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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
3
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a leading kidney liver and bladder remedy. It emphasizes mild immediate effects and broad use for distressing ailments, inviting readers to request a sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton New York and to mention the Anaconda Daily Standard.
New York January 10 The U S circuit court of appeals confirmed the conviction of four Hamburg America Line officials for violating customs laws by sending supplies to German cruisers early in the war The defendants included managing director Warl Buengz and others Adelph Hueh Meister George Wotter and Joseph Poppenhouss Hachmeister and Kotter were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 11 months to a year and a day The government argued they used false manifests to hide ship destinations under a 1914 wartime agreement with Germany to supply warships in the Atlantic
Ja a Hitam ¢ oil, mayor of Seattle, was barred for one year by the state board of law examiners from practicing in Wik ineton. The charges said he allowed the firm Gus Hoyt & Frye to use his name to solicit police court business. Hoyt, Frye, and the mayor's former partners faced similar penalties.
In Ottawa Ontario January fire rips through the Catholic General Hospital destroying the east wing with damage around 100000. Several children died or were injured. one girl aged four perished after being strapped to a bed. Nuns and nurses saved most patients despite the blaze.
Paterson Wy Keedan reports Pompton Lakes and Haskell Du Pont powder plants, dedicated to war work, will close within hours unless coal shipments arrive promptly.
Washington January 10 Peel Administrator Garfi eld ordered all paper board manufacturers to suspend fuel use from Saturday morning 7 until Monday 7. The move aims to cut coal consumption possibly by 50 million tons next year as part of a broader conference with manufacturers not in war work. The industry agreed to cooperate and estimate their potential savings.
Wilburton Oklahoma Dan 10 James Carry superintendent of the enginging department at Patterson Powder company was killed when a terriffic explosion wrecked the plant. Only one man was killed, though property damage is large.
New York January 10 The unfilled orders on the books of United States Steel for December 31 stood at 8 381 718 tons, an increase of 484 612 tons from November 30 This marks the first monthly rise since April 1917 when orders reached 12 183 082 tons in the companys record high.
In Memphis on January 10 a blast of dynamite in a freight locomotive boiler at Harahan bridge over the Mississippi fatally injures several people. At least two men are reported to be dying or dead.
Mark Li Requa of Oakland California was appointed head of the newly formed oil division of the fuel administration. The first task is a full inquiry into the petroleum situation. The extent of government control remains undecided and likely to be decided by Requa, a millionaire mining engineer and oil expert.
Paris reports the French easily repelled a German raid against small posts on the western edge of the upper Couey forest. An official statement notes active artillery fighting in the vicinity of Vauxailton.
A broad Nebraska snowstorm spreads statewide with temperatures around 4 below. Weather officials forecast a further drop as the system continues. The snow is described as beneficial to winter wheat in the region.
Adolph Bollman, held on suspected espionage links to German circles, fled from custody in San Francisco. DOJ operative Don Rathbun said he notified all police chiefs and federal agents in the West to watch for Bollman.
The Hampton villa bought in 1745 by actor David Garrick will be converted into a postwar dramatic club. Garrick commissioned architect Robert Adam to design a new front and enlarge the estate.
The villa occupied by Garrick remained in his family until 1779 and passed to his widow in 1822. Noted occupants include Sir Lifton Robinson. Dr Johnson praised the house for social life where actors and artists gathered. A rotunda near the riverfront, known as Carrick's Temple, memorialized Shakespeare with a statue later moved to the British Museum.
The act specifies infantry regiments with multiple officers and companies, battalion layouts, and brigade and division compositions. It notes the president may adjust unit numbers to meet military needs.
A Mitchell South Carolina woman, alarmed by a coin shortage report, phoned a local bank and handed over 20 000 cents she had saved since childhood to a strong messenger to take to her home.
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