Tommy Weir Enlists in Army as Fort Wright Staging Point
Thomas W. Weir, star Cen terville half back and 192 pound athlete, enlisted in the United States army and left for Fort Wright. Twelve recruits were sent to the Spokane field with Sanford Siegrist noting the group included Harry Crosby and Nelson Rounsevell. The army office closed temporarily as the party departed for further assignments.
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Thomas W. Weir
Centerville
United States Army
Fort Wright
Spokane
Field Artillery
Butte
Sanford Siegrist
Lst
Harry R. Crosby
Nelson Rounsevell
Crosby
Field Artilery
Rounsevell
Medical Corps
United States
Siegrist
Weir
Emmett C. Bohan
University of Utah
Commission at Work on Berlin Peace Reply
The German chancellor pacemaking group held its first session in Berlin with Chancellor Michaelis presiding. The commission met about two and a half hours and adjourned awaiting results from Vienna Constantinople and Sofia on Benedict XV’s peace note.
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Amsterdam
Benedict
Berlin
Michaelis
Vienna
Constantinople
Sofia
Indictment of Auto Accessory Manufacturers and Officials
Sixteen auto accessory manufacturers and William M. Webster, head of the National Association of Automobile Accessory Jobbers, plus about twenty others, were indicted today under the Sherman Antitrust Act in New York. The case targets alleged price fixing and market manipulation in the industry.
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New York
William M. Webster
National Association of Automobile Accessory
Grand Jury Charges Car Accessory Association
Federal grand jury accuses a large share of U S automobile accessory makers of conspiring to restrain trade. The alleged conspiracy traces back to the groups formation at the Union League club in Chicago on May 11 1915 through the present.
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Federal Grand Jury
Union League Club
Chicago
Battleship fleet aids in getting father to funeral
In a dramatic naval convoy, Lio nel Thorogood, a naval militiaman, learns his son Donald has died while at sea. The carrier fleet coordinates transfers across ships and a torpedo boat to rush the father home to Cleveland for the boy’s funeral.
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Battleship Fleet
Cleveland
Lionel Thorogood
Donald
Atlantic
Thorogood
United States
Bonner Gardens hailed as garden city by Butte man
Dr. Donald Campbell of Butte described Bonner Montana as a garden city after visiting the Blackfoot canyon area. The Blackfoot Lumber company donated a 10 acre tract for resident gardens producing about ten thousand dollars in value this season with free water and company bunkhouses for workers.
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Lumber Company
Bonner
Blackfoot Canyon
Jonner
Mont
Uncle Sam
Donald Campbell
Butte
Itl Campbell
Kenneth Ross
Blackfoot Lumber Company
Dr. Campbell
Paris Soldier Proposes War Cross for Verdun Feat
Allen son of Richard Blount of St. Louis joined the foreign legation in April and writes that he has been proposed for the war cross with palm for single handedly taking 50 prisoners at Verdun. He was slightly wounded in the hand.
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Paris
Allen
Richard Blount
St. Louis
Foreign Legation
Palm
Verdun
Candy and Biscuit Workers Strike in Seattle Plants
Four hundred fifty candy workers, mostly women, walked out across three large Seattle plants. They demand higher wages and union recognition, which the factories refuse to grant though wage increases are offered. Bakers, teamsters, engineers and elevator operators join the strike, while one biscuit firm has a large army can tonment order at American Lake. The closed shop is the core issue.
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Seattle
American Lake
Britain launches first standardized merchant steamer fleet
London reports the first of the British government's standardized merchant steamers has been commissioned after successful trials. The keel was laid in February and the hull launched in June. Six vessel types ranging from 8,000 tons downward are being built, with hundreds of ships planned to replace losses from submarines.
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London
Russian Maximalists Threaten New Power Rise
From Copenhagen dated August 30 a report says another revolt attempt by Russia's maximalist faction is predicted to bring them to power, with expert M predicting a shift in control amid the crisis.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Bulgarian Socialist Kirkoff Sees Kronstadt as Revolt Signal
In a Berlin Rossische Zeitung interview Kirkoff notes his Stockholm ties to Russian maximalists. He predicts the revolt will start from Kronstadt and the Baltic fleet under Nikolai Leinene and supporters.
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Kirkoff
Rossische Zeitung
Berlin
Stockholm
Kronstadt
Baltic
Nikolai Lenine
Cabaret Evening at People's Church With Indian Dance
A cabaret concert at the People's Church of the South Side features an Indian dance directed by Mrs. T. G. Cook and performances by Sunday school children. After singing, dancing, and recitations, refreshments of ice cream cake and lemonade will be served.
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People's Church of the
South Side
T. G. Cook
Lucille McQuaig
Crystal Faulkner
Ireta Cleveland
Thomas Rabbit
Emma Baldwin
Irene Lamar
Theodore Wakefield
Carol Buchanan
Robert Andrews
Hyacinth McLean
Athene Wakefield
Ora Eames
Jack Carbis
Jack Rabbit
Montana Little
Harriet Lewis
Harold Faulkner
Dith Wasley
Madeline Moose
Judita Bryant
Theon
Miss Laib
Geraldine O'Leary
Bar silver steady rise in New York market
Bar silver remained firm at 90 percent of a dollar per ounce in New York trading, edging up nearly one cent from yesterday's peak and signaling continued strength in the metal.
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New York
Husband Divorces Militant Spouse After Threats and Rifle Display
Thorvald Nilson sought a district court divorce from Mrs. Anne Nilson alleging threats to poison him and a rifle display. He was awarded the decree with $85 monthly child support for three children in her custody. Judge McClernan also granted three other divorces on desertion cruelty and unfaithfulness grounds.
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Thorvald Nilson
Exemption Rules For Medical Students In Draft
Washington reports regulations exempt hospital internes and medical students with over a year of college from the draft under the selective bill. The War Department will not hinder professional careers. enlistment in the army’s enlisted reserve corps may lead to later discharge to resume education or civilian practice. Mainsprings, $1, Mayer jeweler.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Crowder
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