Crowded Dillon Rodeo Opens With Thrills and Top Riders
Thousands flocked to Dillon for a three day rodeo staged by the Dillon volunteer fire department. Elite broncho riders like the Coates brothers delighted spectators while multiple events such as bulldogging and steer roping provided constant excitement. A 14 year old girl from Red Rock won a thoroughbred race and the blue horse remained a title contender as crowds swelled and hotels filled. Continued on Page 7 Column 5.
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Coates Brothers
Jesse
Jack
Mountain Home
Idaho
Jack Coates
Coates
Dale Case
Bob Askins
EB. Bree
Red Rock
Montana
Jardine
Big Hole
Blue Horse
Stolen Masterpiece Returned By Thief
The priceless old painting The Entombment of Christ was stolen from the Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento and later delivered to the San Francisco Call with an unsigned note claiming divine forgiveness while hinting the thief would be found in Stowlake. Police believe the thief returned the work to avoid disposal and did not likely self-harm.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Christ
Crocker Art Gallery
Sacramento
Baby dies after clothing catches fire from matches
Mary Zuffer a 24 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Zuffer of Washoe Park died from burns received when her dress caught fire while playing with matches. The incident occurred in a home west of Anaconda at 430 PM yesterday. Grandmother Mrs Meanti and the child’s mother and two brothers John and James survive. Father a railroad man is in Missoula and expected today.
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Mary Zuffer
Andrew Zuffer
Washoe Park
Meanti
Anaconda
Mary
John
James
Missoula
Committee Gives NT Evidence In Gambling Games
A citizens committee reports evidence against eight men arrested on gambling charges. Doc Doherty and Dan Holland, to be heard before Justice O Neill on September 7, seek district court trial. Witnesses are Butte residents. committee members describe poker chips and metal discs taken from gambling venues.
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Doc” Doherty
Dan Holland
Citizens’ Committee
Justice O'Neill
Butte
F. H. Sarles
Doherty-Holland
The
Baptist Church
Christian Church
Sulgrove
Justice Court
Coal Controversy Nears Settlement in Pa Mines
Harrisburg report says all major barriers to settling the anthracite mine dispute have been removed by agreement between miners and operators. Governor Pinchot notes exceptions over pay raises above 10 percent for day workers and the union dues check off. John L. Lewis calls a scale committee meeting to assess the situation, with further talks with the governor planned tomorrow afternoon.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Union
Double Auto Crash Injures Miner in Butte Area
Bert Hughes, a former miner from Butte, lies injured after a head on crash on the Butte Anaconda highway one mile west of Ramsay. The Dodge car carried Owen O Neill and four others. the truck driver W B Hughes escaped uninjured. Two versions of the cause were given as police continued investigations.
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St. James’ Hospital
Bert Hughes
Butte
Owen O'Neill
West
Granite Street
W. EB. Hughes
Ramsay
Butte- Anaconda
Hughes
James Miller
Dan Maloney
John Hennessy
Dell Sullivan
W. B F. Hughes
Cholera Rumors Reach Yokohama Amid Relief Push
Central News dispatch from Kobe reports unconfirmed cholera outbreak in Yokohama. Foreigners leave Yokohama but many isolated in Tokio Kamakura Kasuizawa Nikko. ships bring provisions and medicines to Japan as relief centers, including the Oriental hotel in Kobe, mobilize aid.
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Associated Press
London
Kobe
Yokohama
Tokio
Kamakura
Kasuizawa
Nikko
Japan
Oriental Hotel
Osaka
Tokio Earthquake Described as Living Hell by Eye Witness
Honolulu dispatch relays Sendai correspondent account of the Tokyo quake of Saturday noon. Describes collapse of buildings, fires blamed on incendiarism, martial law, and emergency commanders Fukuda and Nomaguchi. Refugees flood parks as flames roar and thousands die or are injured. Cabinet appropriates 9.5 million yen for relief.
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Honolulu
Tokio
Hawaii Shinpo
Sendai
Japan
Kanagawa
Nagoya
Aomori
Hondo
Sagami
Fukuda
Nomaguchi
Yokosuka Naval Base
Yokohama
Yokosuka
Imperial Gardens
Death toll rising from Tokyo earthquake disaster
A Tokio Asahi dispatch to the paper places 10,000 deaths and 100,000 injuries in Tokyo within 18 hours of the quake last Saturday. It estimates Yokohama fatalities at 30,000 to 40,000. Amounts and locations are based on a rapid-air newspaper report and may be updated on Page 3.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Tokio Asahi
Yokohama
Italians Extend Occupation Zone Around Corfu
Rome reports Italian forces have occupied Paxos and nearby tiny islands near Corfu. The move is described as reinforcing the Corfu defensive ring, not a broader expansion. Paxos and Anti Paxos were seized soon after Corfu, forming a perimeter around the island.
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Associated Press
Rome
Ttal
Paxos
Corfu
Antipaxos
Anodes and Clarks meet on Butte diamond tonight
Anodes and Clarks clash in a post season championship game at Clark Park tonight at 5 15 o clock. A Clarks victory would give the Mines league pennant while Anodes seek a final win to set up a deciding game at Anaconda Sunday. The regional derby draws 8000 fans as Butte and Anaconda race for the title with transit and business districts planning early closings.
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Mining City
Butte
Anaconda
Clarks
Anade Club
Clark Park
Anodes
Anacondans
Salvation Army calls for Montana aid to Japan relief drive
The Salvation Army urges Montana to raise a 10000 dollar quota for relief in Japan, as AP cites the disaster as the most terrible in modern history. Major Bree of the Butte division urges subscriptions sent to Salvation Army headquarters in Butte to fund aid efforts already started worldwide.
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Salvation Army
Montana
Japan
Butte
Bree
Associated Press
Salvation Army Extends Aid After Japan Earthquake
The Salvation Army, described as entering the heart of the American people through the army doughnut, undertakes its greatest task to aid a stricken Japan. Reports say Tokyo and Yokohama, among the world’s most crowded cities, were largely destroyed by the earthquake and fire.
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Salvation Army
Japan
Orient
Tokio
Yokohama
Montanans Name Farm Committee In Washington Mission
Fargo N D Sept 6 L B Hanna chairman of a farmer banker conference that urged a special session of congress for agricultural relief today named the committee to go to Washington to press solutions for Ninth Federal Reserve District farmers With Andrew Kopperud Webster N D Co H Herried Aberdeen S D A L Stone Dillon Mont and W F Jordan Glendive Mont named as members
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Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
L. B Hanna
Farmer-Banker
Congress
Washington
Ninth Federal Reserve District
Hannanclude
Andrew Kopperud
Webster
Co. H. Herried
Aberdeen
8. D
A. L. Stone
Dillon Mont
W. FP. Jordan
Glendive
Mont
Story of Tulsa Floggings Opens Martial Law Era
Oklahoma City report details brutal lashings tied to Ku Klux Klan in Tulsa county under martial law. Aldrich Blake cites 1200 pages of sworn testimony showing victims terrorized, few arrests, and locals threatened to stay silent. He promises more revelations on visible versus invisible government and further phases of the conflict.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tulsa
Aldrich Blake
J. C. Walton
Tulsa County
Klan
Invisible Empire
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Imperial Organization
Tulea
Mr. Blake
Alsuma
Three Are Killed 27 Hurt in Smokeless Powder Blast
In South Amboy New Jersey a fire on a barge caused a massive explosion of 168000 cases of smokeless powder loading from barges to freight cars on the Raritan river. Three men and a boy died and 27 were injured, 15 of whom were likely fatally hurt as cars and nearby autos were overturned and the area filled with flame. Named victims included Winston Taylor and William Trench of Newark. The boy’s body was not recovered.
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Associated Press
South Amboy
N. J
Raritan River
Winston Taylor
William Trench
Newark
Atlas Power Company
Britain Gives Warning Over Italy Greece Crisis
Geneva dispatch reports a growing political storm as Italy refuses to recognize League of Nations authority. Belgium Sweden and Uruguay insist Italy must submit the dispute to the league, arguing the covenant's respect protects smaller nations and world peace. A Spanish plan seeks faster solution via league and ambassadors council, while Italy questions the council's right to settle reparations. US observers Swanson McKinley Hitchcock Baker attended the session.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Italy
League of Nations
Greece
Belgium
Sweden
Uruguay
League For Settlement
League
Council of Ambassadors
Count Leon
Paris
Signor Salvandra
Italan
Lengg
Permanent Court of International Justice
United States
Swanson
McKinley
Hitchcock
Newton DC
Baker
German Debt Now Quadrillion Marks in Aug Update
Berlin reports the Aug 31 floating debt at about 1,235,067,000,009 marks as Germany struggles with a plunging mark. A Reuters dispatch notes Chancellor Stresemann’s failed efforts and forecasts of fiscal disaster with the mark valued at 150,000,000 to 1 pound and possibly 300,000,000 next week. It cites futile government controls and hints at a new gold currency under discussion by the economic council and socialist unions.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
London
Reuter
The
Economic Council
Socialist Trades Unions
County funds hold with no warrants except poor fund
Commissioner Byron E. Cooney reports no county warrants will be issued this year except those on the poor fund. A four mill levy for the poor fund, double the prior rate, is allowed, aiming to reduce deficits over five years while general fund reserves of 127,816.13 tide the county to November tax receipts.
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Byron E. Cooney
Howard Mcntyre
Cooney
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