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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
1
A column explores greetings from “Hello” to “Hail” and foreign farewells, noting how language shifts by country and era. Megan Lloyd George’s discussion prompts reflections on politeness, manners, and enduring phrases across cultures and history.
Mrs. Margret B Jackson, 85, was found dead in her Butte kitchen at 1034 East Park Street. Albert Livingston, 62, an old miner, was found beside the body with his arms around her neck and is held for investigation. He denies knowledge, recalls few hours, and admits drinking. The crime occurred about 2:30 P.M. and a neighbor heard screams. The house is owned by Mrs. Charlotte Cassidy, sister to the victim, now in Warm Springs asylum. Livingston says he was ejected by Jackson weeks earlier. police arrested him after the call to neighbors.
The prosecution plans to establish a motive for the murder of William S. Coburn as the trial of Philip E. Fox proceeds in Atlanta. Coburn led the Symmons faction of the Ku Klux Klan and Fox was a former publicity man and editor of the Knights’ Night Hawk. Mrs. Margaret Weaver, a nurse from Cleveland, Ohio, has been indicted as an accessory before the fact, with further indictments expected.
Dissatisfaction with committee representation led Democrats to vote down Representative Moore’s bid to replace two Republican members on the House Rules Committee with a Democrat and Wisconsin’s Nelson. If Moore’s motion had passed, Democrats would have been obliged to vote to oust two Republicans when the issue reached the House, likely Friday. The caucus outcome keeps the party’s stance aligned with the current Republican-Democrat slate, blocking insurgents from hindering committee organization and delaying business.
Mayor H B Mitchell challenged Eugene Van Wert to present facts to Cascade County grand jury supporting a serious charge against city officials and the police department. The dispute follows a raid on a house of prostitution near the police station and ensuing legal actions and questions over dry squad arrests.
Reports from Vera Cruz say rebels under Colonel Ricardo have seized the cities of Merida and Progreso in Yucatan. Governor Carillo and followers reportedly disappeared with export tax money. Over 1,000 federal troops are concentrated at San Marcos as revolutionists march toward the capital. No casualties reported.
AP reports in advices from Guayamas that Yaqui chieftain Gen Frulcoso Mendez was captured and executed by federal forces for leading a plot to incite an uprising among Yaqui in Sinaloa and Sonora. Continued on Page 10.
Five travelers including three women and two children frozen to death near Blue Ranch springs southeast of Albuquerque as a blizzard traps a family caravan from Lincoln New Mexico. The son husband of the daughter in law is missing and feared dead.
In the senate, three ballots failed to break the stalemate for the Interstate Commerce Committee chair. Five of seven La Follette backers shifted to Smith, but he still fell one vote short. Bruce bolted to Cummins, while Brookhart questioned a hidden bipartisan deal.
Chicago moved to pursue an alleged oil swindle with losses ranging from at least 1 million to 3 million dollars. State's attorney Robert E. Crowe announced the search for Leo Koretz, an attorney who vanished about a week earlier, and seized Koretz’s office where jewels worth about 75 thousand dollars were found.
An American observer with the reparations commission informed Louis Barthou that Washington would favor American experts joining the committees to investigate Germany's finances. U S approval for unofficial participation revives the commission’s work. European powers will likely choose their experts by Saturday.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Bozeman Dec. 12 Lieut. Gov. Nelson Story improves slowly from injuries suffered in the McCammon Idaho crash that claimed Mrs. Story. He is weak with head injuries causing vision trouble but expects full recovery within a month. The grief over Mrs. Story's death and his wide Montana friendship buoy his spirits as he begins short walks and longer country rides with his son Nelson Story III.
Havre Montana December 12 no trace of F Marshall pioneer resident arrested ten days ago as an alleged member of the north Montana bank robber gang had been reported tonight by police officials Marshall is believed to have left Havre after being released on own recognizance two days post arrest
William Gibbs McAdoo hinted at a presidential bid in Los Angeles addressing a Democratic luncheon club and the Women’s Democratic League. He criticized President Coolidge’s message as dormancy and urged tax cuts, arguing California will be pivotal in the 1924 race.
Harry Comstock, 31, became trapped in a hollow oak on the Otto Kelley ranch in Bexar County Texas. He survived without food or water for ten days before deputies and farmers cut into the tree, freeing him after a half hour. His mother is listed as Kalamazoo Michigan.
The Republican National Committee selects Cleveland as the 1924 convention site with plans to convene June 10 and enacts a reapportionment that boosts Northern delegates while preserving Southern representation. The vote, 39 to 10 with San Francisco and Des Moines losing, follows a sharp internal fight as Chicago backs Democrats for a future convention.
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