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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
9
After hours of debate the joint war resolution passed the U S Senate on Wednesday with five dissenting votes The House approved the resolution at 3 AM Friday by 373 to 60 Jeanette Rankin cast the lone negative vote from Montana The president is expected to sign the measure today.
Five German vessels sheltered at the port were ordered seized by Port Collector Edmund Billings early today. The Amerika and Cincinnati passenger ships along with the freight steamers Witekind Koln and Ockapfely were taken over and their crews dis possessed.
Government requests exceed three billion dollars to mobilize for war with a plan to raise one million men fully equipped in one year and two million in two years if needed. A conscription bill is proposed. Dillon boys impress in a four column photo of twenty three recruits in Butte.
Mrs Oliver Simpson received gifts from friends at Mr Simpson's home as they showered her with love for future happiness. The Methodist Ladies Aid supper raised funds for renovating the church and Bethany hall. The municipal election passed quietly with unopposed incumbents Chas Hill and Walter Ellinghouse re-elected.
An elderly woman who was a attacked by an animal in the hard yard two weeks ago remains in critical condition with a fracture of the arm and other injuries. A nurse from Butte tends her, as daughters Flora McNulty of Virginia City and Mrs. Fred Swayge of Sheridan attend to her care.
Grant report cites large turnout from Bannack Armstead Bed rock and Polaris for St Patrick night dance. Praise for Mr and Mrs Pickett and hotel service. Notes of Babe Blair’s return from illness and Will Monckton’s move to Missouri. John Strecker bought a pony after Dillon sale. Arch Hovey visited the Smiths. Roads described as poor for travel.
In Dillon the city election was unusually quiet with 160 votes cast. Voters re elected J. H. Gilbert as mayor C. J. Thomas as city treasurer and L P Phillips as police magistrate. Alderman results include Thomas Luebben 39 Roscoe Cornell 37 in Ward 1 W A Graeter 41 Ward 2 Carol Bonds 30 Ward 3 Ernest Orr 44 and Al Anderson 43 in Ward 4.
The Southern Baptist Ministerial association will meet at Dillon Baptist church Sunday April 15 with a program over three days. Rev. Walter M. Carll speaks Sunday and again in the evening. Rev. F J Salsman Rev C A Cook. Rev H C Garkons. Rev J F McNamee. Rev E B Reed. E J Bracker and others participate through April 17 with services and leadership talks.
Notice states stockholders will meet at 10:00 AM on April 14 1917 at the company office in Dillon Montana to authorize negotiations of a loan. Signed James Kirkpatrick president.
Gospelship Elvin Peterson and others lead a church program with choir verses, solos, and a discourse on Japan. The event features conductor Dominick Little and an orchestra with directors Mrs Druecker and Mrs Eades guiding the performance.
A large patriotic gathering in Dillon praised national unity and urged service as the Second Montana begins forming. Local recruits answered the call, enlisting two dozen men led by Lieutenant Joyce and naval recruiter Hangbills, with a farewell crowd at the depot sending them toward Helena for muster.
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