Findings of Dillon Board of Inquiry on 1917 Dell crossing crash
The Board of Inquiry convened in Dillon Montana October 18 1917 investigates the Overland train collision with an automobile at crossing 286 C south of Dell. It finds the Oregon Short Line train and crew not at fault and attributes the fatality to the automobile driven by Alexander Grant with observers noting the crossing conditions and driver actions.
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Dillon
Montana
Oregon Short Line
Dell
B. F. White
F. W. Rothes
Pocatello
Idaho
W. J. Ingling
L. Rasmussen
Pullman
Dunsmuir
Raymond G. Bassett
Charles D. Forden
John J. Scullin
Geo. W. Palmer
Elvin O. Olson
Mary A. Patterson
Alexander Grant
Mollie Grant
Jack Grant
Wilbur Grant
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Government stenographers and clerks seek applicants
The U S Civil Service Commission lists exams for stenographer and Typewriter Field Service with salaries 900 to 1200 yearly open to all. Openings include Clerk with stenography knowledge and Forest and Field Clerk with 1100 to 1200 yearly. Also Assistant ship draftsmen at Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton salaries 2.40 to 4.48 daily. Skilled laborer for Ordnance equipment. Apply to Herbert F. Ward Eleventh Civil Service District Seattle.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Washington
Herbert F. Ward
Eleventh Civil Service District
Post Office
Seattle
Nation's gold mobilization tightens fed control of banks
President Wilson calls for all eligible state banks and trust companies to join the Federal Reserve System to pool the nation’s gold reserves. Since the drive began, system resources have risen from 1.2 to 2.6 billion dollars, with total bank resources in the system exceeding sixteen billion, while 8 to 9 thousand banks remain outside federal control.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
New York
Philadelphia
Doors of the Aviation Corps Open to Young Men
San Francisco October 17 Major D C Emmons aeronautical director Western Department announces openings in the aviation corps for observers. Eligible are men with four years of high school work or equivalent, with college men also sought and college presidents invited to nominate candidates.
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San Francisco
Aviation Corps
D. C. Emmons
Western Department
Army
Far West
Arrest German Ex-bankers in New York Interned as Enemy Aliens
On October 17 Fritz Kuhn former Berlin Deutsch Bank representative and George von Seebeck previously tied to a London bank were captured by the navy department intelligence bureau in New York and sent to Bilis Island for internment as dangerous enemy aliens.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
London
Deutsch Bank of
Berlin
George von Seebeck
Intelligence Bureau
Navy Department
Bilis Island
Red Cross Speakers Will Tour To Inform On War Fund
Washington Oct 15 Henry P Davidson chairman of the war board and Harvey D Gibson general manager of the American Red Cross announce plans for a tour of principal cities in the middle and far west to explain how the 100,000,000 Red Cross war fund will be used Meetings begin in St Louis Oct 22 with events in Denver San Francisco Seattle Minneapolis Chicago Cleveland and other cities to follow
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Red Cross
Washington
Henry P. Devidson
War Board
Harvey D. Gibson
American Red Cross
Middle
Far West
St. Louis
Denver
San Francisco
Seattle
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Eastern states face sugar shortage amid high prices
Washington reports a sugar shortage in the eastern states with no relief before late November as Hawaiian and western beet crops arrive. The Food Administration urges reduced candy and sweet drink consumption and notes existing stocks should not rise above recent prices. Retailers already set prices under a 714 cent beet and Hawaiian sugar rate, with other agreements keeping cane sugar near nine cents per pound for consumers.
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Washington
Food Administration
France
Atlantic
Pacific Seaboard
Incendiary Fire Destroys Kansas City Livestock Yards
Fire at Kansas City dockyards destroys livestock and buildings. About 11,000 cattle and 3,800 hogs killed. Loss estimated near 760000 dollars with 200000 buildings and 550000 livestock. Investigators suspect incendiary origin but debris hindered proof. Cleansing work began after blaze was put out.
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Kansas City
Stockyards Corporation
Egner
Kansas City Fire Department
San Francisco Area Named Naval Base
A naval commission led by Rear Admiral James M. Helm designated Hunter's Point, south of San Francisco Bay, as a United States naval base. The confirmation comes from an official source in Washington.
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An Francisco
Hunter's Point
San Francisco Bay
Naval Commission
James M. Helm
Chicago Wins Baseball Title at Polo Grounds
Chicago wins the world baseball championship over the New York Nationals at the Polo Grounds after New York led two games to none in the series.
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Chicago
New York
New York Nationals
Polo Grounds
American Steamer Luckenbach Sunk Off French Coast
A telegram reports the American steamship Lewis Luckenbach sunk by a German submarine off the coast of France. Forty seven of the 56 crew members were landed. nine men remain missing from one boat. The 37006 ton steel vessel, built at Camden New Jersey in 1908, was bound for Havre with general cargo.
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New York
Lewis Luckenbach
France
Luckenbach
Havre
Camden
N. J
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Board OF Inquiry
Lions of Dollars
Hiram Bingham
Bingham
Yale
Division of Military Aeronautics
The
Signal Corps
K. C
Iba
Ben Greet
Thomas Book Store
Klein Cash Store
C. A.smith
Mrs. W. Klein
Wh. Fruin
First National Bank
J. H. Gilbert
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