Editor Kennedy dies at age of 74 in Montana region
longtime newspaper editor and publicist Kennedy dies leaving wife two daughters and a legacy in Billings Helena and Havre. He led multiple papers including the Billings Evening Journal and Western News and held roles in labor and Roosevelt memorial groups amid regional public service and land interests near Libby. A Havre finding notes one daughter in Havre.
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Licity
Wad
Libby
T. M. Swindlehurst
Billings Evening Journal
Kennnedy
Helens
Billings
Gazette Printing Company
Wstern News
Leabsto
Commerce Oi Labor League
DDL
Iter
Roosevelt Memsib Association
Ik Drops Out Southern Man
A garbled report notes Senator Nebrada withdrew from a Democratic race near Keeton of Senatos Uae tania at a Democratic gathering Tuesday night. The move aims to clear the field for a candidate to be chosen by party conference with results expected soon.
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Canate
Thas Sietually Keeton
Senatos Uaetania
Senate
Eho
Anate inst Caillaux war treason case notes
A garbled report references Caillaux treason links and a senate hearing. It mentions charges of correspondence with an unnamed party and potential war influence, with unclear dates and locations. The fragment hints at a formal review of treason concerns and political tension.
Conductors Seek Higher Wages Amid Cost of Living Rise
Washington April 30. L E Sheppard and S W Heberling urged the railroad labor board to grant substantial wage increases for conductors and switchmen. They cited living costs rising and demanded about 58 percent hikes with overtime pay, plus expenses when away from home. The White House said President Wilson would not intervene while workers remain on strike.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
L. E. Sheppard
Order of Railway Conductors
S. W. Heberling
Switchmen's Union of North America
White House
Tuhealty
Yardmen’s Association
Willar
Canada Forms Big Steel Corporation
Montreal May 2 Consolidation of nine Canadian steel coal and transport firms into the British Steel corporation with 500 million capital announced by Col. W Grant Morden. The plan links Atlantic iron coal deposits with Great Britain steel expertise and finances.
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Montreal
Steel
Canada
British Steel Corporation
Col. W. Grant Morden
British Empire
United States Steel Corporation
Dominion Steel Corporation
Nova Scotian Coal Company (Ltd
Canada Steamship Lines (Ltd
Canada Foundries and Forgings (Ltd
Maritime Nail Company
Collingwood Shipbuilding Company
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company
Halifax Shipyards (Ltd
Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Company (Ltd
Colonel Morden
Butte Hero Tom Lamartine Visits City After Mine Disaster
Tom Lamartine, famed statewide for bravery during the Butte mine disaster, was seen in the city yesterday. He is now traveling with the Hill McClelland Cattle Co on Shields river in Park county, seeking stray stock.
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Tom Lamartine
Butte
Shields River
Park
Hill-McClelland Cattle Co
Railway Strike Fights Across Illinois and Chicago
The General Managers' association reports some gains as 350 men return to work, totaling 1,056 now back. The Illinois Manufacturers' Association warns that closures threaten production unless railroads can switch cars, urging government action to ease the crisis. Senator Medill McCormack is urged to renew efforts to move the railroad board from Washington.
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Chicago
Railroad General Managers’ Association Today
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Medill McCormack
Mlinois
McCormick
Akor
Washington
General Managers‘ Association
Park Barrel Gets Over Twenty Million
The senate passed the rivers and harbors bill amending it to a total of 24 million dollars, against 8.12 million in the house bill and 20 million urged by the senate commerce committee. The measure, approved without a record vote, heads to conference where a sharp fight is expected. No new work was authorized. Senator Harrison failed to push 27 million but succeeded in 24 million after long debate, 34 to 22.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Reed
Missouri
Harrison
Vice President Marshall Calls for Faith in Church Reform
Washington May 2 Vice President Marshall in an interchurch world movement meeting urged the church to prove its work by faith. He critiqued laws against murder and larceny, warning that elders and deacons profit from vice. Ambassador Geddes argued religion lags behind industry and warned democracy could be crushed by materialism and coercion.
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Washington
Marshall
Auckland Geddes
Interchurch World Movement
Sir Auckland Geddes
Amundsen Party Icebound at Siberian Port
The Amundsen polar expedition on the steamer Maud is ice-bound at the mouth of the Kolyma River in Siberia. Dispatches released today from the navy department indicate the party awaits a chance to sail southward.
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Washington
Amundsen Polar Exploration Party
Maud
Kolyma_ river
Siberia
Navy Department
New Jersey Vote To Be Recounted
Chief Justice William S Gammers of the New Jersey Supreme Court signed an order for a statewide recount of votes cast in last Tuesday's presidential preferential primaries for Senator Johnson and Major General Wood The recount will begin May 10 and cover the entire state
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Newark
N. J
William S. Gammers
Supreme Court
Johnson
Wobbly Strike Fails For Butte Program
In Butte Montana on May Day no I W W strikes occurred. Mine workers at Anaconda and Great Falls reported normal operations with reduced crews. The Roundup area saw a separate fatal shooting suicide with a ranch hand killing his wife and two daughters before taking his own life.
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Butte
Montana
John Gillie
Anaconda
Metal Mine Workers’ Union No. 800
Joseph C. West
West
Donna Tyrrell
Sarah Tyrell
Wests
Thomas Beasley
Roundup
Seattle
Poor Stock Sales At Billings Show
Ninety four prime Montana bred Hereford stock sold for about 24000 at the annual Montana stock association sale in Billings, averaging around 250 per head. The top price was 1050 for Panama 52 a three year old bull bred by A B Cook of Helena. Local buyers also purchased bulls and heifers at prevailing prices amid disappointing market signals. Stillwater county stockmen plan ongoing improvements and expect future leadership in pure bred cattle production.
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Columbus News
State Association
Billings
Panama
A. B. Cook
Helena
Yates and Selkirk
Fishtail
Tintinger
Park City
L. C. Piper
Tacke Heimstra
Stillwater
May Day Riots Erupt in Paris Clashes, Casualties Reported
In Paris on May 1, 7000 demonstrators clashed with Republican guards and police on the Boulevards of the St Martin quarter. Two killed and about 50 wounded, with students driving auto buses amid strikes. Socialist deputies Vaillant Couturier and Alexandre H Blanc injured near Place de la Republique as police used flying squads to disperse crowds.
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Paris
St. Martin
Chamber of Deputies
MM. Vaillant-Couturier
Alexandre H. Blanc
Place de la Republique
Billings Visitor C. M. Bair in City on Republican Business
C. M. Bair, veteran sheepman from Billings and longtime prominent Republican donor, visited the city on a business trip. He said election planning occurred in Helena and commented on party activities and local involvement.
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C. M. Bair
Billings
Me. Bair
Helena
Goa
Farmers To Control Next Wheat Supply
Representatives from wheat growing communities at the National Wheat Growers Association convention vote to form a large farmers combine. Experts call it the largest farmer combine yet as it seeks to cut the middleman, lift producer profits, and lower living costs. Local cooperatives will organize cereal growers with marketing associations and centralized headquarters in market centers.
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Kansas City
United States
National Wheat Growers’ Association
Picture of Clarence Smith Mountaineering Peak
Geed Picture Clarence Smith presents an excellent image of the Crazy Mountains taken from the Montana Power Co block top. One view features a bald eagle perched on a dead tree limb.
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Clarence Smith
Montana Power Co
Tractor Drives Off In Barn Chase Leaves Man Injured
In Bridgeport Connecticut William Stanislaw of Milford was pinned by a runaway farm tractor inside a barn. He escaped through a window and sustained four broken ribs and a deep cut on his right arm requiring twenty stitches. The incident happened as the tractor suddenly moved and pinned him against a wall and the tractor backed away.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William Stanislaw
Milford
Stanislaw
Saniglaw & Merry
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