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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
10
HUN NEWS AGENCY reports a fierce opening bombardment and evasive action as Entente forces attempt a breakthrough between Peronne and the Somme. German trench defenses hold, tanks and cavalry suffer heavy losses, and a second day attack fails to gain lasting ground with French and British forces pulling back on the Somme and Aisne sectors.
Amsterdam reports from August 12 that Moscow and Petrograd see intensified vigilance with infantry and cavalry patrolling streets day and night. Identifications are checked, arrests made, and squares ringed with machine guns as Bolsheviks face tighter security amid upheaval and Czech Slovak action.
In Lewis Washington August 12 Private Dewitt Hamsdell of the Forty Seventh Company 166th Depot Brigade was sentenced by a general court martial for a conscientious objector claim to zero years imprisonment. Private Peter Siynetag of Plentywood received a 20 year term after protesting military orders and refusing to accept a issued gun. The action followed a military board report and a judge granted citizenship to 445 Heng among soldiers of the United States Army. Twenty nationalities were represented.
The United States sued in a federal court over catsup consigned to Arn at Butte from Woods Cross Utah alleging the product is not what it claims. The shipment has been seized at Butte and the Woods Cross label is part of the dispute in a case that stretches into other university links.
The report notes continued Allied gains along the Somme front with German gun positions held at bay. German attempts to dislodge Allied troops on the north bank of a stream failed to break the line as American and French forces reinforce. British aircraft claim a large airship was shot down off the east coast.
Amsterdam reports via Wolff bureau that M. Joffe the Russian ambassador to Germany with several Russian delegates left Berlin for Moscow to brief the Soviet government on the economic conditions following the Brest-Litovsk treaty. Also notes Lewie of Bozeman as second lieutenant in the sanitary corps.
The article profiles Karmenova a agile Russian dancer with striking dark eyes and athletic grace who arrived in America after training in Russia. She signed a five year contract with Morris Gest and Ellie Comstock Gest to perform under their company and learn English as she aims for Broadway stardom in The Wanderer.
The Hague reports that Prussia will not admit Jewish laborers to Germany in the east. Morgen Zeitung notes this decision alters Austrian legal and political views and may shift Jewish support away from the Austro German alliance. Russia has removed legal limits on Jews, while Germany stands alone in seeking to drive out Jews.
Detroit city through its corporation counsel obtained a circuit court injunction to stop Detroit United Railways from evading a newly enacted 25 cent streetcar fare. The traction company had planned a federal injunction and began collecting 25 cent fares on Saturday, provoking passenger refusals, rioting, and damage to several cars.
Fragmentary report describes a German submarine attack near Smith inland coast guard station and lighthouse. Six men were overcome by poisoned gas during a Saturday night incident.
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