Motive sought in Rialto theater slaying case
Evidence suggests Greenbeck was threatened and sought to disappear for a price, while Allen claimed to seek him before a fatal shooting outside the Rialto theater. Eyewitness reports and an autopsy indicate multiple bullets struck Greenbeck from behind as the event unfolded amid gambling circles and alarms of conspiracy.
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Allen
Greenbeck
W. G. Smith
Butte Electric Railway Company
Fred
Mough Greenbeck
Aten
Park ‘Street
Weir
Nis
Advertisements Highlight Local Goods and Entertainment
The page notes daily ads across Butte Anaconda and Copper City with shows at the Empire and Bluebird theatres plus specials like Morning soap, Premium ham sale, mixed cookies, breakfast bacon, fancy hams, and a Sun Flood feature. It warns quoted items require cross check with the advertisements for confirmation.
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A.C. M
Lutey
Pou
Tiasto
Nero
Thompson
McCarthy
Bryant
Bluebird
Copper City
Sylvester
Rail workers strike as French move through Rhine area
Berlin reports quiet Essen but widespread disruption as French authorities seize railway, postal, and telegraphic services in the Ruhr. Rail workers refuse to return until French troops exit Coblenz area. leaders deny official strike. Crews quit minutes after command handover to the French.
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Coblenz
Teader
Frederick Kalt
Allen
Essen
Miner Allen shot in Butte mystery deepens as coroner investigates
The victim, Allen, a 20 year Butte resident and miner, suffered a bullet wound with details emerging about the motive at the coroner’s inquest. One bullet lodged in bone while another under the chest region remains unfound. Coroner John C. Murphy continues the inquiry, date of inquest not yet set. Allen, formerly of Texas and Arizona, is married with one child and his family is away.
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John C. Murphy
Allen
Butte
East Park
North Main Streets
Texas
Arizona
Twa
Anil Strike Spreads Across Europe And Talks
English financial authorities and bankers conferences at Paris discuss the repair of gold payments and reparations. German views cite London plan reductions and warn of disruptions from Allied actions. Ruhr occupation unlikely to be discussed at League council. German and French positions on reparations and raw materials remain contentious. The Paris meeting and Bavarian hotel notices reflect rising tension in postwar Europe.
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Bankers
Paris
London
Germany
Reparations Commission
France
Belgium
Ruhr
Council
League of Nations
Leon Bourgeois
Hjalmar_ Branting
Associated Press
Poincare
Ald
M. Franting
Pant
Tallan
Draper
Council of the
Garmish
Fone
Church leaders debate unrest and public hunger in sermon discussion
Dr Copeland and Dr Grant address bankers and congregants about unrest in American life. They warn against silencing voices and urge openness in church debates on economic pain and spiritual response. The sermon frames faith as a channel for social dialogue amid hardship.
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Dr. Grant
Copeland
United States
Untermyer Denies Disloyalty Charge
Samuel Untermyer answered Goodykoontz in Palm Beach disputes over disloyalty during the Daugherty impeachment debate. He called the charges utterly fabricated and libelous, asserting his finances with Count Bern and his 1911 visit to Untermyer's home do not indicate disloyalty or breach of national duty.
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Associated
Fre- Palm Beach
Samuel Untermeyer
Goodykoontz
West Virginia
Daugherty
House
Untermeyer
Goodykoonts
Bern
Germany
Washington
Union denies plan to nationalize coal industry
The United Mine Workers of America has no definite nationalization plan. Ellis Searles denies the committee’s scheme as adopted by the union, accuses the Greenwich Village coal mine rescue committee of partial influence, and notes well known New York tacticals reportedly prepared the plan without mining ties.
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Associated Press
New York
United Mine Workers’ of America
Ellis Searles
United “Mine Workers’ Journal
Greenwich Village Parlor
Searles
Britain weighs US debt funding terms in cabinet debate
The report details a divided British cabinet over an informal US debt funding proposal tied to loans at about 2 percent rather than 3. A luncheon at No 10 Downing Street is cited where two American diplomats allegedly hinted funding on that basis, with Bonar Law present. Newspapers vary in tone, weighing immediate acceptance against possible future revisions to aid Europe’s solvency.
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Tments
No. 10
Downing Street
Bonar Law
Nce
Morning Post
United States
Great Britain
Daily News
Baldwin
Europe
Westminster Gazette
Legislature Pushes Bill for Longer Sessions
The legislature debates extending sessions with bills to repeal prohibition laws and seize illicit stills, backed by Anti-Saloon League supporters. Lawmakers propose resuming state enforcement reform, funding highway construction, and holding four year legislative sessions amid clashes over commissions and state governance.
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Anti-Saloon League
Montana
Gat
Manry
Silver Bow
Troy
Hill
Cavanaugh
Caplis
Kinville
Dell
Joffray
Mushback
Carlson
Erring
Andrus
Davie
Cady
Bosley
Murphy
McLeod
Assembly
State Highway Commission
Commission
Officers Behind Bar Customers In Front Padlock 1s Answer
City police operated a saloon with two detectives tending bar in a case on South Arizona Street. Officers Van Orden and McDonald disrupted the establishment and pursued a bartender named KK, uncovering a scene of disorder and customers escaping via an open door as the bar activity continued under police watch.
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Pee Fectiver van Orden
McDonald
Kontiegzine
Arizona Street
Reid Hiralimout
Hartender
Lausanne Conference Seeks Settlement as War Seems Likely
The report notes a grim mood among delegates at Lausanne as talks stall. Armenia accepts Russia’s offer to relocate 260,000 Armenians, while Turkey faces pressure to adopt key treaty parts. France and Italy press for stable accord and continuation of talks with diplomats remaining in contact.
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Russia
Greece
Bulgaria
Syria
Moscow
Arme Sation
Turkey
Lausanne
France
Angora
Italy
Ambassador Child
Army perfects new rifle bullet named cat tail
U S Army researchers announce a new rifle bullet called cat tail, noted for a six degree air effect that extends maximum range by about 1,400 yards and flattens trajectory at 1,000 yards. A new copper zinc jacket reduces fouling, keeps barrels clear, and boosts rifle and machine gun accuracy and life.
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Associated Press
Washington
Klann Regalia Appears In State Heat Over Klan
The Missoula Ku Klux Klan denies sending letters to two state university students who received notes claiming the tar and feather committee. The letters prompted permits to carry revolvers and a promised investigation by the Klan. The message would bear the Klan seal and be signed by the exalted cyclops and local Kligrapp.
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Klan
Aff
Hughes
State University
Missoula Ku Klux Klan
Missoula Klan
Cyclops
Kligrapp
Church to Vote on Commandments Contested Changes
A clergy commission headed by the Gloucester bishop edits proposed church commandments with vestment guidance and a revised marriage service. High church advocates push for changes while present liturgy supporters resist. The revised materials keep the word obey in marriage and shorten the exhortation, and shorten the prayer for children.
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Gloucester
Church of England
Three Boy Scouts Killed by Blast Near Palm Beach
West Palm Beach Florida March 28 Three youths were killed and five injured when one of the hiking party fired at sticks of dynamite knapsack hanging in a palmetto tree. The dead and injured were Palm Beach County residents. The scouts planned to form a troop in their neighborhood. Lawrence C Clinging said the dynamite was found under an old house and some sticks were taken to blast stumps. Haworth fired a pistol into the air during a campfire incident. Hall Nichols, badly hurt, sought help after walking three miles.
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West Palm Beach
Fla. Jar
Palm Beach County
Lawrence C. Clinging
Clinging
Haworth
Hall Nichols
Ald
Rebels' reprisals hit Youghal water works
A Dublin dispatch to the Daily Express says rebels destroyed Youghal water works in reprisal for two executions for arms. Posts in West Ireland are gutted, making mail nearly impossible. At Killarney 6000 residents face severe shortages as food and coal must travel 17 miles under military escort.
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London
Daily Express
Dublin
Youghal
Ireland
Killarney
To Cure a Cold in One Take Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets
A historical medicine box advertises BromO Quinine laxative tablets with the signature of B. W. Grove and a note to ensure you get BromO. The label lists a 30e price.
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B. W. Grove
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