Chaplin Carmen Duet Tops Local Playhouse Offerings
Review notes Chaplin in a four act Essanay comedy at the local theater, praising his duelist shtick and light touches as the standout of the program. Also highlights Thaleros animal circus, Minstrels, Charles Seamon, The Three Ianos and Mae Curtis in a varied vaudeville bill for a five day Broadway run.
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Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Carmen
Thaleros Animal Circus
Thaleros
Europe
Ing
Charles Seamon
Feller
Cohoes
Aistinet
Africa
Mae Curtis
Colville Reservation Entry Draw Planned This Summer
Great Northern agent L B Woods announces a Colville Indian reservation entry drawing for this year. Registration runs July to 22 at Spokane Wenatchee Colville and Omak with the drawing set for July 27. Frank Jackson's funeral is set for Sunday at 2 PM at White's chapel with Rev Anderson officiating.
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Colville
Washington
Butte
L. B. Woods
Great Northern
Spokane
Wenatchee
Omak
Frank Jackson
White
Anderson
Native Sons Boom Butte As Live Gig City
Reporter Carl Ramsey arrived from California and described Butte as thriving with a $2,000,000 weekly payroll while Los Angeles suffers through mass unemployment. He noted thousands of job seekers in Butte and a contrasting scene of idle workers and beggars in California.
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Native Sons Boom
Gliy
Butte
California
Los Angeles
United Sates
Carl Ramsey
Mr. Ramsey
Helena
Stor
Tex
Tutte
Montana
Butte Men Back Month of Training Plan
Butte Mayor Lane and local business leaders met Capt. Freeman Bassett and recruiter A Maginnis to discuss sending volunteers for 20 days of training at the Citizens' Military Training Camp to be held at Fort Douglas near Salt Lake in August. Committees will count interested men and organize enlistment from Butte.
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United States
Mayor Lane
Butte
Freeman Bassett
A. Maginnis
Salt Lake
Citizens
Fort Douglas
Hutte
Wein bankruptcy appeal sent to circuit court
W E Carroll attorney for J H Wein filed an appeal to the circuit court of appeals in San Francisco seeking to overturn Judge Bourquin s denial of discharge. The move marks one of the first such actions in the Montana district according to court records.
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George M. Bourquin
J.H. Wein
W. E. Carroll
Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Montana ‘District
Arbor Day Postponed Indefinitely At Columbia Gardens
The grounds remain wet and health concerns prompt officials to delay Arbor Day and opening day. Manager Wharton states postponement will hold until rain stops and brighter days return, with a later evening announcement planned for a favorable Saturday. He expresses sympathy for children awaiting the event.
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Columbia Gardens
Wharton
Mines School Visits by Chancellor Elliott
Chancellor Elliott spent a day in Butte visiting the Montana State School of Mines and consulted with its faculty. He then moved to Dillon for talks with the state normal school faculty. His trip gathers data for a forthcoming report to the State Board of Education meeting in Helena on June 5.
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Montana
Bjott
Butte
Montana State School of Mines
Dillon
State Normal School
El-lott
State Board of Education
Helena
Saloon Proprietor Thomas Cotton Held on Gambling Charge
Thomas Cotton, owner of a West Broadway saloon, was arrested on a warrant for permitting gambling. He posted bonds of $100 and was released. Several patrons were also arrested in the saloon and convicted in police court yesterday.
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Thomas Cotton
West Broadway
British Will Not Modify Its Blockade Of Germany
London reports Lord Robert Cecil says Britain will not relax economic pressure on the central powers. He states the blockade remains fully legal under international law and its reprisal aspect is incidental to Germanys submarine campaign, with enforcement extending existing rights.
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London
Great Britain
Robert Cecil
Associated Press
Step Nearer Complete Union Taken by Baptists
Minneapolis May 19 delegates described a transmittal vote as a step toward complete Union with the Southern Baptist Convention. A commission was appointed to settle disputes among affiliated societies, extending the authority of yesterday’s 11 members to amalgamate the missionary work of the American Baptist Publication Society and the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Cleveland Ohio was chosen as the 1917 meeting place.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Southern Baptist Convention
Northern Baptist Convention
Transmons
Norway Considers Arbitration Bill to Avert Lockout
FORVSER NATIONAL DISASTER. In Chistiania on May 19 officials discuss a government bill for compulsory arbitration to avert a lockout the employers association says will begin June against all workmen. Alarm grows that failure to prevent the lockout could trigger internal conflict and a national disaster.
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Forvser
Chistiania
Norway
Employers Association
Two Old Landmarks Ordered Removed On Main Street
State fire marshal W W McCormick condemned two one story frame buildings on North Main Street occupied by Jerry Mulline and Cheanamagon cafe. Owners Bertha Walker and Guy Stapleton were notified after inspection by McCormick and Fire Chief Fred Martin. No foundations were found under the front and side walls.
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North Main Street
Jerry Mulline
W. W. McCormick
Bertha Walker
Guy Stapleton
Fred Martin
McCormick
Reynolds couple in police court dispute over cruelty
John J. Reynolds and his wife clashed in a family quarrel after she allegedly struck him with a stove hook. Mrs Reynolds had him arrested on cruelty charges though the judge found no clear evidence of cruelty and the case lingered unresolved. Reynolds claimed $1,400 in the bank and offered separation terms for his wife.
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John J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Mra. Reynolds
Whitty
Former Butte Man Weds Popular Butte Girl
Frank Farwell, formerly of Butte and manager for the Independent Telephone Company, married Misa Margie Toohill of Butte in Boulder. The couple, witnessed by close relatives including his sister, will live in Helena for a time before moving to Denver.
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Butte
Independent Telephon Company
Boulders
Frank Farwell
Misa Margie Toohill
Wide
J. Dolan Harrington
Farwell
Independent
Bell Company
Nie
Helena
Denver
C A Russell Buys Home in Hamilton Addition
Charles A Russell purchased the J M Coyne home on Florence avenue for 1360 dollars. The deal was handled by Smith and Shewe. The house has four rooms and sits on two lots in the Hamilton addition. Other buyers include J A Shaw two lots in Smith Shewe addition J MacNeal a lot in Hamilton and Jack Hammontree one and a half lots in the name addition. Jennie Rowe bought two lots in the Blue Bell addition and A Graft bought two in Hamilton and a lot in Smith Shewe addition.
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Charles A. Russell
J. M. Coyne
Florence Avenue
Smith & Shewe
Hamilton
J AM. Shaw
J. MacNeal
Jack Hammontree
J. M. Trapp
Smith & Rhone
Jennie Rowe
Blue Bell
A. Graft
No Change in the Strike at the Silver Bow Club
The strike at the Silver Bow Club remained unresolved with cooks and Walters absent. Chet Beau fills cooking duties while wait staff shift to other employees and pies are delivered by taxicabs. Pickets guard deliveries as regular boarders receive meals as usual.
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Silver Bow Club
Silo Bow Club
Walters
Chet Beau
Wat
Regulr
Real Estate Transfers Listed For Several Properties
Transactions show John Woolcock transferring lot 8 block 1 School of Mines addition to Hall Lumber for $1. Arthur Mueller moves half interest lot 1 and north 12 feet of lot 2 block 10 Rowe addition to Henry Mueller for $1. Daly Addition Co transfers lot 5 block 8 Daly addition to Belle Clancy for $1. Land and Investment Co to Hall Lunder Co includes portion 31 township 3 north range 7 west two acres for $1. Perry H Beal sells interest in Deadwood lode to Butte & Superior Copper Co for $1. Northwest Coal Co assigns undivided quarter interest Eagle lode to Butte & Superior Copper Co. Bruce Kremer sells one-sixteenth interest Ohio lode to Butte & Superior Copper Co for $1. Re M Green sells one-eighth interest Elvene lode to Butte & Great Falls Mining Co for $1. August Benz sells portion of Stephens lode surface to Wesley A Strange for $3 100. Wesley Strange sells lot 18 block 49 Butte to Hubert B Lowry for $1. United States patent grants Aline L White southeast section 4 township 1 south range 7 west 160 acres.
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John €. Woolcock
Hall Lumber Company
School of Mines
Arthur H. Mueller
Henry Mueller
Rowe
Daly Addition Company
Belle Clancy
Daly
Utte Land and Investment Company
Hall Lunder Company
Porton
Perry H. Beal
Butte & Superior Copper Company
Deadwood Lode
Northwest Coal Company
Eagle
Bruce Kremer
Ohio Lode
Re. M. Green
Butte & Great Falls Mining Company
Elvene
Benz
Wesley A. Strange
Stephens
P'Wealey Strange
Hubert’ B. Lowry
Butte
United States
Aline L. White
Township
Relief Ship Planned for Shackleton Expedition
London May 19 reports Royal Geographical Society committee completed relief plans for Lieut. Ernest Shackleton marooned in the Antarctic. A relief ship would depart London by August 1 to proceed to the Weddell Sea via Buenos Aires and the Falkland Islands. Food supplies for Shackleton’s Endurance are a concern due to limited cargo space. The voyage to the Falklands is expected to take about 90 days, with another month to reach the Weddell Sea.
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London
Ir Ernest Shackleton
Antarctic
Royal Geographical Society
Weddell Sea
Buenos Ayres
Falkland Islands
Shackleton
Sir Ernest
Endurance
Lon=don
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Pathe
Iron Claw
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Mines School
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Germany
C. A. Russel
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