Russian Losses Claim Enormous Military Toll
A German report asserts enormous Russian casualties, estimating losses near a hundred and fifty thousand men, painting a stark picture of battlefield industry and human cost.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1914
Page
1
Butte Mayor Smith on trial in Pufohl case summary
Prosecution rests in the state against Clarence Smith mayor of Butte in the Pufohl bribery case. Witnesses examined, defense attacks on Pufohl, editor role disputed. Mayor testified about manuscript loss, editors named, and pursuit of truth. London front reports no major shifts in battle lines with mixed Russian and German claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Clarence Smith
Butte
Otto Pufahl
Ben
Jamin Law
Pufohl
Smith
Soctattat
Uie
Amy Edmunds
Mise Rawards
Putaht
An Unfriendly Act and Wheat Deal Losses Reported
The piece notes Carranza condemning an unfriendly act and references Russian losses as enormous. It covers authorship disputes over a Putabl article, details on a wheat deal loss, a national prohibition vote, and Pope's truce effort. Also mentions a Colorado incident, an officer found in a packing box, and various state and local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parel Goethals
Carranza
Pope
Falin
Tuntice
Colorado
Oficer
S-State Poultry Board
oState
SoAnaconda
State Savings Bank
First Atvi ‘den
Riley
Riley, Harkins
Little
Hanna Clements
Ceoll
D. Connell
Joshers’ Club
ScMtners’ Union
Virginia City
New
National Prohibition and Suffrage to be Voted by House
Washington reports the house rules committee will report special rules for constitutional amendments on national prohibition and woman suffrage. Prohibition would ban manufacture and importation for beverage sale in U S and territories. Suffrage would ensure voting rights without sex discrimination. The National Temperance Council, renamed, held its first annual meeting in Columbus with Daniel Pollny elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
House Rules Committee
Henry
Hobson
United States
Council of 100
United Temperance
Columbus
Ohio
National Temperance Council
Daniel Pollny
Boston
Italy to ally with defeated powers after war
Chicago dispatch reports Count Gallo Bolognesi Italian consul says Italy will ally with the defeated European powers after war to secure favorable peace terms and is buying large army supplies in the United States to defend itself and participate in postwar negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Italy
Gallo Bolognes
United States
Count Bolognesi
German Lieutenant Hidden in Packing Box Crowds Port
London dispatch reports a German naval lieutenant Otto Koehn found concealed in a large packing box labeled non poisonous matches at Gravesend. He claimed recent travel to America and said he was interned at Dorchester after arrival in Southampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gravesend
Rotterdam
Otto Koehn
Lloyd's News
America
Potsdam
Southampton
Dorchester
Germany
Pope's Christmas Truce Effort Fails Amid Divergent Reactions
Rome dispatch notes Pope Benedicts bid for a Christmas truce in Europe faced mixed responses. The Vatican organ said belligerents welcomed the idea in part, but no unanimity was reached. Germany signaled assent with conditions, while Russia reportedly declined.
Dresden Strands Along Argentine Coast After Falklands Action
Bueno Ayres Dec 2 The German cruiser Dresden one of the squadron engaged by the British near the Falkland Islands stranded off the Argentine coast near Getroges. Earlier combat reportedly destroyed Scharnhorst Gneisenau Leipsig and later Nurnberg. Dresden escaped and is believed to have fled westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkland Islands
Bueno Ayres
Dresden
Brith Warmtpe
Ndt
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipsig
Nurnberg
Gras
Five Negroes Are Put To Death By Mobs In Ten Days
Shreveport La December 12 charred remains of Watling Lewis the third hegre to die at the hands of mobs as a result of the murder of Charles Hicks postmasters at Sylvester La last week were found today near Sylvester bound to a tree with coils of wire. The burning of Lewis makes a total of eight lynchings in this parish in the last year five negroes having been put to death in the last 10 days. Tobey Lewis and Monroe Lewis were lynched last week for their alleged part. In the Ticks murder St Louis Lee average ength of life in the United States is ig years greater now than it was 33 years ago according to a statement by Dr Victor V Vaughn of the University of Michigan president of the American Medical association in fund address before the City club here today. Dr Vaughn said the death rate from tuberculosis had decreased 45 per cent since 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Watling Lewis
Charles Hicks
Sylvester
Lewis
Tobey Lewis
Monroe Lewis
St. Louis, Lee
United States
Victor V. Vaughn
University of Michigan
American Medical Association
Leiter recounts loss in famed wheat corner scheme
Chicago December 12 Joseph Leiter testified in federal court about his 1895 attempt to corner the wheat market raising prices to the Chicago level. He described dealings with Pillsbury and Peavy of Minneapolis as de facto partners and said writing the agreement would have saved him, detailing margins paid and threats faced as wheat flooded Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Humphrey
Leiter
H. Peavy
A. Pilbury
Minneapolis
Interior Elevator Company
Monarch Elevator Company
Pir. Pillsbury
Peavy
Smut
Peevy & Co
Lalter
Bliss Blocks Boundary Crossing With Protest Telegram
A telegram to President Wilson from John McLenson, President of District 18, United Mine Workers of America, protests federal troop actions in Colorado. It states there need be no further trouble and calls for restraint amid tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aenver
Colorado
Wilson
John McLenson
Unite Mine Workers of America
Unfriendly Act Aimed at Carranza Seeks Shots
A disrupted incident surrounding President Carranza involves gunfire implications after an unfriendly act. Details remain unclear as authorities investigate the event and potential motives.
Border conflict sparks US Mexico clash over Naco firing
A formal US note warns that any American force to stop Mexican firing across the Naco boundary would be an unfriendly act. General Carranza objects, saying Mexicans defending Naco are not responsible for cross border shots, while Maytorena’s forces are blamed. The public debate centers on intervention and sovereignty amid warnings from American officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walington
Naco
Germans to be brought to United States for refugees
Washington reports the state department is arranging to admit a number of German women and children who were refugees at Shanghai. Most departed Kiauhhan before the siege by Japanese and British began. The matter has been referred to the bureau of migration for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Shanghai
Kiauhhan
Bureau of Traizration
U S Ambassadors Secured Favorable Turkish Treatment
Informal assurances have been given to Ambassador Morgenthau in Constantinople by members of the Ottoman cabinet that American institutions in Turkey will receive the same favorable treatment as foreign institutions in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morienthau
Constantinople
Turkey
Canal Zone wireless controversy prompts destroyer dispatch
Washington reports Colonel Goethals asks immediate rental of destroyers to the canal zone to enforce neutrality. Officials cite belligerent ships near the zone and suspected wireless interference as reasons for patrols and possible code-message interception. Unconfirmed talk links the British auxiliary Lena to improper wireless use within three miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gorthals
Canal Zone
Foothall
Goethals
Threeter
Canal Sage
Panama
Beief
Mehlich
Lena
Britsh Auxiliary Fleet
Germany evasive reply to Sweden inquiry via London
Stockholm dispatch reports Germany gave an evasive answer through London on the Sweden inquiry. The Swedish press cites Aftonbladet noting Germany admits Russia plans a winter naval base and that mines were laid in the Aland archipelago later than Sunday, with Sweden notified Monday after Swedish ships were sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
London
Aftonbladet
Nipstay
Russia
Aland
Sweden
Secretary to represent Wilson at San Diego fair opening
Washington December 12 Secretary ate advo will represent President Wilson at the opening of the San Diego Cake exposition December 4 announced today in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ateadvo
Wilson
Tok
Scales of Justice Clattered to Roof in Denver
Edward J. Dorte, UMWA District 15 secretary treasurer, testified before a federal industrial relations panel. He described attempts to prove Colorado Fact and Iron co undue political influence and recounted Doyle’s contempt trials for anti injunction writings. He said trials were farcical with no jury, many convicts not ill, and jailers pressuring for apologies before appeals. The examiner questioned the standing of injunctions and the justice figure reportedly fell from the courthouse roof in metaphor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Edward J. Dorte
United Mine Workers of America
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations Today
Walter H. Fink
Colorado Fact and Iron Company
Huerfano County
Doyle
Supreme Court
of Aelat
United Mine Works of America
Sobea
Rover
State House
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