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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
12
Exemption boards screen men excused from the former draft call. Higher numbers will yield more men, semaires of men who are eligible. The message signals forthcoming physical examinations and ongoing assessment of eligible draftees.
Exemption boards dispatch questionnaires to five percent of registered men in city and county. The list shows mailing dates, order numbers, and return deadlines for both city and county boards with multiple order ranges tied to specific dates in December and January.
Few men have been classified under the new system as many with low order numbers were previously excused. Higher order numbers will draw more men for the first Classification Physical Examinations, which will not begin again until the cient rumber is placed in class 1. The work should continue in about two weeks with attorneys serving as associate legal advisers in two shifts today.
Sergeant McDonald, a Verdun veteran with a Canadian regiment that distinguished itself, visited Butte yesterday en route to Los Angeles to visit his sister. He lost a leg at Verdun and, despite attempts, cannot enlist again. He spoke of the war's horror and his need to work. Silver Bow camp M W of meets Fridays at 1:30 PM at K of P hall.
Washington December 27 President Wilson moves to seize the railroads narrowing the senate coal inquiry. W B Colver of the federal trade commission testifies that lack of cars idle mine production and rising prices drove the coal shortage while arguing no car shortage exists.
Health officials announce free vaccination for all school children at county courthouse and city hall this afternoon and evening. Certificates required for school entry. 5,000 certificates prepared. 900 children vaccinated in three days, 171 more in city hall. Health officials fault quarantine, urge universal vaccination to end smallpox risk.
North Butte Mining adopts cementing in its Granite Mountain shaft after Granite Mountain disaster. Timber removed, walls covered with 10 inch concrete and cement for a solid shaft. Tramway cementing also underway with high cost estimated at 80 dollars per foot to improve fire protection and avoid timber fire risk.
Wash Dec 27 The ship ping boards wooden ship program was called a failure today to Admiral Bowles former naval constructor and assistant to the general manager of the emergency fleet corporation He told the senate commerce committee the venture was a mistake and never should have been attempted He said the program cannot be completed on time because the country cannot furnish enough ship timber with 458 awarded contracts calling for more lumber than southern pine producers could supply in a year Mills in the South have not delivered timber fast enough and the effort was scaled beyond national production
Chicago December 27 former chief of police Charles C Healey testified in his defense on charges of conspiracy tied to alleged police graft He declared he never took a cent or aided crime and denied telephone talks with an underworld leader as his attorneys argued for dismissal of the charges.
The article argues that Tealey is being depicted as the target of a sustained campaign of persecution. It notes assertions by supporters that authorities and opponents seek to undermine Tealey through selective reporting and coordinated pressure.
A Russian civil struggle persists with revolutionary factions, Ukrainian forces aligned with Bolsheviks seize Romanian command posts on the front. In Harbin Chinese forces defeat Bolshevik garrison. German arrests of over 300 minority socialist members on Christmas Eve signal renewed internal pressure. Verdun duels persist as French and German trenches clash. Northern Italian fronts show reduced artillery but continued duels near Brenta and Plage. Austro German air raids target Italian towns Treviso and Monte Belluno, with heavy Allied losses and mixed results for bombers. British air crews report safe returns from missions.
A Boston to Seattle journeying one ton truck carries a yachtlike interior. A steel frame behind the river seat supports three stacked spring beds. The rear houses a kitchen dining area with gas stove drawers sink cupboard while the opposite side holds a bureau drawers and a 50 pound icebox.
Butte trustees discussed enforcing state health board vaccination certificates for school entry. Some members oppose compulsion, yet the board agreed to require certificates from licensed physicians or health offices. Existing vaccinations avoid repeat shots, but new clearance is needed for admission.
In principle the use of sawdust in food preparation in Germany is too widely accepted to dismiss. Some argue the practice may be justified as part of a vegetable diet.
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