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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1917
Page
3
Berlin press reports at a regular briefing that American forces will not arrive in large numbers in Europe until 1918 due to transport shortages. It notes expected French and British offensives, summarizes casualties, and explains air raids aim to train defenders and divert ships from front lines.
The Democratic National Committee members vote informally 5 to 2 in support of submitting the federal suffrage amendment to the states. Abbey Scott Baker of the No Woman's Party urged action while Glass opposed. The vote, taken with a nonquorum, mirrors personal positions more than formal policy.
An American steamer reports a German U-boat attack near France on May 28. Torpedoes missed and the submarine disappeared after ten shots from the steamer. Off Ireland the ship rescued three crew members from a Norwegian lumber vessel sunk five miles ahead, survivors landed at Queenstown. The steamer also received rifle fire but was advised not to reply.
Reports from London via Amsterdam detail the sinking of a German submarine by the American liner Kroonland after both sides attacked. Other notes include Irish coast submarine activity, and a New York navy yard fire investigated as a routine incident. Thirty five German aliens in San Francisco gain citizenship under a war papers ruling. A Hungarian cabinet under Count Esterhazy is reported. A state coal monopoly plan is announced by the Petrograd provisional government.
On June 16 two Austrians Shton and Rudolph Seager confessed before U S commissioner Herwarth Schmidt to gathering letters for German recipients. They had packed letters in packets addressed to Schmidt's wife in Bergen Norway. Schmidt allegedly intercepted and had them mailed from Bergen to Germany aboard the Bergensfjord.
New York June 16 All male British subjects between 15 and 45 now in the United States are to be compelled to join the British colors. Consuls and recruiting agents across the country are compiling lists. Brig. Gen. W. A. White, in charge of recruiting, has gone to Washington to confer on methods to carry the plan through.
London reports 41 killed and 120 injured in Ashton-Under-Lyne munition factory blast caused by a fire. The incident was confirmed officially today as a major casualty event.
Boston June 16 Assurances from the Turkish government on safety of missionaries and mission property have been received by the board of commissioners for foreign missions via American ministers at Berne. Advices from Stockholm say Constantinople and Beirut colleges are open and plans are under way to continue relief work for Americans in Turkey through the American committee.
Boston June 16 The national assembly of civil service commissioners notes more than 100000 new wartime civil positions and adopts resolutions denouncing spoilsmen undermining civil efficiency in the name of military necessity. Miss Cleveland to wed. Marian Cleveland to William Dell announced. Dell linked with New York Evening Sun. Vienna reports intensified fighting on the Russian front East Galicia Volhynia, repulse of Italian attack Mont Rombon and heavier Italian artillery in Carinthia.
Rumors reach Winnerswyk near the Dutch border that grave riots broke out yesterday in several German towns. The Niewe Rotterdamsche Court is scheduled today to address the unrest.
Berkeley June 18 Telegrams report the marriage of Frances Tracy Morgan daughter of J P Morgan to Paul Geddes Pennoyer of Berkeley. Only family friends attended the ceremony. The bridegroom’s mother Mrs Virginia Pennoyer was ill in Santa Clara valley and could not attend.
Copenhagen dispatch reports Anton Lang known as Christus in Oberammergau’s passion play has been called to serve in the war. Lang, who had not yet seen active service, had been rumored killed in earlier reports.
French war office says several raids occurred around Hill 304 and the heights of the Meuse last night. Artillery around Craonne and Mont Carnillet was active and lively this morning.
Leslie Sanger and William Barry of the Butte fire department have joined field artillery and left for the coast to go to France with the first troops. They promised Fire Chief Fred Martin to send back photos of themselves in a new uniform. Thomas Greenfeld, formerly a Butte news writer and now city editor of the Helena Independent, has enlisted in the officers star company a new unit being formed for ordnance and officers’ work behind the lines and will be placed in service soon.
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