Armistice Day Observed Worldwide With Leaders and Ceremonies
Armistice Day was marked across the United States Britain France Italy and other allies. In Arlington Cemetery President Coolidge placed a wreath and Mrs Coolidge laid a rose. London’s cenotaph saw King George and family with crowds piling flowers around the British Unknown Warrior tomb. In Washington Huston Thompson spoke at the peace cross honoring Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Fiske warned of stronger enemies. Domestic politics centered on Coolidge Mellon tax plans and varied Senate attitudes toward prohibition. Austria’s railway strike ended in compromise while Italy’s Assolini pushes toward dictatorship as opposition boycotts parliament.
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President Coolidge
Italy
Eusebio Ayala
Paraysuayan
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Orie
British Empire
France
America
Arlington Cemetery
Coolidge
Iace
George
London
Metropolis
Westminster
Dublin
Washington
Peace Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Huston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Savonarola
New York
Bradley A.piske
Admiraal Fiske
Germany
Russia
Japan
Predictions of cabinet changes after Coolidge election
The piece notes early predictions of cabinet shakeups under Coolidge with Work and Weeks possibly leaving March 4, a new customs post hinted, and Labor head Davis maybe replaced by John L. Lewis. Gore likely remains acting agriculture secretary until March 4 when he becomes West Virginia governor, while no major policy changes are expected.
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Coolidge
Harding
Weeks
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Howard M. Gore
West Virginia
White House
Lodge dies. Butler named to Senate chair in interim
Henry Cabot Lodge is laid to rest in Cambridge after a simple ceremony attended by prominent figures. Massachusetts Governor Cox appoints William M. Butler as interim senator and GOP national chairman to fill the chair. Borah is favored for foreign relations committee chair, while Wadsworth of New York and Curtis of Kansas contend for Senate floor leader.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Cambridge
Mass
Natonal
Senate
Cox
Massachusetts
Wiram M. Butler
Borah
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
New York
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Lodge
Ring of forged Liberty bonds uncovered in Midwest
Government secret service in the Middle West exposes a ring flooding the nation with counterfeit and altered Liberty bonds and federal savings stamps. Warrants issued in Chicago for many suspects, with arrests already underway. Ben Newmark named as a leading figure.
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Middle West
Chicago
Ben Newmark
Ill Nvis
Treasury busts jewelry smuggling ring tied to two Los Angeles murders
Treasury and customs agents in Washington disclosed the breakup of a jewelry smuggling conspiracy with linkages to two Los Angeles murders. Victims included Mrs. Theresa Mors, dealer in jewelry and antiques, and Harry L. Katz. Authorities named Mechanski as the alleged main smuggler now fleeing abroad.
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Treasury
Customs
Washington
Los Angeles
Theresa Mors
Kid” McCoy
Harry L. Katz
Mechanski
Baltimore Congressman Cleared in Volstead Alcohol Case
OHN PHILIP HILL of Baltimore, a congressman and foe of the Volstead law, was acquitted in U S district court of manufacturing intoxicating wine and cider at his home. Judge Soper held nonintoxicating home products could be legal if in fact nonintoxicating and that the government must prove intoxication. Wayne B Wheeler notes a dry majority among House candidates, with wets winning 82 of 174 seats.
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OHN
Philip Hill
Baltimore
United States District Court
Soper
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloun League
House of Representatives
Opposition party formed to challenge Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Components led by former Premier Raouf Bey resigned from Kemal's People’s party and organized the first opposition party. The group includes many influential men named in last week’s review and is expected to challenge Kemal strongly.
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Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Raouf Bey
Kemal
People’s Party
Supporters Rally Behind Stresemann After Anhalt Test Vote
In Anhalt district test election, Nationalists and Communists lose ground. Stresemann severs ties with Monarchists, declaring no cooperation is possible. Analysts predict December 7 results will show a major Communist defeat as workers shift to the Socialist Democratic party.
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Germany
Stresemann
Diet
Anhalt
Socialist Democratic Party
Chang Tso Lin Moves to Crown Himself Ruler of China
ARSHAL CHANG TSO-LIN of Manchuria plans to rule China and will travel to Peking once military discipline is set. He has already reshaped officials and seeks more changes. Feng likely to yield while Tuan Chi-fui’s mediation restores the summer palace to the former emperor as leaders prepare to meet in Tianjin. Wu Pei Fu resists, with ten provinces backing him, mainly in the Yangtze region, signaling a possible shift in civil warfare.
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Arshal Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
China
Peking
Feng
Chang
Tuan Chi-fui
Anfu
Summer Palace
Tientsin
Wu Pei Fu
Yangtse
Goldman says Bolshevism harms liberty in Britain
In England Miss Goldman, a deported veteran archist now in London, warns that Bolshevism is an international disease and condemns Bolshevik leaders for tyranny. She tells intellectuals that even a few Communists can destroy, urging global warning to protect liberty. Senator Borah pushes recognizing the Soviet government to aid European economic rehabilitation.
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Mma Goldman
United States
Russia
England
Miss Goldman
London
Borah
Europe
Montana Notes Highlight Tax Payments and Local Ventures
A Montana brief notes Sweet Grass county tax payments show many owners pay annually in full, signaling healthier finances. Other items cover French investors visiting Great Falls, a Powder River Bridge reopening, Blackfeet land lease payments, arrests tied to bank failures, a car theft sentence, new railroad trackage at Kevin and Sunburst, a Belgrade creamery, a Big Horn escapee, a dead man found in a lodging house, a near-miss at a grade crossing near Clinton, and plans for a Manhattan pea cannery.
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Sweet Grass County
Davis
Sweet Arass County
Falls
Frederick Ledoux
Penarroya Company
France
Great Falls
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Walls
Ledoux
United States
Butte
Hugh Shivley
Entity
Grand Jareceny
B. B. Law
Shivley
Scohia
Washington
John McLaughin
Holy Cross Church
Forsyth
Kevin
Fred Wear
Great Northern
Sunburst
Wear
Belgrade
Frank Pike
Iftar Gaven
Bozeman Creamery Company
Frank Dolensick
Northern Pacific
Clinton
Ynguneer
W. E. Brunson
Manhattan
Certified Potatoes Push In Blaine County State
Tiehot head of experiment station tests urges Blaine county potato farmers to increase certified potato acreage for seed to meet southern market demand. Surplus stock has sold but calls for more carloads persist as Louisiana growers demand certified stock.
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Tiehot
Gustafson
Blaine County
Louisiana
Governor-elect Erickson to take office as legislature shifts
Unofficial returns show Republicans hold a strong majority in both houses while Democrat J E Erickson prepares to assume statewide duties in January. The Senate stands 3 Republicans 16 Democrats and 1 independent Republican. The House has 65 Republicans 34 Democrats and 2 Farmer-Laborites. If official canvass holds, Erickson becomes governor with W S McCormack lieutenant governor and L A Foot attorney general amid Republican dominance.
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J. E. Erickson
Senate
Ubess
Tower House
Holdowey
C. A. Linn
Meagher County
Dr. W. R B. Rogers
A. T. Larsen
Robert Larson
Farmer-Labor
Sheridan County
Montana Voters Approve Repeal of Primary Law
Montana voters repeal the 1912 presidential preference primary law by a wide margin after rechecks show a 55 county majority in favor. The measure, enacted as an initiative in 1912, set the nominating process for president and vice president and electors, with Lewis and Clark County showing a $1,000 majority for repeal.
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Montana
Lewis and Clark County
Metal Mines Tax Wins by Large Margin Endorsed by Dixon
A proposed gross proceeds tax on metal mines carried a majority of more than 10,000 votes. The measure was advocated by Governor Joseph M. Dixon.
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Joseph M. Dixon
Rancher Killed in Coal Mine Cave-In Near Ekaleaka
George Thompson a rancher about 46 was killed during a cave-in at a small coal mine two miles south of here. His son found him buried under earth and rock as rescue workers arrived. He leaves seven children seven at home under 16.
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Ekaleaka
George Thompson
Here
Thompson
Outside Judge Will Hear Case Great Falls
Federal Judge Charles N Pray has disqualified himself from presiding over the prosecution of Senator B K Wheeler indicted in April for accepting a fee to represent a dentist before a federal department after his election to the Senate Wheeler will be tried here in December before a judge assigned to the Great Falls court by Senior Judge Gilbert of Portland Judge George M Bourquin who also sits in the case disqualified himself last summer when the action came before him
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Great Falls
Charles N. Pray
B. K. Wheeler
United States Senate
Senator Wheeler
Gilbert
Portland
George M. Bourquin
Manama
Wheeler
Quarantine Breaker Sentenced in Park City
J C Ostermyer and his two sons were jailed by Deputy Sheriff Levi Colgrave for repeated small pox quarantine breaches. Placed in Columbus arraignment before Justice Gus Simmons, Ostermyer fined 325 and 30 days in county jail. minors were discharged.
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Park City
J. C. Ostermyer
Levi Colgrave
Mr. Colgrave
Columbus
Justice of the Peace
Gus Simmons
Ostermyer
State Capital News Highlights Warrant Payoffs and Forestry Plantings
The state treasurer announced plans to retire about 1.25 million dollars in warrants by year end with specific calls for payment of 150 thousand dollars and up to 350 thousand more registered warrants by December 6. A separate 50 thousand in school fund warrants will be taken up in December. The forestry school planted over one million seeds on a three acre plot with future transplant plans and hardy species chosen for Montana climate. Eleven seniors were elected to Phi Kappa Phi at Montana State College. Twenty nine new articles of incorporation were filed in October signaling a business expansion across livestock, merchandising, and other sectors.
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O. Tf. Junod
Forestry School of the University
Montana
Phi Kappa Phi
Montana State College
Bozeman
Iileven
Winton Weydemeyer
Libby
Paul Carnes
Missoula
John Barto
Thompson Falls
Glenn Boyer
Lyle Wood
Terry
Hazel Tallman
Laura As
Election returns begin December 1 state canvass
State board of canvassers will begin official tabulations of November 4 results on December 1. Eight counties have certified to the secretary of state. The only close contest appears to be for associate justice with former Justice John A. Matthews of Townsend defeating Miles Cavanaugh of Butte.
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J. KE. Erickson
W. S. McCormack
L. A. Foot
John A. Matthews
Charles T. Stew
State Board of Canvassers
Secretary of State
Townsend
Miles Cavanaugh
Butte
Hatchery Busy With Eastern Brook Fry Spawning
Montana fish hatchery crews at Anaconda and Stewart Creek are collecting eastern brook trout fry as spawning continues. Eggs will hatch in December and January, with streams opening for planting in May when fry should thrive in rivers and creeks.
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Montana Fish Hatchery
Anaconda
Stewart MH Creek
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