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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1911
Page
9
A discussion at an international convention focuses on drafting a new agreement. Delegates consider treaty terms, enforcement mechanisms, and potential cooperation areas. The session emphasizes timing, member states’ input, and safeguards for implementation.
The fifty seventh International Typographical union session in San Francisco will consider renewing the arbitration agreement with the American Publishers Association. President James M. Lynch calls for amicable settlement while condemning child labor and urging reforms on education, tuberculosis, and aged relief.
Two men discuss historic battles with one speaking at length while the other listens attentively. The scene focuses on dialogue and attentive listening as a study in confrontation and strategy.
Admiral Togo met Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill in a private visit lauded by Roosevelt. A two foot miniature armor gift and a mahogany case were presented, amid Japanese photographers who failed to capture it. The pair later attended Carnegie Hall where a phonograph was given to the admiral and a state banquet followed.
A mob of about 500 whites captured a Black man after a lengthy gun confrontation that badly injured Mrs. Redden Campbell near Durant Oklahoma. They burned the suspect’s body after dragging it to the victim’s home, in a case tied to violence against Black residents.
Police break up an anarchist sidewalk meeting near an Italian church in Francisco. Nine men are arrested after a riot erupts. two firemen narrowly escape a knife throw. detective W A Hugh is bitten while two officers and a crowd disperse.
Rioting in Liverpool as police clash with strikers at St George's hall and Islington. One constable killed by a brick, Superintendent Bolton seriously wounded, police reserves called, and troops deployed to quell the violence. Crowd attacked officers with batons and missiles.
The Chicago aviation meet aims to break the total time aloft record as flyers earn $2 per minute airborne. Arthur Brindley stayed aloft past dark until a park location was revealed by a fire. John Frisbie suffered a wind accident risking further participation, nearly paralyzed by a wire mishap. Thomas Sopwith won $3,000 for the first two passenger flight landing with prize money.
Miss Ma tilda Moisant, sister of the late John B. Moisant who died in New Orleans, was awarded a pilot's license by the Aero Club of America. She is the second woman in the United States to receive the license under revised rules, after Miss Harriet Quimbly. Moisant flew an American monoplane and performed precise figure eights and landings for a novice.
President completes veto note on Flood resolution admitting Arizona and New Mexico to the union and travels from Beverly to Boston then Washington. He plans to send the message to Congress soon with possible Tuesday presentation and outlines on recalls of judges and wool schedule.
Mexico City on August 13 reports that Francisco de la Barra and General Bernardo Reyes were nominated for president and vice president without their consent by a faction presenting as liberal radical. The general is an independent candidate for the presidency.
Spokane dispatch reports William Crow and William Choate drowned while bath ing at Thompson s saw mill on the Clearwater river north fork near Ahsahka Idaho. Choate who could not swim cried for help as Choate crapped and Crow swam out. Crow drowned while trying to rescue Choate. Crow leaves a wife and seven children.
Washington reports Postmaster General Hitchcock will extend the postal savings system from New York Chicago St Louis and Boston to all large cities after a successful trial. Early deposits in the four cities totalled 110000, implying annual deposits near 7 million. Most second class offices have been designated and third class designations will begin shortly.
Victoria Aug 13 more than 500 lives lost as a typhoon and tidal wave devastate Japan on July 26. Fishing fleets from Shidzuoka suffer severe losses with 200 drowned. Tokyo houses and a tea house swept away. 12,000-plus homes collapsed in Tokyo area. Major warehouses at Tokyo destroyed, rice market disrupted, and naval docks damaged as waves flooded the coast.
Four persons were killed and about 30 injured when a Pennsylvania flyer traveling from Chicago to New York derailed on the western outskirts of Fort Wayne at 6:20 PM. The wreck involved two engines and a freight engine, with multiple cars overturned and investigators uncertain about the final death toll. Names identified include Peter Malone and W. Creigh, both Fort Wayne locals, with several victims still unidentified. Emergency crews, police, and hospitals responded as wreckage blocked the main and adjacent tracks.
In Hanford Kings County two persons died two were mortally wounded and others injured in a clash between white men and Chinese workers. Sheriff reports indicate the violence occurred tonight prompting investigations by local authorities.
Washington reports the tariff revision fight may end this week with adjournment possible within days. The wool bill leads, proposing a 29 percent ad valorem duty with a flat wool tariff and House Democratic Underwood provisions, while the free list and cotton bills remain stalled. The New Mexico Arizona statehood bill also looms for possible veto override talks.
Representative A W Lafferty of Oregon explains a prior letter to a Miss Florence Kubel and defends his motives amid public scrutiny. He says beer influenced a supposed romance with a general delivery clerk and claims political enemies in Oregon stage the publicity.
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