Red Cross Drive Seeks Big Timber Sweet Grass Quota
In Big Timber and Sweet Grass county a broad Red Cross membership drive mobilizes committees led by Mrs. Harvey Colt and state chairman Harry Yaeger to boost service flags and renew old members. Local urgency ties Christmas giving to wartime needs with a goal of 750 to 1,000 new members from the county.
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Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
The
Red Cross
Harvey Colt
Harry Yaeger
Great Falls
Claiborn
L. R. Peck
Montana Power Building
Knowles
National Red Cross
United States
Europe
London Submarine Incident Recalled In Testimony
Third Officer Jonnas noted the French ship could not carry munitions or risked waving a red flag. Bjorsson said had the Imo not reversed, the French vessel would have rammed her near the stern on the port side. The Mont Blanc altered course after three whistle blasts, swinging toward the Halifax side of the channel.
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Jonnas
Bjorsson
Imo
Mont Blanc
Halifax
Channel
Death of Frank Gotch World Champion Wrestler
Des Moines reports the death of Frank A. Gotch a retired world heavyweight wrestling champion at his Humboldt Iowa home from uremic poisoning. He had been ill for two years and died with wife Gladys and son at his bedside. Gotch declined a world title match with Joe Stecher two years earlier fearing a loss to fans would ruin many.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frank A. Gotch
Humboldt
Joe Stecher
Dodge
Nebraska
Charlie Cutler
Chicago
Gotch
Cutler
Bob Managoff
Earl Caddock
Stecher
Gladys Destrich
Mrs. O'Hare Sentenced to Five Years for Speech
Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare is sentenced to five years in the Jefferson City Missouri penitentiary for utterances in a Bowman North Dakota speech that allegedly discouraged military registration. The trial heard she denounced war and challenged Judge Wade while calling mothers who raise soldiers cannon fodder.
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Bismarck
N. D
Jefferson City
Martin J. Wade
Des Moines
Kate Richards O’hare
Bowman
O’hare
Wade
Halifax Disaster Not Caused by Spies
Halifax Nova Scotia December report shows Imo officers testifying no Germans or Austrians aboard. Second Officer Bjornsen says captain and pilot remained on bridge until after collision and no change in course was observed. Explosion followed about twenty minutes later. uncertain if Mont Blanc carried munitions.
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Halifax
N.S
Imo
Mont Blanc
Alex B. Bjorsson
Bjornsen
States Will Pass on Prohibition Issue
Washington December 17 nationwide prohibition cleared the house by 282 to 128 after a day of debate. The measure now awaits a Senate House difference resolution before being sent to state legislatures for ratification of a constitutional ban on intoxicating liquor.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Council to form naval actions committee in Europe
The council will include marine and naval leaders from each nation with the United States represented by Secretary Daniels and Admiral Benson. Flag officers from the U S and Japan will attend, and the meetings will be held in Europe.
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United States
Daniels
Admiral Benson
Europe
Japan
Foreign Mission Returns With Glowing Account
Col. E. M. House heads a four man delegation back from Paris declaring the inter allied war conference achieved its aims. He reports to Washington that the mission’s files include his own and will be supplemented by a personal dispatch to President Wilson.
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New York
Paris
E. M. House
United States
Washington
Colonel House
Wilson
England
France
Wilson Names Judge O Connor to Federal Trade Commission Role
Livingston Enterprise reports Judge James F. O Connor of Park County Montana has been appointed special counsel for the Federal Trade Commission. The Livingston lawyer travels to Washington D C to assume duties as the commission seeks to prosecute anti trust violators. O Connor lauded for legal skill and public service while modest about the immense task ahead. Continued on page four.
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James F. O’connor
Livingston
Wilson
Livingston Enterprise
Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Judge O’connor
Park County
Montana
Judge O'Connor
Nurse Joins List of Lucky Defendants
Miss Harriet A. Warner a nurse from West Upton was found not guilty of murder in the Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham Mass The jury deliberated over four hours before returning the verdict regarding Mrs Pauline Keyes ten months bride of George H Keyes a Boston real estate man
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Dedham
Mass
Harriet A. Warner
West Upton
Pauline Keyes
George H. Keyes
Boston
Norfolk County Superior Court
Allied Naval Council Formed to Coordinate War Naval Efforts
Washington reports that Vice Admiral Sims in Paris announced a new allied naval council to coordinate war operations among nations opposing the central powers. Members of the council will report to their governments under inter allied conference plans.
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Washington
Butte Murderers to Hang for Higgins Crime
The Montana Supreme Court denied a rehearing in State vs Fisher and O Neil. Fisher and O Neil were convicted in Silver Bow county for the murder of Thomas Higgins and sentenced to death. Higgins identified the men as his attackers before dying after a street holdup in Butte. Governor Stewart’s potential intervention could stay the penalty.
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Helena
State Supreme Court
State
Fisher
O’neil
Silver Bow County
Thomas Higgins
District Court
Stewart
Higgins
Butte
Policeman Killed by Mexican Section Hand
Patrolman Enos Nelson was shot in an alley around 10:30 last night and died at St. Vincent's hospital. The suspected assailant, named Juan Quarro, died at the hospital after a buckshot and bullet wound. Patrolman Pat Bakke was wounded in the ankle during the chase on Montana avenue but is not seriously hurt.
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Billings
Enos Nelson
Juan Quarro
Minnesota
First Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Pat Bakke
Montana Avenue
Bakke
Pupils Honor Roll List November District Names
The article lists students acknowledged for the honor roll in November across multiple numbered groups. It names pupils with guardians or family references, noting numerous pairs and triples of students linked to each entry, ending with a continued note on page eight.
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Eva Mjelde
Bordie
Benny
Vivian Green
Sadie
Clifford Olson
Ellen
Hilda
Lloyd Rein
Genevieve Roades
Maud Daily
Stella Diehl
Adolph Tronrud
Leon Tucker
James
Lewis Brannin
Agnes Lavold
Charlotte Wilson
Alice Heisler
Clarence McMahon
Harold
Willa
Theodore Colby
Eugene
Henry Sandsness
Bertha Walker
Herman Hanson
Albert Norman
Bessie Stainard
Genevieve Meacham
Agnes Reynolds
Marjorie Snyder
Marjorie van Goor
Signie
George Lavold
Edyth Bryan
Cecil
James Fairchild
Jessie F. Evans
Lucy Evans
Phyllis Flynn
Edna Mahlum
George Burrill
Laurel Opens Season At Home Against Sweet Grass County
Big Timber hosts Laurel High School tomorrow in the season opener at the city gym. Coach praises forwards Foster Colvin Harold Lamp and Sandsness at center with Colvin McDonnel Egeland Lyons boosting defense. Home schedule includes Belgrade Joliet Townsend Billings Livingston Dillon with away games at Livingston Townsend Belgrade and a pending game with Anaconda.
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Big Timber
Sweet Grass County High School
Laurel High School
Foster Colvin
Harold Lamp
Sandsness
Jack Colvin
McDonnel
Albert Egeland
Walter Lyons
Chicago Cubs
Laurel
Belgrade
Bozeman
Joliet
Townsend
Billings
Livingston
Dillon
Anaconda
Senator Myers Returns From Honolulu Trip
Senator H. L. Myers spoke for the foreign trade bill after his return from Hawaii. He has not outlined his planned work yet but expects to confer with the president on water power and land legislation. He says wartime needs raise demand for a water power bill to foster development, pending a full discussion with the president.
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Washington
H. L. Myers
Congress
Hawaii
Judge Stark Names Loasby to Fill County Vacancy
County Clerk Cameron received notice from Livingston Tuesday of Judge Stark appointing George A. Loasby to fill the vacancy on the board of county commissioners caused by A. M. Clark's resignation. The appointment lasts until a successor is qualified at the November 1918 general election or the first Monday of January 1919. The action followed broad support from prominent men of both parties and a widely signed petition.
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Cameron
Livingston
Stark
George A. Loasby
Board of
County Commissioners
A. M. Clark
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RED Cross Drive
Mrs. O'Hare
Col. House
Supreme War Council
London
James F. O'Connor
Allied Naval Council
Frank Geiger-Reid Grant
Delilah
Donald Geiger
Helen Grey
George Wilson
Carrie Blakeman
Dimple
Herbert
Sabra Dutton
Walter
Milford
Harvey Hotzel
Edna
Pat McComb
Helen Schmidtekofer
Ursal Wesland
Ruby
Senator Myers
Honolulu
Judge Stark
Loasby
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