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The fragment mentions a five head bill drawing card with overflow noted and garbled wording. No clear event date or participants emerge. report remains speculative based on the scant readable terms.
07 Feb 1917
Page 1
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1917
Page
1
The fragment mentions a five head bill drawing card with overflow noted and garbled wording. No clear event date or participants emerge. report remains speculative based on the scant readable terms.
Helena dispatch reports heated discussion over herd law as Bernard moves to place the bill on general orders and McMahon pushes to send it to the livestock committee. Silver Bow leaders defend mining and agriculture mixed economy while critics claim the bill harms small farmers and favors large holders.
Washington reports an almost quiet surface at the war and navy departments with strict pass requirements and no admittance signs. Behind the scenes navy planners study the annual appropriation bill to empower the president, while plans for submarines and naval speedups proceed and censorship at radio plants tightens. Army funds are ample for now, with potential increases if war arrives.
The Dutch legation in Yaris issues a public notice stating that all Dutch subjects with military obligations whether in the military reserve or territorials must present themselves without delay to the Dutch consulate.
London reports confirm Germany will not interfere with Belgian and northern France relief. American agents may stay in occupied zones if war comes, with safe conduct. in war, unloading remains at Rotterdam for neutral distribution. Relief aims to resume standard routes, though dispute over North Sea versus English Channel path persists.
Washington reports that Entente diplomats fear the United States may not join the war, worried Germany triggered a break to halt American supplies. They say U S military action would take about a year to train, threatening trade routes and Caribbean oil interests while preserving German leverage. They seek to safeguard trade and sea lanes, not yet urging active U S combat.
Copenhagen reports James W. Gerard, the American ambassador to Germany, will remain in Berlin until the German government is satisfied on Count von Bernstorff's treatment. He plans to depart via Switzerland or Spain, with staff and some correspondents, after urgent business in Berlin. Passports have been secured for Bernstorff and German officials as they sail next week to Christiania, with Halifax stop for British inspection.
New York Feb 6 The American Line said the steamship St Louis will not sail for Liverpool before noon Thursday after being held in New York since Saturday amid international tensions. Passengers were told it would depart no earlier than tomorrow, with officials awaiting word from Washington. The shift comes as other ships in transatlantic routes adjust to the wartime situation, including Cunard ending public passenger lists while White Star Line Cra tic sails with limited Americans aboard and a gun on its stern.
At El Paso on February 6 Maj. Gen. J J Pershing arrived to assume the local headquarters left by Brig Gen George Bell Jr who now commands the Eleventh division. Rumors of Washington summons and unit redeployments are officially denied as the transfer proceeds.
Washington reports that 17 warbound German merchant ships examined at Philippine ports show severe damage by their crews, with six months or more needed to render any seaworthy. Of 23 vessels tied in the islands, all but six had been inspected. none could be put into condition without large time and money, suggesting a Berlin order. Officials say no evidence of U.S. plans to seize ships.
Uninsured vessels from Germany moored at piers in Klo boken N J and near One Hundred and Thirty-Athe street and the North river Manhattan were reported crippled. Piston heads in two liners engines were cracked and parts of steam machinery in the other two damaged while the Vaterland and the Pennsylvania remained undamaged.
Cabinet discussions at the White House focused on wartime preparations and the German submarine campaign. President Wilson and advisers weighed Zimmermann’s Berlin interview and awaited further details on the sinking of a British steamer and the fate of an American sailor.
Mobridge South Dakota reports severe snow drift destruction on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line. Plows and rotaries abandoned. passages shoveled by people as drifts run from one to four miles long and six to 20 feet deep. Only one train in a week. towns near exhaustion of meat and staples while fuel remains adequate. Livestock losses noted.
Congress moved to boost national defense funding with an $15.09 million naval bill addition including $5.1 million for merchant fleet ammunition and nearly $2 million for anti aircraft units. Senate action targeted enhanced penalties for threats to the president as debates over wartime measures and defense bills continued across committees and chambers.
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London dispatch quotes Albert Ballin director general of the Hamburg America Line saying the United States would not seize ships. He expressed hope for a settlement of tensions between the United States and Germany and said he believed the U S would spare no effort to resolve the issue. He noted no rupture in relations with America and called the prospect of seizure unthinkable.
Boston February 6 Governor Moca announced state police have been detailed to guard buildings across the state as a precautionary measure.
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