Cyclone Tears Through Flat South Of City Causes Heavy Damage
Workmen near Timber Butte recount wind lifting heavy planks and tearing cement pillars from moorings as a cyclone accompanied by heavy downpour ravaged the flat south of town. Damage runs to several thousand dollars with no serious injuries. a house toppled near the reservoir, a barn ripped apart, animals left unscathed, and fences and poultry losses noted.
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Timber Butte
Five Mile
Butte
Timberbutte
Timber Buth
Flinders
Archbishop Mannix Defies Government Going to Ireland
Australian Archbishop Daniel J. Mannix arrived in London and vowed to press his claim to travel to Ireland despite British government opposition. He mocked Scotland Yard at the Nazareth House in Hammersmith, defending Ireland from perceived British policy and criticizing Premier Hughes. He warned of continuing actions unless forgiveness or freedom to go to Ireland is granted.
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Robert J. Pirsal
London
Daniel J. Mannix
Australia
Ireland
Nazareth House
Hammersmith
Admiralty
Scotland
Jutland
Baltic
Trish
Melbourne
Hkce
Hughes
Eis
Atralian
Tondon
Cotland Yard
Denver Strikers Vote Not To Call Off Strike
Denver August 11 striking Denver Tramway Company employees vote 771 to 36 against calling off their strike. They would return to work only under conditions set by the company after a conference with Major General Leonard Wood, commander of the central department.
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Denver
Denver ‘Tramway Company
Agalvet
Leonard Wood
Central Department
Shah of Persia abdicates. Persian republic formed
Paris August 11, the shah of Persia has abdicated and a Persian republic has been formed according to a Central News dispatch from Constan. The report notes a dramatic political shift as constitutional changes unfold in the region.
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Universal Service Special Cable Dispatch
Paris
Con
Railroads Extended Coal Car Priority Order Extended
Washington August 11 extension until September 21 of the Interstate Commerce Commission order requiring railroads east of the Mississippi to give priority to coal mine shipments in car assignments was announced today.
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Washington
Mississippi
Interstate Commercs, Commission
Early Winter Storm Wrecks Fences and Buildings
A frontal winter storm battered the Helena area tearing down a fence line for a quarter mile and damaging barns sheds a 41 pump tower and windmill near the Piva Mile. Telegraph poles fell along the main road, delaying a train, while a Franklin touring car and a boy and maid were swept by torrents near Three Mile. No serious injuries reported though a section man was struck by flying debris. The storm also uprooted a house near Timber Avenue and displaced its windows and foundation before help arrived from town.
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Five Mile
Frank Cash
Milwaukee Railway
Hansen Pacific Company
Butte
Harrison Avenue
Hansen Packing Company
Three Mile
Franklin
Neal Ward
Timber Butte
Hennessy Packing
Attehall
M.G. Seriound
Tie Chi Hey
Roosevelt to speak from platform in Montana tour
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, will arrive in Butte at 7 a.m. from the East on the Northern Pacific, deliver an address at 10, then go to Deer Lodge for a valley farmers picnic. He will end the day in Helena with another address as locals plan a reception and possible parade.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. Bruce Kremer
Roosevelt
Butte
Northern Pacific
Deer Lodge
Valley Farm
Helena
Kremer
Davis Governor Bid Splits Ohio Republicans
In Ohio a wet faction nominates Harry Davis a former Cleveland mayor for governor while Auditor A V Donahey wins the Democratic nomination. Davis is described as an avowed liberal opposed by the Anti Saloon League. The campaign centers on taxation as returns show Davis carrying Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo and Columbus with Cole of Findlay narrowing the rural vote.
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Meg ‘Universal
Columbus
Ohio
Repub of
Harry’ Davis
Cleveland
Davis
A.V." Donahey
New Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Toledo
Prohibition Candidate Accepts Nomination in Ohio Rally
In Gurman town Ohio on August 11 Rev Aaron B Watkins standard bearer of the Prohibition party and D Leigh Colvin his running mate formally accepted their nominations before a crowded gathering at Miam Military Institute. They pledged strict enforcement of prohibition laws and the Volstead act as central to their campaign.
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Gurmantown
Ohio
Athletic Heldat
Miam) Military Institute
Aaron 8. Watkins
D. Leigh Colvin
North Carolina lawmakers oppose federal suffrage amendment
In Raleigh on August 11, 33 of 120 lower house members telegrammed the Tennessee legislature opposing ratification and urging that the amendment not be forced on North Carolina. Separate items note Denver safety officials delaying a Friday bout due to unsettled conditions and forest fires in the northern part of the state remaining minor with no homes lost.
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Raleigh, N
Birty
North Carolina
Tennessee
Repulps
Denver
Downer
Pete Herman
Toy Moore
Baltimore
W. T. Cox
Polish Plea for U S Material Aid Amid Dysentery Crisis
Poland appeals to the United States for war materials as dysentery sweeps its forces, hampering the army and increasing civilian suffering. American Red Cross reports thousands evacuated from front lines, with many dying en route. The note to Italy is seen as a step to rally moral support and encourage credits to buy armaments.
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Poland
American Red Cross
Ashington
McGlnted
Sowsk
Lubbormis
Minis
Polay
Polish Council of National Defense
Warsaw
Italy
State Department
Russia
Hythe
George
Millerand
Russa
Hea
So Cialise
Moscow
Rome
World Mine Expert to Speak Before Engineers in Butte
George S. Ries chief mining engineer of the United States Bureau of Mines will lecture in Butte on Coal and Iron Industry in Germany at a Montana section meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Dan Harrington of Denver will accompany him and a luncheon will follow the address.
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Hegate
George S. Ries
United States Bureau of Mines
Butte
Germany
Montana Stetion
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Silver Bow
Hico
John Ardman
Temain
Hutto
Rice
Dan Harrington
Denver
Bureau of Mines
Destructio
Steel and Iron Abush Rieosix
Saar
Tal Atters
Economic Council
France
Belgium
Great Britain
B. Young
Engineers
Timers Hidden in Tubers Spark Crime Sleuthing
In Sacramento Humphrey a black man reports digging up alarm clocks buried under potato vines. Deputies seize over 100 clocks from two cases after thieves open a Western Pacific car hoping for silverware, then bury the clocks in sand. Nearby in Fargo thrashing begins with three machines in Lisbon harvesting wheat at 17 to 20 bushels per acre.
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Universal Service
Sacramento
Cal
Western Pacific
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Lisbon
Boston finance Roosevelt fires captain admits opening gunn he wag cowigt
Federal and state investigators have no incriminating evidence against Securities Exchange Company amid a political fight in Boston finance circles.
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Boston Finance
Roosevelt
Cowigt
Securities Exchange Company
Ponzi Bank Collapse and Political Speeches Across Nations
A bank led by Charles Ponzi faced closure by Bank Commissioner Joseph Allen after exams showed excessive loans and insufficient cash reserves. Ponzi admitted forged dealings and connection to a Montreal forgery case, claiming embezzlement as a banker’s crime elsewhere. In the same issue Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigns in Pennsylvania, criticizing Republican factions and highlighting campaign finance concerns while James Hamilton Lewis presses for reform and U.S. leadership in Europe.
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Charles Ponard
Hanover ‘Trust Com
Ponzi
Statenda
Hanover Trust Company
William 8. McNary
Ponat
Pang
Wade
Perseot
Charles
Montreat
Atlanta
Montreal
Mexico
Ponsi
Taliany
United States
Vonal
Securities Exchange Company
Ponal
Hanover .Trust Company
Hanover Trust Cmpany
Ponai
Cinema Careers Shattered by Officers
Universal Service reports in Rockford Illinois on August 11 that aspiring actors at Blackstone Players studio in the Palace Theater building faced upheaval as detective Frank B. Hage ward was reported detained for allegedly attacking a guard. The incident disrupted promising careers with claims of guarantees to train artists. Several prominent Rockford women were enrolled in the program.
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Universal Service
Rockford
Dreams
Manson
Blackstone Players
Palace Theater
Frank B. Hageward
Edge Tody
Gward
Ebb
Ed Nis
Montana Girl Attains Mark as Lyric Soprano
Earth Grimes, a Helena lyric soprano, will debut as a concert artist Friday evening September 3 at the Unitarian church in Helena. She will be accompanied by Mrs. Herbert L. Houston. The recital features Scandinavian French Russian and American songs. Grimes studied five years in Helena and New York at the Institute of Musical Art Carnegie Hall and the Dreyfus studios in Los Angeles.
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Helena
Earth Grimes
Unitarian Church
Herbert L. Houston
Adam Jardine
Theodore Toedt
Carnegi Hall
New York City
Dreyfur Studios
Los Angeles
Teller Heartt-Dreyfus
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