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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1917
Page
10
The text discusses the impact of high exemption claims on army recruitment and local boards. It argues that many exemptions are unfounded, burdens boards, and could trigger stricter rules reducing dependency discharges to truly needy cases, endangering bona fide claimants.
The excerpt states that local boards will refuse exemptions in doubtful cases while district boards review for law conformity. It argues unified action through the district board but maintains that only local boards can consistently protect deserving claimants by screening cases on merit.
Special Dispatch from Great Falls reports Mortimer N. Lease a noted local contractor and brother of ex Mayor N T Lease died in an automobile accident near Belt. He suffered internal injuries after the car he rode in with W R Mowery and two others collided with Dr Chamberlains car. Mowery was slightly hurt. Lease leaves a wife and two daughters.
Fred Smith told police he fears his wife will kill him either at home or if drafted and sent to war. He said a struggle over a gun led to an arrest after his wife, who runs the Pacific hotel on East Park, came to release him in a limousine with diamonds. She disputed his plan to go to war and said she did not want him jailed overnight.
Dr. A. E. Turner presented a stirring lecture on Watch Your Step while The Chimes of Normandy drew the largest outdoor crowd of the year. Performances featured Gaspard Bailie and Serpolette with praise for their dramatic work. The Ongawas offer a musical program and Lee Francis Lybarger speaks on Are You a Christian or Just Religious. Bliss Day of Chicago closes with impersonations and fine arts study.
The Sons and Daughters of St. George plan their annual picnic at Gregson Springs on Saturday August 25. Mr. and Mrs. Sig Lichtenstein and child of Statesboro Georgia visit their aunt Mrs Eva K Jones at 113 North Montana street and plan a Northwest and Yellowstone trip. Miss Jennie Dawson and Miss Carrie Dawson of Dublin Georgia stay with Mr and Mrs Abe Wehl at 118 South Washington street and will tour Glacier National Park and other western cities before returning to Georgia.
Clay Center Kansas reports that former president William H Taft is in a very favorable condition tonight per attending physician Dr B F Morgan The doctor declined to estimate when Taft might leave his bed
Federal Reserve banks show little change in condition over the past week, according to the Aug. 11 statement released today from Washington.
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