Assessments Discussed Before the State Board
Helena August 20. County Assessor Martien told the state board of equalization that Mountain States Telegraph and Telephone and Western Union Telegraph assessments are higher in Lewis and Clark county than Silver Bow. He urged 75 percent valuation for profitable utilities. opponent argued public utilities should be taxed on earnings unless statewide equalization exists.
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Helena
Mountain States Telegraph and Telephone Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
Martien
State Board of Equalization
Western Union
A. J. Noyer funeral guests and local notices
Ditton reports R F Foster away in Salt Lake for a sheep sale while Judge William Clark visits from Virginia City. Local funeral attendees include George Woodworth and wife and the Armitages. A Missoula fire smoke haze covers nearby mountains and a Bannack car accident caused minor damage.
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Ditton
R. F. Foster
Salt Lake
William Clark
Virginia City
A. J. Noyer
George ‘Woodworth
W. E. Armitage
Herbert Armitage
J.P. Lossel
Big Hole Basin
Missoula
Arthur Conway
Deer Lodge
Elmer Johnson
State
Johnson
Gilmore
John T. Neal
Mise Myrtle “Minter
Booneville
Eliel
Nepue
Josireega
Wasalo Aare
Government aid for seed grain credit blocked in bill
Helena August 26 Commissioner Greensfield reports federal officials in Spokane discussed seed grain credit for farmers this fall. The government will not grant credit despite a food bill provision authorizing up to eight million dollars for seed distribution. The bill as amended requires cash at cost when seed is sold to farmers. Also county attorney S C Ford filed suits against four apartment houses under a new anti nuisance law alleging liquor sales.
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Helena
Greensfield
Federal of Agriculture
Spokane
House
Mtr Greenfield
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Aus
8. C. Ford
Governor Stewart in Washington on LW W unrest
Special Dispatch reports Governor Stewart of Montana met with President Wilson and top officials to discuss LW W disturbances affecting copper and war material production. Senator King urged martial law in mining districts and deportation of aliens as immigration enforcement moves considered.
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Walsh
The
Standard
Washington
Benater Walsh
Stewart
Montana
Wilson
TW. W
Fei
LW. W
Opposing Montana rail coal rate increase before commission
Helena Aug 29 All coal mine operators in Montana including Anaconda Copper Mining Co and the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce oppose the railroads demand for a 15 cent rise in coal rates. Attorney D M Kelly represents Anaconda while Charles Donnelly, chief counsel for Northern Pacific, argues before the railroad commission. The hearing notes interstate and state commission actions and cites revenue impact and industry conditions including lumber and grain declines.
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Helena
Montana
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls
Cific
Northern” Pacific
Northwest
Kelly
Baird
Mr. Kelly
G.W. Tong
Bear Creek
Wyoming
Immoral conduct charges name local property owners on Main Street
Teddy Fisher May Hughes Georgia Lee and Carrie Kinney are alleged to have charge of the houses on Main street. The owners and lessees of the property are also made defendants. The complaint seeks seizure and sale of furniture and the places shut up indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Fisher
May Hughes
Georgia Lee
Carrie Kinney
Main Street
Beaverhead County Mobilizes First Draft Contingent
War department orders mobilize five percent of drafted men from the district. Six report Sept 5, likely to Helena. 15 percent follow Sept 15, then later groups. Local board reports exemptions worked through and praises applicants. few refusals appealed to Helena district board, with slim chances of reversal.
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Dillon
War Department
Nuim
Helena
Beaverhead
Heleena
Mabel Earle Held on Serious Charge
Billings Aug 29 Mrs Mabel Earle is held at the county jail pending inquiry into an alleged charge by her husband Will Root that she poisoned him Root was found in agony at a local hotel room and died soon after making the accusation Farle is an assumed name the woman claims innocence
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Billings
Mabel Earle
Will Root
Root
Farle
Fergus county fair invites James Gerard to speak
The Fergus county fair management extended an invitation to James W. Gerard to deliver an address during the fair starting September 11. Gerard replied from Hamilton that illness may prevent attendance, but if his health permits he will attend. Extella Carson was granted a divorce from John F. Carson, filed in 1918 at Butte.
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Lewistown
Fergus County
James W. Gerard
Berlin
Gerard
Ham-ilton
Carson
John F. Carson
Butte
Food administration not food dictatorship in Montana
Alfred Atkinson, newly named federal food administrator for Montana, says food administration will not mean dictatorship. He outlines cooperative plans with state offices on wheat and meat, licensing for large mills, and steps to aid producers and consumers while boosting wool and mutton supplies. A Montana office seeks cooperation and requests for information. The draft exemption board in Helena reports rapid progress, certifying 80 percent of quotas for several counties and may involve local boards in cases.
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Bozeman
Food Administration
World Service
Alfred Atkinson
Montana
Herbert Hoover
Washington
D.C
Atkinson
Department of Agriculture
Central West
Montana Food Administration
Stelena
State
Adjutant General
Madison
Gallatin
Mineral
Beaver
Byrnes and Garlow Marry in County Ceremony
Former Senator Owen Byrnes of this county and Mrs Wessie Garlow of Helena were married here last night and left for Chicago after the wedding. News of the marriage became known today.
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Aus
Owen Byrnes
This County
Wessie Garlow
Helena
Chicago
Rustling Card System for Employment Controls at Anaconda
The article details Anaconda Copper Mining Company’s rustling card system used to vet job applicants in the wake of IWW unrest in 1914. It explains the identification card process, employer verifications, and the aim to bar untrustworthy workers to protect employees and state order.
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Evans
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte, Mont
Anaconda Copper’ Mining” Company
Campbell
Butte
Missoula
Transport Disorder and Revolutionary Pleas Echoed at Conference
The report recalls fierce wartime frustration as 28 officers 20 NCOs and 2 soldiers led a doomed assault while others stood by. The general urged the provisional government to mobilize troops to revive the army. Catherine Skavaya dubbed grandmother of the revolution urged action, and Prince Kropotkin urged Russians to avoid a separate peace, receiving prolonged ovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Siteshkov
Skaya
Peter Kropotkin
Prince Kropotkin
Fires Threaten Lolo Hot Springs Timber Holdings
Missoula August 29 Fire fighters and forest service crews battled a spreading blaze in the Lolo forest near Lolo Hot Springs. Crews cut fire lines and used lanterns to protect timber stands valued at hundreds of millions, while winds threatened to extend the fire toward Flathead and Pioneer ridges, risking vast economic losses.
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Missoula
Lolo Forest
Lolo Hot Springs
Forest Service aMelais
Founda
Aeimg
Forest Service
Akien
Flathead
Resto
Sado
Sloman
Astictap
Doria
Eck
Pioneer Ridge
Gov Ferguson Impeachment Trial Opens in Texas Senate
Austin August 29 The trial of Governor James E Ferguson before the Senate as impeaching court begins after a one day delay. The chief justice will swear in the Senate tomorrow, per procedure, but no Supreme Court or civil appeals court justice is in town to perform the oath.
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Austin
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Senate
Thes Preme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Earl Grey dies at Howick House after long illness
Earl Grey fourth Earl Grey and former governor general of Canada dies at Howick house Northumberland after a lengthy illness. memorial service planned in London Saturday. description of his career includes Rhodesia and Canada governance plus South Africa development and public house trust efforts. strong imperial federation advocate.
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London
Lord Strathcoma
Earl Grey
Rhodesia
Canada
South Africa
Public House Trust Company of
England
Joseph H. Choate
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Karl Grey
Maj Gen
Charles Grey
Franklin
Philadelphia
Howe
Alfred Henry George
Trinity “Collage
Cam’bridge
Alice Molford
Westonbitt
Evelyn” Grey
Sybil Grey
Northumberland
House of Lords
Earls Grey
Cecil Rhodes
South African’ Chartered Company
Lord Minto
Parl Grey
Exemption Board Seeks Butte Volunteers to Meet Quota
Helena Aug 29 The district exemption board asks Butte for volunteers to help Montana reach its quota by Sept. One third certification requirement delays progress as the board urges willing nonexempt men to waive delay and be listed by Aug 31. Also reports a nurse training course announced by Chancellor Rutow of the University of Montana for Mis soula and Bozeman prep hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
One
Cat Craft Board
Mark Floores
Louis ‘Teddy
Thomas M. Robinson
Butte
Montana
Adjutant General
Hin Butte
J. C. Rutott
University of Montana
Missnd
Amsterdam Feichstag Hearing Urges Censorship Reform
Amsterdam committee of the Feichstag proposed abolishing political censorship and restoring assembly rights. A progressive speaker urged removing censorship from military control as it encroaches on free discourse. An independent socialist accused the Imperial chancellor of siding with General von Ludendorff against labor leaders.
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Amsterdam
Feichstag
von Ludendorff
War Office
Pan
Explosion Threat Averted At Cox Sawmill
Authorities charge Logel with involvement in an alleged plot to blow up F. M. Cox Sawmill. A suspected insider secured work at the plant as a boiler section began a destructive blast that narrowly failed, threatening the entire facility.
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Sank
F. M. Cox
Logel
Disturbances at Irish Freedom Meeting in New York
A large crowd confronts police at an open air Irish Freedom gathering in New York. Police clash with protesters as they escort prisoners to night court. Stephen Johnson and John Moore, leaders of the group, are among those arrested amid calls of free speech suppression.
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New York
Friends of Irish Freedom
Stephen Johnson
John Bb. Moore
Broadway
Thirty-seventh Street
Moore
Thirty-Fifth Street
Poice
Johnson
Mitchel
Board of
Graduation Day at United States Military Academy 1918
Cadets of the class of 1918 hear a principal address and receive their diplomas as the graduation exercises conclude at the United States Military Academy. The graduation ball is described as one of the most brilliant events in academy history with key graduates named including Cyril Courture Town Herman Pohl Gerald Counts Hiram Ely and Kenneth Moore.
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Calfornia
Hiram B. Ely
New Jersey
Kenneth M. Moore
District of Columbia
Foresters Elect Chief Ranger at Portland Meeting
Philip Scotland of Newark New Jersey was elected chief ranger at the biennial session of the supreme court of Foresters of America Atlantic City was chosen for the next convention city Charles Barth of Spokane was elected Resolutions pledging the organization plan to support President Witton in the prosecution of the war were adopted
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Foresters
Portland
Philip 3
Scotland
Newark
N. J
Supreme Court of Foresters of America
Atlantic City
Charles Barth
Spokane
Witton
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State Board
Dillon News
Anaconda Company
Food Administration Not Food Dictatorship
Pia
Lolo Springs
Gov Nor OF
Anaconda Copper Mining CO
Butte, Montana
Sanotag
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