Uprising in the Caucasus and Soviet Military Response
Edward Pickard reports a growing revolt across the Caucasus spreading into southern Russia. Trotzky leads suppression efforts as Red Army and Cheka crack down, with battles around Batum, Tiflis isolation, and oil fields dynamited. Turko-Soviet dynamics, famine fears, and new League disarmament drafts conclude with European power maneuvering.
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Edward W. Pickard
Caucasus
Russia
Moscow
Trotzky
Cheka
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Batum
Danielenko
Batum- Tiflis
Tiflis
Baku
Red Army
Odessa
Sebastopol
Crimea
Leningrad
Enver Pasha
Djemal Pasha
Turkestan
Persia
Near East
Hungary
Rumania
Germany
League of Nations
Bulgaria
Northern clash looms in Chinese civil war as rivals converge
News from the civil war in China notes Wu Pei Fu and Chang Tso Lin lining up for what could be a decisive battle. Reports say Chang moves toward Peking along the Mukden railway and Jehol while Wu's forces push to Shanhaikwan near the great wall. Fighting near Shanghai wanes as both sides dig in awaiting northern results.
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China
Wu Pei Fu
Chihli
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Peking
Chang
Mukden
Jehol
Tsao Kun
Feng Yuh Siang
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Shanghai
Debtor Nations Await U S Negotiations on Debt Terms
FYRANCE nears giving up hope of U S debt cancellation and plans a refunding commission. President Coolidge says no action will occur until the U S foreign debt commission chaired by Secretary Melton makes recommendations. Italian debt also awaits review, with potential for more liberal terms than the Britain settlement.
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Fyrance
United States
Coolidge
Melton
Great Britain
Thousands of Legionnaires Pack St Paul For Sixth Convention
About forty thousand former service men gathered in St Paul Minnesota for the American Legion sixth annual convention with parade bands drlums and floats. Gen Charles G Dawes attended but declined the reviewing stand to march with the Legion. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis spoke urging Legionnaires to vote and back civic duty. Omaha won the next convention site as the 40 and 8 group mounted comic parades and a large variety show.
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St. Paul
Minn
The
American Legion
Charles G. Dawes
Legion
Kenesaw AM. Landis
Omaha
Steel firms abandon bid to challenge FTC ruling on pricing
J L L compliance with the Fed eral Trade Commission order ends efforts to take the Pittsburgh plus pricing case to the Supreme Court. The United States Steel Corporation and subsidiaries say the order’s validity and the commission’s jurisdiction are not admitted while they promise not to quote rolled steel prices from any basing point other than their manufacturing or originating location.
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JLL
Federal Trade Commission
Pittsburgh Plus
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
Commission
Aviators Complete Cross-Continent Flight To West Coast
After a five year feud in the steel arena, the airmen reach the final leg of their globe encircling journey. The flight moved across the continent last week toward Oregon where the expedition started. Chicago, Omaha, St. Joseph, Muskogee and Dallas welcomed the aviators for two days each before heading toward the Rockies and southern California.
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Oregon
Chicago
Omaha
St. Joseph
Muskogee
Dallas
Rockies
California
Wilbur rails against Volstead act at Catalina
Secretary Wilbur former California chief justice attacked the Volstead act and emergency era statutes at a California Bar event on Catalina Island. He warned of injunctive powers and penalties without trial and cited trends toward restricting private rights, while White House and budget disputes trimmed navy funding and aviation programs.
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Ecretary OF
NAVY
Wilbur
Supreme Court of California
California Bar Association
Catalina Island
United States
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Colidge
American German claims commission awards total over 65 million
Last week the American German claims commission issued awards totaling more than 65 million dollars. About 37 million goes to 61 American insurance companies and 24.3 million to the veterans bureau. Umpire Parker ruled against American life insurance firms in ten Lusitania sinking cases.
Deaths of Sports Figures and Politician Mark Era Endings
Rank Chance known as the Peerless Leader of the Cubs dies in California. Auto racer Jimmie Murphy is killed in a Syracuse race. William L. Douglas former Massachusetts governor and shoe magnate dies in Boston at seventy nine.
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Rank Chance
Cubs
California
Jimmie Murphy
Syracuse
N. Y
William L. Douglas
Massachusetts
Boston
Prince of Wales visits New York after polo clash
The Prince of Wales, impressed by American polo victories over his countrymen, spent several days in New York City and has now proceeded to his ranch in western Canada.
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Prince of Wales
New York City
Canada
Montana plans West Point appointments and bank reopenings
Senator Wheeler announces exams for Montana youths 17 to 22 seeking West Point admission with tests October 25 in designated cities Kalispell Missoula Butte Dillon Helena Great Falls Bozeman Havre Lewistown Billings Glasgow Miles City Glendive. The Sweet Grass First International Bank reopens after recapitalization and asset cleanup as state banks recover from crisis.
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West Point
United States Military Academy
Montana
Burton F. Wheeler
Civil Service
Senator Wheeler
Senate
Washington
D. C
Kalispell
Missoula
Butte
Dilon
Helens
Great Falls
Bozeman
Havre
Lewistown
Billings
Glasgow
Miles City
Glendive
Sweet Grass Bank
First International Bank
Sweet Grass
Toole County
L. Q. Skelton
State Bank Examiner
C. F. Morris
Douglas Parker
Ray Barkaloo
Skelton
Family Deserted at Glendive Park Faces Hunger
A Minot North Dakota family Wolf with five children aged 2 to 7 was found in want at Glendive tourist park on September 22. The mother, near frantic, struggles to feed the children while the husband has been in Canada for over three weeks with no word of his return.
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Poplar
Wolf Point
Roosevelt County
Anderson
Pal
Everett Kaoski
John Kaoski
Stockett
William Lahto
Lahto
Lee Roy McBurney
Kaoski
Laho
Frank Turlock
Glendive
Turlock
Buerkle
Goodher
Canada
Wolf
Minot
N. D
Rail Commission
Montane Railroad Commission
W. D. Rankin
Milwaukee and
Northern Pacific Railways
Lombard
Northern Pacific
Helena
Victor Fire Destroys Much Of Victor Business District
A September 21 fire in Victor destroyed key structures in the main business area. The pool hall, Victor Mercantile, Farmers Bank, Masonic temple, Safley Drug, and several offices were damaged or ruined with total losses estimated between fifty thousand and seventy five thousand dollars. Firefighters and residents battled the blaze despite strong winds.
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Victor
Rudolph Franke
Main Street
Victor Mercantile Company
Farmer's State Bank
Masonic Temple
Victor Realty Company
Safley
Farmer’s Bank
Kaa
United States Forest Bureau
Jennie Murphy
Wannacott & Howard Meat Market
Hunts kin link to Ma Ferguson amid Montana past
Shelby Texas man known as Hunter faces trial for slaying his wife at Sweetgrass on September 8. His brother T J Hunt of Waco says they are second cousins to Ma Ferguson, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor. Hunter's Montana years include cattle drives and a name change before a possible execution if convicted.
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Shelby
E. B
Tex” Hunt
Sweetgrass
Ma” Ferguson
Texas
T. J. Hunt
Waco
Montana
Hunter
Washington
Lone Star State
Texas & Brazos Railway
Long Trail
Little County
Infantile paralysis improves in Montana counties
Health officials report the infantile paralysis outbreak easing since July with Garfield county showing subsidence and Missoula cases decreasing to a milder form. Yellowstone, Gallatin, Ravalli, Dillon and Lima also report few cases as cold weather nears, while disputes over rail connections and birth rate data are noted elsewhere.
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Montana
Garfield County
Missoula
State Department of Public Health
Yellowstone
Billings
Gallatin County
Bozeman
Butte
Ravalli
Dillon
Lima
L. L. Benepe
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Intermountain enrollments reach 175 in mixed faith student body
Intermountain reports 175 students registered in both academy and college with enrollment expected to top 290 as arrivals continue. Though supported by Methodist and Presbyterian denominations, many students come from Christian Science Christian Lutheran German Lutheran Baptist Episcopalian Congregational and other faiths, including multiple Methodists and Presbyterians.
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Intermountain
Five Game Law Violators Arrested at Polson
Federal Game Warden Hamson arrested five men at Polson since the hunting season opened. Four Missoula men Dick Haner John Morgan George De Fersne and Frank De Fersne pleaded guilty to shooting ducks at Nine Pipes reservoir before legal time and were fined 25 dollars plus costs. I I Scott of Missoula also paid the same fine.
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Hamson
Polson
Nine Pipes Reservoir
Missoula
Dick Haner
John Morgan
George
Frank de Fersne
Hitchcock
I. I. Scott
Nervy Auto Thief Scampers Through Bozeman Chase
Bozeman auto theft ends when a man swings a Buick into high gear and crashes into ties at Milwaukee yards before fleeing on foot. Bob Yetsinga, manager of Bozeman Auto, witnessed the pursuit as a second garage worker joined the chase along Main Street.
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Bozeman
Bob Yetsinga
Bozeman Auto Company
Milwaukee Yards
Harlem Seeks National Guard Company Muster
Cecil Smith of Harlem post No. 54 says enough men have signed for a Harlem national guard company and will muster in once Adjutant General Sheridan approves. Harlem previously missed muster due to state quota. a vacancy opens for an infantry unit. Dr. J P Leake to study infantile paralysis in Montana per Public Health Service and Surgeon General Cummings response to W F Cogswell.
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State Guard
Cecil Smith
Harlem
American Legion
National Guard
Sheridan
J. P. Leake
United States Public Health Service
Montana
H. S. Cummings
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
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Norman Bruce
Champanign
vVon Seeckt
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Ludendorff
Tannenberg
East Prussia
Secretary of the Navy
Captain Gherards
Mare Island
Alameda Naval Bases
San Francisco
Liuho
R. Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Assembly of
League
Middle West
Victors
State’ Capital News
Charles T. Stewart
John M. Evans
Sam” Hampton
Farmer-Labor
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