Dempsey Retains Title with Third Round Knockout
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey demonstrated his power in Benton Harbor Michigan by stopping Billy Miske in the third round of a ten round bout. The victory earned him between 50000 and 100000 dollars from the gate. Dempsey wore the same red sweater as in his Willard knockout and showcased his famed punching strength with a barrage of lefts and rights culminating in a final right to the chin. Miske showed courage but could not withstand the champion’s speed and power as the referee counted him out in the decisive round.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Jack Dempsey
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Dempsey
Jess Willard
Toledo
Miske
Drilling Contest Winners Highlight Labor Day Celebrations
Michaelson and Backlund win first place in the drilling contest as industries idle for Labor Day celebrations.
Standings of drillers show top pairs by inches
First E F Michaelson and Jack Backlund lead with 28 3 8 inches. Second Charles Bedell and Ed Matthews at 27 1 4 inches. Edwin Timmins with William Riley 27 inches. Charles Nichols and Wilfred Hugo 26 7 16. Sam Roberts and William Roberts 26 5 16. Fred Tibbetts and James Uren 23 11 16.
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E. F., Michaelson
Jack Backlund
Charles Bedell
Ed Matthews
Edwin Timmins
William Riley
Charles Nichols
Wilfred Hugo
Sam Roberts
William Roberts
Fred Tibbetts
James Uren
Butte Labor Day marked by garden festivities and picnics
With all industries at a standstill and many offices closed Butte residents celebrated Labor Day by attending the Columbia garden festivities and taking part in picnics at Anaconda.
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Butte
Anaconda
Reopening Wage Scale Discussed for Northern Wyoming
Sheridan Wyo Sept 6 Re opening of the wage scale signed a month ago by operators and coal miners of Northern Wyoming is to occur at a meeting in Billings Montana next Wednesday It is announced miners seek conference to adjust the scale though no trouble has occurred in the coal fields of this section
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Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Billings
Mont
Butte First Aid Team Departs for International Test
Butte’s mining region sends its first aid team to a Denver contest aiming for gold medals after last year’s silver. Captain Dingman and members Angus McLeod Frank Cronin Rank Bunnell Granite Frowen and Robert Brinson in white uniforms with red cross and Butte on sleeves. The event draws teams from major mines across the United States and Canada with gold medals cups and banners for top performers.
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Denver
Butte
Burlington
John J. Boardman
Butte Mining
Dingman
Angus McLeod
Frank Cronin
Rank Bunnell
Granite Frowen
Robert Brinson
United States
Canada
Mexico
Schools of Butte to reopen today in 1910 era
Butte prepares to start classes as vacation ends and enrollment expectations rise. Teachers arrive from holidays, hotels fill with late arrivals, and Central high School along with local Catholic and parochial schools anticipate record enrollments. Father Leonard predicts Central high surpassing 450 with a large freshman class and parochial enrollment near 400 in week one.
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Butte
Father Leonard
Central High School
Three Crushed to Death in Niagara Cave Collapse
A shale slide at the Cave of the Winds under Niagara Falls crushed six women and a man, injuring two men, as tourists on a guided tour crossed a bridge. Rescue used the Maid of the Mist to recover the bodies, marking the first fatal cave slide since 1888.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Ambrose
Montana Coal Miners to Seek Higher Wages in Conference
Billings, Sept 6. Operators and miners prepare to resume talks on raising pay scales for about 4000 Montana coal miners. The joint board of Montana coal operators and United Mine Workers, district 27, met Saturday in secret session. An agreement was expected within days as parties dispute current wage bonuses vs the Wilson commission guidelines.
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Billings
Montana
Joint Board of Montana Coal Operators
United Mine Workers, District 27
Government
Coal
Lord Mayor MacSwiney Fading While Alive In Prison
London report says Lord Mayor MacSwiney remains alive at 9 PM but is weakening. prison doctor advises limiting conversation to conserve strength. Wife and sisters visited. she appeals for American financiers to withdraw funds from English securities. Father Dominic says his appearance is fading since the afternoon visit.
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London
MacSwiney
America
England
Dominic
Accident at Niagara injures several on Gorge route trolley
In Buffalo New York a trolley on the Gorge route collided with an open switch in the Niagara river gorge today injuring several people but none fatally. The crash occurred near the site of a similar disaster three years ago.
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Buffalo
N. Z
Gent
Niagara River
FTC Seeks Restart of Harvester Anti Trust Case
Washington reports the Federal Trade Commission calls for reopening anti trust proceedings against International Harvester and for legal action against harvesters and dealers. It says farm implement prices rose 73 percent from 1914 to 1918, chiefly in 1917 1918, beyond justified costs. The commission notes IH dominance in harvesting machines especially grain binders, aided by its steel operations.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
International Harvester Company
Senate
Commission
McCormick
Deering
Cox Replies 10 Chairman Hays
Governor Cox issues a statement replying to Will Hays regarding republican contribution quotas. He cites an alleged $8,145,060 quota levied on 51 cities in 27 states and notes Hays previously denied the list, now admitting tentative quotas fixed by the treasurer’s office.
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ST. Paul
Cox
Will H. Hays
Hays
Chicago
Upham
National Republican Headquarters
Tragic Houston Hotel Fire Klamath Falls Claims Ten
A Labor Day disaster in Klamath Falls Oregon leaves ten dead and four missing as a hotel fire roars through the Houston hotel and adjacent buildings. Flames originate from rubbish under a back stairway, destroying nine structures and injuring several guests who jumped from upper floors. Labor groups raise relief funds while Red Cross shelters refugees in an empty courthouse.
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Bac
Breet Courlhouse
Red Cross
Organized Labor
Labor Council
Charles Horman
Klamath Falls
C. Bilderback
Ashland
Leona Bilderback
Margaret Hanley
Houston Opera House
Houston
Federal Employes urge survey to weed out useless jobs
In St. Louis on September 6 a National Federation of Federal Employes convention opened urging a survey of government positions to identify and eliminate useless ones. The move aims to streamline federal staffing and reduce waste.
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ST. Louis
National Federation of Federal Employes
All-Day Jubilee at Mountain View Park Draws Big Crowd
Thousands enjoyed a labor festival in Mountain View park under union and American Legion auspices. About 5,000 attended as families picnicked along the creek and beneath trees while concessions and the day’s program were coordinated from a central tent and a railroad and road crowd arrived by train, auto, and on foot.
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Mountain View Park
Anaconda Union
American Legion
Ten Die as Electric Car Crash Rocks Denver Suburb
In Globeville a collision between two interurban electric cars traveling about 50 mph on a curve left at least ten dead and fifty injured. One car was bound for Boulder, the other toward Denver. rescuers faced entangled wreckage as the military took charge amid city strike conditions. Conductor G W Grepamyer died after warning passengers. other victims included Frank Dolby of Louisville and Lawson Cropps, motorman, as officials blamed misplaced right of way and dispatch errors.
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Denver
Globeville
Boulder Col
Boulder
G. W. Grepamyer
Frank Dolby
Louisville
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Bill Tate
Greb
Wiggins
Challenger
Boardman
Homestake Mining Company
Lead
St. Louis Rocky Mountain Pacific Coal Company
Raton
N. M
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Pueblo
Colo
Huntington
Arkansas Mine Rescue Association
Provincetown
Mass
Underwood & Underwood
Ekuard
Cape Cod
Qchools
Chamber
Niagara
Montana Coal Mines
Oregon
Ore
Houston Ho
Shadrick
Mary Campora
Mountain View Ouene OF
Real Labor Festival
Union
West Valley
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