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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
7
The principal branch of the Standard is at 119 North Main Street Butte with telephone numbers for the Business department and editorial department listed as 422 and 423 respectively. Unclear text references appear but main address and numbers are clear.
A vivid phrase captures a sculpture or jewelry work titled The Gift Supreme by Legs Diamonds, celebrated as the highest expression sentiment can find in a crafted piece. The fragment hints at artful branding and emotional value.
A flood of guest and business visitor notes fills Butte society pages with names from Dillon Deer Lodge Augusta and Great Falls. Many locals including Mrs. M. G. Buzzo, J. A. Rawls, and P. M. McCree host and travel for business, concerts and mining ventures.
Twenty eight men left for Fort Wright as the army recruitment office remains open for the balance of the month. Thirty one to thirty eight year olds have a better chance. Montana soldiers are praised for their performance at Fort Wright and the Presidio course is outlined.
An Irniture company has purchased the bankrupt stock of the McNamara Furniture Wall Paper company and the entire stock will be placed on sale in a few days.
Weather halts the ground breaking for the Butte Young Men's Christian Association building delaying the ceremony planned to mark the 73rd anniversary. Bids for excavation will be opened this afternoon in Architect Hamill's office and the secretary will move to 9 North Washington Street near the site. The article notes YMCA's origins in London 1844 and its expansive work in the U S and abroad with $2,000,000 yearly in support during wartime. John P. Mott leads American YMCA efforts alongside Elihu Root in Russia.
Serbian residents in Silver Bow county marked the registration of all Serbians in Butte. A spokesman, Mike Popovich, said Serbians feel their fathers fought for freedom and pledged loyalty to the end, ready to serve and die for a flag of freedom. In a separate item, Charley Weinert defeated Al Reich in New York, outpointing him in all but one round. Weinert weighed 188 1/2 pounds to Reich's 205 pounds.
A South Side band paraded along Harrison avenue and nearby streets last evening, playing patriotic airs as tensions rose uptown.
Vienna reports that an Austrian torpedo boat was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine Sunday night in the Northern Adriatic. The official statement says most of the crew were rescued and a rescue is continuing.
San Francisco on June 5 Elton D Hocker a railway mail clerk on the route between San Francisco and Ashland Ore was arrested by United States postal inspectors A search of his room revealed jewelry worth several thousand dollars inspector Stephen H Morse said Hocker had been under surveillance for some time
Springfield Illinois June 5 a bill prohibiting sale of shoes with heels above one and three eighths inches was passed by the Illinois house of Representatives. Hunters and fishermen are notified that 1917 licenses are on sale with prices 1 50 for Montana residents. Ladies over 50 and boys over 14 must have licenses when fishing or hunting. Inquiries at stores newspapers offices or justices of the peace. E Pilling deputy game warden. Do not waste any necessity of life and keep the country prosperous by buying needed goods.
Federal investigators in Butte probe the Pearce Connolly club after minutes show James Treanor and Bennon linked to anti draft activity. Barney Ward and Ed Byrne Jr. connect to the case as arrests mount for distributing anti draft literature. Treanor Lennon Ward McDonnell questioned as probes expand.
Fort Worth Texas June 5 B HL Fulcher a member of the Farmers and Laborers Protective Association hid in the woods armed to resist conscription and was shot and killed by a posse from Hood and Palo Pinto counties while officers sought to arrest him on warrants charging wife beating. He fired but the shotgun misfired and bullets ended his escape.
Washington reports that changes to the food control bill will extend licensing to manufacturing plants distributing and storage houses and may cover exporters. A conference with Herbert Hoover Secretary Houston Chairman Lever and Rep Anderson aims to report the bill to the House favorably by week’s end.
The piece argues that current unrestricted grain and food trades to allies and neutrals could escape licensing if only grain exchanges and boards of trade were restricted. It contends the government would lack power to curb foreign buying without the export restriction bill now pending.
Playstaff, Ariz. June 5. Navajo Indians on their reservation 100 miles north of here refused to register under the selective draft act. Federal officers feared trouble as they spent the day dancing war and bear dances in native costume. Threats were reported against the Indian agent and the settlement.
Washington June 5 Secretary McAdoo said the Liberty Loan campaign results thus far are immensely gratifying and that there is a risk of halting after tentative allotments. He urged no cessation of work even where cities have responded quickly, stressing the loan must be largely oversubscribed.
Washington journalist Jo rnor Stubbs of Kansas told the interstate commerce commission today that U S railroads have a billion dollar surplus and that Iran emergency exists. he said now is the time for a 18 percent freight rate raise. Protests by nurserymen against the proposed increase were presented by F W Kelkey and Orlando Harris of the American Nurserymen's association.
"Rabbit" Garrity, a Great Falls shortstop, signed to play with Butte after a clash with Electric boss Herb Hester. He will be in tomorrow's lineup as McGinnity weighs infield changes. Grant at second thrives, while Lefty Schroeder has left the league for Laconda amid better pay. Hydorn to face Sutherland in today's game as Keet kidnapping case progresses with arrests among prominent families.
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