Wenatchee Wash Cloud Burst Toll Rises in Rail Yard Disaster
A sudden cloud burst in Spring Water canyon flooded Wenatchee's Great Northern terminal at 4 15 pm. Seven dead three injured and ten unaccounted for as 1350 rescue workers search wreckage. Four bodies identified Frank Festy brakeman Mrs Domick MacDonald Mrs Cleveland and Margaret Smythe. The Spring Water Hotel was hurled 60 feet. Continues on page three.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Associated Press
Spring Water Canyon
South Wenatchee
Spring Water
Fire at Utah oil plant kills two workers in explosion
Salt Lake City Sept 5 Two men were killed and three injured when a fire destroyed Utah Oil Refining company high pressure gasoline process plant. Victims are foreman Frank E Storm and shift worker Rulon J Arnold. Injured Almont N Burdick Frank Batcher Otto Larson. Faulty tube likely caused ignition. oil hit air causing spontaneous combustion. damage estimated around 200000 dollars.
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Salt Lake
Associated Press
Utah Oil Refining Company
Hieve
Frank E. Storm
Intelatige
Rulon J. Arnold
Almont N. Burdick
Frank Batcher
Otto Larson
To Forgive Ruth He'll Play Again
New York reported that Babe Ruth would rejoin the Yankees for the Boston series with the Red Sox next week after Miller Huggins announced he would take the exiled star to Boston. Huggins said Ruth privately accepted criticism of his managerial ability and had made up his mind to return, though a start date was not fixed.
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New York
Associated Press
Babe Ruth
Red Sox
Miller Huggins
Boston
Ruth
Huggins
Weather outlook for week in Northern Rocky Mountain region
Washington reports weather outlook for the coming week with showers at the start and late in the period. Temperatures are expected to average near normal across the northern Rocky Mountain plateau and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Rocky Mount
State Fair opening race entries list and show names
Races at the state fair include entries such as First ILacn Milo and Tom Amesio. Second race features Mille, Tena's Boy, and Blazer with several others like Deuces Wild and Fay Wood. Third race lists Country GA, Henry of Newkirk, and Miss Impudence among wide turnout of entries with toss of names like Tanger Sparker and Wildfire.
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Milo
TiMotson
Etla
Sci
Treadwell
Tom Amesio
Henetle
Fay Wood
Henry of
Weather and Tremor Shock Hit Midwest and Ohio
Temperatures across the middle west approach one hundred with cooling spots in the north and west. Illinois and Kansas see high 90s while Chicago hits 95 then 76 at night. Rain relief possible before Sunday night though much of the region remains dry. Ferrin Wisconsin reports water sold in jugs at five cents a gallon as plants haul supplies from the Ohio river. An earth tremor near Cleveland lasts nearly an hour with maximum at 11 38 suggesting the shock originated miles away.
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Chicago
Sept
Associated Press
Middle West
Illinois
Town
Kansas
Mercury
Ilinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Ferrin
Ohio River
Cleveland
Bry Associated Press
Isla
John Carroll University
Montana State Fair Opens After Tough Summers Struggles
Montana's 23rd annual State fair opens tomorrow amid cautious optimism. Lewis and Clark county taxpayers and Helena enterprise backed by Montanans statewide funded a working capital after state legislature left them penniless. State fair board includes Lewis Penwell and J Burke Clements. parade kicks off Monday with a robust program of vaudeville, fireworks, rodeo, band music, and horse races. West gate opening announced along with prompt start for a diverse lineup ending before the Shrine arena fight card.
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Montana
Lewis and Clark County
Helena
State Fair
State Fair Board
Lewis Penwell
Kirby Hoon
Tom Herrin
Grant B. Christian
J. Burke
Fair
Butte Mines
Clements
Mit
Shrine Arena
West Gate
Quiz A Boy of 19 in Kidnapping Case
Montclair New Jersey crowds gathered as police questioned a 19 year old youth in the Mary Daly kidnapping. Fingerprints from the kidnapper’s car were examined at the police station. Bloodstains and the death of the child suggest Mary Daly may be dead.
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Montclair
N. J
Associated Press
Mary Daly
Mont Clair
Official Inquiry Into Blaze In Shreveport
Shreveport La September officials began a thorough investigation into the city water supply failure last night when a fire destroyed blocks in a residential area. The blaze caused losses estimated between 600000 and 700000 dollars and left more than 1000 people homeless. A citizen committee completed an unofficial inquiry, withholding its findings pending expert examination of broken water mains.
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Shreveport
Sept. S
Democrat Bert Haney Defies Coolidge Over Shipping Board
Bert E. Haney of Oregon, a Democrat, refuses to resign from the Shipping Board despite President Coolidge demands. He attacks policies of Admiral Palmer, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
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Bert E. Haney
Oregon
Shipping Board
Coolidge
Haney
Admiral Palmer
iFleet Corporation
Rates on Livestock Not Unreasonable
Washington Sept 5 By Associated Press a recommendation that livestock rates between points in territory served by western and mountain Pacific groups of carriers including Mianis and Wisconsin, the fund not unreasonable was made to the interstate commerce commission today by Examiner William A Disque. His report held that the rates now charged are below the actual cost of service by the rail roads.
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Washington
Associated Press
Western
Mountain Pacific
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
William A. Disque
Infant dies after washing boiler tragedy in Columbus
Columbus report states Mrs Edith Lane, 29, placed her six weeks old son in a hot wash boiler filled with water and lit a fire beneath it in her home. The husband found the child dead several hours later, the Associated Press notes.
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Columbus
Associated Presse
Edith Lane
Fruitless Search for Lost Airmen
Honolulu September report says a Navy seaplane PN-9 No. 1, forced down during a storm on a trans Pacific flight from San Francisco to Honolulu, remains missing with five crewmen. Concentrated forces and ships at Pearl Harbor renew efforts to scour vast Pacific waters within a wide radius for any sign of the crew and craft.
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Honolulu
Sept
Associated Press
San Francisco
Pearl Habor
Pacific Ocean
Canada to seek fresh mandate after Parliament dissolves
Premier Mackenzie King announced dissolution of Canada's fourteenth parliament and called a general election for October 29 to address transportation immigration taxation and senate status. The governor general Lord Byng signed the dissolution order this afternoon in Richmond Hill Ontario.
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Richmond Hill
Ont
Associated Press
Mackenzie King
Canada
Senate
Lord Byng
Parade ready for Montana State fair opening Monday
Plans for the 1925 fair parade were finalized by chairmen and marshals. The event, set to begin at 12 50 PM, requires all sections to be in line by 12 15 PM. Parade will form in front of the fire station under overall supervision of named committee members.
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Montana
John Arnald
CG. A. Bernier
C. T. Harker
Hugh Adair
T. Bushe Jr
C. J. Frost
Tom Herrin
Marahun
Une
Engineer's whistle saves farmer from enraged bull
In Williamsburg Iowa on September 5 Ernest Stotler, a farmer near town, was gored in the side by an infuriated bull. A quick thinking train engineer, seeing the danger, slowed the approaching locomotive and blew the whistle multiple times, startling the bull away and allowing Stotler to crawl under a fence to safety.
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Williamsburg
Iowa
Associated = Press
Ernest Stotles
Stohler
New York Gangster Die in Cruel Car Fire
A East Side gangster Morris Grossman aged 22 was found burned in a sedan on East Street. He had been shot four times and locked inside the car before it was set ablaze, marking one of the underworld’s cruelest deaths.
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New York
Sept. S
Assocated Press
East Side
Morris Grossman
East Sst Street
Mystery Woman Dies in Denver After Amnesia Case
Mrs Emma Fuller a so called mystery woman who claimed to have been beaten or drugged by robbers at Casper Wye while returning from Washington state died in Denver. Her husband John Fuller an oil man sought by police had not visited the hospital. She was hospitalized weeks with amnesia and later identified by her husband who had reported her disappearance. A strange woman found wandering streets was also examined as part of the case.
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Denver
Colo
Associated Press
Emma Fuller
Casper
Wye
Washington State
John Puller
Pletely
State Fair spirit urged as Labor Day crowds urged to attend
The Helena editorial argues for large Montanans attendance at the State Fair and opposes forced store closings during fair week. It urges merchants to accommodate workers so they can attend multiple times, emphasizing Labor Day as key for turnout and fair success. It cautions against hindering guests or forcing closures, urging flexible hours and continued open businesses for sustained attendance.
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Helena
Independent
Commercial Club
State Fair Management
Plans for Strenuous Week for Princesses at Fair
Princesses named Blanche Raker Loretta Boushard and Mac Malleth join Miss Ora Sandal for a four day fair. A reception and get acquainted session will be held with Mrs Frank Miracle coordinating activities and room arrangements secured at the Placer for the guests. Continuous events and banners set the stage for social activities as entertainment committee aims to foster quick bonding.
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Ora Sandal
Powster River County
Frank PD
Miracle
Chaneran
Blanche Raker
Valley Counts
Loretta Boushard
Mineral Eounty
Mac Malleth
Tavle
Mr. Balfour
Placer
Punish Commander of Wrecked Sub S14
Washington Sept 3 By Associated Press Lieutenant Charles Martin found guilty of negligence as commanding officer of the submarine S14 which went aground off Chatham Massachusetts January 12. He is sentenced to the loss of five numbers in rank. Secretary Witbur approved the decision. Lieutenant Commander Stuart E Bray commanding officer of submarine S48 went aground in a Portsmouth New Hampshire storm January 2 and was acquitted of negligence and failure to obey orders. Disapproval of the second ruling has no practical purpose.
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Washington
Associated Press
J—Lieuenant
Charles Martin
Chatham
Masa
Witbur
Stuart E. Bray
Portsmouth
Wilbur
Brewer pleads guilty in shooting case
Miles City dispatch reports Cluton Brewer arraigned before Judge Stanley Felt in Terry district court. Brewer pleaded guilty to shooting with intent to kill and was sentenced to three to two years in the penitentiary at Deer Lodge for the September 3 incident at Janes Young place in Terry that wounded the sheriff and James Young.
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Miles City
Sept. S
Stanley KK. Felt
Terry
Mont
Cluton Brewer
Deer Ledge
Daly Star
Brewer
Janes Young
James Young
Mitchell blasts air services in war department setback
Col William Mitchell declares defiance of the war department and travels to Aransas Pass for tarpon fishing. He blasts aviation leadership, says accidents stem from incompetence and negligence, and predicts arrest for his remarks. His 17 page statement criticizes national defense administration.
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San Antonio
Tex
Associated Preas
War Department
William Mitchell
Cireles
Aransas Pass
Air Service
Mitchell
The
Gulf
Shenandoah
Col. Mitchell
Blame None for Aerial Disaster
Caldwell Ohio September fifth Associated Press reports the Shenandoah wreck remains under investigation. The board’s statement urges the navy to carry on at Lakehurst with public and press support. Captain Lansdowne and crew are praised for their sacrifice and efforts are not declared in vain. The narrative notes the crash was a battle with the elements and mentions continued coverage on Page Four.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Associated Press
Board of Investigation
George Washington Steele, Jr
Lakehurst
N.J
Naval Air Station
Navy Department
Lansdowne
American fliers raid Riff headquarters in Sheshuan raid
American observers joined French pilots in a dawn raid on the Riffian city of Sheshuan. Lt Col Charles Sweeney dropped heavy bombs on the Sid Mohammed district headquarters and barracks, reporting a successful mission despite high altitude visibility. Reports say Captain Mustain Yuwa Aziz and six tribesmen were killed days earlier in related bombardments.
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Riff
Quetzan
Morocco
Iby Associated
Sie
Sheshuan
Riffien
Beni Malek
L Litenant
Charles Sweeney
Matingus
Bamba
Sidv Mohammed
Sad-El Krim
Mustain
Yuwa
Aziz
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