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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
1
A blast at a plant leaves thirty dead with foremen reporting a catastrophic failure. Investigators narrow down cause as unknown but suspect structural collapse and hazardous conditions at the site. Local authorities pledge full inquiry and safety review for workers and surrounding area.
Jose Rodriguez is reported to assume a railroad command role along Opel Way as part of a new assignment. Details about the position and affected routes were not fully disclosed in the fragmented text.
Wilmington Delaware November 4 thirty workmen killed and seven fatally injured in a four ton black powder explosion at the upper Hagley yard of the Du Pont Powder Company. Cause unknown and likely forever a mystery. Investigations begun. Victims largely young men with four workers blown outside the packing house. Destruction widespread as the packing house vanished leaving a ground hole and smoke columns.
Alleged gamblers jailed and police report brief war developments as telegraphic news items from The Standard. Headlines note an explosion at a powder plant with 39 fatalities, political dramas, and local notices including an alderman suit and social events.
Contesting the will of Amos F. Eno, who died last October, relatives claim valuable papers were destroyed and petition the surrogate court for temporary administration of an estate estimated between 12 and 15 million dollars. After bequests to relatives, the residuary estate amounting to about 7 million dollars is said to go to Columbia University. Attorneys Gifford and Amos R. Pinchot lead the contestants and seek a family member named as executor.
Ottawa reports the $50 million Canadian domestic war loan subscribed twice over with more subscriptions awaiting processing. Finance Minister White states there will be no financial disturbance or disorder of business from the loan, and notes that a large share of Canadian expenditures have been spent domestically while Canada has extended temporary advances to the imperial government for shell orders.
Nogales Ariz Nov 30 Reports reach here that Francisco Villa the outlaw Mexican leader has gone insane after his forces were defeated and scattered by Gen Manuel Dieguer's Carranza army at Hermosillo. Prisoner statements suggest Villa's present whereabouts are unknown and Dieguer's victory is believed complete with hundreds of Villa soldiers wounded or surrendering.
A Bucharest dispatch reports Rusthuk on the Danube west of the Romanian border preparing for Austro German troop arrivals. Officers with war materials have landed as Austrian monitors patrol the Danube from the Bulgarian shore to Romania’s frontier. London reports deny a torpedo boat sinking in the Dogger Bank with heavy losses.
Treasurer Harrington and deputies tallied 470,994 in tax receipts on the last day pushing 1915 total to 1,213,759 with delinquent taxes near 15,000. The Anaconda Copper Mining and A C M company provided the largest payments, 274,875.80 county tax and 36,311.45 city tax respectively, with many checks to come by mail today.
New York reports German representatives placed orders for about 200 million pounds of copper, nearly one fifth of US yearly production, at about 20 cents a pound. With prices around 49 million dollars, most contracts are stored pending immediate postwar shipment.
Oakland dispatch reports Frederick Stratton former port of entry collector was found near a Southern Pacific siding after an auto crash. He left the sanitarium briefly before returning to Pleasanton and then vanished toward the railroad vicinity. Investigations underway.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt announced he asked Nebraska's secretary of state to withdraw his name from the Republican presidential primary ballot. A petition on his behalf had been filed by a candidate, but Roosevelt instructed withdrawal and asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration.
Jane Addams settlement worker and peace advocate was hospitalized in Chicago with fever seen as severe but not critical. Doctor Herrick said exact nature undetermined and her condition may prevent joining the Ford peace party abroad. report notes illness began days earlier.
A historic accord appears to involve Hayter G American and others arranging coal and supplies prior to hostilities. The text notes agreements to deliver fuel and provisions ahead of conflict, signaling preparation and cooperation among involved parties.
Testimony in New York trial ties Hamburg American Line to Germany's war effort by supplying coal and provisions to German warships from neutral ports. Dr Karl Mueng described a 1914 agreement and a cable authorization to carry out the plan as war threats mounted, with details of communication methods and anticipated shipments amid global conflict.
London reports a shift in WWI attention to the Austro Italian frontier as Italian forces press on Tolmino Gorizia and Doberdò. King Victor Emmanuel's troops attack bridgeheads and mountain positions, repeatedly striking well-prepared Austrians despite claims of repulses.
Captain A B Wolvin, owner of shares and bonds in the Butte Duluth Mining Co, plans to renew operations at the copper plant near Columbia Gardens east of East Butte holdings. He returns to Butte amid optimism that financing and negotiations will restart work, with the plant currently idle since a bankruptcy petition.
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