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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
3
An advertisement offers a free Special Cook Book with 239 recipes by famous cooks for Cottolene. It invites readers to request by writing to The N. K. Fairbank Company in Chicago and notes using one third less Cottolene than other shortening yields richer results.
Testimony in Judge Dwyer’s court describes July 31 arrest on Main Street ending in Michael Conway’s death from a skull fracture. Prosecution and defense cross examine witnesses including Darby Pratty, Frank Maher, Dr. Maginn, and Jim Conway as to the sequence of clubbing and statements by officers Brady and Carlson.
Manager Jensen of the Rialto theater faces a police court appearance to explain why the blockaded Park Street yesterday as crowds gathered for the planned 2 PM opening. He says the crowd grew beyond control and claims no fault in the disruption.
A May 1 communication from C.E Spence master of the state grange informs that the annual grange meeting, originally set for May 8, has been postponed to Tuesday June 12 due to the late crop season and to allow members to attend.
Port Angeles hundreds of mill workers walk out in June action while San Francisco reports say Judge Franklin Griffin orders all bomb case hearings postponed to June 1. The judge deemed it advisable to confine the proceedings for a month as cases were set for today.
Washington confirms the government has turned over the ships Portonia and Clara Mennig to entente allies. One vessel will be sent to France and the other to Italy for wartime service.
The National Chamber of Commerce report supports a war time excess profits tax to fund war expenses while minimizing disruption to the economy. It calls for taxes on luxuries and widespread use articles, outlines how profits and capital should be defined, favors local referee boards of accountants for appeals, and argues corporate income tax should stay unchanged despite higher taxes on dividends and inheritances.
While arguing against a wartime levy, the speaker contends retroactive taxes on excess profits are unjust. They claim such a tax places a burden on estates of those dying amid the war and taxes profits already distributed.
In Dickinson on May 1 James Caldwell famed for the so called "W.R.O. case" and his wife were killed by farm hand Mike Shumer who then shot himself. Shumer was wounded and not expected to live. Report notes ongoing discovery of an attack on Caldwell's daughter and a defamation suit involving a man of mystery over Caldwell's property. Washington reports Vivian and Marshal Joffre received by the French mission while the senate recesses amid army bill talks.
The report notes a new recruiting record with 2606 men for regular army. Timios led with 368, Nantaseith 324 second, New York 28 third, Indiana 30 fourth. April total recruiting reached 40,238.
Chicago May 1 authorities monitor bakers walkout and have tasked U S District Attorney Charles F Clyne to investigate. Reports say the strike aims to embarrass the government and disrupt bread supply.
Salem Oregon May 1 Governor James Withycombe accepted an invitation to supervise the first potato planting in Salem as part of the back yard garden movement to boost home food production.
A Butte committee formed to raise funds for war stricken nations and an appeal made by Doughty national organizer of the Armenian and Syrian relief fund. Ten million dollars sought in America with a per capita note of a dime daily to feed ten persons for four days. Doughty visits churches and plans relief committees in western states. Also a hotels committee seeks room listings for the Grand Army encampment in Butte May 24 25 26.
In Turkey and Washington reports say some American embassy members will leave once arrangements are made while others may wait for Ambassador Elkus who is recovering from typhus and expected to travel in about a month. The Turkish government states the rupture of relations is not a war measure and American citizens and institutions should be treated as before.
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