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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
7
Local notes list residents and visitors in Butte from Dillon Cheyenne and Denver. Names include J A Catlins Dillon Mrs Erwin Drummond H G Rogers Salt Lake T E Collier Great Falls F D Brown Philipsburg James Miller Denver J P Brown, plus others seen in city commerce and entertainment.
Walkerville city council debates a dog tax law with plans to capture or destroy dogs not belonging to fire department members. Debate centers on exempting firemen, with officers reporting July finances, street work, and arrests while city seeks funds for delegates and a state convention.
Berlin reports on the war's first anniversary and claims Germany and Austria Hungary hold 3.6 million prisoners of war and 4,000 field guns captured, with Austria Hungary and Russia accounts. It notes prisoners are concentrated in German camps or employed as workers, and cites totals including 72,000 noncommissioned officers and 1.88 million men in Austria. It adds Italian forces report 17,000 prisoners from Austria Hungary, with 399 officers, under their supervision.
Gen J J McDowell of Memphis Tennessee, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, toured Butte MT with Lieutenant Governor McDowell. He praised Montana’s valleys and agricultural resources, reflecting on a long Confederate service and hopes for peace. He will depart Saturday.
A chaotic brawl described as a battle royal erupted outside suey parlors on Mal Wen Street and spilled into the police court. Several youths and locals faced charges, with fines and jail sentences handed to some for drunkenness and disturbances as officers pursued the case.
The bell for St Lawrence's church tower was blessed at a formal ceremony. Donated by C F Kelley of Anaconda Copper, the event included Father Barry, deacon, and Father Venus, sub deacon, with Father L McMullen of Mount St Charles College Helena delivering a sermon on the bell's meaning as a voice for worship.
Mrs. Jessie M. Harris pleaded guilty to assault and posted 500 bond after arraignment in Justice Doran's court. Ysette Heckel seeks Otto, her son, via James McKeown, North Pacific agent, last heard from St Paul in 1908. W B Foster, Milwaukee general superintendent, toured the city with family en route to Seattle. Mr and Mrs Fw Price returned from Western Montana in their new auto, visiting Missoula and Bitterroot country. German munitions factories begin using fax as cotton substitute. German stocktakes of cotton and textile goods will run 10 days. Erie reports an automobile price standardization inquiry by the AAC. Louis B. Bocarere named to lead the investigation, with report due in October.
William Ellis Corey former president of United States Steel arrived on the Espagne from Bordeaux and stated allies may fight three years longer if needed. He questioned whether the United States would join the war but believed allies preferred not to risk public scandal over battlefield help.
New York reported that Robert Frank and George Morley arrived today after a 2963 mile motorcycle journey from Saskatoon Canada as they prepare to enlist in the British army.
The Mooseheart Student Band, made of orphans of loyal Moose members, was warmly received by the Butte lodge and families. The 14 young musicians, ages 11 to 19, performed operatic and popular selections, earning merited applause for their tender year performances. The event highlighted Mooseheart’s mission and the band’s role, with details on the home and its vocational aims.
The report notes Villa confiscating wares from an American wholesale dealer and mentions a planned border trip, with 7 trainloads of foreigners en route. It also covers tense events around Chihuahua City and a general statement on allied operations in Europe amid broader wartime activity.
ManineHoses New York, Maxim the Inventor, and Matthew B. Sellers, editor of an aeronautical publication, are chosen by the Aeronautical Society of America to represent the society on the navy advisory board chaired by Thomas A. Edison. Announcement notes the selections.
In Los Angeles a U S district court adjudged twelve Hogarth paintings valued at 109006 dollars to Eli P Clark of Los Angeles. The works had been in litigation for over a year following a suit filed by Frank McKay trustee in bankruptcy for Tomlinson Homes company art dealers.
Cairo Illinois August 2 Rev A P Jarrett pastor of the Cairo Baptist church shot and killed himself in the church basement tonight. The rumors that had circulated about the pastor led to his resignation and subsequent death, leaving the congregation in shock.
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