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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
1
A director issues the first order aimed at wiping out competition, signaling decisive regulatory action. The move centers on establishing authority and laying groundwork for further measures to curb rivals.
Washington plans rapid pooling of traffic equip ment terminals and trackage as Director General McAdoo acts at noon tomorrow. Immediate effect is rerouting freight over shortest lines with common terminals to boost efficiency. Officials anticipate wage increases for workers, fair compensation for railroad property, and need for special legislation after Congress reconvenes.
In the day's issue, discussions of peace terms for Russians and Jewish matters mix with rail competition to be eliminated. Butte reports food prices, a tragedy involving a driver, and multiple state and city items including school board matters, vaccination debates, and Pro-German sentiment headlines.
New Dec. 27. Thirty Jewish men and women were executed by the Turkish army after Jerusalem fell to General Allenby on Dec. 19, including relatives of Aaron Aaronsohn. The retreat forced 12,000 survivors northward as relief funds are pledged to provide at least $80 monthly.
San Diego authorities probe Capt. Sergius Apraxin arrested on a nominal threat letter charge. Police say he may be an Austrian secret agent. The note, found by a local jeweler and in police custody, vows revenge and death to the author. Local officials note uncertain military status and Austrian ties.
Richmond reports a pouch containing 50000 dollars sent by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond to a Washington bank disappeared in transit last Saturday and is believed stolen. Detectives are active in several cities San Francisco reports 148 vagrants arrested in a cleanup following an attempted dynamiting of Governor Stephens residence.
A fair price committee in Silver Bow county Butte met with the food conservation council to revise the food schedule and explain why prices could not drop further. The new list lowers rice and cornmeal while raising butter, with detailed retailer costs and prices for sugar flour beans oats milk bacon hams and bread. Women pressed merchants on bread price increases, milled wheat costs and profit norms. officials noted butterfat scarcity and general cost pressures in the flour and milling sectors.
Buenos Aires dispatches say a large number of German conspirators were arrested in Florianopolis Santa Catharina after a plot to overthrow local authorities was uncovered. All were armed and had been meeting under the pretext of a German society. Florianopolis, a 20,000 population port on the southern coast.
Washington Montana faces unsettled weather today and Friday with likely snow. Temperatures ease a bit but remain cold, and conditions may continue into Saturday with shifting winds and possible precipitation.
Italian Army Headquarters reports a major air raid over Treviso area broke up after nearly half a 25-plane fleet was destroyed. The clash involved Italian and British aircraft with eight enemy planes shot down and several more eliminated during attacks inside Italian lines. casualties included pilots and crew killed, wounded, or captured.
Buenos Aires papers report a German cruiser sighted off the Brazilian coast was identified as German and unloaded heavy cases. The vessel reportedly returned to Armacao with cargo from a larger ship, then moved to Calouro and unloaded again. Ports are said to be unguarded and cargo landed was allegedly smuggled away. The ship was later seen near San Pedro de Maciera, where two people are under arrest as spies.
The Russian delegation outlines conditions for a general peace without annexations or indemnities, insisting on self definition of peoples and guarantees for violated rights. It calls for a mutual renunciation of war costs and a special fund for damages, with all powers agreeing to adhere to terms in a final treaty.
Count Czernin, Austro Hungarian foreign minister, in Brest Litovsk outlines a general peace plan. He says the Central Powers favor a just, unconditional peace without forcible annexations or indemnities, pending Russia's allies’ recognition and compliance. He stresses respect for national independence and notes any settlement requires adherence by all belligerents.
London dispatch reports Bolshevik leaders count on a peace settlement to unite the country and shore up their grip in the south amid Cossack and Ukrainian divides. A central war committee is organized with Krylenko as commander in chief. Petrograd’s revictualing is failing, grain lines are cut, and Brest-Litovsk terms stir Ukrainian delegates.
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