Meeting called off for this afternoon in Butte turmoil
Acting Mayor Hanratty blocks Finns rally over city playgrounds and safety, thwarting a metal trades council mass meeting planned at Mehren ball park. Scouts seek Columbi Gardens as alternative while police pledge protection. A Finn delegation seeks church protection today as miners return to work amid patrols and protests.
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Hanratty
Finnsh
Metal Trades Council
Mehren Ball Park
Columbi Gardens
Hannatty
Big Butte
Columbia Gardens
Metal Mine Workers
Clem Burkhard
The
Standard
Nelgen Ball Park
Butte Metal
Major Williams
W. W
Henderson Seen As Honest Labor Liaison In Government
Mr. Henderson is described as a straightforward public figure once viewed as a government ambassador to labor and a spokesman on labor issues. A possible honest misunderstanding could explain recent tensions or snags in the situation.
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Henderson
Labor
Danish Seamen Union backs British union on Stockholm conference
Copenhagen August 11 Peter Wright director of the British Seamen and Firemen's Union says the Danish Seamen's Union adheres to its earlier resolution not to carry peace delegates to the Stockholm conference. He adds that the Danish union stands with the British union and insists the conference is a German scheme.
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Copenhagen
Peter Wright
Seamen and Firemen'’s Union
Open air rally in Glasgow denounces ban on pacifist conference
In Glasgow on August 11, a large demonstration protested the authorities ban on the workers and soldiers council conference. James Ramsay MacDonald spoke amid cheers and red flags, condemning efforts to prevent delegates from Stockholm and urging a democratic peace that avoids women's and children's suffering.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Workers and Soldiers’ Council
Independent Labor Party
James Ramsay MacDonald
Stockholm
Europe
Walkerville Firemen Annual Picnic Today
The Walkerville fire department hosts its annual picnic at Moullen reservoir today with ice cream soft drinks and rides for all. Six large trucks will shuttle residents between Walkerville city hall and the six mile reservoir as a free event expected to draw crowds away from the town.
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Walkerville
Moullen Reservoir
Woman Slashed After Quarrel Over Man in Cabin
A violent dispute at 343 Hopkins Street left Sarah Johnson and another woman wounded. The assailant slashed the Johnson woman on the wrist forearm and forehead, severing an artery. The attacker fled. the injured received treatment at the emergency hospital.
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Sarah Johnson
Hopkins Street
Johnson
American Socialist loses mailing privileges
Chicago August 11 The American Socialist weekly of the national socialist party had its second class mailing privileges revoked by the post office department. The move follows the June issues being held unmailable under the espionage law.
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Chicago
National Socialist Party
Today
Washington
Post Office Department
Germer Freed After Interrogation Over Speech
Adolph Germer national secretary of the socialist party was arrested for seditious utterances at an American Liberty and Defense league meeting in Chicago. He was released after a Justice Department inquiry found insufficient evidence for formal charges following a conference between bureau chief Hinton G. Clabaugh and District Attorney Charles F. Clyne.
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Chicago
Adolph Germer
Socialist Party
American Liberty and Defense League
Federal Department of Justice
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau
Charles F. Clyne
Germer
Ouimet Declines Draft Exemption to Aid War Effort
Francis Ouimet western amateur golf champion and former national amateur and open title holder announced in Boston that he would not seek draft exemption. He passed the physical and said his services were at his country's disposal in any capacity, whether in the army or playing golf for the Red Cross. He noted receiving anonymous letters accusing him of being a slacker based on reports he would seek exemption.
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Boston
Francis Ouimet
Red Cross
Ouimet
Submarine Collides With Mayflower in Boston Harbor
In thick fog a U S submarine collided with the Nantasket beach excursion steamer Mayflower in Boston harbor. The submarine sustained slight material damage while the Mayflower received a hole in her port side and one seaman on the steamer broke a leg. Fifteen hundred passengers were transferred to the Rose Standish and brought to the city.
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Boston
United States
Navy Yard
Rose Standish
Lavish Welcome Planned for Japanese Mission to Pacific Coast
A Pacific Coast Port reports lavish entertainment awaiting a Japanese mission en route to Washington. Plans completed to arrange a welcome surpassing any previous greeting on the Pacific slope.
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Pacific Coast
United States
Washington
Pacific Slope
Plant repairs and investigations into Holt and Choisse
It is estimated the plant will take 60 days to return to operation after a daily output of 46,000 pounds of powder. The antecedents of Holt and Choisse are under close investigation.
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Holt and Choisse
Archduchess Hedwig of Tuscany Engaged to Count Stolberg Stolbers
A Vienna dispatch reports the engagement of Archduchess Hedwig of Tuscany to Count Bernhard Zu Stolberg Stolbers born in Mankato Mint where his brother long resided. The groom’s brother is Father Martin of the Benedictine monastery of Cottonwood Idaho.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Archduchess
Hedwig
Tuscany
Bernhard Zu Stolberg- Stolbers
Mankato
Mint
Fasther Martin
Cottonwood
Idaho
Two Representatives Designated Officers
New York Aug 11 Representative Reuben L Haskell of Brooklyn has been designated for the piecers reserve training camp at Plattsburg and may resign his seat if successful. Fort Riley Aug 11 Guy T Helvering of the Fifth Kansas district is named as a successful applicant for the second reserve officers training camp at Fort Sheridan starting Aug 27. He is 41 and a Democrat who served in a Kansas infantry company in the Spanish American War.
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New York
Reuben L. Haskell
Brooklyn
Plattsburg
Congress
Fort Riley
Kan
Guy T. Helvering
Kansas
Fort Sheridan
Helvering
Undertakers Notice for Aug 1917 Funerals
Multiple notices list services at Sherman & Reed parlors. William Provost funeral in Sherman & Reed parlors with later arrangements. Erick Turnquist, moored by family, to be at 2 PM Sunday Mountain View. Patrick Gavigan, 58, father of Michael Gavigan, funeral details to follow. William Newman’s funeral planned later.
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William Provost
Sherman & Reed
Turnquist
Erick
Hilma Turnquist
Adolph Turnquist
Rockford
Til
Mountain View
Automobiles
Newman
William Newman
William H. Newman
Ruby
Alaska
Funeral notices for Hughes Davis and White services
The notices announce J. F. Hughes died with remains at White's undertaking. Henry Davis funeral set for Monday at 10 AM under Knights of Pythias and street car employes union at the Knights of Pythias hall. Interment in Jewish cemetery. Sam R. White Funeral Director and Embalmer listed.
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Hughes
J. F. Hughes
White
Portors
Davis
Henry Davis
Knights of Pythias
Hart and Morris funerals Scheduled For Weekend
The funeral of William H. Hart is set for Sunday at 2 PM at Richards' funeral chapel under Enterprise lodge I O F L. The body goes to Tumwater, Washington for interment. Harry Morris's funeral is planned for Monday at 2 PM at Richards' chapel with Rev. J H Mitchell officiating, followed by burial in Benav Vern View cemetery.
Fire destroys half of Aetna Explosives plant near Gary
Fire, suspected incendiary, swept through about half of the Aetna Explosive company plant near Gary Indiana early today. Two men named Holt and Chaisse were arrested as the blaze burned at a facility with government contract work and a capacity of noted in the report.
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Gary
Ind
Aetna Explosive Company
Here
Holt
Chaisse
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E. A. Shewe
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