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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1910
Page
11
A sensational report claims that the wild rumors circulating among Mexican troops were proven true in a battle scene. The piece emphasizes dramatic beliefs about enemy surrender, battlefield miracles, and morale boosts attributed to rumor spread.
In Chihuahua on December 18, reports say natives are being forcibly pressed into service as a troop train travels toward the front. American crews balk at dangerous work, Mexicans jailed to supply crews, and a two-section train guards the Northwestern railroad amid bandit fear. Pancho Villa reportedly leads 78 followers near San Andres, with Navarro’s 4100 troops pursuing.
An aviator faced a dangerous drop near England as the mission neared its end. The incident prompted emergency responses and raised concerns about safety and survival chances.
English aviator Claude Grahame-White nearly crashed his Belmont Park winner during a trial at Dover on December 18. His machine toppled in strong winds, leaving him briefly unconscious but unharmed beyond facial cuts. Sopwith completed a 174 mile Channel crossing in three and a half hours, marking the first British-made plane to cross the channel under those conditions.
Denver reports the body of John Augustina, night foreman at the Leyden mine, recovered 1,600 feet from shaft No 3 after rescuers traced the tire disaster that buried 10 men. He attempted to reach safety and covered his mouth with a handkerchief but inhaled poisonous gases. One victim, George Supachet, was identified, with five other workers still missing as rescuers press through fallen coal and debris toward the deeper entry amid slow progress.
A six year old, Martin McCush Jr., was caught in the Monaco post office with arms full of mail purloined from two boxes. Police assess potential losses to two firms, while scraps of addressed letters and checks are being examined. The boy was taken to his father as investigations continue.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Los Angeles Dec 18 Mary W Settles a Los Angeles schools teacher sued William M Settles of Butte Mont for desertion. Decree denied with leave to amend to specify failure to provide. Married Helena 1901, one child Marjorie Lee Settles.
Winnipeg officers report sixty electric street cars run today under student supervision with no striker interference on Sunday. Forty strike-breakers arrived from Toronto and are housed in company sheds. Students in charge collect fares and earn about 20 to 25 dollars daily each as service plans to run eighty cars tomorrow until seven in the evening.
London election coverage notes the O'Brienite campaign failing to gain seats. More than 20 candidates were fielded but the bloc did not increase parliamentary strength. O'Brien ran in three constituencies and won Cork city only, while Timothy Healy remains without a seat. O'Brien framed results as an expected limited gain.
O Brien argues the English unionist press built Redmond into Ireland's dominant figure, aiding his control more than his own papers. He says the current crisis may return to a broader veto conference and denies retirement plans while pursuing a parliamentary inquiry into Dublin Castle intrigues.
Edict declines to create a constitutional cabinet or accept resignations of grand councilors. Imperial senate backs immediate cabinet creation. Assembly meets tomorrow to discuss. Winter famine worsens in Yangtsekiang, with millions of children sold, mostly girls. Relief committees appeal internationally.
A small island off the coast of San Salvador vanished after a series of earthquakes, with about 90 people from 17 families believed dead. Signals of distress were seen Thursday, but relief could not be sent due to shore reactions, and the island had disappeared by Friday morning.
William Love 26 is dead from a dagger wound after a miners card game at Marianna. George Broadnax is charged with the shooting and his wife is in custody as a witness. A dagger remains embedded in the floor where Love collapsed after the gunfire.
Chicago officials announce a planned tunnel project between Chicago and New York with dimensions large enough for telephones telegraphs and pneumatic tubes. Terminals in both cities are built and workers will soon begin excavation along the route.
Billy Gallagher, longtime San Francisco sportsman and timekeeper at the Hogan Frayne bout, died from a bullet wound inflicted during a quarrel with Charles Long, San Mateo County deputy sheriff. Long was arrested after the incident.
United States officers watch potential Hornet movements amid rumors of a Honduran revolution aided by ex president Bonilla and figures like Dr Castrillo and Lee Christmas. The gunboat, now refitted with coal and provisions, is to sail at 10 am toward Cape Gracias, while federal marshals monitor for any federal law violations.
New York gossip columns recount Minnie Evans and James Stone Smith whose forbidden romance became a melodramatic tale via a talking record. A scheme to marry by elopement unraveled as a sequence of love messages trapped the family in a dramatic, nongraphic saga.
London today announces that negotiations have concluded toward the amalgamation of the Western Union Telegraph company and the Anglo American Cable company.
New York on December 18 reports that Theodore Roosevelt Mayor Gaynor Oscar S Straus Judge Josiah Cohen and Dr David Phillipson will address the twenty second conference of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in New York January 16 to 19. They will speak at the banquet on the night of January 16.
Washington reports that Arizona may hold the constitutional election by January 15 1914 and, if approved, the constitution could reach president and Congress for approval by the end of the current session. Sloan notes potential state government operation by end of this fiscal year and urges Congress to provision for tax levies and needed appropriations if admission extends beyond 1912 and 1913.
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