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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
1
A fragment indicates a news item about the Mexican revolution, noting an ending phase or shift. The readable text is limited, but the reference implies a closing or conclusion to ongoing upheaval affecting regions and authorities in Mexico.
Revolt leader Pancho Villa, accompanied by his office staff, crossed into the United States near El Paso with orders to follow neutrality laws. Villa pledged not to participate in Mexican revolutionary movements, amid uncertain motives and a search by federal authorities.
Fragmentary page itemizes military withdrawal from Gall ott and evolving oil and canal plot. Mentions Red Cross, French actions, Brooklyn seizure from an American vessel, fatal battle losses, and a roster of scattered legal and mining notes. Contains court disputes, divorce cases, and district court entries with miscellaneous notices.
Federal officials said the Welland canal plot may be only a single incident in a nationwide conspiracy led by Paul Koenig head of Hamburg American detective bureau. Koenig and Richard Lyendecker face indictments likely next midweek as grand juries hear from witnesses across New York and Buffalo, with connections to German intrigue and other reported plots.
London reports that all Armenians in Adrianople were massacred or deported by Bulgarians, with some forced to Asia Minor. Women and children were detained in prison before removal, many on sailing vessels that foundered off Rodosto, drowning a majority aboard. A Bulgarian memorial cites 29 districts with 800,000 to 900,000 Armenians killed, exiled, or forcibly converted.
A Athens dispatch via Messina says Greek forces occupy Doiran and guard the entente line against Bulgarians. The report notes a clash with Bulgarians in Albania and mentions Cardinal Donos receiving a letter about the Mexican Caranza regime banning elections and confessions in Catholic churches.
A Bulgarian paper notes halted troops at the Greek frontier as allied forces mass near Saloniki. It suggests Germany and Bulgaria may invade Greece for military expediency while Constantine cautions allies about Greece’s neutrality. Also reports Serbian retreat and Montenegrin hunger as Austrian submarines guard the sea. In Georgia, lynching of two Black men near Eastman is reported.
London reports Bulgarian forces seized a large quantity of flour from the American Red Cross in Monastir. Bulgarian authorities claimed civilians faced bread shortages as rationing was cut to half a loaf. Dr. Forbes and Walter Farwell were alleged to have been barred from leaving Monastir after the attack on the hospital. The incident, dated December 9, drew notice from the American government and involved threats to compel sale of flour to Bulgarians, with a Bulgarian officer striking Forbes and guards sealing the buildings.
San Francisco reports Tong King Chong president of Chee Kung Tong received a cable from Shanghai stating five Chinese provinces have declared independence from Yuan Shi Kai. Provinces named Kwangtung Kiangsi Yunon Szechuen and Keweichan. Tong noted mass meetings in California and predicted wider revolts, signaling strong opposition to restoring monarchy and plans for Chinese finance to support a general revolution.
Christiania Dec 20 Henry Fort reports he will be barred from holding meetings in Copenhagen yet plans to travel to select delegates for Mia peace party to The Hague. Ford aims to go to Copenhagen within a week as press commentaries doubt the peace mission’s chances while noting its historic potential.
Wilhelm Garbe purser on the American Borinquen was taken from the vessel by French cruiser Descartes off San Juan Puerto Rico after a searchlight and a blank shot. Garbe, a German naturalized American, had his papers, and the U S government demanded an immediate halt to such acts while noting the flagrant violation of American rights on the high seas.
British forces pull back from the Gallipoli campaign marking a major shift in the war's narrative. The public reception mixes relief with disappointment as reports detail decisions by high authorities and the ongoing stalemate around Saloniki and the Dardanelles.
London reports that the Sulva and Anzac garrisons on Gallipoli have been withdrawn with insignificant casualties. An official statement says troops guns and stores were transferred to another sphere of operations safely, though regrets over abandoning footholds remain. News reflects relief at safe evacuation from Sulva and Anzac zones.
A long running feud over disputed property at Dodd's Hollow near Klamath Falls ignited into a rifles and pistol gun battle. Mrs Alma Kuehne died after being shot and Andrew Kuehne is among those held. Guy Hunter is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the arm. The confrontation began when water was cut to the Kuehne home and escalated after both sides fired from houses on the property. Authorities investigated as both Lawrence and Hunter families claim self defense amid mounting injuries.
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