Rupture Between Ship Owners and Marine Workers Nears
Washington April 27 The final break between ship owners and marine workers was narrowly avoided at a conference called by Chairman Benson of the shipping board to avert a strike on May 1 when wage agreements expire. A last moment appeal by Andrew Furuseth led to a pledge of further conferences Friday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Benson
Shipping Board
Andrew Furuseth
International Seamen’s Union
W. S. Brown
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
W. A. Thompson
American Steamship Owners’ Association
Furuseth
Manufacturers Exchange Price Lists across 13 Groups
Thirteen manufacturing groups nationwide face inquiry over secret codes and price list exchanges used to coordinate bids and day to day operations. The system, run through a Fifth Avenue clearing house, involves colors and codes and costs near 200000 annually. Shipowners and unions clash over wage cuts as negotiations strain toward action. Institutional tension mounts as proposals are weighed and potential outcomes loom.
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Associated Press
New York
Executive Building Trust
United States
Fifth Avenue
F. H. Loehrs
World awaits momentous word from Washington
Brussels reports reject German reparations counter proposals as not differing from London terms and labeled a step backward Paris notes Washington response awaited and warns Ruhr occupation likely French officials say Berlin must base offers on Paris terms Germans press for release of all pledges, Upper Silesia as German, and withdrawal of Rhineland control Continued on Page 4, Column
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Brussels
London
Paris
Ruhr
Associated Press
Harding
Washington
United States
Musserand
America
France
Ciermany
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Rhineland
California Assembly Adopts Nation Prohibition Enforcement Bill
Sacramento April 27 The California assembly passed a senate bill adopting for state purposes the national prohibition enforcement law. The measure now goes to the governor for signature or veto.
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Sacramento
Cal
Assembly
California
Senate
Wage Cut Announced at Old Dominion Mine
notices posted at the Old Dominion company mine announce a wage reduction of 15 to 16 percent for all employees effective May 1.
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Associated Press
E Globe
Ariz
Old Dominion Company
Viviani Arrives in Havre After Washington Mission
Former French premier Viviani flies in from New York to Havre and departs at once for Paris after completing a government mission in Washington.
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Associated Press
Havre
Viviani
Washington
New York
Aris
Wages Cut 20 Percent In Kansas City Construction
Wages of building trade workers will be cut 20 percent effective May 1 by 125 contracting employers. About 8,000 workers will be affected in Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
State veterans training tour reports 790 examined in Helena
Final report shows 790 men examined by federal vocational training officers and the state veterans welfare commission. Of these 322 chosen for plan 2 with pay of 100 dollars monthly, 386 tentatively selected pending disability proof, and 74 allotted under plan 3 supplying books tuition and equipment. The award supports 500000 dollars annually for veterans.
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Associated Press
Helena
State
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
China Declares Real Country of Opportunity
Earl D. Vanderberg returns from China to Montana and extols the land of opportunity. The former Montana Power radio expert reports bustling Shanghai and heavy American trade as he traveled up the Yangtse river to observe the radio field for an American syndicate.
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China
Earl Vanderberg
Butte
Eastern
Empire
Behind the Times
Earl D. Vanderberg
Helena
Vanderberg
Montana Power Company
Great Falls
Thompson Falls
Shanghai
Honolulu
Philippines
Four men to be shot at Cork barracks
Cork April 27 four men are to be executed at the military barracks tomorrow. Patrick O Sullivan Maurice Moore Patrick Ronayne and Thomas Mulcahy were convicted of levying war against British forces. Cork Chamber and harbor board condemn the executions as contravening civilized warfare and humanity. Copies sent to President Harding and Pope Benedict.
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Associated Press
Cork
Patrick O'Sullivan
Maurice Moore
Patrick Ronayne
Thomas Mulcahy
Corporation
Harbor Board of Cork
British High Court
Ireland
Harding
Pope Benedict
Three Cases of Spotted Fever in This State
The weekly health bulletin reports three Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in Ravalli county and Miles City, plus one influenza case in Flathead county. The tally also lists 25 scarlet fever, 67 measles, and 20 smallpox cases, with thirty counties and cities failing to report.
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State Board of Health
Ravalli County
Miles City
Flathead County
Pogrom in Gomel Province Reports Thousands Murdered
A pogrom in Gomel province White Russia leaves more than 60 000 living victims and several thousand dead, per a Reval director’s report to the Jewish relief committee. The account says in Tuthchaydaka every man woman and child was slain except two babies.
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Associated Press
New York
Gomel
Russia
Jewish Relief Committee
Reval
Tuthchaydaka
Bold pair rob woman storekeeper at Iman Trimp Grocery
Two masked men entered the Iman Trimp grocery on Howard Avenue at 10 pm and robbed Mrs. Trimp of $45 and a revolver. A passerby trying to aid was struck by a shot. The assailants, who spoke excellent English, fled down a nearby alley after threatening to hurt no one.
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Butte
Iman-Trimp
Howard Avenue
United States urged to aid allies on indemnity and postwar finance
Atlantic City reports show Standard Oil executive A. Bedford and Willis Booth of Guaranty Trust urging the United States to cooperate with allies on the indemnity issue with Germany and to postpone repayment of Allied debts. They call for restoring stable business conditions and avoiding isolation. James W. Good proposes funding the next fiscal year with tariff increases, repealing excess profits tax, and adjusting the super tax. The stance favors long term debt funding to boost American industry and trade.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
A. ©. Bedford
Standard Ol Company
New Jersey
Willis P. Booth
Guaranty Trust Company
New York
United States Chamber of Commerce
America
Fire harms Clough garage after sister and children die in blaze
In Rice Lake Wisconsin a Boyceville garage owned by Clough Bros Automobile Co. was damaged by a $4000 fire hours after the family learned their sister Mrs John Lambert and her four children perished in a Conrad Montana house fire. A 16 year old Clough son also broke his arm when a crank struck him during car starting.
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Associated Press
Rice Lake
Wis
Clough Bros. Automobile Company
Boyceville
Here
T. M. Clough
John Lambert
Conrad, Mont
Interstate Commerce Commission Refuses Rate Reduction
Washington April 21 7 The Interstate Commerce Commission refused today to order a reduction in railroad rates from points of origin east of the Rocky Mountains to intermountain territory Complaints from business groups and others in that region were dismissed the commission ruling that existing tariffs on a parity with Pacific coast points were not unduly prejudicial.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rocky Mountains
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Spokane bakeries to switch to open shop plan
Spokane Wash April 27 Eleven bakeries in the city that have operated as union shops will move to the open shop plan after May 1, announced J C Reynolds secretary manager of the Inland Empire Employers association. They produced 90 percent of local baked goods and employers objected to apprentice rules required by unions while paying workers the same scale as union shops.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
J. C C. H. Reynolds
Inland Empire Employers’ Association
Reynolds
Metallurgical Building to Be Immediately Constructed at School of Mines
President H Clapp announced after a state board of education meeting that the metallurgical building would be constructed promptly once bonds are sold. The board approved the school’s program including an athletic field but no work could start until financing is secured. Sisson’s resignation as president was discussed briefly before Clapp accepted the university presidency.
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H. Clapp
School of Mines
Helent
State Board of Education
State University At
Missoula
Sisson
Clapp
Jack Rabbit Oil hits 800 barrels in Montana field
In Lewistown on April 21 the Jack Rabbit Oil company field manager reported a fine producer in its 40 im section 17-15-30 estimated near 800 barrels. The site drew crowds as confirmation came that night, marking the biggest oil sensation in months. A separate Billings note on April 27 described drilling at the Jack Rabbit Syndicate well in Cat Creek field where a stray sand produced oil at 1 389 feet but proved to be a show at best while testing lower sands after encountering water.
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Associated Press
Lewistown
Jack Rabbit Oil Company
Billings
Jack Rabbit Syndicate
Cat Greek
Cat Creek
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Building Trust
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Washington, D. C
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Yangtse
Montana
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