Early morning train holdout shocks passengers
Bandits halted a train at dawn, cut off the engine and express car, then ordered the crew and riders to run back. Details on location, injuries, and arrests were not provided in the report.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1912
Page
9
Springfield Train Robbery Near Hes Junction
Diners and sleeping cars on the Alton Hummer were held up near Hes Junction by masked bandits who derailed the locomotive and express car. Officers pursued after dynamite was used on the safes. no passengers were molested and no injuries reported. Loot was limited. the robbers fled as a pursuit continued into the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Alton
Chicago & Alton
Iles Station
Here
Tower House
Hes Junction
Chicago
West
Kansas City
The
J. E. Farrell
C. W. Miller
Express
Railroad men of high decree in New Haven and Grand Trivee
A fragmentary report highlights figures VMelliv of New Haves, Chamberlain of Grand Trivee, and others tied to a railroad leadership inquiry. Names appear garbled, with unclear affiliations and places. The readable portion notes discussions among railroad men of high standing and implied scrutiny.
Indictment Alleges Restraint of Trade by Railroads
New York December 23 Charles Mellen president of the New Haven and Hartford railroad and Edson J Chamberlin president of the Grand Trunk railway and Alfred W Smithers chairman of the Grand Trunk were indicted under the Sherman anti trust law for a memorandum of agreement aimed at restraining trade. The case centers on Grand Trunk abandoning extensions to Providence Rhode Island and a Providence New York steamship line to favor the New Haven system. Seven overt acts are cited including meetings in New York and memoranda outlining traffic exchanges and rate protections. The Grand Trunk would retain the Central Vermont lines while cooperating with the New Haven on traffic in the West and New England. The penalty is one year in jail or a $5000 fine or both. The indicted planned pleas for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles 8. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Edson J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Alfred W. Smithers
Grand Trunk
Federal Grand Jury
Providence
Mellen
Chamberlin
New Haven
New England
United States
Canada
Central Vermont
New Hampshire
Vermont
Palmer
Rhode Island
Massachu
Tobacco giant acquires Booker Tobacco in Lynchburg
Lynchburg Virginia December 23 Announcement was made today that the Tobacco Products corporation originated in October under a Virginia charter with fifty million dollars capital has taken over the Booker Tobacco company here It will take possession January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Tobacco Products Corporation
Virginia
Booker Tobacco Company
Casas Grandes Falls to Rebel Forces in Northwestern Mexico
El Paso reports Casas Grandes, key town in the ranching and lumber region southwest of Juarez, captured by rebels under Gen. Pascual Orozco Jr. A federal column of 800 at Ascencion was defeated, with Gen. Jose Blanco captured. Orozco claims Blanco trapped north of Casas Grandes and rebels seized rifles, ammunition, and two cannons. News notes Ascencion falls, executions of 14 federals, and mobilization of federal cav alry and infantry toward the Casas Grandes area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Casas Grandes
Juarez
Pascual Orozco Jr
Ascencion
Jose Blanco
S. G. Ambrose
Columbus
N. M
Salazar
Orozco
Blanco
Mexican Northwestern Railway
Chihuahua City
American Railway
Pearson Syndicate
Pearson
Madera
San Pedro
Old Casas Grandes
L. ©. Quinteros
United States
Hachita
Guzman
Busy Scenes In Butte Postoffice On Christmas Delivery Day
Postmaster Malcolm Gillis leads a sprint of clerical staff to handle a record surge of mail in Butte. First class mail is prioritized as deliveries extend to Christmas Day with additional carriers added, South Butte station reopened, and no post office hours tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte’s
Malcolm Gillis
Montana
Butte
Gillis
South Butte
Charles
Castro a Problem for Uncle Samuel
The exiled Cipriano Castro once president of Venezuela arrives in New York aboard the La Touraine under the name Ruiz. The state department faces a dilemma to admit or bar him, relying on public health grounds if needed, with immigration and commerce officials to decide. Castros possible revolution ambitions would be monitored to enforce neutrality laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Ruiz
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
State Department
Paris
la Touraine
New York
Castro
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Gomez
Department of Justice
Great Northern to Build 67 Miles Bainville Northwest Line
The Great Northern Railway will construct 67 miles of new track in Valley County, named the Bainville Northwest line. The route will run from Poplar northward through the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, per a resolution filed with the secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Helena
Great Northern Railway Company
Valley County
Bainville- Northwest
Secretary of State
Poplar
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
Wireless telegraphy license sought by Union Pacific rail
Omaha December 23 The Union Pacific railway applied to the department of commerce and labor in Washington for a license to operate and maintain a wireless telegraph system along its lines. Several wireless stations will be constructed when the license is issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Union Pacific Railway
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Chicago Protest Plan Against New Year Saloons
Widespread protest grows against New Year revelries and late liquor sales. A town meeting is planned Monday at noon with about 500 ministers and attorneys to urge Chief McWeeny to enforce 1 o'clock closing and restrict New Year sales. They will march to his office and then to Mayor Harrison's to seek action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McWeeny
Harrison
Paris Faces Morphine Crisis After Student Death
Paris reports a general investigation into illicit morphine sales following the death of Rene Bichet a newly named professor of French in Budapest. Officials warn the habit is rising among young women dancers in Montmartre and Latin Quarter students. Police plan to seize pharmacies selling morphine and pursue charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rene Bichet
Budapest
Mont Marte
Latin Quarter
Higher Normal College
Jean Bourget
Bichet
Bourget
Not Enough Money for Institutions in Montana Budget
Special Dispatch from Helena reports the state board of education heard George B. Conway outline 1913 and 1914 receipts and disbursements. If institutions receive requested funds, state costs exceed revenues by 1,061,037 dollars. even with only actual needs, excess is 317,183 dollars. Governor Norris noted 200 feeble minded children and 75 to 100 orphans seek admission but funds cannot cover them. The board adopted committee recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Helena
State Board of Education
George B. Conway
Norris
Board of Education
Boulder
Noteworthy Welcome Awaits President Taft
A wireless dispatch from the battleship Arkansas reports all aboard Taft's party are well as the ship heads toward the canal zone. The Arkansas is due to reach port at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Panama also reports cordial wireless exchanges as Panama prepares a notable welcome for the U.S. president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Arkansas
Taft
Canal Zone
Panama
Talks Favorable to Consolidation of Montana Higher Education
A Montana association named for creating a Greater University of Montana organized with over twenty leaders and pressed for consolidating four state institutions. They urged legislative action, outlined a plan to centralize higher education near a railroad hub, and sought endowments, fellowships, and a polytechnic high school system to unify Montana’s colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Dee Oh
Montana
Association For
University of Montana
State Board of Education
Agricultural College
Normal School
School of Mines
Fort Assinniboine
Commonwealth of Montana
State Board
Kemp
Allen
Arguments Begun In Liron Workers Case In Indiana
Indianapolis December scene at the federal building as four defendants amid a dynamite conspiracy trial face jurors and spectators. William N. Harding pleads for mercy for Bernhardt family while attacking the state’s evidence. He cites letters from the Iron Workers HQ and questions why suspects did not reclaim incriminating letters. Senator Kern plans to defend several defendants as government arguments resume tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Georgie Bernhardt
Federal
William C. Bernhardt
Cinccinnati
McNamaras
William N. Harding
William Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Mr. Harding
Iron Workers’ International
Mall
McNamara
Harding
Frank M. Ryan
Kern
Herbert S. Hockin
Eugene Clancy
Olaf A. Treitmees
San Francisco
Jolting of wagon fixes broken neck on steamer
An unidentified man aboard the steamer Simia en route to San Francisco leaped from a yardarm with a rope about his neck, dislocating neck vertebrae. The jolting ambulance later reset the bones and doctors deemed the case remarkable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Simia
Alfred Roncovieri
Sickles' Shortage Being Made Good in Albany
Albany December 23 Attorney General Carmody turned over a five thousand dollar certified check to State Comptroller Lohmer as part payment on the twenty eight thousand dollars unaccounted for by General Daniel Sickles as chairman of the New York monuments commission The check was signed by Mrs Sickles Under an agreement with Stanton Sickles son of General Sickles the remainder will be paid in two or three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Carmody
Lohmer
Daniel Sickles
New York Monuments Commission
Sickles
Attorney General's Office
Stanton Sickles
General Sickles
Story of the Underworld by Jack Rose to Run Sunday Series
Jack Rose announces a six Sunday series published with Hearst papers that will present The Story of the Underworld in an edited, reform minded light. He claims close insider access from twenty years among criminals and promises firsthand detail not available to outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Hearst Syndicate
Underworld
Jack Rose
Rose
Roscopy
Morgans
Edison
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Bloomington
Vmelliv
NEW Haves
Berlain
Ivdicten
Wickersham
Samuel
Great Northern
Union Pacific Road
Estimates
Governon
J. Rh. Wharton
Butts
C. F. Goddard
Billings
O. S. Warden
Great Falla
Thomas Stout
Lewistown
W. B. George
C. F. Morris
Havre
O. F. Wadsworth
Wharton
Freda Fligelaman
Edgar MacKay
Great Falls
Legisiae
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