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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
1
Reported demand for Liberty motors rises among French and English aviators as military and civilian needs grow. A separate dispatch notes a mail service disruption and a Rostov occupation impact, with northern Russia cut off from Caucasus supply lines.
The Associated Press reports in Moscow on May 19 that German forces have captured Hostov on Don and threaten northern Russia. The seizure secures Caucasus and Donbas grain areas and coal iron fields, while Sebastopol falls and Ukraine nears German domination. Petrograd and Moscow may retreat eastward. resistance falters due to lack of depots and supplies amid mounting anti German sentiment.
Allies warn the lull may be brief as German forces renew effort and rebuild units for a renewed offensive. Observers note increased troop movements and fortifications signaling a likely new phase of fighting.
Intensive artillery bombardment continues along the Western Front with German forces engaging British and French positions in Flanders and the Vosges. French and British counter moves in Amiens and Robecq area reveal tactical initiative. infantry actions remain limited in great significance. Italian front sees renewed Austrian assaults at Monte Corn while Italian defenders repulse each effort. British casualty list to date reaches 46,612 with 501 officers and 5,065 men killed or wounded. A Canada Ottawa correction notes an error in announcing Americans would not join France until a self sustaining army is formed. Weather forecast predicts showers easing in eastern ports. new aircraft types expected at the front.
Washington May 14 American built Liberty motors may first reach the fighting lines in France driven by British scouts. Urgent requests feed governments for early delivery and production shortfalls are being corrected. Output is rising with hundreds delivered last month and a plan to double production this month. Tests of single seated speed machines with Liberty power are planned for early trials.
A German proclamation declares Lithuania an allied territory under German influence and calls for participation in war burdens. It claims Lithuania will be liberated and treated as independent, while Germany presses for economic exploitation other than Poland. The note notes Lithuanian population near 2,000,000 across border regions.
Washington May 14 America’s airplane mail service opens tomorrow between Philadelphia and New York with 11 30 a m departures. President Wilson to receive the first letter. Gov Whitman and Red Cross officials attend. Planes carry 300 to 600 pounds of mail, first leg 185 miles in about 1 hour 20 minutes. Stamps go on sale in Philadelphia with Postmaster Thornton and ex Postmaster Wanamaker buying the first stamps and letter.
Washington May 14 The Navy secretary said the service still hopes to solve the disappearance of the oval collier Cyclopa" two months after it vanished and has not recorded the vessel as lost, with systematic questioning of fishermen and island residents along its probable West Indies route continuing.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces 24 states and the District of Columbia must provide 51,800 more men for general service. Drafted moves occur May 20 24 and May 23 June 2 as 283 000 already called move to camps. Overall May draft totals reach about 866 000 with Western states including California Colorado Washington Oregon and Wyoming contributing.
Copenhagen May 14 German officials say the offensive has failed due to heavy losses and more artillery needed. A Reichstag member speaking anonymously claims Germany hopes to threaten naval routes to England and press for peace talks, while denying any desire to seize mine districts or Antwerp. He asserts 3,000,000 men have been killed wounded or captured and argues Germany seeks to control Russian markets rather than extend conquests.
The admiralty recounts the Dunkirk Ostend story with Sirius and the Windletire attack. Commodore Hubert Lines led the plan to block the harbor and the coast guard boat flared the target as waves of flame and star shells lit the scene. German buoy marks and pier gaps hid the harbor, aiding a surprise strike.
Washington May 14 The long fight in Congress over the Overman bill empowering the president to reorganize government departments and agencies ended late today with a pass measure amended by Representatives Sterling of Illinois and Gillette of Massachusetts both Republicans casting the only negative votes.
New York, May 14. Bart Seading, British envoy to the United States, urged Americans to reject false optimism about the war especially regarding the Flanders battle. He told the Tar association the crisis has not passed and will not pass until victory is won. Washington, May 14. Third Liberty loan receipts show 302 subscribers paid in full. Total third Liberty loan receipts reach 1,017,000,000. London, May 14. Major Maurice, after Lloyd George explanations, accepts to be military correspondent for the Daily Chronicle.
May 14 report from the Associated Press notes American patrols in Picardy routed a German unit while front lines faced light enemy fire. In the Toul sector American troops saw unusually quiet conditions with minimal artillery and scarce aerial activity. An American airplane crashed behind lines, killing both pilot and observer.
In Newark on May 14, former owners and three editorial staff of a German newspaper, the Freie Zeitung, were reindicted under section 3 of the Alien and Sedition Act for allegedly circulating treasonable statements during wartime. The new federal indictment replaces an earlier one, following acquittal of another editor group in a similar Philadelphia tax case.
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