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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1917
Page
1
A report from Russian representatives through German lines indicates both sides agree to armistice negotiations. A meeting is planned at Brest-Litovsk with dates and commissions to be set by the Russian high command and German eastern front officials.
In Today's Standard the paper reports a woman barber held on suspicion after shooting her husband. The item notes ongoing wartime coverage with references to Allied and Axis forces, and local civic notices. The brief mentions forthcoming events and legal actions including exemptions and local incidents in Butte and Deer Lodge.
In St Paul on December 2, a large crowd believed to be union sympathizers halted all downtown street cars, smashed windows, and forced motormen from their vehicles. One trainman injured, about fifty cars damaged and stalled, service paused for the night as labor tensions with Twin City Rapid Transit intensify amid union demands. The public safety commission had recently ordered reinstatement of workers barred for wearing union buttons, seeking to end the dispute in Minneapolis.
In Buena Vista Texas United States cavalry under Lieut Leonard F Matlock battled Mexican cattle thieves. One soldier was killed and another wounded while ranch foreman Justo Gonzales acting as scout was killed. Cavalry used machine guns to drive attackers from houses as 200 damlits 35 killed and many wounded.
Washington reports Massachusetts hotels and restaurants followed food administration directions saving October waste and aiding the effort. The October total reached 4 600 tand? committee on hotels and restaurants notes continued compliance supports conservation goals.
Roslyn New Jersey dispatch reports four and a half year old John L De Saulles Jr is given into the care of his mother Blanca De Saulles who was acquitted by a Mineola jury in the murder case of her divorced husband. The reunion followed a day of legal maneuvering and a note that the boy, who recalls his father’s death, was eager to be with his mother. General Pershing and Viscount Northcliffe held a morning conference in Paris. Violent artillery fighting is reported on the Italian front with no major infantry action.
B Faught, a 40 year old clerk and sreamster, lies at St James hospital in critical condition after being shot in Cordelia Faught's barber shop at 419 South Arizona. Cordelia Faught, 37, known as the lady barber, is held by police, potential first degree assault or murder, after a 3 caliber revolver was surrendered.
Amsterdam December 2 The Viena Neue Freie Presse urges England to consider whether it is possible to open peace parley s It argues any invitation should come from Austria due to dissensions between England and Germany since Queen Victoria's death and notes that Lansdowne and likely Asquith have rejected a war of destruction making peace feasible only if Russia and Germany reach agreement.
Washington December 2 forecast from the weather service predicts Montana will see cloudy skies and unsettled conditions on Monday and Tuesday with some colder periods.
William Jennings Bryan predicted within two years the United States would be dry as states ratify a federal prohibition amendment. He spoke at the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention noting 26 states already dry and urging swift House action before Christmas. He praised reduced beer alcohol content as a step forward and argued against any revival of beer or whiskey production.
Dedham Mass Dec 2 Miss Harriet A Varney nurse faces trial on a murder charge in the death of Mrs Pauline A Keyes wife of Brookline real estate dealer George H Keyes The body was found with a revolver and note alleging self murder A week after the death Varney was arrested and Keyes named as her rival in affection for him The state says Varney traveled from West Upton to Brookline to confront Keyes and created an alibi including a lunch with Keyes in Dedham to support testimony she was not in Brookline.
British and American forces resist repeated German assaults around Masnieres near Cambrai. Reports describe intense fighting with nine German push efforts repulsed, the British withdrawing slightly from a sharp salient under cover. American soldiers among improvised railroad workers fought bravely alongside Tommies, earning praise for coolness and courage.
In New York on December 2 Leonard D Abbott presided over the first Bolsheviks of New York gathering. Abbott and others spoke on aims aligned with Russia's Bolsheviks and the spread of revolutionary ideals worldwide. Hippolyte Havel argued anarchists and IWW fighters are not pacifists but engaged in a war on society.
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