A Business Poet Describes Longview A City Rising in a Forest
A reporter recalls a 1923 model city named Longview 50 miles west of Portland near the Columbia. Eastern capital built a blank, empty metropolis meant to tap a new lumber region with hotels schools libraries and shops but hundreds of tents and shacks show the gypsy settlement side by side with planned streets and avenues. The piece likens the scene to a ghost town in later years and notes a railroad line and vast investments as the project unfolds and fades.
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Bannack
MacCarthysville
Virginia City
Nevada
Spokane
Davenport
Portland
The
Columbia
Longview
Great River
McCarthysville
Stay Out of League Advice From Senator Ashurst
Senator Henry F. Ashurst told the Student audience in St Paul that the United States should stay out of the League of Nations. He warned that joining would bring heavy taxes and harm to children, while urging the U S to mind its own business to avoid enmity with France and Britain.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
United States
League of Nations
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
School of Social Studies
International Court
England
France
Europe
Kisses Expensive in Mormon Capital
Salt Lake City court records show Walter Schew 32 fined fifty dollars or thirty days for forcing his attention on a young woman. He admitted kissing her once and she slapped him when he tried again. The court ordered a fifty dollar penalty paid.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake
Walter Schew
Schew
Forbes denounces Sawyer and politics in veterans bureau hearing
Charles R. Forbes former director of the veterans bureau testifies before the senate veterans' committee accusing a conspiracy to ruin him by perjury and suppression of facts. He claims Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer a doctor and friend of Harding pushed politics and Sawer’s views shaped bureau staff and hospital contracts. Forbes asserts he offered resignation to avoid embarrassment and cites Horton Mortimer as a social bootlegger behind corruption charges.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Senate Veterans’ Committee
Charles E. Sawyer
Harding
Dr. Sawyer
Vteerans’ Bureau
Forbes
Sawyer
Erty
Perryville
James 8. Easby-Smith
Northampton
Mass
Tupper Lake
N. Y
American Lake
Wash
Pinchot In Calls Meeting On Coal Price War
Gov. Pinchot invites 29 anthracite consuming state governors to a November 26 conference in Harrisburg to discuss a federal price reduction program. He cites recent unionists and operators resisting self reform and urges national action with a concrete plan for Congress.
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Pinchot
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Congress
State General Fund in Red by June 30 1923
Helena Montana November 13 The general fund of Montana was overdrawn 3 618 433 58 as of June 30 1923 per the state auditor s ledger. Revenues for 1923 totaled 3 298 059 89 while expenditures reached 4 144 882 70. After transfers and warrants issued the red balance grew to 3 618 433 58. A year later the overdraft stood at 3 618 483 58.
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Associated Press
Helena
Mont
State of
Montana
General Ledger
State Auditor’s Office
Baldwin seeks dissolution as Britain faces unemployment crisis
In a brief session Premier Baldwin announces a dissolution to seek a new mandate for protective duties on manufactures to fight unemployment. Elections set for Dec. 6. Liberals unite behind Asquith and Lloyd George to oppose protectionist policy, with Labour planning a united campaign.
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Associated Press
London
Baldwin
Bonar Law
House
Asquith
Lloyd George
Liberal Party
Alfred Mond
John Simon
Evening News
Southhampton
Fox Defense to Be Delusional Insanity in Coburn Slaying
Atlanta authorities anticipate Philip H. Fox the Klan publicity man will plead delusional insanity at his upcoming trial for the murder of W. Coburn. Fox and his physician say Fox was insane when he shot Coburn in his office last week and the doctor Linton Smith maintains the prisoner remains mentally unbalanced.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Philip H. Fox
W. 8
Coburn
Fox
Linton Smith
Germany Reports Massive Floating Debt at Oct 31
The Associated Press reports Germany's floating debt as of October 31 stood at 9 907 quadrillion marks. Berlin says the figure reflects the country's short term borrowing needs.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Cleanup day at Butte High not permitted
Butte High School students proposed a cleanup day to clean walls and repair desks, but the school board refused permission citing objections from the Painters' union. Principal Ragsdale supported the plan as a cost saving, while the board highlighted financial constraints and declined the project.
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Butte High
Butte High School
Jesse G. Ragsdale
Painters’ Union
Ragsdale
Athletic Association of
Julia B. Rodgers
James Baldwin
Sun Yat Sen Captures Waichow After Strategic Maneuver
Sun Yat Sen’s forces seize Waichow in Kwangtung after drawing Chen Chiung Ming’s troops from the city. Chen’s northern army responds by taking Sheklung as thousands of Sun soldiers retreat toward Canton. refugees stream to Hong Kong and beyond.
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Waichow
Associated Press
Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen
Sun
Sheklung
Chen
Canton
Sun Yat-Sen
South China
Chen Chiung- Ming
Kwangtung Province
Ae Ieee
Hong Kong
Jailed Bride Freed by Special Permission
Miss Gladiola Peyton, 19, serving a year for forgery, was allowed to marry with jail doors opened twice. Frederick Fwers accompanied her to the altar and she later left under her attorney's custody after changing her plea, with a possible Florida honeymoon to follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
District of Columbia
Gladiola Peyton
Berlin Conference Ends German Rule In Rhine Ruhr Abandonment
Berlin officials declare the government cannot cope with chaotic conditions in the Ruhr and Rhineland and abandon administrative control leaving populations to the occupying powers. Ex Kaiser noted at work as Allies worry over his return. Crown Prince and family present.
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Berlin
Rhine
Ruhr
Celal
Rhineland
Germany
Old Tray Horse Shot by Street Car in Floral Park
A trespassing old horse in Floral Park was hit by a street car Sunday night and later euthanized Monday afternoon at the request of Humane Officer Paul Ozanne, with W Grand Hoage carrying out the act. Residents reported hearing a shot after the animal entered private property.
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Floral Park
W. Grand Hoage
Paul Ozanne
Hoage
Senator Jones Attacks Mellon On Bonus Tax Stand
Senator Jones of New Mexico questions Secretary Mellon over tax revision and bonus funding. He calls for using treasury intelligence to reduce earned income taxes and repeal nuisance taxes without harming funding for veterans' bonuses or reducing national debt.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Treasury Department
Jones
New Mexico
Senate Finance Committee
Iassue
Stake Is Big In Grain Rate Case
Seventeen million dollars, officials estimate, is the stake in the midwestern grain rate hearing to reopen in Kansas City tonight before Interstate Commerce Commission members John J. Esch and Johnston B. Campbell. The case for lower freight rates on grain, grain products and hay will be presented largely from the farmer’s viewpoint by rate experts and public utility observers for eight states. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota are represented.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Seveteen
John J. Eseh
Johnston B. Campbell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oregon Astrologer to Be Hanged Dec. 21
Coquille Oregon Arthur Covell a crippled astrologer was sentenced to be hanged on December 21 by Judge John C Kendall. Covell was convicted of instigating the murder of Mrs Oscar Covell by his nephew Alton Covell in Coquille Oregon.
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Associated Press
Coquille
Ore
Navy
Arthur Covell
John C. Kendall
Covell
Alton Covell
Fred Covell
Arthur
Ex Kaiser's Homeward Trip Amid Selling Spree Hints
Paris dispatch reports Princess Hermine selling unessential items and arranging a large car overhaul as Crown Prince Frederick William's departure stirs nerves in the Doorn household. The ex Kaiser is described as jealous of his son's privileges.
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Associated Press
Paris
Hague
Petit Parisienne
Princess Hermine
Willem Nan
Exkaiser
Poincare Pushes Through French Chamber Victory
Premier Poincare defeats opposition at the reopening of the French chamber placing 1924 budget credits at the top of the agenda. He insists on interpellations only one day a week, effectively postponing them amid a roughshod ruling.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
Lowden Denies Presidential Candidacy After Klan Claim
Chicago November 13 Frank O Lowden former Illinois governor returned home and called Klan leaders Fort Wayne claim that he is a presidential candidate for United States on a platform from August 1922 absurd He said he has heard of the Indiana Realm and its platform only now and that he is not a candidate for president.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Fort Wayne
Ind
United States
Indiana
Lowden
Ex King of Saxony Welcomes William in Amsterdam Dispatch
There is a rumor from Amsterdam via the Exchange Telegraph that former King Frederick August of Saxony has arrived in Oels to welcome former Crown Prince Frederick William.
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Prise
London
Amsterdam
Exchange
Frederick August of Saxony
Oels
Frederick William
Montana farmer charts path to profitable wheat crops
Thomas D. Campbell of Hardin Montana heads Campbell Farm Corp with 110000 acres, claiming 606000 bushels of wheat sold at a profit. He credits machinery and workforce cooperation, noting 42 wheel tractors and 13 caterpillar tractors, and that 95 percent of his staff are mechanical engineers. He advocates high pay to attract skilled workers and a cooperative farm model with bonuses ranging from 3 to 500 per worker.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas D. Campbell
Hardin, Mont
Campbell Farm Corporation
Campbell
Department of Agriculture
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