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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1918
Page
8
Fragmented OCR notes describe tanks roaming and faring ground near Rome during a July 4 celebration. Attacks anticipated by Aust and Allied forces include defenses and manhole concealment as part of a wartime display.
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Harriet Line in a Norfolk area, linked to local undertakers, with a mention of wartime service and a ceremony at Great SMe. The piece references Grest SMe and Wateriow, noting solemnities and local landmarks.
The funeral for Helen Richards is announced with familial relations including Joseph Richards and Yarrington Richards noted as president and manager. The notice provides standard funeral directions and asks for acknowledgment of condolences.
Daniels and Bilboa offer funeral services at Bee Park Street in Butte with contact numbers S83 and 8317 Aw Carriage Rantom listed in the damaged entry.
A war correspondent describes quiet front lines near the Somme with tanks and shelling, noting Australian and American troops, captured weapons, and a shift in Amiens stalls. He reflects on Amiens cathedral surviving bombardment, the landscape scarred by shell holes, and poppy filled ridges as troops prepare for a renewed offensive.
Washington July. The sinking of the army transport President on May 31 in a war zone was ruled an act of war by an unidentified German submarine. Three officers and twenty three enlisted men were lost. The naval court commended the ship’s officers and crew and the two destroyers that went to the rescue.
Alexander Legget returns from St Louis touting a plan to reopen St Louis to Gulf freight lines via a steel barge system. A $7,000,000 project would use 12 and 18 ton steel barges to carry cotton and wheat to New Orleans, with government backing and extended timelines. The idea envisions new docks and river transport feeding levees, while broadway theater notes highlight Dorohy Maynard and a Chicago company touring in town.
Fragmentary wartime notes claim German reports misstate Allied actions in France. The American Army allegedly held that raids and captures were limited, with no verifiable evidence of enemy gains beyond small patrol contacts.
London reports English and Japanese landing parties patrolled Vladivostok where fighting between Czecho-Slovaks and Bolsheviks began in June. The clash ended with Bolsheviks defeated and Czecho-Slovaks taking control of the city.
The number of bodies recovered from the ill fated excursion steamer Columba rose to 77 with 25 more feared trapped in the submerged wreckage. A federal inquiry into the sinking proceeds as divers report the perilous task ahead.
The Standard presents daily war updates from the Chicago Tribune and New York Times special cable service. Read the Standard for the latest battlefront reports by its war correspondents and stay posted on major developments.
Soldiers drop opening City league game to Montgomery based Montana hardware and power firms in a doubleheader. In the second game Montana Hardware beats Soldiers 4 to 4. Center fielder Watson sparkled with a double play and strong defense, while Montgomery Power and Owen Mont saw mixed results as both teams strained for second place.
Frank Coyle, 35, engineer at the Badger mine, was found dead in his room in the Flva block 1 rade street late Saturday. Officials say death from natural causes and no inquest will be held. He is survived by his mother, a brother who recently enlisted, and a sister Mrs M D Tutte.
Alfred Royer, 61, pioneer resident of Butte, native of Canada, died at home on B28 night. He is survived by his mother Mrs Rosa Royer and brothers Joseph and Donald Royer of Vermont. Funeral arrangements have not been made. The remains are at Walsh's undertaking rooms.
This morning at nine o'clock the state health officers association opens its first session at city hall council room. In the afternoon at two o'clock the second session begins at St James hospital on Silver and Idaho streets. Meetings are open to the public.
Butte men and six others from Montana enlisted in the regular army at Spokane Saturday according to word received here. The Butte group includes eight soldiers in the signal corps and Charles Rule in the quartermaster corps. Four men from Towne fend joined the field artillery. J T McCarthy of Helena and Brown of Missoula entered the RPS. GC B Bedell of Hamilton joined the in renane Maute unit. Mrs Maute, mother of the Cash House proprietor, died yesterday at her son's home 205 Watson street. Funeral Tuesday at Sacred Heart church with 9:30 mass. Interment Holy Cross cemetery. Also notes final Red Cross from a miners-policemen baseball game raised 600.
A resident of Whitehall was taken to St James Hospital last night for treatment of injuries from a fall that likely dislocated her shoulder.
Dense smoke and multiple wildfires across Idaho and adjacent forests threaten 6 000 acres in the Selway region while 2 000 acres burn on Bear Creek. Additional blazes near Elk City and Three Devils, with crews from Spokane and Missoula aiding 100 or more firefighters as 400 acres smolder in the interior.
In Big Timber a coroner's inquest concluded Van Goor died from a wound inflicted by Furley, who admitted the act as self defense. The hearing named Justice Shipton to hear next steps, with Miller and O'Connor retained for the defense and County Attorney Selters leading the prosecution. Funeral services for Van Goor were held at the Lutheran church.
Report from the front notes Albania through Vienna and the Adriatic as Italian actions press. Vienna claims positions hold. Russia dominates focus after Count Mirbach's Moscow assassination raises fears of German intervention and unrest. Murman coast locals reportedly turn against Russia with Allied marines patrolling Arctic shorelines.
Mrs Julia Hol, 68, mother of Mayor Holland, died at her home in Watkerville. Survived by two sons, Holland and Dansi Hol, and a daughter, Miss Julia Holland. Born near Red, she came west 62 years ago and lived in Butte 22 years. She was a member of Women of Woodcraft Circle 155. Funeral Tuesday morning at home then St Lawrence Church with 9 30 high mass. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery.
Missoula July 7 four bellboys at the Palace hotel were arrested on charges of stealing $100 and a watch from Christ Haim a guest during the Stampede. Nelson cattle Joe Schiller Streat and Arthur Spencer Alf Satin are held after confessions linking them to a wider robbery scheme with Thomas alias Eiffel Martin.
July 7. William Taylor, a man from the bombardment faction, fights and shows hardtack is good for eating and for other uses, proving its value in hardship.
Deer Lodge July 7 notes cover Col Tom McTague and niece Wells visiting Drummond, local theatre trip, arrivals from Lordsburg for a visit, Marsh family outings, and Army postings. Camp Lewis furloughs and rejections noted, fair price commission forms, price cuts on wheat substitutes, Tacoma guests of the Cessfords, Ayotte brothers visiting from Providence, appendicitis recovery at St Josephs, Tertha Normandin vacation, and assorted hometown notices.
Hamilton July chairman of the defense council and County Attorney KE led a Stevensville hearing on alleged slackers in wartime service. Defendants Nichols Ht Wood Phoman Hiller JW Baker, residents of Stevensville area, faced questioning on war contributions. Testimony was recorded by stenographer I E Jones. No decision was made. transcript pending.
A shower freshened Lewistown setting. Hamilton, a wounded Canadian soldier who endured 22 French battles, and Roy Murray arrived from Harlowton with W N Smith to attend a reception honoring soldiers. C K Detter planned a return to New York for patriotic meetings. A judge sentenced a man to seven to fifteen years for a 1916 postmaster robbery in Armel. Funeral crowds filled the Masonic temple with cheers from the Masonic and Elk fraternities as George Hirst spoke.
In Helena on July 7 a saloon shooting wounded Matthew Caldwell, a cook, by Samuel Russell, a barber. The night sparked lynching talk as Russell was sought while the marshal announced arrests for liquor sales and other incidents. Harvest reports vary with 10 to 18 bushels cited, and a massive meteor shower lit the night sky, possibly near Miles City.
The building committee of Montana Wesleyan College Helena Montana will receive bids up to July 25 1918 for construction of a girls dormitory. Plans and specifications are available at the office of associate architects George HM Curatey and Harred Link. Right reserved to reject any and all bids.
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