Tragedy in Los Angeles Brings Witnessless Jealousy Case
F Champion and wife Grace Champion were found fatally wounded in their Los Angeles home. police say Champion shot his wife in a jealous rage then killed himself. Grace, born Lambert, had ties to Butte Montana and Missoula. relatives include Harry Hoyt and Walter Lambert. No witness accounts emerged as detectives searched for motive.
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Western Tron
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Missoula
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Leo Lambert
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Allied Armies Hold Line as German Offense Stalls
Allied forces along the western front remain confident as Germans hold back a new offensive. Heavy fighting appears in progress with 38,691 casualties reported for the week ending Tuesday, including 8,555 killed or died of wounds, while arrivals and reinforcements continue to bolster Allied lines. The Amiens and Arras sectors saw repulsed attacks and successful Allied maneuvers near Neuville-Vitasse and in the larger Franco-Belgian battlefield.
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Associated Press
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Reallae
Flanders
Peardy
Arras
Neuville-Vitasse
Amiens
Maurice
Sorrederick St. Maurice
War Office
New Butte High School Site Chosen on South Main Street
The Butte school board authorized warrants for a South Main Street site purchase totaling 187,250 dollars as part of a plan to build a new high school at about 750,000 dollars. The complex spans about 449 feet and will occupy two city blocks except for the Hipp and Dragstedt apartments. The project includes a gymnasium, athletic field, auditorium, and vocational facilities, with construction set to begin next year under architect Wellington Smith. The existing high school will become a junior high, and funding comes through the Western Lumber Company and local banks.
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Hutte High School
Board of Education
Main Street
Porphyry
Gold Street
Wyoming Street
Hipp & Dragstedt
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Wellington. Smith
Western Lumber ‘Company
First’ National Bank
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Court bars printed matter from wartime raid evidence
An Industrial World bid to suppress seized letters from the government raid period failed as Judge Lacnais and Judge Landis overruled objections. Government experts testified receipts and expenses from April to September 1917 show a growing anti-war campaign. Disputed items included salaries and various fees, with defense sustaining a third defeat in two days.
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Lacnais
Landis
TM. Batley
Sun
William D. Haywood
Appealing Potion Advert in Berlin Trade Paper
Amsterdam May 7 An excerpt from Sundays Taglische Rundschau of Herlin carries a Berlin advertisement for a newly invented drug described as not a substitute for daily sustenance but an excellent aid to stifle appetite and endure until the next meal. The piece notes hunger relief but warns of headaches and other dispositions in many readers.
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Amsterdam
Herlin
Berlin
City Schools 10 Close In Month
The public schools of Butte will begin the close of summer vacation on June 21, as originally planned, after action by the board of education. Delegations from the Woman's club and PTA supported a 20 day year. a plumbers union offer to confer on shop plumbing was referred to the building committee. German textbooks may not be burned. wage increases for workmen were approved. A body believed to be ex-sheriff John Afflerbach of York County, Nebraska, was found near Grant Range while en route back to Nebraska with a prisoner.
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Butte
Board of Education
Woman's Club
Butte Woman's Council
Monroe Parent-Teacher Association
Ing
Maddock
Mccarthy
Fd Blanchfield
PT Mel Carthy
Elas
Lewistown
John Afflerbach
York County
Hoy
Grant Range
York
Harry Rand Younger
Royatry
Branka
Affierbach
Apel Aste
Fragmentary German-Style Front Page Snippet About Britain
A garbled Reuters-like fragment from London on May 7 discusses British attack aims and claims a British sect scored in some success. The text is incomplete and hard to parse, with several garbled phrases about enemy ships and a call to frank assessment.
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London
Zech
Railroads Face 20 Percent Pay Increase Decision
Washington May Director General McAdoo to outline recommendations on a twenty percent wage rise for all railroad workers. The commission’s policy favors the highest pay among advances, with pressure from unions and railroads shaping the final plan.
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Washington
May
McAdoo
Broushe
Poll
Fire in Tacoma Kills Three Persons in City Blaze
A Tacoma fire early today destroyed the Igucle laundry the boarding house and an adjoining stable. The Hofmann apartment building on South J Street and Fourth Avenue was gutted to a frame. Fifteen Japanese workers resided on the third floor of the laundry building and others escaped with minor injuries. One person in the apartment house was injured.
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Tacoma
Igucle
Hofmann
South J Street
Fourth Avenue
Red Cross Week Proclaimed. War Fund Appeal Urged
President Wilson issues proclamation naming Red Cross Week starting in May and urges Americans to donate to the second 100000.00 war fund to aid troops in France and dependents at home and allied populations. California sets ten dollar weekly minimum wage for women in professional and general offices effective July.
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Washington
Wilson
Red Cross
American Red Cross
France
Francisco
State Industrial Commission
Asquith Motion Sparks New Phase In War Cabinet Crisis
General Maurice gains strong army backing as a rift widens between war cabinet and military advisers. Premier critics accuse leaders of shifting responsibility to the army amid the German offensive. Debate over disciplinary measures and cabinet control risks a decisive test vote and a possible resolution of the crisis.
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Maurice
Honor Law
Tnvestigat Mart
Arice
Western Front
Lusitania anniversary rights drift amid dulling empathy
London marks the third Lusitania anniversary as public response wanes. The Daily Graphic laments society’s blunted sense of humanity and questions the absence of commemorative processions, noting Germany’s crimes against humanity have muted the public’s tenderness.
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London
Germany
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