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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1913
Page
11
An expert claims a homeable prescription destroys the dandruff germ in one to three applications. It purports to stop falling hair and may regrow hair after baldness. Mix six ounces bay rum two ounces Lavona de Composee half a drachm menthol crystals, let stand, apply night and morning.
Senator Bacon reports broad Republican support for the president in shaping policy toward Mexico. He notes bipartisan cooperation in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and daily talks with senators, signaling a single patriotic aim as tensions with Huerta rise.
Witnesses describe car usage and suspects linked to the Thaw escape. Flood and Thompson are named with a four cylinder landaulette and a touring car seen near Matteawan. A hospital approach and motor movement are recounted with multiple men involved in the escape.
New York Aug 18 Thaw remains unseen after 36 hours on the lam as U S and Canadian authorities seek him on a Dutchess County conspiracy warrant arising from the Matteawan case. His mother awaits a note promising to join him in Cresson Pennsylvania as lawyers plan extradition tactics and potential court actions.
Investigators weigh Thaw’s possible plans leaving Matteawan by land to Canada or along the Brent lakes and across Lake Erie. A water route aboard ship could offer safety from immigration scrutiny. Meanwhile search efforts center on five associates who aided the escape plot and who provided outside-the-asylum muscle.
Mrs. John OLeary of Emmet and Antimony streets identified Earl Stewart a 30 year old former guard at the state penitentiary as one of the unmasked men who held her up in her home. Stewart was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Quigley and produced an alibi by a second guard who said they did not arrive in Butte until after the holdup. Deputy County Attorney Harry Meyer set Stewart s bond at 5900 until the sheriff can investigate his alibi today.
Frank Clampett, 25, held in county jail on a murder charge connected to the death of Fred Martin, 36, at St James hospital. Doctors ruled blood poisoning from a stab wound as the cause. Martin had reportedly been drugged and assaulted at a cabin, then transported after injury.
Jack Kaaen, 32, of 415 South Montana Street, was fatally injured at the Colorado mine yesterday. A rock struck him while he bent over mucking breaking his neck and paralyzing him below the chest. Death was expected hourly as doctors said the injuries were fatal.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs for listless upset children with stomach and bowels clogged. It extols a gentle cleanse, claims no drugging, praises the taste, and directs asking for the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Co.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets as a cure for headaches indigestion and constipation by promoting natural bowel function. Claims the product restores health and strength with use beginning tonight. Fuller Drug Company Anaconda Newbro Drug Company Butte are listed as distributors.
The State of California, an iron ship built in 1879, carried 72 crew and many passengers between Puget Sound and San Francisco. Commanded by Capt Thomas H Cann Jr, she wrecked on a reef near Cape Beals on Jan 22 1996, sinking quickly with 117 lives lost and no survivors reaching shore. The Jefferson, short distance away, rescued survivors in lifeboats after S O S signals.
Seattle reports Gambier bay as one of Alaska s most dangerous waters. Admiralty Trading built a cannery there and contracted Pacific Coast Steamship to handle traffic. The bay lacks official survey and presents reefs and tight turning space for large ships. California s doom followed soon after leaving the cannery.
Seattle reports fifty four Seattle bound passengers plus twenty two from Prince Rupert and other points were aboard the State of California when she struck a rock in Gambier bay Alaska. Total dead 49 with seven crew. One wireless operator and several passengers named. Missing list incomplete. Also ad note for Boucher's sale at 37-39 West Park.
The Salt Lake Butte Union League event at the Gardens tomorrow will feature clerks union races and a 12:30 start. Events include aeroplane flight, sprints, a fat men's race, girls under 16, married women, and relay races with cash prizes from 10 to 2.50, plus a boys under 80 pounds race.
List of transfers includes John Martin and wife to John Hocking of lot 16 and west half of lot 17, block 59 McQueen addition for $1. O G Hahn and wife to Libbie Treglown of lot 9, block 4 Lawlor & Kemper addition for $1. A T McCullough and wife to James F Cummings of lot 1, block 5 Stanley R M Renshaw and wife to Kas Renshaw and others of 65 feet on lots 11 and 12, block 86 Butte for $10. R T Renshaw and others to Columbia Association of Butte of west 65 feet on lots 11 and 12 and north 8 feet of lot 10, block 86, for $10. A note mentions 751 ocean vessels built in German yards in 1912.
Five union representatives and five labor council delegates met as a strike inquiry pressed amid secret proceedings. The committees, led by M. M. Donoghue, considered strike methods, wage justice, and legality, while 700 copies were saved from loss and a damaged power line was temporarily repaired by J. R. Wharton and Wathegate.
Washington Aug 18 Free sugar dominated the tariff debate in the senate today as Bristow Smith Sterling Smoot Lodge and Cummins led the attack on the sugar schedule. No vote time was set for democratic rates or Bristow amendments aiming for a gradual tariff cut to 1.26 per 19 pounds in 1919. Democratic leaders said Bristow amendments would be defeated and only Louisiana senators Thornton and Ransdell planned to oppose the majority.
burglars entered Hermann jewelry store in Newport R T after closing and stole about 10000 in jewelry with 12 dozen stickpins, two diamond brooches and small pieces missing. they forced four showcases in a horseshoe layout and fled when more loot threatened. police suspect they were frightened off mid plan. a woolen quilt and two suitcases found near a back safe. the mine output line is unrelated.
Hongkong reports guerrilla fighting near Canton aided by pirates as rebels loot and execute. Disembarked official Lung Chi Kuang takes charge in Canton. 64 bodies found on a street corner, victims wearing new uniforms. Red Cross unable to reach the wounded zone amid heat and destruction.
A Shanghai dispatch to the Times says that in recent Canton fighting 5,000 were killed, including 3,500 civilians. The city mint lost 1,000,000 in small coins and 50,900,000 in bullion looted.
Frank B. Johnson and Mrs. Bessie O. Williams, both of Lima Montana, were wed this morning at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. Jesse Lacklen. Johnson works for the Oregon Short Line railroad.
Whitewater Colorado notice recounts a grandmother’s claim that Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured her grandson’s severe eczema and itching after ineffective remedies. The ad notes product prices 25c and 50c and offers free samples and a 32-page Skin Book by mail.
Advertisements tout Eckman’s Alterative as effective against tuberculosis with reports of weight gain, reduced fever, and improved energy. An affidavit from Joseph Grimmer claims his mother-in-law recovered after using the remedy. the ad notes availability through Newbro Drug Co. and Eckman Laboratory literature.
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