Montana Governor Seeks Constitutional Change for Farm Mortgages
Helena July 2. Governor Stewart writes to A. W. Stedman urging a constitutional amendment to allow investment of the state's permanent funds in farm mortgages. He details past efforts, constitutional constraints, and the Whiteside law, noting no state funds are available for farm loans and calling for a legal, broader solution.
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Stewart
Helena
A. W. Stedman
Sun River
Stedman
Montana
Fourteenth Legislative Assembly
Whiteside
Women of Woodcraft
People
Kelley
North
South Dakota
Legislative Assembly
Farm Loan Commissioner
State of
W.S. Hartman
Bozeman
People's Power League
D. M. Kelley
North Dakota
Women of
Woodcraft
George H. Hill
Hill
Supreme Court
University and Agricultural College
National Congress
Walsh
Railroad Settlement Proposal to Employer Proposes ICC Handling
The formal proposal states conferences failed to harmonize differing views and that unresolved matters should be referred to disinterested agencies. It urges submission to the Interstate Commerce Commission or, if necessary, a joint request to Congress to empower the Commission to act promptly.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Government board fixes railroad rates for public transport
The government board largely fixes railroad rates and notes that about half of every dollar from the public goes to employee wages. It argues the Interstate Commerce Commission can investigate and decide rates to protect railroad workers owners and the public.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads face demand for public inquiry into wage policy
Leaders of major railroads urge a public tribunal to review proposed wage increases of 100 million dollars annually, arguing the issue should be settled by government inquiry rather than industrial conflict. The National Conference Committee lists executives from Atlantic Coast Line, Central of Georgia, New York New Haven Hartford, Southern, Chesapeake Ohio and others advocating impartial oversight.
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Train Service Brotherhoods
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
P.R. Albright
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
L. W. Baldwin
Central of Georgia Railway Co
L. Bardo
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
B. H. Coapman
Greeters of America elect new president at Salt Lake City
E F Pitts of Detroit was yesterday elected president of the Greeters of America at the annual convention to succeed Leroy Moulton of Portland Maine. Boston chosen for the 1917 convention by an almost unanimous vote. Other officers elected include A H Chapman of Atlanta first vice president and Louis Aver of Oakland second vice president.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
E. F. Pitts
Detroit
Mich
Greeters of America
Leroy DP. Moulton
Portland
Boston
Buffalo
A. H. Chapman
Atlanta
Louis Aver
Oakland
Cal
Naval crew on Baltic patrols end German supply woes
London reports British naval men on leave after Baltic submarine operations praise their success. A petty officer says they imposed an iron rule in the Baltic and that Germans are now feeling a terrible draught upon their larder as a result of their actions.
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London
Baltic
Star
Edinburg
League Formation At St Marys Church In Butte
Following Friday devotions at St Marys church a branch of the League of the Sacred Heart will be organized. Badges for promoters were blessed at St Patricks with many local women and girls named. Also noted are weddings and parish novenas in St Lawrence St Joseph and Sacred Heart churches as communities observe religious services.
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St. Mary’s Church
League of the Sacred Heart
Butte
Bishop Carroll
Father Batens
St. Patrick's Church
James Redding
M. Harrington
C. Connors
Mary O’brien
E. Mathews
Lillian McNulty
Mary Hurley
Thomas Collins
Margaret Caldwell
Mary Shea
M. Holland
Margaret Connell
Mary O'Neill
Margaret May
Anna McDonald
Anna Cox
Catherine Connors
Mary Mc
Elena C. McDonald
Youngest Mexican War veteran Edward Delaney dies at 85
Stockton California July 2 Edward Delaney aged 85 died here last night from paralysis He was the youngest Mexican War veteran in California and served as the first turnkey of San Francisco city hall He enlisted as a bugler at age 13 during the Mexican War
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Stockton
Cal
Edward Delaney
California
San Francisco
Delaney
Waterfront Workers Refuse Sympathetic Strike
San Francisco July 2 The Waterfront Workers Federation representing all maritime unions in the city refused to call a sympathetic strike at the request of the riggers and stevedores union. They will wait for further settlement efforts on the general stevedores' strike.
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San Francisco
Waterfront Workers’ Federation
The Meeting
A reflective poem by L. A. Osborne from Butte traces a meeting where time changes people and memories. The speaker acknowledges shared loss and the mourner's grief, noting the sitter is altered by death and past ties.
Promoted to Major in Vancouver Washington
Capt. Murray Baldwin promoted to major while serving as quartermaster at Vancouver Washington. He joined West Point from San Francisco in 1892. His father was killed by bandits in Mexico over 30 years ago.
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Vancouver
Wash
Murray Baldwin
Twenty-first Infantry
San Francisco
Baldwin
Mexico
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Meneger
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
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Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
N. D. Maber
Norfolk & Western Railway
James Russell
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
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Visa- Prem Pennsylvania Lines Weat
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
A. J. Stone
Erie Railroad
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