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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1918
Page
1
A fragmentary Inland report claims confidential Swift firm files reveal a sensational conspiracy. Authorities reportedly uncover deliberate data handling and potential misuse of information, prompting inquiries and calls for oversight.
Washington discussions reveal Swift Armour Morris and Cudahy plans to counter an inquiry into packers control of livestock markets. Walter Twombly and Francis Heney push for official records while probes shift to economic data and potential congressional action. The documents imply tactics to dampen investigation and influence publicity.
A fragmented Today’s Standard page notes varied items from legal notices to local events. It mentions charges, naturalization, a memorial, a church announcement, a hotel or plant fire, and scattered reports on schedules, court cases, and market notes with references to local figures and organizations.
A Baltimore fire report says two shipbuilding plants, Henry Rint Sons and Sella cotton mills, suffered blazes around the same time. One incendiary was sighted, another worker reportedly drowned, amid government contract activity and damage to wooden warship construction.
Alexander R Baldwin of San Francisco and L Brown, presidents of Western Pacific and Denver Rio Grande respectively, will be named receivers of the Denver Rio Grande railroad by Judge Walter Lane born of St Paul in federal district court in Denver tomorrow according to an official announcement.
Washington dispatch reports stalemate and maneuvers over a War Department address to Congress. Secretary Baker faces questions from committee members while Stettinius and Stimson officials reorganize procurement and war production under new oversight to avoid disclosures risking soldiers' lives.
General Gorgas told the Senate military committee that crowding of soldiers in cantonments and camps not ready to receive them largely spurred disease outbreaks. He noted halted hospital construction to speed up barracks, urged observation camps to keep recruits 14 days, and downplayed clothing shortages as a pneumonia factor.
Heavy loss of life feared as cyclone strikes Mackay Queensland causing severe flood, tidal surge, and massive property damage. Fourteen bodies reportedly found. sugar stocks worth over 2 million saved. Mackay, a sugar region seaport on Pioneer River, population about 3000.
The Holland America Line steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, held at Lovelock Roadstead with a large passenger list, began its voyage to the United States today after lingering offshore. The voyage follows a period of delays as the ship dodged submarines in the Atlantic.
The Kansas farm mortgage dispute continues as the Supreme Court weighs whether wartime seizures in Belgium affected the mortgage holder’s rights in Kansas. The case centers on foreclosure actions against the property in Morton County Kansas and trees to clarify which lien holds against the farm amid German invasions.
Sioux Falls on January 25 United States Marshal Taubmann and deputies arrested Conrad Korner of the Deutscher Herald and Walter Heynacher of Abersdeen SD on warrants charging violation of the act. Officers raided the Herald office and the home of Editor Kor Reman, president of the Germania Verein, seizing letters and other items.
Czernin outlines Austria’s monarchy stance in peace talks and urges delegations to back a Wilsonian peace. He stresses a peace at any price risks starving exports and warns Russia and Ukraine dynamics shape the path to a viable settlement.
Minnesota National Guard members, about 30, head to Duluth area as precautionary measure amid anticipated strike across the Northwest. Sheriff says no trouble reported, managers and officials request protection for lumber camps.
Washington January 25 President Hascold canceled engagements for this afternoon in the cab meeting and remained at the White House study at work. There were no outward indications of the international situation or the attacks on the war department in congress engaging the president's attention. It was said at the White House that the president had a slight cold.
The report analyzes foreign ministers and leaders in Germany Austria Hungary and Russia as they respond to Allied and American peace terms. It notes Germany and Austria Hungary reject core concessions while signaling limited room for dialogue, with Britain France and Japan seeking broader guarantees and territorial settlements.
Secret proceedings reveal General Sharpe defended a decision underscoring shortages would force sacrifice. Baker warned clothing shortages would arise if the army expanded beyond available men, while generals Gretle Orkyan and Wright discussed Allied superiority and German missteps after returning from the French front.
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