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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
12
The Anaconda Standard announces subscription pricing for Daily and Sunday editions. Rates include monthly, annual prepaid options, and separate listings for the Sunday Standard and main office contacts. The notice lists edition handling at the local post office and business office addresses.
Butte branch address is 2S East Broadway with Bell Phone 422 and Independent Phone 1422. W J Morton manager foreign advertising. New York office at Fifth Avenue building, 200 Fifth Avenue. Chicago office at Hartford Building, Forter Madison and Dearborn streets.
A listing shows various city news agencies and their street addresses from New York to Spokane. It notes the Standard Publishing Company in Anaconda Montana as the general correspondence address for business letters.
Washington dispatch reports a long slate of probes this session including money trust, tariff hearings, New Haven Grand Trunk railroads, general trust legislation, merchant marine inquiries, a currency bill preface, and DC insurance affairs. Costs may exceed 100000 with limited completion chances.
Governor Walter E. Clarke urges rapid development of Alaska's resources through open fuel resources and transportation. He cites vast coal fields rivaling Pennsylvania, argues coal access is essential for railroad expansion, and criticizes Taft and Roosevelt policies for sealing the reserves. Residents favor any plan to develop fuel resources and move quickly.
It is needed by ships of the government in Pacific waters and by the country’s merchant fleet when the Panama canal opens. The coal fields of Alaska should yield their stores of wealth to the world before completion.
After one year under the commission form Ogden residents see a notable improvement over the old system. Crime and immorality are down, taxes up only slightly, and the city is freer from undesirable elements. Voters elected reform pledges and must stay engaged to sustain progress.
General Frederick Funston defends the use of spies in the Aguinaldo capture in a Manila letter read to a University of the Philippines law class. He argues spies faced no quarter if captured, defends disguise, cites Nathan Hale and Andre, and notes warfare’s grim realities and war codes.
Chicago faces a heated dispute as the chief of police extends 1 am closing to 3 am for New Year celebrations. Protests rise over suspending the regular law, with church authorities planning watchers to curb sobriety breaches. Despite opposition, table reservations surge and revelers anticipate boisterous festivities as the year begins.
A Cincinnati owner sues to recover a missing dog and her litter after the animal wandered to another man who asserts the dog came to him of its own accord. The case hinges on ownership and possession as the court weighs the act of the dog in leaving its owner and the appearance of the pups in a stranger’s barn.
A string of holiday observations and brief notes touch on dog ownership disputes in Cincinnati, misadventures of Santa figures, untimely New Year jokes, and political quips. The column muses on crime, weather, crop prospects, Turkey and Bulgaria’s wars, and a stray note about Montana teachers, with a final jab at Staunton Virginia’s chilly forecast.
Washington reports the department of agriculture urged American farmers to grow sugar beets to replace imports. The nation imports about 2,000,000 short tons of beets annually while the average American consumes 83 pounds of sugar per year, with only 10 pounds produced domestically. The farmer should keep the money at home.
A Red Cross letter from Washington reports that more than 100,000 Turkish refugees have left Europe to take up farming in Asia Minor. Most families are agriculturists from the primitive Turkish population. Ottoman government provides farms across the Bosporus free.
Washington December 27 Colonel Goethals chairman of the canal commission has revoked access for photographers near the Panama canal works at Toro Point Marguerita island and the islands in Panama bay to prevent the fortifications from becoming the property of possible military adversaries
Nearly 1000 children filled the Auditorium for a Salvation Army event. Tickets sold out yet non ticket holders crowded the galleries to watch. Major Jordan led a chorus with "Marching Through Georgia" and "America" as children from babies to teens joined in.
Dr. Benjamin Rand of Harvard reports at the American Philosophical association meeting the discovery of a 1712 manuscript by the third Earl of Shaftesbury titled Second Characters. It joins Philosophical Regimen as another Shaftesbury work unearthed in London. The finds place Shaftesbury among Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius and highlight his views on beauty in art and life.
Harry H. Carroll convicted over a 1911 badger game scheme to rob banker John C. Robey near a downtown Seattle hotel has been granted a conditional pardon by Governor Hay. Carroll valued at about $35,000 faced a three to five year prison term. Harold Barr, the other principal, is in Walla Walla penitentiary and Mrs. Barr was pardoned after her conviction. Robey, a prisoner, managed to signal for help via a note slipped from his window which was later recovered.
Samuel Kaufman aged 19 and Mrs Ruth Ellis aged 28 pleaded guilty to grand larceny before Judge Orr in the District court at St Paul Minnesota and received suspended sentences. They were arrested in Chicago last week on a warrant issued by Kaufman’s father C K Kaufman secretary treasurer of Kaufman Jewelry company.
Frank, Jacob and Arthur Rice, implicated in I W W disturbances in Los Angeles, San Diego and Portland, were arrested in Denver for directing offensive language at police during street speeches. In municipal court they insulted Judge Stapleton and were jailed. Charles Murray warned he would mobilize 5,000 I W W members to protest release.
A crowd of children enjoyed a concert by the army band with America sung again and many encores. Adjutant Sleate conducted a varied program of music and recitations, followed by a gift tree distribution with candy and toys for each child, leaving everyone happy.
Washington December 27 final fight against the book trust opened in the Supreme Court today The case centers on injunctions against agreements between publishers and booksellers alleged to control supply and sale of books R H Macey Co sought the injunction against The American Publishers Association and The American Booksellers Association The issue is whether those agreements on copyrighted books violate the Sherman anti trust law The petitioners say the groups fix prices and cut off supply driving some dealers out of business
A U S secret service operative departed Washington for Clarksburg West Virginia to apprehend Salvadore Lotello and Fortunalla Lotello accused of passing two dollar counterfeit notes printed by the Morello-Lupo gang, leaders jailed for long terms. Some notes have appeared in circulation suggesting an undiscovered plant linked to a raid years earlier.
Larry Duggan of 322 North Main Street notes the telegraph remains uncertain as federals lack wireless telegraphy, with rebel advices often ahead of federal information in the region.
Elvira Lubatti died at her San Francisco home after testing a submersible bath heater given by her husband. A faulty connection charged the water, causing a fatal heart failure. the husband, entering the tub to remove her body, received a shock as well.
Paso Texas December 27 toy balloons used by rebels in Northern Mexico as a wireless telegraph to relay movements of federal troops. A balloon signals when a troop train leaves Chihuahua city and a relay of signals warns the government forces approach. Destruction of railroads follows as part of the tactic.
The Southern Pacific ferry steamer E Capitan sank a launch from the gunboat Vicksburg in Vallejo channel. Coxswain Frederick Weist drowned while three other men Edward Sweeney E S Sanders and M McElroy were rescued.
Bernard Meserve, longtime intimate of W. J. Bryan and Nebraska state treasurer for two terms, died in Los Angeles on December 27 from a sudden heart attack.
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