National Republicans Open Bid for 1924 Convention City
Washington November 14 The 1924 Republican national committee opens bids from Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines and San Francisco to host the June convention with invitations to be heard at the New Willard next day. Chicago favored despite hotel-rate complaints. other cities stress central location and large hotel capacity. The committee chair is David Mulvane with a full panel and sets hearings by alphabetical order.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
Lowden
Illinois
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
San Francisco
National
New Willard Hotel
David Mulvane
Kansas
Charles D. Hilles
New York
W. M. Butler
Massachusetts
Ralph Williams
Oregon
H. L. Remmell
Arkansas
Fred W. Upham
National Committee
Burton
Carmi Thompson
Cummins
Rawson
Warren Shannon
Windy City
Upham
Corn Belt
West
Republican Party
Ohio
Gasoline Prices Fall Across the Eastern Seaboard
Gasoline price cuts spread from the Midwest to the eastern seaboard with several large refineries trimming prices by one cent a gallon. Tank wagon prices drop to 14 14 to 15 5 cents and crude costs ease as storage and output trends shift amid overproduction and rising inventories.
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New York
Middle West
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Eastern
Seaboard
Gulf 671 Company
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
California
Texas
Death of Banker Marlon M. Fairchild Shrouded in Mystery
In Reno Nevada on Nov 13 a prominent banker and state family member Marlon M. Fairchild was found dead in his car with a gunshot wound to the left chest. Autopsy findings suggest he was shot earlier in the day and then drove to the location before dying.
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Reno
Marlon’ M. Fairchild
Fairchild
Montana Stockmen In Chicago For Hearing
Montana livestock producers testified in Chicago as witnesses for the department of agriculture probe into the Morris and Armour Packing merger. E M Heinrich of Hardin Mont said he favored consolidation of one firm over elimination of either, answering affirmatively to a question by Morris and Co counsel M W Borders.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Morris and Armour Packing
E. M. Heinrich
Hardin, Mont
Armour Or
Morris Packing
M. W. Borders
Morris & Co
Bomb Kills Real Estate Dealer and Son in Corpus Christi
A box bomb killed J. A. Barnes and fatally wounded his 12 year old son Jesse in Corpus Christi Texas. Mrs Barnes injured as windows shattered and the home wrecked. Police say Mexican boy Juan Morales arrested with details of a “crippled white man” delivering the package.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
J. A. Barnes
Jesse
Barnes
San Antonio
Juan Morales
Morales
San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad
Bridegroom Delay Stuns Demon Process Server
Clarence Smith known as Smithy the Demon Process Server waited all day for Leonard Wood Jr to marry Dolores Graves. The wedding postponed, the couple moved to Washington to wed tomorrow as legal papers seek salary from Wood for Actors Equity. Dolores Graves Wood also set to appear in a Manhattan production next week.
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New York
Clarence Smith
Smithy
Leonard Wood, Jr
The
Philippines
Dolores Graves
San Francisco
Mr. Wood
Miss Graves
Lancaster
Washington
Actors Equity Association
Wood
Dolores Graves Wood
Manhattan
German Marks Bought To Pay Church Debt
A Methodist Episcopal church board member recounts in Brooklyn how in 1920 they paid off 2,000,000 dollars of German church mortgages with 116,000 dollars in cash then. He notes the 1920 value of marks and that today the debt could be settled for a fraction of a cent.
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New York
Simpson Church
Brooklyn
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Germany
E. G. Richardson
Atlanta
Poultry Show Boost Planned by Sweet Grass County Businesses
The Sweet Grass County Poultry Association met Big Timber merchants to promote the third annual poultry show set for December 6 to 8 in the county high school auditorium. President Clark W. Allen opened remarks, with speakers Dr. A P O Leary L F Douthett and Alex Fyfe outlining goals to promote the poultry industry. Mayor Trower chaired as committees were formed to gather more support and engage county commissioners. Merchants pledged funds and prizes, with donations totaling at least 85 dollars and multiple sponsors ready to provide special prizes for exhibitors wives will present ribbons to winners at the show. The association plans a poultry supper finale with a high state official speaker and prizes distributed by local young ladies. A full premium list will appear next week.
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Sweet Grass County Poultry Association
Big Timber
Clark W. Allen
The
Poultry Association
Sweet Grass County
A. P. O'Leary
L. F. Douthett
Alex Fyfe
M. M
Trower
Pioneer
John Watt
J. H. Trower
Dr. A. P. O'Leary
Big Timber Meat Market
Thompson Yards
the Fair
Cash
Big Timber Supply House
O. Nordstrom
O. Miller
National Vigilance Association Forms to Fight Ku Klux Klan
A national committee of educators business leaders and professionals forms the National Vigilance Association in Washington aiming to disintegrate the Ku Klux Klan. It plans a national campaign to pass anti masking laws require public rosters federal statutes against mob violence and federal prosecutions and to promote respect for government through education agitation and organization.
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Washington, D. C
National Vigilance Association
Ku Klux Klan
Bible Class Contests Spark Cheating Claims in Long Beach KC
Long Beach and Kansas City business men's Bible classes end a five Sunday contest with Kansas City leading but accusations of cheating fly. Kansas City official claims attendance was 17 104 below the published total after audits by detectives and counting machines. Mayor Bullman of Long Beach counters that Kansas City violated rules by not meeting in one place.
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Long Beach
Cal
Business Men’s Bible
Kansas City
H. J. W. Lingenfelter
Co. A. Bullman
Montana Supreme Court Grants New Trials In Two Drug Case Reversals
The Montana Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling in a Butte drug case and allowed a new trial after finding the jury could set penalties from one to one thousand dollars. The decision also reversed a Hill County case and addressed liquor in a separate appeal involving Paul Miller.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Henry Mark
Butte
Supreme Court
Silver Bow
District Court
Hill County
Paul Miller
British Parliament Reopens Amid Free Trade Crisis
The British Parliament resumes work without ceremony to tackle unfinished measures like workman’s compensation as a political crisis over protection versus free trade intensifies. Dissolution is expected next Thursday after a key conference between the prime minister and the king.
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London
Humdrum
House of Commons
Baldwin
Colorado Well Sets New Pace As Gusher
A Union Oil test well 14 miles north of Fort Collins Colorado began Sunday with 100,000 cubic feet per day and surged to an estimated 1,500,000 cubic feet daily by 4 PM. The well blew in with a roar heard for miles and gas escape could be heard for five miles. The flow, tinged with color, hints at possible oil production within the next 94 hours after drilling began Sunday morning at a depth of 4285 feet.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Union Oil Company
Here
Gallatin Valley Boy Killed In Accident
Bozeman Montana November 10. James Harvey Boling 16 son of Mrs Nancy Boling Manhattan was instantly killed by an accidental shotgun discharge in the hands of Howard Talbot 16. The two youths were duck hunting four miles southeast of Manhattan when Talbot dropped the gun and it fired into Boling’s head. Mothers of both boys are widows. Remains brought to Bozeman and accidental death recorded. no inquest.
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Bozeman
James Harvey Boling
Nancy Boling
Manhattan
Howard Talbot
Talbot
Boling
Jury fixes penalty in case of Claude Bovee
District court juries wrestled through a day of trials with Walter Webster acquitted on liquor possession and Richard Mjelde acquitted on sale charges after an alibi claim. Claude A Bovee faced a statutory offense for living with Catherine Lennen, with a guilty verdict and a penalty set at not less than two years.
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Deer Lodge
Webster
Mjelde
District Court
North Coast
Miller
State of
Montana
Walter Webster
Severin Nelson
J. J. Michels
C. A. Rupert
Hugh L. Overfelt
B. A. Flemming
Clinton Carter
Harold Branne
J. N. McChesnie
A. G. Davidson
Carl Hausserman
Paul Fischer
James R. Kelsey
E. H. Amick
John E. Jacobs
Frank Whitsel
Richard Mjelde
A. J. Turco
Sam Webster
A. P. O'Leary
Grand Hotel
Gibson
Crest
Allen Conwell
Conwell
Martha Muir
Davis
A. Whitney
Harold Branac
E. W. Andrews
Tom Hoyem
J. L. Rapstad
Perry Phelps
O. P. Terland
J. B. Broker
Walter C. Dutton
Jerome Owens
Claude A. Bovee
Catherine Lennen
Emma Cook
John Forsythe
Kinkead
Estel Kinder
Marie Bovee
Bovee
Atlanta Attorney Faces Insanity Plea in Klan Murder
Atlanta. Philip E. Fox, a klan publicity man, is expected to plead delusional insanity at his upcoming murder trial for shooting W. S. Coburn, a klan attorney. Fox and his physician say Fox was insane at the time, and the court heard medical opinion supporting mental unbalance. Separately, a peace warrant against Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans was dismissed after Dr. Fred B. Johnston urged dropping it in the interest of all involved.
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Atlanta
Philip E. Fox
W. S. Coburn
Fox
Coburn
Linton Smith
H. W. Evans
Fred B. Johnston
Emperor Simmons
Evans
Johnston
Israel Zangwill Doubtful About War
New York Nov 12 Israel Zangwill English author wrote in reply to Stanford Menken president of the National Security League. Zangwill argued the United States was not attacked in the last war and Americans should avoid militarism. He urged disarmament as a global ideal.
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New York
United States
Israel Zangwill
Stanford Menken
National Security League
Perth Amboy
N. J
Zangwill
America
Second Stock Meet Set for November 17 in Big Timber
The Sweet Grass County Woolgrowers Association calls a second livestock meeting for Saturday November 17 at 2 PM in Big Timber High School. R E Bateman from Billings discusses federal help to combat coyotes and wolves, while Glen Smith Montana forest supervisor and George E Martin Absaroka Reserve supervisor present on forest reserve rates and related issues.
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Sweet Grass
Absoraka
Montana
Big Timber
Former Kaiser Wilhelm Reunites With Separated Family
The former German crown prince Frederick William, his wife Princess Cecilie, and their children held a quiet reunion at Oecls after a five year separation. He traveled from the Dutch border by car and the family avoided fanfare as they returned to their living quarters. William Hohenzollern at Doorn continues his routine amid unconfirmed Berlin travel rumors.
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Cels
Cecilie
Frederick William
Oecls
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National Order
Colorado
Gusher
Gallatin Valley
Claude Boyee
Kaiser Wilhelm
Doorn
William Hohenzollern
Doorn House
Berlin
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