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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
4
The Yeggs blew safes in Windham and nearby towns injuring few, stealing about $9 in money and checks and a gold watch. Three suspects were arrested in Windham as investigations spread from a Geyser saloon theft the prior night.
Bozeman events note a college assembly hall fundraiser to cover travel for two delegates Alise Cullum of Helena and George Roosevelt of Ackley Town to the quadrennial Student Volunteer movement convention in Kansas City December 1 to January 4. Local activities include readings by Dean A B Herrick, songs and vaudeville performances and other community notices throughout the issue.
Livingston reports the Knights of Pythias lodge elects officers including Chancellor commander and keeper of records. Epworth League at Methodist church names officers for next year. Memorial services for lodge deaths Ronald C. Pratt and Claude Fer held at Masonic temple. Exalted Ruler Joseph Brooks opens, AM Alderson gives eulogy, E D Weed of Helena delivers address. music by Jacques Mustert.
Whitehall reports an accidental shooting involving William Roberts’s ranch grandson. quick medical care averted serious injury. Local industry grows with four brick buildings nearing completion to house shops and a dance hall, while McKay and Borden properties advance. A. Lese rushes interior work for two stores. Northern Pacific roundhouse extension proceeds for freight engines. A. R. McDonald underwent surgery in Rochester with a good recovery. Basketball teams for girls and boys organize practice. Dr. W. Trainer remains seriously ill in Whitehall.
Billings reports show Billings sugar factory by products fattening over 40,000 sheep and 7,00 cattle on beet pulp. Winter market shipments start a week before Christmas with much meat sent to Portland and coast cities. Also notes rising snuff use among Billings women, with five wholesalers and 5,600 rolls monthly.
At the semi annual Butte socialist meeting held Sunday in the city hall Mayor Duncan C A Smith and C F Mable led a pro-Duncan faction with proxies. Billy Sullivan and other reds objected but Willis city clerk opposed, and the vote left the mayor and his group in control. The meeting approved issuing a 3000 first mortgage bond.
Indianapolis reports two thousand union teamsters on strike a week will return to work tomorrow per union official. Several more team owners signed union contracts today at the labor temple. No settlement action occurred at the union meeting. only owners signed to pay union scale and refrain from discriminating against union men will be allowed back.
Audiences crowded the Empire Theater yesterday and last night to see Della Pringle company in The Convict's Stripes. J C Wright and Miss Aubrey Phaten entertained between acts with dancing and singing. Charles K Van Auker delivers a strong prison farce performance as Wilhelm Picklenix alongside Miss Pringle as the wife. The cast also features Dan McGuire, Miss Mallie Mitchell, Mrs Aubrey Phaten, Charles Malloy, William Heater, N Hutchinson and J H O Neill. The play blends farce, romance and courtroom satire and will run the rest of the week with a diamond ring prize for a lucky attendee.
Thomas Faden, 46, sues Butte Miners union officers over a room break-in at Dora block 129 West Park. He alleges three shots were fired by Paul Hirshfeld and his brother in self-defense. Hirshfeld claims Faden forced entry, weapons drawn, and that the brothers fired to frighten him. Faden treated at emergency hospital. injury not serious. The case, already a district court verdict for damages, awaits state supreme court review. Hirshfeld maintains self-defense. Mrs. Fadden owns the Dora block.
A chaotic message bundle details loan offers in Butte for up to 200 dollars and references a Reed and Chenery civil engineering tie in Portland. It mentions a Dec 5 telegram from View tora and a Finlen hotel contact, plus a shoe salesman seeking a permanent job at 90 dollars weekly and letters alleging trustworthy character from a former yard foreman.
Baltimore December 7 Cardinal Gibbons warned against government aid for churches saying civil rulers could dictate church doctrine. He urged continued voluntary offerings and direct relations between clergy and laity. Chicago reports a warming spell followed by a sudden cold snap with temperatures easing and snow in the lake region.
A reporter notes a distant caravan of federal refugees moving away, leaving behind a trail of discarded possessions as they progress for miles, with observers marking the long retreat and the persistent flow of evacuees beyond the horizon.
Washington officials expect a gradual squeeze on Huerta as military actions unfold in Northern Mexico. Reports say Huerta forces may obstruct Villa’s march on Mexico City with a potential flank move from troops from Chihuahua. Hermosillo’s Carranza minister resignations spark speculation, while Escudero travels to New York and Hale’s talks loom in Washington amid President Wilson’s illness.
Expect a battle east of Torreon as 6,000 to 7,000 insurgents face advancing federal columns from Monterey and Saltillo. Federal forces halted at San Pedro and Parras near the Coahuila border amid rumors of friction between Villa and Carranza. Carranza bodyguard rides in brown kahki with red blankets. Plaza Centenario crowd watches as news crews film.
C H Smith arrived from Butte and captured two trophies in Anaconda Gun Club December shoot at Nell shooting Park. He tied Drumgoote for Keppler medal in third event and won shootoff. also won next event by same score. C C Goddard of Butte won Confarr medal in the 15 singles and pairs, with 23 total. Weather favorable, first 109 targets counted toward Panama-Pacific prize. Drumamonte led with 999, Goddard second with 985, Gemimett third with 8. Attendees included John F Cowan of Salt Lake, Smith, Goddard, Willoughby of Butte, and Tipnett of Deer Lodge.
Paris December 7. Senator Gaston Doumergue may form a ministry after informing President Poincare tomorrow. He is expected to take the foreign office, with a provisional cabinet including Dubail as minister of war, Serratl as chief of staff, and others in finance, commerce, agriculture, colonies, and public works. Moderate opinion sees Doumergue as a reasonably safe premier, though some prefer Ribot or Dupuy.
Refugees arriving in Laredo say Banc Mercantile of Monterey Mexico burned its entire note issue to prevent rebels from seizing it and closed the bank. The institution, capitalized at 2,500,000 pesos with a 600,000-peso surplus, reportedly quit business with government consent and remains solvent according to witnesses.
The upcoming week brings real winter weather for most of the United States. Lows likely the week’s coldest in interiors east of the Rockies, while the far West warms midweek. Central West warms, Northwest turns colder midweek, and by week’s end steady rain and local snows spread through the North Pacific states and western regions.
In the District Court of the Third Judicial District Deer Lodge County Montana orders set terms of court for January and April hearings. Also notice of hearing to change name from Louis Arthur Quick to Lois Arthur Andrews on January 10 1914 at 8 20 am in Anaconda. Estate of Teresa Flanigan deceased probate hearing December 16 1913 and letters testamentary to Pat Flanagan. Creditors urged to present claims by four months from first publication to administrator WM Merrill Anaconda Montana.
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