Open Door Policy Stays in Effect Amid China Contract Dispute
A State Department note to the Chinese minister confirms U S support for the open door principle in China. It responds to a question about withdrawing from rights under the Federal Telegraph contract for wireless stations, noting American interests remain secure and no monopolistic arrangements will be accepted. Protests by Britain Japan and Denmark over concessions and company rights are cited. Meantime reports from Missoula update James Reynolds’s medical condition after the Fourth of July auto race injuries. Washington notes a strong Montana winter wheat outlook with 800 percent normal conditions and a 21,344,000 bushel forecast.
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United States
State Department
Federal Telegraph Company
Shanghai
China
Federal Telephone Company
Marconi Company
Marconi
Japan
Denmark
Missoula
James Reynolds
Boulder
Cnor
Washington
Montana
Incendiary fire destroys Stanhope garage and cuts local telephony
Fire at 803 South Main Street destroyed a garage owned by Mrs Ida Stanhope and burned more than 150 party telephone lines. Two cars and automobile parts were stolen in a prior week burglary. The blaze, discovered around 4 AM, damaged a 65 foot pole and damaged lines across South Main, with Mountain States Telephone crews working overnight to restore service. Police and residents described the incident as incendiary.
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Ida Stanhope
South Main Street
Mountain States Telephone Company
Government W A Case Ends in Miami Cable Landing
The long controversy between the government and the Western Union Telegraph Company over landing the Miami Barbadoes cable was resolved when federal permission was granted for landings, according to Western Union offices in Miami.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Western Union
Comepany
Vessels Withdrawn from Mexico by Denby Order
The cruiser Cleveland and the gunboat Sacramento were withdrawn from Pico, Mexico, by order of Secretary Denby in agreement with the State Department. Secretary Hughes responded to labor protests, stating the ships act as a precaution to protect American lives and property, not to intervene in labor disputes.
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Denby’s
Associated Press
Washington
Cleveland
Sacramento
Pico
Navy Department
Denby
State Department
Hughes
Tampico
Samuel Gompers
Pan-American’pe Eration of Labor
American Citiz
Gompers
B.C. Davidson
John Kelly
International’ Association of Machinists
Orizaba
Mr. Gompers
Senator McCumber Criticises Treasury Letter On Bonus Bill
Senate debate over the soldier bonus bill continues with Senator McCumber denouncing Secretary Mellon’s letter as inadvisable now. He urges the party keep its pledge and questions timing, noting treasury conditions and ongoing fiscal restraint while Harding plans a special message to Congress next week.
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Letter
Secretary of Treasury
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Harding
Congress
North Dakota
Mellon
Treasury
Capitol
Secretary of the Treasury
Republican Party
Soldiers of America
Rockefeller on golf links at 82
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his eighty second birthday by playing a round of golf on his Tarrytown estate under an umbrella. An umbrella bearer followed as heat and humidity pressed on the oil magnate and his staff during the round.
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Associated Press
Tarrytown
N.Y
John D. Rockefeller
Howat and Dorehy Seek New Trial in Mining Case
In Columbus on July 8 an affidavit by 11 jurors opposing the industrial court law was filed with a motion for a new trial for Alexander Howat and August Dorehy. The United Mine Workers leaders of District 14 Kansas were sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 each.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Alexander Howat
August Dorehy
Kansas
United Mine Workers of America
Unusual Freight Train Murder Near Alpine Texas
William Bohrman engineer was killed and fireman Charles Robertson slugged and hurled from a freight train ten miles west of Alpine Texas. A man rode in the box car behind the coal tender and the engine exploded after the wreck, destroying the boiler and leaving only engine rails standing. Earl Stirman brakeman reported a man fleeing the engine just before the blast as Toronto was referenced amid a steep grade before the explosion at dawn.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
William Bohrman
Charles Robertson
Alpine
Galveston, Harrisburg
Toronto
Earl Stirman
Feasibility Report Favours Great Lakes St Lawrence Route
Col W P Wooten US Army engineer for Detroit district and W A Bowden chief engineer of the Canadian department of railways submitted a joint report to the international joint commission at Washington. They found the deep waterway project feasible and estimated initial navigation cost at 252 728 200 dollars. Wooten made the report public today.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Waterways
Tariff and tax revision bills focus of late session
Special dispatch reports that the administration will press tariff and tax revision bills as the priority during the remaining period of the special session. The drive aims to secure enactments that aid rehabilitation in agriculture finance and commerce, with other legislation taking a back seat.
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Standard
Washington
Congress
Tourists Increase as Cars Enter National Park
The report notes more motor cars and visitors entering the park this year compared to last, with hotels and camps welcoming many travelers by rail and road. The total tourist count shows a rise alongside higher car usage and associated travel activity in the period.
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National Park
Ress
Bormaan
Irs
Juto
Senuers
and Gams
Sume
Senate to drop opposition on naval appropriation provisions
After a meeting between Senate and House conferees on the naval appropriation bill the Senate said it would drop its right to retain certain amendments opposed by the House. Provisions include visitations stations at Landpoint Washington and Camp Kearny California improvements at the Bremerton Washington navy yard and construction of two airplane carriers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Landpoint
Wash
Camp
Caruso Denies Reports Of Voice Impairment
A cablegram from the Italian tenor Benno Zi- Gay confirms Caruso denies rumors that his voice has been impaired. The message counters claims tied to a reported refusal to sing aboard a ship during a recent incident. The controversy centers on supposed shin reports and onshore chatter from Burpalo New York July.
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N.Y
Benno Zi- Gay
Caruso
British Leader and Irish Leader Move Toward Truce
London reports a ceasefire plan to begin Monday at noon after talks between Eamonn de Valera and Lloyd George. King and General Smuts are cited as pivotal in the peace move with both London and Dublin hopeful for a settlement.
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Sir Nevill Macready
Yesteray
Hamann de Valera
Lloyd Jorge
London
King
General Smuts
Dublin
England
Ireland
Eamonn de Valera
Earl Midleton
Lloyd George
Nevil MacReady
de Valera
Smuts
Premier's Letter Cites Valera Readiness for Talks with Britain
An Associated Press copy reports the government acknowledges negotiations are possible and Valera agrees to conference with the British government. It calls for orders to restrain violence and for troops and police to suspend active operations against those in the conflict.
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Associated Press
Achiev Valera
No agreement reached by league amid dissension in Fargo
The state executive committee of the non partisan fan league met in Fargo July 8 and continued deliberations without resolving the charges published by the Fargo Courier about mismanagement and disruption within the league. The meeting focused on addressing internal disputes and reviewing organizational conduct as tensions persist.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N.D
Non-Partie Fan League
Fargo Couriera League
British Military Withdrawal Urged Ahead of Irish Talks
Mayor Frank Dempsey of Mallow Ireland, in Butte, urges the withdrawal of British regular forces and Black and Tans before a London truce meeting. He has long led Irish freedom efforts and notes Irish envoys face decisive rejection or acceptance of any settlement short of full independence.
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Annoui
Frank Dempsey
Mallow Irelands
Butte
Dempsey
America
Ireland
London
Proclamation of Peace Delayed Until Next Week
Washington July. President Harding and advisers favor a presidential proclamation to end the war powers, but cabinet discussion shows many legal points to resolve. A partial draft was shown at today’s cabinet meeting, with references in emergency wartime laws to a peace proclamation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hardings
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Congress
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