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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
1
A defendant was convicted of high treason in a local court. The outcome marks a severe betrayal of state security and carries heavy penalties under the treason statute. Prosecutors described the act as a direct threat to national stability and public safety.
Sir Roger Casement was sentenced to death for high treason after his 1916 landing from a German submarine to Ireland. The court rejected his claim of trial by peers and he pledged appeal. Associate Daniel J. Bailey was acquitted and released while Sergeant Sullivan remained unavailable.
The paper reports on a mix of state news including a case of a wounded and slain person attributed to Mexican forces, a president in a fighting mood, Casement sentence, bandit activity at a bridge, Austrians retreating, and defense proving death by own action, alongside civic notices and diversions in an Anaconda area edition.
The Hans Tauscher trial in New York federal court ends with Tauscher admitting dynamite delivery while defense portrays him as a dupe of Horst von der Goltz and Von Papen. Judge Hand to charge the jury tomorrow morning as proceedings wrap.
General Previno reported to the war department that American troops began retreating northward and abandoned San Buena Ventura Las Cruces Namiquipa and Santa Clara, which were immediately occupied by de facto forces. Trevino also said Villa general Marcello Carabelo Juan Cabral and Ramon Sousa were allowed to enter the territory from the United States.
Washington reports the safe departure of nearly 1,400 Americans from Mexico. About 1,000 head for Galveston from Tampico aboard the Dixie and the Wylie. the Nebraska has 861 aboard after transferring refugees to the Ward liner Mon rey. Some prefer to stay on shipboard hoping to return home if conditions permit.
Across a 25 mile front from Kolema eastward, Austrian forces withdraw in Galicia near Kolomea and southward as Russian troops press advances. Vienna reports heavy Austrian casualties, with 221 officers and 10,285 men taken prisoner, along with losses of guns and stores.
President Wilson told a large crowd near Independence Hall that America must uphold liberty justice and humanity in world affairs at any cost while translating america first into action. He called for national policy shaped by the whole people and urged readiness to defend principles abroad. He clarified he was not attacking any individual and left for Washington after speaking to the Associated Advertising Clubs delegates.
Ban Antonio, June 29. U S soldiers repulsed an attack on the MacDona bridge over the river 20 miles southwest of San Antonio. Two Americans wounded brought to Fort Sam Houston hospital. One bandit captured. Generals Carranza and Pershing noted, with hopes for quick negotiations and mobilization of forces if clash occurs. Guardsmen may replace regulars to speed border defenses and mobilize supplies for a larger campaign. Reports of Mexican troop concentrations near Guzman and Santa Namiquipa caused no alarm for Pershing’s column. Some rumors of Cashes at Ojinaga reached headquarters but were unconfirmed. Some national guard units expected to arrive tomorrow.
El Paso reports on the Carrizal incident as Tenth Cavalry troopers returning from Chihuahua City are transferred to Fort Bliss under General Funston. The report details accounts from Lem Salisbury, Capt. Boyd's maneuvers, and the experiences of the black troopers during capture and transport, with mixed claims of Mexican aggression and American actions.
London dispatch reports brutal fighting around Kovel with continuous attacks and counterattacks. German troops are delaying the Russian advance as the first Prussian guards arrive and the German emperor is said to be at the front.
Washington reports most Americans in interior Mexico have left or are preparing to depart. About 1,700 refugees have departed, with 1,000 from Tampico and Vera Cruz due to arrive aboard the tender Bile and the Write. Additional evacuations occur from Vera Cruz aboard the Nebraska, and more are en route on the Hancock and Wheer. In the west, 209 Americans are on the cruiser Cleveland and the ship Glacier, with 61 on the Colorado at Manzanillo and others moving to safety toward San Diego and California.
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