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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1909
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard outlines subscription prices for daily and Sunday delivery paid in advance, detailing monthly and annual terms and noting second class mail status and publisher details.
The Standard details branch offices and telephone lines in Butte Missoula and other cities. It lists New York Chicago Denver Houston Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Seattle news stands and assigns address details for shipments and inquiries. All general business letters should be addressed to Anaconda Montana.
A brief item from the February 1 1909 issue notes a local event or notice with limited readable details and no clear outcome. The fragment emphasizes date specificity and a Monday reference without further context or names.
January brought relief to Montana copper interests as Judge Hunt lifted the embargo and ended suspensions at the Butte mines and Anaconda smelting plant. The court will call for further evidence on preventing injury from smelting, with a Feb. 16 federal hearing to review the matter. Public approval was widespread for the ruling.
Butte merchants and business groups push for anti poolroom and race track legislation. Petitions from churches and citizens await presentation as Helena signals possible action this week. Illinois politics feature Hopkins, Foss, and Mason in a contested primary influence.
The committee aims to report and print the bill within three days. Discussion and final disposal should follow a day or two after printing. While Butte waits for action, care is urged to ensure the bill is well drafted and correct. Helena chatter favors House passage but Senate fate seems doubtful. Senator Donlan, a leading Senate member and author of one bill, supports the measure and could push it through if desired.
The Senate special committee to study the steel trust merger involving a Tennessee company faces resistance. Secretary Bonaparte declined to appear, while General Bonaparte urged reference to an act stating information gathered from interstate corporations is to be made public. The president has not provided additional information.
The Standard notes dispute over Japanese migration in California. It questions claims of unprecedented Japanese influx and compares state figures with federal data from Secretary Straus and the Commerce Department.
The article covers U S Secretary Straus defending federal immigration tallies on Japanese entrants versus Californians’ claims. It notes arrivals and departures in a six month period, counterpoints from opponents, and a reminder of past Chinese migration from British possessions into Montana. The piece discusses reliability of statistics and public concern in Sacramento.
A roundup of stage news mentions John J. Sullivan at London halls in The Villages Blacksmith, William Morris Inc. vaudeville plans, Puccini opera in road shows, Eva Tanguay recitations, Augustus Thomas remarks on theater versus church, and various actors roving careers. It notes Rose Eytinge’s Actors’ Fund entry, Jefferson de Angelis in The Beauty Spot, Henry B Harris and Lettie Collins, Klein’s background, Roosevelt’s family at The Third Degree, Rosalind Coghlan’s book project, Verner Clarges in The Third Degree, Edith Ellis on Mary Jane’s Pa, Marguerite Wheeler and The Chorus Lady, Edward M Dresser and Paul Dresser connection, Oliver Doud Byron in The Lion and the Mouse, Kluan & Erlanger Mile. Genne plans, and a weathered cultural quip on a Merry Widow hat.
Harry Carson Clark changes travel plan after a recent earthquake. He shifts from Italy and Spain to a direct flight to London, where he will stay several weeks before continuing to France, Spain, Egypt, Africa, India and Australia.
Henrietta Crosman avoids vaudeville for money reasons. She plans a new show Sham and Percy Williams offered 15000 dollars for seven weeks, a tempting sum. She previously lost 85000 dollars last year, a heavy hit to her finances.
Helena dispatch notes the Montana legislature nearing mid-session with multiple bills pending including the poolroom bill. Supporters press for quick action while opponents seek to block passage in the senate, amid committee debates on judiciary and mining issues and a wave of municipal measures.
The Montana Senate moved Meyer's bill to limit new trials in criminal cases to only clear miscarriages of justice. The measure aims to curb endless appeals on technicalities, cutting court waste and reducing public costs while boosting faith in law and order.
Lieutenant Governor Allen criticizes the legislative process noting the high cost of bills and the long path from proposal to passage. He urges a method to test constitutionality before adjournment, proposing direct submission to the supreme court to fix defects earlier.
A bill backed by Senator Meyer would insure coal miners and dependents for on the job injuries. It levies 1 cent per ton on mine output and 1 percent of worker wages, creating a cooperative fund for disability, with $3000 to widows or dependents and up to $1 per day for permanent disability. Payments begin six months after enactment.
The Sheridan Enterprise notes the adage about slips between cup and lip finds resonance in Montana courts. Senator Meyer of Carbon proposes curbing new trials unless a miscarriage of justice is shown, arguing convictions are hard to secure under current conditions.
The Livingston Post reviews senate bill No. 23 by Meyer of Carbon allowing reversal or grants of new trials only if judges affirm a miscarriage of justice. Critics fear loss of jury trials. supporters see justice against technical errors. The paper favors upholding jury verdicts but backs senate bill No. 21.
Representative Swick of Lodar County introduces a measure to restrict granting new trials or setting aside judgments in criminal cases. It requires that an error in jury misdirection or improper evidence ruling only leads to a reversal if the court finds after review that the error caused a miscarriage of justice.
The Bozeman Chronicle notes a senate bill to remove procedural technicalities as grounds for new criminal trials when they do not affect substantial justice. It argues such rules burden taxpayers and can undermine justice, praising the Montana Bar Association backing and broad public approval.
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