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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1918
Page
10
Teutons in Petrograd amid talks on peace terms. German and Austrian delegates, housed in local theaters cafes and hotels, discuss potential treaty terms with the constituent assembly while awaiting Brest-Litovsk talks. Bulgarian and Turkish delegates expected to arrive. joint sittings reported.
Fin land native Holm Esnil Holm died. Funeral will be private at the county isolation hospital this morning. Interment at Mountain View cemetery. Jane Lees funeral at 214 Locust Street then to Annie Church for service and Holy Cross cemetery burial. Automobiles.
Austro German and Russian delegates opened discussions in Brest Litovsk focusing on prisoner fate and trade relations. The movement of central powers delegations between hotels amused Russian papers, while neutral consuls met in Petrograd on bank deposit security. A temporary Petrograd commander in chief, Kremyeft, was named amid talks of a plebiscite in Odesa to confirm its status. Maximists clashed with Sernai troops, firing on them as several dozen men were killed.
Joseph Fugellia a Mexican man died this morning at Buttermer ey hospital after a New Year’s Eve arrest at 659 South Arizona street. He was in a dazed state when police took him in and gradually worsened. Police had already labeled him a dope fiend. Helen Shelton was arrested with Fugellia and held on a vagrancy charge.
London Jan 1 The New Year’s honors include many war service recognitions and arts and literature awards. Sir Frederick E attorney general is named a baronet while John Galsworthy and Anthony Hope receive knighthoods. New peerages and privy council memberships are announced for figures such as Sir Frederick Cawley Sir John Balfour Dawson and Baron Furness. The list also elevates artists architects and academics including John Lavery Sidney Low Edwin Lutyens and Dr Andrew MacPhail.
Seattle date January 1 Puget Sound Trac and Power company asks the state public service commission for permission to employ women operatives to run streetcars. The company cites a labor shortage in shipyards and other areas crippling service. A public hearing on the application is planned for Monday.
Rome reports Austrians compelled to abandon the Yenson bridgehead after Italian operations. They relocate to the east bank of the river as Teallan line holds. Portland dispatch notes a wartime bonus offer for emergency fleet workers at Seattle, with 10 percent bonus for six days of labor per week and exemptions for certain workers.
An old advertisement extols Swamp Root as a proven remedy for kidney ailments. It claims rapid, mild effects and urges starting treatment, noting availability in drug stores and a sample offer for ten cents from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York. The notice invites readers to mention the paper when ordering.
Reports say Bolsheviks arrested members of the United States railway commission in Irkutsk amid Russia upheaval. St Paul officials and rail leaders say no confirmation, while the mission continues efforts to aid Russian railways though details remain scarce.
Atlantic Port January 1. Congressman George Holden Pinkham of Massachusetts arrived aboard a steamship after firing the first shot of Americans against Austria from an Italian gun. He was wounded in a car accident on a shell-strewn road and sustained multiple injuries. Pinkham plans a report for Washington on American troops in France and their equipment.
Philadelphia cards produced draws and wins as Frankie Callahan and Eddie Wagend fought to a draw while Johnny Nich defeated Joe Tuber. Babe Pleato and Teo Houck won their bouts for New Orleans and Lane Pastor respectively. Marine and Army teams clashed with a 19 to 7 Marine victory. A Johnny Griffiths Downey bout ended in a hard fought draw with cuts. Moran shaded by Morton Davie in Montana. Berlin reports German gains on the western front with Prince Rupprecht’s army group advancing.
Midnight artillery intensified near Houtholst Wood and Passchendaele as reconnoitering efforts southwest of Monchy failed. South of Marcoing the gains from Sunday slip back as German Crown Prince and Duke Albrecht forces press. Artillery remains active north of Prosnes and around Orne and St Mihiel, with limited details on other fronts.
An Anaconda native, a girl of age, died in El Paso Texas. Charles J. Kelly, president of the bank, received word last night. She was survived by her father and three sisters Mrs. Charles J. Kelly of Butte, Mrs Kenneth Frazer of Great Falls, and Mrs. Leslie Sher Idan of El Paso, plus other relatives.
Ottawa reports a British dispatch from La Vacquerie describes a German assault on a half mile front under liquid fire. German troops penetrated trenches briefly but retreated under heavy machine gun fire as allies recaptured the positions. An airman, pursued by cavalry, escaped toward the British lines after a dramatic low-altitude flight.
Variant reports from Rome cite Eliphtherios Venizelos hailing U.S. entry into the war as strengthening democracy. He says America adds men, money, and moral support, views Central powers as weak, and predicts the Entente will prevail in the European conflict.
Richmond Va Jan 1 Dr Ast W Chamberlain formerly of Town faces murder charges in Goochland court for killing his brother Judge Albert P Chamberlain. He plans to plead guilty and seek mercy, claiming a quarrel over settling their affairs sparked the tragedy. Albert’s body was found dispersed on the brother’s farm. The defense may argue justifiable homicide if supported. The trial opens tomorrow at Goochland courthouse.
London reports claim the government has seized the British Museum to use as offices for official business. Critics denounce the action as vandalism and an unjustified assault on a historic institution, while assurances of continued use fail to quell protests. Meanwhile, in Arizona bandits raided towns and halted a Southern Pacific de Mexico train, prompting orders for three hundred federal troops from Hermosillo.
King Ferdinand opened the Rumanian parliament with a speech stressing sacrifices for justice and liberty among nations. He praised the army and thanked parliament for constitutional reform, equal suffrage, and land apportionment measures enacted at the last session.
London dispatch notes Queen Mary sending a Sandringham telegram praising allied women. Howard Shaw of the Woman Suffragists reports warm thanks from British women for encouragement amid the war. The piece mentions marriages of sailors in American flotilla near the Irish coast, including a sailor Groft and Miss Nort Carroll, daughter of Lady Ellen Carroll and the late Sir James Carroll, prominent in Queenstown society.
The third consecutive night air raid on Padua heavily damaged famed churches and art monuments. The sixteenth century cathedral front collapsed while the Santo basilica suffered severe damage to Donatello works and Titian frescoes. The statue of General Gattamelata and the preserved sepulcher were moved for safety as the city endured three strikes. Twenty hours of bombardment scattered debris across the square and targets included the Guild of St Anthony building and stained glass windows.
Minneapolis report: Reverend J Morrill pastor arrested by federal officers on charges of sending improper matter through the mails. He pleaded not guilty before a United States commissioner and was released on 2000 bail for a hearing in April. The charge centers on a book about conditions in Mexico whose writings were widely reprinted in the country and accused of stirring anti-American sentiment against the Carranza government.
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