National Coal Commission Opens Hearings on Prices and Supply
The commission, led by Hays Hammond and including George Otis Smith and Charles P. Neil, convened to uncover essential facts about the coal industry. Dr Edward Devine did not attend the session. A preliminary report is due next January, with ongoing investigations beyond. The aim is to secure steady coal supply at fair prices and wages, informing the public and prompting further information before final reports to the president and Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alschulerf
Chicago
Charles P. Neil
Nise
Marshall
Harding
Edward Devine
New York
Congress
Escapes Fate Lverage Autoist TR Main Campaign Report
A garbled report notes a Democratic campaign event with an auto incident on North to tasted route. The fragment mentions a political party, injuries, and several names, but the text is unclear and partially unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TR Main
Willpy Haroon
Fea
No title available from readable text
A fragmentary notice lists events and attractions at a farm fair with booths and side shows including a radio event and dances. It mentions a characterful show title and promises entertainment and refreshments, but many phrases are garbled.
Sugar Plants Closed By Sugar President
Claus A. Spreckles, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Co, announced from New York that the Yonkers plant would be shut down amid calls for lower prices. He cited outlooks of earlier Cuban and European beet crops, saying sugar prices have risen on speculation and should drop as the new crop arrives, possibly by December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Claus A. Spreckles
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Federal Company
Yonkers
Harding Says Booze Has Gone For Good
President Harding told allied Christian societies at the White House that the nation will never depart from the 18th amendment. He urged continued effort in international affairs and expressed belief the country should aid the world in its relations abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Conference of Allied Christian Societies
White House
Protest over grab moat by prohibition squad unfolds
The article reports a protest presented to the state department concerning the Emerald seizure eight miles off the coast. It questions whether the schooner remained in touch with shore by her own boats, challenging the new policy to confine prohibition enforcement within three miles of territorial waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Oregon Senator McNary Pushes Rural Credits Bill
Senator McNary of Oregon drafts a rural credits bill with a revolving fund of 12 to 31 million dollars per federal reserve district for short term farm loans backed by warehouse certificates. He expects rapid passage and heads to Oregon to campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McNary
Oregon
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Congress
Federal Reserve District
Pioneer cowpuncher Kay Lowry buried in Harlem
Kay Lowry also known as Kay a 40 year Montana cowpuncher died last Sunday and was buried in Harlem with Odd Fellows services. Dozens of old tim ers attended the funeral where Rev J H K Moffett gave the sermon.
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Harlem
Montana
Kile Lowry
Kay
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lowry
J. H. Kk. Moffett
The
Presbyterian Church
Weeks Again Presses For Larger Army In U S Policy
Secretary Weeks and General Pershing tell President Harding a regular army of 13 000 officers and 150 000 men is needed to meet national defense acts. The 329 million dollar war budget includes pay subsistence clothing for all branches and raises for the National Guard reserves and training corps while non military items total 65.9 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weeks
Harding
War Secretary
White House
Pershing
War Department
Regular Army
Officers Training Corps
National Guard
Guard
Siki to fight Beckett in London for European title
Battling Siki, conqueror of Georges Carpentier, agrees to meet Joe Beckett in London on November 23 for the European heavyweight championship. Promoter Major Arnold L. Wilson secures both fighters and signs Siki for a purse of 4 550 pounds, with Hellers handling Siki's affairs until May 30, 1923.
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Paris
Siki
Georges Carpentier
Joe Beckett
Europe
London
Arnold L. Wilson
M. Hellers
Hellers
Tex Rickard
United States
Major Wilson
Beckett
Frank Moran
State Bank of Belt Closes After Arrest
GREAT FALLS Oct 15 The State Bank of Belt closed Friday morning after the arrest of its president L B Lockhart in Great Falls on complaints by State Bank Examiner H E Stewart of misappropriating 5000 of bank funds and also affecting the Miners State Bank of Sand Coulee Lockhart had bought interests in the Belt bank two years earlier and later gained control of both banks He is out on bond under two embezzlement complaints and both banks remain closed.
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Great Falls
State Bank of
Belt
L. B. Lockhart
State Bank
H. E. Stewart
Miners State Bank of Sand Coulee
Lockhart
Harry Skinner
Northern Pacific Restores Cafe Observation Cars
The Northern Pacific Railway will restore cafe observation cars on ten passenger trains effective October 7. A. B. Smith says shopcrafts strike handicaps are largely overcome and lists trains 55 and 60 Duluth to Staples, 721 and 222 Logan to Helena, 223 and 224 Logan to Butte, 256 and 257 Butte to Missoula, and 422 and 423 Seattle to Hoquiam.
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Northern Pacific Railway
A. B. Smith
Northern Pacific
Butte
Missoula
Seattle
Hoquiam
Many Counties Show Drop In Voting List
Helena Oct. 17 state official figures show 54 counties have smaller registration for the November 7 election than for two years ago. Seven counties report increases Big Horn Carbon Gallatin Jefferson Park Powell and Sweet Grass. State total 243 924 down 17 334 from two years ago but up 19 782 from August primary. Largest registrants Silver Bow Cascade Fergus Yellowstone and Flathead.
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Helena
Ettee Har
Secretary of State
Big Horn
Carbon
Gallatin
Jefferson
Park
Powell and
Sweet Grass
Silver Bow
Cascade
Fergus
Yellowstone
Flathead
Gland Bandits Seek New Victims Amid Odd Theft
Chicago reports two more cases of grand larceny tied to a bizarre gland theft. Electrical worker Henry Johnson reveals a prior similar attack and a third possible victim. Dr Hugh McKechnie of the Chicago Medical Society says steps will be taken to halt this new form of banditry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Wozniak
Henry Johnson
Weenink
Ane
Hugh MM MecKechnie
Chicago Medical Society
American Legion Vets to Elect New Head Friday
At the fourth annual American Legion convention in New Orleans delegates focus on Friday’s election for national commander. Nine states back favorite candidates. Alvin M. Owsley of Texas is formally presented with state endorsement. Colonel C R Forbes left for Washington with his staff amid controversy over attempts to influence the leadership choice.
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New Orleans
British Legion
Prince of Wales
Alaska Legionnaires
American Legion
Legion
Texas
Alvin M. Owsley
Americanism Commission
C. R. Forbes
United States Veteran Bureau
Hanford MacNider
Washington
Forbes
William F. Deegan
New York
Harding
Burt Armstrong to Run for Montana Legislature in Democratic Ticket
Burt B Armstrong, prominent Park county rancher and son of the late O T Armstrong, will replace his father as the Democratic nominee for the Montana House seat. The decision was approved unanimously by the county central committee. He has long been a leading figure in Yellowstone valley farming and stock raising.
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Livingston
Burt B. Armstrong
Montana
O. T. Armstrong
Park County
Burt Armstrong
Democratic County Central Committee
M. J. Walsh
Armstrong
E. Pat Kelly
Daniel Healy
Senate
E. M. Sybert
House
Yellowstone Valley
Hoover Frowns On Canceling Of Allied Debt
Toledo October 16 Herbert Hoover secretary of commerce and allied debt commission member warned that repudiation of war loans would undermine international good faith and that no public official in the United States or elsewhere could or should approve their cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
United States
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Allied Debt Commission
First Prison Break At Deer Lodge
ANACONDA October 17 Two convicts Mason Dougherty eighteen and Henry Murrell twenty scaled the high walls of the Montana state penitentiary and slipped away undetected by on duty guards. Warden Potter was reportedly absent from the city and officials offered no details or confirmation.
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Anaconda
Montana State Penitentiary
Standard
Mason Dougherty
Henry Murrell
Potter
Frear Targets Standard Oil in Tax Transparency Push
Representative Frear of Wisconsin says Standard Oil of New Jersey paid a 400 percent dividend and asks Secretary Mellon if the treasury used section 220 of the 1921 act to reach holders. He cites reports of stock dividends by subsidiaries and predicts United States Steel may do the same. He plans to push in the next Congress to require all income tax reports be public records.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Oday
Treasury
Frear
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Frear
Sweet Grass Sees Big Rise in Mineral Right Valuation
Helena Oct 17 Montana counties may gain from a state board of equalization decision. Valuation of all reserves of mineral rights to be no less than five dollars per acre, boosting total state valuation by nearly eight and a half million dollars. Rosebud and Musselshell counties lead gains while others across the state also expect increases.
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Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Rosebud
Giclee. Nalley
Dawon
Gallatin
Welch
Board
Musselshell
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Tewis .Nn
Eagle
Chitin
John Woo
Mr Hamimond
George Otis
Diaadithe Athinta
Georgia
Zamogial Survey
Clark
Lverage
Were
Pete
Blue Beards
Vallery
Radio Ee
Susar
Spreeckles
Cuba
France
Prohibition
Alfeos
Beenoe
Amers
England
State Bank of Belt
N. P
Gland Bandits
Colonel Forbes
Father
Deer Lodge
Standard Oil Co
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