31 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1912
Page
1
Readers report a severe avalanche and heavy snow blocking the Northern Pacific system. Trains rerouted or stalled, with the Great Northern and Milwaukee lines delayed for days. Officials warn of continued storms, with north Pacific coastal routes and upland passes shut and winter winds driving dangerous conditions.
A freight train was destroyed by a massive avalanche near Tan cotlin Uy Snequntnies. The slide buried several cars and derailed the locomotive, with one roadmaster severely injured. Rescue crews worked through the day to clear debris and assess damage to the eastbound line.
Unclear text reports twin barrand Ure Nevada 30 taln glorm and Western Oregon, with extensive washouts near Port Wand and North ern Pacific tracks between here and Piel Sound. Chehalis area inundated, rockslide at Castle oleg interrupts railway. Ming Me cellars damaged, flood follows ditch break.
Los Angeles reports that J. A. Strudging, a Chicago rector, will not aid Edna Louisa Adams, the foster daughter, in paying jail release costs. Adams has endured a week in custody and performs chores to pass time while Vogelas declines further assistance. Vogelas has paid Adams $200 monthly since her arrival, a private notice indicates no further bail support will be provided.
Strikes threaten 80,000 to 350,000 workers in men and boys clothing across New York Newark and surrounding areas. Mediation efforts today attempted to end the walkout affecting about 4,000 shops with more than 125,000 workers in the industry. Women workers comprise 40,000 of the workforce as unions push for higher pay and shorter hours. A tentative peace pact from two years ago may be extended if demands are met, with a potential 10,000 additional workers to join if talks fail.
Andre de Pouquieres, famed Parisian courtier and poet, lands in New York to charm Americans with Parisian culture. He plans lectures on French topics and praises American organization, while describing himself as a lifelong education through travel. He is described as 35, medium height, elegant, with a lively conversational style. He promises to introduce the French maxixe dance in the Adelphi program.
Mayors from Helena Great Falls Billings Livingston and several towns gathered for a full day convention to approve a municipal legislative program. The plan includes taxes licensing regulation banks bond limits and city finance reforms with committee reports and a Jan 15 presentation at the upcoming convention.
The article reports on a potential rise of Democratic senators in the United States Senate, noting discussions between President-elect and J Hamilton Low of Iowa and Luke Lea of Tennessee. It suggests two Democratic seats from Illinois and a broader shift as Progressives lose leverage, with implications for patronage and recognition.
An explosion on the observation car of train No 3 of the Gregon Firciria railway wrecked the car shortly after moon today. Two passengers suffered minor injuries to the head and hands from shattered glass. Walter Gaunt, a university of Ofeson student, was cut by glass while another passenger was injured. Dispatches from Let grades note unclear ministry reports.
In Los Angeles nine men convicted in the McNamar a dynamiting schemes face prison terms. Sentences ranged from one year to seven years with many men given longer spans. The judge voiced doubt about some defendants while stressing government priorities in the case.
A garbled list of names, places, and sentences appears from a historic court record. The text details individuals from cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, and Detroit, with terms of years and days, and notes suspended sentences for several defendants. The overall piece resembles a wartime or postwar wartime-era court docket.
Fragments describe a study listing American descendants of royalty, noting many cities with royal lines. Names include Vincent Astor, Andrew Carnegie, Eleanor Sears, and counts and English and French royals, with scattered places like Boston, New York, Denver, and Los Angeles.
In Fernie British Columbia today six workmen were killed and seven injured when a snowslide hit the Crow’s Nest Coal Co. mine at Cent Creek. Names of the deceased include James Duckey, Harry Neill, Alexander Worthington, I Rosario, D Nasllvykuk, and Virjernary Coal Creek worker. The seriously hurt were Percy Jones and Samuel Carmodelic. Snow had fallen for days. the avalanche struck just before 7 a.m. and responders rushed the injured to hospital.
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