Butte to Remain an American City Amid Turmoil
A lengthy screed attacks IWW and anarchists in Butte, Montana, alleging six years of intimidation, dynamiting, and attempts to seize city government. The piece blames Dunn and allied figures for leading violence and using a dry squad to influence upcoming elections. Continued discussion promised on Page 12.
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Gang of Wobblies
Butte
United States
Apostles
The
Macky McDonald
Bradley
Dunn
Helena
Silver Bow County
Dixon Campaign Draws Packed Crowds in Silver Bow County
In Montana a Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Dixon spoke at Harrison avenue and Broadway theaters drawing packed houses and standing ovations. Nelson Story Jr. claimed Silver Bow county would rise above corruption as Dixon and Story touted reform, with labor leader Herbert Fisher presiding and Dixon praised for persuasive, balanced rhetoric amid strong sentiment from Republicans, Democrats and independents.
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Nelson Story, Jr
Silver Bow County
Joe’’ Dixon
Broadway
Harrison Avenue
Dixon
Herbert Fisher
Montana
Organized Labor
Harriton Avenue
Wisher
Nelson Story Jr
Story
Pacific Coast Syndicate Plans to Develop Siberia
A cable message from Moscow confirms Washington Vanderlip leading a Pacific coast syndicate secured a 60 year lease east of the 160th meridian covering Kamchatka and 400 000 square miles with coal oil and fisheries rights. The deal envisions operations in spring 1921 and says the syndicate will act as fiscal agent in America financing up to 506 million dollars.
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New York
Washington D. Vanderlip
California
Siberia
George Tchitcherin
Moscow
Ludwig C. A. Kh
Vanderlip
160Th Meridian
Kamchatka
America
Sinn Feiners Visit Cork Site of MacSwiney Death
Visitors from Cork and other parts of Ireland tour the precinct in Ireland where MacSwiney died, as augmented police guards reinforce the area.
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Sinn
Inquest 10 Be Held Today Over Cork Mayor Death
In London the inquest into Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork proceeds with expectations no obstacle to returning the body to his family. Government, family, and church figures weigh funeral arrangements as police guard Brixton prison remains tight. The body lies in the Brixton mortuary in a coarse brown habit as observers note Sinn Fein displays nearby.
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London
Brixton Prison
Sinn
O'Callaghan
Cork Corporation
MacSwiney
Cork
Dominic
Home Office
Wife of defaulter aids employer in Great Falls case
In Montana, Mrs. J W Cosgriff hid 4200 from railroad receipts to shield funds from her spendthrift husband at Sand Coulee. When accountants arrived she explained and returned the money. Cosgriff surrendered and confessed to prolonged drunken speculation. Accountants later found 4100 more missing.
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Great Falls
J. W. Cosgriff
Great Northern
Sand Coulee
Mont
Cosgriff
Spokane flour man George Shiel dies at 72
Spokane obituary reports George Shiel, a 35 year flour milling figure in California, Portland and Spokane, died at his home after a long illness. His wife, also seriously ill, was unconscious today.
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Spokane
George Shiel
California
Portland
Strike talks enter critical stage amid crisis in UK
London Oct 26 strike conferences were abruptly adjourned tonight and negotiations are in a critical stage. The House of Commons passed an emergency bill through all stages after the second reading. The bill covers contingencies if the miners strike affects railways and transport workers.
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London
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Younger Brother of Late King Alexander Succeeds
Athens Oct 26 Funeral services for King Alexander, who died yesterday, will be held Friday. His body will lie in state Wednesday. The cabinet met after his death and drafted a message to the people grieving the monarch's passing. It states that under the constitutional order of succession the younger brother Prince Paul is called to succeed him, but a regent will be elected until the new king arrives. Until the regent is sworn in, the royal and constitutional power will be exercised by the council of ministers.
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Athens
Alexander
Aul
Constantine
Council of the Ministers
Montana Leads Nation in Agricultural Development
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Montana outpacing all states in agricultural growth. Census figures show irrigation driving the past decade's gains with Montana leading, as farm numbers rose 119.1 percent from 1910 to 1920, far above the national average of 1.4 percent.
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Standard
Washington
Montana
Census Bureau
United States
Robbers Seize 25 Barrels Alcohol in Chicago Heist
In downtown Chicago seven bandits raided a chemical laboratory of a drug firm. They lined up employees and loaded 25 barrels of alcohol worth 1,000 dollars each into a motor truck, slipping away under a dense fog.
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Chicago
Chemical Laboratory
Myers in Flathead converts Socialists in campaign stops
Special Dispatch to the Standard Poison Oct. 26 Senator H L Myers greeted by 500 friends in Flathead valley. He praised the Republican ticket and denounced the Non Partisan League and the Dunn radicals. The talk swayed socialist followers toward Republicans. In Konan he attacked Wheeler as dictated by Townley and Dunn. He urged letting Democratic candidates be chosen independently.
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H. L. Myers
Flathead Valley
Polson
Myers
Konan
Wheeler
Townley
Dunn
World census counts Methodists at 36 million
In Chicago on October 26 the centenary conservation committee released Dr HL Carroll’s census showing 36,622,190 Methodists worldwide. US totals list 9,432,107 church members with the rest as adherents or probationers. The Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South in the United States total 7,790,809 members.
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Chicago
HL. H. Carroll
Census Bureau
Centenary Conservation Committee
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
United States
Dixon Ticket to Sure 10 Win by 19,000
Helena dispatch reports Joseph M. Dixon and the Republican state ticket poised for victory in the last week of campaigning. State Chairman Scanlan cites unity and field effort, noting Ford and Wilson backed Dixon and urging co operation to defeat the non partisan radical program with expected margins from 15,600 to 209,000 votes.
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The
Standard
Helena
Joseph M. Dixon
Joseph D. Scanlan
Harryl. Wilson
C. Ford
Ford
Wilson
New Revolution Reported in Odessa Region Areas
Bucharest reports a new revolution in the Odessa Kherson and Poedolis region. In Balta revolutionists led by Ukrainian nationalists move toward Voztesensk northwest of Nikolaiev to join rebels in that district.
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Bucharest
Romania
Odessa
Kherson
Poedolis
Balta
Voztesensk
Nikolaiev
Wheatgrowers Hold Out For Price Of $3 Bushel
The United States Wheatgrowers association with 70,000 Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, and South Dakota members issues an Oct. 9 proclamation urging members not to sell after Oct. 25 until the price of good wheat reaches 30 dollars per bushel at growers' terminal markets. It cites record high labor and equipment costs and warns farmers could lose half their investment if prices stay low.
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Wichita
Kan
United States Wheatgrowers’ Association
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas Farmers Backing Wheat Hold Until Fair Price
In Topeka Kansas farmers organizations statewide pass resolutions to withhold wheat until a fair price is obtained. The state crop report notes slow wheat shipments and dealers report volumes well below normal levels. A cart shortage is also cited as a factor in pre shipmen t implications.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Sp Pre Shipmen
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Silver Bow
Pacific Coast Syndicate
Ireland
Greece
International
Prince Paul the
King
Flathead
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