Great Crowds Besiege Toledo for Willard Dempsey Fight
Toledo swelled with 50 000 to 75 000 visitors in the final 24 hours as trains ships planes and cars bring boxing fans for the Willard Dempsey heavyweight title bout. Hotels fill every cot while tents and private rooms offer shelter and meals abound in makeshift booths and private homes. Willard weighs 243 1 2 pounds and Dempsey 196 with crowds paying over $15 000 in gate receipts for the training session attended by about 51 000 spectators.
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Toledo
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Bethe
Excent
Tein
Reno
Wizard
Jack Hempel
Walter Monahan
Monahan
Willard
Dempsey
Ray Archer
Morrissey’s Side Presented in Police Chief Hearing
The Butte Police commission adjourned amid testimony for both sides in Chief Detective Ed Morrissey’s case on charges of roughness. Complainants allege uncalled-for violence during an arrest at the Boston block, while defense counters that the accused man was resisting and that evidence is biased by prior incidents. Witnesses described Morrissey’s conduct, including an incident at the Boston block and an altercation at the city jail, with testimonies about a woman named Checker delaying voting and an armed confrontation at a precinct.
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Butte Police Commission
Ed Morrissey
Rathtness
Morrissey
Boson Block
Ter NC
Tora
Ed. Morrissey
Boston
John Hoyle
Checker
Precinct A
Eighth Ward
Carrie Rask
South Main Street
Meyer
Red
Oregon
Columbus centenary Methodist pageant opens in Ohio
The Columbus Methodist centenary celebration opened with a pageant led by Dr. James Crowther and featuring Christopher Columbus and Miss Centen fate. Mayor George and Capt W H Hardy attended as notable figures. Hardy, sole Perry expedition survivor to Japan in 1853, is eighty four.
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Mayor George 3
Columb Hight
Miss Centenas
Christopher Columbus
James E. Crowther
W. H. Hardy
Columbus, O
Centen
James Crowther
Portland
Gre
Japan
No Carman Strike On Fourth Of July In Butte
Street cars will operate in Butte for the Fourth of July despite union plans to join a Mooney sympathetic strike for four days beginning Friday. Management fears uncertain service over the following days as crowds from nearby towns arrive to see the celebration. Committees have invested heavily to ensure a successful event, and news of uninterrupted streetcar service is welcomed.
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Butte
Electrical Workers’ Union
Mooney
All Italy Protests High Prices in City Riots
A vast crowd in Fork Italy rioted over the cost of living after a mass meeting. Shops were looted and pillaged goods moved to the chamber and distributed to the people. Rioters aimed to lower prices and nationalize food supplies amid a revolutionlike atmosphere. In Brussels, Belgium, the foreign minister advanced bills ratifying the German treaty and related agreements.
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Associated Press
Italy
Chamber of Iam
Spezia
Chamber of Labor
Brussels
Germany
Federal Reserve warns on speculation amid improving labor market
Washington July 2 An upbeat Fed board statement notes broad economic improvement with high employment and rising wages but cautions that speculative pressure and easy credit could undermine gains. Farmers report labor tightness, returning soldiers are being absorbed, and government credit remains strong aided by high Liberty Bond demand.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Butte War Heroes Parade Plans For City Celebration
Butte prepares a grand honoring of returning World War heroes with a noon start and all-day events through Saturday. Local committees, chaired by D. 4d. Charles Ning, organize the parade and entertainment, with service men lined up in Walkerville Centerville and Hill contingents. Senator Harry Gallwe and Malcolm Gillis join the music committee to help Simon Hauswirth coordinate additional features.
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Butte
Charles Ning
Grimes
America
Walkerville
Centerville
Harry Gallwe
Malcolm Gillis
Simon Hauswirth
Dr Annette Shaw Dies Prominent Suffragist Leader
Dr Annette Shaw honorary president of the National Women's Suffrage died at her home in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia at 7 PM aged 71. She chaired the woman's committee on the council of national defense and recently received the distinguished service medal for wartime lectures with President Lowell. Shaw long led the National American Woman Suffrage Association for 11 years and was a lifelong advocate for League of Nations.
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Philadelphia
Annette Shaw
National Women's Suffragation
Shaw
Council of National Defense
Il AM
Lowell of
Haig
League of Nations
Shawlong
National American With Suffrage Association
Springfield
First Emarat Motor Tour Postponed at Yellowstone Park
Livingston July 2 The first emerat motor tour over the Geysers to Glaciers highway, set to start at Yellowstone National Park today, was postponed as efforts to reach officers of the transportation company at Mammoth Springs in the park failed tonight due to wires being down.
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Livingston
Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth Springs
Park
Veterans Organization Adopts Name in Montana
Helena July 2 Montana's veteran group now bears the American Legion of Montana name after the Malta state convention. Jack Conway reports the meeting opened with Windy weather causing delays. State officers include C K Pow Helena Mof fatt Billings T Todd Scott Hardin HM Peet Harlot on. Resolutions supported absent voters investigation and boxing bill amendments. indorsed Salvation Army drive. condemned Play Fair magazine. backed flagging bills and veteran bonuses. favored state and county employment preferences and a $50 monthly veteran bonus funded by excess profits tax and deportation of aliens.
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Helena
Montana
American Legion of Montana
Malta
Jack Conway
Conway
C.K
Bon Moffatt
Billings
View Lander
Ben Barnett
M.S. Cohen
Butte
Todd Scott
Hardin
HM. Peet
Harlowton
Fone
Salvation Army
Denver
American Legion
Telegraphers' Strike Ends After Protest and Debate
Chicago July 2 The telegraphers strike called off at noon today by S J Konenkamp president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America comes after months of protest againstwire administration policies The statement urges members toward continued industrial action though voting within the ranks is deemed impractical The union criticizes government officials and Burleson while pledging to defend workers rights and industrial freedom.
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Chicago
S.J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Konenkamp
Washington
P Konenkamp
Wire
Idale
Burleson
Barch
Brsation
William Gibson Sharp Prominent Mining Man Dies
William Gibson Sharp longtime mining executive and president of United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company of Utah died at age 2? His widow survives. Burial planned in the local area following official notice.
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William Gibson Sharp
The
United States Smelting and Refining Company
Gibson Sharp
United States Smelting, Refining and Ing Company of
Utah
MM Tsetts
Copper refined and smelter output set 1918 records
New York July 2 The Star reports copper metal refined in 1918 reached 2,432,900,000 pounds, a rise of 4,000,000 over 1917. Refiners nationwide processed 1,882,874,191 pounds of copper from American ores, with smelter output at 1.9 pounds per unit and an average price of 24.7 cents per pound yielding an estimated value of 471 million dollars.
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The
Star New York
Aefiners
B.S. Butler
Department of the Interior
Zion
Villa Orders Hangings of Americans Reported
A foreign resident of Northern Mexico states that Villa ordered the execution of all Americans captured after the withdrawal of the American expedition. The claim arrived at the Paso border today, recounting a harsh retaliation following recent events.
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HA Paso
Texas
Pranesco Villa
Mexico
Flight in Wonderland Postponed at Yellowstone Park
Helena July 2 Unavoidable postponement of aerial flights at Yellowstone Park was announced by Harry W. Child of the Yellowstone Park Transportation Company. The flights, set for July 4 and 5 to film park scenes from high altitudes for the Montana inaugural delegation, were postponed with later dates to be announced.
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Helena
Yellowstone Park
Cit
Harry W. Child
Yellstone Park ‘Transportation Company
Montana
Park
Child
Airship B-34 expected to reach Roosevelt Field Friday
Mineola N Y July 2 Lieut FW Lucas in charge of British admiralty arrangements for the reception of the dirigible B-34 announced that unless heavy winds or storms occur the airship would arrive over Roosevelt Field Friday afternoon.
Workers Cratumen Seals Greeks With Not Have Separate
A fragmented item notes tensions among workers and Greek groups with claims of separation and control. No clear names, dates, or places are discernible in the remaining readable text.
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