15 May 1917
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1917
Page
1
Unprecedented action curbs trading for two days in July and September. Authorities announce temporary market restrictions to stabilize prices and curb volatility. Officials emphasize compliance and monitor impact across exchanges and firms.
The May 14 report details World War I’s impact on U S grain exchanges with Chicago imposing curbs on May options and setting closing price limits. It notes declines in wheat, rises in coarser cereals, and actions by St Louis, Kansas City, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Toledo boards as well as Winnipeg suspending October futures trading to Wednesday. It cites possible job losses for telegraphers and mentions Minneapolis and Winnipeg officials preparing for Chicago grain meetings.
A compact recap of varied items from war era pages including espionage notes, German activity concerns, a bank robbery with murders, Joseph H. Choate obituary, harness racing remarks, a sewer plan, Anaconda coverage, a T-Woman's club debt note, lumber price rise, a jury panel update, Red Cross vessel losses, a publishers tax protest, a divorce case, and actions in action and censorship debates, reflecting a busy June issue with multiple local and national topics.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Tuesday with showers possible in the west portion. Cooler conditions prevail in the west and central areas. Wednesday promises partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures east of the divide.
Joseph H. Choate former United States ambassador to Great Britain died in New York City at 11 20 tonight after a brief illness. He had attended events for the British and French war missions and church services earlier in the day. Mayor Mitchell called him a foremost citizen of New York.
Washington—After three weeks of debate the Senate passed the administration espionage bill 77 to 6. It strips press censorship, allows presidential embargo power, and extends mail censorship and war food controls. The House has approved a similar measure and conferees will draft a unified bill.
Washington reports say a U S mission led by Elihu Root and Major General Scott visited the White House to discuss the Russian crisis. Officials note the overthrow of two top officials signals strain on the old regime while seeking Moscow’s new government support and peace dynamics with Germany.
A May 18 dispatch from rograd via London reports the council of soldiers and workers deputies urging the army to back revolution in Russia. The appeal portrays Imperialism as aiming to topple the Russian people and rejects the notion of a separate peace.
In New York on May 14 amid wartime price pressures a substitute trading system appears in sections where stamps were unpopular. Ridgewood Brooklyn offers a small potato or onion with each 10 cent purchase and movie theaters follow by giving an onion or potato with each adult ticket.
Report details a federal crackdown on German secret service operatives across ten U S districts. Rudolph flattinghe and Frank Wolf are named as key figures. Authorities say most suspects are under surveillance and coordinated arrests are set to follow nationwide.
May 14 report notes a strike by about six thousand coal miners in district 18 of United rivers of Amarle iheria, province and Ew 'olunbia after Fet brendum rejected a 25 percent wage increase and offered 15 percent. The walkout follows weeks of stoppages at larger mines and adds roughly 800 more workers to the strike, reflecting near total participation among local miners.
A dramatic bank heist at First National Bank of Custie Shannon ends in multiple fatalities and a dramatic pursuit. Four bandits enter the bank gunfire erupts. two are killed, one captured, and others escape toward a golf club area. Vast loot reportedly recovered as townspeople join a violent chase.
San Franc is city desk reports Joseph Redenbaugh alias Edward Hamilton confessed to killing Mrs Alice McQuillan Dunn in St Paul and to the death of Minneapolis Policeman Connery. He is 19 years old and says the killings followed a conspiracy and fright. The detective note places Dunn as the victim and Connery dying two days later.
Russia remains a key obstacle to a swift Entente victory as internal strife and high officials’ resignations in Petrograd shake the war effort. Turkey seeks separate peace with Russia offering Dardanelles access and Armenian settlement terms while denying armistice rumors. British gains in France push forward near Roeux as cohorts report heavy artillery duels and prisoner captures, alongside a renewed aggressive naval posture under Admiral Jellicoe to accelerate shipbuilding and curb U-boats.
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