Uprisings spread across Caucasus spark Soviet crackdown
Edward W. Pickard reports revolt in Georgia Azerbaijan and southern Russia as Cheka and Soviet troops push to contain the movement. Turmoil rises amid famine fears and oil politics with Enver and Djemal Pasha linked to plans for a Turkish-led empire.
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Georgia
Caucasus
Russia
Moscow
Trotzky
Cheka
Azerbaijan
Batum
Danielenko
Batum- Tiflis
Tiflis
Baku
Red Army
Odessa
Sebastopol
Crimea
Leningrad
Enver Pasha
Djemal Pasha
Turkestan
Persiia
Near East
Northern China Civil War Forces Set for Major Battle
Civil war coverage tracks Wu Pei Fu and Chang Tso Lin gathering forces for a potential pivotal clash near Peking. Movements along the Mukden line and toward Jehol signal preparations, while Wu’s troops push toward Shanhaikwan as Shanghai fighting subsides.
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Bier
China
Wu Pei Fu
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Peking
Chang
Mukden
Jehol
Tsao Kun
Feng Yuh Siang
Great Wall
Shanhaikwan
Shanghai
Legion convention draws 40000 in St Paul parade
About forty thousand former service men joined the sixth American Legion convention in St Paul Minnesota last week. Gen Charles G Dawes attended briefly and Judge Kenesaw M Landis urged Legion members to vote and act as citizens. Omaha won next year’s convention while the 40 and 8 club staged comic parades and a large jamboree.
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St. Paul
Minn
The
American Legion
Charles G. Dawes
Legion
Kenesaw M. Landis
Omaha
Steel Firms Agree to FTC Order on Price Quotes
United States Steel and its subsidiaries promise compliance with the federal trade commission order abolishing the Pittsburgh plus system for rolled steel price quotes. They abandon appealing to the Supreme Court but do not admit the order's validity or the commission’s jurisdiction. They will quote prices only from the manufacturing or base point.
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TLL
Federal Trade Commission
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
Commission
End of a Five Year Fight for Steel Consumers in the Midwest
The five year dispute over steel supplies concludes with a settlement likely to aid Midwest steel users, though final benefits remain uncertain and the outcome is not guaranteed.
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Middle West
Globe encircling aviators push toward Oregon on epochal flight
The army aviators moved across the continent toward their final goal in Oregon after starting their epochal flight. Chicago welcomed them for two days, then Omaha St Joseph Muskogee and Dallas hosted brief welcomes before a planned dash over the Rockies to southern California.
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Oregon
Chicago
Omaha
St. Joseph
Muskogee
Dallas
Rockies
California
Navy Secretary Wilbur attacks Volstead act on Catalina
Ceepee of the Navy WI BUR formerly California chief justice spoke at the California Bar on Catalina Island urging defense of private rights and criticizing emergency laws. He cited state and national court overturns and warned about injunctive provisions in the Volstead and red light abatement acts. He was summoned to Washington as Budget Director Lord cut navy estimates and aviation funding, while President Coolidge weighs naval priorities and battleship spending.
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Ceepee
NAVY
Wibur
Supreme Court of California
California Bar Association
Catalina Island
United States
Times of Emergency
Wilbur
Washington
White House
Coolidge
Lord
Department
Colidge
American-German claims commission awards exceed 65 million
Last week the American German claims commission authorized over 65 million dollars. About 37 million goes to 61 American insurance companies and 24.3 million to the veterans bureau. Umpire Parker ruled against American life insurers in ten Lusitania sinking cases.
Rank Chance Dies in California Former Cubs Star Remembered
Rank Chance known as the Peerless Leader of the Cubs is dead in California. He was admired as a square sportsman and genial gentleman.
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Rank Chance
Cubs
California
Jimmie Murphy
Syracuse
N. Y
William L. Douglas
Massachusetts
Boston
Prince of Wales heads to Canadian ranch after polo defeat
The Prince of Wales, following defeats of his countrymen by the American polo team, spent days in and around New York City and has now proceeded to his ranch in western Canada.
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Ptphe
Prince of Wales
New York City
Canada
Montana News Briefs Highlight Crops and Crimes
Agricultural advances praise eastern Montana crops while Richland County reports local yields superior to the East. News notes recount an auto crash near Missoula injuring three men, a Helena car theft arrest linked to a Ford hijack, Dillon normal college building progress, and rancher Albert Still trapping a wolf after 17 sheep were killed.
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Montana
H. F. DePue
Richland County
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Tinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Mr. DePue
Marshall Grade
Missoula
Ted Haddicks
Stevensville
Clarence Convey
William Zoske
Superior
Zoske
Helena
Alma
Mich
Ora Stanford
Bob Kalnia
Wayne Vaspers
Hubert Dittman
Dixon
Everett
Wash
Detroit
Dittman
Ford
Chevrolet
Montana State Normal College
Dillon
Normal College
Bruce Hollister
Activises
Man Dies After Auto Crash Near West Galatia Canyon
Ray Wernll of Garniel died at a local hospital on September 14 from injuries suffered when his car left the grade at the mouth of West Galatia canyon and pinned him under the vehicle. He was 24, son of the late J Wernll and Mrs Margaret Wernll. his father died five years earlier from influenza.
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Bozeman
Ray Wernll
Garniel
West Galatia Canyon
J. Wernll
Margaret Wernll
Confidence Man in Extradition Case Near Great Falls
Stephen Deemen, held on a federal charge of using the mails to defraud, faces extradition to Colorado with a September 26 hearing set in Great Falls. Described as a shrewd con man, he ran the “Dude Ranch” and “private west school” scheme, with telegrams from notable figures reaching him in Cascade jail. An Omaha postal inspector tracked him after a multi-state chase.
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Great Falls
Stephen Deemen
Denver
Colorado
Montana
Deemen
Cascade
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
F. W. Stearns
President Coolidge
Omaha
Neemen
Sascade
Arrests and releases tied to Butte robbery scheme
Martin Sheehan and I Riordan, detained in Anaconda, to be released while Gerald Barry and Albert Heany go to Anaconda to face charges. Sheehan's statement leads officers to believe he and Riordan had no part in the case. Deputies followed leads at Williamsburg and recovered 20 pairs of shoes linked to Ralph Peters and Henry Molloy from Barry's home.
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Butte
Martin Sheehan
I. Riordan
Anaconda
Gerald Barry
Albert Heany
Sheehan
Gallagher
Duggan
Diggins
Willimsburg
Riordan
Barry
East Platinum Street
Duggan and Kelly
Ralph Peters
Henry Molloy
Jerry Sullivan
Sullivan
Montana Highway Contracts Awarded for 1925 Projects
The Montana state highway commission awarded federal aid contracts totaling 170000 for projects in Missoula Park Gallatin and Glacier counties. Bids ranged with Lallande Peek and Powers of Batn ville winning 64918 for Babb Cardson highway grading and surfacing in Glacier county and McGuire and Blakeslee of Great Falls building Kennedy creek bridge for 18977.
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Helena
State Highway Commission
Missoula
Park
Gallatin
Glacier
Lallande, Peek and Powers
Batnville
Cardson
Glacier County
McGuire and Blakeslee
Greatalls
Kennedy Creek
A. B. Moogey
Bozeman
Missoula County
Buck Helena
Hudson
Bozeman Hill
Yellowstone Traffn Park
Tullatin
TI. Downer
Clyde Park
Axe Handle Quarrel Leads to Assault Charge
Mrs. W I Foster pleaded guilty before Justice Gilbert on Sept 16 and was bound over to district court for assault after using an axe handle in a dispute with Mrs. Oliver Collins and Mrs. Frances Yackey of Weldon. The incident followed alleged derogatory remarks about Foster’s daughter during a berry-picking encounter.
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W. IR. Foster
Oliver Collins
Frances Yackey
Weldon
District Court
Justice of the Peace
Gilbert
Collins
Yackey
Mrs. Foster
Mrs. Collins
Building Figures Soar Livingston in 1924
Livingston building permits show total improvements reaching 299900 this year. A 200000 shops building for the Northern Pacific railway is under construction. City improvements include over 70 new homes and exclude main street buildings. Plans for new business structures will push totals beyond 100000.
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Livingston
Northern Pacific Railway
State Capital News Highlights Montana Freight and Health Actions
Montana rail data show a year end in June with total carloads rising to 326 551 from 1923 figures, led by livestock and wool gains, while wheat shipments fell amid higher flour movement. Industrial accidents totaled 5789 with $522 045 in compensation paid. 2811 employers carried coverage for 3200 workers. New health officers assign forest supervisors as deputy state health officers to aid sanitary enforcement.
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Montana
State Railroad Commission
State Industrial Accident Board
Board of Public Health of
Forest Service
State Health Department
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von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
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Mare Island
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San Francisco
Edward Ww. Pickard
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Liuho
Cheklang
R. Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
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Great Britain
Brerance
Mellon
News of Montana
J. G. Diamond
United States Department of Agriculture of
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G. A. Scott
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Federal
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Diamond
State Fair Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
Albert Still
Prairie County
Still
State Capital News
State Supreme Court
Fergus District Court
Winnett Peelfie Oi Company
Dan
Wellington D. Rankin
Charles H. Coopers
G. BR. Boyd
J. C Taylor
Montana State College
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Mineral Flathead
Lincoln
H. EB. Murdock
State College
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