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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1915
Page
1
Ambiguous report notes an attack on a Texas ranch by armed groups. Details are sparse, with conflicting terms suggesting violence against property and people, alongside references to Americans and Mexicans. Further specifics not provided in readable text.
In Cameron county Mexican raiders estimated between 30 and 50 attacked the Norias ranch house before ten, repelled by Texas rangers and civilians. Reinforcements arrived as five Americans were wounded, two seriously, and several Mexicans were killed. A special train carried 35 U S cavalrymen and 12 armed civilians to bolster defense while trains ran with lights off. The Mexicans reportedly retreated southward at midnight.
In Corpus Christi the report says six Mexicans were killed and three Americans wounded after a raid by 20 Mexican outlaws on Norias ranch. Ranch men of 11 held the house. telegraph wires were cut as 15 volunteers and officers rushed to the scene from Brownsville and Sarita. A special train traveled toward Fanchers to aid the besieged ranch.
Teli attack ranch Pattie extends beyond Warsaw ermane well fed in Poland PareAmerican plan doomed New peace bid to Russia Avon boy dies from horse fall Three drown Yellowstone Moving picture tax ruling Anaconda report Waterman held for shooting Butte priests travel to Helena General news Fong playground prep Theatrical and mining notes Librarian Davies review Classified ads and e Sport notes
Aug 2:30 p m reports say fighting rages in the Argonne and Vosges as French troops fend off German assaults. French war office notes repulsals but concedes limited German gains in Argonne and notes attacks around Souchez Artois and in Fontaine Houyette and La Fille Morte sectors. Germans penetrated a French trench at one point but were driven back, with heavy losses on both sides in ongoing engagements.
El Paso Texas Aug 8 Gen Hush Scott chief of staff of the United States armament commission to the Villa ment is due to arrive here at 2 40 tomorrow afternoon Conferences with Gen Scott George Carothers special agent of the state department and Gen Villa to be arranged later in the day Villa held a conference with his leading generals and officers summoned from all parts of his territory but it was not clear if his actions were approved
Rear Admiral Caperton in Haiti reports he has assumed administration of the Cape Haitien customs office and placed Paymaster Charles Morris in charge. Conditions improve as natives show support. Nord Alexis arrives at Port au Prince with 800 Haitian soldiers to be escorted by Marines. Election to replace slain Guillaume postponed. Americans quell brigandish disorder at Croix des Bouquets near Port au Prince.
Reports via wireless say German and Austrian armies advancing in Poland amid Russian scorched earth, with towns evacuated as supplies are rapidly organized. Vast troop movements feed troops, railways reopen, and villages burned before retreat. Neutral representatives present. Germans promise a mild regime if police controls are followed.
German war office reports progress in Poland as German forces push to cut off the Russian retreat. Serock at the Bug mouth north of Warsaw is occupied. forts near Novo Georgievsk captured. Russians driven east under von Mackensen. Western front fighting near Souches and in the Argonne. Vosges activity, Lomza approaching. Bug reached south of Wyszkow. left wing advances northward between the Vistula and Bug. right wing along the Viepra.
General Carranza expressed confidence that Mexico would soon reach a favorable and dignified settlement with no intervention by foreign powers. He telegraphed a military chief assuring loyalty and urging all Mexicans to fulfill their duties as the situation develops.
London reports an attempted assassination of M Neratoff assistant Russian minister of foreign affairs. The attacker, a former official, rushed in with an axe revolver and was overpowered before firing. In San Francisco Smith, flying at the Panama Pacific Exposition, looped the loop 22 times setting a new record and ending with a bright sky message.
Washington August reports say the Pan American peace conference on Mexico may resume in New York next Wednesday. Secretary Lansing announced after talks with Secretary McAdoo and notes that the Mexican peace conference could reopen soon, while tensions rise as Carranza refuses guests and Guatemala withdraws its envoy Ortega. The Mexican capital loses diplomatic representation from seven Latin nations as Ortega and Cordons depart.
London reports the British steamer Glenravel of Belfast the Swedish steamer Marmland and the trawler Ocean Queen sunk in a submarine strike. All three crews have been landed. The Glenravel, 1,092 tons, was owned by Antrim Iron Ore Co of Belfast. The Marmland, 3,178 tons, was owned by C Serg.
An official communication from Constantinople reported a joint land and sea Allied assault against Turkish positions on the Gallipoli peninsula. The Turkish war office concedes ground loss but claims a later engagement yielded trenches captured from the Allies. In a separate incident near Marshfield Oregon, George Le cocq and his sister Helen drowned while learning to swim at Opal Bank Inlet when they were pulled into deep water.
London papers view the Russian withdrawal as strategic, noting Mackensen's activity toward Kovno and a renewed Russian resolve. The Times cites cautious optimism amid ongoing battles near Riga and Warsaw, describing chaos after Warsaw's fall, executions, and widespread looting while Moscow signals continued resistance.
Reports say German forces press Russian lines in Poland and the Baltic, with advances near the Vistula and Bug as Riga rumors persist. Petrograd cites heavy fighting near Nowa Georgi eklavke and acknowledges limited gains on the Vistula bank while Germans push toward Warsaw. Turkish lines near Ari Burn and Seddul Bahr claim heavy combat with some allied trench captures, while a Petrograd note denies peace talks via Denmark.
New York August report states Aero Engineers plan to assist the Navy Advisory Board of invention. Henry A. J. ite, president, and Elmer Sperry, vice president, named as members. A special committee, subdivided into groups, will operate with Mr. Wisewood rey to cover theory and construction of aeroplanes and motors, aircraft warfare applications, and related fields.
A Vienna issued official communication was released via London on August 9 at 5 am. The message appears to describe a retreat and discusses timing and dissemination through channels including the Bug.
Gearhart Ore Aug S-Aiss Mare ret Platt 16 daughter of Harrison G Platt of Portland died here late today after being rescued with two other girls from the water by BT Stevens of Portland.
London reports German advances threaten the Russian Warsaw army while pursuing a route through the Polish salient. They seize Se rock at the Narew and Bug junction and cross the Vistula, with General Woyrsch pushing east as Mackensen resists. Balkan diplomacy swirls over Macedonia and Kavala as Greece opposes ceding Saloniki villages, as Serbia may finally relent to Bulgaria.
London dispatch cites Petrograd reports that Germany offered peace to Russia via the king of Denmark last week. The reply said peace negotiations cannot be raised at the present time.
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