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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
1
The speaker framed the league as part of democratic progress and world peace, arguing it opposed Republican reaction. He proposed two reservations to the covenant and praised Article Xo while comparing it to the Monroe doctrine. He urged woman suffrage, law enforcement, tax cuts, and other issues, as rain shifted to sun then returned briefly as the event ended.
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Fragmentary notes reveal a sailor hidden beneath the deck who kept a log of his voyage. Researchers at a maritime museum confirm the find sheds light on trade routes and daily life aboard the vessel.
The allied conference in Hythe reports complete agreement on plans for the Russo Polish crisis. They will reimpose the blockade and aid Poland with technical advice and munitions but will not deploy allied troops. Allies fear Warsaw may fall and focus shifts to defending Western Europe while noting Bolshevik aims to push bolshevism toward western powers.
The tramway workers union executive committee appointed a three member panel to inform general manager Frederick W. TaN that striking trainmen will resume work. President Henry Silberg said no restrictions remain, ending the 1,000 man strike that began August 1 and left Denver an armed camp after recent rioting.
Democratic filings include Herman Utermohle for commissioner S B Thurman for sheriff and A L Bray for treasurer. Republican slate lists Esp and Mo for senator Austin and Lamp for representative Walvoord Bryan Leasby for commissioner Struckman Bishop Van Cleve for treasurer Long for sheriff Ruth Sheridan for county clerk Horace S. Davis for county attorney O A Fallang for assessor H C Pound and J E Rees for clerk of court Inga Solberg and Fidelia L Geiger for county superintendent J A Lowry and C D Graff for coroner C E Busse for surveyor.
Charles Ponzi confessed he is a former convict as Hanover Trust Company closes by order of Bank Commissioner Allen. Ponzi resigns from the bank board while the executive committee vows strong liquidity with a cash reserve well above legal requirements. Treasurer McNarty says Ponzi owes nothing to the bank and that $26,000,000 passed through its hands.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr formally accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination at his Hyde Park home, pledging to push a League of Nations as a core peace issue. Homer Cummings announces the formal notification, with 19,000 attendees as Roosevelt plans a three-week campaign tour.
Paris reports in high official circles say France will send a stern vote to Germany asserting it may act decisively to enforce Versailles in eastern and western Europe. France believes Germany collaborates with the Soviets to undermine Polish borders and hinder Allied aid to the new republic, with tensions nearing a crisis.
Chairman Riddick of the house committee said the Tennessee House will vote on ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment Friday. Senator Todd announced the upper chamber would act on the same day.
Soviet emissary Leo Kameneff delivered to Prime Minister Lloyd George a three point outline for a Poland armistice. It calls for a Polish army reduced to 50 000 men plus an army of administration totaling 10 000, a demobilization within one month, and handing over all arms to Soviet Russia and Ukraine.
In Bozeman on August 7 the roundup finals crowned Fred Beeson of Arkansas City as roping and tying champion, Lloyd Coleman of Miles City as bucking contest champion, and Yakima Canutt of Colfax Washington as steer wrestling winner. Coyote the bucking horse added his hundred fiftieth victory by tossing another rider.
Poland plans to press Washington for concrete action and war materials funding after praising the American note to Italy promising all available measures to defend a free Poland. Polish officials warn a new world war looms if Bolshevik aggression continues.
A late Arkansas Gazette tabulation shows Congressman T. H. Caraway with a large lead over Senator William F. Kirby for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. Caraway 13,246 Kirby 8,906. In gubernatorial bids, former Congressman T. C. McRae of Prescott leads the field of nine candidates by similar precincts.
Agricultural interests in the northwest face bankruptcy because of the present car shortage. Railroad commissioners and shippers from Montana Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota told the Interstate Commerce Commission today. Plans are being worked out to insure the largest possible grain movement on the Great Lakes. Chairman Clark announced at the hearings on the request for additional cars to move grain from the northwest.
Sixty three of the 120 members of the North Carolina lower house telegrammed Tennessee leaders to say North Carolina will not ratify the federal suffrage amendment and urging that Tennessee not force it on North Carolina.
Washington reports the treasury department says whiskey smuggling has grown so large that it fuels a wider illegal trade. Assistant Secretary Shouse says customs is hamstrung by limited funds and personnel and needs a coastal anti smuggling expansion. Large quantities are seized from ships, but bigger supplies arrive inland via launches and small boats along the Atlantic coast.
Dayton dispatch reports Governor Cox to tour the middle west and east through September with stops in New York City on August 28. It notes Senator Puttman will head Pacific and Rocky Mountain HQ in San Francisco and Senator Walsh of Montana will succeed Senator Gerry as chairman of the senatorial committee.
Senator Harding told a Worthington audience that restoring order and stability is the world’s supreme problem. He warned of global menace and urged America to stand as a barrier to revolution and disorder, aiming to settle down and move forward.
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