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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
7
The principal branch office of the Standards at 119 North Main Street, Butte. Telephones include Business department 422 and Editorial department 424. Advertising rates furnished on application.
The text promotes a Butte jewelry store claiming to be the oldest and urging shoppers confidence in purchases and deposits. It asserts presence of all diamond sizes and prices with emphasis on better qualities.
Butte sees a stream of visitors and movers, with Rh. M. Elgar of Bozeman and C. R. Foster of Great Falls in town. Others include J. McCoy of Pony, Alfred Strange to New Orleans, Mrs. F. D. Molleur and Mrs. J. McCarthy heading to California and Los Angeles, and Great Falls arrivals F. W. Richardson and Mark Camilin. Also noted are Cos mopolitan and Pictorial Review on sale, and multiple locals visiting or traveling through the region.
Dan Donovan of the Columbia block remains in critical condition at St James hospital after injuries from a Tuesday morning automobile accident on Harrison avenue. An operation on his skull was performed yesterday and surgeons hope for recovery. A sister, away in Butte, has returned to be at his bedside along with a brother arriving from Divide.
Officials credit James E. West as chief scout executive with fueling the Boy Scouts rise. His life and work have drawn national attention and earned the support of mothers and fathers across the country.
The Butte Carpenters union voted five to one to accept the wage agreement with Anaconda Copper Mining for carpenters in the district. The vote aligns with the metal trades crafts on the hill. Delegations from Tom Campbell and the Metal Trades council appeared, seeking funds and a mass meeting respectively, but no action was taken. Streetcar service returned to normal and jitneys largely stopped after an early morning strike ending. Campbell aims to influence Washoe smeltermen toward recognition and possible strike action if demands remain unmet. The Montana State Trades Council protested the vote due to missing Great Falls engineers and molders, but the protest was deemed late. A mass meeting is planned Sunday at the ball park under Metal Mine Workers and Butte metal trades, with broad union invitation. Engineers are set to receive 62 1/2 cents per day more if ratified, making downtown engineers earn 5.62 1/2 dollars per day. The Butte Local, International Mine Mill and Smelter Men’s union held a meeting with initiations but no new talks on Anaconda.
Regulations issued by order in council under the food controller restrict beef and bacon in public eating places to be served only on Thursdays and Fridays and at most one other meal per day. White bread must be replaced with substitutes such as corn bread, oat cakes, or potatoes at every meal where it is served.
The body of Alice Bradshaw, a disabled child, was discovered near a Lyndon swamp about a mile from her father John Bradshaw’s home. The girl’s death is linked to the July 5 murder confession by Miss Etta May Hicks and Mrs. Alvin Kenniston, who killed her because she was a bother, though they have not revealed the body’s final disposition.
Several hundred student officers at Fort Sheridan training camp were today made officers in the new national army. The governors of Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin will review the student officers tomorrow.
Flowering almond trees showcase a grand display of blossoms in early spring though they do not bear edible nuts. The population of Uruguay is listed as 1,378,808.
Washington Aug 9 Wholesale claims for exemption from the army draft prompted Provost Marshal General Crowder to urge governors to direct local boards to reduce discharges for dependency to a very restricted class and clearly defined circumstances. In districts many registrants filed on grounds of dependent relatives, signaling possible abuse of exemption rules and risking interference with national army training.
New York Aug 9 The Military Training Camps association says the War department asks aid with aviation division recruitment. About 100000 men are needed, including 20000 officers. Recruits aged 19 to 30 must have completed college or technical training or equivalent. Army recruits also ordered to raise 2000 men for eight supply companies of the quartermasters corps.
Sheriff and federal agents arrested 18 suspected resisters connected to an alleged organized plan to thwart draft enforcement in Emory Texas. About six rifles were seized as deputies reported secret meetings and preparation for armed resistance.
Washington reports the shipping board will begin commandeering American tonnage on the seas as soon as an operating department can be formed. The move, learned today, aims to bolster wartime logistics and ensure adequate sea transport for the United States.
A shipping company is set to appoint a new head from a list of several candidates. The hoard holds the names of those under consideration and an announcement is expected within a few days.
Heavily timbered hills of southeastern Oklahoma continue to release bands of stragglers who resist the draft. About 276 of an estimated 500 anti-draft followers are jailed in state prisons and county jails. United States attorney W. T. McGinnis says most arrestees want to talk and shift blame to leaders.
Funeral of Mrs Mary Mebride aged 45 will be Friday morning at 9 o'clock at home 10386 Utah Avenue then St Josephs Church with 9 40 mass and Catholic cemetery Interment. Matt Wuklich 24 last name Wuklich funeral Saturday 9 AM at Duggans then Sacred Heart Church 9 40 mass Interment Holy Cross. Oscar Wallilha remains shipped to Red Lodge Montana for interment there.
J. F. Hughes aged 41 died last night at his residence 123 West Galena street. The body was removed to White's undertaking parlors for funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Frederick T Davison sustained serious injuries in a hydro aeroplane fall. Surgeons found spinal damage delaying recovery by at least a year. He is the son of Henry P Davison chairman of the American Red Cross War Council.
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