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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1917
Page
10
Public Ledger company releases My Four Years in Germany to the Impe cis 1917 with copyright held in Canada. Authorized rights reserved. Any infringement will be prosecuted.
An account of American efforts in Berlin and Munich to evacuate citizens as World War I began. Volunteers led by Mrs. Pulitzer and others organized relief, arranged trains to Holland, sold steerage tickets, and maintained a passport and funds system via the Dresdner and other banks. A Berlin meeting on Aug 11 voiced sympathy for stranded Americans, while officials circulated instructions to consuls about visas, trains, credits, and communications with the United States.
The account describes an embassy relief and banking network aiding stranded Americans in Berlin during repatriation. It details passport deliveries, funding by the state department, drafts sold to Deutsche Bank, and a relief committee operating from the embassy ballroom. It notes evacuations via special trains to London and ongoing payments for transportation and debts, including a German arrest for debt after Americans stayed behind.
British aviators attacked Bruges docks and submarine shelters at midnight and targeted the Varstenaere airfield early Monday. One British aircraft was shot down by six German planes and another failed to return. An American, ILC Brooks of Wendell, Man, is listed among today’s wounded.
Horoscope notes a challenging day with caution urged as sun favorable aspects fade. Women face possible discouragement, new work avenues may draw them from home, voyages discouraged, and Pacific and Atlantic danger implied. The United States and Canada see varied war related societal shifts and autumn theaters prospects.
Eighteen men have been certified by the county for the first installment of the quota. Notices mailed today order each man to report at 4 p.m. Friday Sept 7 at the clerk and recorder's office. On reporting they become members of Uncle Sam's army with departure the following morning. Names include Thomas James Ham James Laughlin Arthur Wells Navier Bennet George M Grubacich Harry Hershaw Edward C Railing and others.
Petition by nearly 100 residents seeks revocation of the 2202 Walnut street saloon license in Silver Bow Park addition. Hearing set for Monday at 10 30 a.m. The saloon, owned by Johanna Sager, expires January 18 1918. Also notes discussion of life insurance limit for national army officers.
The Cardi correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph reports Lloyds Ski Register supplements show growth in shipbuilding between June 8 and.
July 17 saw the addition of over 100 steamers to the register, 62 of which are British. Most of the ships are of large tonnage, and construction rates are understood to be rapidly increasing.
Dublin reports the constitutional convention for Ireland has moved to Belfast for a three day sitting. Delegates, welcomed by the Belfast lord mayor, discuss home rule while Belfast shifts from opposition to dialogue. The convention will then move to Cork after Belfast sessions.
Washington Sept 4 General orders reveal War Department aims to apportion negro troops evenly in cantonments. Each cantonment should have one negro infantry regiment where personnel allows. Protests over southern quartering persist, with no modification. This signals likely handling of similar regiments in national guard camps.
Rio de Janeiro September 4 reports deny newspaper claims the minister of War will not send Brazilian troops to Europe. The navy minister will not cease requisitioned German ships to assist the Allies.
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