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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
4
Halifax reports say hundreds killed and many injured after an ammunition ship collided with a passenger liner, triggering a massive blaze. Fire and debris devastated the waterfront, with trains bringing physicians and supplies as authorities assess the widespread damage and missing persons.
Rockingham sits inside Helifaxs harbor at Bed ford basin mouth. The northwest harbor portion has long served as an examining station for ocean steamers. Ex Ambassador Hernstorff and others were held and examined there en route from the United States to Germany. Halifax remains a major British military naval base with a vast harbor and large drydock. A government dockyard and fortifications exist alongside a 1911 census population around Munfaw. The eastern Canada Pacific railway terminus links to Canadian government railways. Steamship lines run to Newfoundland Great Britain the United States and the West Tractives.
Reports from St John about Halifax describe widespread destruction after a blast at the Canadian warship or transport area. Big fires rage along Hollis Street and Willow Park area while Telegraph and Western Union offices suffer losses. Communication lines struggle to be restored and casualties remain feared.
Postmaster General Burleson in his annual report to Congress warns that postal employee organizations threaten public welfare and urges repeal of laws allowing union affiliation. The department reports a $9.84 million surplus, 6.66 percent rise in revenue, and postal savings growth amid wartime strain. He opposes tube systems as inefficient and supports government control of telegraph and telephone supervision by the post office.
Washington December 7. On receipt of expected advices from Russia the Russian embassy will issue a statement defining the attitude toward the Bolsheviki. It is believed Russia may best be served by allowing the new government a chance to restore normal conditions.
Springfield court reads a first degree murder warrant against Maude Piersol in connection with the kidnapping and death of Huby Lion Keel. Piersol had prior conviction for complicity in the Koet baby kidnapping plot.
Leadon Dee Viscount Drumian vig, heir to the Queensberry rule, married Irene Richards, a musical comedy star, yesterday. The groom is 2 years old and serves in the breck Watch regiment.
Reports from Halifax say twenty five railway laborers were killed while working on tracks near Richmond. The fear grew as details emerged from the Halifax munition ship explosion death toll reported earlier in the afternoon.
Rome reports Italians withdraw their line from Monte Cantelbomberto to the Forza spur after a day of heavy combat. Berlin says 11000 Italians were captured in the northern front offensive as Austro German forces seize strong Italian positions and over 60 guns.
Washington Dec 7 Railroad presidents told Chairman Newlands that removing prohibitions on unification during the war could avoid government operation. They expect a 1,000,000,000,000 dollar need to equip for war traffic in 1914 and discuss funding options with Congress. President Wilson is to see the figures Monday.
Washington reports two killed seven severely wounded and four slightly wounded in France between November 12 and 17. Names include Corporal Vinait and Private Wojtale wicz with others from Indiana Illinois Ohio and Virginia. Five deaths from natural causes listed among forces in France with pneumonia meningitis and cardiac issues. Ottawa reports the death of Lt Campbell Ross of Union Theological Seminary and a Canadian casualty list noting missing and wounded Americans.
Since the outbreak of the war Hali fax has assumed a more important position as the principal port from which men munitions and supplies are transported from Canada to the battlefields of Flanders and northern France.
Berlin reports a tentative armistice across all fronts with a Brest-Litovsk meeting between Russian emissaries and German Austrian Turkish and Hungarian delegates. The talks consider a 28 day ceasefire with possible extension and conditions on troop redeployment and Moon Sound. The Russians urge a global front pause and initial seven day negotiation interval.
On the Asiago plateau Italian defense repulsed a furious enemy offensive with heavy losses except around Monte Tonderecar where fighting kept up to morning. Northeast sector saw enemy occupy some advanced Italian lines after a desperate struggle. The Twenty second corps repulsed the initial left attack with large enemy casualties and many prisoners taken. The main right flank assault lasted 36 hours, with other corps inflicting heavy losses before retreat.
The House foreign affairs committee reported a war resolution against Austria-Hungary with intent to aid Italy. The House approved unanimous consent to consider the measure tomorrow night and debate in the Senate will follow next week. The push to include Turkey and Bulgaria faded in the House while gaining some support in the Senate committee.
The report from Cambrai describes Bourdon Bourion heights in a pocket of hell with splintered trees, pockmarked ground, pools of stagnant water, and mangled bodies. German shells and gas overwhelm defenders as engineers labor to keep lines open on torn roads.
AP reports near Cambrai, 50 American and Canadian greens, with British troops, were cut off during a German turning movement near Gouzeaucourt. They were captured but escaped with British help after hand to hand resistance. Another group of Americans and Canadians rode a motor lorry against six Germans at a crossroads escaping after crushing them with machine guns. At Gouveaucourt front, 10 American medical officers served in the British casualty station since Byng’s offensive began.
Survivors report a second torpedo struck a boat carrying about a score of passengers. Several aboard the Apmpa were killed and most drowned. Among the 14 women aboard, eight perished. Mrs Horrigan of the Gold Coast fever suffered in cabin. her husband stayed with her as they sank.
British commander Haig announced a short withdrawal of troops from the wood. He stated the move was accomplished without enemy interference and that the Germans were not aware of the retreat until late yesterday.
Reports from Jassy Romania dated December 7 say attempts to fraternize with Romanians near Hilia lease were met by shell fire. The incident underscores rising tension in the border area as forces clash and civilians fear reprisals.
Two American aviators lost compass and bearings during a European submarine patrol flight are found 650 miles off the Irish coast by a steamship. They had abandoned their compass after losing land sight and signaled for help, hoping a passing ship would rescue them.
Washington on December 6 learns the Dutch minister Van Rappard is becoming persona non grata as the home government recalls him. His retirement from the Washington post was known, but the reason only emerged today with the announcement of his successor Wan. He is charged with spreading German propaganda.
American forces in France report search underway for missing engineers from a detachment caught near Cambrai. At least four officers and 230 men were in the host Cambrai area with some joining nearby British troops or returning to their commands under British protection.
Berlin reports London and Kent areas including Sheerness Gravesend Chatham Dover and Margate were attacked by 25 German planes. Two of five in the lead group landed. crews captured alive. Seven killed and twenty injured as bombs dropped over Kent. This marks London's first raid since October 20.
A Petrograd draft law published in the Daily Mail signals that Russia will recognize only civil marriages and civil ceremonies. It grants illegitimate children equal rights and places divorce and legitimacy issues within civil law rather than church authority.
John Markle of Haaleton Pa president of a coal company announces a 50 percent rent reduction on all company houses during the war so employees can buy Liberty Bonds. In Frankfort Germany a plant burns household waste to produce steam for dynamos generating about 1000 horsepower.
The article notes George M. Cohan received 625000 dollars with an implied rate of 161 dollars per word for the chorus of “Over There.” It references Kipling, Colonel Roosevelt, and others and mentions words from the song as a measure of fame.
Washington reports 475 graduate nurses required by December 12 for immediate and urgent army service. Over the next year at least 20,000 nurses will be needed in army hospitals in the country and in Europe, with about 3,600 having served so far and 1,500 in France.
Amsterdam dispatch reports German automobile plants prepare for major aircraft output. A flagship factory increases capital from 80 to 64,000 and the government grants special facilities for new share flotation.
Amsterdam December reports an appeal from General Anseliger urging immediate enrollment of youths aged 16 and 17 into a juvenile corps. The newspaper notes the war will require these teenagers to be called to army service at no distant date.
A Brazilian government commission of eight army officers and one civilian arrived in New York to survey American munition factories for 12 to 18 months. The group plans to meet President Wilson in Washington early next week, under the auspices of diplomatic envoy Seicy Rattus eigen.
Gaston B. Means testified he uncovered and reported to the U.S. government a German plot to provoke war between Mexico and the United States. He described meetings in Washington with Secretary Daniels and said Huerta plotted with German interests to spark a peace move and a Mexican expedition into the U.S. Meanwhile he detailed alleged plans to bomb munitions plants and burn Ottawa.
Paris dispatch recounts General Maistre’s early theft of gunpowder from Prussian soldiers in 1870 during the Franco Prussian War. It traces how the same man rose to command troops in 1917 and earned major honors after helping force German farm positions on the Chemin des Dames ridge between Solasona and Craoane.
Chicago December 6 One million dollars for eradication and suppression of contagious cattle disease especially tuberculosis will be carried in a bill to be introduced by Representative Charles H Bloom of Nebraska, resolution adopted at the closing session of the first annual meeting of the United States Live Stock Sanitary association. The association pledged its support.
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