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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1915
Page
1
A terse note signals an end of week mobilization for all securities tied to a case described as Ancona. Authorities and government officials are urged to respond, with a figure cited as 477 dollars in relation to the affair. The language suggests formal actions and financial stakes surrounding a contentious matter.
Washington officials expect Austria-Hungary to reply to the American note on the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona by week’s end. Bar on Zwiedenek indicated no specific action. discussions with Secretary Lansing aim to clarify what would satisfy the United States amid tensions over German submarine policy and the Lusitania dispute. Dispatches from London and Amsterdam report Austrian anger and possible diplomatic rupture with the United States, while Britain prepares a bill to mobilize American and Canadian securities to support wartime finances.
From Austria to Ireland the page notes Irish company sacrifices, Ford party splits, emergency tax extension, and a range of items from sports to court actions. It reports on a U S securities move, a theatrical figure named Valentine, coast conspiracy indictments, and local commercial notes including store hours and mining news.
Washington reports preliminary skirmishes as the Republican National Committee weighs time and place for the 196 convention. St Louis and Chicago emerge as the leading cities, with hints the convention may precede the Democratic gathering in late June. committee notes show 985 delegates instead of 1,078, with New York the only northern state to lose delegates.
Upward of 14 million dollars in war munitions and related contracts fed into production today as iron moulders and core makers strike, affecting between six and ten percent of foundries and involving about 1,500 workers across the nation.
Washington reports a Democratic caucus agreed to support a resolution extending the emergency tax to December 31, 1916 or one year. The measure advances tomorrow and likely passes Thursday with leaders predicting adoption before the Christmas recess. Keating of Colorado and Calloway of Texas oppose the extension.
A Henry Ford peace party split surfaces as a resolution condemning President Wilson’s preparedness policy fails to gain support from prominent members. Critics warn the move could push some members to quit the group. A neutral appeal from Ford associates urges mediation and a swift end to the fighting to spare more lives.
London broadcasts a British front report detailing mine explosion near Givenchy and crater occupation, bombardments east of Ypres and near Fiiingston, heavy shelling of enemy mine shafts north of Lachasse canal, and Somme trench mortar activity with rifle grenades. odd garbled tail references a bank and bandits.
A dispatch from Saloniki reports 40,000 Bulgarians and 40,000 Austro German troops massed between Monastir and the Greek border with cavalry noted. Heavy fighting continued Sunday around Lake Dorian as the front lines shift amid the Balkan crisis. A separate note from Christiania says the steamship Oscar II bearing Henry Ford and his peace park faces weather delays and may reach port Thursday.
A severe blizzard impacts the eastern coast causing road closures and travel disruption. Officials report cleared routes in Saloniki after heavy snowfall. The storm affects daily life and trade as efforts to restore normal conditions continue.
A sweeping storm across the North Atlantic and Great Lakes region crippled New York traffic with heavy snow about three inches in the city, power and lines down, and thousands stranded.Regional snow and ice affected Boston Philadelphia and New Haven while Greece frontiers tensions rose as British and French forces retreat toward Salone amid Greek frontier concerns.
King George and his physicians announce recovery enough to resume restrained duties after injuries from the October 28 horse accident in France. The monarch has lost weight and must avoid fatigue, with a daily stimulant during convalescence and a pledge to resume full abstinence once health is restored.
London dispatch reports two Inniskilling companies and another Irish unit sacrificed in battle to cover a retreat from Serbia. British forces, outnumbered ten to one by Bulgarians, held Kevis Crest before the line collapsed, delaying the Bulgarians and allowing other troops to complete their withdrawal.
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