A Grass Is Out on Trouble
A grass is out on trouble from Montana state sources reporting a case involving a hundred dollars and a named party.
30 May 1918
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
1
A grass is out on trouble from Montana state sources reporting a case involving a hundred dollars and a named party.
The report outlines Mason act loans totaling 3388 28 with Sweet Grass and Deer Lodge counties leading in size. Officials cite May 15 application deadline and aim to unite southern Montana residents. A Cooke City Transit plan meeting in Livingston will discuss a Gardiner Yellowstone Park to Cooke City railroad and local cooperation.
May 27 report says President Wil ee took charge of war legislation and told a joint session that new war tax measures must be enacted at once. He urged Congress to abandon politics, remain in session, and push tax increases on incomes profits and luxuries to fund the war without delay.
Park County Chamber of Commerce directors select a special committee to promote the City Transit project in southern Montana. The committee will coordinate events for a county and regional audience to ensure residents understand the Cooke City mining district resources and planned transportation links. A large, optimistic campaign is planned to back the enterprise.
The Martinsdale resident J Stanley Smith was buried in White Sulphur Springs after a May 17 service attended by about twenty five Masons from Meagher county and guests from across Montana. Gov. S V Stewart and other officials attended. The Harlowton lodge directed arrangements. The service featured a sermon by Rev Ralph Blaning and pallbearers including Geo R Lyons Perry J Moore Jr Edgar Settle and more.
The Trench and Camp notes former Montana teacher Harry Lee now serving with the 28th company at Camp Lewis. He directs orchestras, taught Montana youths commercial subjects, and praises patriotism while performing piano music for soldiers.
Cel and Mrs Cot returned Friday from San Diego where they spent the winter. They are visiting with Big Trencher friends this week before going to the home of their son Harvey Celt.
American troops in Picardy attacked on May 28 and captured Cantigny on a 1.25 mile front. They took 200 prisoners and inflicted heavy losses on German forces while sustaining relatively small American casualties. Further fighting and artillery exchanges continued in Lorraine and the Weecre sector as press continued.
The British armed merchant cruiser Moldavia was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat with 56 American troops on board unaccounted for. The voyage carried troops from America to Europe and followed earlier losses of Antilles and Tuscania as German U-boats target American transports.
In Butte on May 27 Charles Sehs, a well known resident and large property holder, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities say failing health and insomnia prompted the act amid wartime anxieties and personal upheaval.
The War Department issued a notice requiring all youths who are 21 to appear for registration on June 5, 1917. Those who reach 21 by or before that date may be excused from registration on June 6 unless they are in the military.
James P. Rowe, chairman of the city exemption board, says registrants in deferred classes need not fear Washington reports about forcing men into essential industries. The order targets luxuries only and will affect very few in Butte. Local boards have noted rumors of men faking home duties. those in classes two to four should not worry, and official notices will come from local boards for any change.
Washington, May 27. Examination shows Director General McAdoo's order raises freight rates by 25 percent and passenger fares to three cents a mile, with intrastate rates abolished. Average increases expected above 2 percent, changes ahead. Passenger fares set for June 10, freight tariffs for June 2. State commissions lack authority to alter rates. readjustments referred to the Interstate Commerce Commission for review.
The House Ways and Means Committee works on the new revenue bill with passage contemplated between August 1 and August 10. A 30 day House recess would follow to await Senate action on the measure.
Boy Scout troop members will hold a series of drills and safety demonstrations at the high school auditorium this Thursday evening. The event aims to teach emergency readiness and teamwork to attendees and local families.
The Boy Scouts under Scoutmaster W. P. Ames present an evening program at the High School Auditorium for Memorial Day. It features Lincoln's Gettysburg Address read by Ralph Jarrett, a Memorial Day Proclamation, songs, poems, and tributes to Grant and American patriotism, with audience participation and closing tunes.
Thomas J Mooney convicted in the 1916 parade bombing case was ordered by Judge Franklin A Griffin to be sent to San Quentin within 10 days and hanged in 60 to 90 days. The fate rests with Governor Stephens and a federal clemency petition citing possibly perjured testimony.
Miss Frences Sheplek an engine wiper at the Northern Pacific shops in Livingston was injured when she was crushed between an engine and a pest. Three ribs were broken and she was taken to a hospital. Sheplek was riding on the engine at the time of the accident.
Reported German assaults target the Black Sea fleet and hospitals while EU and Russian supply lines in the Baltic and Arctic suffer port blockages. No ships can exit several ports as tensions rise across occupied zones.
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