Murder and Political Turmoil Stretch European Tensions
The piece surveys the anthracite coal strike in Pennsylvania with Governor Pinchot’s plan for wage hikes and union recognition, then shifts to Europe where Italy presses for penalties over the Greco Albanian frontier murder and threatens action in Tangier and Fiume. It notes Irish Free State elections and German Ruhr resistance inching toward abandonment as Bavaria seeks more autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Elgin's reply to British note angered France and Britain
Elgin's response upholds France on Ruhr but suggests Germany pay allies in proportion to damages. Belgium would bear repair costs, France would lose pensions for 1.6 million dead and 2 million wounded, Belgium for 23 thousand dead and 40 thousand mutilated.
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Elginn
France
Great Britain
Ruhr
Germany
Belgium
American Red Cross delegates balk at Geneva meeting
American delegates to the International Red Cross conference in Geneva halted further participation after a Swiss report suggested moneyed influence should not dictate leadership. The note referenced American funding for the League of Red Cross Societies and aimed to reassure U S participants via a cable from Gustave Ader to John Barton Payne.
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Ernest P. Bicknell
R. BE. Olds
W. G. Pearce
International Red Cross
Geneva
Paris
United States
International Red Cross Committee
Red Cross
American
League of Red Cross Societies
B. P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
Gustave Ader
John Barton Payne
Aviators Smith and Richter Break Six Flight Records
Apt. Lowell Smith and Lieut. John Richter set six aviation records in San Diego California flying for over thirty seven hours. They established four new speed records and marks in duration and distance while making fifteen in flight contacts to refuel restock and resupply.
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Apt
Lowell Smith
John Richter
San Diego
Cal
United States Recognizes Mexico Government
Official recognition of the government of Mexico by the United States was announced Friday in Washington and Mexico City. The move precedes the formal resumption of diplomatic relations, welcomed by Mexicans with joy.
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Mexico
United States
Washington
Mexico City
Montana Not a Polar State Despite Cold Lore
Montana climate shown as milder than claimed with January averages across Havre St Paul Des Moines and Helena cited to refute polar state rumor. Record highs cited include Glendive 117 in 1898 while southern states reached higher temps. Also reports of rattlesnake incident near Roundup a man buried by a disc near Baker and harvest notes from Power area.
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Fort Keogh
Miles City
America
Montana
Union
Havre
United States
Duluth
St. Paul
Devil's Lake
N. D
Helena
Mont
Des Moines
Iowa
Rockies
Glendive
eGorgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Virginia
Louisiana
Fritz Jatsee
Robert C. Wilson
Baker
Wilson
Wibaux
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Kalispell
Power
Teton County
DI Paso
Texas
Pueblo del Sur
Sonora
Mexico
Benjamine C. Moore
Virginia City
Phil Greytag
Greytag
Montana Timber Cuts Reach 666 Million Feet Yearly
Forest Service figures show Montana's 54 billion feet of timber, with two thirds cut annually. Private owners hold about one fourth of the total, while 6 million acres of merchantable timber are government owned. Fires, insects, and noncommercial lands reduce available timber, and several local incidents include a near-fatal mower accident near Niehart and a destructive fire at Occident elevator in Nashua.
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Montana
Federal Forest Service
Forest Service
State Forest Service
W. D. Rankin
C. C. Davis
Duluth
Minneapolis
Charles McGibben
Niehart
McGibben
Deaconess
Great Falls
Nashua
Glasgow
First National Bank of
Shelby
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D. C
Henry R. T. Foreman
William Leonard
White Sulphur Springs
Muddy Creek
Bitter Root Valley
John A. Wood
Victor
Susie Alford
J. C. York
Ekalaka
A. J. Heerix
Montana State Poultry Breeders Association
J. P. Dawson
Billings
Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Indies
Order
Prairie County
Valley Center
Big Horn Valley
Hardin
Miles City
North and South
Oil News Trails Montana Oil Output and Wells
Montana wells average 52 barrels per day, behind California at 55.3. Utah, Arkansas, Wyoming show higher averages than Montana. Second quarter output totals 615,455 barrels valued at $1,091,038 with Cat Creek field producing 560,411 barrels. The Irantz Corp led with 244,498 barrels, followed by Mid-Northern Oil 186,248 and Ohio Oil 45,132. Several new wells and drillings progress across the state, including Vifty-Six Petroleum west Cat Creek and Blackhawk in Fergus county, while other fields and projects advance with cap rock drillings and new rigs.
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Montana
United States Geological Survey
California
Arkansas
Wyoming
United States
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Texas
Auditing Department of the State
Cat Creek
Irantz Corporation
Mid-Northern Oil Company
Ohio Oil Company
Kevin-Sunburst
Vifty-Six Petroleum Company
West Cat Creel
California Tract
Musselshell
Blackhawk
Fergus County
Flatwillow
Sunburst Ol and Gas Company
Baker- Howling
Crow's Nest Oil Company
Columbia Falls
Cut Creek
Mutual Oil Company
Illinois Pipe Line Company
State Railroad Commission
Ellis
Platwillow
Anna May Company
Coalwood
Custer County
Sparta
Snyder No
Lake Basin
Stillwater County
Snyder
Chester
Liberty County
Great Falls
Madison
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Evangeline Duff
Hoboken
N. J
Gov. Pinchot
Italy
Greece
Albania
Coolidge
United States Coal Commission
Europe
Austria
Serbia
Enrico Tellini
Janina
Santi Quaranta
Mussolini
Montagna
Athens
Piraeus
Taranto
Capo di Leuca
Council of Ambassadors
League of Nations
Tangier
England
Spain
London
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Fiume
Irish Free State
Cosgrave
Eamonn de Valera
County Clare
John McNeill
Free State
Countess Markiewiccz
Mary MacSwiney
Cosg
Ssissippi
Democratic Party
Henry L. Whitfield
The
State College For Women
Theodore G. Bilbo
Eforb
Stresemann
Berlin
Bavaria
Rhineland
Prussia
Saxony
Rhineland Commission
Coblenz
Polar Region
Treasure State News
Kremlin Petroleum Company
Gildford
Kremlin
Clinton Hill
Raven Oil Company
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