Ford Young’s Idaho Arrest Ties to Dillon Forgery Case
The Dillon cowpuncher Ford Young, linked to a Lima marriage and a string of fake checks, was arrested in Boise after evading prison. Sheriff Gosman had once helped him escape by posting a temporary release, while Idaho Falls newspapers later criticized the sheriff. Young faces charges in Salt Lake City as well for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Ford Young
Lima
Dillon
Idaho
Gosman
Boise
Young
Idaho Falls
Morning Post
Montana
Sheriff Gosman
Salt Lake City
Government road builders to demonstrate highway construction in Billings
A June good roads convention in Billings aims to host a U S Department of Agriculture road construction demonstration. The executive committee favors inviting Secretary Wilson to send a team of federal highway builders to show practical methods. Letters seek support from Senators Carter Dixon and Representative Pray to secure approval. The event would illustrate how Montana roads can be improved and the benefits of state wide road upgrades.
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Billings
United States
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Carter
Dixon
Pray
Agricultural Department
Executive Committee
The
Good Roads Movement
Montana
May Have To Pay It Back
Washington March 29 The department of agriculture may seek repayment from forest rangers who attended state colleges at government expense for salary while absent from duty The senate report shows 9125 paid for salary and 421 for traveling expenses to 38 rangers at Montana 64 at Colorado 60 at Washington and 54 at Utah
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Montana
Colorado
Utah
Big Coal Strike Hits 11 States With Miners Walkout
Indianapolis March 31 three hundred thousand organized miners in Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas West Virginia Michigan and Texas quit work at midnight awaiting a new wage scale. Operators express confidence no general coal famine as fuel supplies are stored. Some predict quick settlement. others expect mines closed a month or more.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
West Virginia
Michigan
Texas
Mt Etna Eruption Threatens Nearby Villages And Livelihoods
Mt Etna erupts again as lava flows cover an estimated 25 miles of terrain near the base, with the head source about 10 miles away by air. The summit glows at night and a black smoke cloud covers the peak. Repeated rumblings and explosions from fissures keep nearby residents in terror as the lava flood advances.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Mount Etna
Etna Subsidence Linked to Vesuvius Activity
Naples reports simultaneous hush of Mount Etna and awakening of Vesuvius with five fissures opening near the central crater this morning. Smoke pours from vents but lava remains below surface as scientists warn Etna may not be permanently quiet and ashes clog craters. Estimated Etna damage reaches 5 million dollars.
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Naples
Mount Etna
Vesuvius
Etna
War on bootleggers declared with harsher penalties
Washington reports a government war on bootleggers and blind tigers, with drastic new penalties. Violators face heavier fines and possible imprisonment, as the administration intensifies enforcement of liquor laws.
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Washington
Fire at Fish furniture building kills sixteen women
Sixteen girls, out of twenty two employed on the fifth and sixth floors, perished when a blaze swept the Fish furniture building. The fire reportedly started from a benzine explosion in the fourth floor repair rooms.
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Chicago
Fish Furniture
Broken in health and purse
Dr. Wm. H. Axtell, a friend of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, reports a letter from Mrs. Cook written in Valparaiso Chile stating that Cook is broken in health and without funds, unable to continue his push to prove his claim of discovering the pole.
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Cook
North Pole
Bellingham
Wash
Wm. H. Axtell
Frederick A. Cook
Lemhi Irrigation Ditch Under Rapid Construction
Peter McKinney reports the Lemhi Irrigation and Orchard Company is pushing a large ditch project. Forty workers are at the site now with plans to add about forty more by week’s start. The goal is to complete the ditch and start water flow by mid May, bringing thousands of acres of productive land under cultivation in the county.
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Peter McKinney
Recorder
Lemhi
Fire at Hungarian ball kills hundreds in hotel blaze
In Mateszakala Hungary a ball at a hotel sparked a deadly fire when a woman's dress caught fire. Panic caused a deadly crush as guests rushed for exits leaving many dead and injured.
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Mateszakala
Hungary
Oekoerite
Severe coastal storm blocks west region from Santa Fe to Wyoming
Winds near hurricane force strike from Santa Fe New Mexico to Wyoming with heavy rain and snow. Telegraph and telephone poles fall, rail traffic delayed, and country roads blocked as the storm isolates the region west of Kansas City to the Pacific coast.
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Denver
Colo
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Wyoming
Eight Die at Target Practice on Cruiser Charleston
Eight men were killed aboard the cruiser Charleston at Olongapo in the Philippines when a breech plug blew out a three inch gun during target practice. Commander Hubbard said the explosion likely came from a premature discharge possibly caused by a jammed firing pin.
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Washington
Charleston
Olongapo
Philippine Islands
Hubbard
Ketchel to Fight Langford for World Middleweight Title
Stan Ketchel, world middleweight champion, signed to fight Sam Langford in San Francisco this summer for 45 rounds. Ketchel receives a $10,000 guarantee and 25 percent of the picture money.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Stanley Ketchelworld
Sam Langford
San Francisco
Belmore Brown to Sail for Mount McKinley Summit Record Search
Belmore Brown and a chosen party will sail from Seattle in late April to pursue the records Dr. Cook claims to have left at Mount McKinley summit. The expedition aims to verify Cook's claim and recover any documents or items described.
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Seattle
Mount McKinley
Tacoma
Idaho beans mead area to plant ten thousand acres
Spokane Washington March 30 Fifteen thousand acres of lands on the ridges of Northern Idaho will be planted to beans this season The largest area will be in the Juliaetta district where 10 000 acres will be devoted to the vegetable
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Idaho
Spokane
Wash
Juliaetta
Justice Brewer Dies Suddenl y at 73 in Washington
Washington March 28 Justice David J Brewer associate justice of the supreme court died suddenly tonight at 7 30 struck by apoplexy He was 73 and died before physicians could be summoned in his home city.
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Washington
David J. Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
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