Montana Men Over There React Safely
Soldiers from units once part of the Second Regiment report they have reacted safely to events overseas. Military officials confirm no further injuries and readiness to resume duties as operations continue.
01 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
1
Soldiers from units once part of the Second Regiment report they have reacted safely to events overseas. Military officials confirm no further injuries and readiness to resume duties as operations continue.
American National Guardsmen from every state have arrived in France. They are in training near the front with regulars, some billeted in houses others in wooden huts. French instructors praise their soldierly qualities as they learn grenades, rifles, maneuvers, and trench work. All have arrived safely.
Washington reports the first national guard units have arrived in France and more forces will follow, with divisions regrouped by region. Secretary Baker says additional units will sail as men and ships are ready, prioritizing guard divisions for transport and training in France.
Reports from the war front and home front highlight a new Moscow council proposal and American engineers at the front. The De Saullen trial is noted along with the 2-City council meeting. Troppman found guilty in a criminal court as war news, tax collections, and local updates fill the page.
Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, mother of Maude A. King, testified for the prosecution in Gaston B Means murder case in Concord. Guards prevented an attempt to block the feeble witness, who described Means's alleged interference to keep her daughter from meeting her mother in the two years before her death.
Washington reports Congress will act early in the session to raise about 8 billion dollars through Liberty bond issues and war taxes by July 1, with McAdoo supporting bonds. A second large Liberty issue may be sought between February and July, while wartime aid to the allies could exhaust current credits by July 1. Debate centers on whether the bulk of the 5 billion dollar balance should come from taxes or bonds.
Boston November 30 The Turkish opposition to German rule grows and a U S war against Turkey or Bulgaria would aid Berlin warns Dr William E Strong editorial secretary of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions He notes Turkey’s leaders sought war not for gain but to lose all and says such a move would jeopardize American interests and risk atrocities under German aims.
Mineola Long Island November 30 expert testimony was added to the record in the Blanca De Saulles trial over whether she knew what she was doing when she shot her ex husband John J. De Saulles. District Attorney Weeks prepared a new lengthy hypothetical question for alienists and attacked the defense claim of a memory lapse as Roentgen tests suggested skull pressure but defense contends the brain area was not fractured.
The Cuban sugar commission and the International Sugar Commission set a base price of 4.90 dollars per hundredweight for Cuban sugar, with freight to New York estimated at 30 cents and 4.60 dollars at Free on Board Cuba. The U S shipping bureau will fix the freight rate within days. American beet sugar is reported moving steadily and satisfactorily.
Detroit closing hours report that automobile manufacturers meeting the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce pledged support to the government and readiness to turn facilities over as rapidly as required. They vowed to keep their organizations intact to conserve strongest possible industry for current and future war needs. Lone curtailment measure cars.
A Seattle mass meeting adopted resolutions urging the city council to impeach Mayor Hiram Gil for alleged laxity in suppressing vice. The packed 5,000 capacity gathering approved the resolutions by acclamation.
A wartime letter is repudiated amid unionist displeasure with Lansdowne linked actions. The document is cited as ending a period of strain and signaling political shifts during the conflict.
Reports of Bonar Law urging decisive military results to end the war, opposing pacifist drift and disarmament talk. Lenine and Russian upheavals cited, with forecasts of revolutions affecting European power structures. Dispatches note Austro Hungarian replies on armistice terms and planned Russo-German plenary meetings near Brest-Litovsk.
Paris reports the cabinet approved Victor Boret measures to regulate bread distribution. Aimed at conserving food, the plan enforces daily bread cards for towns over 20,000, state seizure of cereals, and restrictions on pastry shops. Bakers and confectioners face baking prohibitions. only agriculturists with crops may exceed soldier rations.
Washington Montana region shows generally fair conditions with some snow expected in cast. Temperatures trend cooler with partial cloud cover and pockets of wind.
A report from Petrograd claims a secret treaty issued by Russia and allies details Italy joining the war and ceding territories in the Tyrol Dalmatia and nearby islands. The article notes Article 18 binds France Britain and Russia to joint support, with further text continued on page 7.
Dispatches from Rome quote semi official reports describing Austro German troops in Italy repeating earlier Nazi era brutality. Civilians suffer as women are humiliated and conscription of labor is used while looting and destruction follow advances near Zenson and in Friuli.
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