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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1916
Page
1
Teppelins report a second attack on Paris following earlier actions. The note mentions dissatisfaction and partial damages, with payment and return expected by Sunday. The fragmented text references a Paris target and a forthcoming repayment or response deadline.
Paris reports a Zeppelin raid Saturday night killing 24 and wounding 27, with fog blinding defenses and searchlights failing. An air battle involved 30 French planes, one Zeppelin pursued west, then vanished at 14,000 feet after dropping about three and a half tons of bombs as Paris shut lights and warned residents to stand to arms.
Berlin reports the British legation in Romania is inviting grain dealers to sell to legation agents, sending grain prices up and overloading Romanian freight cars. The dispatch notes Entente agitation continues, with Romania not mobilizing but massing troops on Bulgarian Hungarian borders and near Bessarabia.
Wireless stations along the south Atlantic coast, coast guard cutters, and the torpedo boat destroyer Worden joined the search for submarine K-5, missing since early Sunday after departing New York with K-1 K-2 and K-6 for winter maneuvers. Navy officials said no cause for alarm, attributing the loss to fog and separation from escort vessels.
London dated report states Brig. Gen. Sir Rolla Estouteville Grimston equerry to King George was found dead yesterday morning hanging to a bed rail with a handkerchief tied to his neck. He had been ill recently and previously served as inspector general of imperial service troops in India.
President Wilson travels from Cleveland toward Milwaukee for a key midwest speech to unite foreign born Americans in duty to the nation. He plans platform talks in Illinois and Wisconsin towns, emphasizing preparedness and loyalty amid the European crisis, while meeting Mrs. Wilson in Cleveland before departure.
London report cites Times Copenhagen correspondent that Denmark will see 25,000 workers walk out, beginning Tuesday, with most strikes centered in shipyards.
British journalist J W Newcome reports greater famine in Sonora but notes Chihuahua Coahuila and Durango face even harsher conditions. He describes naked children cold in highlands and women with little clothing, crops nearly gone, and a shrinking corn supply. European doctors report epidemics and rising deaths from tuberculosis. In Washington Admiral Barker, retired, dies of pneumonia at home. burial at Arlington planned.
The Tia Juana race track, washed away by a flood, reopened on New Year’s Day. California investors led by James W. Coffroth funded the venture under a concession from Governor Cant of Lower California. Proponents say the dry, fast course will suit year round racing.
Montana vocalist Miss Reber emerged involved in a Chicago incident with financier Moses Ramsey. Ramsey alleged gifts and a $500 ring, accused her of impropriety, she refused marriage, collapsed from stress, and was hospitalized at the Hotel, while Ramsey traveled to New York for a directors’ meeting.
Ottawa Ontario General Sam Hughes minister of militia announced that the war office has called for two more battalions and will provide transports. The statement indicates dispatch of twenty thousand additional Canadian troops overseas in the near future.
London reports The Daily Express quotes the Frankfurter Zeitung that Germany has submitted its final answer to Washington in the Lusitania case and that Germany will not disavow submarine actions nor concede any points. The report notes no further concessions by Berlin.
Reports from Diego Cal and two sources say the Cuyamaca dam at the San Diego River breached releasing a massive water surge. Col Edward Fletcher and dairy ranch owner Walter Duppee’s son claim alerts from Santee warn residents to seek safety in the hills as boats and masives are considered for rescue efforts.
San Diego January 9 A sweep of flood devastation leaves about 3000 people homeless in the region. 600 sheltered on hills near Palm station. Reports say Morena Dam may have burst releasing millions of gallons of water toward Imperial Beach and Coronado. Refugees flock to Palm station and San Valdro while relief stations stock bedding clothing and fuel. Marines report 21 bodies found in Otay valley area and the coroner presses for rapid casualty tallies as rescue continues.
Looting in the Otay valley near San Diego was checked as Marines and sailors patrolled the area. Rear Admiral Feiman led recovery efforts for flood victims, with bodies washed from the Morena dam region and many unidentfied. The lower Otay dam breach, caused by floodwaters, prompted evacuations and warnings as Japanese observers reported a four foot wave downstream.
Colonel House, Wilson's representative, left Berlin for Paris and London via Switzerland. He said conversations with German leaders and Ambassador Gerard were profitable and could ease German American relations. He offered no new light on the German situation but conveyed information shaping the president's understanding.
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