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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
9
A chaotic scene unfolds as competing factions clash amid a disputed flag incident. Police intervene as bystanders report tense moments and rapid shifts in crowd actions. the event underscores heightened tensions between rival groups and local authorities.
Peaceful Crete solution seemed secured thanks to the four protecting powers but distrust grows among the Young Turks and Albanians. Greek sympathy fuels defiance against orders to haul down the Greek flag as warships head toward Crete. Italian cruisers Francesco Furrudo Varez Guiseppe Garibaldi and Giovanni Bausan sail for Crete, soon followed by battleships Regina Elena Napoleon and Vittorio Emanuele III.
Toulon April 15 The armored cruiser Jules Ferry has been ordered to coal and prepare to sail for Crete. Similar orders have been issued to the commanders of battleships Jaureguiberri Jouvet and buflera, indicating a coordinated readiness move in the region.
Swiftsure enters Huda bay Crete as the Cretan government resigns and provisional committees take over. Armed peasants who held a fortress were expelled but the Greek flag remains raised, while the committees plan to resist powers ordering the flag lowered.
Constantinople August 15 report that the Turkish fleet stays at Smyrna. The government, following powers advice, has postponed sending it to Crete. Boycott and discrimination against Greeks are widening.
The Athens dispatch notes the entire Greek press counsels the Cretans to lower the Greek flag over Cana fortress and avoid defiance of the protecting powers.
In Canea Crete a band of armed peasants seized the fortress last night to thwart the powers' order to remove the Greek flag. Deputies arrived in the city in the evening to attend parliament as tensions rise.
Vessels arriving from Labrador report continued icebergs and floes along the northern Labrador coast may seriously hamper the Jennie. The ship is expected to be delayed reaching Etah Greenland Peary base.
Senators visit Huntley to tour the long planned big project as part of a show of support and to review progress and potential benefits for the region.
The Senate irrigation committee led by Senator Carter will visit Helena on Thursday then head to Cody to view the Shoshone dam and Corbett tunnel. Ballinger plans a Crow reservation stop while the party tours Huntley and Powell before Billings and a final stare toward Great Falls.
Colorado Springs August 1. The death toll from the Husted wreck on the Denver and Rio Grande rose to ten with the death of C. M. McCreary of Dallas at St Francis hospital. About twenty were injured but not in critical condition. Engineer Lessig, driver of the lead engine, was found at home after vanishing the day of the wreck. Fireman John Gossage died. his wife watched the catastrophe from her doorstep. Traffic resumed within hours and the railway company faces about 75000 dollars in losses.
Dr. George C. Pardee of Oakland criticizes Secretary Ballinger at Spokane’s irrigation congress. Pardee cites Ballinger’s openness of public land to entry and delays in dam and power projects, arguing Roosevelt reclamation aims would keep water power in public hands, while Ballinger favors corporate control. He notes Taft’s attempts to reverse actions and calls it a victory for Newell and Pinchot.
The Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in East South Temple street was dedicated with grand ceremonies. Cardinal James Gibbons delivered the principal address, praising Bishop Lawrence Scanlan. The event featured a costly new organ funded by Ellen Hayes of Ely Nevada, who died two weeks earlier. The church costs about $3.5 million, with extensive interior adornment.
In Beverly Mass on August 15 President Taft sent a letter to Secretary Nagle warning that any person employed in the thirteenth census who engages in politics will be dismissed. He urges supervisors and enumerators to avoid political favors and notes appointments are often made from district recommendations to keep census work free of politics.
The Seattle Shriners return from Nome after a 5200 mile pilgrimage to install a northern temple. The journey is claimed as the longest lodge fraternal trip on record. At Nome 58 candidates were initiated by the party.
Beijing toned tragedy reports Bow Kim a 21 year old Chinese woman killed in a Mott Street tenement. Chin Len, 31, claims finding the body after returning at 2 am. Police detained three Chinese men and six American women as witnesses. Len held on bail as material witness.
Liverpool August 15 The Cunard liner Lucania was submerged at Huskisson dock after a Saturday fire in the salon kitchen. Firemen were rescued, tugs refloated the ship, and she settled on the mud bottom before salvage pumps re floated her for dry docking and towing to Glasgow for repairs.
Fore William Ontario Aug 15 The striking dock laborers of the Canadian Pacific railway will return to work tomorrow A mass meeting of strikers and friends numbering 5000 was addressed by Mayor Pelltier who urged the men to resume work and submit their grievances to a board of arbitration Surrounding the crowd were 600 soldiers rifles in hand ready to quell any movement toward disorder After prolonged discussion the men accepted the mayor s proposition
Chicago reports Marie Handsel killed herself and her three sons by gas today. She bathed and dressed the children, ages four and twins, carried them to the bathroom, closed the door, and turned on the gas. Husband Joseph Handsel forced the door and found all four dead. The twins lay wrapped in a quilt in the tub, the elder boy in his mother's arms.
Appalling destruction in Osaka leaves hundreds homeless as fire rages through districts. Authorities report extensive ruin across multiple blocks and urge caution. Firefighters battle blazes with limited resources amid collapsing structures.
A vast Osaka conflagration began in a Nich Odunichomo hosiery factory on July 4 and swept six streets. With ineffective water supply, soldiers dynamited houses to halt the blaze while priests, militia, and engineers worked to save relics, hospitals, and key sites as 13 people died and 300 were injured.
A direct primary test is set in San Francisco tomorrow to gauge voter support for California election reforms. Officials urge turnout as the measure seeks to simplify party processes and boost participation.
Aug 15 report from San Francisco outlines a crowded field as California’s direct primary starts. Voters will pick party standards for fall contests with 84,435 registered, including 46,009 Republicans and 17,800 Democrats. Key battles focus on district attorney and mayoral races, with Heney likely running independently against Fickert, Langdon allies, and union labor candidates for mayor.
Seattle Aug. 15. The government’s drive on vice in Alaska shows results as the steamer Senator arrives from Nome with 11 women and 4 men from Fairbanks jailed as undesirable aliens. Women seek deportation, men to be prosecuted for importing women for immoral purposes, amid raids that forced many offenders to flee to the mountains.
Denver hosts the twelfth annual convention of the trans Mississippi commercial congress with an expected 5 000 to 7 000 delegates. Topics span Panama canal irrigation natural resources and defense, with talks on railroads immigration beet sugar and separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. Five accredited women delegates attend, and nightly illustrated lectures on federal public works including the Panama canal are planned.
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