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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1917
Page
7
The principal branch office of the Standard is at 119 North Main street in Butte. Telegraph and telephone numbers for departments include business at 422, editorial at 423. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Butte notes list numerous visitors from Dillon Helena Deer Lodge and other towns. People arrive for short stays, business trips, or family visits while residents and guests plan travels to Missoula Whitehall and Yellowstone. A birth and church appointment are noted along with staff moves and a public health nursing position.
The Metal Trades union debated declaring the Silver Bow Employers' association unfair. The motion failed, receiving 74 for and 46 against, short of the two-thirds needed. President Stewart was ousted. James O'Brien chaired after a dispute over proper chair. More applicants overwhelmed the Black Rock timekeeper. Tom Campbell was absent after a warning.
Clinton H Moore deputy collector of internal revenue received a letter from Joseph H Harper dated Knoxville Tenn. Harper was a prominent civil engineer and surveyor until about ten years ago. He left Butte due to Mrs Harper’s health. The couple were in Florida, moved to Knoxville for Mrs Harper’s operation, which succeeded. They plan to return to Florida when able to travel. Ad by Kowske the tailor 202 N Main.
Seattle Aug 27 Rear Admiral Capps chairman of the United States Shipping Board notified Seattle shipyards the labor situation will be taken up by a new adjustment board. Dispatches say the board would come soon and union leaders believe a strike has been averted though ballots continue tonight. The final canvass is due tomorrow morning.
The Rev. H. W. Davis of the First Baptist church in Eugene resigns to become religious director in the war work of the YMCA. He is the second minister to leave a pastorate for war related service, as Rev. Chris Jensen of the First Christian church in Springfield heads to Presidio, California for instruction at the second officers training camp.
President Wilson tightened export controls with an order banning shipments of any goods to European neutrals unless licensed. The measures also expand license requirements for allies and neutrals, including cotton meats sugar and other exports. The move signals a vigorous use of export control as a war weapon and transfers administration to the Export Administrative Board led by Vance McCormick.
P S Ridley of Stevensville visits Butte while Mr and Mrs John Bettinger depart for Denver. Leroy Lance and S A Price arrive from Wisdom as Charles Goff and Tom Armitage of Wisdom conduct business in town.
Chicago August 27 Members of the St. Louis club win the competitive drill of the American league Lieut Col Raymond Sheldon U S A reviewed the clubs last week and announced the decision. The players will be presented with 500 by President Johnson of the American league. An army sergeant who drilled them will receive 100 Second place went to Washington third to Cleveland Chicago fourth Boston fifth Detroit sixth New York seventh Philadelphia eighth The contest was judged on military standards with St Louis perfect in movements and punctuality, only one discipline point and six drilling points. Sheldon praised the sergeants and teams for their efficiency and, said military training would be carried out each season. President Johnson said so.
Italian forces push east from Monte Santo toward the upper Carniola border as Austrians rush fresh troops to the defense. In France, Verdun and Aisne fronts show continued French gains and significant prisoner captures while British trench raids persist. The Riga area and northern fronts report limited action, with Russian positions held near Jacobstadt and Soveia retaken by Russo Romanian forces.
Robert M. Simpson of the University of Missouri, the world's champion hurdler, will not defend his title at the national A A U meet in St. Louis. Simpson enrolled as a student officer at Fort Sheridan. Chicago will send about 75 athletes to the games with Martin A. Delaney coaching the Chicago A A team.
Seventeen Mexicans captured after the Columbus raid pleaded guilty to second degree murder before District Judge R. Ryan in Deming and received 17 to 80 year terms. Guadalupe Chaves pleaded not guilty for fall term trial. Prisoners were moved from Silver City jail to San Fe with several injured. Three others captured. one died, one ill in Silver City, one escaped.
Buenos Aires August 27 newspapers allege Capt Franz von Papen former German military attache in Washington directs German spy work in the city. Whose veracity is not doubted say observers reporting von Papen seen with German propagandists and said to have reported to the British counsel.
Cul de Sac Idaho Aug 27 fire from a defective flue in a lodging house wiped out one third of the town's business section. Loss placed at 36000 and water supply failed prompting use of dynamite to check the flames.
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