Wilson fixes coal prices and plans for middleman control
President Wilson sets run of mine coal prices for all U S mines after months of FTC estimates. A future coal administrator may be appointed to oversee the industry while prices vary by district and state, with Montana Wyoming and Washington among the listed rates. The plan shifts away from government requisition of all mines toward price regulation by districts and middlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Esident Wilson
United States
White House
Federal Trade Commission
H. A. Garfield
Williams College
Garfield
Washington State
Montana
Wyoming
Baker
Council of National Defense
Northwest
Government to auction Wyoming oil land leases
Lander Wyo August 22 on October 10 at the Shoshone agency Fort Washakie will sell at public sale leases on about half of the lands covered by oil withdrawals on the ceded part of the Shoshone reservation. Between 150 and 160 leases from the Pilot and Maverick Springs fields will be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Wyo
Fort Washakie
Wyoming
Hutchinson
Pilot
Maverick Springs
Hundreds Dead in Spain Strike Riots Across Cities
Paris reports official Madrid dispatch listing 37 dead in Barcelona, 12 in Madrid, 328 in Balboa, 4 in Nerva and 1 elsewhere. Wounded tally is harder but believed to exceed 100 in Madrid with many more injured in Barcelona.
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Paris
Spain
Havas
Madrid
Barcelona
Balboa
Nerva
President Wilson Aide Drafted for Service
Charles Lee Wem private stenographer to President Wilson has been passed by a draft board for military service. He stated he would not claim exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Charles Lee @wem
Wilson
Hundreds of Krups Factory Workers Walk Out
Several hundred workers at the Krapps Madgeburg plant walk out in protest after the arrest of a union leader. The strike followed the deputation to the deputy commander in chief who said the man under arrest was suspected of treason and that handbills urging a general strike had circulated among the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Krapps’ Madgeburg
Arpeal
te‘Ghee
New War Budget Bill Sent to Committee
Washington reports a new war budget bill authorizes bonds and certificates totaling 11 538 045 460 at once. It includes a 7 538 945 460 four percent bond issue to cover a 3 000 000 000 prior loan and a 4 000 000 000 allied loan, plus authority for 2 000 000 000 in additional indebtedness certificates and an equal amount in war savings certificates for small investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
House
Ways and Means Committee
Canadian Munitions Shop Destroyed by Explosion
Montreal report from Rigaud Quebec puts dead at 17 to 25 in the Curtis Harvey munitions factory blast. Ruins burned and search for bodies hindered by ongoing flames as about 50 people were injured. Officials say a fire started by overheated machinery caused the explosions and dismiss threats as ignored.
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Montreal
Rigaud
Quebec
Curtis & Harvey
Gunmen Arrested After Strike Parade in San Francisco
Eight men in a taxicab following a parade of about 1,000 striking United Railways carmen were arrested and charged with carrying concealed weapons. Police say the prisoners claimed the company brought them here as strikers press for sympathy action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanrancisco
United Railways
Germany Says Coast of Flanders and Empire as War Aims
Amsterdam reports General von Leibert in Rathenow stating Germany will not sign peace without control of the Flanders coast colonial empire and maritime bases. He warned victory should be pursued now or in the next war. The speech drew cheers but faced German press criticism. Voerwaerta warned it could prolong the war and lead to a crushing defeat.
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Amsterdam
von Leibert
Rathenow
Prussia
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Flanders
Liebert
Voerwaerta
Germany
United States Faces Big Wheat Shortage
Washington reports a wheat deficit of 400 million bushels unless new economies are found. Herbert Hoover appeals to Americans to eliminate waste and conserve by substituting other cereals.
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Washington
United States
Herbert Hoover
Strike of I W W Declared Fizzle Across Industries
Peace prevails in Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana as I W W strike calls fail to muster. Army authorities arrest 27 suspected workers led by James Rowan and deploy 15 000 troops in the northwest to maintain order. Troops guard Coeur d Alene Lewiston and Seattle as a strike vote is set for September 10.
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San Francisco
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
James Rowan
Spokane
Washington State
Rowan
Clarence EF. Dentler
United States Army of the Northwest
Wallace
Coeur d'Alene
Lewiston
Seattle
Legal notice in Beaverhead County district court Dillon lands
In the District Court of Beaverhead County Montana a long list of defendants heirs and unknown claimants is summoned regarding title to Lot eighteen block seven Original Townsite Dillon Montana. The action seeks to quiet title to the land and clear clouds on plaintiff's ownership with a 20 day response period after service. Also notice of dissolution petition for The Amede Bessette Investment Company filed with court with a September 1 1917 deadline. attorneys Pease and Stephenson announce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Montena
Sette Investment Company, &, Corporation
Amede Bessette Investment. Company
Montana
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Beaverhead
District Court
6Th Judicial District
Pease & Stephenson
Mont
Judge Rules Draft Law Constitutional in Georgia Case
Federal Judge Speer ruled the selective draft law constitutional in the case of Albert Jones, rejecting claims it violated involuntary servitude. He said soldiers are not slaves and common law cannot override a federal act. He also found militia limits did not bar enlisting state troops into federal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Speer
Albert Jonez
Seed appropriation bills to aid farmers with fall sowing
Washington reports Senator Myers and Representative Evans introduced bills in the senate and house to appropriate 1,000,000 dollars to buy seed wheat. The seed would be sold by the secretary of agriculture at cost on credit terms including interest or security as decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Myers
Evans
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Pope Peacemaker Not Judge Statement From Vatican
A semi official Vatican note says the Holy See did not condemn law violations and atrocities, clarifying Pope Benedict did not intend to act as peacemaker or judge and lacks powers to do so. It argues no peacemaker would succeed by issuing charges.
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Rome
Vatican
Holy See
Benedict
National Oil Company Stockholders Meeting Notice
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the National Oil Company will be held at the office in Dillon Montana State Bank of Dillon on Thursday August 30 at 1 p m for the election of Directors and other business. Stock transfer books will be closed from the evening of August 19 1917 to the morning of August 31 1917. Alex Walker Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Oil Company
Dillon
Montana
State Bank of
Alex Walker
Dissolution Petition Filed in Fifth District Court
In the District Court of the Fifth District the matter concerns an application for dissolution of The Amede Bes. The notice identifies parties and invokes dissolution action under court procedure.
Notice of Private Sale of Real Estate in Beaverhead County
In the matter of the estate of James Cornelius deceased the Montana Fifth Judicial District Beaverhead County district court orders sale of all estate land by private sale to the highest bidder on or after September 8 1917. Sale subject to court confirmation terms to be announced with the sale notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
Beaverhead
James Cornelius
Dillon Montana sale of lots 13 14 B block Rife subdivision
Administrator George T Banks announces sale of lots 13 and 14 in block B of Rife's subdivision in Dillon Beaverhead County Montana. Terms require 10 percent cash at sale with balance upon confirmation. bids must be in writing and may be delivered to Pease and Stephenson law office after first publication and before sale. August 20 1917.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Montana
Pease & Stephenson
George T. Banks
James Cornelius
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Peter Spahn
Center of Catholic Party
L.W.W
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Portland
County of
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Leonard Eliel
Benjamin F. White
Lizzie White
A.S. Rife
Mary Rife
William Pinkham
Wilden Pinkham
Mary Dee Pinkham
L. Kupfer Newton
Eleanor F. Patten
Kathrine F. Story
Winifred Ferris
Margaret F. Collins
Ed. F. Ferris
Walter E. Collins
Margaret L. Collins
Marian Collins
Charles LeFevar
Talitha LaFevar
Eddie Marlow
Ed. Marlow
C. Y.Y. Reeder
Mary B. G. Reeder
Charles van Camp
Euphemia Jane Sappington
Isaac van Camp
Belle Wood Doe
Carrie Bell Bishop
Hone Wood
Celia Wood Truax
William F. Wood
Jessie Ruth
Louis J. Ruth
Charles L. Thomson
L. C. Fyhrie
Mary Fyhrie
Eugene §. Trask
Bulah Trask
Henry W. Trask
Stella Trask
Ernest Trask
Katherine Trask
Margaret Burkhardt
E. M. Trask
W. M. Rank
Marle Rank
John. W. Lowell
Elizabeth L. Lowell
Howard Sebree
Lyn E. Sebree
F. Ferris
Samuel Holt
Lambert Eliel
Simeon Estes
EK. M. Ratcliffe
Lambert Estes
Alias Summons
Charles LaFevar
C. Y. Reeder
Mary E. G. Reeder
Belle Wood Dee
Carrie Belle Bishop
Bone Wood
Eugene S. Trask
Marie Rank
John W. Lowell
Lun E H. Sebree
Paul Elfel
Harriet J. Ebel
Hd. F. Ferris
M. Ratcliffe
Sue Caett
Fred Rife
Lew.l
E. J. Callaway
Georgia
Myers and Evans
Amede Bes
Iene
Butte
George R. Oechsli
Bell
West Broadway
Butte, Mont
Jas
Bridges
Shea
Twin
Franklin
Price
W. C. Orr Auto Co
Erson Bros
E. E. Yeager
Prop
Fisk
Fisk Tires
Sheppard & Ditty, Dillon Lima Auto & Welding Co
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