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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1917
Page
4
Senate extended a fourth day of speeches and maneuvering over the liquor control bill. Supporters hailed a partial victory as the measure moved through amendments on distilled beverages but beer and wine were left unaffected.
Washington July 7 Senate debated prohibition amendments to the food conservation bill. Senator Myers aligned with bone dry forces, opposing manufacture and use of alcoholic liquors during the war. Senator Walsh allied with Myers on most amendments but differed on giving the president discretionary power to regulate beer and wine during the war. Both Montana senators ultimately opposed the Robinson amendment, favoring the house provision stopping whiskey manufacture without reference to beer or wines.
Special Dispatch from Helena reports state land sales this season exceed prior years with 300000 acres sought as of July 1. Acreage on file May 12 shows 120000 acres in the Avenged Rouen application. In Iowa Lemars a mother accused of killing her four year old daughter after preparing a bath. the woman is believed insane and is under sheriff custody.
About 150 guardsmen attended the Elks smoker at the East Quarts street hall in Butte last night held in honor of soldiers. County Attorney Jackson and J Bruce Kremer spoke. Major Sargeant led the soldiers’ reply. Vaudeville acts from Barnes circus, Miss Carle, Miss Russell, Joe Roberts and others provided entertainment free of charge. The event featured open-house mingling with local residents and military members.
Washington July 7 A million American workers have signed pledges to food conservation. Aimed at enrolling almost all women within three weeks the program lists practical actions from wheatless meals to using butter and sugar sparingly and buying locally to save transport costs.
The report cites General Brussiloff pressing the Russian offensive with advances near Pinsk and Stanislau while Germans resist in Galicia. It notes French and British actions along the Franco-Belgian front with French gains at Mont Carmillet to Hoch and German counterattacks, and Belgian theater activity near Wyt Schaete.
A large meeting led by Montana labor leaders and Montana Power Company executives discussed wages and working conditions as electricians and miners seek a new wage scale. The conference aimed to produce a written agreement for union approval, with strong signals of willingness to settle.
At the National Educational Association session in Portland Oregon educators and officials gather for the thrift education program. Arthur H Chamberlain and SW Strauss address agricultural preparedness and thrift as patriotic duties while others from Oklahoma Oregon and Massachusetts speak on public instruction and universal education.
Helena reports the deaths of three soldiers in two incidents. Jacob Lee died from an accidental discharge near Great Falls, Paul Sandidge drowned near Rexford, while a third reported drowning was officially denied. Petrograd notes women in the Seamen's battalion marching to the front under Lieutenant Vera Butekhareff.
Mrs. Mia McCarver McCarvel a respected Anaconda resident died at her daughter’s home after a six week illness. She was born in Monaghan Ireland and lived in Glasgow Keogh before moving to Anaconda with her family ten years ago. Surviving relatives include children James Irving D Hendrick McCarten Mrs H F Pape and others in Ireland. The funeral will be held at a later date. Also news from Portland reports Charles Theodore Bertsch a Portland Military Academy graduate enlisting in Company D Third Oregon militia and rising from private to second sergeant as peers join the ambulance corps No 19.
Police Magistrate Daniels presided over a varied docket in which a juvenile case showed older adults encouraged theft of piano foxes used for kindling wood. Several offenders received jail or fines, including Omenta, Mrs Turner, and McElroy, while three youths faced stern rebuke for rowdyism at the park.
George F. Case of a Chicago sporting goods house arranged with Montana’s state fish hatchery to ship 20 specimens to the aquarium in Chicago. The effort follows extensive correspondence with the Montana game commission and secures most freshwater species except Montana grassing. The action occurs amid a series of local events including a stolen circus elephant recovered and a lightning injury to Mrs Widell during a West Valley storm. Washington announces officers from training camps will command troops from their home states as the national army expands.
The issue lists morning and evening worship times for First Methodist Episcopal, First Baptist, German Lutheran, Norwegian Lutheran, Swedish Baptist, and Zion Swedish Lutheran churches. It notes Sunday schools led by various superintendents, special sermons by pastors, prayer meetings, and welcomes to all.
Mrs Anna Clemo died Friday evening after residing near Great Falls for 28 years. She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs John Jones of Eden Montana and three sons Thomas Clemo of Tooele Utah Charles H Clemo of Anacon Ga and Fred Clemo of Great Falls Montana. Sallie Mellen of Seattle visited relatives yesterday.
Charles Wraith of Anaconda received notice from Washington that he is commissioned captain in the ordnance department by President Wilson. He will take oath and await assignment as the war department places him. The rank move marks two steps above a first commissioned officer and the ordnance unit handles ammunition manufacture repair and distribution.
At Copper City a clearance sale offers neckwear items priced around 35 cents to a dollar. The Bluebird theater presents The Flashlight starring Lon Chaney and William Stowell, with May Park directing and Miss Park promising scenic West settings to accompany the photoplay.
The Chicago Bridge and Ironworks completed a 25,000 gallon milk tank for a Toronto dairy. The oversized bottle shaped tank stands as a landmark project showcasing industrial scale in Canada.
Mrs Patrick McCarvel died last evening. Funeral arrangements and service details will appear in this newspaper later.
M P Mahoney Funeral Director operates at 113 Main Street Anaconda offering funeral arranging and related services through a local family owned business with historical ties to the community.
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