Butte Mayor Details Copper Strike and City Finances
Butte Montana February 14 The strike affects mine engineers and other workers with military called to maintain order. Mayor W H Maloney says the outcome hinges on the engineers vote as wages and warrants strain city finances. He notes unpaid police and paid firemen while banking interests refuse warrants awaiting used military support.
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Butte
W. H. Maloney
United Press Today
Maloney
Firemnn
Montana
Municipal League
Business Women Meet Tonight in Seattle Civic Club
The Seattle Business Women's Civic club hosts its regular meeting at the Y W C A club rooms Friday night. Prof Richard Scholz was to speak on The League of Nations but is called to Portland by Gov Lister for League to Enforce Peace meetings. Mrs Nellie Burnside will replace him to discuss The Child Maintenance Act.
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Seattle
Business Women’s Civic Club
Richard Scholz
League of Nations
Lister
Portland
League
Nellie Burnside
Goa Drifts Weeks in Mid Ocean Storm to New York
The Portuguese steamer Goa, sailing from Lisbon with a cargo of wine olives fruits and nuts for New York importers, was swept by violent gales after losing steering gear. It drifted for days until Bermuda could tow it in with the US naval tug Alleghany. Passengers were landed at Bermuda and later continued to New York aboard other ships.
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New York
Goa
Lisbon
United States
Alleghany
Bermuda
Alamo Egg Price Trick Uses Lighted Train for Hens
In Alamo Col Feb 14 motorists spotted a faux train named the Overland Limited in a field. E G Dixon built chicken coops like Pullman cars with timed lights to fool hens into thinking it is day. The device allegedly boosts hen laying rates and prices.
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Alamo
Col
Overland Limited
E. G. Dixon
Dixon
Pullman
State coal rule eyes local production for all buyers
Olympia February 14. A bill by Rep Grasse and Morris in the house requires all fuel used by state agencies cities ports or schools to be produced within the state. The proposal aims to boost local coal production and reduce dependence on outside sources.
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Olympia
Grasse and
and Morris
Thieves Stage Wednesday Night Burglary Spree
Burglars hit J C Powell home at 4226 Phinney Ave stealing 11 in thrift stamps. California Junk Co at 12 First Ave and plant had $27 stolen. Red Cross Jumble Shop at Fourth Ave and Virginia St ransacked but yielded nothing of value. FE G Woodward says his name was forged on a $21 check cashed at Buck Shoe Co in Chicago. Le Roy Axe, 41, jailed on auto theft and theft insurance claim. Chinese leaders seek to curb Holshevism spread among local Chinese.
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J. C. Powell
Phinney Ave
California Junk Company
First Ave
Red Cross
Fourth Ave
Virginia St
FE. G. Woodward
United States Railway Administration
Buck Shoe Company
Union
Chicago
le Roy Axe
Demand That Ships Supply Coffins
A demand that shipowners supply coffins on Pacific vessels grows from the Chinese practice of returning dead sailors to China. The push seeks coffins on liners leaving San Francisco due to influenza fatalities among Chinese crews. Reports say Vancouver and other ports face similar demands, while Seattle sees few Chinese crewed ships.
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China
San Francisco
Pacific
California
Vancouver
Seattle
Japanese Girl Hangs Self in Cell After Burglary Arrest
Tokyo report states Chiyo Sugiya, a 17-year-old Japanese girl, committed suicide in her cell by hanging with her obi. Police say she had planned theft to obtain money, armed with an ax, and broke into a house, threatening a woman occupant and stealing cash.
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Tokyo
Chiyo Sugiyama
Sone Cash
Jury Probes Fatal Fire At Tokyo House On Weller Street
Under Coroner C. C. Tiffin the jury will investigate the blaze that destroyed the Tokyo house at 219 Weller St. Thursday a week ago. The loss of eleven lives occurs despite automatic fire alarm, phone, and encasement features.
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C. C. Tiffin
Tokyo House
Weller St
Altho
Nurse Brings Back Baby From France Battlefield
Mina Lil Han Nielsen, a nurse, returned from France with a six month old baby claimed to have been found on a battlefield when the child was nine days old.
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New York
Mina Lil- Han P. Nielsen
France
United States Shipping Board closes supercargo program intake
The supercargo school run by the United States Shipping Board has received 8 100 applications to date, making further registration impossible.
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United States Shipping Board
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