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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
1
Three months of effort propel Tariffell toward final action in the Senate on a Democratic measure, as supporters press for passage and opponents weigh the implications.
The Democratic caucus in the Senate approved the revised Underwood Simmons tariff plan after three months of edits. It sets lower rates than the House bill, projects revenue around 410 million with income tax, and aims for passage by mid-August after a final caucus meeting Saturday. A binding resolution to support the bill will be proposed, with several defections unlikely.
William J. Bryan will act as president on July Fourth as Wilson and Marshall are out of town and cabinet members are away. The Senate and House recess until Saturday and all departments close, with activity limited to the Senate Finance Committee room at the Capitol.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Deer Lodge July 3 George Wilson a colored cook in Warden Conley s home is believed to have stabbed to death Charles Connelly a waiter in the warden s home about 530 this evening. Conley left for Miles City last night with Mrs Conley and children away in Butte. Mullen an employee found the body and alarmed authorities. Wilson fled after the crime and is at large. He and Connelly were trusties sentenced from Cascade county for one and two years respectively. Coroner will hold an inquest. The state pays 100 reward for capture of escaped convicts.
Washington July 2 The senate lobby investigation adjourned to Monday with Wall Street sugar and wool witnesses to testify. Lauterbach David Lamar will be questioned about efforts to influence legislation while Baldwin Bass Westcott Whitman Marsin Marvin McClure Fitzgerald testify next week.
Kansas City July 2 Pilot H E Honeywell earned by luck the right to start last in the national elimination balloon race which starts tomorrow from here He will go aloft after sunset to conserve balloon gas Roy St Donaldson changed his balloon name to the Overland entrant from Overland Kan Aero club Eight balloons will start
The report states General Ambrosio Figueroa, noted for prominence in the Southern states during Madero's revolt and later a rural commander, was executed in Mexico City along with his brothers who led a rebellion against the present administration.
Chihuahua, Mexico, July 3. Constitutionalists amass against Chihuahua with a 4000 strong federal force defending the city. A Wednesday night skirmish occurred at the outskirts as food runs short and residents remain highly tense. The city, home to about 45,000, is cut off from communication with no southern relief expected.
In St Paul on July 3 a federal court hearing will occur in the case brought by W. W. Humphrey of Twin Falls Idaho against the Monida and Yellowstone Stage company, of which he is a stockholder. The suit alleges an illegal contract with a western railway not the Northern Pacific as previously announced.
London reports chronicling rapid Greek advances and Bulgarian resistance in the Balkans. Crowned by King Constantine’s swift moves, Greek forces seized Kilkish and pushed Bulgars back just miles from the town. Romania mobilizes, causing Austrian unease as diplomacy strains to avert broader war.
Patrick Quinlan, a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World, was jailed in Paterson for not less than two nor more than seven years and fined five hundred dollars for inciting a riot among silk mill strikers. The Flynn jury could not agree and was discharged.
The Standard lists a jumble of items including Get burg Deer Lodge convicts murder Benjamin Winchell, Tariff bill ready for the Senate, Wall Street lobby probes, Butte opening day long shots win, and various notices and features across sports, classified ads, editorials, and local events.
St Louis reports Benjamin L Winchell resigns as receiver of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad. W C Nixon and W B Bibbie named receivers with Thomas H West of St Louis Union Trust Company. Rumors tie Winchell to Northern Pacific and Howard Elliott prospects as changes unfold.
London July 3 Sylvia Pankhurst told a suffragette meeting she has been summoned to appear in a police court on July 5 over the Downing Street raid last Sunday night. She expressed regret at not being arrested then and warned of a government clash, saying the East End will supply a rising army of women armed with sticks and stones to pressure cabinet ministers.
In Toledo Ontario on a July day a 65 year old retired farmer Marlow shot his wife and then killed himself. Neighbors found the bodies with the old man still holding a revolver.
The generous convention began today with a reception for party leaders at the convention hall. Sessions covered social, economic and industrial questions. Principal speakers included Oscar S. Straus of New York who opposed any alliance between progressives and both major parties, Carl Kelsey of the University of Pennsylvania Truxton Beall who outlined a politics college, Gilbert Pinchot and Herbert Knox Smith.
Mayor Harrison revoked seventeen saloon licenses in the former south side segregated district after a stroll through the area. Police had repeatedly reported the locality cleaned up.
Washington July 3 President Wilson returned to the White House after a three days cruise on the Mayflower in Chesapeake Bay. He sought rest from heat and duties as the yacht visited Virginia capes Yorktown and Hampton Roads. A 12 year old Yorktown girl recognized him from pictures. otherwise no one aboard or ashore acknowledged him amid informal travel. The president planned a stop at Gettysburg for a brief speech before continuing to Cornish New Hampshire via New York City.
Washington July 2 The total money in the United States at the start of the new fiscal year reached 3 715 000 000, up 12 484 000 from a month earlier. With a population of 97 387 000 the per capita was 4 64 an increase of ten cents in one month. San Francisco July 6 Policemen Sunar SlacPhee and Charles Taylor were found guilty today of conspiracy in the police dance graft ring.
At Gettysburg on July 2 a crowd watched 150 Confederate veterans in gray reenact a Pickett’s Charge reaching Cemetery Ridge and the Bloody Angle. Maj. W. W. Bentley commanded the Confederate line while the Union color guards and both sides exchanged banners and speeches by Rep. Moore and Vice President Marshall. The event drew Congress members, a cheering crowd, and medals for the veterans amid a spirit of reconciliation.
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