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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
1
A fragmentary clipping reports a plot to kill a doctor, with limited readable details. The item mentions investigators and police actions, but names, dates, and locations are unclear in the surviving OCR text. Further verification needed.
A fragmented report notes a result labeled Result 10 in a peage effort tied to a movie project. It mentions negotiations involving Negro subjects with a person named Ungar, indicating a wartime or propaganda context and controversial language.
The trial recounts a plot to kill Dr. C Franklin Mohr involving Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr and two Black suspects. George W. Healis, the chauffeur, testified about Brown’s discharge, a supposed plan to shoot the doctor, and a $20 payment for stopping the car. The prosecu tion presents letters and statements linking jealousy and motive. The report also notes wartime dispatches from Europe and a separate note on morale and front conditions.
In a patchwork of items from Butte and the region, coverage notes conventions led by Lodge at Livingston and Tocay’s Standard style, with reports on a Negro testifying against Mrs Mohr, political moves by Montenegto Republicans, and Ashe pushing action on Mexico. Also flagged are floods’ damage in the Southwest, police and detective inquiries, court cases, social events, and scattered mining and market items from the era.
Washington reports 18 Republican members of the senate foreign relations committee push for definite congressional action on the Mexican situation while Democrats oppose any move now. Senator Borah canvassed support to discharge the committee for resolutions on possible intervention. Villa and outlaws linked to Santa Ysabel crimes are denounced by Carranza as a decree allows citizen executions, with records required. Republican senators vow to keep the issue before the public, while Democrats resist tentative action pending presidential handling.
Washington reports indicate former Secretary of State William J. Bryan may join President Wilson on a national defense and universal peace speaking tour. A Florida winter letter suggests Bryan is willing to travel anywhere to aid the peace cause. plans remain unsettled as officials map tours and speeches.
Severe winter storms sweep the Southwest from Los Angeles to San Diego, prompting flood repairs and estimated losses near 2 million dollars. Sunken rivers threaten communities in Arizona and California as rail and utilities scramble to restore service and protect households. In California, two towns report fatalities and widespread property damage, with trains delayed and communication cut by storms.
The mines will operate on day and night shifts today with thawing of ores at the smelters improving progress. Night work was halted last night to allow a catch-up, and management expects steady operation through Sunday as thawing continues.
El Paso report dated Jan 19 details wounds on victims of the Santa Ysabel massacre in Chihuahua on Jan 10. Dr. B F Miller certified postmortem findings noting soft nosed bullets causing fatal wounds and Mauser bullets slowing escape attempts. bodies were stabbed with sabres or machetes before or after death. Some remained in one piece, others were partially clothed.
Memphis Tenn Jan 187. D Turner of Oklahoma City was today elected president of the Western Fruit Growers' association, succeeding W H Jupe of Burlington Iowa. Among other officers chosen was A R Currie Butte Mont as a director. A resolution urged a conference between association officials and express company representatives after a committee condemned express companies handling perishables.
A joint Montana city and county officials session in Butte featured Attorney General Poindexter and former AG Kelly as keynote speakers. The event emphasized greater loyalty to Montana, harmonious taxes, and collaboration between county and state authorities, with social luncheons and a banquet.
The state attorney general spoke at a meeting in Butte urging uniformity in laws and their interpretation. He stressed unified effort to overcome divergent methods, noting Montana’s vast and varied territory and the need for fair representation for Silver Bow County amid past deprecation.
Mathewson calls for statewide uniform traffic laws to tax and regulate all motorized vehicles. He notes farmers own automobiles and argues for licenses, lights, and speed controls to reduce accidents and confusion on Montana roads. He cites California as a model and urges state action to fund road upkeep.
Maj. Gen. Washington Jan Leonard Wood told the senate committee that the U S coast could be attacked by a single organized foreign army despite forts mines and submarines He warned of utter unpreparedness for war and that a force of 150000 could do incalculable damage before a mobilization. He compared current readiness to the Civil War era noting diplomatic pressure on France and Mexico and urging universal military service to bear the burden of defense.
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