Maine Republicans win big as Pattangall defeated
In Maine the GOP scored a decisive victory with Ralph O. Brewster defeating W. S. Pattangall for governor by about 386000 votes and Senator M. Fernald re elected. The four Republican congressmen were re turned and the legislature stayed Republican. Brewster had Klan support while Pattangall denounced the Klan.
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Maine
Ralph O. Brewster
W. 2. Pattangall
United States
B. M. Fernald
FF. J. Redman
Primary Nominations Across States Highlight Shifts
Rimar ies reveal Republican renominations for Couzens Groesbeck and Heard while Dems nominate Frensdorf Morley Hunt and Walsh. Gillett slated in Massachusetts against Walsh. Colorado GOP backs Means Morley. Arizona names Heard Hunt. Washington fields Hartley Hill Oman. Ransdell renominated in Louisiana. Blease leads in South Carolina. Harris defeats Hardwick in Georgia.
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Michigan
James Couzens
Treasury Mellon
Coolidge
Dawes
A. J. Groesbeck
Mortimer Cooley
Edward Frensdorf
Massachusetts
Frederick H. Gillett
Senate
David I. Walsh
Colorado
Rice W. Means
United States Senate
Clarence J. Morley
Arizona
Dwight B. Heard
G. W. P. Hunt
Washington
R. H. Hartley
Ben ¥. Hill
White attacks Kansas Republican nominee with independent bid
William Allen White accuses Ben Paulen of aligning the Republican party in Kansas with the Ku Klux Klan and has filed independent nominating petitions to place his name on the November ballot for governor and state senator Carr for lieutenant governor to test public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiam Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Ben §. Paulen
Republican Party
Kansas
Ku Klux Klan
Carr
Air Magellans Near End of Globe-Spanning Flight
The Air Magellans complete a United States leg of their world circling flight. They were greeted by huge crowds in Boston and Long Island, met by President Coolidge and officials in Washington, and held for Defense Day before resuming toward Day ton and a route through Chicago Omaha Texas to California Oregon.
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UR “Air Magellans
United States
Boston
Long Island
Washington
Dayton
Chicago
Omaha
Texas
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Isugene
Ore
Tone Eagle
Winnett- Cat Creek
Flood
Main
Litle
Melstone
Cuba
New York
Florida
Cass
California
Civil War Fights Rage Around Shanghai and Peking
WISE the Chekiang and Klangsu armies continue their struggle for Shanghai as Chang of Manchuria opposes the central government with six 80 000 strong columns ready toward the capital. Peking’s cabinet is a military council, finance raised, Shanghai merchants cut lending. Chekiang forces gain near Talhu lake while torrential rains halt some fronts. Japan watches closely amid hints of U S sympathy with Wu Pei Fu and possible Anglo American moves.
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Shanghai
China
Peking
Chang
Manchuria
Cheklang
Talhu Lake
Niangsu
Shang
Japan
America
England
Washington
London
Wu Pei-Fu
Ferrara Rebel Lead Alarms Hon duras Spark U S Action
Gregorio Ferrara leads a rebel movement in Hon duras provoking trouble as two American cruisers land forces at Celba and a third en route from Panama. Washington warns the rebel leader that no government he forms will be recognized unless he meets conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregorio Ferrara
Honduras
Celba
Panama
Stokeley W. Morgan
Ferrara
Washington
Nation observes Defense Day amid mass mobilization
Pyene opposition to pacifists marks Defense Day with nationwide enthusiasm. The government estimates 50,000,000 participants in tests demonstrations and celebrations. What began as officer training grew into a broad mobilization showcase with patriotic events nationwide. General Pershing gave a radio address on preparedness and retired the next day, with General Ilines succeeding him as chief of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyene
Pershing
Ilines
League of Nations prepares LANS to disarm Germany and neighbors
The League of Nations council drafts LANS to supervise disarmament of Germany Hungary Austria and Bulgaria. France urges compulsory arbitration strict treaty enforcement and a clear definition of aggressor while keeping regional pacts and the Little Entente. Berlin protests Dawes plan amid nationalist pressure.
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Lans
Germany
League of Nations Council
League
Hungary
Austria
Bulgaria
France
League Assembly
Versailles
Trianon
Neuilly
St. Germain
Berlin
Reichstag
Monsignor Fanelli
Albania
Geneva
Dawes
Spain Faces Setbacks in Morocco Amid Rift Uprising
The Primo de Rivera regime seems to falter as his troops retreat to Tetuan while Rift tribes tighten their grip. Reports say 8,000 Spaniards were encircled or massacred, and Abd el Krim proposes retaining Ceuta and Melilla within a larger Moroccan republic. German officers who had joined the Spanish foreign legion reportedly deserted to Abd el Krim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primo DE Rivera
Spain
Morocco
Tetuan
Abd-el-Krim
Ceuta
Melilla
Lif
Spanish Foreign Legion
Glacier lake and South glacier found in Missions mountains
Montana Mountaineer club members report an unmapped lake named Dumbbell lake midway west of a 64 mile distant glacier named South glacier. The 21 member party observed seven grizzlies, a mother with three cubs, and reached Mountaineer peak at 9,200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missions Mountains
Montana Mountaineer Club
Swan River
South Glacier
Gorden Ranch
Dr. Freeman Daughters
University
Mountaineer Peak
McDonald Peak
Suit to Recover Funds From Closed Bank in Great Falls
The National Surety Company filed in U S district court to recover 10101.11 from the closed Hardin State Bank seeking a preferred claim. The bond covered Indian funds on deposit totaling over 50000 at bank closure Jan 13 1928. H W Bunston receiver is co defendant.
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Great Falls
Hardin State Bank
United States
National Surety Company
H. W. Bunston
Official Montana primary returns filed by state board
Official returns received by the state canvassing board show Governor Dixon ahead by about 8,280 votes over Lee Dennis in the gubernatorial race. Cascade County finally reported, confirming Dixon carried 43 of 54 counties, with Democratic candidates Erickson Ayers Romney Denny Hampton and others receiving scattered, write‑in support. The tally notes strong cross‑ticket support and notable write‑ins such as Aay Gump.
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Helena
Cascade
Dixon
Lee Dennis
Public utility values set by state for tax assessment
The state board of equalization announced on September 9 1923 for 1924 valuations of public utilities with little change from 1923 figures. Railroads total 285 8 million with Great Northern Northern Pacific and C M St P among top values. Telegraphs Western Union and Oregon Short Line figures given. telephone and pipeline holdings listed. Taxes calculated at 40 percent of total, then distributed to counties by mileage and school districts.
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Nelena
State Board of Equalization
Montana Power Company
Great Northern
Northern Pack
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Oregon
Telegraph Company
Western Union
Telephone Company
Mountain States
Muttal Ob and
Gallatin Natural Gas Company
Man jailed for killing wife in Sweetgrass incident
In Sweetgrass near the Canadian border, Katherine Hunter was shot and killed on Sept 8 as she rode with an escort. Her husband, Toole County resident George Hunter, already jailed after the incident, fired multiple shots while intoxicated, injuring the escort and wounding a bystander.
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Great Falls
Katherine Hunter
Tex” Trunter
Montana
Sweetgrass
Toole County
Butte
Hunter
George
Shelby
Arrest in stabbing at Mexican pool hall
Police arrested a man shortly after midnight September 6 in a stabbing case at a Mexican pool hall. Joe Martinez was wounded during a Saturday night argument and rushed to a local hospital where his condition was reported critical but improving on September 7.
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Butte
John Hernandez
Joe Martinez
Martinez
Fire destroys separator near Melstone and Melstone ity ken
A separator on a farm near Melstone and operated by Melstone itykken Bros. burned on September 8 while threshing wheat. The machine, two years old, was likely ignited by an overheated bearing, and no insurance was carried. About a third of the field had been threshed when the fire started around 6 p.m. on a summer-fallow beach land.
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Melstone
Itykken Bros
State Capital Maintains Assistant and Clerk Strength
Attorney General L A Foot plans no changes to the present assistant and clerk force and will likely appoint a successor to Rankin within a week. Foot will retain his current staff from his four-year tenure, relying on the same team in the attorney general’s office. Meanwhile Montana State College reports most entering students will need work to stay in school, with jobs ranging from boiler work to clerking and janitorial tasks. Montana State’s Prof Clyde McKee has been elected president of the western branch of the American Society of Agronomy. The Montana Supreme Court reopened in Helena with a September docket of 29 cases and a heavy schedule ahead after the summer recess.
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Udge Caverly
Leopold and
Loeb
Robert Franks
U. S. District Court
United States District Court
Great Falls
George M. Bourquin
Charles N. Pray
Mose
United States
George Snyders
Sidney West
Lew Morris
Melolfind
J. M. Mettler
Junge Bourquin
Seattle
Circuit Court of Appeals
L. A. Foot
Foot
Wellington
D. Rankin
Rankin
Supreme Bench
State College
Bozeman
Western Union
McKee
Clyde McKee
Montana State College
American Society of Agronomy
Society
Laramie
Wyo
Montana Supreme Court
Helena
Cascade County Returns Push Dixon Toward Victory
The state canvassing board on September 8 completed checks of August primary results from 54 counties. Cascade County remains incomplete. Unofficial county totals put Governor Dixon ahead by 8451 votes statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Cascade County
Dixon
Requisition Issued for Return of Arthur Rice to Butte
Governor Joseph M. Dixon issued Sept. 4 requisition papers for the return of Arthur Rice alias Adam Rice to Butte on a grand larceny charge. A man matching Rice’s description is cited as being in custody at Denver in the governor's request.
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Arthur Rice
Adam Rice
Butte
Joseph M. Dixon
Rice
Denver
Montana Senate Candidates Report No Contributions or Expenditures
Secretary of state records show Senator Walsh reporting no contributions or expenditures. Frank B. Linderman of Kalispell reported no contributions and expenditures of 287.50.
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Secretary of State
Montana
Walsh
Frank B. Linderman
Kalispell
Appointment of Hilger to Historical Library Board
Governor Dixon announced the appointment of David Hilger, librarian of the state historical library, as a member of the library board of trustees. The five member board will serve until January 1926.
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David Hilger
State Historical Library
Lbrary
Joseph M. Dixon
Attorney General rules no filing fee for primary ballot candidates
In a September 4 opinion, Attorney General L A Foot states that candidates whose names appear on primary ballots cannot be charged a filing fee. The ruling clarifies ballot access and campaign finance procedures for primary elections.
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L. A. Foot
Knights of Pythias Elect Montana Grand Officers in Helena
K of P Grand Lodge officers were elected at the Montana state convention opening in Helena on September 8. Helena’s Worden was chosen grand chancellor with Butte as next convention host. other officers include Winman, De Carlo, Whitehead, Godby, Halrful, Dennis, and Perham. The session closed September 9 with a grand social program.
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Helena
W. G. Worden
Lewistown
Montana
William Halrful
Sand_.Coulee
Lee Dennis
Arthur Perham
Butte
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Alister MacDonald
Mount Shasta
Edward W. Pickard
Brewster
Pattangall
Shaver
San Pedro
Ecuador
Doctor Arizaga
McTing
Brazil
Chile
Alessandri
Argentina
Tourope
Conrville
Rennie Courville
St. Tenatius
St. Ignatius
Sam Trumphreys
Lake County
Polson
Tumphrey
Homer Carter
H.R. Carter
Roy
Black Butte
Jtie
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lewistown Land Office
Lewistown Oil and Refining Company
Cat Creek
Wildshultz
Oldham
Catlett
Parrot
Sutte
Supreme Court
Foot Gives Ruling
P. Grand Lodge
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