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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
1
The article notes a potential clash between Theodore Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers over settlement plans as a labor deadlock in Butte shows signs of breaking, with tensions between the administration and labor leaders surfacing amid accusations.
Turbulent Carnegie Hall gathering honors Russian envoys as Theodore Roosevelt denounces mob violence in East St. Louis while Samuel Gompers presses for accountability and an investigation. The crowd jeers erupt as leaders clash before Horis Hakhmetieli arrives to address the Russian mission.
Roosevelt faces Gompers clash over settlement prospects while a plot to burn grain emerges. A Butte incident reports a man firing at his wife, with court and mining notices, a conscription theater piece, and local state news including Chinese concerns and a new courtroom appearance.
Herbert C Hoover, food administrator, urged stockades be built around grain elevators in grain regions to guard against enemy plots. The Chicago Board of Trade warehouse committee postponed action after facing opposition that stockades would reveal elevator locations and invite German aggression.
Federal agents arrested two Germans described as a paymaster for the spy network and a former associate of Capt Franz von Papen at the German embassy. Heynen and Burgemeister were taken to Ellis Island for processing, with links to Dr Heinrich Albert and the Deutsches Bank of Berlin, said to direct German propaganda and finance in the United States. The pair had headquarters in a Hamburg-America building office once used by Albert and were described as key figures in the spy system.
Sioux Falls says government investigates alleged Industrial Workers plot to paralyze the state by burning ripened crops. Army officers report posters and maps among plotters while officials urge farmers to watch fields for signs of arson and for possible arrests once evidence is secured.
London dispatch reports that declarations intended as a basis for peace talks were quoted by sources involved in the negotiations. The message indicates the parties have abandoned a previous approach and seek a new framework for discussions.
Washington weather report forecasts partly cloudy conditions Saturday with possible showers as a cooler air mass moves in likely by Sunday morning.
Washington reports the steamship Orleans of Oriental Navigation was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine. Four crew members drowned while all armed guards were saved. The attack’s time and place were withheld by the State Department. The 2808 ton vessel was en route to France with a crew of 45 including 10 Americans, from Spokane and Seattle among the named crew.
A washout in the Boise to Barer New York canal is estimated to cost about 1 million dollars. Head gates are closed cutting off 160000 acres of water supply. United States reclamation officials appeal for 100 volunteers to help repair, with repairs expected to take a week.
Berlin reports renewed heavy artillery actions in Eastern Galicia as Russian and Teutonic forces clash between Zhorow and Kontuchy and Brzezany. The official German army statement says massed Russian assaults were repelled with very heavy losses.
A Belgian mission visiting the United States was welcomed in Butte with a packed Broadway theater and a tribute highlighting Belgian suffering under German deportations. Speakers praised Belgian workers, mothers, and Cardinal Mercier, and urged American support as the war raged, with a call to defend freedom and honor.
Washington reports selection day for the new national army as registration cards are numbered and forwarded to Provost Marshal General Crowder. Officials indicate a drawing next week with a single jury wheel in Washington, drafting those whose cards bear drawn numbers, while addressing district balance and exemptions amid a projected 1.2 million calls.
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