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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1915
Page
1
The ambassador of the German foreign ministry has pledged an early reply this week. Officials stated that formal responses are being prepared and expected to arrive within the current week.
Ambassadors in Washington report intense diplomacy as Germany considers the American note. Dr Dumba and Ambassador Gerard discuss with Secretary Bryan and officials while Austria seeks to prevent a rupture. The aim is to avoid another ship sinking and to encourage adherence to prize laws amid blockade tensions.
In a busy Standard Page item President Wilson cautions on naval use as Germany plans a reply this week. Ambassadors prepare to flee Rome as tensions rise with Portugal's president assassinated and Montana benefits debated.
Official dispatches confirm British gains south of Richebourg Avoue with two miles of German trenches captured and several hundred Germans killed by their own artillery. Austrian forces claim advance toward the upper Dniester and occupation of Drohobych in Central Galicia. Europe battles and political notes fill reports as Italy’s entry decision lingers and Lisbon faces bombardment threats.
Governors Spry Utah and eight other western leaders gather in Seattle for a three day meeting beginning today. Topics include irrigation timber power sites and public lands with Interior Secretary Lane sending a letter to be read. Attending are Stewart Monis on Colorado Boyle Idaho Lister Washington plus former governors Hawley Oddie and West.
Berlin reports a wireless from Constantinople stating that near Ariburny on the 15th three enemy battalions attacked the Fight Wing multiple times. They were driven back to their main positions, losing about 1,500 men while our batteries inflicted damage. In London, miners in the Black Country began a strike over war bonuses amid strife in the region.
Reports from Lisbon say Joao Chagas, head of the Portuguese cabinet, died from wounds after being shot on a train from Oporto to Lisbon. The assailant, Senator Freitas, was also wounded by a passenger. Fighting in Lisbon has resumed with warships bombarding the city and over 100 killed, including Spaniards.
A Missouri Pacific freight wreck two miles south of Nebraska City, Nebraska, May 17 left five tramps burned to death in a lumber car and ten cars of freight, including gasoline, exploded. Two cars of silver bullion for the Omaha smelter melted and ran away, as rescuers struggled against intense heat and fumes. victims' names unavailable and the coroner not filing inquests.
Rome reports German ambassador Prince von Buelow and Austrian Baron Von Macchio prepare to leave Rome. A special train is readied to Chiasso Switzerland and Ala Austrian Tyrol. Crowds fill the chamber of deputies as ministers face a crisis and possible cabinet decisions. Cipher exchanges flow between embassies as Italy readies for war.
London reports that the German dirigible raiding Ramsgate was pursued by Eastchurch and Westgate planes as far as the West Hinder light ship. Attacked near Nieuport by eight naval machines from Dunkirk, four bombs dropped by Flight Commander Bigsworth at 200 feet. Smoke rose from a compartment. the airship ascended to 11 000 feet and is believed damaged. No casualties among the attackers. In Oklahoma, three masked men robbed Farmers State Bank of 1000 dollars. three suspects later arrested.
President Wilson reviewed the Atlantic fleet in New York Harbor and along the Hudson river, calling battleships engines to promote humanity. He praised America's moral force, thanked Secretary Daniels, and received a rousing, nationwide display of patriotism. Women suffrage activists disrupted a luncheon, seeking notes for votes for women.
New York May 11 Giome Guituvet millionaire and political power in Harlem's Little Italy was fatally wounded along with a son in a shooting at their home. Luca 19 also wounded. tonight's attack on Gailucci's guard is said to be the twenty-fifth by rival gangsters who envy his influence. He travels with at least six bodyguards who have fallen to gunfire in two years.
Washington May 17 Montana won a decided victory as the interstate commerce commission rejected back haul rate proposals by northern transcontinental railways. The decision blocks Spokane monopolizing rates and orders back haul rates to be built with limited local additions, preserving Montana jobbing business and fair opportunities for communities across the Intermountain region.
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