King Peter of Serbia dies as world news bites
World wires report King Peter of Serbia died on Tuesday. Other items note a Canadian steamship sunk in collision near Stone Pillars, upheaval in eastern Siberia, and deaths of Sir Alfred Dale and Sir Samuel Davidson. The Ireland Sinn Fein seeks independence, and relief efforts for Russia begin with Hoover’s aid.
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King Peter
Serbia
Maskinonge
Dominion Coal Company
Siberian Republic
Chita
Vladivostok
Alfred Dale
Liverpool University
London
Sternalitz
Kostelitz
Upper Silesia
Ireland
Sinn’ Fein
Germany
Belgium
Allied Financial Commission
R. M. Brumfield
Calgary
Alté
Roseburg
Ore
Dennis Russel
Ritchie
Russell
Samuel Davidson
George
Bangor
Samuel
Sirocco Engineering Works
Belfast
Sirocco Company
Detroit
Mich
Laurence Ginnell
Buenos Aires
Gathering Disarmament Data for Washington Conference
President Harding leads a multifaceted U S effort to prepare for the disarmament conference in Washington gathering data from army navy and diplomatic channels It details roles for Hughes Lodge Pershing Bliss Coontz Benson and other officers in shaping the American delegation ahead of the talks.
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Washington
Harding
Hughes
Senator Lodge
General Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme m Military Council
Allies
Navy
Coontz
Benson
Warthine
Panama Prepares to Repel Costa Rican Move on Coto Territory
Panama warns it will resist any Costa Rican occupation of the Coto territory. It awaits the United States position before deciding on concrete action. Messages to Washington seeking U S reaction have not yet been answered.
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Panama
Coto
United States
Washington
U S Veterans and Spaniards Recruit for Morocco Service
In New York the Spanish consulate reported progress on forming a foreign legion for Morocco. About 250 men recruited since last Thursday were told to be ready to depart for Spain, with over half Americans veterans of the A E F. The rest are Spaniards and South Americans.
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New York
Spanish Foreign Legion
Morocco
Spain
Storm halts dedication at Wind River highway opening
A sudden hail storm struck during the Wind River extension dedication of the Rocky Mountain highway at Twogwotee Pass in Wyoming. Hailstones as large as filberts fell on Indians and tourists, ending the ceremony.
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Twogwotee Pass
Wio
Yellowstone National Park
Wind River
Rocky Mountain Highway
Clara Hamon Marries Movie Man in Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hamon formerly acquitted in Ardmore Ohio of murder charges weds John W. Gorman motion picture director in Los Angeles where she has been making a film under his direction.
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Clara Hamon
Los Angeles
Clara Smith Hamon
Ardmore
Ohio
Jake Hamon
John W. Gorman
Phoenix Flood Destroys Hundreds of Homes in Monday Deluge
Phoenix flood wrecked about seven hundred houses with water reaching the first story in roughly four hundred of them. Newspaper men estimate the extent of damage and continue assessing the shock to the city.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Wood Mission Finishes Probe In Philippines
The Wood Forbes mission completed its personal investigation of Philippine conditions, sailing from Jolo after visiting many islands. Unvisited areas are unlikely to affect the final report to the president. Report drafting will begin once the team returns to Manila.
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Wood Mission
Manila
Philippines
Wood- Forbes
Jolo
Poison Epidemic in Montana Ranches Tied to Hopper Bran
A Montana wheat grading survey will start September 1 under John F. Ware of Bozeman as head of the federal markets office for the state. The Montana bureau will close that day but Ware remains to finish the grain survey and compare grower prices to terminal prices. Arsenic in hopper bait blamed for cattle poisonings. Dr Emil Starz cites careless distribution and possible malice, with poisoned bait scattered rather than spread in small quantities.
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Helena
Montana
John F. Ware
Bozeman
Federal Bureau of Markets
Ware
Bureau of Markets
Washington
Mr. Ware
Emil Starz
State
Ltivestock Sanitary Commission
Starz Stnys
Governor commutes two death sentences in Montana
Governor Dixon commuted the death sentences of Steve Byrne and Theodore Chronopolous of Butte to life imprisonment. The commutations, announced at the capitol, await action by the state board of pardons after a public hearing September 6, with a possible further reprieve beyond the board’s date. If the board disapproves, the men could be re sentenced for execution. Byrne and Chronopolous were convicted of the December 9, 1919 murder of Sylvester Prennatt. their death sentences had previously been stayed by appeals to the state supreme court.
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Helena
Dixon
Theodore Chronopolus
Steve Byrne
Butte
State Board of Pardons
Capitol
Thixon
Board of Pardons
State Supreme Court
Joseph M. Dixon
Theodore Chronopolous
Sylvester J. Prennatt
Albert Yick
Dillon
Co. K. Wyman
Beaverhead County
Yick
Wheat yields and car shipments forecast for Montana division
Wolf Point reports from Chief Dispatcher Fox indicate grain shipments this fall and winter will total 11,000 cars on the Williston to Cut Bank division while livestock moves reach 2,000 cars. Threshing starts soon, wheat from Montana Corporation farm shipped, and 19,000,000 bushels spring wheat estimate deemed conservative.
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Wolf Point
Fox
Williston
Cut Bank
Montana Corporation
Brockton
George Carroll
Lustre
Marquis
Vida Country
Montana
Dam to Be Built at Red Lodge in Montana
About $100,000 will fund a rock fill dam on the lower fork Snake river at Rock Creek. The 40 foot high structure will be 870 feet long, faced with timber and cement and asphaltum. It will create a storage lake about 5,000 acre feet for irrigation in the lower country. Financing comes from a group of Billings capitalists who have raised enough to complete the project.
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Red Lodge
Rock Creek
S. ©. Kimball
Billings
Kimball
Glendive Forges Riverside Road Link to Riverfront
Glendive unveils Riverside Drive connecting Merrill and Cooke, climbs Prospect Heights to Lookout Point, follows the Yellowystone river to Gresham Street, ending at the swimming pool and tourist camp along the riverfront. The project showcases the new civic drive by recent city leaders.
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Glendive
Riverside Drive
Merrill and Cooke Avenues
Prospect Heights
Lookout Point
Yellowystone
Gresham Street
May Beat 1920 Record By Dairy Cow Grace Koningen
Bozeman officials report Grace Koningen the state college Holstein dairy cow has averaged over 100 pounds of milk daily for the last three months and about three pounds of butterfat daily. This year she is expected to surpass her 1920 record of 25 120 5 pounds of milk and 79 5 pounds of butterfat.
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Bozeman
Grace Koningen
State College Holstein
Yellowstone River Tragedy Claims Local Worker
Miles City reports Joe Jacobs of Minneapolis drowned in the Yellowstone River while fishing near the Fort Keegh reservation Sunday afternoon. The man, working on a tank project, slipped into a hole and was swept under by the current. recovery was not completed by nightfall.
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Miles City
Joe Jacobs
Minneapolis
Fort Keegh
Yellowstone River
Jacobs
Irrigation Expert Chosen for Havre Office
The Montana extension service named Havre as permanent headquarters for Blaine Ferguson irrigation specialist. Ferguson will oversee irrigation extension work in northern Montana counties.
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Bozeman
Montana Extension Service
Havre
Blaine Ferguson
Ferguson
Montana
Regiment Plans Butte Reunion for 862nd Infantry
A group of Billings members of the former 862nd Infantry, largely Montana men, plan to attend a reunion in Butte on September 29 marking the regiment’s anniversary for its participation in the battle of Gesnes.
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Billings
862Nd Infantry
Montana
Butte
Gesnes
Government fish planted in Miles City region
A large shipment from Bozeman government fisheries arrived and was planted under forest service direction. Cat fish went to Tongue River south of Miles City above the dam supplying the irrigated district, while trout were released into Little Pumpkin Creek about 70 miles south where water stays fresh and cool year round.
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Miles City
Bozeman
Forest Service
Tongue River
Miles’ City
Town
Little Pumpkin Creek
Miles City Rail Free Riding and Local News Digest
Rail workers report rising free rides by women on freight trains through Miles City with numerous perches seen in doors and windows. Great Falls parks and boulevards revival noted amid strike impacts. Yellow stone park whiskey ring leads to five prosecutions under prohibition. Hamilton club receives 25 young Chinese pheasants for Bitter Root distribution. Edward Kraus dies in vehicle crash on Red Lodge road. Northern Pacific payrolls compare favorably with last year. Nevills apartments fire devastates building in Conrad. Clarks Fork drowning of Walter Gardiner noted. Fort Missoula garrison will be established after Sept 1. Eastern Fergus crops damaged by hail. Methdist Episcopal conference set for Miles City. County crop loss estimated up to 200k. Billings wife pursuit case ends with confession and husband’s payout. Havre to host North Montana Methodist conference next year. Tick campaign funds pledged by local clubs. Bitter Root valley reports additional health drive funding.
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National Guard
Concord
N. C
Cameron Morrison
Faccon
First
North Carolina Infantry
Gates Mill
Cleveland
FE. J. Lynch
Internal Revenue
St. Paul
Minn
Chagrin River
James Mullen
Carleton Hunt
Louisiana Law Fraternity
New Orleans
Alschuler
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
North America
Northern Pacific Railway
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate
Whitaker-Cressner Company
Knox County
Frank Martin
Charles Lewis
Donald J. McKenzie
Forman
North Dakota
Federal Farm Loan Bank
Washington
Fred W. McTain
Peabody
Kincaid
Kineid
Taylorville
Springfield
Western
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Walter Lyman
Riga
Herbert Hoover
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Faton Square
Russia
Hoover
American Organization
Department of Labor
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
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William A. [Gehtower
Baker
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Patrick Westin Colma
Hightower
Metaline Falls State Bank
Spokane
Liberty
Dennis Russell
S W. Starmer
Walter Mayers
George Beban
American Can Company
San Francisco
Eddie Hearne
Cotatti Speedway
Santa Rosa
Cal
Roscoe Sarles
Tommy Alfston
Hatch
N. M
Las Cruces
Chamber of Commerce
Knaae
Costa Rica
U. S
Storm Halls Road
Deer Lodge
T. H. MacDonald
Kalispell
Mac Donald
Riverside
Butte Reunion
Pullman
Great Falls
Lake
Yellowstone Park
Meltrim
Mammoth
Hamilton Sportsmen's Club
Silverton
Hamilton
Edward Kraus
Silesia
Rockvale
Onc
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Nevills
Conrad
Walter Gardiner
Burlington
Edgar
Clarks Fork
Henry L. Myer
Fergus County
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Hardin
Carpenters’ Union
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Charel W. Burns
Carbon County
W. M. Vandover
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Vandover
Vandever
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