Librarian Davies resigns from Butte Free Library after three years
John T F Davies presents his resignation to the city council to take effect June 16 1917. He cites progress under his incumbency including a parcel post station a children's branch a weekly south side book delivery and extended deposits to local institutions. He notes low salary and agency work to supplement income and requests resignation to allow full focus on future opportunities. Gertrude Nichols nominated and confirmed as his successor by Mayor Maloney.
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Gertrude Nichols
Maloney
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Bell Telephone
St. James Hospital
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Italy’s War Aims Defined by Nitti On Independence
Washington report cites Francesco Saverio Nitti saying Italy entered the war to rectify frontiers and free Italians under Austrian rule, not for indemnities or annexations. He notes 250,000 Italians in the United States of military age and discusses potential plans with the American government. A brief local item mentions Adah Clays of Bingham, Utah as a versatile pitcher.
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Italy
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Mr. Nitti
University of Naples
United States
Nitti
Aia
Adah Clays
Bingham
Utah
Lord Northcliffe Heads the British War Mission
London June 6 Lord Northcliffe at the request of the war cabinet accepted the position of head of the British war mission in the United States succeeding Arthur J Balfour who returns to the foreign office His task is to co ordinate British missions with those of the Entente allies and with the American and Canadian governments Northcliffe is a noted writer and newspaper proprietor controlling the London Times and London Daily Mail He has interests in Newfoundland and Imperial paper mills and was born in Ireland July 15 1865.
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London
Lord Northcliffe
War Cabinet
United States
Arthur J. Balfour
Foreign Office
Ford
Northcliffe
Redrafted War Tax Bill Will Come Up Next
Washington June 6 Consideration of the redrafted war tax bill will not begin in the senate until next week The Senate finance committee abandoned its plan to have the measure ready Friday after two weeks revising the house bill downward The committee agreed on a 50 percent tax on theater ticket scalpers profits for amusements sold outside official offices and extended exemptions for bona fide Chautauqua lyceums from amusement admission taxes and broadened agricultural fair exemptions to cover all receipts.
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Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Lyceums
Woman Suffrage Battle in House Special Session
Washington on June 6 saw suffrage supporters win a point then lose one in the first brush in the house special session over votes for women. The rules committee ordered a favorable report after war legislation is disposed of, on Representative Rankins.
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Washington
Rankins
Resolution to create a special suffrage committee urged by Wilson
In Congress a push to form a special suffrage committee gained support from President Wilson. Republicans pressed Rankin's motion to discharge the Judiciary Committee on the suffrage amendment, but Democratic Leader Kitchin’s adjournment motion passed 210 to 119.
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House
Rankin
Judiciary Committee
Kitchin
Memorial exercises at Arlington honor Confederate dead
Washington June 6 memorial exercises in the Confederate section of Arlington National Cemetery marked the United Confederate Veterans reunion. Denny of Richmond paid tribute to Southern women and the nation for the monument, while Mosby raiders formed a new permanent group. About 10,000 veterans and 100,000 visitors attended, with a parade planned tomorrow up Pennsylvania Avenue to be reviewed by President Wilson and Vice President Marshall.
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Patients Protest Has No Foundation
Washington reports that 30 patients aboard the navy hospital ship Solace signed a protest alleging mistreatment. A civilian commission interviewed over 100 men and found the charges baseless, praising Commanding Officer Dr Blackwood and medical staff for compassionate care during an unprecedented May emergency. Secretary Daniels called the findings a reassurance to the nation.
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Solace
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William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Alexander Flaxner
Nathan Strauss
New York
Blackwood
Tary Daniels
Calder
Attorney Threatened If Minister Is Prosecuted
Minneapolis June 6 County Attorney Rees turned the anonymous letter over to federal authorities threatening his death if he prosecutes Rev. Charles Lehnert held for denunciation of the government. The unsigned note mailed from Great Falls Mont June 3 warned there is a party in every large city capable of carrying out the threats. Chalk supplies are largely restricted to England and France with mining suspended there.
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Rees
Charles Lehnert
Great Falls
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Greater Opportunity for Women Opened by War
London reports Miss Christabel Pankhurst returning from exile in France and predicting greater US activity by women during and after the war. She says American women will take men's places in more industries, gain more freedoms, and use the ballot with patriotism, while English votes for women await postwar certainty.
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United States
Europe
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Emeline Pankhurst
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France
England
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Ives
Abraham Lincoln
Armed American Steamer Believed To Sink Submarine
Washington June 6 A German submarine is believed sunk by an armed American steamer after a running fight of about an hour and a half. The steamer fired 26 rounds to 36 from the submarine with the final shot appearing to strike the submarine sinking it stern up before disappearing. The American crew cited no damage to their vessel and the state department confirmed the engagement.
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Washington
State Department
Department of State
Ward
Theubmarine
Electricity for Crops Experiments Stir Dumfries
Experiments have been successfully conducted on a small scale in Dumfries Scotland using electrical overhead discharges to influence the growth of crops. The tests indicate potential effects on plant development from electric exposure.
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Dumfries Scotland
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