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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
10
Edwin F. Carry of Chicago named director of operations for the Shipping Board. He will oversee the government merchant fleet and now serves on a ship-building wage adjustment board.
Spokane reports loans totaling 11,072,395 approved by the federal land bank of Spokane in the first six months of its existence. President D G O Shea cites strong activity and notes charters recommended for 209 national farm loan associations in Washington and Idaho.
Washington dispatch reports the Pearl Harbor wireless station, the world’s most powerful, opening with a new 5000 mile transmission record. Messages between Secretary Daniels and the Pearl Harbor commandant were sent from Sayville New York to Hawaii in about 33 minutes.
Isaac Newton Seligman aged 61 a member of J. & W. Seligman & Company New York is dead from a fractured skull after a fall from a horse in this city.
British casualties reported during September total 104,598. Officers killed or died of wounds numbered 636 and 18,902 wounded. Officers wounded or missing reached 2,181 with 83,503 wounded.
Congress completed work on a vast war tax bill projected to raise about 2.7 billion dollars. The conference report imposes graduated excess profits taxes, increased corporate rates, new individual surtaxes, and higher rates on advertising, mail, rail and passenger services with timing set through 1921.
Fort Bliss Tex Sept 29 The Twenty fourth infantry board of inquiry has finished examining 166 negro prisoners in connection with the Houston riot of August 23 in which 17 people were killed. Charges will be filed against soldiers believed to have participated.
Washington opens the second liberty loan offering valued at 8 billion dollars or more with subscriptions to close October 27. The plan allows converting bonds to higher rate series, with payments due on application, November 15, December 14, and January 15, 1918. Bonds at 4 percent will be issued in $50 plus denominations, maturing in 25 years and redeemable after 10 years at the secretary of the treasury’s option.
An American coast guard vessel on patrol off an Atlantic port was rammed and sunk by an unknown craft yesterday. The navy department announced the incident and said a salvage operation would begin at once to raise the sunken vessel.
New York October 1 President Wilson will bestow an American flag with a streamer inscribed to show it came from him upon the Boy Scouts of America troop that does the most effective work in selling bonds in each state during the campaign for the second liberty loan announced here. The Boy Scout plans include distribution of 6,500,000 posters for display purposes to assist the boys in their campaign.
The Evening Standard on highest authority says the government will undertake very effective reprisals at the earliest moment, following high military command advice. Wilhelmshaven Tageblatt issues two pages warning the public of possible air raids by Entente aviators.
The long delayed strike of the metal trades workers including steel shipbuilders started at 10 o'clock this morning in Seattle. About 12,000 employees in 98 plants walked out to demand a 33 percent wage increase and a boycott on 10 hour lumber.
October 2 reports the start of circuit court trials for rioters in Belleville tied to the July 2 Fast St. Louis disturbances. The initial cases accuse African American suspects of murdering two detectives.
United States district court Judge Bourquin ruled that John Beck an alien cannot be held as a deserter under the draft law and that aliens must be exempted from the draft even without a claim by the individual The decision impacts scores of Butte aliens and shifts local exemption disputes among the city board the district board and the provost marshal s office.
London reports the fiercest air attack yet by four German groups. Bombs hit the southwestern district as a heavy anti aircraft barrage roared for two and a half hours. Shrapnel rained on all areas while Londoners filled streets and shelters, then dispersed as the all clear sounded. Maps in papers urged bombing Germany now.
Washington reports a full agreement on wage increases for central competitive field miners. Pick and machine miners receive 10 cents a ton, unskilled labor 1.50 more per day, yardage and dead work 20 percent higher, with sales pending contract length and wartime termination terms.
Washington on October reading officials from the department of agriculture bureau of markets and warehousemen bankers underwriters and bonding officers discussed the new federal warehouse net. They will help shape the tentative draft for hearings to be held in several cities nationwide.
British Columbia declares itself dry following the latest election mandate. Government officials say the province now joins the dry column among Canadian provinces as of October 1.
Washington October 2 The war department plans to restore the grade of full general for Major General John J Pershing commander of the American expeditionary forces in France Secretary Baker has outlined a program that places the title with the chief of staff and creates several lieutenant generals to command corps under Pershing.
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