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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
1
Belin testifies in Diggs trial as the charge against him centers on key accusations and legal arguments presented by prosecutors. The testimony is part of a broader courtroom battle shaping the case against Diggs and potential outcomes.
In San Francisco the Diggs Caminetti case opens with Judge Van Fleet ruling that evidence hinges on whether the defendants went to Reno for prohibited immoral purposes under the Mann White Slavery Act. Prosecution plans to prove Marsha Warrington and Lola Norris were coerced, married men with children, into scandal, detailing travel, lodging, and concealment efforts surrounding their Reno stay.
The issue highlights Huerta’s rising popularity in Mexico amid a gravest crisis, reports socialists firing Clarence Smith, and notes tensions as Diggs faces a white slavery trial. Other items include state politics, Panama exhibition talks, and various local notes from Butte and Anaconda.
A split socialist meeting at Finlander hall voted to expel Alderman Clarence A. Smith from the party and present his resignation to the city council. Smith denied the old local's jurisdiction and said he would not acknowledge their action while supporters urged immediate council action amid a broader power struggle in Butte.
Private detectives probing the $150000 jewelry robbery of Mrs. John Hanan at Narragansett Pier Rhode Island on July 25 report some gems traced to New York Two men tried to sell what was believed to be part of the Hanan gems to a downtown jeweler but the vendors fled when questioned
News from New York reports the Frawley committee plans to present evidence of unreported campaign contributions and alleged legal noncompliance by Governor Sulzer. The assembly may vote on impeachment while the panel pursues a 1912 stock transaction linked to the governor through Colwell and the Big Four stock.
Albany Aug 7 Governor Sulzer refused to comment on Frawley commission testimony about his campaign receipts and expenditures. His secretary Chester C Platt issued a statement saying the public understands the motives behind the inquiry and that a full statement will come once the governor learns the exact facts. Money was received and paid out to promote the governor's election of which he had no knowledge. He must delay any statement.
Berlin reports a German aviator Victor Stoefler of Johannisthal, flying a mile up with Lieutenant von Brederlow, was caught in a meteor shower last evening. The meteors whizzed by so closely that both pilots felt a rush of air as they passed.
Berlin reports a group of prominent Germans has begun a campaign to persuade the government to participate in the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Appeals will go to Emperor William and Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg as efforts mount to reverse the decision not to take part.
London urges Britain to join the San Francisco exposition to preserve Anglo American ties and avoid upsetting America during its new administration. The piece argues spending 1 250 000 now could prevent future friction over the Panama tolls tax and notes the event would shape U.S. sentiment.
In a Saturday column Mr Dooley jokes about Hinnery Lane Wilson and Doc Wilson in Spokane. He privately suggests Hurta as a friend, praising a “heart in gold” despite flaws while noting the dangers of political killings.
United States senators clash over a government report denying that the Department of Justice conducted espionage against federal judges. Senator Borah charges agents sought to influence rulings in cases where the government had interest, while Attorney General McReynolds calls such claims entirely unfounded. Senators Works Norris Crawford Sutherland Colt demand further information and investigation, noting past incidents and regional instances in New England.
Missoula residents W. W. Berry F. Woody George Hough and John Blewitt urge Montana senators to back an amendment to the tariff bill to end the free sugar proposal. They warn free sugar would thwart a planned Missoula sugar factory and harm Montana beet interests in Billings and beyond. Senator Walsh says no action possible at this stage of the bill.
Washington reports an acute diplomatic crisis as John Lind arrives to push a peace policy amid Huerta’s rebuff. Senators condemn the stance while Wilson seeks a peaceful solution and a possible envoy talk, with Manila-like uncertainty over Lind’s status and Huerta’s reaction.
Washington on August 7 shows slow progress in advancing the new tariff bill as Democrats face a sharp debate among Senators Stone Lippitt and Sherman. An opposing speech by Republican Senator Warren and attacks on the metal schedule marked much of the day.
Washington Aug 7 The first international peace treaty under Secretary Bryan plan was signed today between the United States and Salvador and will be sent to the senate for ratification. Twenty six nations have approved the plan and more treaties are expected to follow rapidly on the same general lines.
Kansas City reports a fourth consecutive day of extreme heat with temperatures reaching 100 degrees or higher across Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Some areas broke former records as a storm from Wilson, Kansas moves east, bringing anticipated relief. all communications in the affected region were down.
In Salem Oregon a Japanese man Koye Kowa and a Japanese woman Mrs Tami Koda and her child were found murdered with heads nearly severed in an alley beside the restaurant owned by the husband Y Koda. Police, treating it as a mystery, have arrested the husband and an associate but cannot prove their alibi. Two bloody knives and a revolver lay beside the bodies.
Boston Aug 7 After a large majority vote to keep the order's headquarters in New Haven Conn the Knights of Columbus chose St Paul Minn as a temporary meeting place for 1914 and adjourned A plan to charge headquarters and to build a $1 000 000 home in Washington was dropped Action on changes in insurance laws was postponed until 1916.
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