotepth
Inka
Arthur
Garfield
East Center
Rusellville, KY
M’garvey
Indiana
Countess
Portneuf River
Enwis
Mahan & Edg
Connor
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