Shipping Act Provisions Amend Treaties Face Delayed Plan
Washington reports the Jones shipping act will force amendments or cancellations of over twenty treaties. The State Department doubts completion by the 90 day limit and will rely on dating back actions if needed. Officials seek amendments to avoid 5 percent duties and anticipate possible foreign retaliation. The foreign press and commerce groups condemn the act, threatening retaliation.
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Washington
Associated Press
State Department
Department
Congress
America
Silver Bow Park Votes for Fire Department
Residents of Silver Bow Park held a meeting unanimously endorsing the formation of a volunteer fire department for the district. The district spans 11 blocks north and south and 12 blocks east and west, with 35 volunteers already offering service without pay. Building committee members include W. S. Commode M. I. Gulley Archie Hoover W. S. Spaulding and Nicholas Hubber. The fire committee features James White chief David Batten John Murphy James Tonkin William McIntosh and Alex Blewett.
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Silver Bow Park
W. S. Commode
M. I. Gulley
Archie Hoover
W. 8. Spaulding
Nicholas Hubber
James White
David Batten
John Murphy
James Tonkin
William McIntosh
Alex Blewett
Death claims Butte visitor Frank H. Benjamin
Frank H. Benjamin 68 a Great Falls resident died in Butte yesterday at the home of his brother in law Lee Austin where he was visiting. He had long Montana ties and worked in the Great Falls Tribune circulating department. Surviving are widow Ida two daughters Mrs T J Young of Three Forks and Mrs C L Burch of Great Falls and brother George Benjamin of Boulder. Remains are at Sherman Reed undertaking and funeral plans await relatives.
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Frank H. Benjamin
Great Falls
Butte
Lee
Austin
Benjamin
Montana
The
Great Falls Tribune
Ida Benjamin
T. J. Young
Three Forks
C. L. Burch
George
Search for girl lost in Olympics hunt near Aberdeen
A search party forms in Aberdeen Washington to locate Henrietta McKaughan a Portland newspaper reporter four days overdue from a hiking trip from Brinnon to Quinault. Forest Ranger Hartsick says she may be lost on new trail between the Elwha basin and high divide of the Queets district. The item ends noting Burma diet of fish in various forms.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Henrietta MecKaughan
Portland
Ore
Olympic Mountains
Hartsick
Quinault Station
Miss McKaughan
Brinnon
Hood's Canal
Quinault
Elwha Basin
Queets District
Butte Welcomes Fighting Parson Rexroad After War Service
Rev C A Rexroad, famed chaplain and boxer among Ninety first division troops, arrives in Butte for a city visit. He met with division members at the Leggat hotel and will lecture on the Ellison White Chautauqua circuit, with a Deer Lodge talk set for August 15.
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Butte
City
C. A. Rexroad
Rexroad
American Expeditionary Forces
Blackman
Palais de Glace
Paris
United States
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lye-Cheldt
Belgium
Mr. Rexroad
Pershing
Johnston
Leggat Hotel
Ellison White
Pulmotor Keeps St. Louis Youth Alive 24 Hours
Robert Stansbury 16 died at the city hospital after a pulmotor prolonged use following an ear operation. He stopped breathing on the operating table but his heart continued beating and the device was used for 24 hours, the longest such continuous use cited by physicians.
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ST. Louis
Robert Stansbury
City Hospital
New Passenger Rates Set To Go Into Effect Aug 20
Washington dispatch says new passenger tariffs likely become effective August 20 with advanced freight rates August 25. Pullman excess baggage and milk charges to rise. Rates will be prepared as blanket schedules and printed tariffs, with local officials adding 20 percent to existing rates until finalized.
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Washington
Associated Press
A. P. Thom
The
Association of Railway Executives
Pullman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern route coast to coast air race planned
A second transcontinental race over a southern route is planned for winter by the Aero Club of America pending board approval. The course would run from New York to Los Angeles via the gulf states and Southwest. The first race is set for October from New York to San Francisco.
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New York
The
Aero Club of America
Board of Governors
Los Angeles
Gulf States
Southwest
San Francisco
Illinois Miners Return to Work
Illinois operators and miners officials expect about 90 percent of the mines to be operating tomorrow and a near normal back to work by Thursday. A Panama Indiana local of the United Mine Workers, with John L. Lewis as a member, rejects the union chief’s mandatory order and plans to follow Frank Farrington’s District 12 directives to return immediately.
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Springfield
Illinois
Panama
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Farrington
Farrington
Famous stunt aviator killed in crash near LA
Lieutenant Omar Locklear, famed stunt aviator, and his aide Lieutenant Milton Elliott were killed when their plane plunged from about 1,000 feet in the Los Angeles area tonight. The crash ends a noted career in air feats.
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Los Angeles
Omar Locklear
Milton Elliott
Pruitt Torpedo Boat Destroyer Launched in Bath Maine
The torpedo boat destroyer Pruitt was launched during Bath Maine’s centennial events and governor William King’s inauguration. Named for Corp J H Pruitt of Phoenix Arizona, a marine killed in France after capturing two machine guns and taking 40 prisoners. Mrs George B Pruitt christened the vessel.
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Bath
Pruitt
Maine
William King
Corp
J. H. Pruitt
Phoenix
Ariz
Marine Corps
Blanc Montridge
France
George &. Pruitt
Corporal Pruitt
Burglar Steals Silver From New Rochelle Church
A burglar entered S and J Pauls Episcopal Church in New Rochelle by a basement window. He drank the communion wine and stole two solid silver communion plates and a solid silver and gold baptismal font. The thief found vestry keys in a locker and left a silver and gold chalice behind in the vestry closet.
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S&j Paul's Episcopal Church
New Rochelle
Exclusion and citizenship ban urged against Japanese
Maj. Bert C. Ross urged absolute exclusion of Japanese and disbarment of Japanese children from citizenship before the house immigration committee in Tacoma. He spoke for the anti Japanese league and veterans groups asserting passports were used to enter the U S and that Japanese interests finance an emotional naturalization campaign. Rep Albert Johnson announced a smuggling ring's existence on the Pacific coast as the sub committee reassembled to probe Northwest Japanese activity.
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Tacoma
Wash
Bert C. Ross
Seattle
House Immigration Committee
Ross
Anti- Japanese League
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
National Committee of the Legion
East
Pacific
United States
Albert Johnson
House
Sub-Committee On Immigration
Northwest
Labor Leaders Named to Model Political Program
Atlantic City, Aug 2 Following a session of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor the statement shows Samuel Gompers president Frank Morrison secretary and James McConnell head of the metal trades named to formulate a non partisan political program for AFL members Labor will not take a party stand but support friends and oppose enemies vigorously
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor Today
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
James McConnell
Metal Trades
James Duncan
Massachusetts
Mackay firms placed under interstate commission oversight
Washington August 2 The interstate Commerce Commission assumed jurisdiction over the Mackay companies known as the Postal and Commercial Cable companies and ordered annual reports starting 1917 plus full book records. The Mackay group had refused to report but later stipulated that the commission’s authority covers only lines within the United States.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mackay Companies
Postal Companies
Commercial Cable Company
United States
Johnny Wilson Wins Middleweight Bout in Fifth Round
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Buffalo aged Aug 4 Johnny Wilson middle weight champion knocked out Steve Coynski of Milwaukee in the fifth round of a scheduled ten round bout Coynski was knocked down twice in the second round securing Wilsons victory in a decisive win for the title defense
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Buffalo
Johnny Wilson
Steve Coynski
Milwaukee
Coynski
Dempsey Up A Notch in Eight Round Bantam Bout
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Memphis Tenn on August 2 reports young Dempsey defeating veteran Jimmy Curtis of New Orleans in eight rounds to graduate from the preliminary class era.
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The
Standard
Memphis
Tenn
Dempsey
Jimmy Curtis
New Orleans
Lovesick man leaps to death from Long Island water tower
Louis Sherman, 27, an ex-soldier and student at the New York State Farm School, climbed a 700 foot water tower in Farmingdale and jumped to his death. Witnesses said letters showed he had wooed a widow unsuccessfully.
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Farmingdale
Long Island
Louis Sherman
New York State Farm School
Scheiman
Summer Sickness and Blood Purification Claim
An advertising piece urges readers that fatigue and weakness in summer result from impurities in the blood and promotes S. S. S. as a universal tonic. It claims the remedy cleanses the blood, boosts appetite and energy, and supports both children and adults against summer maladies, directing inquiries to Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Produce More and Better Through Increased Production
The article urges a shell shocked public to restore the urge to produce and improve goods. It argues industry suffers from reduced output and calls for finding more workers through classifieds and speeding up operations to meet world needs and curb rising prices. It frames production, patriotism, and employment as intertwined for postwar stability.
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SWIFT
Tissus
Farina
Lenox
Norway
Lutey
Success
M'Donald
Luteys
Lowe’s
W. Park ST
Jesse G. Brown
Ady
Burma
U.S
Tosti
Leoncavallo
Ariosa
Reese
Savage Opera Company
Coynske
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