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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
10
Chicago reports surprise over government crop estimates with mixed prices across grains. Wheat futures opened lower then recovered, corn held steady or higher, oats mixed, and hogs influencing provisions. Prices for December contracts show modest gains and losses, with cash rye and barley values noted.
Chicago livestock markets show hog receipts around 40 000 with variable bids from bulk cattle 60 to 70 and mixed grades. Sheep receipts about 5 000 with natives steady to higher. western prices rise modestly. Also brief notes on New York money market and a penitentiary escape incident in Kansas involving Dan Carney, recaptured after 16 days inside the walls.
In heavy fog at Cornell Bluffs Ta Dec 16 motorman E L Wyant was injured perhaps fatally and Grover Smith a passenger seriously crushed, four others hurt in the clash of two street cars during the fogbound incident.
An inventor from Denver claims a flying machine with a low center of gravity, front motor, and dual lower wing sections offers superior stability and safety. He demonstrates a model at an East Broadway window, arguing the design reduces crash risk, allows easy emergency control, and uses one front lever to manage all actions.
Marksmen from Butte will shoot in Meaderville all day starting in the morning with many prize birds already secured. The event is planned at 200 yards from rifles to prizes, attracting local marksmen and spectators. Walter Snyder and Nellie Fay of Butte were married Monday evening by Justice Doran, with Mr. and Mrs. Barnaman witnessing. The couple planned a brief wedding trip and will live in the city soon.
Demanaraat New York follows other cities by appointing women as policemen. Miss Maude Miner, secretary of the New York Probation Society, urges 10 police women to handle addiction cases and tracing runaway girls, arguing girls would confide more in a woman than a man.
The municipal Christmas tree for five million New Yorkers is erected in Madison Square. The open air display follows last year’s success and will be repeated in many cities. Delegations from city choral societies will sing Yuletide carols on Christmas evening.
Albany Dec 16 The New York state court of appeals held the oleomargarine law unconstitutional saying while laws may curb deception in foodstuffs, the coloring of oleomargarine did not show intent to commit fraud.
William Fitzgerald pleaded guilty without denial to grand larceny and was sentenced to two years and four months in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge. He passed a bad check on Mack & Carey on December 5, bank officials later refused payment. Fitzgerald, a bright looking young man with prior trouble, sought quick sentencing and stated he was ready to plead. Chief Deputy County Attorney Dwyer noted the district court accepted the plea and ordered the term to begin. Richard Foster, charged with burglary, also agreed to plead guilty after the clerk read the information to him and asked for clarification.
An old advertisement touts a lithia based drink named Salts as a remedy for backache and kidney discomfort caused by heavy meat consumption. It claims four ounces in water before breakfast clears sluggish kidneys, ends bladder irritation, and finishes with a catchy note that the product is inexpensive and safe.
Judge Doran sentenced Foster to two years at hard labor after a December burglary arrest. Fitzgerald and Foster expressed thanks to attorney Meaffery as they were remanded to county jail. Foster admitted he was in Jeannette Clark’s room at Thistle lock to steal on the night of December 11.
The Octoroon, Boucicault’s famed drama, returns to life on three reels at the Ansonia Theater this week. Zoe, an octoroon, wins freedom amid murder, debt, and slave auctions as McCloskey’s villainy unfolds. A grand week with matinee Friday and children’s show Saturday.
Report from Shreveport dated December 14 describes Ernest and Frank Williams fatally harmed by a mob at Blanchard Tay. The body of Calvin Ballard was found hacked in a store. Police say Ballard confessed to a prior incident and was believed linked to escaped prisoners from the Louisiana penitentiary. Ballard had been released recently after serving time for a serious offense.
Paris dispatch states the French foreign office instructed Jules Cambon to inform the German government that Britain will respond to a note. The report mentions a building restrictions issue and city water updates in Floral Park addition, with address references in Indianapolis.
George Bertie a Chicago merchant was found in a Pittsburg police cell with throat wounds and wrist cuts after being arrested near Union Station while muttering. Police say he fled Chicago a week earlier to escape Black Hand threats. a judge deemed him temporarily sane by fear.
Kansas City December 16. The Kansas City Humane Society leads a campaign to set a maximum 12 hour work day for horses. Aldermen and several city officials assist as some team owners currently run two driver shifts with the same horses. E R Weeks, president of the humane society, notes humans are limited by law and now horses should be as well.
New York December 16 The Rev James ule Hobert Tide and Miss Helen were named on the passenger list of the Anchor line steamer California just in from Glasgow Captain Blaikie called the mix a Christmas omen and noted abundant goodwill plus many hundred cases of Scotch whiskey in the hold amid holiday cheer.
About 125 union waiters struck at the Statler and Hollenden hotels in Cleveland. The dining room at Statler closed, Hollenden operated at half force. The strike centers on a requested 5 percent monthly pay increase.
Butte Workingmen's Union issues a notice under approval of the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council that starting January 1, 1914 wages for all workers under this union's jurisdiction shall be not less than four dollars per day. W F Barnaman president S P Johnson secretary cross.
Francisco Rodrigues, newly elected mayor of Madrid, announces he will turn over his entire salary to a charitable institution. He is described as one of the wealthiest residents of the Spanish capital and will assume office on January 1.
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