Tremors Hit Manhattan Area Wreck Churches and Schools
Earthquakes centered near Manhattan Montana caused extensive damage in Manhattan Logan and Three Forks. Buildings including two schoolhouses and the First Methodist church suffered severe destruction with combined losses estimated around 400000. Trident reported minor impact with railroad track rock slides.
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Manhattan
Bank
Logan
Three Forks
First Methodist Church
Northern Pacific Railroad
Jardine Day in Butte Begins With Warm Welcome
William M. Jardine secretary of agriculture arrives at the Northern Pacific station to a large welcome by relatives, Gov. Erickson, city officials and friends. The group plans a day of events in Wisdom for Jardine Day as he recalls his past in the area and jokes about a former livestock inspector, Jack Collins.
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William M. Jardine
Northern Pacific
J. E. Erickson
Chamber of Commerce
Big Hole
Jardine
Roy E. Murray
West
Platinum Street
Butte
Wisdom
Jack Collins
15 Drowned When Schooner Is Sunk
Gloucester Mass June 28 The Cunard Anchor line steamer Tuscania rammed and sank the fishing schooner Rex about 200 miles east of Halifax with a loss of 15 lives Nine men were rescued The dead include Captain Thomas Downey of Lowell and a 10 year old boy The Rex left Gloucester June 17 and was loaded with halibut. Tuscania departed Liverpool June 22
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Associated Press
Gloucester
Mass
Cunard
Tuscania
Rex
Anchor Line
New York
Halifax
Thomas ©. Dowhey
Lowell
Thomas Downey
Liverpool
Reservoir project eyed in Sun River canyon Montana
The United States reclamation department plans a $3,000,000 reservoir above Diversion dam to irrigate hundreds of acres and secure water through dry periods. Gov. Erickson, with Interior Secretary Work and Reclamation Chief Mead, says total cost may reach about $4,000,000 and praises the development and crops.
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Sun River Canyon
United States Reclamation Department
Sun River Reclamation
John EB. Erickson
Butte
Secretary of the Interior
Hubert Work
Commissioner of Reclamation
Elwood Mead
Work
Mead
Time to discuss war debt faces inter allied debts
Paris in June 28 report notes Petit Parisien to discuss debt with the United States. A recent American visitor says conditions are favorable for profit and urges not to clash with Italian Belgian and Czech Slovak allies in a delicate debate.
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Associated Press
Paris
Petit Parisien
United States
America
Yellowstone quake jolt not stop Yellowstone trail crowds
A Midwest tourist reports widespread quake damage from Three Forks to Manhattan with cracked walls and broken windows. Motorists flock to view the tremors along the route while Livingston and Bozeman newspapers prove scarce as fear and curiosity drive traffic.
Elixir of youth claimed by Gary in New York
Gary, head of United States Steel, says he has found the elixir of youth. He credits a Birmingham hospital dietician and staff for a regimen of exercise, air, water, sleep, temper, and work, plus a diet of greens, minerals, whole grains, fruit, and no alcohol.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary Hospital
Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Gary
Quake Caused by Fault Slip Not Likely to Recur Soon
Missoula. Prof. C. H. Clapp of the University of Montana says the recent quake stemmed from a major fault slip east of a Butte Helena line. He warns the event relieved stress and another quake may not occur for years.
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C. H. Clapp
Butte
Helena
Associated Press
Missoula
University of Montana
Montana
Clapp
Governor Erickson Leads Butte Fourth Celebration Visit
Governor Erickson plans to join Butte for a big Fourth of July celebration. He says an invitation arrived and he will attend with many visitors from outside Butte. He notes excitement about the entertainment and aims not to miss the event.
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Butte
Erickson
Jardine
Birth of Charles Chaplin Jr in Beverly Hills
Los Angeles reports the birth of a 6% pound boy to Lita Grey Chaplin, wife of Charles Spencer Chaplin, at 6:10 this morning. The baby, named Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr., arrived after Chaplin wed Lita Grey in Empalme last November 25, with secrecy and public interest surrounding the nuptials.
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Los Angeles
Lita Grey Chaplin
Charles Spencer Chaplin
Chaplin
Beverely Hille
Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr
Lita Grey
Empalme
Lillian Spicer
William Curry
Curry
Tita
Fosdick and Grant May Aid Scopes Trial
The Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick and the Rev Percy Mackney Grant were discussed as potential witnesses in the Scopes trial over Tennessee's anti evolution law. Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone indicated final decisions rested with the two theologians after a New York conference.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Percy Mackney Grant
Tennessee
New York
Clarence Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
Dayton
Malone
Montana tremors injure three during Sunday quakes
Central Montana suffered temblors in Three Forks White Sulphur Springs and Anaconda with three injuries and no fatalities. Property damage in Meagher and other towns neared 200000 in Montana while Idaho Washington and Wyoming felt lighter shocks. Rail lines routed and jail courtroom split underscore widespread disruption.
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Anaconda
Associated Press
Helena
Montana
Three Forks
White Sulphur Springs
Rocky Mountain Range
Idaho
Washington
Wyoming
Meagher County
Three Forke
Gallatin Valley
Clings to Cross as Church Rocks in Earthquake
A. C. Gallagher, a painter on St Patrick's Cathedral in Billings, felt the tremor during overtime work on Saturday evening. He clung to the cross as the steeple swayed three feet, then descended after the initial quake, his nerves badly shaken.
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Associated Preas
Billings
A. C. Gallagher
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Blocked Line Rush Draws Hundreds To Mountain Tunnel
Slides of massive boulders and debris from mountain sides caused a cave in at the Lombard tunnel near Deer Park. The incident spurred hiring of several hundred men to work on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul tracks between Three Forks and Lombard last night.
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Montana
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Billings
Deer Park
Lombard
St. Paul
Three Forks
Chinese demands shake Shameen as envoy arrives
A Chinese foreign office representative reached Shameen at 3 AM bearing five demands. They call for apologizing and replacement of British and French consuls, withdrawal of foreign gunboats, handover of Shameen to China, compensation for deaths, and naval officer apologies. The French gunboat Marne has landed reinforcements and more foreigners arrive. 14 foreign gunboats sit in port.
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Associated Press
Canton
Foreign Office
Shameen
Marne
Operation on Father of President Coolidge Reported Satisfactory
Plymouth VI June 28 Colonel John C Coolidge father of the president underwent an operation at his home dining room. President Coolidge returned at 6 PM to his father’s bedside and doctors said the condition is very satisfactory after the noon procedure.
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John Coolidge
Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
United States
H. L. Chute
J.F. Coupal
C. F. Ball
A. M. Cram
Colonel Coolidge
Coolidge
Calvin
John
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Earth
Charlie
Fosdick and
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Seattle
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