Cooperation Emphasized at Montana Editors Convention
Montana editors gathered at Silver Bow club and Gregson Springs for the Montana Press association session. President G M Moss urged unity among state interests to spur progress while C F Kelley of Anaconda Copper Mining Co spoke on economic conditions and taxes. John D Ryan saluted editors and stressed commitment to Montana despite business travel.
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Montana Press Association
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C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Moss
Montana
Commonwealth
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Company
Martin J. Hutchins
Missoulian
Kelley
Association
Montana Editors Meet In Gregson For State Talk
R A K notes Montana editors from across the state gathered in Gregson for the annual State Press association meeting. He says shared face to face dialogue between mining industry leaders and country editors fosters understanding, reduces demagoguery, and unites all Montanans toward the common good.
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Montana
Robbery Charge After Tearing Stocking and Robbery Attempt
Mona Clinton of 322 South Arizona street reported Robert Alley and Bert Cassell tore her stocking to seize cash. They choked her while taking $6.75 hidden in the waistband. Officers arrested the pair at a depot.
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Robert Alley
Bert Cassell
Mona Clinton
Arizona Street
Murphy
Hughes Talks of Hard Luck in Murder Case
Hughes admits talking to police after a killing, saying his confession could have prevented Roy Walsh from facing execution. He reflects on his mistake, stating he believed they had the goods and that Roy Walsh may still swing, with the outcome potentially affecting his own penitentiary term.
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Hughes
Roy Walsh
Roy
Eight Year Old Boy Kills Playmate and Hides Body
Providence Rhode Island Aug twenty four story reports eight year old Antonio Testa recalling a dream about Michael Iuregio nine being shot by Henri Rossi thirteen. Rossi admitted the shooting saying a loaded shotgun left by his father was used and the body was buried near the Providence line after fear of punishment.
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Providence
R. I
Antonio Testa
Michael Iuregio
Henri Rossi
Lurgio
Johnston
Rossi
Mikie
Testa
Butte School Opens Sept 10 with Nine Month Term
Superintendent A H Douglass announces Butte public schools will open September 10. The district adopts a nine month term due to finances, keeps most of the teaching staff, but some teachers take leaves for training. Jefferson school is abandoned due to unsafe conditions, with students reassigned and teachers kept on.
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Jefferson School
A. H. Douglass
Butte
Douglass
Scale Committees of Coal Miners Union Authorize Strike
Anthracite mine workers authorized by three union districts to issue work suspension orders and walk out, effective Sept. 1. Leaders indicate governors may seek further talks, while operators offer discussion. John Lewis ill, rules drafted to govern automatic work stoppage and inclusion of firemen and engineers.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Washington
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Coolidge
D. Warriner
Phillip Murray
United Mine Workers
Thomas Kennedy
C. J. Golden
Rinaldo Cappellini
John Lewis
Mr. Murray
Pinchot Appointed Special Mediator for Coal Row
Washington August 24 President Coolidge named Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania as special mediator to bridge gaps between anthracite miners and operators. The move aims to advance steps toward a settlement of their ongoing differences and may influence production suspensions in September.
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Uchida Named Interim Premier of Japan in Aug. 24 Report
Viscount Yasuya Uchida, long a key figure in Japanese diplomacy, was appointed premier ad interim in Tokio. Born 1865, he served as Washington legation attache in 1887 and secretary to Counts Mutsu and other posts. He later headed missions to Vienna and the United States and held foreign affairs leadership during World War I.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Yasuya Uchida
Viscount Uchida
Japan
Washington
Count Mutsu
Foreign Office
Vienna
United States
Copper Rail Rates Eased for Mountain States Ore
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to suspend reduced railroad rates on copper ore and bullion from Montana Utah and other mountain states to eastern points, effective Aug 25. San Francisco commercial groups fear the lower rates will boost all rail shipments eastward and cut rail-to-San Francisco shipments.
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Standard
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Montana
Utah
San Francisco
Washington backs General Wood in Philippine administration
The Coolidge administration in Washington will support Governor General Leonard Wood in his handling of affairs in the Philippine islands. A spokesman said the government would back Wood as its authorized representative and stand ready to help adjust any difficulties, while avoiding actions that would alarm or offend the Filipinos or be unfair to them.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Coolidge
Coolidge Opposes Early Conference on Aircraft Limits
President Coolidge sees greater obstacles to a world aircraft limitation conference than at Washington. He has not studied the Legion’s proposal in detail and doubts European nations would join amid unsettled conditions. The U.S. will refrain from competitive war aircraft building while Europe remains unsettled, but would consider steps when timing is right.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
American Legion
Europe
Ihs
Germany Stands By Cuno Offer To Meet Reparation Obligation
Berlin Aug 24 Chancellor Stressemann told the German Industrial Club that the present government supports the Cuno administration’s offer to meet Germany’s reparation obligations. He said as a pledge for carrying out the obligations the liberation of German soil and sovereignty could justify sacrificing part of the German economic system.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Cuno
Germany
Stressemann
German Industrial Club
Express wreck kills over fifty near Lida in flood
In a Vilna to Warsaw express wreck near Lida, more than 50 people died and about 100 were injured as the train left tracks and hit a dam. The rush of floodwaters increased casualties. many passengers were Jews and immigrants bound for America. Rescue work faced great difficulty. a first aid train from Lida was delayed by track damage.
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Montana
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Fargo
Butte
Moscow
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Vilna
Warsaw
Lida
America
Air Mail Pilot Knight Fights Race Against Death
Omaha August 24 Veteran flyer Jack Knight known for transcontinental night mail service raced toward Omaha after news his father in Buchanan Michigan may not survive. Officials allowed him to proceed toward Chicago using the same plane, flying from North Platte to Omaha a 281 mile leg in two and a half hours.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Jack Knight
Cheyenne
Knight
Buchanan
Mich
Fort Crook
Chicago
North Platte
Army pilots shatter speed record with crosscountry mail flight
At Hazelhurst Field Hempstead New York Wesley L Smith piloting a mail plane from San Francisco landed after a flight that beat the previous transcontinental time by about an hour and a half. The 27 hour 14 minute crossing set a new standard for rapid nationwide mail service.
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Associated Press
Hempstead
N. Y
Wesley L. Smith
San Francisco
Hazelhurst Field
United States Air Service
New York
Army
Kelly and
MacReady
Smith
Three Give Lives When Baby Drowns Near Riverside
Riverside California August 24 Mrs Robert Burton 17 her sister Mary Roberts 12 and Ronald Hubert 12 drowned while attempting to rescue Mrs Burton's seven month old son from Mocking Bird Canyon lake. Mrs Burton carried the child as they waded in an irrigation flume feeding the lake a sudden rush of water swept the baby from her arms into the lake.
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Associated Press
Riverside
Cal
Robert Burton
Mary Roberts
Ronald Hubert
Mocking Bird Canyon Lake
Formal Recognition of Mexico Delayed by U S
Washington reports the United States will not announce formal resumption of Mexico relations until late September. Exchanges on claims conventions from Mexico City talks must be finalized, drafted by the State Department, and approved by Mexico before Senate ratification can proceed.
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U. S
Associated Press
Washington
White House
United States
Mexico City
John Barton Payne
Arles B. Warren
State Department
Payne
Warren
Fercy
Senate
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