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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
7
Wilson arrives at Staunton in a lively, noisy fashion signaling a dramatic homecoming. He triggers attention from locals and media as he settles back, reigniting conversations about his past ties and current role.
Virginia welcomes home Woodrow Wilson on a celebratory tour ending at his birthplace. Bonfires and fireworks light the route from Alexandria to Staunton as crowds greet the president-elect, who rests indoors due to a cold. A torchlight parade and civic leaders join the festivities, with ceremonies planned for tomorrow.
A long pursuit ending in Dalton as authorities finally capture the subject after an extended night chase. Police units from multiple agencies joined the operation, halting the suspect's midnight escape and securing the area. The successful arrest follows a tense sequence through city streets and surrounding neighborhoods.
Barefoot and in underclothes, bank robber Bert Dalton, once a Whitney gang leader, is captured near Big Piney Wyoming after fleeing through deep snow. He had planned escapes from Rawlins and Evanston jails, with only one of 19 Rawlins escapees remaining free. Dalton was convicted of manslaughter in Cokeville and received a five year sentence.
A man identified as Billy Green, a Sing Sing escapee, sits in a city jail after a purported confession outlining the night of the breakout on December nineteenth ninety, involving overpowering guards, a river escape, and later travel by boat toward London. He says he lived in Los Angeles about a year and worked as a deep sea diver at Venice.
Chicago police pursue a bold Logue murder case tied to a spree of daylight theater robberies. Suspects include escaped Ohio convict Clyde Stratton, alleged gang associate Gertie Frisbie, and a blond woman known to staff as an agent for thieves. Durza the office boy recalls the mysterious figure.
Indianapolis dec 27 after fifteen hours of jury deliberation in the dynamite conspiracy case no verdict had been reached federal judge anderson adjourned until tomorrow morning officials expect a decision while defense attorneys warn it may take longer twenty six charges await the jury and the court had removed nearly a ton of exhibits including revolvers explosive devices and nitroglycerin cases from the trial room as part of the ongoing proceedings involving the McNamara brothers and McManigal.
In Macon Georgia Mrs James King, widow of a plantation owner, is arrested after farmhand Nicholas Wilburn confesses to killing James King for $600 and promised marriage. Wilburn states Mrs King offered payment and plotted to shoot her husband near the King's home on December 12, arranging the crime to look like suicide. Police also detain James Barber who says Wilburn planned the murder. Mrs King, 42, and Wilburn, 39, both face serious charges. Mrs King admitted plotting with Wilburn to slay her husband for insurance proceeds.
Minneapolis December 27 The Soo line plans to lay 81 miles of new track across the western North Dakota border into Valley county Montana and proceed toward Spokane and the Pacific coast. President Pennington confirms the Ambrose extension and Plaza line west to the Missouri River with limited authorized construction.
Seattle December 27 a temporary injunction restraining the Fraternal Brotherhood from implementing a new rate scale was granted by Superior Judge Everett Smith on the complaint of two policy holders. The order returns January 3. The complaint alleges the rates will raise monthly payments beyond the ability of the policy holders to maintain insurance. The scale mirrors others adopted by fraternal groups and has faced court challenges in other states.
Springfield Illinois December 27 in the executive mansion a debut party lit by flames drew social attention. Miss Dorothy Deneen daughter of Gov and Mrs Charles Deneen attended while families of six Illinois governors who occupied the mansion were represented.
Oakland detectives traced an incendiary attack to Eugene Gousouland after a cigarette butt with a single brand letter led to his confession. He admitted tossing kerosene soaked papers into the Tressel residence entrance as his wife, a domestic in the household, watched.
Reno scene of fatal injuries after Max Von Buelow, a globe trotter and supposed descendant of Count Von Buelow, was found on a railroad track with both hands severed and a fractured skull. He died two hours later at Sparks railroad hospital. He had married Christine Plumer of Pueblo, traveled Europe, later divorced, and spoke several languages. Authorities suspect he was beating his way west on a passenger train when attacked.
In Milwaukee District Court Judge Neelen fined Martin Premak $25 and costs after he spat on a Bible in a house confrontation with Masse Mazicka. Mazicka testified the act came from drunken provocation and disrespect in the presence of the Bible a revered object. Premak admitted the act but claimed no harm, saying he wiped it dry.
London dispatch reports Vienna will not withdraw a single soldier from the southern frontier until Serbia evacuates Durazzo. The article notes Austria’s aims in the Balkans, including enlarging autonomous Albania with Prizrend, Djacova and Scutari, and proposes Montenegro accept Scutari in exchange for mountain control above Cattaro. Italy opposes Austrian hegemony at sea. public tension grows as Balkan delegates remain united against Vienna’s plans.
New York December 27 former Commissioner of Accounts Fosdick testified before an aldermanic committee that he asked Police Commissioner Waldo early this year if he was sure of Becker and was told he was not sure of anyone at headquarters. Becker led a strong arm squad tied to gambling houses and was later convicted of Herman Rosenthal’s murder. Waldo denied knowledge of officers involved and the probe continued.
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