Yellowstone Park Opens With Dr Hill as Speaker
Yellowstone National Park opened with Dr. John Wesley Hill representing President Harding and Dr. Work. More than 2,000 people gathered under a clear sky as parade traffic and movie crews captured the event. The first day saw heavy park entrance by rail and auto visitors, with pre season travel setting records.
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Livingston
John Wesley Hill
Warren G. Harding
Work
Interior
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner
Northern Pacific
National Playground
Pathe
Gardiner Arch
Theodore Roosevelt
Park Service
Dr. Hill
William Nichols
Yellowstone Park Hotel Company
Hill
T. Benson
St. Paul
A. R. Smith
Rockefeller Junior Gift Aids Diabetes Hospitals
John D Rockefeller Jr announced a 150000 gift to 15 hospitals in the United States and Canada to expand insulin access for free ward patients and to train physicians in insulin use. The duration of the grant is left to hospital authorities.
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New York
United States
Canada
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Chief Justice Taft Blames Lawmakers for Delays in Justice
Chief Justice Taft told a Boston Bar Association dinner that long delays in administering justice stem from court procedure and that the public must empower legal leaders to shape legislation. He urged leaders of the bar to run for office to reform procedures and speed up the law's application.
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Boston
Taft
United States Supreme Court
Boston Bar Association
United States
Bar
Burglar Shot by Son of Millionaire at Folger Home
James A. Folger, son of the late coffee magnate, killed a burglar at the Folger residence in Woodside California. Authorities found thousands of dollars in jewelry on the felon, including loot stolen from Colonel D. C. Jackling's Woodside country home on June 10.
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Redwood City
Cal
James A. Folger
Folger
Woodside
D. C. Jackling
Rail Workers Seek Higher Pay Across Rail Lines
Negotiations initiated by the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes aim to raise wages by an annual $400 million for about 265 000 workers across class one carriers. Ten railroads already settled. 20 to 25 new arbitration cases expected as the union seeks restored pre 1921 22 pay rates of 9 to 13 cents an hour.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
J. H. Sylvester
Labor Board
Sylvester
Chicago Bandit Stamps Police With Question Of Fair Sex
Fred Thompson, arrested as the smiling woman bandit who killed Richard Tesmer, was found to be a man after a medical exam. He posed as Frank Carrick’s wife for 14 years, wore female attire at arrest, and was identified by Mrs. Tesmer as the shooter in the June holdup.
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Chicago
Fred Thompson
Richard C. Tesmer
Thompson
Frank Carrick
Carrick
Tesmers
Clara Seippel
Crown Point
North Side
Tesmer
Governor Preus Leads All Opposition In Senatorial Primary
Across Minnesota and nearby states results from yesterday's primaries show Governor J A O Preus extending his lead over Oscar Hallam to about 26 000 votes as 2348 precincts report. Mangus Johnson gains over Dr L A Fritsche with 43431 to 30950 in 2336 precincts while James Curley leads Carey in Democratic tallies in 2258 precincts.
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ST. Paul
J. A. O. Preus
Mangus Johnson
United States
Preus
Oscar Hallam
Johnson
Dr. L. A. Fritsche
Tragic Drowning Of 3 Year Old In Yellowstone River
Lyle Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson of 317 South C street, drowned in the Yellowstone River yesterday noon while a playmate, Jimmy Trentman, watched from the bank. Passersby near H street bridge saw the body float past, but currents kept it from recovery. Mrs Johnson learned of the loss late in the afternoon and collapsed, with a river search continuing as authorities scan downstream for the child.
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Livingston Enterprise
Lyle Johnson
Frank Johnson
South
C Street
Yellowstone River
Jimmy Trentman
Lyle
D Street
H Street
Trentman
Johnson
Northern Pacific Machine Shops
President Harding Prepares Western Cruise and Addresses
President Harding spent the day working on speeches for a western trip set to cover the Pacific coast Alaska Panama canal zone and Porto Rico. The party will travel on a special ten car train with about 70 people including 23 in the president’s immediate group and more than twenty reporters.
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Washington
Harding
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
Porto Rico
World Court
St. Louis
Kansas City
Hutchinson
Kas
West
Foreign ships test embargo by seizing liquor into U S waters
Foreign vessel owners from France and Britain plan to land sealed liquor stores in New York harbor to probe the embargo. Treasury and State departments prepare to coordinate action as Secretary Mellon and Secretary Hughes depart for Europe. Officials expect meetings to define steps after the Supreme Court ruling.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
State Department
Mellon
Europe
Mr. Mellon
Hughes
Supreme Court
Olympic
Paris
New York Harbor
Western Federation of Women's Clubs changes name
Western Federation of Women's Clubs adopts new name at their June convention in Anaconda. Delegates from 12 states chose Los Angeles as the 1924 convention seat and reelected officers led by M. J. Sweeley. The group voted to rename from Inter mountain and Pacific Coast Federation to Western Federation of Women's Clubs.
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Anaconda
Fess
Western Federation of Women’s Clubs
Los Angeles
M. J. Sweeley
Twin Falls
Idaho
Ida B. Callahan
Corvallis
Ore
S. M. Sauders
Red Lodge
Mont
H. H. Flynn
Grand Junction
Colo
James Fitzgerald
John Cully
Ogden
Utah
E. J. Flanigan
Bisbee
Ariz
Anna Little Barry
Berkeley
Cal
Intermountain and Pacific Coast Federation
Danners Badly Mixed In Marriage Affairs
Bozeman reports Iva Danner reveals complex family ties to S O Danner amid murder case. She says she is the daughter of Danner’s first wife and half sister to Florence Danner, with details confirmed by Sheriff Jim Smith. Justin M. Smith named as Danner defense attorney in forthcoming trials.
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Bozeman
Iva Danner
S. O. Danner
John Sprouse
Florence
Central Park
Mont
Jim Smith
Danner
Florence Danner
Sheriff Smith
Iva
Bert Danner
Danners
Justin M. Smith
Gallatin
B. B. Law
Mount Etna Erupts Shrouding Skies In Dreadful Night
June 20 Catania dispatch describes Mount Etna’s ghastly eruption as lava fires blaze from crater lips. Villages like Fiume Freddo Diana and Calamabiano are buried in dust and cinders while refugees are ferried away. King Victor Emmanuel visits, inspiring relief efforts as a weary orphan carries an elderly man through the toxic gloom.
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Catania
Mount Etna
Associated Press
Fiume
Freddo
Diana
Calamabiano
Castiglione
Victor Emmanuel
Carso Front
New Order Made Over Wet Ocean Regulation
Secretary Mellon instructed public health officials to enforce foreign law requiring ships carrying nationals to have adequate medicinal liquor. Treasury and HHS offered no detail and denied any relaxation of recent bans on non medicinal alcohol. French claims that all liquor on its ships should be medicinal were discussed with Treasury, with dietary rations considered part of medicinal category.
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Washington
Mellon
Public Health Service
Treasury
M. J. White
The
Honor Roll Of Pupil Honors In Rural Districts
Through courtesy of county superintendent Mrs Margaret Deegan the Pioneer prints the list of pupils in country districts who were neither absent nor tardy in the just closed school year. District No 5 Opal Johnson Melville Miss Belinda Lavold teacher. District No 16 Martha Peterson Sherman Overstreet and Alice Overstreet Grey Cliff Mrs Eva Roquet teacher. District No 22 May Duffey Jessie Duffey Georgia Faw Wayne Faw Big Timber Mrs Geneva Crest. District No 39 Sabra and Helen Dutton Big Timber Miss Aretha Walters teacher. District No 67 Miriam Helen Osburn Melville Miss Hannah Redden teacher.
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Margaret Deegan
The
Pioneer
Opal Johnson
Melville
Belinda Lavold
Martha Peterson
Sherman Overstreet
Alice Overstreet
Grey Cliff
Eva Roquet
May Duffey
Jessie Duffey
Georgia Faw
Wayne Faw
Big Timber
Holden Fights For Railroad Rights In Consolidation Hearing
Hale Holden president of Burlington defends grouping four western systems Burlington Great Northern Northern Pacific and Colorado & Southern as the proper base for a proposed consolidation. He argues existing normal traffic channels should stay intact and that mixing Colorado & Southern with Santa Fe would hurt Burlington traffic sources.
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Chicago
Burlington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Colorado & Southern
Hale Holden
Healy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Territory
Santa Fe
Commission
Western
Holden
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Burlington-Great Northern
Allen Gets Vote From Boston Stockholders
Stockholders of the Boston Montana corporation met in Boston to express full confidence in President W. R. Allen and other officers. They pledged support to close pending litigation and indictments.
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Allen
Boston
Boston-Montana Corporation
W. R. Allen
Beveridge Voices World Court Critique for Boston Audience
Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge argues at the Bunker Hill day banquet that had international courts influenced colonial disputes with Britain the United States might still be under British rule. He warns many peace plans merely preserve the status quo and would constrain American independence.
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Boston
America
Great Britain
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Sons of the Revolution
Beveridge
Washington
Association of Nations
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