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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1918
Page
1
Wadoo shifts coal supply strategy by securing railway transport reducing shortages and addressing famine risks. Government and local officials praise improved distribution while experts warn of long term dependency on rail logistics.
Washington reports indicate the Great Tunnel under the Hudson will be opened to coal shipments despite past passenger limitations. President Wilson plans to address Congress Friday on railway legislation to ease congestion and compensate carriers, with McAdoo ordering emergency measures to speed freight and reduce stalled coal cars nationwide.
Reading fragmented items note incidents in Norfolk and Petrograd, with unrest and fighting across Piave and the Austro German fronts. Mentions include Butte and Anaconda where local men write from France, arrests, and tax matters amid war strain.
Amid famine and mutterings of peace terms, reports from London and Petrograd describe Kaledines Cossacks engaging Bolshevik forces. Dispatches warn that Russia’s neutrality may crumble if no decisive action is taken, with German and Entente pressures shaping possible peacemaking.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions Wednesday and Thursday with light winds. Temperatures are expected to be mild and skies mostly sunny with no significant precipitation on these days. Expect comfortable conditions for outdoor activity and travel.
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, issues a New Year's message to organized labor. He stresses upholding democracy at home while fighting to spread it abroad, calls war a test of workers' unity, and says opposition to war under wartime authority becomes treason. He notes that the outcome hinges on production and organization across factories, mills, farms, and transport.
Snow in Italy isolates HMS Geneva and disrupts military trains and frontier passes. Reports say Red Cross and food supplies are restalled, and troops on duty face heavy delays on Tyrol passes as reserves and regiments experience hampered operations for several days.
London reports Allied air raids on Germany trigger nervousness across districts and questions about American air invasions. Officials calm fears over the American attack plan as explosions in munitions plants raise unrest in frost-prone areas.
In bitter cold New York endured its first coal riot as hundreds besieged depots awaiting fuel. Crowds blocked trucks and forced entry to gather coal, while officials pled with calm and repair crews increased supply. Authorities credited relief plans and the Hudson tunnel usage to expedite deliveries. Temperature hovered near zero with a slow warming trend forecast.
Atlantic Port reports Captain Andre Tardieu French high commissioner to the United States states allies face the hardest war period. He notes six months of intensified effort required and stresses economic sacrifices and restrictions needed from America for victory. He will travel to Washington to brief officials again.
A series of blasts and a major blaze in Norfolk Virginia killed three men and injured many as walls collapsed and a district including the Monticello hotel burned. Firefighters faced low water pressure and near freezing temps while naval officers aided police and guardsmen. Dozens were left homeless as the city shifted to martial law amid an ongoing search for suspects.
Allied arms push on the Piave river drives the Teutons from the western bank at the Zenson bridge area. Heavy losses inflicted on the foe as infantry advance, with intensive duels along the northern front near Monte Tomba and Asiago. Air raids persist on Treviso with civilian damage, while other fronts report bombardments and limited gains by British forces against Turks in Palestine and in southwestern Russia news echoes.
John F. Hylan began his mayoralty of New York promising strict consecration of public funds and elimination of useless offices. He disclosed late appointments and named a new set of officials including Patrick D. Riordan as chief medical inspector replacing the coroner, with five borough medical inspectors to follow.
London reports Sir Cecil Spring Rice and Lord Bertie will retire from the British embassies in Washington and Paris. Rumor says Sir George Buchanan may review his post as ambassador at Petrograd. A blaze near Camp Stuart destroyed three dwellings and damaged 13,000 soldiers’ belongings.
Seattle January 4 Heavy rains eased but floods keep rail traffic poor. Three daily trains between Seattle and Portland carry all service while nine local seven transcontinental and two Spokane trains are idle. Great Northern Northern Pacific and Oregon Washington railroads coordinate this joint service to ease congestion.
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