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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
15
Washington May 16 Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana failed to vote during the motion to recommit the army bill as she stood at the speaker's desk. Speaker Clark asked if she heard her name called and ruled she could not vote, and Rankin retired to her seat under house rules.
Portland Oregon May 16 Mack Eastman a Canadian recruiting sergeant opened an office here to recruit Canadian university men in Oregon for overseas service with the Western Universities battalion Eastman formerly taught modern English history at the University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia
May Bels, born in Eastern Washington before the Whitman massacre, the state’s oldest white man and a former Indian agent, died at his Sacoma home. He served 30 years as an Indian agent and was once superintendent of the Cushman Indian School. His father arrived in Washington 77 years ago as a missionary to the Indians.
In New York on May 16 William G. Redfeld urged members of the National Association of Manufacturers to work with employers to ensure the nation's successful participation in the war. He said there is no time to rock the boat and advised giving labor a fair voice and treating it as a partner rather than an adversary, noting General Efficiency was interrupted by local rage under findings.
News from New York reports a second fire at the Brooklyn navy yard within four days. The steamship Princess Irene, a former German merchantman, was seriously damaged by the blaze, which spread from a pile of mattresses aboard for unloading. The origin remains unclear as authorities battle the flames. The report also notes an expected formal announcement on Herbert C Hoover's appointment as executive of the new federal food-control agency once laws pass.
Paddy Matone's quarrel ends with a doctor called to the scene. The physician warns Pat to follow the correct direction for taking a pill while Sarrah urges him to continue, asserting there is only one proper course.
Poultry ad notes 200 White Leghorn laying hens for sale. From a flock of 600. Located two blocks west of the Three Mile House in Butte. Contact I. T. McElvenny.
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