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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1917
Page
10
In North Branford, Connecticut, seventeen people die and around twenty are injured when two Shore Line trolley cars collide head on near the station. The wrecks trap and twist the cars, many victims women, on a straight stretch between curves.
In Kansas City Missouri on August 15 two hundred sixty drinking places voluntarily shut down as U S district attorney collectors probe liquor establishments within the half mile zone around military camps. The shuttered sites include two breweries and bars in major hotels and many downtown saloons as troops prepare for entrainment to concentration camps. The Red Cross is urged to remember.
Sentries guard City Park in Brooklyn near the New York Navy Yard as it is turned over to the Navy Department for use as an internment camp. Buildings will provide quarters for about 15 000 men.
The Berlin article notes Wilhelm II telegraphed to Kaiser Franz Joseph and the czar seeking mediation to prevent a broader war. He recounts Austria Hungary’s Belgrade proposal and British guarantees, and states England refused to stop mobilization, accepting a Belgian invasion instead.
The Newark article notes strong statement that if not under the president’s leadership, negotiations with Berlin should open. It cites Charleston News and Courier as source. The piece discusses a proposed New York food controller option to ban milk and feed people raw meat and gunpowder, signaling alarm over policy shifts.
London reports from Geneva that Premier Kerensky, speaking with friends about his health, said he had little time left. He warned that peace now would make Russia Kaiser’s vassals and urged hastening the work of liberating Russia and doing the greatest good before departing.
The Indianapolis Star notes Oklahomans ready to fight the draft with the same grit they show against enemies at home. The quote compares national mobilization to wartime resolve, suggesting a tough stance on conscription.
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