Pacific Mail Liner Cuba Ashore Near San Miguel Island
Unidentified vessel believed to be a U S destroyer ran aground near Honda California coast as fog hindered search for eight crew members from the Cuba who were aboard an open boat. The Reno destroyer is aiding rescue efforts and the Cuba is likely a total loss.
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Pacific Mail
Cuba
San Miguel Island
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
United States
Honda
Point Conception
California
Los Angeles
Reno
Wise
Pacific Mall Steamship Company
11Th
12Th Naval Districts
Los Angeles Harbor
San Diego
Forest Fire Near Santa Barbara Threatens Towns
A major forest blaze in the Santa Ynez mountains advanced toward Santa Barbara with a multi mile front. Ranchers fled Mission Canyon as property losses appeared likely. Three fire crew members were killed in San Roque Canyon while battling the flames after becoming trapped by cross fires. authorities fear more areas are burned.
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Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Cal
Santa Ynez Mountains
Mission Canyon
San Rouque Canyon
Federal
Wage Pact Reached For Anthracite Operators Miners
Representatives of anthracite operators and miners reached terms for a two year wage contract. The union scale committee approved and set September 17 for a district convention in Scranton to ratify. If approved, mines closed since September 1 would reopen around September 19. The pact runs to August 31, 1925 and rests on 10 percent pay hike eight hour day and union recognition.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Scranton
Pinchot
Ireland set for League of Nations admission
At Geneva on September 8 the League of Nations approved Ireland for admission by unanimous vote of the membership commission. The Irish delegation led by President Cosgrave and Foreign Minister Fitzgerald received broad good will from England France China Persia and other nations as the league neared Ireland becoming a formal member on Monday. The scene closed with hopeful talk on the Greek Italian crisis and league cooperation.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Irish Free State
League of Nations
Ireland
League
William T. Cosgrave
Desmond Fitzgerald
England
France
China
Persia
Council of the League
Gow declines fourth term as Butte Chamber president
The Butte Chamber of Commerce approves a resolution recognizing President Paul A. Gow for three years of unselfish leadership since the 1920 reorganization. Personal business interests prevent a fourth term, with the board lauding his three consecutive years of community service and national recognition.
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Paul A. Gow
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gow
United
Butte Defends Position as Regional Distribution Center
Butte Chamber of Commerce leaders protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission against an immediate hearing on rate reductions for 47 items from Chicago to Pacific coast points. They argue the plan discriminates against the intermountain region and would raise costs for dry goods iron, paper, paint, soap, tinware and ammonia phosphate. The chamber joins the Intermediate Rate Association and other midwestern groups in a long battle for fair rates, urging hearings in Helena Spokane Salt Lake Reno Phoenix and Boise.
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Butte
Intermountain Territory
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Transcontinental Freight Bureau
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Intermountain
Intermediate Rate Association
George B. McGinty
Commission
Washington
Montana
Helena
Spokane
Salt Lake
Reno
Phoenix
Boise
Seattle
Bureau
Chicago Association of Commerce
Central States
W.L. Walsh
Five Thousand Women March in Temperance Parade
Five thousand women wearing white and yellow of the W C T U joined a march in Columbus on the convention's second day. The crowd heard a call to uphold the United States constitution. Delegates were hosted tonight at Westerville by the Anti Saloon League of America and the World League Against Alcoholism.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Alliance
United States
Westerville
Anti- Saloon League of America
World League Against Alcoholism
Red Cross to raise aid for Japan earthquake victims
President Coolidge directs the American Red Cross to raise funds for Japanese earthquake sufferers. The target is at least 6 million dollars nationwide, with Montana allotted 25 900 and Butte 2 000. The US will also seek Salvation Army and other agency contributions.
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United States
Tokyo
Yokohama
Red Cross
Japan
Salvation Army
Butte
Central Division of the
Chicago
Coolidge
American Red Cross
Montana
U S Mexico Sign Conventions To Adjust Claims
Washington and Mexico City sign two conventions to settle claims between the nations. A general pact creates a mixed commission and umpire to adjust post 1868 claims with potential multi million dollar payments. A special claims pact covers revolutionary and bandit era grievances with a similar commission.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
State Department
United States Senate
Mexican Congress
Hughes
John Barton Payne
Charlies Beecher Warren
Manuel €. Tellez
Obregon
George T. Summerlin
Mr. Warren
Payne
Southern California to witness historic total solar eclipse
Scientists from Yerkes, Chicago, and Wisconsin converge on Catalina island to study the sun’s corona as a 105 mile shadow crosses the United States. Navy aviators will photograph the event from 10,000 feet while teams at Ensenada and San Clemente observe. Thousands of lay observers travel to view the spectacle in the path of totality.
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Los Angeles
California
United States
Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
Santa Catalina Island
University of Wisconsin
Goodsell Observatory
Carleton College
San Clemente Island
Ensenada
San Diego
University of California
Lick Observatory
Navy
Refugees at Corfu Suffering, Near East Relief Reports
The Near East Relief association cites officials in Corfu describing 10,000 refugees sleeping outdoors with little food. They are seeking food and funds to ease the hardships faced by the vulnerable refugees.
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Corfu
Athens
The
Near East Relief Association
Relief Efforts After Osaka Tokyo Earthquake Disaster
Reports from Osaka via Shanghai say Cyrus K Woods and wife may be dead in Tokyo after the earthquake. U.S. officials seek confirmation amid disrupted communications. Tokyo remains capital, rehab and relief prioritized, with extensive martial law and financial disruption reported.
Greece Accepts Council Stipulations on Greek Italian Dispute
Greece accepts the council of ambassadors terms with no reservation and Italy agrees to evacuate Corfu and nearby islands once Greece fully satisfies all reparations demands. Mussolini confirms Italy’s note and intent to evacuate after Greece completes reparations.
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Council of Ambassadors
Greece
Associated Press
London
Sunday Express
Rome
Italy
Corfu
Mussolini
Paris
Baroh Avenzzano
Inter-allied council outlines Greece inquiry terms
In Paris officials report relief and optimism over the Greeco-Italian crisis, as the Inter-allied council establishes terms for Greece and drafts instructions for the inquiry commission to be appointed to its investigation, following yesterday's settlement session.
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Associated Press
Paris
Inter-allied Council of Ambassadors
Greece
Inquiry Commission
Red Cross Japanese relief fund tops 3 million dollars
Washington reports subscriptions to the American Red Cross Japanese relief fund have exceeded 3 million dollars with a target of 5 million set for early next week. District totals include Washington 1 840 000 New England 190 000 Southern 24 400 Central 567 000 Southwestern 200 000 Pacific 162 200 Insular and foreign 150 000. The War Department will aid the Red Cross by turning over 6 100 bales of underwear from San Francisco and shipping more army clothing from St. Louis.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Red Cross
National Organization
New England
Southern
Central
Southwestern
Pacific
Insular
War Department
Red Cross
San Francisco
Japan
St. Louis
Dillon Rodeo Delivers Finest Annual Show Yet
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Dillon's fourth annual rodeo closing after three days of top Western events. Jesse Coates of Mountain Home Idaho won aboard Milk Shake with a daring ride, Buck Allen took third, and Howard Tegland, a world broncho champion, was toppled by a Beaverhead horse. Crowds enjoyed calk roping bulldogging and tight finals as races, a wild-horse contest, and the state-bred thoroughbred Douglas Scanlon impressed.
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Dillon
Branche
Northwest
Jesse
Jack Coates
Tom Cox
Buck Allen
Howard Tegland
Bob Ayskins
Jesse Coates
Mountain Home
Idaho
Coates
California
Beaverhead
Douglas Scanlon
Mies June Roe
Bam
Eac
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Frank B. Willis
Warren G. Harding
Willis
Fred Starck
Harding
San Pedro
Federal Telegraph Company
IMIG
Free Tate Gaing Admiraion Nations’ League
Paul Gow
Chamber of Commerce Board
Paniimoed
Telegram
Goolidge Aako Aed Grogo
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. and
Quien Tola
Ot Imperial City
Army In Control
Osaka
Shanghai
Cyrus K. Woods
Woods
Tokio
Ambassador Woods
Honolulu
Yamamoto
Viscount Goto
Saitama
Chiba
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Tnei
Shinyo Maru
Buttaly
Hiengh
Poincare
Fiume
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