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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1917

Page

3

Butte and London Pumps Pulled. Mine Development Ends

Pumps are being pulled at the Butte and London property after Rainbow Development Company ordered a shutdown. The 1,600-foot level flooding was halted by readying workings, but no further development will proceed for now. Stock fell to 26 cents as the dispute halted progress and a major crosscut yielded copper values up to eight percent. John D. Pope is expected back tonight.

Butte & London Rainbow Development Company Duuth Ross Butte & London Management Greendale Exploration Company John D. Pope Rainbow Company

Good Government Club to discuss spring election topics

The Good Government club will hold a luncheon meeting at Gamer's focusing on candidates and issues with direct bearing on the spring election. Delegates from the Butte club who attended the Helena state conference last week will report on proceedings.

Good Government Club Gamer's Butte Club Helena

Bryan urges Indiana women vote on suffrage and prohibition

William Jennings Bryan addressed Indiana lawmakers urging woman suffrage and prohibition in a call for a new state constitution. He attacked compulsory military training and argued the country needs women’s votes more than they need the ballot, stressing the importance of female participation.

Indianapolis Gan William Jennings Bryan Indiana Bryan

Skinner Will Totals 1.87 Million Estate Probate

The will of James Fletcher Skinner, an official at a large mail order house, is probated in Chicago. The estate valued at 1,870,000 is left in part to his widow Mrs. Hattie B. Skinner of Chicago, with specific sums to his sisters Mrs. Emma Persons and Mrs. Flora C. Loba, and to Mrs. Rachel Skinner of North Yakima Washington.

Chicago James Fletcher Skinner Rachel Skinner North Yakima Wash Emma Persons Flora C. Loba Ontario Cal Hattie B. Skinner

War Fronts Sees Mixed Action Across Europe

Artillery bombardments and patrol clashes persist on entrenched fronts in Europe. Western front patrols continue, while in Moldavia western front activity is limited. Reports claim Austro German guns pound Gena in the Trotus valley and that Russian attempts in Suchitza valley have failed. Substantial ops at Fokshani and Galatz have paused, and von Mackensen seems checked on the Sereth line. If true, these notes depict a fragmented, restrained engagement landscape amid broader naval losses in the Atlantic.

Europe Moldavia Pat Gena Trotus Petrograd Suchitza Berlin Fokshani Galatz von Mackensen Momen

Deputies seek law to name war "the German invasion"

Paris dispatch reports Jules Roche, deputy for Ardeche, introducing a bill requiring government officials judges newspapers and all public references to the war to call it the German invasion. The aim is to curb historical mischaracterizations of the war’s origin.

Paris Jules Roche Ardeche Chamber of Deputies France M. Roche Attila Teutons Cimbrians

Floral Park votes against city status and unity plan

Floral Park residents refuse incorporation as an independent town and reject plans to unite with Home and Atherton Place to form Vallamont. A 175 attendance vote led Floral Park to pursue internal civic improvements, including a proposed volunteer fire department funded halfway by Bolever and Brown. Carl E. Warner presided, William P. Coughlin served as secretary.

Floral Park Addition Atherton Place Vallamont Floral Park Wendell Phillips School Floral Parkers Bolever & Brown Company Carl E. Warner William P. Coughlin

Newlands Admits Furnishing Speech To Daniels

Washington January 19 Senator Newlands acknowledged to the senate that he furnished to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Daniels while confidential the executive session speech of Senator Cummins. Opponents argue possession allowed Daniels to prepare a reply after the statement. The senate then met in executive session to consider Senator Norris's resolution to probe the speech disclosure, and action was indefinitely postponed.

Washington Newlands Senate Interstate Commerce Daniels Cummins Daniel Norris

Mob Discouraged In Attempt At Lynch Law In Clay

A mob of over 150 armed men gathered at Clay county Jail in Clay West Virginia demanding Andrew and Howard Sampson, charged with murder and arson. They fired into the air but caused no injuries. The crowd dispersed after promises of an early trial for the prisoners.

Clay W. Va Clay County Andrew Howard Sampson Preeston ‘Tanner

New Way to Suffrage at Washington in January 19

Senator Poindexter introduced a bill to amend the fourteenth amendment to deny representation in Congress for states that do not grant women the vote and to insert the word sex in the fifteenth amendment to ban voting restrictions. The Canadian Parliament opened its twelfth session in Ottawa with the Duke of Devonshire presiding as governor general.

Washington Jan Poindexter Congress Ottawa Ontario Canada Duke Devonshire Dominion

Opposition to government monopoly of wireless heard

Washington January 19 Harvard professor B A Kennelly testified before the house marine commission condemning the push for government control of wireless. He called the proposal an effort to en tail the freedom of the country and warned it would impair national liberty and progress.

Washington Iil House Marine Commission B.A. Kennelly Harvard

California Supreme Court Denies Widow's Compensation

The California supreme court denied accident compensation to the widow of Louis Sanders, second officer of the steam schooner Doris, after ruling he was killed in another state while aboard a California owned vessel. The fatal incident occurred in Hoquiam Washington harbor. The decision hinges on jurisdiction since the boat operated within another state’s territory.

W Dow San Francisco California Supreme’ Court Louis Sanders Doris California Hoquiam Wash Mayer Montana

Rial Association to Have Business Session

Rial Association members will hold a Monday morning business meeting at Mountain View Methodist Church at Quartz and Montana streets. Routine business is on the agenda and Rev. J. H. Mitchell of Grace Methodist Church will read a paper.

Suver Towntinisterial Association Mountain View Methodist Church Quartz Montana J. H. Mitchell Grace Methodist Church

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