Bozeman rally greets Sen Myers against Townley Dunn tickets
Bozeman hosts a large Fitzgerald style demonstration for Senator Henry J. Myers as he urges democratic voters to defeat the Townley Dunn slate on the ballot. People from Livingston Three Forks Manhattan Belgrade and other Gallatin valley towns fill trains autos and streets for a dramatic parade and packed opera house speech. Myers defends his motives denying paid influence and claims to fund travel himself while Montana Democratic clubs cover expenses. The event showcases strong opposition to the Townley Dunn alliance and draws broad local support.
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Bozeman
Gallatin County
Henry J. Myers
Towsley
Navy
Livingston
Three Forks
Myers
Park County
Gallatin Valley
Opera House
Met
Manhattan
Belgrade
Senator Myers
B. K. Wheeler
Billings
Townley-Dunn
Wheeler
Montana
Washington
Townley, Dunn
Democratic Club of
Senator Myers Speaks Tonight at Broadway Theater Butte
Senator Henry L. Myers arrives by train at 7 40 p m and is greeted by the Butte Mines band reception committee. Friends plan a large demonstration to honor Montana's senior senator, with J P Brophy in charge of local arrangements.
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Henry L. Myers
Butte
Northern Pacific
Butte Mines
Montana
Pp. J. Brophy
Montana Democratic Club
White says Cox and Democratic sweep to world peace
George White, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, returns to New York after touring Ohio and Illinois and declares the American people will elect Cox and a Democratic Senate to save the league and seek four square world peace. He criticizes Harding and the republicans for vacillating on reservations and warns voters to back Cox.
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New York
Ohio
Illinois
George White
Democratic National Committee
Cox
Senate
Germany
League
Harding
Des Moines
Johnson
League of Nations
Governor Cox
University Freshman Charged With Murder
Philadelphia October 21 a district attorney issued a warrant charging William H Brines a University of Pennsylvania freshman with the murder of Elmer C Drewes a Dartmouth senior Brines is reported to own a bloodstained yellow colored car found abandoned about a mile from the body site containing an automatic pistol and two empty bottles police said in the city tonight
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Philadelphia
Elmer C. Drewes
Dartmouth
William H. Brines
University of Pennsylvania
Brines
Drewes
Bankers Indorse Federal Reserve System at A B A Meet
Washington October meetings of the American Bankers Association closed with a blanket indorsement of the federal reserve system and a pledge to aid the National Railway Equipment Corporation formed to help carriers obtain equipment. A cotton states contingent moved toward creating a 12 million dollar crop export financing company with 6.9 million dollars in paid-in capital. The savings section approved backing the equipment corporation and seeking state legislation to permit investment of trust funds in such securities.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
National Railway Equipment Corporation
American Bankers’ Association
Equipment Corporation
Fire at Dillon Garment Cleaners Kills Japanese Owner
A gasoline explosion collapsed the Dillon Garment Cleaners building in Dillon, killing M. Washio, 50, who owned the shop. The blaze damaged Roy Forester’s cleaning business and Perkins grocery, with property loss estimated at 25 000 dollars. Washio had no known relatives in the United States and no insurance. The old two story frame building sat at the Montana Sebree corner.
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Standard
Dillon
M. Washio
Dillon Garment Cleaners
Washio
Roy Forester
Perkins Grocery
Waghio
Montana and
Sebree Streets
Rail unions threaten strike if government fails to press miners talks
London dispatch reports the cabinet weighing a crisis as railway and transport workers threaten unilateral action to force government negotiation with coal miners. An ultimatum orders all rail labor to cease Sunday midnight unless a settlement or talks begin by Saturday.
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London
Associated Press
James Henry Thomas
National Union of Railway Men
Lloyd George
Baggage of Diplomats Protected by State Department
Secretary Colby said the State Department would protect baggage of foreign diplomats from customs searches. He stated international law, older than the U S Constitution, would be invoked if necessary to safeguard diplomatic baggage.
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Washington
Associated Press
Colby
State Department
United States
Japs Will Withdraw Soldiers From China
The Japanese government states in Tokio that troops sent into China after bandit raids at Hunchun in Eastern Manchuria will be withdrawn promptly once danger ends and peace returns to the province.
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Washington
Associated Press
Tokio
China
Hunchun
Manchuria
Dixon With Largest Lewistown Audience For Gubernatorial Talk
In Lewistown Joseph M. Dixon Republican candidate for governor drew the town’s largest audience to a Judith theater meeting. Doors closed as the crowd overflowed onto the stage while Dixon argued against state socialism and the North Dakota non Partisan League, calling the experiment a failure.
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Lewistown
Joseph M. Dixon
Judith Theater
Dixon
North Dakota
Mexican minister Hidalgo resigns. presiding de la Huerta rejects
In San Antonio on October 21, reports from La Prensa state Cutberto Hidalgo Mexico foreign relations minister resigned but Provisional President de la Huerta refused to accept the resignation, according to the Spanish language paper.
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San Antonio
Texas
Cutberto Hidalgo
Mexico
de la Ialuerta
la Prensa
Armour Indicted for Profiteering by Federal Jury
A federal grand jury charged Armour & Co. and several officers with profiteering under the Lever Act. J Ogden Armour and other executives face 137 counts alleging unlawful lamb sales in April June. The case stems from a secret probe by an assistant in the attorney general's office.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Armour & Co
Chicago Packers
J. Ogden Armour
Elson White
Herbert A. Phillips
Chicago
Arthur H. von Holt
Charles A. Neyer
White
William A. Netch
New Zealand
Benson to head Shipping Board
Five of the seven members of the new Shipping Board were appointed today by Vice President Wilson. Admiral William S. Benson was named chairman, joined by Frederick N. Thompson Gavin McNab Martin J. Gillen and Theodore Marburg. Only one appointee is a Republican.
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Washington
Associated Press
New Shipping Board
Merchant Marine Act
Wilson
William S. Benson
Naval Operations
Frederick N. Thompson
Mobile
Ala
Gavin McNab
San Francisco
Martin J. Gillen
Wisconsin
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Marburg
Fire destroys five-story building in Los Angeles wholesale district
A fire in the Los Angeles wholesale district today killed one young woman by smothering and forced 50 girls and women to safety from the roof of a five-story building. Several firemen suffered minor injuries as damage reached about 300000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Life of MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork Ebbed
Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney describes Terence MacSwiney’s fragile condition as hunger strike continues in Cork. A bulletin notes delirium and semi consciousness while he remains lucid about Ireland and sacrifice. Guards reinforce nourishment as doctors monitor heart and temperature daily.
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Macswiney
Cork
Forbes W. Fairbairn
Universal Service
Special Cable Dispatch
London
Ireland
Muriel MacSwiney
Terence MacSwiney
Smuggling Ring Alleged In Japanese Stowaways Case
Seattle officials report an alleged plot to smuggle nine Japanese into the United States and move them by an underground railroad to farmers in Western Washington. The Wakayamaaken group arrived aboard the Alabama Maru. The stowaways were arrested and held for deportation proceedings.
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Seattle
United States
Washington
Wakayamaken
Japan
Devoted Wife Keeps Vigil at Bedside of Terence MacSwiney
The seventh day of Terence MacSwiney’s hunger strike draws worldwide attention as his wife endures the agony of watching his slow death. She offers a complete, intimate account of his gradual decline and the protest against his arrest and imprisonment by the British government.
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Terence Macswiney
Bank Robbery in Bedford Ends in Gunfight and Deaths
In Bedford near Cleveland, eight bandits robbed the Cleveland Trust branch as it closed. A street shootout left one robber dead, two wounded, and two captured. George "Jiggs" Losteiner was shot and arrested at a local hospital after being identified as a suspect. Bank manager George C. Flickinger triggered the burglar alarm. Albert Joyce, alias Johnson, was identified by Bertillon experts as the dead robber. a bank clerk, William Petrie, was killed by a shotgun misidentified as a robber. About $50,000 was taken before chaos erupted.
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Cleveland
George “Jiggs” Losteiner
Bedford
Cleveland Trust Company
Bertillon
Albert Joyce
Johnson
William Petrie
George C. Flickinger
Bolshevism in Russia Declining Advices Say
Washington dispatches report a rapid decline of Bolshevism in Russia. Secretary Colby says most peasants reject Bolshevism, forming local communistic units to replace the old soviet system. He notes Bolshevism as a government no longer exists in many areas and anticipates a gradual move to representative, democratic governance.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Colby
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J. Harry Dowling
Dayton
Great Britain
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Firsi
Armour
Benson
Shipping Board
Irish Self-Determination League
Home Office
MacSwmey
Terence
Bolshevism
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