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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
8
In Judge Dwyer's criminal court, extensive furniture rearrangement and wall repositioning are planned to enhance acoustics and lighting. The judge and clerk move to the west wall, the jury box shifts closer to the south wall, and the witness chair sits between bench and jury box to aid listening during trials and motions.
Motel men in Butte report Yellowstone trail automobile tourist numbers this year lag behind last season though summer travel should peak. Eastern visitors shorten trips due to war conditions while park reports show fewer through travelers to Yellowstone and Glacier. Railroads cut tourist campaigns as outside cars come mainly from Washington Idaho and Utah with some driven to Glacier National Park.
An advance of $2 a barrel in beer will be quoted to Butte saloon men after the new War revenue bill passes. Brewers expect a federal tax rise of $1.25 per barrel with 75 cents extra for higher manufacturing costs from grain. An ale price daily rise is noted by wholesalers to retailers in anticipation of the food bill and whiskey production cuts.
Mrs Rupert Hughes head of Ninth district NY State Woman Suffrage Party begins a drive to interest women in dehydrating fruits and vegetables. She aims to organize dehydrating committees across counties to support food conservation and aid the government and allies.
Louie the emperor of Butte Chine town claims China is not ready for a republic and may endure 200 years of elections under a future Manchu restoration. He cites uneducated masses and youth readers abroad as shaping a reluctant move toward democracy, while noting a child emperor would need a regent.
The article explains a new identification system for U S Navy personnel. Every sailor will wear a metal tag bearing name birth and enlistment for enlisted men or rank and appointment for officers. The tag includes a fingerprint on the reverse captured in ink and secured by asphaltum and acid.
Seven more men labeled alackers faced a year and a day in the Chicago house of correction after defying federal registration. Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis imposed the sentences, with hard labor and a draft requirement on release. Similar terms were handed to 117 others yesterday in Freeport and Rockford.
Thomas Degnan,14, survivor of the Gregson Butte accident that killed John OConnell, was before Judge Dwyer on a running off with an auto charge. Testimony showed he could drive any car left idle. Degnan confessed guilt. sentencing set for next Friday.
German reports say Württemberg troops fought bitter hand to hand with French soldiers north of the Aisne last night. A large number of French prisoners were taken, as stated by the German war office.
Eleven of thirteen suffragists arrested at a Fourth of July protest before the White House were tried and offered a choice between a $25 fine or three days in jail. They chose jail, rejecting personal-bond promises to stay away from the White House as the police judge insisted.
Gladys H Griner Margaret F White Vida Milholland Mrs Helena Weeks Mary R Calderhead Frances B Elizabeth Stuyvesant Joy Young Mrs Lucille Shields Jucy Burns Dora Lewis Miss Hazel Hawkins denied banner claim and granted separate trial Miss Kitty Marion a suffragist and Charles E Morgan a war department clerk charged with meeting to be tried tomorrow
Washington July 6 reports say outgoing cables will be regulated to stop spies from sending information to Germany. Officials warn commercial cables to neutral Europe may carry sensitive data, and government actions include changing wording in messages. Redfeld urges close scrutiny of German insurance firms with access to shipping and troop dispatch data.
Telephone operators in Aberdeen and Hoquiam returned to work after a lockout, receiving a 25 cent daily wage increase. Seattle replacements who had come to fill in went home, and a social session for local and visiting members was announced for Saturday evening. Frank L. Riley, Secretary.
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