STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY ADVERTISING REEOURCES
The Anaconda Standard announces publisher details, subscription rates, and office contacts. It lists daily and Sunday rates, branch offices in Butte and Anaconda, and external news stands where the Standard is sold. It names editorial rooms, telephone numbers, and foreign advertising contacts plus several city-based news agencies and offices.
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Montana
New York
Hotaling’s
Park Ten
Broadway
Detroit
Metropolitan News Co
Woodward
Michigan
Chicago Congress Hotel
Paul N. St. Marie
Los Angeles
Kemp's News
San Diego
E. M. Child's
Denver
Wilson warns against overwhelming Wilson with patronage advice
President-elect Wilson faces a flood of letters on return from Bermuda. He should focus on reforms and good administration, not be burdened by demands for patronage. Democrats must avoid pressuring for specific appointments and let the new government pursue its big reform agenda.
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Ber Muda
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Bavarian Regent to become King in Name and Fact
Following the death of Prince Luitpold a Bavarian regent, Bavarians reportedly favor elevating his son to king in name and reality. They fear ruling by a madman Otto and seek a worthy house to bolster prestige while preserving loyal, efficient representation. The late regent was seen as a strong, low‑profile figure within the German empire.
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Luitpold
Bavaria
Sair
Otto
German Empire
Regent's Succession Faces Delayed Inheritance Debate
The regent son is praised for inherited sterling qualities and expected to assume soon. Diplomats seek a diplomatic approach to present the proposal, arguing postponement seems unnecessary given the inevitable outcome.
Senate Leaders Face Unsettled Democratic Leadership
The selection of Democratic Senate leader after March 4 remains unsettled with strong support for Senator Gore of Oklahoma, while Senators Hoke Smith of Georgia and O Gorman of New York are also favored. Republican leader Borah of Idaho gains momentum amid his progressive stance and high-level connections, suggesting a competitive fight for the posts.
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Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
Hoke Smith
Georgia
O'Gorman
New York
Borah
Idaho
Wis
Roosevelt
Taft
The Automobile Industry Growth and Prices in 1914
The automobile industry shows rapid expansion with an estimated 250000 new cars in use in the United States this year and at least 100000 more in 1915. Only about ten manufacturers produce new cars, all at full capacity, while second-hand cars remain scarce as buyers seek latest models. Road improvements and safer, better riding accompany the trend, and prices are not expected to fall while output exceeds demand.
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United States
Reward and privileges tied to a controversial plan
A source fragment describes a quick reward plus lavish royalties for the use of a plan. It notes public service value and mentions wrecks blamed on signal system disregard. The text argues rules of operation are ignored, reducing effectiveness.
Pessimistic War Report Finds San Francisco Harbor Defenses Vulnerable
Washington reports Brig. Gen. W. S. Schuyler warns that during war ammunition and provisions could be cut off from the San Francisco harbor entrance. He cites Fort Barry as the strongest defense yet notes supply would be hindered by poor wharf and road access. Battery Kirby and Fort Berker also lack adequate access, needing better roads above the water level.
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Washington
San Francisco
Schuyler
Department of California
John P. Vyisser
Fort Barry
Slow Progress In $100000 Damage Suit In Butte Miner Case
Whitehall marshal testifies Kelly believed he knew one of the Pipestone Springs robbers and murderers as trial drags. Judge Showers again on the stand. sheriff describes scene after Aug 18 1911 holdup. warrants issued for gambling and murder. Kelly released on bond.
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James Kelly
Butte Miner Publishing Company
Miner
Judge Showers
Jefferson County
Pipestone
Kelly
Harris Carapalli
Andy Less
J. M. Borden
Whitehall
Borden
Serious Charges Against Home for Blind In Oakland
James Cloutman testified at a governor appointed investigation that inmates at the state industrial home for the adult blind in Oakland faced neglect leading to deaths and injuries. He cited George Johnson’s suicide after hours without medical aid, George Hayes’s death from neglect, and John Stromm’s fall after wandering with an exposed injury.
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Oakland
Cab
State Industrial Home For
James Cloutman
Cloutman
George J. Johnson
George Hayes
John Stromm
Stobert Dollar Overdue Vessel Held Safe In Japan
A Yokohama cablegram reports fears in Japan for the safety of the British steamer Stobert Dollar, sailing from Astoria to Kobe with a valuable cargo. The ship, 420 tons, owned by Robert Dollar Steamship Co of San Francisco and commanded by Captain Houghton, left the Columbia River November 10 and is seven days overdue at Kobe.
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San Francisco
Yokohama
Marine Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Japan
Stobert Dollar
Astoria
Kobe
Columbia River
Robert Dollar
Robert Dollar Steamship Company
Houghton
Clyde
Housekeepers League abandons egg crusade in Philadelphia
Mrs. William B. Deer, president of the Housekeepers' league, announced in Philadelphia on December 17 that the group had achieved its aim of lowering egg prices and had stopped selling eggs, ending the organization’s campaign.
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Philadelphia
William B. Deer
The
Housekeepers’ League
Frightened to Death Victim Believed Black Hand Hounded Man
Nicholas Gigliotti an Italian in Pittsburg Kansas killed himself after being hounded by a Black Hand society that decreed his departure from the country. His wife said he could not raise the required trip money and feared for his three sons who were in danger from the group.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Nicholas Gigliotti
Black Hand
Roosevelt Joins Spugs Movement in New York
The news from New York states Theodore Roosevelt has joined the Spugs as a charter member, the first New Yorker to do so. The group, Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving, aims to curb ostentation. Roosevelt reportedly visited Chicago to brief George W. Perkins and Boss Bill Flinn before joining.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Spugs
Society For the Prevention of
Chicago
George W. Perkins
Bill Flinn
O. K
Portland Doctor Convicted in Vice Clique Case
Portland, Dec 17. Dr. Harry A Start a physician was convicted today by a jury of unspeakable offenses. He and 13 other men and boys were named as members of a so called vice clique indicted after a youth arrested for delinquency. Start faces sentencing Friday.
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Portland
Ore
Harry A. Start
Start
Jury Finds Not Guilty in State Conspiracy Case
In Canon City Colorado on December 17 a jury acquitted former Warden John Cleghorn and four co-defendants of conspiracy to defraud the state and obtaining money under false pretenses after 72 hours of deliberation.
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Canon City
Col
John Cleghorn
Tremonton Bank Robbers Foiled By Vault Crack
Tremonton Utah December 17 four would be robbers labored half the night to break into the old concrete money vaults of the State Bank of Tremonton but were dismayed to discovers that the vaults held no money and their effort failed leaving police to investigate the break in attempt.
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Tremonton
Utah
State Bank of Tremonton
New Haven Line Seeks Invention To Arrest Runaway Locomotives
Facing railroad distress in New England, the New Haven system offers a $10,000 prize for an automatic device that stops an express steam locomotive that passes danger signals. The award is sanctioned by the interstate commerce commission and Massachusetts and Connecticut public utility boards.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Mellen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utility Boards
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Lawless Mountaineers Held Over Threat to Wilson
Three men Warren Dunn Jacob Dunn and Seeley Davenport are jailed in Essex County Newark N J after a threatening letter to President-elect Wilson demanded $5000 in gold by mail or he would be shot. Evidence centers on a similar spelling in a letter by Jacob.
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Woodrow Wilson
Essex County
Newark
N. J
Bowling Green Mountain
Pond Mountain
New Jersey
Lake Hopatcong
Warren
Jacob Dunn
Seeley Davenport
Wilson
Jacob
Robbers Break Through Wall In Early Bank Heist
Miss Anna Rauber, a telephone exchange operator opposite the bank, saw men break through a three foot wall. She telephoned Marshal Brown and a running chase ensued, but the robbers escaped in a buggy stolen from a physician. The marshal and physician pursued but could not catch them.
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Bank
Anna Rauber
Marshal Brown
Missoula Opens Western Montana Poultry Show With 1000 Birds
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Missoula Montaja December 17 The Western Montana poultry show opened today with more than 1000 birds on exhibition the largest held in the state this season Judge Holden of Minnesota presiding awards announced this evening the Misoula show promises to score exceptionally high The judging began this afternoon and several Butte exhibitors led by C A Greenfield J L Dorsh J D Luders and E W Brink took winnings with their white Leghorns Missoula's show runs the rest of the week and through Sunday
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Missoula
Montana
Holden
Minnesota
Butte
C. A. Greenfield
J. L. Dorsh
J. D. Luders
E. W. Brink
Woman Accused in Insurance Fraud In Death By Own Action
Mrs Mintajo Jordan was arrested in Los Angeles charged with obtaining $5000 life insurance proceeds under false pretenses after burying a man identified as her husband who allegedly died by his own hand at Ocean Park last April. The real identity of the deceased remains unclear.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mintajo Jordan
Jordan
Ocean Park
Senator Bailey resignation talk sparks Texas interim justice
Washington reports say Senator Bailey declined comment on a January 1 resignation and that the Texas legislature will appoint Col. R. M. Johnston, editor of the Houston Post, to serve until March 4. Texas delegates in the House deem the report credible. Rep. Morris Sheppard won the Democratic primary for the six year term starting March 4.
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Washington
Bailey
Texas
Col
R. M. Johnston
Houston Post
House
Morris Sheppard
Fire at Grafton destroys main business district
A midnight blaze in the Stafford Mercantile Company building at Grafton Illinois raged through the town’s principal business structures and threatened nearby residences. After extinguishment estimates of the loss were tabulated, detailing damage and coverage.
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St. Louis, Mo
Stafford Mercantile Company
Grafton
Ill
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