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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
1
Dense throngs line streets as Major General Pershing arrives in Paris with the French deputies and public cheering. Flowers and flags fill the route while crowds fill windows and rooftops, as officials recount his service and ally resolve.
London government contemplates granting amnesty to Irish prisoners arrested during last year’s rebellion. Chancellor Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that a decision will be announced immediately.
Seventeen lines of terse items list ongoing wartime anxieties and local notes. Thirteen more bodies found intensify fear while Montana leads the nation in headlines. Rotarians express sympathy. police force grows. an Anaconda section appears with funeral notices for Duggan and references to Serbian war involvement.
Thirteen more bodies were found with only six identified and most quickly buried at the cemetery. Local officials reported rapid identification efforts, while families awaited formal confirmations amid ongoing rescue operations.
The North Butte company faces a month or two of shutdown as Granite Mountain shaft repairs loom. Officials report 161 to 163 dead, 13 bodies recovered, and several funerals held, including John Bajovich and Bartley Kane, with ceremonies across local churches and cemeteries.
Washington June 14 A conference organized the American League for National Unity to end hyphenism. Dr Charles P Steinmetz of Schenectady NY presided. Senator Shafroth spoke in Hoover’s absence urging unalloyed Americanism. John M Parker urged farm organization. Geoffrey Butler warned that merciless publicity is needed in a democracy at war.
Lincoln Nebraska June 14 Col The Gore Roosevelt addressing thousands on the capitol grounds closes the semi centennial Nebraska celebration with a strong Americanism message. He condemns German language newspapers as fit for censorship and says clergy who do not place the flag above the church should close the church. He urges farmers to buy Liberty bonds and cautions about Wall Street.
Stockholm June 14 Foreign Minister Lindman told parliament Sweden will continue to observe unequivocal loyal neutrality. He warned the war would not end soon and predicted greater sufferings ahead, noting a likely poor harvest while emphasizing Sweden must avoid participation or new restrictions.
London reports in the House of Commons give latest air raid casualty figures: 104 killed, 154 seriously hurt, 269 slightly injured. Total casualties include 120 children killed or injured.
A June report shows Montana surpassing $15 million in Liberty Loan subscriptions, with state apportionment near $87,000,000 and a registration rate around 120 percent. The total subscriptions and population ratios are highlighted, noting higher levels as of today.
London reports a massive munitions factory blast at Ashton-Under-Lyne on Wednesday causing extensive damage. Many victims were children returning from school. The fire spread to a nearby cotton mill, another cotton mill burned across the river, and fifty people were killed according to chancellor Andrew Bonar Law in the house of commons. Ashton-Under-Lyne is a manufacturing town near Manchester.
Ton Ju 14 reports fair weather for Friday and Saturday with warmer temperatures in the eastern portion on Friday.
Washington notes a prohibitory tax on foodstuffs used in making beverages in the war tax bill. The rate climbs to 60 dollars per 100 pounds, prompting Distillers to predict forced suspension of distilling. The bill also tightens import prohibitions and raises various taxes.
In Ramsey county district court a jury pool of 160 was ordered to be drawn to try Frank J. Dunn for allegedly procuring the death of his wife Alle McQuillan Dunn. The murder was confessed by Joseph Redenbaugh who is serving a life term for another officer’s killing. Labor to Back Bill for Administered Food Legislation Urged by AFL President.
Massive Liberty loan drive shows subscribers likely to exceed three million with banks and trust companies still processing. Major cities like New York and Chicago expect large totals as small investors favored, bonds of 50 and 100 dollars popular, with final tallies not yet complete due to clerical processing.
In Butte a union dispute grows amid fires and mine shutdowns. IWW ties to the new miners’ movement are detailed as leaders push for federal labor board involvement. Meetings at Finlander hall heard grievances, calls to halt mining, and a poster campaign while seeking a federal investigator.
Butte subscriptions to the Liberty loan are expected to surpass 8 million dollars with reported totals at eight city banks and the postal savings bank reaching 8,022,515. Additional pledges from Butte residents and other agencies will raise the sum further, with hundreds of individuals contributing and major banks reporting substantial personal and corporate subscriptions.
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