Record of Important World Events From Early 20th Century
World events flood in from August reports. Caruso dies in Naples. Soviet Russia battles cholera and unrest. German-US peace talks advance. Greek forces capture Eski Shehr. Turkish courts sentence Greek prisoners. Italy accepts disarmament talks. tax plans proposed in Congress. Moscow to Stockholm delegates. air power limits and Russia loan moves noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Loring Drese
Berlin
Rosen
Germany
United States
Constantine
Greece
Eski-Shehr
Asia Minor
Auys
Athens
Anatolia
Stvrlissar
Eiski-Shehr
Cileia
Mextopotamia
Caucasus
Angora
Samsun Brusa
Bonomi
Senate
Rome
Italy
Washington
Chamber of Deputies
Seven former White Sox players cleared in 1919 World Series case
A jury acquitted seven ex White Sox players and two others in the alleged 1919 World Series fixing conspiracy. The trial followed claims of payoffs and game throwing. Attorneys anticipate lawsuits over suspended salaries and contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago ‘White Sox
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennslvania
Iegal and
Red
United States Railroad Labor Board
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
W. Va
Ed.Chamberg
Court House Yard
Welch
C. FE. Lively
Tax cuts eyed to trim 50 million from revenue
Republican members of the house ways and means committee reach an executive session agreement to repeal taxes on fountain drinks and ice cream and the luxury tax on wearables. A half reduction in the 10 percent levy on sporting goods is included, aiming to cut about 50 million from the nation’s tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Republican House
Montana Bankers Fund Supports 116 Students Over Four and a Half Years
The Montana Bankers association created a student revolving loan fund in 1916 with gifts from banks across the state and out-of-state sources. By 1921 it had aided 116 students at four Montana higher education institutions, with total funding rising to about 6004 dollars including interest. The article also notes railroad rate hearings and forthcoming Montana golf tournament events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
University of Montana
Montana Bankers’ Association
Great Falls
H. C. Elliott
Bankers’ Association
The
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
New York
Buffalo
Spokane
Body of Woman Found in Seattle Bay
The naked, mutilated body of 67 year old Mrs. Kate Mahoney was found in a Union Bay trunk this Monday. Detectives say she had been dead about three months and identify work on her teeth. Coroner reports blow to the skull as the cause and notes her wealth and disappearance after marriage. James F. Mahoney, held on forgery charges, is linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
Seattle
Union Bay
Charles Pennant
Kate Mahoney
Frank J. Wood
Hodi Ag
Fifteen Perish as Train Burns in Texas Wreck
Fifteen men were killed when Gulf Coast Line freight train No. 32 burned after wreck near De Quincy Texas. Unauthorized aboard, the victims were burned beyond recognition as debris is cleared and articles found support the death toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trouston
Texas
Gulf Coast Line
de Quincy
Houston
Congress Puts Ban on Beer Sent to Conference
The WINs Campbell anti beer bill passed the senate 30 to 20 late Monday and was sent to conference with the house with a prospect of final enactment before the week ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Declare Loud Clothes Pass. Chicago
In Chicago a board member notes a shift in clothing demand as buyers move from silk shirts and expensive goods to cotton and cheaper knit wear. Dealers report falling stock values while personal property taxes are questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
State records wheat shipment expected from Montana
Great Falls reports a record wheat shipment likely this harvest season with totals over 5,000,000 bushels. W R Wahoske of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad notes Montana from Great Falls to Harlowton will see peak movement, despite labor shortages and higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Montana
W. R. Wahoske
Chicago Milwaukee and St.Paul Railroad Company
Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Harlowton
Kiwanis Plan Session As District Formed In Montana
Geo K Snell president of Billings Kiwanis announced that Billings Montana will become a district of Kiwanis International on August 29 with the first state convention in Billings. Five cities Bozeman Helena Great Falls Missoula Billings now host Kiwanis clubs and delegates will attend one day sessions with a dinner dance planned after the business meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Montana
International Organization of Kiwanis
BilHogs
Geo. K. Snell
Kiwanis Club of
Commercial Club
Klwants
Bozeman
Elena
Great Falls
Missoula
Snell
Grading Near Livingston Rebuilds 12 Miles of Roads
More than three miles of federal aid graded near Livingston as two projects drive 12 plus miles of Yellowstone trail work. Hunters road to Gardiner also under construction from Carter's bridge to Pine creek. BP Melchert of Lewistown is general contractor with Mooney Brothers sub contracted for grading. Road will be 16 feet wide with three foot shoulders and eight inches of gravel surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Yellowstone
Mooney Brothers
Lewistown
Oriental visitors circle world by rail across the West
U See Thein of Burma and Moh Thaw Thein visited Miles City during a 30000 mile world circumnavigation. They traveled from San Francisco to New York along the Yellowstone line and praised American scenery and Western landscapes during their brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
U. See Thein
Burma
India
Moh Thaw ‘Thein
Yenang
Yang, Burnin
San Franeisco
New York City
America
United States
New Engines Carry Big Water Supply for Missoula
An order closes the Frenchtown water station which served nearly all freight traffic on the Northern Pacific. The super heated engines now carry a 10 000 gallon water tank reducing need for frequent renewal of water supply. One old engine remains as a helper on the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Frenchtown
Northern Pacific
Prisoners Escape After Beating Jailer at Park County Jail
Three prisoners awaiting trial at Park county jail escaped Sunday after beating jailer Will O Hearn insensible and locking him in a cell. They took a revolver and disappeared as posses scour the county. Among the escapees are Tom Allen an ex convict charged with forgery Frank Whitlock charged with forgery who was shot in the leg weeks ago while fleeing and Harry Mathews 19 charged with burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Will O'Hern
Park County
O’hern
Tom Allen
Frank Whitlock
Harry Mathews
Treasure States Tales Tersely Told From Beartooth Forests
A Helena survey reports forage conditions in Beaverhead and Beartooth forests better than ever. Community fairs are planned in Custer County next month with W Gergugon as fair board secretary. Yellowstone Park records 1603 visitors, surpassing last year. Fort Missoula troop stationing remains unsettled after conflicting reports from Washington. Four overseas soldiers’ bodies arrive in Billings with a flag escort. State referendum on wage cuts tied to Mountain States Telephone decision. S. C. Kimball to supervise Rock Creek reservoir construction starting September 1. Yellowstone River at low flow, and Montana experiment stations study 100 dry-land farms. Glendive builds the largest public pool by volunteer labor. Mail thefts total over $7,000 confessed by Wartiner Willoughby. Frost-bitten early foliage blamed for a Livingston area blight. Roughbark Lenoir production nears completion in Columbia Falls. Bozeman Roundup draws 9,000, with final contests and boxing. A Melstone-made hopper dozer kills grasshoppers on Charles Metille’s ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Kissel
New York
Mellon
Ways and Means
McKinley
Illinoig
Robinson
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
George Washington
Stockholm
Weeks
Hoover
Russia
Siberia
Harry
Hughes
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Knights of Columbus
America
John. H. Reddin
Denver
the Knights
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Knights of Columabus
Supreme Convention
William J. McGinley
New Haven
Conn
Idaho
Oregon
Spokane Federal Land Bank
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort D. A. Russell
Camp Grant
Ths
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Los Angeles Express Publishing Company
South
Also Mentioned on This Page
Enrico Caruso
Naples
V Vladivostok
Spaskoye
Nikolsk
Soviet Russia
M. Semashko
Moscow Izvistia
Margaret Harrison
Buttmore
Keneshaw M. Landis
Hlgh
Baseball
John W. Norton
General Electric Company
Lyons
Mass
White Sox
Michael J. Ahern
George “Buck” Weaver
Cherbourg
Bremen
Tio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Oklahoma
A.J. Lewis
George Boehmer
Springfield
119Th “Wheat” Division
War Risk Bureau
Boehmer
Chicago Grain Elevator and Feed Mill
Western
Shipping Board
Treasury Department
Tloanfund
Railroad Commission
Denied Express Co
Montana Railroad Conmission
American Railway Xpress Company
E.g.toomey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Capitol
Interstate Commission
Thelena
W. A. Clark
Butte
Sam Stevenson
A. T. Hibbard
Marlow
American Bankers’ Association
P. B. Bartley
KB. I Meyerhoff
Forsyth
Chris Yegen
Louis J. Emmerson
Illinis
National Association of Secretaries of State
Charles T. Stewart
J. G. Winkle
Frederic W. Cook
Massachusetts
Frankfort
Secretaries of State
Bankers
Golf
Central
State Kiwanis Plan
Custer County
W. Gergugon
Fair Board
Yellowstone National Park
Great Recreation Ground
Park
Aus
Fort Missoula
Wrank WJ
England
M. G. Batt
Waterloo
Harley A. Hamilton
Hdy
First Army Corp
August F. Schultz
Hall
Mont
Chester
Waite
Hamilton
Electrical Workers’ Union
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
oOo
S. C. Kimball
Bumngs
Carbon County
Rock Creek
Kimball
Yellowstone River
H. G. Eilis
Chinook
Havre
Malta
Fort Benton
Montana Experiment Station
J. L. Currier
Department of Farm Management
Glendive
Fresno
Waurner Willoughby
J. RylcWhorter
Tennyson Jefferson
Shaw
Livingston Forestry Office
Columbia Falls Motion Picture Company
American Legion
F. C. Hansen
Charles Metille
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