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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
1
Colonel delivers speech on war and peace at Panama-Pacific Exposition urging vigor and Preting as he recalls past battles and national resolve. The talk highlights perseverance, patriotism, and the duty of citizens to support the war effort.
Former president Theodore Roosevelt spoke in San Francisco at the Panama-Pacific exposition on War and Peace. He urged strong armed forces, attacked the idea of peace at any price, and mocked pacifist beliefs while praising universal military service and readiness to defend the nation. His remarks drew applause amid a crowded Court of the Universe setting and included a brief visit to enlisted men and a quip about planting a tree with his hat.
Telegraphic notes cover Roosevelt’s vigorous speech and hints of a triumphant entry into Warsaw. Bayonne oil works strike ends. C N news and state items note a collision on the flat and a city council issue. Butte banking and chautauqua tours appear with various local notices and ads.
Washington reports to the war department detail Red Cross chief Brigadier General Devol’s assertion that military leaders from Villa and Carranza profit from export taxes on Mexican food exports, while noncombatants starve. The memo claims taxes raise prices and deny relief purchases inside Mexico, forcing relief to pay higher prices at the border.
Washington reports says Carranza troops occupy the Mexican side of Naco on the Arizona border. State Department has not acted though the War Department urged withdrawal per agreement prohibiting fighting there. Consular reports and protests from Enrique C. Llorente, Villa’s agent, are noted.
New York report quotes Harry Appelbaum denying Timothy Sullivan’s involvement with Herman Regenthal’s gambling house or being driven to distraction by the Rosenthal murder. Appelbaum says Sullivan loaned money and favors to many, including Rosenthal, and notes Sullivan was ill long before the case.
Albany July 21 Governor Whitman said his view of Charles Becker’s guilt remains unchanged after studying Becker’s statement. He noted the claim that Alfred Monty Lewis told Becker he would be killed would have been important if true and questioned why Lewis did not testify at Becker’s second trial.
A July meeting in London backed the war effort despite small numbers of disruptors. Speakers included John Hodise Jorge H Roberts labor members, Ben Tillett and Hyndman, both socialist figures, with Tillett recently returned from the front voicing unwavering support for the war. Interjections urged peace talks but were opposed by the speakers.
Turkish minister of justice Jemkien Efe and Fassun Efendi head to Vienna and Sofia for separate peace talks with the triple Entente. Delegates arrive with full powers and were previously en route via Switzerland and Sofia.
In Tacoma Washington on July 21 Dr W Mowery told the Washington State Medical Association that radium fails as a cancer cure and that only early stage operations work. He noted increasing public education and a decline in disease prevalence. In Georgia's Mittengeville physicians reported Leo M Frank's condition improving after a throat injury, with vitals nearing normal following an assault by a fellow prisoner.
London reports Britain’s South Wales coal miners have accepted terms and will resume work immediately. The strike ends with broad support for settlement as David Lloyd George urges renewed effort to aid the war and the navy, stressing the need to reclaim lost time and bolster national resolve.
Twenty five Greeks left Astoria for their native Marmora region via New York to rescue relatives in Turkish territory. They report that on the island 25,000 inhabitants faced banishment to Asia Minor, property confiscated, women and children seized by Turkish captors. The locals pledge to fund the relief effort with the Allies.
Nine hundred longshoremen employed by Clyde Steamship Company and Baltic Steam went on strike for higher wages in New York on July 21. A leader warned that workers at most major lines would strike within a week, risking pier tieups and delaying foodstuffs and war supplies to Europe. An imperial ukase in London also ordered a council meeting of the empire and the Duma for August 1.
War reports from London describe renewed fighting around Warsaw with Austro German and Russian forces clashing to determine control. Russian flanks along rivers hold fortresses while German counterattacks near Rozan Pultusk and Novogeorsevienk struggle to slow the Russian advance toward the Vistula. In Courland and Bessarabia new actions unfold as French and Italian forces push on. meanwhile unrest in New Jersey escalates at Bayonne Standard Oil plant leaving one dead and many injured after police and strikers clash.
Port of Bridgeport July reports say the International Association of Machinists reached a settlement with Remington Arms and ammunition contractors. Pickets to be called off, workers to return Monday morning after a New York conference. Disruptions by striking workers in front of the Union Metallic Cartridge plant prompted police action as demonstrations near the end of the day.
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