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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
13
Washington reports 60 000 to 80 000 laborers required to build 18 cantonments for the national army. Projected work includes 294 miles of insulated wire 40 000 kegs of nails 75 000 barrels of cement and 80 000 shower bath heads. Elaborate plumbing specs highlight sanitation planned for the sites.
Washington reports a printing error in a Panama Canal bill causing next year's governor salary to be set at 100000 instead of 10000. The mistake was found in printed copies and engrossed bill, with no member noticing it until today. Correcting it requires another act of congress and presidential approval.
Petrograd June 20 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst British suffragist leader arrived unexpectedly in Petrograd to confer with Elihu Root and Charles Eward Russell at the Winter Palace on ways to assist Russia in its struggle. She said she came to explain Britain’s attitude to the new Russian republic to its men and women. Buenos Aires June 19 El Diario criticizes Argentine neutrality as against national interest noting if the United States cannot stay neutral others cannot either and predicts Spain’s neutrality may lead to isolation.
Boston reports that Mrs John Eilis failed to win custody of her 10 year old daughter Olea. The child, taken by her father the Rev. John Hills, was the subject of a world wide search aided by motion pictures. Advices from Tokyo indicate the decision by the Japanese Supreme Court.
Federal land office notices in Helena Montana classify lands as non mineral in section 11 township 1 north range 12 west with a 60 day protest window for objections to reclassification. Also notices announce estate claims against Charles Rivers and Kuzma Padovich with probate dates and filing details in Anaconda and Deer Lodge County Montana.
A chili parlor is offered for rent or sale. Prospective tenants or buyers can apply at 308 North Main in Butte to arrange viewings and negotiate terms.
A German technical weekly suggests regular Zeppelin journeys to America could occur soon. Moderate increases in airship size could lift four day voyages, with the article noting peace-time intent. Paris reports a new submarine department at the marine ministry led by Rear Admiral M B G J Merveilleux du Vignaux.
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