Boy Scout Merges Tragedy After Bicycle Accident
In Butte Anaconda area a 13-year-old boy, Jack Brandon, was fatally struck by a stagecoach while riding with companion Albert Wegar during a 50 mile Boy Scout merit badge ride. The driver Foltz surrendered to Sheriff Duggan as investigators probe fault.
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Jack Brandon
Butte
Lee Brandon
South
Arizona Street
I Foltz
Duggan
Foltz
Albert Wegar
North Gaylord Street
Brandon
Anaconda
Vueck
Kendrick
Atto Knight
Core
Witcie
Wegur
Wye
Milwaukee
Wegar
Cotoner
We Gar
Anacond
F. E. Ehard
Dieveles
Colorado storm damages crops with heavy hail and rain
Damaged Colorado section reports hail and wind wrecking crops. The text notes two and a half inches of rain fell in under 30 minutes. In Rocky Ford and Swink areas, rainfall amounts reached about two inches in a short period, causing widespread damage and concern for crops.
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Colorado
Swink
Butte Open Forum backs road paving plan and funding
Paul A. Gow, president of the chamber of commerce, urged Butte residents to back paving Montana street and a connecting highway. The plan calls for a $108,000 project with $56,000 federal funds and $10,000 city park funds, plus a donated mile of right of way from Milwaukee railway. Gow urged consulting engineers on road type and noted local workers would gain only public benefit if funded.
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Paul A. Gow
Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Montana
Mr. Gow
Y. MC. A
Ite
Harrison Avenue
Miwaukee Railway
Ofr
Gow
Silver Row
Automobile Smash Kills Two on Apple Way near Opportunity
Spokane report says two people died and one was fatally injured when a high speed car skidded into a curb and struck a telephone pole on Apple Way near Opportunity at 3 this morning. The dead are Mrs Luella Carlton and F Hawke. Margaret Jackson has a fractured skull. two others were slightly injured.
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Aspemte
Spokane
Wash
Apple Way
Opportunity
Lovelock
Luella Carlton
F. Hawke
Margaret Jackson
Moro religious fanatics slain by constabulary in Pata clash
A dispatch from Manila reports 24 Moro religious fanatics on Pata Island near Jolo killed by a constabulary detachment led by Lieutenant Angeles after Akbara the self celebrated prophet and about 300 followers attacked the troops. No constabulary casualties were reported. Governor Wood ordered Moros to cease lawless acts and sent forces to enforce the order.
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Associated Press
Manila
P. IL
Pata
Jolo
Sulu
Insulary
Leonard Wood
Akbara
Angeles
Kiput
Wood
United States Leads War Claims Against Germany Totals 1.48 Billion
The United States presents war claims to mixed claims commission totaling 1 479 064 313 92 dollars led by American government costs of occupation at 255 544 810 51 and general damages from submarine warfare at 367 266 026 28. Lusitania victims top individual claims with Fred S Pearson death at 1000 000 and Mabel Ward Pearson at 300 000. Many large claims come from American shipping manufacturing and insurance sectors.
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Associated Prem
Washington
America
Germany
Mixed Claims Commission
United States
Commission
State Department
Robert C. Morris
Edwin B. Parker
Texas, American Commission
Wilhelm Kiesselbach
Justice Day
Supreme Court
Morris
Ita Eitizena
Army of Occupation
Paris
Wadsworth
Treasury
Veterans’ Dureau
Railroad Administration
Shipping Board
Emery Roberts
Roger B.” McMuhen
William J. Quillen
Carl Schiller
George Te Mosle
Arkell & Douglas
Lusitania
Fred S. Pearson
Mabel Ward Pearson
Retirement of Bonar Law Seen as Calamity of Tranquillity
London May 20 The resignation of Bonar Law is regarded as a national calamity though not unexpected. His brief term as prime minister is praised for tranquillity but criticized for housing policy and some domestic choices. The nation faces change with misgivings as the king will appoint his successor and the next government remains uncertain.
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Associated Press
London
Bonar Law
Great Britain
Grant
Oman
Stanley Baldwin
Chequers Court
Lord Curzon
1 Law
Baldwin
House For Commons
Wobblies Anxious To Get Jobs Back
A telegram from I W W New York ordered the Marine Transport Workers strike at Los Angeles harbor halted. Longshoremen planned to reclaim lost jobs amid Navy and shipowners push to hire non strikers. Police counted under 100 I W W members remaining unarrested after a strike that began April 26.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Marine Transport Workers
Industrial Workers of the World
Los Angeles Harbor
New York
Ship Owners’ Association of the Pacific Coast
Kidnaper of Girl Threatened by Mob
Mauritus Ibdois a 26 year old farm hand was rescued from an angry crowd and arrested brought to Denver ten days after the kidnaping and assault on the 13 year old daughter of a Welby farmer W. Center Adams county humane officer arrested Ibdois said to have confessed and identified by the girl as her assailant The arrest followed an all night search by Welby townspeople
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Denver
Mauritus Ibdols
Welby
Col
W. Center
Humane
Adams County
Ibdois
Weilby
New Addition To St Charles College In Helena
The cornerstone ceremony for Mount St Charles college's new southern slope addition was held on Capitol Hill. Bishop John P. Carroll presided with Monsignor Wiliging and priests assisting. Ex-President Taft laid the original main building cornerstone in 1909, and the gymnasium and science hall cornerstone followed in 1917.
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Helena
Mont
Gotherstone
Mount St. Charles' College
Capitol Hill
John P. Carroll
Monsignor Wiliging
Premier Lawn Quits Over Ill Health
The resignation of the Prime Minister is accepted by the King. The retiring cabinet head cannot appear in person due to illness.
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Lawn
Curzon May Succeed Him as British Premier
May 20. Andrew Bonar Law resigns due to ill health ending a brief but eventful ministry. Marquis Curzon appears the likely next premier as Britain faces delicate relations with France and Russia. King to form a new cabinet, Baldwin also named a potential successor, with ongoing cabinet leadership duties in Law’s absence.
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Andrew
Great Britain
France
Russia
Marquis Curzon
Troops Attack Bandit Forces Cristo 6 Near
Chinese soldiers attack brigades despite threats to kill captives unless troops withdraw. The clash centers on Cristo 6 with ongoing combat and warnings from authorities. Local observers report intensified exchanges and mounting casualties as security forces push back bandit groups.
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Cristo 6
Three Are Missing After Cloudburst in Sayre Oklahoma
In Sayre Oklahoma three persons are missing after a cloudburst that dumped inches of rain in 45 minutes. The swollen Sih Creek overflowed into a stream five blocks wide through the city center. A family of three, moving into a new home Saturday night, remains unaccounted for at nightfall. Nearly 300 farm laborers and families were rescued from tents houses trees and wagons as flood waters receded.
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Sayre
Okla
Chinese forces fight bandits in Shantung siege
In Tientsin on May 20 officials report one officer and five Chinese regulars killed as bandits hold 14 foreign captives in Paotzuku hills Shantung. Shan tung orders 15000 troops to assault the stronghold while threats of killing hostages loom. Colonel Kuo travels to negotiate release but failure could bring foreign intervention.
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Tientsin
Paotzuku
Shantung
Shanghai
Ho Pang-Yu
Regular
William Lenfers
Lincheng
Paotauku
Eliet Accu
Chile
Kuo
Mie
Yang
Martens
Tsaochwang
Jacob Gould Schurman
Peking
Hundred people search Flathead for lost child
More than 100 people scour the hills near Arled Montana at night and into dawn seeking Viola Jauran four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Jauran of Evaro. A flower bouquet found near the rockers suggests the child panicked during a picnic as searching teams vow to extend along the Jocko river if needed.
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Jocko River
Ne Maccimnen
Arled
Mont
Viola Jauran
Victor Jauran
Evaro
Here
Flathead Indian Reservation
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Paul Gow
Open Forum
Montana Street Fund
Andrew Bonar Law
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England
Tai Critielam
Lloyd George
Ruhr
Curzons
Mr. Bonar Law
Cussom
ST. Charles College
Curzon
Exchequer
Commons
Ronar Taw
Wim Syimpathy
Honor Law
Ken
Aldershot
Jonel Waterhouse
Minters
Frederick Sykes
Tondon
Buck Ingham Palace
Flathead
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