Man Wanted in Michigan Arrested in Butte
John Autio alias John Jackson, sought in Crystal Falls Michigan for shooting a policeman, was arrested in Butte by deputies. He has two children in Michigan and faced charges of bigamy. authorities plan to return him to Michigan to answer the shooting and bigamy charges. The suspect ran a boarding house at 476 East Broadway and asked for a photo of his Michigan children to brighten his jail cell.
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John Austin
John Jackson
Crystal Fale
Mich
Butte
Mike Borie
A. D. Atel
John
Alice
Whem
Michigan
I. W. Wilson
Crystal Falls
Auto
Jackson
Sherif O'Rourke
Star
East Broadway
Autio
Autie
Wilson
Butte Man Gets Up N Cole At Funston
Former Butte stenographer and Now Sergeant Henry G Beckman writes from Camp Funston Kansas about Army life. He notes 10 degree below zero conditions in a drafty room with open windows and describes field signaling work in semaphore heliograph and acetylene lanterns. He adds that signal corps men are in demand in other branches and many are transferred to engineers and supply units while uniforms have been issued but blue overalls remain common.
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Camp Funston
Butte
Henry G. Beekman
Butte ‘Mie
Great Northern
Ja Be Woods
Beckman
Field Signal Corps
Kan
Sahara Desert
Zhat
Former Butte Man Killed at Front
John Bartlett of 1018 East Galena Street was informed his brother George Bartlett was killed by an enemy shell at the front in France where he served nine months with a labor battalion. He was 29, survived by his wife and two children, and also leaves another brother Fred of Butte. The Bartletts are longtime Butte residents. Dr. B G Hardan returned from Puget Sound trip and noted good conditions. trains along the Seattle to Vancouver route were disrupted by washouts.
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John Bartlett
East
Galena Sireet
George Bartlett
Bartlett
France
Fred
Butte
Bartletts
B. G. Hardan
Puget Sound
Demurrage crackdown urged for faster car unloading
Great Northern railroad officials in Butte urge daily wire reports on delayed freight cars and shipper responsibility. Charles Kenney orders immediate outreach to district reps and traveling agents to ensure prompt unloading and release of cars, with 48 hour free demurrage and plans to press shippers and receivers for action.
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Butte
Great Northern Railroad
J.T. McGaughey
Montana
Helen
L. B. Woods
Great Northern
McGaughey
Charles Kenney
Trafic
St. Paul
Carnas Tannot
Eporwims
Woods
Amber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Suit Allegations Turn on Clothes Look Alike
In John Doran's justice court, Morris Aberbuch faced petty larceny charges over a suit of clothes to berenovated by tailor Aber Buen. The cases show both sides accusing each other after the sets of clothes looked alike, leading to the tailor case being dismissed. other suspects, Dick Lewin and Amos Parnell, were held for trial for grand larceny. Matt Suo’s first degree assault charges were dismissed.
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Morris Aberbuch
Aberbuch
John Doran
Justice Court
Aberbuen
Abertiich
Healey
Dick Lewin
Amos Parnell
Axsau
Matt Suo
Man insists on jail despite being broke in vagrancy case
Ea Crawley, charged with vagrancy, was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail by Judge Whitty after insisting that being broke deserved confinement. Prosecution offered to change plea to guilty, but Crawley persisted. Nick Fill of the Gold Seal cafe forfeited bond after being charged with selling milk below butterfat standards. L Smith and B E Yomans had disturbance charges dismissed.
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Ea Crawley
Bastile
Whitty
Crawley
Dee Sun
Berowley
Nick Fill
Gold Seal Cafe
J. P. Riordan
L. Smith
B. E. Yomans
Austrians Lose Trenches in Retreat on Italian Front
Rome reports Austro-German forces evacuated trench sections near Cavalaccharina on the Italian mountain front after artillery and machine gun fire inflicted heavy losses. Three enemy aircraft were shot down, one by British pilots, amid favorable weather aiding aerial activity. In Trinidad a fire killed four children, ages 5 to 2, in Tastings mining camp. Nebraska records a 22 below zero cold snap with continued frigid forecast.
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Rome
Cavalaccharina
War Office
Guldica
Fle
Asiage
Col Caprile-Monte Pertica-Azalone
Cavaauechurina
Trinidad
Col
Tastings
Hear
Hastings
War Department Casualties and Home Notices
Private Charles H. Moni of Haverhill Massachusetts listed as home. Private Fred M. Cook of an aero squadron aboard a transport accident at Fort Wayne Indiana. Private Howard Hall of Derby Ohio listed with infantry pneumonia at home.
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Charles H. Moni
Haverhill
Mass
Fred M. Cook
Aero Squadron
Acciden
Fort Wayne
Ind
Howard Hall
Derby
Ohio
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New York
Ben Wilson
Neva Gerber
Sybil Brown
Eva Fuller
Dorothy Elsie Wilson
Baby Grace Mas
Brown
N Cole
Kowsxe
North Main Street
Iqip
Vaude
Pathe News
Soe
Rae
Dae
Daily Report
REAT
Helena
Gruber
Broadway
The
Florence Co
West Park
A. Musser
Nebraska
Linotn
Valentine
Butte Oren, Bon Works
Silent Knight
South Arizona
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