Plea for Our Vanishing Friends of Horn and Claw
In Charles Russell's Great Falls studio I saw a chair carved from buffalo horns and recalled the era of buffalo bones and skulls used in crafts. The piece reflects on extinct Montana game like antelope caribou moose and elk, once abundant on the plains and now scarce due to settlement and development, and notes how these animals seem like ghosts today.
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Charles Russell
Great Falls
Montana
Russ
Russell
Missouri
Bear Paws
Rockies
Buffalo
Fort Benton
St. Louis
Canada
Anaconda Country Club
Riddick Married in Secret Ceremony in New York
Former Montana congressman Carl W. Riddick wed Jessie Harrison of Liberal Kansas on a date in May in New York, with the ceremony kept secret for two months. Riddick, previously divorced from his first wife in April 1923, has four children from that marriage and the ex-wife is reportedly living on a ranch with one son.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Mont
Carl W. Riddick
Montana
New York
Jessie Harrison
Liberal
Kan
Harlowton
Riddick
Montanans Busy Abroad Finds Evidence of Progressive Spirit
Senator T J Walsh reports from the Orient detailing Montana merchants and business firms in China and the Philippines. The series follows earlier installments on Hawaii and Japan, with the journey undertaken after the congressional session last March.
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Senator Walsh
Orient Countries
Treasure State
Eastern
Republic
T. J. Walsh
United States
Montana
Orient
China
Philippines
Standard
Hawaiian Islands
Japan
senator Walsh visits Shanghai and Lincoln play in the Orient
By T. J. Walsh, United States Senator from Montana, recounts arrival in Shanghai aboard a ship dodging river craft. He meets Judge C. R. Lobingier, learns about his career in China, and observes the city’s institutions before attending a London company’s Abraham Lincoln play touring the region.
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Montana
China
Shanghai
C. RB. Lobingler
United States Court For
Philippines
Roosevelt
Wilson
East
Harding
Lincol
President Harding Declines Hawaii Visit Aboard Special Train
President Harding will not visit Hawaii during his Alaska tour. Secretary Work conveyed the invitation from Hawaii’s Governor Farrington and lawmakers as Harding and Mrs. Harding rode south on the government Alaska railroad. The decision comes despite the offer to stop 500 miles into Alaska.
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Harding
Hawaii
Associated Press
President Harding
Alaska Railroad
Farrington
Island Territory
Alaska
Rs. Harding
Island politics at climax Filipino cabinet resigns
Manila July 17. Governor General Wood faces a cabinet walkout as the cabinet and council tender resignations. Ray Conley United States secret service agent resigns after bribery charges and clearance. J P Laurel interior secretary resigns in protest. Manila Mayor Fernandez follows. Vice Governor Gilmore reportedly remains. Ambitious moves spur power struggle over Wood policy and interlinked insular and local government authorities. Continued on Page 10, Column 6.
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Associated Press
Manila
General Wood
Council of the State
Ray Conley
United States Secret Service
Conley
J. P. Laurel
Interior
Fernandez
Gilmore
Laurel
Wood
Secretary of the Interior
Sery
Walsh and Hughes Face Murder Trial in Boulder
In Boulder Judge Ly man H Bennetts refused to grant a continuance for Roy Walsh and Albert Hughes. The youths, charged with first degree murder in the slaying of merchant Al Johnson during an attempted holdup at Renova on June 26, face a Friday start to their trials. The defense hints at using truth serum and seeks to delay to call new witnesses.
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Boulder
Lyman H. Bennetts
Roy Walsh
Albert Hughes
Walsh
al Johnson
Renova
Hughes
John Elliott
Butte
Bennetts
Montana
Ferris
Texas
R. EB. House
Elliott
Johnson
East Park Street
Jefferson Island
Silver Bow
Mountjoy
McAdoo Testifies in Morse War Fraud Trial
Former treasury secretary William G. McAdoo testified for nearly two hours in federal court detailing his role as counsel for Charles W. Morse and Morse interests. He stated his firm earned 830000 in cash fees and held similar unpaid obligations, and he discussed attempts in 1919 to secure a 100000 advance from the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corp for Alexandrix amid its financial distress.
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Washington
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles W. Morse
McAdoo, Cotton & Franklin
New York
Morse
McAdoo
Morses
Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Alexandrix Company
Rancher Arrested For Blocking Soo Railroad Again
Elmer Thompson of Daniels County Montana was arrested on a warrant charging interference with U S mail after tearing up 210 feet of Soo Line track. He posted 1000 bond at Plentywood and was released. Officials expect a restraining order if he resumes disrupting railroad traffic. The dispute centers on compensation for right of way.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
Elmer Thompson
Whitetail
Daniels County
U. S
J. B. Platt
United States Mail
Thompson
United States
Plentywood
Platt
Soo Line
Soo
Itate
Johnson leads as Minnesota senatorial tally nears end
Unofficial returns from 2,913 of 3,520 precincts show Magnus Johnson ahead by about 74,000 votes with 259,582 to 184,970 for Preus and 17,976 for Carley. Final results likely swing a few thousand votes as 607 rural precincts remain to report across nearly 50 counties.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Magnus Johnson
Johnson
J. A. O. Preus
James A. Carley
Preus
Carley
I W W foot loose ordered to Port Arthur Texas
Foot loose members of the Industrial Workers of the World were ordered from the Los Angeles harbor district to Port Arthur Texas to be sent quickly as possible. Police reported six messengers carried the orders from I W W headquarters in San Francisco. Local authorities estimated about 500 I W W members were in Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World Today
Los Angeles Harbor District
Port Arthur
San Francisco
Texas
W. Covington
W. W
Industrial Workers of the World
Brookhart Calls Johnson Victory a Warning to GOP
Senator S W Brookhart, returning from a European study tour, says Magnus Johnsons Minnesota Senate victory warns GOP bosses of coming political change. He predicts a continued critique of Wall Street and calls for an extra congressional session on agriculture. praises economic cooperation and producer consumer justice as the postwar path.
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Congress
Senator Brookhart
Brookhart
Senate
Russia
Europe
Rochedale
America
Coal Miners Chief Denounces Strikers
John Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers of America, revoked the Glace Bay Nova Scotia district No 26 charter for refusing to call off a miners strike. He denounced Daniel Livingstone as a mad adventurer who trampled rules and breached contracts between operators and miners.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
John [. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
Daniel Livingstone
Lewis
Livingstone
Hal Ma
Ova Scotia
Anglo American Oil Fight 15 Open Contest
Lausanne July 17 The Near East conference at Ouichy chateau examined the full treaty text and set July 24 for its formal signature. The session included several unresolved issues with notable reservations by the United States and Great Britain regarding the British Turkish Petroleum company concession, leading to continued debate on Page 2.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Ouichy Chateau
United States
Great Britain
British-Turkish Petroleum Company
French seize 27 billion marks in transit north of Mainz
French occupation forces seize 27,000,000,000 marks in transit north of Mainz near Eltville. A German railway official and two assistants are arrested in connection with the shipment.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Marne
Pean Anne
Eltville
Mayence
Hail storms devastate Bitter Root valley crops in Montana
Damage from a three period hail storm in Bitter Root valley, Montana, from Hamilton to Woodside, caused at least 500000 in losses to apples and grain. West side losses reached 90 percent, with insurers covering about 250000. Some districts, including Stevensville and Sagebrush, sustained major damage to orchards, grain, and vegetables. Continued on page 2.
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Hamilton
Woodside
Stevensville
The
Standard
Mont
Bitter Root
Lost Horse Canyon
Hamilton Heights
Summerdale
Thousand Acre
Victor
Sagebrush
Kramer
Illinois Orchard
Flight Called Off by Lt Maughan Over Transcontinental Route
A telegram to Carl Wolfley, aviation committee chair of the St. Joseph chamber of commerce, reports Lieutenant Russell Maughan’s second attempt to fly across the continent has been canceled. No reason given for the change, and the page note places the event in St. Louis on July 149.
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Associated Press
Louis
Russell Maughan
Lieutenant Maughan
Carl Wolfley
St. Joseph
Minnesota election defeat noted by President Harding on Alaskan trip
In Curry Alaska on July 17 Magnus Johnson won Minnesota’s senate seat over Governor Preus, prompting disappointment from President Harding who planned no public comment. Mrs Harding’s health improved after rest aboard the presidential train as she stayed off the 300 mile return trip for fatigue concerns and rest.
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Associated Press
New York
S. W. Brookhart
Iowa
Europe
Senate
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
United States
Brookhart
William S. Kenyon
Harding
Henry Ford
Republican Party
Wall Street
Judge Kenyon
Russia
Curry
Alaska
Preus
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Fairbanks
Richardson Trail
Panama Canal
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