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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
1
The item details rules for the initial ceremonies of conscription and the transition toward actual service. It outlines color designations used in the process and the sequence from calling to active duty, reflecting authorities and procedural steps.
Provost Marshal Crowder announces detailed rules guiding the mobilization of the first 687000 men to camps by Sept 5. Local draft boards handle entrainment logistics, shelter, meals, and lodging while ensuring sanitary sleeping areas and meal tickets.
The Standard notes a presidential envoy slated for Butte as calls to arms intensify and pacifist voices surface. It highlights Russian needs, a Chicago police scandal, and American troops training in England alongside general news, theater, and state updates including county attorney instructions on draft and potential railroad exemptions.
The conference for democracy and peace in San Francisco heard Daniel O Connell arrested on espionage act charges. Former Senator John D Works challenged press freedom, alleging powerful New York interests influence coverage and warning Congress or the president against curbing free speech.
Former President William H. Taft, ill at a Clay Center hotel, was reported not so good as yesterday by his physician. The doctor forbade visitors, urged quiet, and canceled all engagements through Aug. 13 after his first unfavorable update since the intestinal indigestion struck.
Kansas City Missouri August 9 future trading in corn was forbidden at a meeting of the board of directors. The right to close up existing contracts was given. The action does not affect cash trading.
Ottawa Ontario Aug 9 The casualty list issued tonight includes H Bissonette from Great Falls Montana and F Connelley from Seattle among wounded Americans.
President Wilson dispatches Justice J Harry Covington of the District of Columbia Supreme Court to Montana and the Pacific Northwest to obtain firsthand facts on the copper, lumber, and shipbuilding strikes. The aim is to assess government contract interference and possible federal remedies. Covington will report directly to the president with confidential instructions and travel details undecided.
Copenhagen Aug 9 Dr Michaelis the German imperial chancellor and Field Marshal von Hindenburg reply to a Pan German league mass meeting telegram campaign. He expresses firm confidence the splendid military situation will help secure a peace that guarantees the empire's continental and overseas existence. He notes the Erzberger plan for peace without territorial gains is impossible and stresses trust in a victorious peace.
In Mannheim Baden on Tuesday independents disrupted the socialist gathering led by Philipp Scheidemann. They demanded speakers rights and sang The Workman's Marseillaise while the chairman warned of police action. Scheidemann spoke but tumult continued at the close of proceedings.
Women witnesses describe midnight poker sessions and losses up to 4000 dollars at Poker Flats run for women players. They say Smale often played but had no proven share of profits. One witness reports a 5000 dollar loss, and police raids with Smale present are noted. Smale denies sharing profits and says he searched for evidence.
The forecast calls for generally fair weather in Montana on Friday and Saturday with warmer conditions in the eastern part on Friday and cooler temperatures on Saturday. The outlook emphasizes a temperature swing across regions as the two days unfold.
Washington August ninth pacifist groups held a meeting under the capitol dome urging Congress to stay in session until the draft law is repealed. Speakers from the Ford peace party and labor unions urged opposition to conscription, while senators Gronna and La Follette aligned with pro repeal sentiment.
A letter, vouched for by the provisional Zionist committee, claims Jews in Warsaw are starving with death from starvation a daily fact. It notes women mournfully watch babies die, while wealthy families sell hair to buy bread for hungry children, describing widespread misery.
Dublin Aug 9 The Irish convention, after several hours of session, adjourned until Aug 21.
British instructors shape American miners into soldiers using raw material drills and field exercises. The program emphasizes basic combat skills, discipline, and teamwork to convert miners into effective troops for national service.
A staff correspondent visits American troops at billets in England where railway workers from the United States are training alongside Canadian and British instructors. Soldiers learn gas mask use, trench drills, and calisthenics in long days from dawn to night, while camaraderie grows between American and British troops despite Cockney understanding challenges.
Litchfield Minnesota August 9 J Ben tall a farmer near here candidate for governor on the socialist ticket was arrested today by department of justice agents on charges of wrongfully attempting to cause insubordination mutiny and refusal of duty in connection with the draft
Swedish mercantile marine losses over the past three years reach nine steamships and forty seven sailing vessels. The combined tonnage loss amounts to 146000 tons, representing twelve percent of Sweden's total merchant fleet.
Washington reports that all but one of the American mission to Russia oppose sending U S troops to aid the eastern front. Charles Edward Russell stands alone in recommending limited aid, while the rest argue extra troops would harm the democratic armies. Elihu Root and colleagues briefed Secretary Lansing as a written report awaits public release.
St Louis Missouri August 9 Miss Alvina Terstrup a former Lambert Pharmacal stenographer identifies herself as the mysterious caller who alerted the maid to Jordan W Lambert's mortally wounded room A coroner jury returns a verdict of death by own action Lambert vice president of the company Terstrup says she was not his personal stenographer and recalls prior calls linking his illness to mental worry over Marion Lambert a brother serving with an ambulance unit in France
Chicago Aug 9 The Liberty War Medical and Surgical Relief society was organized to make men fit for military service after disqualification for minor physical imperfections. Charles N Goodnow elected president. Three men underwent operations today to pass the required test. Society, sanctioned by the government, will treat toe nails, hernia, bad teeth, hammer toes and similar defects at no cost.
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