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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1917
Page
5
The principal branch office of the standard is at 119 North Main street, Putte. Telephones: Business depart ment, 422, editorial department, 428. Advertising rates furnished on applica tion.
Harvey Pierce of Dillon and many others are in the city on various business and social visits. Charles Collins of Philipsburg and J. N. Cooley of Great Falls register or visit local hotels. Births noted include a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Floyd and another to Mr. and Mrs. William F. Bundy. Several residents travel to Salt Lake and San Francisco.
Karl Schrieber pleads guilty to possessing firearms and is fined fifty dollars. The Bank of Fergus County celebrates its new Montana building with electric roof lights and two orchestras for dancing and banking room entertainment. Recruiting Officer Joy plans another large army recruitment drive to Spokane. Local teachers attend the joint institute and visit the hospital, Catholic church, and courthouse for information. Mrs Rathbun remains in Moore hospital after a Curtis car accident, pinned under the vehicle but with non life threatening injuries.
About 70,000 church bells bound for the smelter and then munitions were received by a large bell foundry at Apolda in the Prussian province of Hanover. The plan is to recast them for war needs.
English women trained in carpentry at Byfleet are reported to number twenty now aiding in erecting huts for soldiers in France. French and Belgian women are also engaged in similar war work.
Secretary Daniels releases synopsis of the Mare Island navy yard blast findings. The July explosion killed five and injured over 30, deemed a deliberate act by an unknown party. Only Damstedt was near the scene. investigators found no hampering instructions and treat the act as not accidental. The exact method remains undisclosed due to security reasons.
Washington Aug 25 Dr H A Garfield fuel administrator to issue regulations governing coal mine operation next week He met Francis S Peabody chair of the coal committee and George Otis Smith chief of the geological survey The federal trade commission works on a scale of profits for retail coal dealers and may fix retail prices to complete government control of the coal industry Also oil regulation under the food control law was predicted with a licensing system for the industry, though no price scale is allowed.
New York City faced a three hour subway shutdown in Manhattan caused by coal shortages at power houses. Police guarded express stations as crowds waited, many women fainted, but no serious injuries were reported.
Amsterdam Aug 25 An official foreign office note says Germany regrets and blamed a channel squadron for losing its way in thick clouds after bombs were dropped on Dutch territory on Aug 18 The Dutch envoy to Berlin is to renew protests over the Zeeland Friesland and Groningen bombing while asking Britain France and Belgium if their aircraft participated in the engagement An examination of bomb parts is underway.
Washington Aug 25 Heavy over subscription of the treasury latest offering of short term certificates is sued in anticipation of the second Liberty bond issue announced by Secretary McAdoo tonight. Today's issue 25 000 000 brings total subscribed up to 55 000 000 the previous issue of 306 000 000 also oversubscribed. The increased size of the two offerings over the first Liberty bond issue is seen as presaging a larger second issue than the 2 000 000 000 of the first. Details of the second issue not announced.
Harry Dill Democratic candidate for Kenton County legislature was shot and likely fatally wounded in Newport Kentucky. J L Shober editor and business manager of the Newport Labor Herald is accused. police search underway. An argument over the prohibition issue is cited as the motive.
The Moody evangelistic missionary and Bible conference opened in Cedar Lake Indiana on August 25 with plans for evangelistic work among soldiers. Speaker Mark A Matthews of Seattle ex moderator of the Presbyterian assembly will address the gathering.
Austin Texas Aug 25 Gov James E Ferguson was summoned to appear before the senate bar Wednesday morning to answer the impeachment charges preferred by the house.
Herbert Hoover told editors and farm journalists in Chicago that food conservation should rely on voluntary effort and patriotic cooperation, not strict control. He defended farmers, warned of global grain shortages, and outlined plans for stabilization through discussion with hog cattle producers packers and commissions, while noting actions would follow mature consideration.
Amsterdam reports the Munich independent committee for German peace protests against any peace without indemnity. It notes prewar German public wealth around 260 billion marks, with about half lost to war costs. It argues annual interest on the loss would require 12 billion marks in taxes, far above current or projected budgets, and warns that capitalists would not cover the burden even if fortunes were seized.
The Colorado Retail Coal Dealers association representing 600 dealers sent a telegram to coal administrator Dr. H A Garfield protesting and asking delay in price fixing until receiving a Colorado dealers statement. They say dealers stored large coal quantities in April May and June at prices above admin set levels.
A New York Sun anecdote recalls Antonio Crigliano kissing Cardinal Gibbons ring during his uncle Dominico Crigliano ordination in Woodward Maryland. The Youth's Companion frame shows Thomas Hardy living quietly in Dorsetshire unknown to locals with an amused tale of a visitor seeking him.
Copenhagen Aug 25 The Reichstag main committee heard renewed claims that the unrestricted submarine warfare is a great success. Dr Karl Helfferich and Vice Admiral von Capelle defended the policy against Skeptics Erzberger Scheidemann Haussmann who warned the figures and promises may be misleading.
An experienced salesman flaunts velvet and cloth to a skeptical lady customer. He touts a colorfast, unshrinkable fabric that washes well and makes up splendidly. She interrupts, telling him to be quiet and let the cloth speak.
The Panama canal opened to navigation on August 15, 1914. The first ship through was the U S government steamship Ancona. Official construction cost is $325,201,000 with an additional $50,000,000 paid to the French Canal Company and to the Republic of Panama for property and franchises.
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