California and Japan Spar Over Anti Alien Land Law
Washington issued a formal statement on the California anti alien land measure amid tense talks with the Japanese ambassador. Acting Secretary Davis stated the reply underscored respect for existing laws and justice while assuring Japan that its interests would be safeguarded, a point echoed by J A Chambers of the Japanese Exclusion League who framed California as compliant with both treaty and federal law.
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Washington
California
Davis
State Department
Sacramento
Cal
J. S&s. Chambers
Japanese Exclusion League of California
Japan
Reprisals Continue as Riots Claim Five More Lives
Dublin reports of shootings and reprisals across the country unfold over the weekend. District Inspector Killigher is killed at Granard, a Tullamore sergeant dies after wounding, two Kitteorglin constables shot, Abbey Dorney patrol ambushed with a killed constable, Causeway wounded, Littleton barracks destroyed, Tradlee naval driver wounded and city hall set ablaze.
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Dublin
Killigher
Granard
Tallamoore
Kitlorglin
Abbey Dorney
Causeway
Littleton
Tradlee
Nome Population Declines From 15000 to 200
Seattle reports 423 passengers arrive from Alaska on the steamship Victoria with more than 350 from Nome, marking Nome the once famous beach mining town now nearly deserted. Returning residents say fewer than 200 remain. Nome’s 1898 gold rush brought 15,000 residents.
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Seattle
Alaska
Nome
Victoria
Victorie
One Killed and Twenty Six Injured in Train Collision
A Pullman porter named Weissenger from Oakland was killed and two passengers seriously hurt when two sections of Southern Pacific train No 16 collided near Coram California thirteen miles from Redding yesterday. The accident happened when the first section backed from a siding onto the main line without flag protection and was struck by the second section. Twenty four others suffered minor injuries.
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San Francisco
Weissenger
Oakland
Southern Pacific
Coram
Redding
Court Orders Return Booze Running Auto
Judge Bourquin ordered the return of an Overland car seized from Arnold Martin of Meaderville after he pled guilty to transporting liquor under the national prohibition act. Continental Surety had lien on the vehicle and was deemed not responsible for its illegal use. Fred Smith and Sam Bowers of Billings pleaded guilty, with a joint fine of 125 dollars and costs.
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Continental Surety Company
George M. Bourquin
United States District Court
Arnold Martin
Meaderville
Helent
Bourquin
Fred Smith
Sam Bowers
Billings
Hquor
Helena Priest’s Brothers in Irish Jails Hunger Strikes
Rev. P. J. Crowley of Helena travels to Ireland after learning three of his younger brothers face hunger strikes in British jails for alleged Sinn Fein activity. Michael, 19, is held at Wormwood Scrubbs. Peter, 18, and John are jailed in Cork. Peter near death. Father Crowley, longtime organist at St. Helena Cathedral, says more siblings hide in the mountains.
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Helena
P. J. Crowley
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Crowley
Michael
Wormwood Scrubbs
Ingland
Peter
John
Cork
Mather Crowley
Tighe
Joseph
James
Father Crowley
Cathedral of St. Helena
John D. Trant
Portland
Ore
Wheeler injured in Mink Creek hill car crash
B K Wheeler gubernatorial candidate Democrat suffers two broken ribs and severe bruises when the car he rides in plunges 30 feet down an embankment on Mink Creek hill. Roy Michaud driver. Mrs Michaud and Senator J W Anderson escape injury. Wheeler speaks at Anaconda theater against medical advice.
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Margaret Theater
Butte Judge Says Girl Seller Should Be Shot
In Butte Judge Grimes sentenced Jack Duffy an alleged ex convict to the maximum after two sisters testified he had tried to sell one of them to a house of ill fame for 8500. The judge proclaimed you ought to be taken out and shot while fining him 300 dollars. The girls aged 18 and 20 gave the names Brown and said they came from the country for business college education.
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Butte
Jack Duffy
Grimes
Duffy
Brown
Montana to Exhibit at Chicago Hay and Grain Show
Bozeman Montana will be represented at the International Hay and Grain Show in Chicago from November 27 to December 4. The Montana Seed Growers' Association leads the effort with support from state groups. Exhibits of threshed grain corn grass seed and baled hay are being prepared across Montana counties.
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Bozeman
Montana
Chicago
Montana Seed Growers’ Association
Postage Stock To Be Reduced In Butte
One hundred thousand dollars of stamped envelopes and postcards will be reduced from wartime values of three and two cents to two and one cents. The Butte post office forwarded the stock and received the necessary dies to carry out the price cuts. Large supplies remain in local businesses awaiting the change.
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U. S
Butte
Aifs
Federal Reserve Board Optimistic On U S Economy
The Federal Reserve Board’s monthly review says recovery from war conditions is proceeding with inherent strength and potential stability. It notes some uncertainty, steady bank reserves, improved liquidity, and cautious retailer purchasing with limited orders across industries including cotton mills and iron and steel as demand remains weak.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Snowsllide Kills Four Men at Pete and Jo Mine
A snowslide at the Pete and Jo mine near Twin Bridges Montana crushed a sorting shed, killing Orrin Stone Edward Class Oscar Berger and Mike Miller. Ike Berger was injured while John Pritchett escaped into an ore tunnel. Rescue teams recovered the bodies and the injured man faced severe burns but survived.
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Twin Bridges
Mont
Pete and Jo
Orrin Stone
Edward Class
Oscar Berger
Mike Miller
Ike Berger
John Pritchett
Pritchett
Ike Burger
Aviator Dies in Leap From Train Near Wells
Clyde W. Ryder aged 20 a former lieutenant in the British air service credited with 21 enemy planes brought down died in Ogden Utah from injuries after leaping from a railroad cab following a wreck on a PeQuop grade near Wells Nevada. Ryder was a Southern Pacific fireman.
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Ogden
Utah
Clyde W. Ryder
British Air Service
Wells
Nev
Ryder
Southern Pacific
Pequop
Mrs W Palmer Fuller Ends Polish Siege Service
Mrs. W Palmer Fuller, inspector for the American Relief Administration in the Warsaw district, completed 18 months on duty during the siege by Reds. She has returned to America with her husband, Hoover's chief agent in Poland.
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W. Palmer Fuller
American Relief Administration
Warsaw
Reds
America
Hoover
Poland
Naval crews inspect invention as kittens spar on Semmes
Naval experts from several nations boarded the U S destroyer Semmes to inspect a notable invention. The scene devolved into a wasteful bout of time as two kittens fought near the mouth of one vessel gun, drawing curious glances from onlookers.
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U. S
Semmes
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St. Clair Street
Howard T. Douglas
Erich Nelson
C. Crumrine
Esperanto
Gloucester
Mass
Nova Scotia
Thiet
Martin L. Welch
Delawanna
Alberni
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Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. CC
Boston
Franklin Park Zoo
William Ramsey
Lowell
Jennie
Paraguay
Ramsey
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