Wilson Starts New Draft Classification Machinery
President Wilson published a foreword to new selective service regulations enabling a five class system for registrants. The process targets nearly ten million men with questionnaires and local boards awaiting public release. classification to begin around December 15 and complete in sixty days with public and legal advisory support nationwide.
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Washington
Wilson
War Department
Lezh
United States
Crowder
Selective Service
Legal Advisory Boards
Fallon County Y M C A Fund Drive Aims Eight Hundred
Fallon county launches an $800 campaign for Y M C A work for soldiers in France. Al Hansen Ralph Keener and others appoint captains to cover northern areas. M A Shreve and Ed Hansen oversee Baker area with local assistants Vine Donovan and Dot Phillips. Expect strong giving and plans to exceed the goal.
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Fallon
Huta
France
L.price
Sly Ir. Man
L. C. Burns
C. J. Dousmin
al Hansen
Ralph Keener
Oslie
Carlyle
M. A. Shreve
Willard
Ed Hansen
Baker
Vine Donovan
Dot
Phillips
Fallon County
Nation moves to mobilize lawyers for national army draft
The plan assigns every lawyer to active duty and places responders to the president on legal advisory boards in the army ranks. It notes the nation’s swift 18 day registration for ten million men and aims to classify ten million more in sixty days.
Montana Deaths From Camp Lewis Stationed Draftees
Anton J. Reasman a 19 year old private in the 38th artillery died at the base hospital. Henrich W. Niemi a 22 year old private of wagon company No 31 also died at the base hospital. Their deaths are noted as part of Montana led military losses while railway concerns justify riding with candles due to car conditions for drafted men. Governor Stewart planned to speak to Montana troops in the 16th depot brigade after supper.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Anton J. Reasman
38Th Artillery
A. Herrin
Great Falls
Mont
Henrich W. Niemi
Victor Niemi
Nasel
Pacific County
Wash
Maloney
Butte
Sand V. Stewart
Montana
Governor Stewart
Montana's notable interest in western department troops
In the western department Montana shows the strongest outward interest in its men, described as the state with the greatest visible concern for its troops.
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Western Department
Montana
Utah Man to Distribute Coal Supply
Washington reports W. W. Armstrong, Utah fuel administrator, placed in charge of coal distribution for Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah. He may draw coal from nearby districts in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana for emergency needs, taking up to 10 percent of output but not exceeding 1916 allotments.
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Washington
W. W. Armstrong
Utah
Colorado
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
The Fall of a Nation to Run at Lyric Theater
A patriotic play from Thomas Dixon titled The Fall of a Nation is set to premiere November 13 and 14 at the Lyric theater. The plot imagines a German invasion of the United States and depicts women rallying to expel the besieging forces.
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Lyric Theater
New York
Chicago
Thomas Dixon
Washington
Count Minotto Minotto Arrested for Pro-German Activities
Count Minotto, son in law of Louis F Swift, arrested by federal authorities in Washington on pro German activity charges. He is free in Chicago on a 50000 bond, vows to fight for democracy and offers of service to US government. Deportation hearings and affidavits precede a Washington decision. He claims loyalty to the United States and notes he offered services to both war departments.
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Chicago
James Minotto
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Italy
Naval Intelligence Bureau
Navy Department
South America
Guaranty Trust Company of
Newark
Minotte
Navy
Washington
Mia Rotto
Swift & Co. Packers
Ida May Swift
Liberty
United States
Minotto
Henry Veeder
Swift
Secretary of War
New York
Berlin
Minottos
Narrow Escape As Colt Runaway Endangers Boy
Fifteen year old Rufus Cate, son of Mr and Mrs Bert Cate, escaped death Saturday afternoon when a runaway colt team pulled hay wagon onto Main street tracks. He clung to the wagon tongue as the axle bent and wheels near him, then collided with a car driven by E V Trout, knocking the team off course. He was treated by Dr Meyran and taken home with a broken rib and possible internal injuries. The Trout car suffered a bent axle a sprung frame and a dished wheel.
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Rufus Cate
Bert Cate
Cate
Main Street
Main
Haynes
E. V. Trout’s
Great White Way Will Be Dimmed For War Effort
New York reports Broadway will glow only from 7 45 to 11 00 each night under a fuel administration order. The measure aims to save 205 090 tons of coal annually nationwide by dimming the advertising lights through wartime.
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New York
Broadway
Washington
Taft’s Former Cook at Camp Lewis Recalled for Taft
Eugene Taffoni, cook of the 70th company at Camp Lewis, famed for serving President Taft and other dignitaries in Washington. His career areas include Fort Pitt and Del Monte hotels, Tonopah restaurant ownership, and work with George Dickey in Sacramento. Born in Montedinore Italy, he came to the United States in 1906 and pursued cooking after a prior tailoring trade.
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Tacoma
Eugene Taffoni
William ‘Howard Taft
Washington
D. C
Tonopah
Tuffoni
George Dickey
Sacramento
Camp Lewis
Montedinore
Italy
Don’t Sell the Family Cow Advice Expressed
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century text argues against selling the cow despite high prices for milk. It cites Abraham Lincoln on not swapping horses and questions long term productivity versus short term gain.
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Lane
Abraham Lincoln
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163Rd Infantry
U. S
P. S
148Th Artillery
Count
Big Packer
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