Captain Amos Shaw Dies in Livingston at 65
Livingston dispatch reports Captain Amos Shaw age 65 son of a British naval officer. Born near Gibraltar and died of heart disease after a year of illness. He led Shaw Powell camping company guiding tours to Yellowstone National Park then settled in Livingston from Saginaw Michigan. Survived by wife Eunice Conway and five grown children. Funeral Thursday afternoon.
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Helena Man Draws Fifth Fort Peck Lot In Opening
Helena correspondent reports Drake a 40 year old teamster and laborer drawn fifth in the Fort Peck land opening. He plans to quit Helena if he can obtain land for farming on the Fort Peck reserve. A separate dispatch from Portland states Chief Kelkim, a well to do farmer and tribal leader, was found dead near Molalla with head injuries. He was 67 and known for his role in local rail celebration.
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Weather outlook for state fair improves crowds expected
Promised favorable conditions near the state fair today with sunshine and mild winds. Officials urge attendees to plan for comfortable comfort and avoid heat-related issues as activities proceed.
Butte Public Improvements Move Ahead As Debate Looms
Butte city council pushed ahead with public works despite alderman objections. A lighting district from Ohio to Idaho and Copper to Galena was extended after remedying a resolution defect. A west and south district special improvement measure passed along with a sanitary sewer project on Diamond street. John J. Haggerty, long absent on the coast, visits Butte as Raymond Trust president. Fire damages on Pratt street destroy homes of Eva and Holland families, with total loss around 3500. Detroit reports William How pleads not guilty to tampering with Canadian money linked to a Montreal bank theft.
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Ty Cobb Stir in Treasury Sparks New Policy
Washington details recount Ty Cobb Detroit center fielder on a sight seeing visit that led Comptroller Kane to issue a strict order barring outsiders from vaults containing national bank notes. Cobb, a Lavonia bank director, briefly signed a margin of notes before the incident drew attention. The piece also notes a separate social mixup about a dinner toast with water amid French guests and Mr Bryan.
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Old Fashioned Cocktail No Champagne For Bryan
Washington September 23 A toast to President Wilson Poincare and the friendship between France and the United States was drunk in water last night by Secretary Bryan and the French commission. The event occurred at a Paris Pacific fair site, and Maj J J Dickinson denied the published reports that Bryan did not drink when champagne was served.
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Merchant Enticed to Room Is Robbed and Murdered
Indianapolis report of merchant Joseph Schiansky found dead in hotel room. A suspect using the name W. R. Anderson of Louisville, claimed to be a salesman, lured him to the room and later confessed to robbery and murder. A second item notes counterfeit travelers checks affecting water use in Louisville per city factory demand.
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Meat shortage plan touted by New York delegate
A. M. Dubin, NY delegate to the American Meat Packers association, urges drastic action to avert a meat famine. He proposes using government West lands as cattle pastures and employing army cavalry as cowboys to lower beef prices and prevent widespread hardship for American workers. Ringling divorce claim filed by Alfred J Ringling's wife Itt Ringling in Baraboo Wisconsin after 20 years of marriage.
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