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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
7
The ad notes that many cheap watches are common and unreliable while better grades from Howard Hamilton Waltham Elgin and Gruen are available. It emphasizes that good watches do not require buying expensive models, with better grades starting at $23 and being offered with emphasis on accuracy and durability.
Local snippets show residents and visitors traveling to Seattle St Joseph Mo Billings and Bozeman with officials and dignitaries. Notables include C C Foote John Luce and H Kremer visiting Butte while others tour western states. Pointers note merchants storage space and a push for magazine and periodical sales at a Park Street newsstand.
London chancellor of the exchequer MWkenna said in the House of Commons that the financial strain came from war and total outlays. He cited unforeseen factors such as the sale of war securities and advances on tallies and dominions. these exhausted borrowing powers sooner than expected.
San Francisco July 20 Rudolph Spreckles of the First National Bank of San Francisco led a peace meeting attended by several thousand against the rising tide of militarism and preparedness. Nearly every labor organization in the city was represented in this protest event organized by a committee of union men aiming to halt the upcoming preparedness parade.
Quincy July 20 The submarine Isac Peral, built in Fore River Ship Building yards, is 200 feet long with a 3000 mile cruising radius. Reported Spain contracted for five more submarines. Also notice for Bricklayers to attend funeral of Thomas J Gallagher at 9 AM Saturday.
Vera Cruz district near Puebla City hosts Brinsmade who paints Mexico as torn by revolution and guerrilla fighting. He cites desertion, low pay for troops, and widespread hunger as roots of conflict, with Zapatistas and Carrancistas battling amid shattered farming regions.
Dr. Witherspoon of Butte Montana was elected governor of the district at the Rotary International convention in Cincinnati. Other officers named include Areh C. Krumph of Cleveland as president, FW. Gale braith of Cincinnati as first vice president, Guy Guindacher of Philadelphia as second vice president, EE Leste Pidgeon of Winniper Canada as vice president, Tusfue Chapin of Chicago as treasurer, and Joseph Connante of Memphis as sergeant at arms. The session adjourned as directors and executive committee planned meetings to appoint a secretary and elect the west convention site. The fourteenth district was also noted, with attendance records expected to be surpassed. The convention urged Rotary clubs to study matters while restricting their direct duties to individual efforts.
Mr Brinsmade, a mining engineer with a long career in Argentina and the Americas, recalls the 1916 conference inviting Carranza Villa and Zapata to a neutral peace meeting. Villa and Zapata accepted while Carranza refused, and the handling of the situation angered the others and led to anti American violence in Mexico. He also reflects on Butte’s smoky past and his plans to work in Puebla before returning to Madison, Wisconsin.
Q and A discussion notes that historians cite theory in origins of Indigenous peoples in North America. Fragmentary text mentions Malay, Israel, and German lineage ideas, with drift and contested histories.
Sunday evening at Shortridge Memorial church the Woman Peace Party hosts a program of sacred music and an address on world peace. Nellie Heenan directs a concert of sacred pieces, Mian Brennan sings new songs, and Mrs A. Ayers delivers an address on peace and Christian unity. William Trethway will accompany Brennan. Open to the public.
Washington July 20 settlement of the cloak makers strike in New York, stalled 12 weeks, likely to be attempted by the federal Bureau of Mediation. A request for appointment of mediators was referred by President Wilson to the commerce and labor departments. The appeal, signed by Morgenthau Dodge and Harter Burke, warned the strike could threaten the nation’s women’s clothing supply.
Six hoboes assaulted James A. Savage a bill poster in Silver Bow early yesterday taking his money and clothes. Savage was damaged and dumped outside the hospital after a brutal beating. A 12 year old boy, James Negros, lost a finger in a dynamite cap incident near Meaderville. G H Scott was injured in a streetcar collision on Front Street and taken to the hospital.
Berlin dispatch via Reuter reports Sweden protested to Berlin over the capture of a Swedish steamer by a German destroyer on Tuesday, saying the action occurred within Swedish waters. Also notes a fraternal Brotherhood notice for Butte Lodge No 251 meeting on Saturday July 22 for installation of officers.
Havre reports a Belgian commission, led by Justice Minister Hi Carton de Wiart, to consider and prepare measures for evacuation of Belgian territory if Germans advance. Chiefs of departments join the panel to reassemble the Belgian parliament if needed.
A Budapest report states Count Karolyi Kin signed as president of the Hungarian Independent Party and plans a new party aimed at immediate peace with Germany and Austria. The speech emphasized unity and cautioned against internal differences as wartime pressures mount.
Promoter James McCoy reports Alaska’s Mat anuska coal region will open with bids through Oct 1. Navy demand and rail expansion spur mining boom from Seward to Fairbanks. Expect towns along the 400 mile line, with Anchorage as a government townsite soon to grow.
The Holland American Line steamship Noordam departed for New York carrying 50 Belgian women and children sent to join relatives in the United States and Canada under Rev. John B. Deville of Chicago. Father Maurice D. Blatters, 69, longtime San Francisco priest and grand chaplain of the YM I, died at age 69 after 45 years of service.
G W Fletcher, 58, president of the Idaho National Bank of Boise and First National Bank of Weiser, Idaho, died suddenly in Portland while visiting with his wife. The report notes his prominent banking positions and sudden death at a hotel.
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