Car relief for Montana shippers in sight
Montana shippers of grain and livestock will gain 800 empty rail cars daily starting Nov 15 and rising to 1,000 by Nov 17, after Montana rail commission reports. Great Northern with three other lines will receive empty cars from eastern lines to ease acute loading point congestion and weather worsens shortage.
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Montana Railroad Commission
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Western States Vote On Key Legislation In Ballots
California adopts prohibition enforcement into state law as major cities go wet. Oregon passes strict school attendance requiring 8 to 16 year olds to attend public schools with state supervision. Nevada keeps divorce laws unchanged. Montana likely authorizes pari mutuel betting on horse racing amid Western ballot results.
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San Joaquin
Montana U Alumni to Raise Big Fund
MISSOULA Mont Nov 12 Plans for raising 40000 among the state university alumni to build a new athletic field were formed by the organization during homecoming events. More than 300 alumni attended and approved the plan unanimously. Twenty five thousand dollars is needed at once with the rest to be raised by pledges over three years.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
The
State University
Abolition of Senate Seniority Rule Debated by Republicans
Senator McCormick of Illinois calls for ending the Senate seniority chair rule and forming a representative steering committee. He urges a broader Republican selection process to improve chairmanship suitability and cross sectional input, warning against aging or divergent leaders. Irregular Republicans also demand equal committee representation, while Democrats resist changing minority chair selections.
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Ship Subsidy to Anchor Pre-Election Congressional Agenda
Washington observers say Ship Subsidy will be the backbone of the extra session agenda called by President Harding for Nov 20. The house and senate faces a tight path with opposition and looming filibuster risk, while budget cuts and the army and navy appropriations loom for swift passage.
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De Valera Reasserts Leadership in Irish War Policy
Dublin reports that since Eamonn de Valera resumed the presidency and reformed the republican council of state backed by the republican army, the Irish conflict has shifted. Captured letters outline proposed war measures for his approval, including a vetoed plan to burn two newspaper proprietors houses. The policy now targets barracks and Irish government forces as British strongholds.
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Eamonn de Valera
Irish Republic
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Sister of Martyr on Hunger Strike
Dublin reports Mary Mae Swiney the sole Mount Joy prisoner on a hunger strike. Her sister Mrs O Rahilly, who was arrested with her and ended her hunger strike on Saturday, was released. today marks the ninth day of Miss MacSwiney refusing food.
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Dublin
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Mount Joy
O’rahilly
Miss Mae- Swiney
Miss MacSwiney
New witness refutes Jergery murder tale in Hall Mills case
New Jersey reports a neighbor provides an affidavit disputing Mrs. Jane Gibson's Sept 14 sighting near the Phillips farm during the Hall Mills killings. The document claims Gibson was at another home that night, contradicting the earlier eyewitness account.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Jane Gibson
Phillips Farm
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
Hall-Mills
Gibson
Russel
Frances Stevens Hall
Hamilton Road
Four Die as Locomotive Boiler Explodes Near Corning
In Corning New York on November 12 a locomotive boiler exploded at Morland 13 miles away killing four men and injuring three. The deceased are Frank Fermer Frank Harding W C Thompson and W Ostrander. The boiler was attached to a southbound New York Central freight train and was thrown 400 feet ahead of the train. The head engine crashed into it and authorities have not yet determined the cause.
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Corning
N. Y
Morland
Frank Fermer
Frank Harding
W. C. Thompson
Pennyan. Co
W. Ostrander
Dresden
New York Central
Million Loss in Oil Tank Blaze Threatens More Fire
A massive oil tank blaze in Humble field Houston Texas causes over a million dollars in losses with up to two million dollars in property at risk. Officials report the fire beyond control at midnight and efforts to prevent spread to adjacent tanks continue amid strong winds and nearby residences reporting shocks and a lightning strike.
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Harington Urges Quick Parley To Avert Glash Crisis
British pressure grows for a rapid Lausanne peace conference as General Harington pushes the government to speed talks to prevent a rupture with Angora. France agrees to a one week delay while Rafet Pasha gains broader security influence in Constantinople. The sultan remains at Yildiz Palace amid ongoing talks.
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Peace Conference Set for Not Later Than November 20
The French foreign office said the Greco Turkish peace conference at Lausanne is tentatively set for by November 20, after Britain sought a later date and Paris doubts a week’s delay is needed. Uncertainty remains over the preliminary meeting.
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Associated Press
Paris
Lausanne
Poison graves opened in search for victims in Chicago
Chicago police investigate the deaths of former husbands and relatives as Tillie Klimek and Nellie Koulik sit in custody. Klimek is charged with murder by poison. exhumations of three former husbands are underway and a chemist reports poison traces in Koulik’s former husband.
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Chicago
Tillie Klimek
Nellie Sturner Koulik
Fach
Jealousy Said To Trigger Spokane Hotel Tragedy
In Spokane Washington Mrs Mary R B Hamblin is dead and her husband B R Hamblin 46 wounded after a hotel room shooting. Police found him with an empty pistol and he muttered jealousy before losing consciousness. The couple married last June and Mrs Hamblin left a son and three children from a prior marriage. Friends say Hamblin was jealous of restaurant patrons connected to the son-in-law. Hamblin worked at Great Northern railroad shops.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Mary RB. Hamblin
B. R. Hamblin
Hamblin
Chilean quake toll climbs with 1000 dead feared
Reports from Santiago say Chile's earthquake disaster in Antofagasta Atacama and Coquimbo provinces is larger than first thought with at least 1000 dead and thousands needing food and shelter. Coquimbo 24 bodies recovered and 100 plus dead. Vallenar damage heavy and survivors in critical condition.
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Copaipo
Coquimbo
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Coplapo
Chanaral
Antofagasta
Atacama
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Army Flyer Killed in Hartford Plane Crash
Lieutenant John Blaney from Mitchell Field Long Island died when his plane struck a tree while landing during an aviation meet relay at Brainard Municipal Field Hartford. He was completing the third lap at about 140 miles an hour and the crash was attributed to a miscalculation. Twenty thousand spectators witnessed the accident.
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Hartford
Con
John Blaney
Army Flyer
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Brainard Municipal Field
Hartford Aviation
Blaney
Montana Farmers Bring In Record Wheat and Crop Totals
November estimates from Montana agricultural officials show wheat at 37.65 million bushels, split into 32.55 million spring and 5.10 million winter, up from last year. Corn yields reach 6.0 million bushels, flax 1.125 million, potatoes 6.174 million with quality praised, apples at 780 thousand.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
George A. Scott
State Department of Agriculture
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