The Butte Daily Post, 1914-08-26, p.1

The Butte Daily Post, Butte, 1914-08-26, p.1

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From OFFICIAL COUNT MUST BE MADE TO TELL STORY — For Most Part Nominees Are Known, But Figures Are Not Complete — LOCKED UP IN BALLOT BOXES BY THE JUDGES
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OFFICIAL COUNT MUST BE MADE TO TELL STORY — For Most Part Nominees Are Known, But Figures Are Not Complete — LOCKED UP IN BALLOT BOXES BY THE JUDGES
1914-08-26

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THE BUTTE DAILY POST
Nameplate across the top of columns 2 to 5, with the dateline 'VOL. 2, NO. 204. BUTTE, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS.'
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SWORN STATEMENT 12,641 Daily Average for July.
Boxed circulation claim at the top left, left of the nameplate: 12,641 daily average for July.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Boxed forecast at the top right, right of the nameplate: 'TONIGHT—Fair; warmer. TOMORROW—Warmer.'
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MANY LIVES ARE LOST IN DISASTER WHEN PRINCESS STRIKES SHIP IN SOUND
Columns 1 and 2 lead (the page has 7 columns), Seattle, Aug. 26: the Canadian Pacific Princess Victoria rammed and sank the Admiral Sampson off Point No Point in fog and smoke, eleven lives lost, with the list of the dead crew (Capt. Z. S. Moore, L. Cocams, W. E. Ricker, Miss M. Campbell, C. Marquette, A. Sater, Allen J. Noon, J. B. Williams), passenger J. Byne, and passengers T. C. McCurnin, James Wallace, A. L. Budd and A. L. Button; continued on Page Six.
RUSSIANS IN FLIGHT VIENNA REPORTS VICTORY
Column 2 (right half of the left block), Associated Press, Berlin Aug. 26: Austrian official reports claim a three-day victory at Krasnik in Russian Poland.
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN, IT'S SAID
Column 2 below the Krasnik story, four short Associated Press and other dispatches (London, Washington, Manchester N. H., and 'NONE IN SIGHT.' from Tsing-Tau) naming Dr. K. Duma, the Kaiserin Elizabeth and the Japanese ambassador in Vienna.
AUSTRIA SENDS A NOTE TO ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
Column 1 lower left, London Aug. 26 (10:30 a. m.): General Conrad's message to the Italian government denying aggressive intentions against Italy.
BRITISH WITHOUT DOUBTS; DETERMINED TO GO AHEAD
Two-column story across the lower left, London Aug. 26 (4:40 p. m.): no news from southern Belgium, Premier Asquith's statement in the House of Commons and British recruiting; continued on Page Six.
THE HEART OF ANTWERP
Photograph over columns 3 and 4 at the top, captioned 'Street scene in Antwerp, showing the cathedral in the background.' (Underwood & Underwood).
[untitled dispatch] London, Aug. 26 (3:26 p. m.)
Under the Antwerp photo, left: Reuter and Daily News dispatches about a Zeppelin raid on Antwerp and American minister Brand Whitlock's protest to the German government.
[untitled dispatch] Berlin, Aug. 26.
Under the Antwerp photo, right: official announcement that Lieutenant General Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meiningen was killed by a shell before Namur on Aug. 23.
[untitled dispatch] London, Aug. 26 (4:02 p. m.)
Under the Antwerp photo, far right: Exchange Telegraph dispatch that Belgian operations beyond Malines continued and defensive works built by the Germans were destroyed.
HOW THE GERMANS TOOK THE CITY OF NAMUR
Column 3 below the dispatches, London Aug. 26: the Times Paris correspondent's account (deck 'Graphic Account of the Battles There and at the Town of Charleroi.', subhead 'Not Much Resistance.'); continued on Page Six.
CLAIM MADE THAT RUSSIANS WERE VICTORIOUS
Column 4 below the dispatches, London Aug. 26: the Times St. Petersburg correspondent on the German retreat after Gumbinnen (deck 'Driving First German Army Corps Toward Danzig, Says a Report.'); continued on Page Six.
OFFICIAL COUNT MUST BE MADE TO TELL STORY
Column 5 lead, local primary-election story with decks 'For Most Part Nominees Are Known, But Figures Are Not Complete.', 'LOCKED UP IN BALLOT BOXES BY THE JUDGES' and 'Canvass of Returns Will Be Commenced at an Early Day by Clerk.': the judges failed to make separate returns, so some legislative, sheriff, county attorney, county commissioner and coroner nominations are in doubt, with subhead 'The Official Canvass.'; no candidate names or vote figures printed on page 1, continued on Page Five.
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AGED MAN DROPS DEAD BESIDE WELL OF WATER
Column 6 lead, local, deck 'Unknown Cripple Comes to an Untimely End—Coroner Is Investigating.': an unidentified one-legged man of about 50 found dead in a gully on Big Butte by Mrs. John R. Belleville and John Been, with Chief Murphy and Coroner Drew attending and Sherman & Reed's undertakers, cards found bearing the name of Barney Shanahan, candidate for state senator.
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ENGLAND IS ACCUSED HAD FORESEEN CONFLICT
Column 6 below the Aged Man story, New York Aug. 26 (deck 'That Is the Statement Made by Official—Germans in Belgium Mistreated.'): German naval department statement through Captain Boyed accusing England.
GALLANT CHARGE OF THE RUSSIAN HORSE
Column 5 below the Official Count story, St. Petersburg via London Aug. 26 (deck 'Cavalry Dashes at a German Battery, Which Causes Dreadful Havoc.'): Novoe Vremya account of a Russian cavalry charge at Gumbinnen.
AEROPLANE FALLS.
Short subhead item at the foot of column 5, Paris Aug. 26 (12:20 p. m.): a German aeroplane fell inside British lines in the Quesnoy region and two German officers were killed.
DEMAND IS MADE BY MINE WORKERS AT THE ANACONDA
Column 7 (right edge) lead, decks 'Men Are Directed to Secure Buttons of the New Organization.', 'MINE WORKERS TALK OVER SITUATION TODAY' and 'Clash on Hill Now May Result in a Very Serious Situation.': a committee of 18 or 20 men for the newly organized Butte Mine Workers' union told Anaconda mine miners to wear the union button; subheads 'Grave Fears Expressed.' and 'Take Up Question.'; names the Western Federation of Miners and Butte Mine Workers' union, no persons by name; continued on Page Six.
SIEGE UNDER WAY FIRST ATTACK FAILED
Column 7 below the mine workers story, New York Aug. 26: Japanese attack on Tsing-Tau, the fortified port of Kiao-Chow, failed per a cable from Count von Bernstorff, German ambassador.
GERMAN TOGOLAND HAS SURRENDERED
Column 7 foot, London Aug. 26, 7:30 p. m.: official announcement that German Togoland surrendered unconditionally and the allies will enter Kamina Thursday morning.
SUMMARY OF EVENTS IN WAR ZONE
Banner across columns 3 to 5 at the bottom, three columns of war summary: the Krasnik Austrian victory, the death of Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meiningen, Brand Whitlock's protest at the Zeppelin raid on Antwerp, the French war office silent, a Paris dispatch on Lorraine; continued on Page Six.
ALL OVER BUT COUNTING IN MONTANA'S FIRST PRIMARY
Two-column headline at the bottom right (columns 6 and 7), Helena Aug. 26: state results of the Montana primary of 25 Aug 1914 (Clements, Erickson and Poindexter for associate justice; McCormick, Johnson, Lovelace, Boyle, Godfrey and Tong for railroad commissioner; Maddox, W. J. McCormick, Parsons, Nicholson, Holloway) and the Silver Bow County paragraph on Evans, Stout, Clements and J. E. McCormick; no county treasurer result and no Murphy, Jennings or Townsend.
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