Slayer of Ferry on Way to Butte
Sheriff John K. O Rourke heads to Nevada City California to bring Dan Merrigan in custody for the 1912 stabbing death of James Ferry in Boyle s saloon. The killer fled after the Nov 21 quarrel over religion and was identified by a Nevada City photo. Merrigan faces first degree murder charges on return to Butte.
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John K. O'Rourke
Butte
Tomore
Dan Merrigan
Nee Yada City
Cal
James Ferry
Jackson
Merrigan
Ferry
Boyle
Mere Tigan
Broadway
City Hall
Nevada City
O'Rourke
California
Sytte
Juvenile Offenders Returned to Homes After Court
Nine youths aged 5 to 16 appeared in juvenile court and were returned to their parents with admonition. Two of three who rode a horse and buggy pleaded guilty to stealing the horse. the third was exonerated. A boy charged with stealing shoes was released to his mother to send him to the country. One youth faced prior liquor and mischief troubles. Other cases, including box car seal breaking, were dismissed.
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Suage Lynch
Lake Avoca
F. J. Barry
East Front Street
Montana State Band Helps Butte Celebrate Victory Fourth
The Montana State band led by Joe Vincent drew a merry crowd as they played across the city streets. Their performances on Main Park and other corners stirred holiday spirit and boosted the Fourth of July festivities, with calls for encore and plans for future concerts for those unable to attend the event.
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Butte
Montana
Joe ‘Vincent
Fourth P
Aga
Butte Victory
Pitals
Murder of American in Tampico oil fields
Leroy Moye, an American citizen employed by Mexican Gulf Oil, was killed by Mexicans in the Tampico oil fields last Tuesday night. Acting Secretary Phillips cabled the American embassy to demand the apprehension and punishment of the murderers and protection for Americans in the Tampico district.
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Leroy Moye
Mexican Gulf Oil Company
Tampico
State Department
Phillips
Mexico City
Tribute to Canadian troops in Belgium
Brussels July 3 Belgian interior minister offers land near Ypres for a Canadian war memorial honoring Canadian troops. Names and places appear in the clipped report including American travelers and Seattle residents among others. The piece reflects wartime remembrance and cross-border acknowledgments in a short, fragmentary notice.
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Belgium
Brussels
Ypres
Dancing and Music at Columb Gardens Advertisement
Dancing and good music at gardens. There will be dancing every night and Sunday afternoon. Music by night piece orchestra.
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Columb
Advt
Women’s World Peace Council Seeks Protest Meetings
Chrystal MacMillan serves as secretary to the International Congress of Women for Permanent Peace meeting in Zurich and as secretary of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. The Zurich congress invited national sections of the Women’s League to organize protests against portions of the peace treaty.
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Chrystal MacMillan
International Congress of Women For
Zurich
Paris
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Women's International Congress
International Women’s League
Butte Man Returns From Verdun War Service
Jack Westgate, a well known Butte resident, has returned home after four years in France with the Thirty fourth engineers. He described Verdun as a shattered landscape with pulverized walls and shattered bones visible in fields. Many Americans killed near Verdun have been moved to the Romaigne American cemetery.
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France
Verdun
Jack Westgate
Butte
Company F
Thirty-fourth Engineers
Jack
Argonne-Meuse
Romaign
Railroads test safety first campaign success reported
According to R. M. Ashton of Chicago the northwestern ton of railroads reports accidents reduced to minimum during a week long safety effort. Fifty of sixty three roads had no accidents and overall line accidents dropped about seventy percent. Ashton says workers gained appreciation for safety observances and seeds sown during the campaign promise long lasting benefits.
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R. M. Ashton
Chicago
Northwestern Ton
Mr. Rishton
Mr. Ashton
Washington Woman Heads Educators
Josephine Corliss Preston, state superintendent of county instruction in Olympia Washington, was nominated without opposition for president of the National Education Association. Nominated were Sallie Hill Denver, Anna Webb Blanton Austin Texas, Susan N Dorsey Los Angeles, May Trimper Helena Montana, and T J Knapp Highland Park Michigan. A J Matthews Temple Arizona was renominated for treasurer.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Josephine Corliss Preston
Olympia
Ash
Sallie Hill
Denver
Anna’ Webb Blanton
Austin
Texas
Susan N
Dorsey
Los Angeles
May ‘Trimper
Helena
Mont
T. J. Knapp
Highland Park
Mich
A. J. Matthews
Temple
Arizona
Commissions Named to Continue Work on Peace Conference
Five members appointed to three commissions will press on with postwar tasks. The Commission for the Execution of the German Treaty includes John Foster Dulles United States Sir Eyre Crowe England Andre Tardieu France and Vitorio Setalela Italy. The Commission for the Organization of Permanent Reparations lists Louis Loucheur France Sydney Peel England Dr Silvio Crespi Italy and M Moni Japan. The Commission for the Coordination of Bulgarian Frontiers features Mr Dal M Tardieu and Mr Peel.
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Yesday
Ouneil
John Foster Dulles
United States
Eyre Crowe
England
Andre Tardieu
France
Vitorio ‘Setalela
Taly
Japan
Dal M. Tardieu
Peel
Unhappy couples seek severed ties in domestic cases
Within 48 hours of Justice Ornsby ordering Benjamin Hipp to support his wife Violet 8 Hipp, he filed for custody of their two children claiming extraordinary temper and infidelity. Meanwhile David Morgan faces divorce and alimony claims after years of non support. Separations also arise as Lillian Reed sues Harry Reed for desertion after eight and a half years of marriage, with references to their residence in Florida and confusion about British Columbia.
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Justice Ornsby
Benjamin Hipp
Violet
Hipp
David M. Morgan
Louise Morgan
Fia
Colupa
French Duel With the Us as Result
Paris on July 7 reports the first duel in France since the war when M Garat mayor and deputy exchanged pistol shots with M in Badonne. The duel halted in suspense until peace conclusion and no further duels occurred as time settled many quarrels.
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Paris
France
Badonne
M. Garat
M. Fairs
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