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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1917
Page
1
A Phoenix mob violence incident ends in a man’s death as a crowd overwhelms police efforts. Reports identify the victim and the alleged triggering crime, with authorities promising investigation and public safety measures.
Reports from Petrograd describe a tense clash between the council of workmen and soldiers and the provisional government. Prince Tseretelli announced a new declaration that clarified the government’s stance, renewing democracy’s perceived victory while warning against renewed unrest as anti-government demonstrations persist. In the U.S. Southwest, a Phoenix traveler was hanged by vigilantes after a confrontation over a murder, with a coroner’s jury deeming it justifiable homicide. Also, Navy recruitment introduces a window sign for families of enlistees.
Scattered items include a mob incident in Petrograd, remarks from Viviant in Kansas City, and suspicions about people holding positions. Reports cover pure milk in Butte, Montana street improvements, new Dot flystery series, and progress in housing and food, plus an organized ball team and a close game loss to Tacoms.
In Stockholm and Gothenburg crowds faced exhausted stock and bread card refusals. Rioters clashed with police, injuring officers and soldiers, while butchers and bakers were looted. Ten rioters hospitalized, sixteen arrested, factory girls among those detained amid widespread hunger demonstrations.
Copenhagen via London May 6 German authorities struggle to win public trust as readers question casualty figures and the reliability of official bulletins. Critics note discrepancies between German and foreign reports and doubt Britain and France ceasefire claims. The army expands public sentiment efforts with mass press material to support war reporting.
Rio Janeiro May 5. Upon taking the foreign affairs portfolio Monday Nilo Pecanha will outline a pro United States program. He favors frank energetic action and moral support from Brazil through economic aid and commodities. Neutrality decree of April 28 would be revoked.
London reports a Berlin dispatch says the Reichstag committee approved a plan to amend articles 63 and 64 of the imperial constitution. The navy would still answer to the emperor, while state contingents would have officers appointed under a war minister, with Reichstag accountability sparking conservative opposition. Meanwhile John H. Smith of Dubuque Times Journal dies at 66 from paralysis stroke.
Petrograd warns of a possible German landing near Libau and orders the reform of the Petrograd district reserve to form a new army. General Korniloff says reorganized troops stay in Petrograd to defend civil liberty and defeat any attacker on the capital’s outskirts.
From Copenhagen dispatches dated May 6 1140 p m Hungarian workers protest Premier Tisza’s refusal of franchise reform. Factories in Budapest closed as workers threaten a general strike if the government delays or denies action. Led by disciplined labor factions, they press for liberal electoral changes and compel government yield.
Chairman Saunders and the navy consulting board report to Secretary Daniels that American ingenuity is advancing in submarine defense. A telegram from Lawrence Addicks clears misimpressions, noting progress and promising devices under trial, with Edison conducting independent experiments.
Paris reports that every gain by French forces yesterday northeast of Soissons was held after heavy counter attacks last night. The war office says consolidation secures most of the ridge crowned by the Chemin-des-Dames along a front exceeding 18 miles.
William J. Bryan told a large San Francisco audience that the woman who stops waste and helps conserve the food supply is doing as much for her country as the men who shoulder a musket, praising wartime citizen duties by women.
A brief weather note indicates showers are possible with partial clearing later. Expect variable skies, brief rain, and mild temperatures as a regional forecast update.
M Viviant former French premier told Kansas City readers that the United States did not enter the war to conquer but to uphold democracy against autocracy. He praised Middle West workers and farmers for wartime thrift and courage, urging Americans to join France and the Allies for world peace. Continued on Page 3, Column 5.
German forces mounted counterattacks northeast of Soissons as French troops expanded positions toward Laon and along the Chemin des Ris. Despite heavy French artillery fire and German setbacks, British forces rest after consolidating an 18 mile front. An Odessa dispatch notes German air activity over the Black Sea port but omits bomb details.
A London telegraph via Star outlines how British and French offensives have forced Germany to deploy vast reserves on the western front. It notes 50 or more fresh divisions this year and suggests German units have been moved from Russia to France, driven by Easter Monday gains and intense attrition.
Minneapolis and St Paul detectives find evidence connecting the deaths of Patrolman George Connery near Fridley and Mrs. Alice Dunn in St Paul. A gun of the same caliber used in both slayings prompts a joint police theory that one killer did both murders. Notes implicate a kidnapper and fear for the patrolman’s family.
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