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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
9
Obituary notice reports the death of Wallis Uideroper Deac in Philadelphia with sparse readable details and no further biographical information available in the fragmented text.
The notice recalls Major Wallis Huidekoper and Captain Wallis Huidekoper, with family ties to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania roots, tracing service across the Span Am era and Civil War, and noting hospital time after injury. It also honors G. H. Howard and John P. Campbell, describing the life of a prominent Montana sheepman who rose from bartender to leading sheep commission broker before a sudden death at 36, mourned by friends.
An attorney states the state goes dry on December 30 rather than the last day of the month, aligning with the law’s intent. The ruling suggests prohibition may take effect after December 31, 1918, impacting the timing of the last spree and related speculation.
A report notes a series of deaths in six weeks as a widely feared illness claimed another victim known locally as Ness Big. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at Lowry hospital, with pallbearers E. J. Cort Theo Thorson Alkey Osbure Arthur Otis and others listed.
In Washington a meeting called by the National Woman Suffrage Association urged immediate passage of the woman suffrage amendment. Speakers including Dr. Anna Howard Shaw Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo Mrs. Josephine Daniels and Miss Jane Delano praised American women for wartime service and support.
A new Montana Tractor Truck and Auto school will open in Billings in January teaching gas and oil engines electrical ignition and tractor operation. Endorsed by tractor manufacturers the four week course runs January 6 with optional shorter tracks and will be housed at 109 North 29th St.
San Francisco reports that nationwide strikes protesting the Moon ey conviction and incarceration were postponed to allow a special labor congress in Chicago on January 14 to review all aspects of the case. The International Workers' Defense League said unions agreed to delay action.
The Montana supreme court after a brief hearing ordered the immediate release on bail of J. A. McGlyne a Non Partisan league organizer jailed in Carter county for sedition. McGlyne paid 1500 cash bond and appealed. sheriff refused release. The court later reduced bail to 1009 and allowed a property bond.
President Wilson issues a proclamation urging all Americans to join the Red Cross during December 16 to 23 as a Christmas message of peace and continued support for service members. The document cites past morale-boosting aid in Europe and calls for sustained sacrifice and unity in a new era. Montana leads in volunteer numbers relative to state population among listed states. New York and Pennsylvania contribute the largest shares of army strength.
Sweet Grass County Board of Health prohibits any dances or gatherings including Christmas dinners and holidays events until further orders. Violations carry fines from 25 to 100 dollars. Public notice urges compliance and outlines enforcement.
Washington reports eight of thirteen divisions of the American Third Army near the Rhine, many are National Guard or National Army troops. General March expects units to be back on American soil within four months after peace is proclaimed, with possible Congress tweaks to extended stays for those remaining in Europe.
Washington December 5 Representative Carter Glass of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson to be secretary of the treasury. The nomination, prepared by the president, was sent from the White House after Glass accepted. Glass has served 18 years in the House and will take office December 16 under an agreement with Secretary McAdoo. No changes in treasury policy are expected at present.
The Montana record shows the state furnished one percent of total U S soldiers according to a table in Secretary of War Baker's annual report. It notes New York Pennsylvania Illinois plus five states ahead, with Montana at about 34 000 men, a larger number than many states with higher populations.
The secretary of the treasury and secretary of agriculture propose appropriations for Montana forest reserves for the 1919 fiscal year starting July 1. Listed reserves include Absaroka Beartooth Beaverhead Bitter Root Blackfeet Cabinet Custer Deer Lodge Flathead Gallatin Helena Jefferson Kootenai Lolo Madison Missoula with amounts ranging from 2,830 to 51,826 dollars.
Secretary Houston announced new grazing rates effective March 1 1919 for the Helena forests and elsewhere. The schedule sets 80 cents to $1.50 per head per year for cattle sheep and goats with 25 percent added for horses and 25 percent less for swine. Five year grazing permits may be issued where conditions warrant to stabilize the livestock industry.
President Wilson attended religious services with American troops aboard the USS George Washington. He joined in singing and prayers in the enlisted men’s quarters, later walked the deck and rested. The ship sailed through warmer seas.
County superintendent reports attorney general and state education officials affirm teachers are entitled to salary during closures caused by Spanish influenza if contracts do not specify otherwise. State superintendent and circular advise districts with limited funds to avoid shortening the school year and consider living expenses support for teachers.
The Daily Mail reports Britain will seek eight billion pounds in reparations from Germany for the war. Prime Minister Lloyd George is slated to announce the demand in Leeds, with the plan projected to relieve British taxpayers of about four hundred million pounds annually. The British claim, prepared by a Hughes Baron Cunliffe committee, is expected to be published Saturday, with French reparations said to be far larger.
Paris dispatch reports leaders from Berlin seeking a presidential visit. President Wilson replies with a firm stance that Germany must atone by years of repentance and would not be invited to visit unless the move is official and compelled.
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