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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1912
Page
6
Dispatches from Juarez report a large Rebel mobilization after a midnight assault on Ascension, where about 250 federal irregulars were annihilated. Gen Inez Salazar led the rebels while Gen Josephy and Col Orozco marshal forces to trap the attackers. Federal horses and infantry sped from Chihuahua to threaten the rebels, with 1 300 troops under active pursuit.
Reports from Mexico City describe a rebel attack near Durango with several wounded and women harmed. General Rivero leads a extermination campaign in Morelos burning towns and executing wounded as he raids isolated settlements along rail and telegraph lines.
Turkeys and allies weigh revictualing Adrianople as a peacemaking hinge. The Turkish cabinet ordered a telegraphic briefing to its delegation while allies dispute reopening military questions. Greek leaders in London hailed Venizelos and Crown Prince as pivotal to Europe’s balance as Constantinople contemplates terms.
Seattle, Dec. 22 The lone bandit who commandeered a touring car last night forced the chauffeur to drive about the city. He robbed a saloon and a store, fought policemen and victims, and was captured early today. He gave his name as Alexander Thompson, 24, a sailor. Steve Kalles was shot in the head and seriously wounded, George Fujimoto, a Japanese man, was shot in the legs. The highwayman took charge of the auto with C. E. Oslund driving toward the business district, then forced Oslund to stop, entered a saloon, and had the bartender hand over 40. He exchanged shots with a patron, fired at a motorcyclist, and dueled with officers as the car sped along Jackson Street at 45 mph. Kalles was wounded during the chase. The car escaped the motor cycle officers, then the bandit dumped it at Twenty eighth Avenue and Madison Street. He then raided a grocery at Nineteenth Avenue and Madison, took 12 dollars, and fled after a pistol duel with the proprietor and a later confrontation with a policeman. About half an hour later a patrolman found him and arrested him in the street.
An amusing Matin account traces Cipriano Castro ex president of Venezuela’s journey through Antwerp Brussels and Paris with detectives on his trail. A cafe quarrel and concealed identity lead to police intervention before his voyage aboard a ship bound for New York.
A small party of suffragists led by General Jones left Poughkeepsie to march toward Albany, reaching Rhinebeck before 6 PM. They were joined by Miss Gladys, a new member, amid local supporters. The group delivered brief addresses in Rhinebeck and planned church services.
Rome reports Henry Dalferro of San Giovanni Persiceto near Bologna, named by a letter to King Victor Emmanuel, attempted suicide rather than complete his assassination assignment. He is hospitalized in serious condition.
The murder of J H Logue diamond merchant in his Chicago office remains unsolved as police release two suspects and fail to connect five others. Investigators chase leads involving a criminal band linked to parcel post stamps and the elusive figure Gertie Frisbie amid broader robberies and a suspected marine deployment.
Ensign Pitz Hugh Green of the U N is assigned as topographer for the Crockerland Arctic expedition set to depart next July. The joint effort by Kean Museum of Natural History American Geographical Society and Yale University aims to verify and map Crocker Island and surrounding territory as Peary previously noted. Donald McMillan leads the expedition with Peary’s prior northern polar experience.
Allen Arthur Ryan eldest son of Thomas Fortune Ryan remains in serious condition following abdominal surgery at the General Hospital. A medical bulletin issued tonight reports his condition as critical and ongoing care is required.
News from Trepassey reports that 22 of 27 crew members perished when the Florence bound from Halifax for St John’s struck near St Shott's in a northwest gale. Five survivors reached land after braving heavy seas, while Second Mate Windley sailed a small boat to seek land further along the coast. The Florence, built in Sunderland in 1889, carried lumber and had no passengers on board.
Special dispatch from Miles City reports the death of Ed Houts in a hay wagon fire while hauling hay six miles to a baler. Will Coombs discovered the smoldering wreck and partial remains. Houts, about 20, is believed to be from Dickinson, North Dakota, and had been working for Lou Curl.
Lisbon December 22 The Portuguese prime minister Dr Leite after returning from Oporto will present the president with the cabinet's resignation. The crisis stems from disputes within the democratic party over government procedures with democrats nearly half the parliament and conservatives dominating the cabinet.
London reports a mutant raid using black and red fluids to obliterate address labels on pillar boxes. Brussels notes a cinema fire at Barraques near Menen, killing twelve and injuring twenty, many Armenians and children, amid a deadly panic.
In Great Falls on December 22 a collision on the Butte division of the Great Northern injured E R Patrick of Havre. He was on a special mail train returning to Havre when it collided with a westbound through train near Box Elder station. Patrick was seriously injured and hospitalized.
After a long absence the Bluejackets resume duties following a rebellion that resulted in seven sailors killed. The fleet paused at San Diego for drills on the way from Central American waters. Officers and men took furloughs for holidays as Rear Admiral Southerland prepares to move from California to the Colorado with the cruiser St Louis for tar Kee practice and to Mare.
In St Louis on December 22, Patrick and his 16 year old daughter Lillian Patrick met for the first time since she was four. Lillian arrived from Denver with her mother Mrs Raward T Patrick, while Albert Patrick is recently pardoned by New York Governor Dix. Patrick plans for the near future are undecided and may return to New York or be joined by his wife.
The Standard and Hearst syndicate plan a six Sunday run starting next week to publish The Story of the Underworld by Jack Rose. Rose portrays himself as a reform advocate, claiming direct access to criminals after twenty years among them and commits to scrupulous editing to reveal facts.
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