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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
3
The U S Supreme Court upholds the Webb Kenyon prohibition law blocking shipments from wet to dry states and sustains West Virginia's ban on interstate liquor imports for personal use. The 7 to 2 decision asserts federal power to coordinate national and state liquor authority.
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston testified to a leak story about the president's peace note but the hearing was chaotic and no substantive evidence emerged. The committee adjourned with Lawson's examination incomplete and a contempt citation motion debated in executive session.
The test case to determine the constitutionality of the Adamson law, enacted last September amid a looming general railroad strike, came up in the Supreme Court Monday. Argument will continue through Wednesday with a decision expected within a few weeks.
New York police and private detectives seek a well dressed woman who took a black handbag containing cash and jewels totaling $10 000 from Mrs David L Wertheimer of Salt Lake City.
P Lorillard Co announces price increases for Turkish cigarettes from 45 cents to 1 dollar per thousand. The move reflects rising costs in the tobacco industry and affects one of the era's leading manufacturers in New York.
The embargo on shipments to the Union Pacific line has been lifted. Omaha and surrounding counties report delays since December 30, with the rail network tied up and resumed operations expected soon on the Nebraska route.
The Senate voted 48 to 17 to approve a resolution endorsing the president's request that belligerents state the terms for peace. Democratic leaders split the resolution would not require full endorsement of the note, with 10 Republicans joining the majority. Senator Lewis of Illinois warned continued war risks U.S. involvement and cautioned against mis steps by officers in war.
The Rome conference of entente allied governments closes with unity of views on key issues. Statesmen leave with resolve to increase coordination for victory. Premier Boselli hosts a luncheon where Italian and French premiers pledge confidence in entente victory.
Near Nowata Oklahoma a gang of outlaws repulsed a posse of superior numbers on Saturday killing two and wounding a third. Officials say there will be no quarter when the desperadoes are met again.
Five crew members of the American schooner Rob-Roy told of a 700 mile motor boat voyage from a sinking ship location in the Atlantic to the coast of Morocco. They were rescued and arrived in New York on the steamship Mexico after leaving Havana.
The house voted 44 to 73 against the appropriation for free garden seeds. The adopted measure provides 243000 dollars for seed distribution.
A proposed amendment to the general leasing act was submitted to the Senate by Senator Phelan. It aims to relieve claimants and place resources in naval oil reserves of California.
The American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin hosted a dinner for James W. Gerard the American ambassador to Germany returning from the United States. German leaders praised his visit and olive branch gesture as relations with the United States show cordially improving. Helfferich noted commerce between Germany and the U S rose over a decade by more than 1 billion marks.
Renowned explorer John Finlayson, linked to the Finlayson river and Finlayson lake in Yukon, died Sunday at age 105. His long life was well authenticated and noted by observers of Arctic exploration.
Francis Labounty, a Watseka grocer, was killed when A. J. Bailey, a distant city marshal, shot him believing him to be the robber who had earlier held up the store. The incident stems from a misidentification during a tense confrontation.
Mrs Dolores Seradia and her son died in Seguin Texas after damp gas in a well overpowered them as she rescued her husband and child. The son slipped back pulling his mother down and both perished.
Petrograd acknowledges Russian retreat along the Putna and Sereth lines but says the withdrawal was unhampered. Berlin reports continued German and Austro Hungarian advances into Moldavia with 5499 prisoners taken and guns captured. Fighting persists around Riga and near Lake Babit with patrols and bombardments ongoing.
Thousands of Roumanian refugees perish in Bessarabia as the Russian government orders their eastward transport. Crowded railways force departures on foot through harsh weather, with many women children and elderly dying en route. Men aged 16 to 60 are detained for the army.
Washington reporters say women suffragists plan to surround the White House with silent sentinels to block President Wilson from entering or leaving. After meeting Tuesday they pledged 3,000 dollars to the silent sentinel campaign through the Congressional Union.
Harry K. Thaw, released fifteen months ago from an asylum after killing Stanford White, was indicted in New York on charges of kidnapping Fred Jump Jr of Kansas City Missouri, aged 19, and assaulting him with a whip.
The Greek government reply to President Wilson was delivered to American minister Garrett Croper in Athens. It states Greece associates itself heartily with Wilson and his efforts for peace.
London commentary in the Manchester Guardian regards Ambassador Gerard's Berlin speech as a clear warning to Germany. It notes the speech's tone and conveys concern over its implications for postwar policy and European security.
The Sheppard bill to abolish saloons in the national capital after November 1, 1917, was passed by the senate and now goes to the house where supporters say its passage is assured.
London reports the Japanese foreign office officially adheres to the economic arrangement agreed by entente representatives at the Paris conference.
A naval bureau record shows 1,163 merchant vessels constructed in 1916 totaling 520,847 tons and fifty ships of 0,000 tons for foreign flags. This reflects a historic burst in American shipyard activity with broad wartime implications.
County sheriff reports thieves used a rubber arrangement to pass through a hole in a warehouse wall and stole 500 gallons of whiskey in a series of wholesale raids in Girard Alabama.
On Saturday Senator Brady introduced an amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill to provide twenty thousand dollars for establishing a sheep experiment station in Fremont County Idaho.
Report says Villa and General Murguia’s troops clash near Parral with Villa fleeing toward the town pursued by Murguia’s forces. Jimenez battle details are contested but private telegrams confirm a victory, while Carranza officials describe the pursuit from Jimenez aboard a locomotive.
Nicifero Zambrano, treasurer of Mexico's de facto government, arrived in Washington as General Carranza's representative. He said an early settlement of border difficulties is likely as the US studies lifting Wilson era embargo on arms to Mexico, recalling Pershing, and sending Ambassador Fletcher.
Representative Adamson, chair of the commerce committee, introduced a bill designed to meet President Wilson's recommendations for supplementing the Adamson law. He stated he will press for early consideration without awaiting the president's railroad legislative program in the senate.
New York report says constant worry over her husband’s arrest for defrauding investors in a Peruvian mine led to the death of Mrs. Raymond McCune, a noted Lexington beauty and former social leader. She died Friday night in Roosevelt Hospital.
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