China and Europe on edge as armies clash near Shanghai
News Review reports two Chinese armies about 100000 strong battle along a 30 mile front near Shanghai with foreign powers guarding utilities and civilians. Other items note the Dawes plan progress, reparations leadership, Ruhr evacuation orders, and US reactions to international diplomacy.
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Shanghai
Dawes
Edward W. Pickard
United States
Great Britain
France
Japan
Italy
Yungsze
Lake Taiho
Shanghai-Nanking
Hwangtu
Chi Hsieh Yuan
Tuchun
Kiang- Su
Lu Hung-Hsiang
Chekiang
Wu Pei Fu
Chihli
Chang Tso-lin
Manchuria
Peking
Chang
Great Wall
Sun
Canton
Dr. Sun
MacDonald Defeats French Security Pact Plan at League Talk
Prime Minister MacDonald blasts France's military security pact plan before the League of Nations in Geneva. His sharp critique draws strong applause from most delegates, prompting the French delegation to consider his suggestion as the session closes.
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MacDonald J
Great Britain
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
France
Secret talks outline Ulster entry to Irish Free State plan
Dispatches from London report secret negotiations over a plan to bring Ulster into the Irish Free State with autonomy intact. The scheme envisions nine Ulster counties under a northern parliament and executive for Irish affairs, and is said to have support from the Free State and British governments and sympathetic interest from Sir James Craig.
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London
Ulster
Irish Free State
Free State
Great Britain
James Craig
Ireland
Riots in Herrin as Klansmen clash with opponents
Herrin Illinois sees state troops back in town after a deadly riot between the Ku Klux Klan and the Nam ing Circle. Six men killed and many wounded as Sheriff Galligan leads anti klan forces. The clash follows the dropping of charges against Carl and Earl Shelton for a February murder. National Guard deployed to restore order and arrests are made on both sides.
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Errin
Illinois
Ku Klux Klan
Sheriff Galligan
Nolle
Carl
Earl Shelton
Cagle
Khin
Nlaming Circle
Herrin
National Guard
American flyers make extended return to Boston welcome
From Greenland to Labrador and Newfoundland to Nova Scotia the American army flyers completed a tour of foreign soil and water landing in Boston to a tremendous ovation. Lieutenants Wade and Ogden returned with a new plane replacing the one lost on the Iceland hop as the transcontinental leg toward the Pacific coast nears completion.
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Labrador
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Boston
Wade
Ogden
Iceland
Pacific Coast
Globe
Prince of Wales Enjoys Jolly Time on Long Island Polo and Social Scene
H R. H. the prince of Wales has delighted on Long Island despite crowd scrutiny. He joined practice polo games and observed Ep Imard lose to Wise Counsellor in the Belmont Park international race. He attended dinners breakfasts other functions and danced with younger-set members, maintaining strong popularity.
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H R. H
Prince of Wales
Long Island
Ep Imard
Wise Counsellor
Belmont Park
Oil Case Special Counsels Named
TLEE POMERENE and Owen J. Roberts are named as the two special counsel for the government in the oil cases.
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Tlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Notable Sportsmen and Figures Die in Week of Accidents and Deaths
Three sportsmen die in accidents Joe Boyer car racer sacrifices life to save spectators at Altoona Dario Resta killed at Brooklands England Edward F Geers harness racing figure dies Wheeling Miladi Guy blamed Marta Daviess novelist artist dramatist dies in New York H J Case threshing machinery inventor Lieut Gen S B M Young U S A retired Civil War and Philippines honors die this week
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Joe Boyer
Altoona Speedway
Dario Resta
Italy
Brooklands
England
Edward F. Geers
Pop
Wheeling
W. Va
Miladi Guy
Marta Thompson Daviess
New York
H. J. Case
S. B. M. Young
Philippines
New Glacier and Lake Discovered in Mission Mountains
Montana Mountaineer club members report an unmapped lake named Dumbbell Lake and a large glacier named South Glacier near the Swan River, with 21 in the party spotting a mother bear with cubs and climbing peaks up to 10,000 feet. The crew also logged seven grizzlies during the expedition.
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Mission Mountains
Montana Mountaineer Club
Swan River
South Glacier
Gorden Ranch
Dr. Freeman Daughters
University
Mountaineer Peak
McDonald Peak
Suit to Recover Great Falls Bank Funds
National Surety company has filed in U S district court to recover 10101.11 and have the claim made preferred. The company underwrote a 10000 bond covering Indian funds on deposit, exceeding 50000 at the bank's closure on January 15 1923. H W Bunston receiver of the bank is named a co defendant.
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Great Falls
Hardin State Bank
United States
National Surety Company
H. W. Bunston
State canvass renews returns from Cascade county
Official returns of the August 26 primary election were received by the state canvassing board, completing the statewide tally. Governor Dixon is expected to lead by about 8 280 votes, with minor changes from small precincts and broad support for Coolidge La Follette Walsh and Wheel er on write ins.
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Helena
Cascade
Dixon
Lee Dennis
J. E. Erickson
Roy Ayers
Miles Romney
I. G. Denny
Samuel Hampton
President Coolidge
LaFollette
T. J. Walsh
Public Utility Values Set by State for Tax
The state board of equalization announced on Sept 9 1923 that 1924 public utility valuations completed for major corporations except Montana Power. Railroads total 285 820 105 with Great Northern 82 173 165 Northern Pacific 78 816 069 and C M S P 54 809 907. Telegraphs total 1 565 664 up from 1 145 745. Western Union at 1 808 550. Telephones 5 481 003 against 4 988 869 last year. Mountain States listed 5 385 867. Pipe Lines 837 377. Taxes based 40 percent of totals and apportioned by county mileage. state shares 344 mills after local assessments.
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Helena
State Board of Equalization
Montana Power Company
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Oregon
Telegraph Company
Western Union
Telephone Company
Mountain States
Mutual Oil and Gallatin Natural Gas Company
Murder charge filed in Sweetgrass killing of Katherine Hunter
George Hunter, a Butte taxi driver, shot and killed his wife Mrs. Katherine Hunter in Sweetgrass on September 8 as she sat in an automobile with an escort. Hunter, described as intoxicated and staggering, raised a revolver and fired several times, wounding the escort and killing Mrs. Hunter instantly. Hunter is held in Toole county jail at Shelby on murder charges.
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Great Falls
Katherine Hunter
BE. B
Tex” Hunter
Montana
Sweetgrass
Toole County
Butte
Hunter
George
Shelby
Arrest in stabbing at Mexican pool hall
Butte authorities arrested a man shortly after midnight September 6 in connection with a stabbing that left Joe Martinez badly hurt after a Saturday night argument in a local Mexican pool hall. Martinez was taken to emergency care and reportedly improved by September 7 though still in critical condition.
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Butte
John Hernandez
Joe Martinez
Martinez
Fire destroys Melstone separator on fallowed beach land
The Melstone KKiykken Bros. suffered a big loss Sept 8 when their two year old separator caught fire, likely from an overheated bearing, while threshing winter wheat on summer fallowed land near Melstone. The rig burned completely with about a third of the field threshed and no insurance was carried.
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Melstone
Kkiykken Bros
State Capital NEWS Foot plans no changes in attorney general staff
Attorney General L. A. Foot says there will be no increase or reduction in assistants and clerks. He will select a successor to his own assistant soon but has not decided and expects to wait about a week. He will keep the existing force he has used during nearly four years. He notes potential difficulty finding the right assistant before his term ends.
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Supreme Bench
College freshmen seek jobs to stay in Bozeman
About 90 of every 100 entering Montana State college at Bozeman on September 23 will need employment to remain in college beyond the first quarter. The college employment bureau lists jobs in boilers, furnaces, drug and grocery clerks, garages, stenography, newspaper delivery, Western Union, housecleaning, child care, farm work, collecting, and janitorial work. McKee Heads Agronomists Prof Clyde McKee becomes president of the western branch of the American Society of Agronomy after leading discussions at a Laramie meeting. The Montana supreme court convened at Helena on September 8 to start a heavy three month docket with 29 cases scheduled and many transcripts filed.
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Bozeman
Western Union
McKee
Clyde McKee
Montana State College
American Society of Agronomy
Laramie
Wyo
Montana Supreme Court
Helena
State canvass shows Dixon with 8451 majority in August vote
The state canvassing board on September 8 completed reviews for 54 counties and all but Cascade. Unofficial Cascade returns put Governor Dixon ahead by 8451 votes.
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Cascade
Cascade County
Dixon
Requisition Issued for Return of Arthur Rice to Butte
Governor Dixon issued requisition papers on Sept. 4 for the return of Arthur Rice to Butte on a grand larceny charge. A man matching Rice’s description was listed as being in custody in Denver per the governor’s request.
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Arthur Rice
Ulflas Adam Rice
Butte
Joseph M. Dixon
Rice
Denver
Montana Senate Candidates Report No Contributions or Expenditures
Secretary of State records show Senator Walsh reports no contributions or expenditures. Frank B. Linderman of Kalispell reports no contributions and expenditures of 287.50 dollars.
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Secretary of State
Montana
Walsh
Frank B. Linderman
Kalispell
Appoints Librarian to State Library Board
Governor Dixon announced the appointment of David Hilger, librarian of the state historical library, as a member of the library board of trustees. He will serve until January 1926 as the board of five members continues its terms.
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David Hilger
State Historical Library
Joseph M. Dixon
Attorneys General ruling on ballot filing fees
Attorney General L A Foot ruled that candidates whose names appear on the ballots in the primary election cannot be charged a filing fee. The opinion was handed down on September 4.
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L. A. Foot
Knights of Pythias Elect Montana Grand Lodge Officers
K of P Grand Lodge elected Helena native Worden grand chancellor at the state convention opening in Helena on September 8. Butte named as next convention site. officers elected include War Winman as grand vice chancellor and John E. De Carlo as grand prelate among others. The two day session closed September 9 with a grand ball.
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W. G. Worden
Lewistown
Montana
William Hairful
Sand Coulee
Brand
Lee Dennis
Arthur Perham
Butte
Wilth
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