Aliens seek habeas relief over English reading claim
Two Greek aliens, Toleas and Christof, held in Montana on draft dodger charges, petition federal judge Bourquin for writ of habeas corpus claiming inability to read or speak English exempts them from the Selective Service Act. Local board says aliens are subject in peace as well. Authorities note case widely unusual for Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Toleas
Louis Christof
Department of Justice
United States
George 3. Tourquin
Anchorage
Alaska
Twin Bridges
Buttes
Department of Justice Omcials
Bourquin
Montana
Dr A B Tonkin Visits Butte Before Army Service
Dr A B Tonkin, a Butte native and former Riverton mayor, visits Stra May A Tripp of 100 Minah Street before leaving to join the army. He has been commissioned a captain in the medical corps and chaired the local draft board. Tonkin graduated from Butte High in 1898 and was once an Anaconda Standard carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Tonkin
Butte
Wyoming
Riverton
Stra
May A. Tripp
Minah Street
Dr. Tonkin
Butte High School
Anaconda “Standard
Young Lawyer to Enter New Field in St Paul Banking Post
Marcus E. Brown, six months with Shelton Brown, leaves town for St Paul to join a banking institution. In Butte he made many friends and departs with best wishes for his new work. Also: home naval committee of 14 arrives in England led by Padgett of Tennessee to meet Franklin J. House West and inspect American vessels and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus E. Brown
Shelton & Brown
St. Paul
Butte
Mr. Brown
Washington, Jusy
England
Home Naval ‘Committee
Padgett
Tennessee
Navy Department
Franklin Jd
West
Typhus deaths rise among Romanian prisoners
The Romanian press bureau reports via the Spanish embassy in Constantinople that 60 percent of Romanian prisoners have died from typhus in Turkish camps. The grim figure underscores harsh conditions and high mortality among detainees during the period.
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Ris
Docs Tor
Constantinople
Mexican rebels cross border to revive 1857 constitution
An extra edition of La Reyucitea in El Faso reports Juan G Cabral and Julian Medina crossed into Sonora to launch a revolution aimed at restoring the 1857 constitution. Cabral is described as a revolutionary general and Medina as former governor of Aguas Calientes under Carranza’s provisional government.
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el Faso
la Reyucitea
Juan G. Cabral
Julian Medina
Sonora
Cabral
Medina
Aguas Calientes
Carranza
Chearers Adjourn for Homes After Biennial Wool Meet
Delegates and visitors scattered from Butte after a closing executive session ratified a new wage schedule for shearers and employees and pledged support to the government. Homes of delegates are in Australia and North America as the newly elected president spoke of promising wool production. The union, headquartered in Butte, reports over 150 members in service with 27 in France. L E Burrell of Sugar City Idaho returned from the trenches, sacrificing bodily strength in the war effort.
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Butte
Australia
America
United States
Union
Tutte
France
L. E. Burrell
Sugar City
Idaho
Martin
Statesville
Wase
Boston
Military casualty list with ranks and names from Washington
The list records soldiers killed in action died of wounds died of disease and missing in action from various corps across states including Corporals Walter Jordan Danville and Walter Osborn Ne Wardell and Privates Joseph Worthy Lowell Harry Tasinger and many others. It notes severities such as severely wounded and missing in action and includes names with hometowns like Massachusetts New York Illinois and Sweden reflecting a broad wartime roll of duty.
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Washington
Walter Jordan
Danville
L.A. Osborne
E. Wardell
Mass
Joseph Worthy
Lowell Mechanic
S.J. Whittaker
Fall River
Abbott
Swampscott
Atass
Tasinger
Tuttle
Olea
Carl Hapanovich
Cabrin
Russia
FA. Harrington
Methuen
Charles Manuel
Ragnell
Irath
Lakeport
No Hi Mardin
Joseph “Messina
Kankaken
Metzen
Howard
Ut FL
Serg
J. A. Peterson
Sundsvall
Sweden
Min
Fountain Inn
Claudio
Morong Risal
Urabankst
Niles
Privat R. C. Becker
Cohasset
Minn
W. Howden
Magan
N.C
Lewis
Williamsburg
Vic S. Rupert
Bradford
Fred Teachenor
Shelbina
Jesse Willams
Lambking Ga
James A. King
Chicago
Albert J. Piper
J.D. Ralph
Newbury
N.Y
James Whalen
Reading
Merman Greeder
Elkhorn
Wis
A. Paimenos
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
J. J. Kubert
Rollonville
H.W. Washburner
Springfeld
Industries urged to store goods for winter shipping
W O Ryan arrives as industries urged to talk to miners and store goods before winter. J M Hannaford of Northern Pacific begins outreach to regional directors. The plan targets crates of fuel oil coal and lumber, pushing urgent storage near consumption points and advising shippers to stock up now to ease winter transport difficulties.
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W.O. Ryan
W. G. McAdoo
J M. Hannaford
Northern Pacific Railway
Ro Ton
The
Fuel Administration
Railroads
Draft class one expected for over half of registrants
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder stating that more than 50 percent of the 744 500 World War I registrants in the 1918 class are expected to be placed in class one as physically qualified for general military service. He warns local boards to scrutinize reports that fail to classify this percentage, noting industrial and other deferments. Amsterdam dispatch says Premier Lenine warned Soviet creditors face acute crisis amid international complications and counter revolutionary conspiracies.
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Washington
Crowder
Tne
Amsterdam
Lenine
Moscow
Soviet Republic
Berlin
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James
Spirit OF Humanity
Edwin 1
Times
Marne
Chateau Thierry
West Vir
Sinia
the Chaplains
Mezy
Knight
A.B. Tonkin
Edwin James
Western Front
Symons
Wenty-Five
PEO
Chambes
Pereale
Macias
Cate, Ca
Sport Chambeag
Cole
Fon
Lester
Whitson
Alfred Williams
Strawberry
Bugler
Robert Duscher
F.C. Bailey
Alta Loma
Texas
Ames Bloementhal
Harrisburg
Ray L. Brubaker
Freeport
John F. Carter
Birmingham
Clifford Conway
Salem
A Coullard
Presque Isle
Crosby
Indian
Deopere
East Moline
D. di Desiderio
McKees Rocks
Frank J. Downing
A. G. Ernst
New
Douglas Freeberg
East Minn
Elmer Joines
Olmstead
Pavens ML A
Phoenix
Aris
W. Pataka
Chaska
Min George Pears
Elwood
George H. Plate
Anthony Ptaka
H.C. Roll
Cisina Park
J. B. Sanns
Rochester
Ind
A. K. Saylor
Monessen
W. Sitch
St. Louis
Pietro Sottiie
Brooklyn
RW. Sperry
St Louis
B.J. Stauffer
Steward
John Storm
Troy
D. Sullivan
Pottstown
Michael Vanish
Robert Vaughan
the Rock
Herbert F." Wasehbusch
Chica
John G. Amory
New York
B.C. Denart
Richland Center
R. C. Harrison
Lafayette
James Regan
Joliet
ITR
Unger
Charles J. Wright
Toledo
R. J. Lacoureiere
Meriden
Conn
Wiiyate
Joseph Slack
Springheld
Social Democrats
Germany
Vienna
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Federal Bureau of Mines
W. D. Ryan
Federal 1Reau of Mines
Columbia Gardens
Ryan
Finten
Pershing
Ryanrior
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