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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1916
Page
1
Reports indicate widespread destruction across the Carolinas and Virginia with heavy damage on all sides. The latest tallies show significant losses to property and infrastructure as residents confront extensive recovery challenges.
Floods from last week's hurricane swept through North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia. At least 19 are missing and property damage is estimated around 18 million dollars with heavy losses in Asheville and Charlotte area mills, cotton warehouses, bridges, and crops. Rail and telegraph services are disrupted as towns remain isolated.
The page outlines worsening flood damage across multiple areas, noting American firms affected, efforts halted by bad weather, and slow progress. It lists ongoing campaigns, local court notes, and regional updates from Anaconda to Butte with brief items on divisions, elections, and public notices.
In St Paul Minnesota July 17 prohibition party leaders admitted a planned get-together to attract Progressives Republicans and Democrats would likely fail resulting in a low key meeting with little political impact James M Inkersoll of Idaho arrived as a potential advocate for fusion while Oliver W Stewart of Chicago supported Indiana candidate J Frank Hanly Stewart touted Hanly as strongest candidate and in a telegram the committee urged John M Parker to declare his stand and unity would follow if Parker accepts
New York reports a successful check on the infantile paralysis epidemic as Health Commissioner Emerson notes fewer new cases and deaths. Mayor Mitchel urges calm, says risk to visitors remains low, and the city has started to lift some quarantines and resumes business. The health board warns longer incubation may extend control efforts.
Washington reports President Wilson delayed the August 5 notification ceremonies to after Congress adjourns. Vance McCormick said the president wants to focus on congressional business and pivotal bills like child labor and workers compensation. Campaign efforts will hinge on Congress and the Mexican situation.
Chihuahua City July 17 Several scattered groups of Villistas have broken a government cordon at Rio Florido bottoms and gathered at Tinajas and Las Escobas on the road to Ojinaga. About 200 bandits move north aiming for another raid on the American border. General Trevino ordered Barrios at Ojinaga and Piedras Negras to intercept. He warned some outlaws may evade patrols due to terrain and rainy season waters. Mexican troops will strive to block the border entry.
Private R. Tucker of the Eleventh infantry fatally wounds Antonio Rodriguez, a Mexican musician, as he and a companion attempt to cross toward the international boundary. Tucker fired after signaling them to halt and a boy on a bicycle failed to stop them. Guards were instructed to fire on anyone bearing arms who fails to halt, to prevent incursions at the gate or beyond the customs area.
An appeal attributed to the German General Staff urges the nation to support the war effort. The dispatch notes enemy advances through villages and woods and emphasizes the need to sustain the army amid heavy fighting.
William Bothwell a former Seattle city comptroller and recent waterfront special officer was killed in a pistol duel during a Ferguson hotel bar raid. Prohibition officers W. W Morris and W. Harvey were seriously injured as Farnham protected the bar and Bothwell fired on the officers after showing badges. Farnham, the hotel proprietor, was held in the city jail.
Bogota Colombia signs a contract with a New York financial concern to secure a loan of $5,000,000. The loan will be backed by the city’s public utilities and related assets.
London July 17 British government to publish a list of 70 to 60 firms and individuals in the United States barred from trade by residents of the United Kingdom under the enemy control. The list outlines four classifications and explains domestic policy limiting trade with enemy nationals. Reports describe Allied actions and casualty figures in the war front, including Volhynia and Somme regions, with German setbacks and Allied bombardments continuing.
A four masted American schooner possibly carrying petroleum and three Swedish steamers with pulp were captured by German torpedo boats south of Drager Denmark and brought to Swinemuende according to Reuters Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen at 2 06 am London time July 18.
Reports say Allied forces achieved additional progress on the Western and Eastern fronts. British enthusiasm grows as Gen Haig’s depthing lines indicate deepening pressure on German positions, with documents cited as confirming gains.
A statement in the House of Commons by Nak McKenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, estimates the war cost at thirty million dollars daily. The figure highlights the scale of expenditures and the government's financial burden during the conflict.
Baltimore July 17 indications point to the submarine merchantman Deutschland being ready to sail tomorrow. The tug Thomas F Timmins coaled the submersible today while the crew loaded rubber and other cargo. Police and guards kept crowds away as work continued with a night shift joining the day crew to finish loading and stowage.
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