World news in brief from the past week
Twenty two bodies recovered from the ZR 2 wreckage in the Humber river Hull. Rioting in Belfast leaves two dead and several wounded. Germany to supply reconstruction materials for France. A deadly train collision near Rome leaves about fifty dead. German labor pledges to defend the republic. All Russian relief committee dissolved. Emperor Charles of Austria extended stay in Switzerland. Field Marshal Von Buelow dies in Berlin. A mono plane flight covers 13 minutes for 3.18 miles. Harding to convene national conference on unemployment. Tariff and tax debates in Washington with industry and fishing groups. West Virginia mine disorder troops and air force planned action. Internal revenue and tax law revisions discussed. New aerial weapons tested against battleship Alabama. West Virginia disorder crackdown under way. 1921 revenue collection down. oil shipments from Tampico fall after tax.
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Humber
Hull
England
Belfast
Great Northern Irish Railway
Germany
France
Louis Loucheur
Rathenau
Rome
WV Iith
Moscow
Charles of Austria
Switzerland
Count Karl von Buelow
Berlin
Hesse-Cassel
Prussia
Klemperer
Harding
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
West Virginia
Weeks
Langley Field
Army Air Service
Alabama
War Department
Blair
Tampico
Mexico
Dawson
Department of Commerce
Damage suit over packing trusts seeks 120 million
Omaha couple Ferson sue Chicago packing concerns alleging conspiracy to form a trust naming John D Rockefeller Sr and son plus several national banks. Ed Rippon of Buffalo died after fall at Niagara Falls. body recovered in two hours. Rail wage cut ballot mailed to 409000 members of Big Four and switchmen unions. Memorial service on Hoboken piers honors 5795 soldiers aboard transport Wheaton. Five men wounded in clash between state troops and deputies near Beech Creek Logan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Osborn Ferson
Omaha
Edward H. Rippon
Buffalo
Niagara
Hoboken
Wheaton
Beech Creek
Logan County
Boone-Logan County
P. Brockus
United States Mall Steamship Company
Lasker
Shipping Board
Lake Superior
Marquette
Washington
United States Navy
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Harco
Jans Martins
Adolph Plunder
Bushnell
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chugwater
Ervin Schapman
Anti-Saloon League of California
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Harbor Wireless
Los Angeles
Earier
Colorado State Industrial Commission
John McLennan
District 15
United Mine Workers
Walson and Cameron
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Far East
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
J. Belton Kennedy
Ed Barber
San Jose
Calif
Emma Spencer
John A. Spencer
Clear ‘Lake
Mastay
Peace Portal Dedicated at Blaine Marking 100 Years
Thousands gather in Blaine to dedicate a Canada United States peace portal along the 8100 mile border. Samuel Hill presides as leaders call for world peace and the elimination of greed to end war. Spectators witness a sunlit ceremony after a drizzle as flags rise.
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Blaine
Wash
Canada
United States
Samuel Hill
Pacific Highway Association
John O. Oliver
British Columbia
Gretchen Snow
Columbia
Dora Wrigglesworth
New West
B. C
Britannia
Forest Fire Rages Through Minnesota Regions Forcing Evacuations
McGrath Minnesota reports over 70 refugees from the Solana and White Pine area as a forest blaze destroys White Pine and forces evacuations of Solana and Arthyde. State troops and forest rangers plus local settlers backfired underbrush and built firebreaks to halt the spread until calmer winds late Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGrath
Minn
Solana
White Pine
National Guard
Arthyde
Gardner Hiding Near Prison After Island Breakout
Roy Gardner the California mail robber is believed wounded and hiding under dense undergrowth on a 160 acre wooded tract of McNeil Island near Tacoma Washington. Warden Maloney ordered guards and deputies to seal the island to prevent Gardner's escape as they intensify search efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Tacoma
Wash
Roy Gardner
California
McNeil Island
Thomas Maloney
680 Montana Men Taking Vocational Training at State University
Ruth Kane must serve a 15 month federal prison term at Fort Leavenworth for a $5,000 post office theft in East Helena. Pardons board denied clemency. she faces transfer to Canyon City, Colorado for women prisoners. About 680 Montana men are in federal vocational training, with $125,000 monthly payroll.
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Montana
State University
Veterans II
Fort Leavenworth
Canyon City
Colo
United States Marshal
Helena
Federal Board of Vocational Training
University
Missoula
Tropics
United States
Fort Harrison
Army Post
Commercial Club
Washington
High Winds Fuel Forest Fires Across Western Montana
Cold state page reports continued hot weather and high winds worsening forest fires in Montana. Five new blazes in Salmon Lake country cover nearly 100 acres, Moose Creek blaze near Selway beyond control, White Gap area flames growing. Missoula district has eighteen fires and crews head to Gold Creek. fires also burning near Sand Point and Coeur d Alene in northern Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Forest Service
Montana
Salmon Lake
Moose Creek
Selway Forest
White Gap
Black Feet
Yellowstone Irrigation Project Nears Completion in Montana
Work on the Yellowstone Irrigation project continues with Mr. Hilton subletting most lateral work while overseeing main canal completion. About 110 men labor toward a December finish weather permitting, unlocking nearly 68 000 irrigable acres and promoting crop rotation beyond grain farming in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Yellowstone
Hilton
Missoula Woman Elected MT WCTU President at Convention
Mrs J E Cocks of Missoula was Friday elected president of the Montana Women’s Christian Temperance union at its thirty eighth annual state convention in Butte. Other officers named include Mrs Anne G Herbst Libby vice president Mrs P W Haynes Great Falls corresponding secretary Mrs Dorothy McLeish Fort Benton recording secretary and Mrs W Dawes Bozeman treasurer. The convention closed with an executive session Friday night.
Forest Fire Conditions Improve in Montana and Idaho
Forest fire conditions in Montana and northern Idaho national forests improved. District headquarters reported fires in Coeur d'Alene Pend Oreille Kaniska and Cabinet forests under control. The largest blaze was in the Flathead forest near Glacier National Park covering 4000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Montana
Idaho
District Forest Service
Coeur d'Alene
Pend Oreille
Kaniksa
Cabinet Forest
Flathead Forest
Glacier, National Park
Miles City School Nearing Completion
Custer county free high school in Miles City, represented by architect War ren A. Dedrick and construction superintendent S. M. Ulster, is near finish. Exterior work is nearly done and interior rough work is finishing. third floor classrooms have been plastered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Custer County Free High School
S. M. Ulster
Warren A. Dedrick
Custer County
Mountain Lions Kill Stock in Helmville District
Mountain lions are damaging stock in the Helmville district with sheep, colts, and calves killed in large numbers. A hunting party organized to hunt the lions killed one this week, measuring nine feet from tail tip to ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Helmville
Yellowstone Roads Total 2600 Miles Across County
County Engineer C E Durland reports Yellowstone county now owns 2600 miles of roads. The figure, compiled by Durland, places the mileage at two thirds of a continent-wide reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Billings
Yellowstone County
C. E. Durland
Aged Montanan John P. Weidenfeller Dies at 79
John P. Weidenfeller, age 79, longtime Montanashire resident, died at Deer Lodge on Monday. He lived in Montanashire since 1879 and was a familiar local figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Weidenfeller
Montanashire
Deer Lodge
Kiwanis District Formed With Five Montana Clubs Represented
The International Kiwanis district in Billings organized with five Montana clubs represented. George E. Snell of Billings elected first governor by acclamation. Walter E. Manson Missoula and Charles Bresee Great Falls named cotenant governors, Howard Greene Bozeman secretary treasurer. Casper Wyoming and Boise Idaho also represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Montana
International Kiwanis
Missoula
Bozeman
Great Falls
Helena
George E._Snell
Walter E. Manson
Charles Bresee
Great
Falls
fHloward Greene
Casper
Wyo
Boise
Idaho
Treasure State Tales Terse Yet Potent
Valley county reports a 2,000,000 bushel wheat yield prized for gluten content, fetching 10 to 20 percent premiums from mills and elevators. A plan to create a summer health resort at White Sulphur Springs gains traction, backed by leaders from Livingston Great Falls and White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley County
White Sulphur Springs
Livingston, Great, Falla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Railroad Labor Board
Big Four” Brotherhoods
Switchmen's Union of North America
Cleveland
Western
Benjamin C. Marsh
Farmers’ National Council
George P. Hampson
Mr. Marsh
Minnesota
Ruth Kane
Tielenn
George L. Ramsey
New York
Joint Stock Land Banks
Montana Joint Stock Land Bank
Ramsey
Farmers of
Montana Labor Bureau
Capitol
State Department of Public Instruction
May Trumper
Supt. of Public Instruction
Adelaide M. Ayer
Amalie Knobel
Kiwanians
Milasoula
The
Great Northern
Kalispell
Michaels
State Fish and Game Department
C. A. Jackaways
W. P. Smith
Robert F. King
Frank Dolittle
J. B. Shaffert
Arthur Small
Charles Davidson
American Legion of
Rocky Mountain
Luther League of Norwegian Churches
State Secretary
Great Western Life Insurance Company
J. G. Link
American Institute of Architects
George H. Carsley
W. St. Plew
Independent Coal Mining Company
Roundup
Fairview
Glendive
Montana State College
Winnett
Michael Jozovich
Frank Ogrin
Rithelbert Commbs
Laurel District
Minneapolis
Montanas
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