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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
1
A compact report notes belief that Russia can break through a defensive line. The fragment mentions confidence in achieving penetration without detailing the context or entities involved. Further specifics are unavailable in the provided text.
Demonstrations by suffrage groups in Washington led to police stripping banners and escorting banner bearers along Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrs. D Richardson led crowds, banners were destroyed, and security was increased around the White House. A later banner quoting Wilson’s war speech was allowed after scrutiny. President Wilson attended events and a state dinner with the Russian mission followed amid calls for U.S. aid to Russia.
Chicago June 21 The National Grocers association adopted a resolution pledging support for Herbert Hoover as federal food commissioner. Oscar B. McGlasson chairman of the federal trade commission committee stated wholesale grocers would contribute without compulsory laws.
War prices and mine inquest stir readers as pickets are roughly handled. Catholic school graduation and Theatrical Women and Red Cross work headline a busy page. Navy recruiting office to close and Anaconda news report quiet departures from Butte. The state reads of disaster tests, sport, mining, classified ads, and horoscope.
President Wilson endorses Senator Pomerene's resolution to empower the government to fix coal prices for war or emergency use. The plan would authorize the Federal Trade Commission to set prices and allow government takeover of coal mines if operators disagree, with operator compensation to be set later.
Washington reports a partly cloudy outlook for Montana with cooler conditions expected Friday especially in eastern and southern portions. Friday and Saturday will be cooler with unsettled skies likely in eastern districts.
Coroner jury hears graphic account of the North Butte fire that killed more than 160 miners. Ernest Sulau and colleagues described a single fast moving blaze sparked by a lamp near a damaged cable. Witnesses testified Sulau fought to save others as the fire overwhelmed the mine, with officials noting careless cable lowering helped start the blaze.
Washington reports rapid fund growth as the Red Cross drive adds about $18,000,000 today, bringing four day total to over $63,000,000 with New York contributing more than $28,000,000 and the rest of the country about $25,000,000. Local managers warn the second half of the week will decide final results. A $5,000,000 Rockefeller Foundation gift boosts New York’s tally, while other contributions remain comparatively small.
In New York on June 21 the jury in the federal case of Owen Cattell and Charles F. Phillips former Columbia University students convicted of conspiring to obstruct the draft returned a guilty verdict. The jury recommended mercy in announcing the verdict and a motion to set aside the verdict based on testimony by Morris Hillant is scheduled for Friday.
Reports from Wyoming and Kentucky show 9,649,038 men aged 21 to 30 enrolled for national service. An additional 6,001 Indians were registered by late officials or interior agents, with 600,000 plus federal service members not required to register. The provost marshal general’s office cites a Census estimate of 10,275,604 eligibles as roughly correct.
Washington June 21 Representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers association protest a proposed war tax they call punitive to press. They argue newspapers bear a heavy burden from the war without profits while aiding government efforts through Liberty loans and registration. The group urges careful study of postal rate changes and insists taxation should not fall on a non war profit enterprise. The committee includes Baker Mack Woodson Newbold Brown Hanson Ray and Palmer.
An Atlantic port received unconfirmed word that many Germans from a sea raider were sunk or captured and brought ashore by a British steamer. A government agent offered no details and confirmation was lacking. In California, a Santa Cruz fire near Big Basin redwood park appeared diverted and not yet reaching the park.
A chaotic report from Butte notes a rising miner walkout with several hundred more at Thursday shifts, while Anaconda company claims near normal output. Unions and radicals push for action as leaders address pay, safety, and possible open air protests.
In district court Franke J. Duan was named as the man who had paid for the murder of Mrs. Dunn. Testimony from Mike Moore and Robert Hickey tied Dunn to the plot, with Moore claiming a $50 payoff and a rendezvous that led to the murder plan. Hickey corroborated the money exchange and the meeting introducing Dunn to the would‑be killer.
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