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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1917
Page
1
A. Taylor of Havre is pounded in a Butte lodging house after a bandit incident. One bandit was caught while another escaped, details limited but police report the arrest near the lodging house.
Police recount the Anaconda to Butte pursuit of four armed robbers who shot two near a road house. Wounded Henry Taylor, the sole captured bandit, tells detectives what he knows as deputies searchuring for the two remaining men in Butte. A tan feather grip found near the crime scene contains maps and blasting gear as investigators close in.
A busy page mixes war reports with society items and ads. It lists trials, mobilization, and battles alongside memorials, social notes, and classified ads. Readers are nudged toward features on banners like secrets of ruling houses and wartime summaries.
Two sailors at Fort Rosecrans lookout reported a submarine seen late today near the San Diego harbor entrance. The craft appeared to come from the south and was clearly visible before submerging, per the Twelfth Naval District. Navy stations broadcast the news to vessels by radio after confirmation.
Washington reports 615400 acres designated for entry as 920 acre homesteads across eight western states. Arizona 191000 acres. Montana 68600. Oregon 122000 mainly in Klamath, Wallowa, Malheur and Gilliam counties. South Dakota 111300 in 14 counties including Tripp, Perkins and Gregory. Utah 4500. Wyoming 109200 in nine eastern counties including Niobrara, Crook, Johnson and Goshen.
London May 194 p m Arthur Henderson a war council member gave an address at Richmond estimating seven million men killed and total war casualties exceeding the population of the United Kingdom. He cited the census figure of 49,870,080 for the UK.
In Macedonia the enemy renewed heavy counter attacks on the Struma front but were driven back with losses, an official statement says. Royal Navy air service units reportedly bombed and damaged the airdrome at Drama.
On May 19 five robbers jumped from a car on Chicago’s west side and shot private detective John Byers guarding a payroll messenger, wounding a passerby. The crew escaped with $6,000. Byers was shot in the head.
The Butte Miner newspaper and editors are defendants in a $100,000 libel suit filed by the Silver Bow Amusement Company. The action claims a front page report declaring the Rialto theater a firetrap was false and injurious to the theater's business.
London May 19 Kennedy Jones director of food economy said in Edinburgh that German submarines were beginning to be mastered. He credited the admiralty and British soldiers for new attack methods on U boats and said success might shorten the war earlier than high command hopes.
Buenos Aires report on May 19 states the German minister asked Argentina’s agriculture minister to reserve 100000 tons of exported wheat for an opportune moment. Observers think it is an attempt to prevent the Entente allies from using the total stock ready for export.
Amsterdam report says German Catholic clergy inaugurate a peace movement as churches press for pacifist action. In New York, the First National subscribes to Liberty loan bonds and to the United States Steel portion in record sums. The First National Bank also subscribes 5 million for Bell Telephone and 5 million for Northern Pacific railways.
Washington May 19 Senators guests of Senator Sheppard of Texas attended a capitol luncheon today and saw a demonstration of war bread made with 15 percent cottonseed flour mixed with wheat flour. Bread baked at the bureau of chemistry was served and Senator Sheppard said the cottonseed addition could save 118,000,000 bushels of wheat while supplying nourishment.
Washington reports the first war budget totaling 8.8428 billion dollars with 760 million for merchant fleet construction, sent to conference for President Wilson's signature. The measure funds army and navy pay, equipment, fortifications, and munitions, with aviation included in the navy quota. The draft-army provision remains in force four months after passage.
Washington May 19 Exemption from army conscription of workers needed for munition manufacture and civilian goods was urged by Samuel Gompers AF of L president. He warned Britain erred by drafting thousands who later had to be returned to manufacturing.
Rome reports that by May 19 Italian forces reached the crests of hill 652 on the Vodice, a position described as crucial to Austrian defenses north of Monte Santo. Official statement notes these hill positions as the key to the defense line in the area.
Washington reports on May 19 that Nicaragua, joining Guatemala and Honduras, has severed diplomatic relations with Germany, marking a regional shift in alliance and policy as tensions rise in Central America.
Weather story from Washington on May 19 notes Montana will see showers and cooler conditions in eastern ports Sunday. Monday brings fair skies and rising temperatures with largely dry conditions to follow.
Marines are to accompany General Pershing in the expedition. More than a thousand real fighting men will join the force, strengthening U S military operations abroad.
Washington May 19. A regiment of marines will join the expeditionary force to represent the United States alongside army and navy units in Europe. Pershing will lead the force with assistance from French and British generals. Total American land forces in Europe near 40,000, including a marine regiment and an army division, with extensive training planned before sailing. Secretary Daniels welcomes the marine contribution as a recruiting boost while the draft and National Guard mobilization proceed. (Continued on Page 7, Column 5.)
In a White House statement President Wilson describes the emergency food program and argues powers are no greater than those used by other nations in war. He announces Herbert C. Hoover as food administrator, accepts only after condition of no personal pay. The plan distinguishes normal agricultural duties from wartime regulatory measures and seeks to curb hoarding and ensure fair distribution.
Washington May 19 Democratic Leader Kitchin called a special Ways and Means meeting to reshape war tax bills before Tuesday’s vote. debate centered on second class mail hikes advertising and light and heat taxes, with Lenroot proposing changes to income tax and Lewis plan to alter express charges and mail rates as Johnson and Fitzgerald pushed substitutes.
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