Ryan Resigns as Head of Aircraft Service
John D. Ryan, second assistant secretary of war and director of aircraft service, resigned with demobilization and peace in view. He will stay on briefly, with William C. Potter, to aid transition. Baker praises his leadership and notes copper production and demobilization are priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Ryan
United States Army and Navy
Baker
Ryan
William C. Potter
John B. Ryan
United States
Red Cross
War Council of the Red Cross
Leutenant
H. P. Davison
Davison
Washington
Anaconda
Anaconda Mining Company
Air Service
Sistant
America
Potter
Army
War Department
Congress
Galen in Russia Sees Peril and Praises Czech Soldiers
Major Albert J. Galen of Montana serves with the American expeditionary forces in Siberia and writes from Vladivostok area praising the Czecho Slovaks as great fighters who earn universal respect. He notes martial law, mixed nationalities, and ongoing prisoner work as part of a vast, fragile effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Albert J. Galen
Siberia
N. P. Walters
Good Fellowship Club
Helena
Galen
Vladivostok
International Commission On Prisoners of War
Commission On Claims
State Treasurer Reports Emergency Seed Fund Balance
State Treasurer Hart presented a report on the emergency seed fund created by the special session to buy seed and feed for needy farmers. The fund balance is $218,250.19 while disbursing agent F S P Lindsay cites net loans of $311,429.17 and notes repayments and interest account for the balance difference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
State Council of Defense
F. S. P. Lindsay
Lindsay
Montana Women May Go Abroad for War Work
Montana seeks two young women to join 100 workers abroad as part of the General Federation of Women's Clubs War Victory commission. Applicants aged 25 to 30 must be unmarried if a husband son or father is in service. Selection requires state endorsement, medical exams, and reporting to New York by December 1, 1918 with final sailing prep January 15 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Victory Commission
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. L. Houston
Club Women of
Montana
Women of
John Mott
Louis Slade
Bozeman
General Federation
Montana Federation of Women's Clubs
United States
Red Cross
Europe
New York
Gamblers Played the Church Game in Sweet Grass
The tale centers on Jerry Boyce of Sweet Grass Montana a hotel operator famed for not charging ministers for meals. During a Alberta parish visit he and poker players accompanied by hotel staff attended church and helped raise a church collection, joking that in this town they play the limit on parson versus poker.
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Sweet Grassman
Jerry Boyce
Boyce
Sweet Grass
Montana
Canadian Northwest
Great Falls
Jerry
High River
Alberta
Faro
World War Era Headlines From The Paper
A mosaic of dispatches reports on wartime events across the globe. Burnings in Saloniki blamed on typhus fears. Tumulty death in Jersey City. Villa’s followers fire El Paso town. farmers’ loans from federal land banks. Chile Peru settle their dispute. Ludendorff’s move to Sweden. Limburg retreat protests. wage scales to be resisted by labor. Chicago police purge red flag meetings. Henry Ford resigns from daily control. American forces in France to shrink. naval expansion urged. overseas prices rise amid chaos. Dr Marie Equi found guilty. Rosika Schwemmer named ambassador nominee. Mauretania returns to passenger service. sinking proposals for German vessels. U S wage distribution to Porto Ricans. first AEF units return with officers and men. U boats surrender and Diaz TiConderoga prisoners. Metz revolution by German sailors. Lucia torpedoed ship remains afloat 21 hours.
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Saloniki
Jersey City
Phillip Tumulty
Joseph Tumulty
Wilson
el Paso
Villa
Villa Ahtumida
Juarez
Washington
New York
Chile
Peru
Copenhagen
Ludendorff
Germany
Sweden
Paris
Holland
Limburg
Belgium
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
France
United States
Cleveland
American Specialties Manufacturers’ Association
San Francisco
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
California
Nevada
United War Work Campaign
Portland
Marie Equi
Berne
Switzerland
Rosika Schwemmer
Liverpool
Mauretania
London
San Juan
P. R
American War Department
England
Harwich
Ticonderoga
Metz
Wealthy Sheeplist Returns From the Wars
Major P. S. Dowson returns to Miles City after three years in the British ambulance corps where he earned a commissioned rank at 73. He was long one of Custer county’s wealthiest ranchers and is a Boer War veteran who served nearly a year before Britain accepted him.
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P. S. Dowson
Miles City
British Ambulance Corps
Custer County
Miles City Sheepman Rescued After Cold Exposure Near Terry
Arthur Cunningham a leading sheepman from Miles City was found nearly dead from exposure near Terry after trying to walk to town without proper clothing. He was unconscious when discovered and had been visiting his ranch several miles from Terry.
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Arthur Cunningham
Miles City
Terry
ARE YANKS FIGHTERS
Between September 26 and November 6 21 American divisions drove back 50 German divisions in the Argonne front. The Americans faced a two to one numerical disadvantage yet held their ground amid desperate fighting.
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Argonne Front
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Washington Confort Shoes
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company
Wis
Russia
Toomey
E. G. Toomey
Albert Galen
Knight Light & Soda Fountain CO
Knight Bldg
Women's Federation
Preacher
THE
Lucia
Irving Whitehouse & Co
Davenport Hotel Building Department
Spokane
Swift & Company
U. 5
S. A
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