50 000 Klan Initiation At Joliet Assembly
Associated Press reports the Joliet Illinois gathering as the largest Klansmen event, with 30 000 to 60 000 in attendance. about 2 000 candidates were initiated into the invisible empire amid torches and ritual. Auto caravans from a 200 mile radius filled the area as credentials and passwords were checked at entrances.
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Associated Press
Joliet
Fil
Ku Klux Klan
Springfield
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Grand Goblin
Realm of
Chicago
Stevensville News Notes Highlight Local Civil and Social Happenings
Miss Helen K. Smith passed Helena nursing exam after three years at St Patrick's Missoula. Ranch visitors John Greenfield and George Warren called from Victor districts. Hazel McLaughlin to Helena for railroad commission work. Cuba Yates and Mrs Roy Geery shopped from Victor. Mrs Abe Buck and Mrs Wyncer Caple visited Missoula. Mrs William Cochran and children head to Gladstone Mich for summer with relatives. Ray Rawlins from Missoula visiting grandparents Judge S. Marks. Sadie Fermoyle, former Rowan teacher, visiting friends. B R Huetter advances school house construction with basement near completion. Brick sidewalks soon. L A Holt and others at Missoula bankers' convention. dairying talk by Fitzgerald. Holt reports Ravalli banking progress. Roy Oliver leaves Farmers Co-op store. George Anderson becomes grocery manager. Rebeccas district conference delegates from Stevensville attend Polson. Haley attends Hope lodge. Earl Whitesitt acting mail carrier Burnt Fork route during vacation. Lammers of Missoula lumber works with Hoar inventory. Otto Beyer shines in Spokane baseball with Ware Bros. Williamson relatives informed he ill in Long Beach, now recovering.
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Stevensville
Helen K. Smith
Helena
St. Patrick's Hospital
Missoula
John Greenfield
George Warren
Victor
Hazel McLaughlin
Railroad Commission
John McLaughlin
Cuba Yates
Roy Geery
Abe Buck
Wyncer Caple
William Cochran
Gladstone
Mich
Ray Rawlins
L. A. Holt
M. D. Fitzgerald
Elmer Johnson
W. L. Hill
Bankers’ Convention
Fitzgerald
Holt
Ravalli County
Roy Oliver
Farmers’ Co-operative
George Anderson
Charles A. Buck
John Foust
J. P. Haley
H. E. Gleason
Polson
Rebeccas
Haley
Hope Lodge
Earl Whitesitt
Burnt Fork
R. H. Marks
George Lammers
Interstate
Peru Prohibition Law Could Trigger Revolt Says Merchant
Alfred Field of Callao Peru warns that a prohibition law in Peru would provoke a revolution. Field arrived in Brooklyn aboard the Santa Luisa from South America. He says if Pussyfoot Johnson visited Peru he would be given a warm welcome.
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New York
Peru
Alfred Field
Callao
Brooklyn
South America
Pussyfoot" Johnson
Fall defends oil leases amid Teapot Dome controversy
Secretary Fall outlines data on Teapot Dome and California naval reserves, says independent operators approve, and claims the government and Wyoming would gain from new leases and mid continent price adjustments. He notes oil flows from Teapot Dome and asserts plans for steel tanks and emergency navy storage without direct cost.
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Wyoming
Fall
Congress
Naval Reserve
California
General Land Office
Bureau of Mines
Geological Survey
Navy Department
Taft
Naval
Pacific
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Treasury
Salt Creek
Nazimova Denies Evading Subpena
Chicago June 4 Mme Alla Nazimova moving picture actress sought as a witness in the Valentino bigamy case passed through Chicago en route to New York. Nazimova denied avoiding appearance in court saying she waited to be summoned and left for the East to begin a new picture.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mme
Alla Nazimova
Rodolph Valentino
New York
Mme. Nazimova
East
First Warrant for War Graft Unearthed in Lumber Sale
Army audit findings allege fraud and collusion in wartime lumber disposal. Steward says $4.697 million in lumber was sold with $2.843 million to the government and $1.854 million unpaid. He cites 156,000 contracts audited and calls the questioned contract highly ingenious.
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Steward
Last of Swiss bell ringers dies at 89 in Pinckneyville
Martin Freeberthyser aged 89, longtime sole survivor of the Swiss bell ringers who entertained President Van Buren, died after a long illness. Burial was in Valhalla cemetery in St. Louis. The troupe, first shown in the United States by Phineas T. Barnum, traced to Conrad Freeberthyser and relatives who came to America in 1848.
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Pinckneyville
Phineas T. Barnum
Martin Freeberthyser
Martin van Buren
Valhalla
St. Louis
Conrad Freeberthyser
Freeberthyser
Hesse-Cassel
Frederick William II
United States
P. T. Barnum
First Printed Map in Newberry Library Collection
A rare 1472 Strassburg edition of Isidore of Seville’s Etymology contains what is reputed to be the first printed map. The woodcut shows the Mare Magnum, the Nile, and the continents of Africa and Asia. The volume is among Newberry Library additions and is the 401st printed prior to 1500.
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Chicago
Isadore of Seville
Strassburg
Newberry
Nile
Africa
Asia
Triumph of the Cow At Santa Fe Station Crowds
A cow escaped from a trailer at the Santa Fe station in Los Angeles causing chaos. Police and firemen joined by bystanders helped subdue the animal as traffic halted and people sought shelter in cars. The cow was finally lassoed and returned to its owners.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Avenue
Daughter petitions to save father on Michigan City execution
William Dunavan faces execution in Michigan City prison for the murder of his wife near Bloomingdale. His 17 year old daughter Mabel wrote Governor McCray urging clemency, praising her mother as the best woman and saying she was murdered in cold blood.
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William Dunavan
Michigan City
Ind
Mabel
McCray
Dunavan
Bloomingdale
Sullivan deer tale replaces older fish yarn in Butte
Sullivan, a county attorney's office stenographer, returned from Missoula with a deer story after a men journey to Missoula. En route they hit a herd of 12 to 14 deer near Drummond, killing a buck, damaging the car, and continuing to Missoula for repairs.
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Sullivan
Florrie Sullivan
Missoula
Butte
Drummond
Theosophist Speaker Declares Salt of the Earth Theme
Dr. J. W. Duncan of Butte told the Butte Theosophical society that religion still travels on crutches and must become instruments of the Master. He compared salt’s valued role in history to the disciples’ call to be salt of the earth and cited Fray Angelo and Bernardino of Siena as noted early-theosophy students.
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J. W. Duncan
Butte
Butte Theosophical Society
Christ
Fray Angelo and
Bernardino of
Siena
Buick stolen by youth at Pittsmont smelter after fence knocked down
A youth about 18 asked to borrow John Lacey’s Buick at the Pittsmont smelter Saturday night claiming Mrs. Lacey wanted it. The watchman called Lacey who said not to let it go. The thief rammed the gate, escaped in the car, and a man named Edgar May was arrested later though he denied involvement. The car was found abandoned with minor damage.
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Pittsmont Smelter
John Lacey
Edgar May
May
Warren Avenue
Missoula to Host Pioneers Meeting in August
Helena June 4 Missoula will host the thirty ninth annual meeting of the Society of Montana Pioneers on August 24 25 and 26. Officers include Charles W Cook president Mary J Kline vice president J D Conrad treasurer and J A Sanders secretary. Former Senator W A Clark, a former president, plans to attend.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
The
Society of Montana Pioneers
Missoula
J. A. Sanders
Society
Charles W. Cook
White Sulphur Springs
Mary J. Kline
Butte
J. D. Conrad
Richard Lockey
Willliam Coleman
Deer Lodge
W. A. Clark
Montana
Sanders
Sheriff Killed in Gun Battle at Hope New Mexico
Sheriff George Batton of Eddy County and a Mexican outlaw die in a late night shootout at Hope New Mexico. Deputy Stone Milburn is seriously wounded after the pursuit of a Texas fugitive who had escaped from jail. A second deputy and a local man were not harmed.
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Associated Press
Carlsbad
N. M
George Batton
Eddy County
Stone Milburn
Hope
Here
Batten
Milburn
Sam Batten
Texas
Batton
Lover-Killer Tale Unfolds From Letters in Collingswood
In a Collingswood case of romance and murder, Anderson’s letters reveal a wartime air service man who courted Marie Beal after delaying a divorce. Beal says he admitted affairs with many, including a diary list of 50 lovers, and confessed killing him before killing herself, amid a backdrop of changing trolley cars and nightly pursuit.
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Collingswood
N. J
South Seas
Mise Beal
Marie Beal
Miss Beal
James Cassidy Butte Undertaker Dies at 9 O'clock
James Cassidy of Cassidy and Gosselin undertakers died in his Leonard Avenue apartments after heart trouble. He fell ill Saturday and doctors Horst and Shotka treated him through Sunday before his death. A native of Virginia, Cassidy worked in Chicago and later joined local firms before forming Cassidy and Gosselin. He is survived by his wife and was a member of the Butte Elks and Woodmen of the World.
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James Cassidy
Cassidy & Gosselin
Undertakers
Leonard
Cassidy
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Butte
Sherman & Reed
Jack Daniels
Daniels & Bilboa
Butte Lodge of Elks
The
Woodmen of the World
Lincoln's Bodyguard at Memorial
Lieutenant Colonel A Gordon Kane of Washington age 82 and Chauncey Depew octogenarian are believed to be the sole surviving attendees of President Lincoln's funeral. They were at the Lincoln memorial dedication in Washington on May 80. Kane, retired from the New York National Guard, served as an ensign and guarded the body as it was moved to Springfield Illinois.
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A. Gordon Kane
Washington
Chauncey Depew
Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Kane
New York National Guard
Springfield
Li Yuan-huneg presses for republican reform in China
Li Yuan-Hung urges abolition of selfish leadership and full freedom to reorganize the government on republican lines with treasury rehabilitation. A telegram to Wu Ting Fang asks Canton support, while Sun Yat Sen advances from Kiangsi. Tang Shao-ki's acceptance could boost unification efforts as southern mobilization favors Li. Public opinion backs Li's view that ousting Hsu Shih-Chang alone cannot unify China.
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China
Wu Ting Fang
Canton
Sun Yat Sen
Kiangsi
Peking
Tang Shao- Ki
Tang
Li Yuan-Huneg
Hsu Shih-Chang
Pettigoe Siege Report Says British Forces Advance
A battlefield dispatch notes British troops taking Pettigoe and repelled Republican fire at 1 PM. Artillery support followed as Republicans reportedly suffered heavy losses and military positions were consolidated. Border fighting continued with a special constable shot at Camel's Hump and another casualty reported near Lifford.
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Lifford
Camel's Hump
Meaderville Defeats Englewood 9 to 5 at Stodden Park
Meaderville baseball club defeated Englewood 9 to 5 yesterday afternoon at Stodden Park. Battery combinations Crinich and Penhale for Meaderville, with Stodden and Costin also noted in the game.
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Meaderville
Englewood
Stodden Park
R. H. B. Meaderville
Crinich
Ana Penhale
Co. Stodden
P. Studden
Costin
Girl Scout Helena Hopkins Receives Valor Medal
Miss Helen Hopkins, captain of a New York Girl Scout troop, earned a gold medal for valor at the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster. Secretary Hoover presented the emblem as Girl Scouts from across the country attended the ceremony. She helped save 11 lives while seated in the orchestra during the incident.
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Washington
Helen Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Girl Scouts of America
Miss Hopkins
Girl Scout Council
Medal Presented by United States to Verdun City
American ambassador Myron T. Herrick presented Verdun with the first and only U S government medal to a community. He and Premier Poincare visited the battlefields and red zone sites while praising Franco American friendship and Verdun valor. France expressed deep gratitude for American aid and sacrifices.
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United States
France
M. Poincare
America
Edward Kerruish Dead After Long Illness
Thomas Faward Kerruish of Deer Lodge dies at home after months of illness. Born 55 years ago in the Isle of Man, he moved to Deer Lodge at 21 and lived there since. Survived by wife Annie M. Hansen, daughter Mona, sister Margaret J. Beaumont, brother Jonathan A. Kerruish, and relatives in England and the Isle of Man. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the residence.
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Deer Lodge
Thomas Faward Kerruish
Isle of Man
Annie M. Hansen
Mona
Margaret J. Beaumont
Jonathan A. Kerruish
England
Genoa Conference Pace Sets Europe’s Agendas
The Hague summit looms as a potential turning point if it fails to ease tensions, with Genoa already shaping the diplomatic weather and raising fears of further turmoil across Europe.
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Hague
Europe
Genoa
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