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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
6
The Standard’s principal branch office is at 119 North Main Street Butte with telephone lines for business and editorial departments and advertising rates available on request.
A stream of visitors from Whitehall Helena Missoula and Livingston fill Butte hotels and homes. A daughter weighing seven and a half pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Carl F Christen at Aberdeen Street. The Rev H A James and wife arrive from Livingston to join Centerville church staff.
A ten day truce to draft a permanent peace pact was signed by six Chinese tongs that had been at war across California and the Pacific coast, following an August grand jury committee meeting in San Francisco.
Carpenters union bans deputations from unions not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Teamsters reaffirm non‑support for Campbell union. Machinists plan a wage strike pending Metal Trades council secretary C. O. Edwards’s return Sunday for a final decision.
New York reports sugar refiners have been asked by the food administration to set cane refined sugar at about the same price as beet sugar, 7% cents a pound for granulated, starting Oct. 1, potentially lowering bid figures for Cuban laws to about 5 cents cost and freight. Granulated sugars based on Cuban laws now range from 4 to 8.5 cents. Trade circles say sugar needs of allies will be handled through the food commission here.
The woman suffrage party of New York state condemns White House picketing by the congressional union. A resolution reaffirming party loyalty to the government passed at the state conference with only two dissenting votes.
Spokane Aug 30 Two of the alleged Industrial Workers of the World taken into custody last night after arriving from Troy Mont for creating a disturbance on a Great Northern train were released today following an investigation by Maj Clement Wilkins commander of Idaho guardsmen.
St Paul Aug 30 A strike order was issued affecting 650 boilermakers on the Great Northern after union representatives failed to win concessions. The walkout could start Saturday or Monday if company officials do not yield by 5 pm tomorrow.
W H Hardy 84 a survivor of Commodore Perry’s Japan expedition was treated at his Portland home for a sprained wrist and three dislocated fingers after two youths insulted him about his naval uniform. He knocked one man down before police intervened and sent him home.
In Melbourne on August 80 a parliament query led Premier Hughes to state that instructions were issued to block James Larkin head of the Transport Workers' union in England and noted strike leader from entering any part of Australia.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels broke ground at the 211 acre South Charleston site for the first government owned armour plate and projectile plants. The ceremony drew thousands from across the state as Congress recently appropriated about 22 million dollars for construction of the munition and armor plate facilities.
Fifty soldiers in automobiles were rushed from La Grande to battle a new fire threatening Portland's water supply. Four hundred acres had been burned and the watershed was at risk as civilian firefighters were unavailable.
James Keeley, Chicago publisher, asserts a German envoy proposed to Britain a joint intervention in Mexico and ending the Monroe Doctrine. He recalls a London meeting where the German offered to arrange spheres of influence in Mexico, but the British official rejected the idea and said no discussion would occur. Keeley says British officials were aware of the proposal.
Cherapunji in Assam, India is declared the wettest town in the world with an average annual rainfall of 600 inches or 56 feet. Rainfall is nearly continuous, averaging almost a foot each week.
One hundred fifty six soldiers of the Twenty fourth Infantry, moved from Columbus New Mexico, are held at Fort Bliss Military Prison. They likely face court martial on mutiny charges in time of war following the Houston riot. Some indicted for murder remain uncertain for civil trial.
About 39 000 officers and men of the New York National Guard's Twenty seventh Division were hosts at armory dinners and patriotic programs as part of a three day city farewell. A parade of the division before it entrains for Camp Wadsworth is planned with an estimated crowd of 2 000 000.
Seattle reports workers at five cracker and cake plants plan a general strike involving about 400 employees after 106 Pacific Coast Biscuit workers join the action. Managers claim it is the first strike of its kind in the United States, with closed shop demands at the core of disputes.
Aberdeen Washington report says picketing of mills largely ended after federal troops assumed control yesterday at the request of Mayor Roy Sargent. A few pickets remained at the Wilson plant, none at other mills, and T. W. W. pickets at the local employment agency were forced to move and did not return.
A motor driven machine has been patented for splitting apart cakes of ice that have frozen together in storage. The device aims to ease breakage and handling in ice storage and supply operations.
Ragged and mud covered veterans from Verdun paraded before President Poincare and General Petain after the victory. Rain and wind added drama as regimental flags unfurled and the Marseillaise played while Beronclare and other officers received honors and many earned the war cross or medals.
Georgette praises a black check travelling coat for its snappy appearance in auto wear. She notes wearing it to the races and that she bought it especially for a September mountain tour.
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