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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
8
An executive committee fights to secure headquarters in New York City, asserting leadership and strategy amid opposition. The move centers on organizational control and decision making as officials push for a decisive location.
Chicago December 11 New York was named permanent headquarters of the progressive party executive committee after a fight among delegates from several states who preferred other locations. The vote 32 to 12 favored New York with opposition from Florida Colorado Idaho Louisiana Texas and Wyoming. Ohio Wisconsin Michigan Trnais New Hampshire and Montana opposed the resolution as not comprehensive enough. The decision creates a Washington bureau, with a European study commission to learn about legislation abroad. The Addams plan guided finance but was pared back. Subscriptions of 500 each were planned to fund headquarters and bureaus, six secured tonight from state groups. Governors Bass Hale Drexler Flynn Pope helped secure support. A recall provision was adopted allowing 2 percent of national committee members to petition for policy actions.
Tensions rise as lingering border disputes between towns linked to the old Jay line spark fears of a new clash. Officials urge restraint while residents brace for potential confrontations and seek peaceful mediation.
District Judge Pitchford pleaded with Governor Cruce for troops as Old Jay and New Jay factions near battle over the county records dispute in Delaware County Oklahoma. Sheriff Thompson forms a posse, officers flee, and women and children are moved from the courthouse area amid armed patrols and a telegraph breakdown.
Stephen La Porte testified at his trial that a Chicago Salvation Army sermon moved him to confess to killing Walter Taylor, a rancher in this district, over five years ago. He said guilt led him to repeat the confession at the mourners bench and again to Des Plaines police after leaving the altar.
Tunis December 11 Roland Garros the French aviator soared to 5 801 meters 19 032 feet in clear weather the new world altitude record for aeroplanes his flight lasted 1 hour 11 minutes 6 seconds surpassing George le Gagneux 17 881 feet set last September at Villa Coblay France.
New York Dec 11 Wall street posted one of its most exciting days of the year as leading stocks dipped near their 1911 low. Union Pacific fell amid merger uncertainty with Southern Pacific while United States Steel and Reading also declined. Rumors swirled about a bear attack and possible dividend suspension under the merger decree.
Eugene Grace, Newman Georgia, reiterates his charge that his wife Daisy Grace shot him to gain life insurance. He sues for divorce after her acquittal at trial in June.
Washington reports that lawyers for Judge Archbald argued that charges against him stem from bias and a deranged brain as Senate impeachment proceedings unfold. Witnesses from the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad described meetings about settlements involving George M. Watson and the Boland claims, with bids around 161000 dollars.
President Taft heard startling disclosures from four American businessmen and two senators about lawlessness in Mexico. The men described outrages against women, murders, and banditry targeting Americans, requesting protection of life and property rather than intervention. Senators Fall and Smith and Rep Hamilton attended the briefing in the cabinet room, with Fall corroborating some assertions.
Seattle report details attorney Kitt Gould presenting two sticks of dynamite with a cap to prosecutors alleging his son in law Pardon J Keyes planted the devices under Goulds bedroom to blow him up He says Keyes planned murder and was arrested last Saturday as an engineer blamed for threats and explosives in the incident.
A local inquiry concludes with eleven prosecutions related to Allen’s Cane matter. The proceedings outline charges against multiple defendants, including names tied to the case, and indicate judicial action moving forward in the stono area. Proceedings reference Wesley Howards and Stona dates in the docket.
In Virginia Wrytheville Dec 11 Sidna Allen gets 35 years and Wesley Edwards 27 in plea deal for Carroll county courthouse shooting. Sentences stem from killings of Judge Massie Sheriff Webb and Commonwealth Attorney Foster. Floyd Allen and Claude face death. Governor Mann grants Jan 17 respite for Floyd and Claude.
Hearings concluded by the house rules committee on the O Shaughnessy resolution for a congressional investigation of a traffic agreement between the New York New Haven and Hartford and the Grand Trunk railroads. The accord, signed by New Haven president Mellen, planned through rates and joint line use, with Grand Trunk not signing. Buckland of New Haven pledged aid in the inquiry. EK Walker suggested Congress could bar the Grand Trunk from U S business if it abandoned the Southern New England project after state franchises.
Fire on the top floor of the Meed department store in St Paul caused 59000 in damage. A blaze broke out tonight, with authorities reporting estimates of the loss and damage to inventory and structure.
In Lewiston Idaho the Northwest livestock show grand champion steer sold for 1.29875 dollars per pound, a total of 1298.75, weighing 1275 pounds. The purebred Hertford, 14 months, exhibited by Jones Land and Cattle Co of Wisdom Montana. Buyer was Stanton Cold Storage Co of Spokane. Believed world record price for a steer. First prize carload of cattle sold for 8.10 per hundred. Second prize in hampton steel class to Canfield Ranch Co of the Big Horn basin.
Readers see tensions rise as bankers react to a forced hold up in committee actions. The piece notes opposition to the delay and the pressure on the committee to proceed promptly, with emphasis on the financial sector’s stake.
At a Washington hearing, Tobias Wolfson testified United Metals Selling Company hoarded vast copper from April to October 1907 to avoid price drops that would embarrass producing firms. The pool sold about 9.35 million pounds in that period while prices stayed around 25 cents a pound. Untermeyer pressed whether Amalgamated Copper’s stock price was kept up by metal values.
A violent clash erupts as strikers attack strike-breakers and their guards, resulting in multiple deaths of detectives. Authorities brace for further confrontations as investigations begin.
Several hundred striking workers of the New York Susquehanna and Western ambushed strike-breakers at Edgewater Killed detectives Andrew J. Graw and Clarence Mallory. Wounded include John Ryerson William King William Woods Frank Brown and William Hicks. Mayor Clahan led 50 deputies to the coal docks as a militia request was sent to the governor.
Sheridan, Dec. k Maxine Clayton refused to marry Peter Jorgensen, a mining engineer, triggering a murder suicide. Jorgensen shot her through the heart then killed himself, after she explained duty and family burdens influenced her decision. Clayton had recently moved from Springfield, Illinois.
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