To Golf Or Not To Golf Burning Question
A Montanan columnist dismisses golf while noting mixed feelings from fans. He jokes about anti golf sentiment, cites local course growth in Conrad Brady Laurel Two Dot and Tincup Joe Creek, and recalls a Warm Springs physician tale as golf fever spreads.
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Montana
Conrad
Brady
Laurel
Two Dot
Tincup Joe Creek
Chick Evans
Scanland
Warm Springs
Newcomer
Son of De Valera Takes Dad's Place
In Sackville Street a large republican gathering heard 12 year old sons of Eamon de Valera and Erskine Childers speak. De Valera says foreign servants arrested him in Lare and may face the same fate as McKee, Childers and Mellowes while vowing Ireland’s spirit won’t die. Childers protest against the arrest of their president and leader, praying for his safety and Ireland’s freedom. A motor officer’s drive through the crowd marked the only excitement.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sackville Street
Eamon de Valera
Erskine Childers
Friends of Ireland
Young de Valera
Lare
Dick McKee
Liam Mellowes
French Reply to British Note Ready for London
Paris Aug 19 semi official note that France will forward its answer to Lord Curzon on Tuesday and have the reply in London by Wednesday. The note concerns reparations and follows the British foreign minister's communication.
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Associated Press
Paris
Great Britain
Lord Curzon
London
Bullet Lodges in Neck After Doorway Shooting at Grace
E R Collins station agent at Grace is hospitalized in butte with a bullet through his cheek and into the neck after opening his inner door to a young man with a revolver. Police pursue the assailant. motive appears robbery though Collins kept little money at home. He being a key witness against Leo Raich and wife in a robbery case.
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E. R. Collins
Grace
Butte
Sheriff's Office
Renova
Johnson
Roy Walsh
Collins
Murphy
O'Donnell
Fairchild
Whitehall
Duggan
Kelly
Schwartz
Leo Raich
Raich
Murray's Hospital
Sperber Reveals Plot to Capture Bergdoll Details
Associated Press reports Heidelberg Aug 19 that Rodger Sperber, wounded in a Bergdoll kidnapping bid, confesses to a complete plot extending to Paris. Carl Schmidt killed in the incident, Hooven Griffis arrested with 100000 francs, and a Columbus Ohio American Legion letter linked to the mission. Southern German papers defend Bergdoll against alleged pursuit.
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Associated Press
Heidelberg
Germany
Rodger Sperber
Grover Bergdoll
Paris
Sperber
Carl Schmidt
Bergdolf
Hooven Griffic
Griffis
Columbus
Ohio
American Legion
Bergdoll
Novak Open Champion at Berkeley Meet Finals
Novak wins open title at Berkeley tournament edging toward world record by matching Hagen's 277. Barker claims the men’s state championship as Grace Barnett tops the women’s field. Winners span multiple flights with Malsbury Babcock Groeneveld Gallwey MacGregor and several women’s divisions noted.
Miners Needed in Butte as U S Reports Labor Readiness
Special Dispatch to the Standard notes Montana conditions with Butte needing about 1,000 skilled copper miners and 1,000 haying workers, while overall labor supply remains ample. The report cites highway construction, active lumber camps, and ongoing mining shifts, with adjustments in larger copper and silver mines and continued oil drilling.
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The
Standard
Washington, D. C
Butte
Monthly Review
United States Employment Bureau
Montana
Stillwater
Havre
Stevensville
Hamilton
Man 65 Ends Life After Hard Struggles
Jack Miller, 65, in a two room log cabin near Rocker, shot himself amid mounting poverty and failing health. Once rumored to own a fortune, he left behind a wife with rheumatism and little support as he faced removal to the poor farm. The couple lived on meager county aid as he succumbed to his injuries before deputies arrived.
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Jack Miller
Rocker
Miller
Montana
Silver Bow
Pioneer Montanan Harms… Last Ferry Man Dies at 78
William Henry Harmison Montana pioneer who helped Jim Bridger build a ferry on the Yellowstone near Livingston on July 8 1864 died at his home nine miles west of Billings aged 78 He had lived in Yellowstone county since 1882 and earlier prospected mined at Bannack and Virginia City Later he freighter between Fort Benton Bannack Virginia City and Ogden Utah.
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Associated Press
Billings
Mont
William Henry Harmison
Montana
Jim Bridger
Bridger
Kansas
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Yellowstone County
Bannack
Virginia City
Fort Benton
Ogden
Utah
Church Faction Fight Ends in Police Action in Colorado Springs
Police were called to St John Baptist church after a factional dispute split the congregation during morning services. Chief Hugh D Harper blocked tonight services, following clashes led by Rev Pharish A Pinckney, whose residence was also reported pelted with stones. A council of four Baptist churches including First Baptist Colorado Springs and Peyton is to meet Tuesday to settle the feud.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Hugh D. Harper
St. John’s Baptist Church
Pharish A. Pinckney
Butte Amateur Ted Barker Retains State Golf Title
In the seventh annual State Golf Association tourney at Butte Country Club Ted Barker defeated Martin Kall to win the state amateur title for the tenth year running. Grace Barnett of Missoula captured the women’s Montana championship by defeating Mrs. Frank Tucker, while Joe Novak of Berkeley defended the open title and narrowly missed breaking the world 72 hole record with a final 69 for 4 rounds on a 6200 yard course.
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Ted Barker
Butte
Butte Country Club
Martin Kall
Grace Barnett
Missoula
Montana
Frank Tucker
Anaconda
Joe Novak
Berkeley
Cal
Eld
Novak
Colin Kidd
Hagen
Police ban Ku Klux Klan parade in Steubenville
Steubenville police chief Blaine Harter announced that the parade and county conclave of the Ku Klux Klan scheduled for next Thursday will not be allowed. He warned Klansmen that any attempt to hold the meeting will prompt swift police action.
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Associated Press
Steubenville
Ohio
Ku Klux Klan
Blaine Harter
Typhoon Toll Rises in Macao With Drownings and Capsizes
Hong Kong reports state that the Macao typhoon left over 100 drowned or killed and about 50 junks sunk. Many entombed as houses collapsed while soldiers and firemen evacuated debris. Rotterdam dredger grounded. trees uprooted and a chapel roof blown off.
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Associated Press
Honkong
Macao
Netherlands Harbor Works Com Company
Rotterdam
Fire and plane crash claim four lives in Ontario event
A blaze at the Wawa hotel in Muskoka Ontario killed Mrs James Alexander and possibly seven hotel staff among the 16 dead. Nine people remain missing and around 25 injured as 153 rooms housed 300 guests. Fire possibly began in an elevator shaft and spread in minutes.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Ontario
Wawa
Laks of Bays
Muskoka
Margaret Bowker
C. Bowker
Central Division
Canadian National Railways
James Alexander
Thorold
Plane crash kills five near Pensacola harbor
Four men and one woman died when a commercial seaplane piloted by Albert J. Whitted crashed into Santa Rosa sound near Camp Walton, about 40 miles from Pensacola. The dead include Mrs. Hubert Harper, Albert J. White, Frazier Patterson, and Hugh D. Brown.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Albert J. Whitted
St. Petersburg
Santa Rosa Sound
Camp Walton
Hubert Harper
Birmingham
Ala
Albert J. White
Frazier Patterson
Hugh D. Brown
Sylacauga
Georgia Floggers Captured In Act
In Macon Georgia on August 19 authorities nabbed the first gang of alleged kidnappers and floggers who had terrorized the city for months. Three white brothers R. Hudson C. F. Hudson J. C. Hudson were arrested after being caught in the act flogging two African Americans, and were taken to jail.
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Associated Press
Macon
R. Hudson
C. F. Hudson
J. C. Hudson
Poincare urges alliance and Ruhr policy in Charleville address
Premier Poincare defends the Versailles occupation of the Ruhr and urges united action with allies to ease postwar crises. He cites English unemployment declines and rail and shipping gains since the Ruhr entry, praises American aid, and rejects Curzon's notes challenging the alliance. England should resume full economic activity.
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M. Poincare
Charleville
Ruhr
Associated Press
France
Poincare
Lord Curzon
Gustav Stressemann
Reichstag
England
Essen
Pershing
Moorish Rebels Mass Reinforcements Near Front
From Melilla Morocco dated August 19 Moorish rebels are receiving substantial reinforcements. The main body moves toward Beni Said as forces mass before the Spanish front in a looming confrontation.
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Associated Press
Melilla
Morocco
Beni Said
Illness May Force Japan Premier Kato to Resign
Tokyo Aug 19 reports say Baron Kato of Japan, gravely ill although not in danger, is near resigning as premier after ratification of the Washington armament conference. He may retire with successors considered, while remaining influential as a genro adviser, though official denials claim he will not resign.
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Patricia Salmon
Shelby
Mont
Associated Press
Tokio
Baron Kato
Japan
Washington
Den
Formosa
Saito
Korea
Genro
Tokilo
Toutsuburo Kato
Cncios
Tigue
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