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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1918

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UAL And Food First 10 Move

UAL and Food shift up to ten places in the standings as teams near the season’s early stretch. Officials note strategic lineups and key players driving the push.

UAL FOOD

Central West Snow Storm Strands Freight and Coal

Washington reports a severe winter storm crippling rail freight from Pittsburgh to Chicago and St. Louis. A. H. Smith urges coal and food movement despite factory shutdowns to keep people warm and fuel ships, noting 118 ships at New York awaiting coaling and only 21 bunkered in 24 hours.

Washington McAdoo A. H. Smith East Pittsburg Buffalo Chicago St. Louis Mr. Smith West Chicasgo

Coal Famine Grips Chicago After Severe Blizzard

Chicago battles a coal shortage after a 50 year blizzard closed blast furnaces in South Chicago and halted Armour and Swift plants. Rail lines trim trains to save fuel while weather remains volatile. Schools reopened for 60,000 children as crews clear tracks to move coal and supplies.

Chicago South Chicage Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Armour Swift Ceal

Coal prioritized for ships and households under Garfield plan

Washington reports that ships carrying supplies to Europe are added to coal priority. A nationwide distribution plan favors households and public utilities first, then ships and war material, with fifth class including other industries. Requisitions may curb idle firms until funds allow.

Washington Europe Garfield Amust Fuel Administration New York P. B. Neyes The Conservation Division New England Mississippi

Rewa Hospital Ship Sunk. Debated Mine or Torpedo

London reports conflicting claims over whether the British hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed or struck by a mine in the Bristol Channel. British officials insist it was torpedoed, while German sources suggested a mine as a possibility, noting no mines were present where the vessel sank.

London Berlin Bristol Channel Rewa Wolff Bureau

Russo German peace talk in Brest Litovsk talks and war updates

The armistice extends to Feb 17 and talks of a final break with the Bolsheviks continue. Trotsky rebukes the German peace formula as decorative. Russia faces internal strife with Cossacks, mutinies, looting, and civilian shortages as battles and political maneuvering widen across the front.

Associated Press Bolsheviks Brest- Litovsk Warsaw Trotzky

Senate committee approves $80 million housing for shipyard workers

Washington reports the senate commerce committee approved an $80,000,000 bill to build housing for shipyard workers and urged use of the reserve to put all hands to work before year end. The panel also backed bills to commandeer trolley lines for worker transport and to create military zones around shipyards. The shipping board asked Congress for the $731,000,000 already authorized, with contracts let in anticipation.

Washington Senate Commerce Committee Shipping Board Congress

Armistice extended and peace prospects in Europe

British army expansion noted as tensions rise abroad while Bolshevik denunciations echo. Reports mention steamers collision and investigations in St. Paul. Domestic items include war stamp drives, vaccination hearings delays, and unrest in Germany amid postwar uncertainty.

St. Paul Waelish Butte Anaconda News Navy Germany

Texan Sinks After Collision Off Atlantic Port

Reports indicate the Texan, built 1902 for American-Hawaiian, collided with an unidentified steamer and sank after signaling distress. The crew of 43 abandoned ship as rescue efforts began. official Navy details and the collision’s cause remain unconfirmed.

Atlantic Naive Ellision Navy Department Williamette U. S Texan PF. Knight

Britain to Recruits Half a Million Soon in War Effort

In Parliament Sir Auckland Geddes announces plans to draft nearly 500000 men from Britain at the earliest date, with more to follow in coming months. Exempted Sea services workers and skilled laborers will be recalled to bolster army and munition production, as Allies’ strength remains robust but additional manpower is deemed essential.

Russia France Belgium Ttaly National Service Britain Tle America Empire Amalgamated Society of Mawineers Thie Society Sir Auckland Rumani Geeates Katy Floussia Army Agaiv

Mirage Raid on Karlsruhe by British Aviators

London reports a successful daylight air raid on Karlsruhe by British aviators. Karlsruhe is the capital of Baden and lies about 50 miles from the French border with a population around 75 000.

Berlin William Reichstax Annexationist Karlsrruhe Baden MIR Karlsruhe London Grand Duchy of Baden Loa Ana Hye

McAdoo Establishes Limited Priority on Coal and Food

Washington reports blizzard disruption to railroad traffic prompts Director General McAdoo to issue limited priority orders for coal and food to New York and vicinity. Middle West railways receive guidance to move coal and food first and to clear main routes, with no broader priority in effect.

Washington McAdoo New York Middle West

Argentine Wheat Sold to Entente Allies in 2.5 Million Ton Pact

Buenos Aires reports the foreign minister signed an agreement with British and French ministers to sell 2,500,000 tons of wheat to the Entente. Argentina will open a Bank of the Nation credit for the allies liquidated in two years to stabilize exchange rates.

Buenos Aires Argentina

Kentucky Ratifies Prohibition Amendment by Legislature

The Kentucky general assembly ratified the proposed federal prohibition amendment. The House approved 66 to 10 while the Senate backed it 27 to 16. The vote deviation in both chambers was brief.

Frankfort Kentucky General Assembly House Senate

Weather Forecast for Montana Unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday

Washington Delaware January 11 For Montana unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday with likely occasional snow showers and no significant change in temperatures. The outlook suggests variable skies and light to moderate accumulations possible across higher elevations.

Washington Montana

Texan distress report finds no lives lost after collision

Washington dispatches report no lives were lost in the Texan collision off the Atlantic coast and say vessels sent to aid the American steamer Texan were in position to rescue all on board if it sank.

Wwashington Navy Department Atlantic Navy

Senator Brady Funeral to be Held Tomorrow

The late Senator Brady will have four funeral services conducted here on Wednesday afternoon by Rex Forrest J. Petityviman, Senate Chaplain. His two sons, snowbound in the Middle West, arrived after the death was announced. The body was cremated and ashes will be taken to Poeatelia, Indiana, Brady’s former home. The senate adjourned and capitol flags were half-masted.

Washington Iia. of Rex Forrest J. Petityviman Senate Middle West Poeatelia Brady

Huns Defeated at the Marne End War Food Hoard

German munitions stockpiles exhausted in two months, not six, according to McClure of New York who spoke to the Four-Minute Men in Chicago. The miscalculation, he says, preserved civilization and prevented Germany from framing the war as by fatally decisive.

Germany Marne McClure New York Chicago

Colorado mining leaders plan joint convention address

Hoover Colo dan lo Gosit D Boyle of Colorado will address a joint convention of the Colorado Metal Mining Association and the Colorado Chapter of the American Mining Congress in Hoover on January 22. The silver situation will have an important place on the program.

Hoover, Colo Dan. Lo Gosit D. Boyle Colorado Colorado Metal Mining Association American Mining Congress

German Chancellor von Hertling Ill Likely to Resign

Telegraph reports from Berlin today say Count Georg von Hertling the German imperial chancellor is ill and probably will resign soon.

Berlin Count von Hertling

Bolshevik Denounced by Social Revolutionaries in Petrograd

The Constituent Assembly members issue a manifesto denouncing the Bolsheviks as warmakers and warn that a peace program by the Bolsheviks would open the front to enemies. They demand demobilization, a new volunteer army, federalism for a Russian republic, and abolition of private land ownership with nationalization of mines and resources.

Russia Kaledines Don River Mkaterinoslav Sebastopol Kilia Petrograd Social Revolutionary Constituent Assembly Bamesheviki Entente Iast Rivas Ruesiats Ca Deso Volksunteer

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