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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
5
A WWI era report outlines the potential to raise a large citizen army under presidential call after congressional authorization. It notes estimates of about a million volunteers, and analyzes prior volunteer regiments, training timelines, officer experience, voyage instruction, and discipline needed before deployment.
The War College outlines a mobilization plan requiring a half million first line troops plus a larger citizen army. Volunteers would be raised only with Congress authorization, with strict age and fitness rules, equal pay to regulars, and training starting immediately after induction. It stresses selection criteria for officers, training pace, and risks of imperfect leadership.
The town council of Rutherglen Ontario asks the Canadian government to admit a Hungarian in the United States who is described as a skilled chemist for the Mattawan Mining company. A $50 000 bond is offered to guarantee proper conduct. The mine says the man is the only chemist on the continent who can treat its ore.
A Pittsfield Massachusetts wife lacking a regular bottle used her husband's coffee in the baby's nursing bottle. He learned of the improvised measure and bought a nipple for the infant, prompting discussion among shop workers.
A monster snowslide struck the North Star mine bunkhouse at Hailey Idaho on February 25 trapping forty five sleeping miners. Fifteen were killed fifteen missing, the bodies recovered in the wrecked bunkhouse as rescue crews rushed to the scene.
About 1 000 demonstrators mainly women gathered at Madison Square to protest food prices. They stormed the Waldorf Astoria shouting they were starving and demanding Governor Whitman, learned he was at a different hotel, and then clashed with police reserves. Several people were injured.
Ambassador Willard reported from Madrid that the Spanish foreign office told him seventy two American sailors captured on the prize ship Yarrowdale and held in Germany were released on February 16.
A snowslide near the Keystone mine Saturday night partly destroyed a large boarding house but left both ends standing. The mine has been closed for some time and no injuries were reported.
Otis W. Caldwell, head of the University of Chicago education science department, will direct a new Columbia University school partnering with its teachers college. The institution, opening next fall, will emphasize practical subjects and deviate from traditional elementary and secondary curricula.
British forces entered Petit Miramont village south of the Ancre after advancing southeast of Miraumont, the war office official statement reports from London. The action reflects ongoing Allied operations on the Western Front.
Mexico City reports ambassador to the United States Alfonso Herrera is set to depart for Washington this week, joined by Juan B. Rojo the embassy's first secretary as part of the mission.
Berlin Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg told the Reichstag Germany would continue submarine warfare and push for victory while promising reparations and a lasting peace. He cited the United States’ withdrawal from promises and framed recent war credits as proof of resolve. The speech defended alliances and denounced Allied terms as arrogant while pledging unity at home.
London reports Sir Arthur Lee announces a new food production department to mobilize hundreds of thousands of civilians for nighttime plowing. American tractor plows will be used with prisoners, conscientious objectors, home defense members and women assisting behind every plow. The plan aims to make Britain food independent for the wartime duration.
Thousands cheered as Captain Allen Tucker and the Orleans crew stepped ashore. Spectators along the piers waved handkerchiefs hats flew, and flowers dropped from balconies as the steamer's men passed through the streets.
Washington reports President Wilson urged Congress to act this session on bills in both houses to enlarge the federal shipping board powers to meet extraordinary conditions in war or national emergency.
Jacksonville figure W. J. Bryan stated his opposition to granting powers to the president as Wilson requested from Congress. He said he would travel to Washington to use his influence to have the request declined.
In Dayton Florida robbers broke in through a rear window and drilled into a vault to steal about $16,000 and securities early Tuesday. The bank is the First National, and authorities search for suspects.
Indianapolis laborer IndianapOlis-Frank Stader aged 38 shot and killed his three children as they slept before turning the gun on himself. He died later in a local hospital.
A sprawling digest reports Montana boxing measure fate, Virginia City recall, Tonopah mine blast injuring Louis Alboni, Wyoming governor veto, Aberdeen logging shutdown from snow, Freeman counterfeit case in Ogden, livestock rate talks in Spokane, Union Pacific snow sheds plan, Nevada rail and car crash injuries, Montana Sunday saloon ban vote, inventor Williams travels to Washington, Seattle bank robbery testimony, federal wildlife survey, Montana corporation tax bill, Lovelock judge Bert Hood death, Oregon cougar sighting, Elko forging case plea, Wyoming governor resignation, Utah grazing rule tightening, Cheyenne shooting death, Seattle mayoral trial severance bid, Kemmerer saloon robbery.
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