Japan Map Claims Spur Montana Military Secrets
Helena Record reports alleged Japanese maps of western Montana roads passes and railways used to plan military moves. A Japanese cook and schoolboys are said to have gathered data in a staged spying effort, with reports supposedly verified by paired Japanese travelers and a local family.
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Washington
Montana
Japanese War Department
Japan
War Department
United States
Bitterroot
Hamilton
Stevensville
Cook
Helena
Nippon
Alaska
California
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Army and Navy Journal
Oregon
Anaconda Copper Proposes Peaceful Settlement with Justice
Washington report states Anaconda Copper through its attorneys seeks a peaceful settlement with the Department of Justice over alleged damage to national forests from gas fumes from its smelters in Anaconda. Experts cannot remove the poisonous emissions though one stack reportedly vents over 700 pounds of arsenic daily amid substantial sulphuric acid production. The Justice Department remains firm that the issue must be remedied.
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Washington
Anaconda Copper Company
Department of Justice
Anaconda
Carter for the Cabinet Rumor in Taft Administration
A Washington report cited by the Butte Miner Special says former Senator Thomas H. Carter may become attorney general replacing Wickersham. Wicker will move to secretary of state with Knox stepping down. Archbishop Ireland reportedly urged Carter's selection.
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Washington, D. C
Butte Miner
Thomas H. Carter
Taft
Wickersham
Knox
Archbishop Ireland
Carter
Corporation Tax Upheld by U S Supreme Court
Washington reports that the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the corporation tax. Justice Day delivered the decision with all judges concurring. The ruling affects 15 federal cases nationwide and targets corporations in real estate, mining, manufacturing, and insurance with a tax on net earnings over ten thousand dollars plus required sworn statements of earnings profits and expenses.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Justice Day
Supreme Court
Famine Rumors Rise North of Chihuahua City
In El Paso on March 13 reports spread of intense suffering across northern Mexico. A courier from Chihuahua says 25 000 residents face famine as the city endures an eight day food shortage. Women, fearing starvation, are permitted to leave with children roaming the countryside. The last message from Chihuahua City said no foodstuffs had arrived for two weeks.
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el Paso
Mexico
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Mexico Martial Law Promises Widespread Slaughter
Juan Azonco, a Mexican political refugee in Washington, warns that martial law would unleash wholesale murder in Mexico. He claims 9,500 political prisoners in jails would be executed and that revolutionaries prefer quick death by shooting to slow starvation.
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Washington
Mexico
Juan Azonco
Azonco
Madison County miners resist selling claims in Alder Gulch district
Capitalists report in Madison County that many claim owners refuse to sell interests in Alder Gulch and plan to install new machinery to work their property. Over a dozen claims in the district have been idle for years and will see activity this spring as dredging resumes. In Ruby Valley the Conrey Placer Co runs three dredges and will start a fourth, largest in the world, within three weeks for an extensive season.
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Madison
Madison County
Alder Gulch
Ruby Valley
Conrey Placer Company
Beaverhead County Commissioners Report March 1911 Session
The Beaverhead County board of commissioners met March 8 1911 approving December and January minutes auditing 1910 road tax receipts allocating funds to migratory and general funds. They reviewed fair board finances assessors appointments and several road petitions including Wise River Axe Canyon and Blacktail routes with viewings and rulings plus adjournments through March 11.
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Board of County
Beaverhead County
H. C. Patterson
Chas. W. Francis
William C. Orr
Jno
Loomis Rice
J. P. Flynn
John Sorenson
E. P. Marchesseau
Matt’ Polish
Emil Zorn
George Voorheis
Martin Jackson
Seth Halbert
Welden Else
Eph Peterson
Chas. Retallack
Migratory Fund
General Fund
C. Gosman
County Board of Fair Commissioners
Treasury
R. R. Price
Orpha Lenkersdorfer
Asylum Appraisal Bill Adjusted Before Governor Action
Governor Norris declined to sign senate bill 145 until amendments were agreed upon by Mitch ell Mussigbrod to ensure ten appraisers instead of seven for Warm Spring asylum property. The governor then appointed commissioners R Ford A M Holter and John M Holt to the appraisal panel, as provided in the bill.
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Norris
Warm Springs
Yoder
R. §. Ford
Great Falls
A. M. Holter
Helena
John M. Holt
Miles City
Governors appoint two year term sheep commissioners
Helena March 14 Governor Norris named the state board of sheep commissioners with two year terms. The appointees include W J Crowell Broadwater J D Doggett L C Piper Roy Clary A L Lowman F D O Neill W F Jordan Robert Fisher B C White John W Work L Walker E J Stanley A K Prescott J V Elliott Frank Swartz N B Smith J M Darroch William Williams P J Shannon John Davidson Jerry J Flannigan Harvey Coit G M Coffee Alexander Elliott Thomas Snidow.
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Helena
Norris
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Beaverhead
Broadwater
J. D. Doggett
Carbon
L. C. Piper
Cascade
Roy Clary
Chouteau
A. L. Lowman
Custer
Frank D. O’neill
Dawson
W. F. Jordan
Deer Lodge
Robert Fisher
Fergus
B. C. White
Gallatin
John W. Work
Granite
L. Walker
Jefferson
E. J. Stanley
Lewis and Clark
A. K. Prescott
Musselshell
J. V. Elliott
Madison
Frank Swartz
Meagher
N. B. Smith
Park
J. M. Darroch
Powell
William Williams
Ravalli
P. J. Shannon
Rosebud
John Davidson
Silver Bow
Jerry J. Flannigan
Sweetgrass
Harvey Coit
Teton
G. M. Coffee
Valley
Alexander Elliott
Yellowstone
Thomas Snidow
Aviators Impress Vast Crowd in First Japanese Flight Display
In Osaka on March 12 Bud Mars and Captain T Baldwin achieved three successful flights before about 400000 spectators. Prince Kuniyoshi Kano, grandson of the emperor, attended and praised the American aviators as Japan’s first aviation demonstration.
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Osaka
Japan
Bud" Mars
T. §. Baldwin
Prince Kuniyoshi Kano
Saloon Guilty Under Wine Rooms Law in Beaverhead
In district court W C Palmer of Lima pled guilty to wine rooms law violation and was fined 100 dollars. In Justice Rich's court R R Glidewell of Bannack pled guilty to stealing a sleigh and was fined 40 dollars. Judges Dexter Callaway Henry set dates for water suits and April term begins April 17 with jury call on the 18th.
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W. C. Palmer
Lima
Poindexter
Beaverhead County
Hull, Et. al
James Kirkpatrick
Callaway
Dillon
District Court
Grand Jury Venue Ordered for Custer County Affairs
District Judge Lanner has ordered a venue be drawn for a grand jury to investigate the affairs of Custer county. The action follows a petition signed by George Miles Miles Milligan John Holt Ernest Rohde and several prominent citizens in Miles City on March 15.
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Miles City
George Miles
Miles Milligan
John Holt
Ernest Rohde
Lanner
Custer County
Generous Montana Appropriations Exceed State Revenue
A Helena dispatch to the Butte Miner reports that Montana legislators overbuilt funding for state institutions for 1911-1912 by about 318 thousand dollars beyond available funds. Governor Norris notes many bills cannot be paid if not revised, and the state board of examiners will decide which appropriations are to be cut.
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State Board of Xzminers
Yoder
Norris
Legislative Assembly
State Board of Examiners
Gibbonsville Pioneer Andrew Arnold Dies at 75
A Salmon City note in the Butte Miner reports Andrew Arnold died this week at Gibbonsville aged 75. A Rhode Island native who arrived in 1852, he helped pioneer commerce and travel routes through what is now Yellowstone. He moved to Gibbonsville in 1887 and spent the last 25 years in mining with W. Seligman of New York in the Idaho Gold Mining Company.
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Gibbonsville
Salmon City
Butte
Andrew Arnold
West
California
Rhode Island
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone River
Arnold
W. Seligman
New York
Idaho Gold Mining Company
J C Harrison Leads Parade With Daughter Miss Mattie
J C Harrison appears with his daughter Miss Mattie in a public event noted by onlookers. The pair march in step and attract attention as part of the community gathering.
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J.C. Harrison
Miss Mattie
Jef
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