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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1911
Page
13
An unclear report references a president aiding a safe celebration with mention of participants and replacements in a noisy event. Names and places are unreadable and details are not clearly identifiable.
President Taft, in Indianapolis, argued for Canadian reciprocity as a Republican doctrine, distinguishing his plan from Blaine and McKinley while asserting farmer costs may not rise. He spoke at the Marion club banquet after a busy city Fourth, despite heat and a stray bullet incident.
A severe heat wave dominates the area as twenty observation stations report temperatures nearing and exceeding one hundred degrees. Officials warn of ongoing risks to health and infrastructure as the hottest spell of the year continues.
Across the middle West and elsewhere extreme heat shatters July records. Twenty two weather stations report highs of 100 degrees or more with many above 95. The hottest areas are the central west and midwest. the South is cooler and the Pacific coast sees pleasant conditions. Cities like Chicago St. Louis Kansas City Cincinnati Des Moines Omaha Sioux City Indianapolis reach 104 degrees, with street levels nearly 110. Fatalities and heat prostrations rise. crops suffer, hay and fruit yields fall. Holiday crowds flee to resorts as relief seems distant.
Seven deaths from heat and widespread prostration reported in Kansas City as a record 108 to 109 degree heat scorches the region. An Atchison resident died from heat prostration amid a July Fourth heat wave. a Tulsa man, Jesse Kirk, 55, died later. A heat emergency looms with shortages feared as temperatures peak.
Washington July 4 insurgent senators expect the Canadian reciprocity bill to pass unamended as the sole tariff law this session. Absentees to return soon for informal conference. Some leaders anticipate action around August 1 with wool and free list bills in doubt. House leaders seek action on measures already passed.
Glendive Montana on July 4 saw thousands watch as an airship promise went wrong. A crowd, angered by the failed flight, nearly dragged the craft to the Yellowstone River until Maj. D J Donohue and militiamen formed a protective line. The machine was saved from destruction and may become city property after tonight's actions.
Patrolman L. Harris was shot in the head and killed during a downtown pursuit of a pickpocket. The assailant, described as an accomplice of the thief, fled with the crowd. Harris, shot behind the ear as he fired at the fleeing suspect, died clutching his gun.
Globe Arizona July 4 Today brought no development in the search for the murderer of Kingsley Olds killed in his jail cell by a shot fired from the county courthouse window. The fugitive was seen leaving the courthouse by several men who refused to identify him. Wesley Goswick father of the two girls Olds was accused of drowning with them in the Salt River on June 4 remains at large near the jail. The murder appears premeditated and Olds was in the hospital ward after injuring himself. the shot came from the judge’s chamber window visible from outside the jail walls.
Milwaukee July 4 Mayor Emil Seidel suffered burns to head and face when a puff of flame from a gas heater he lit in his bathroom ignited. He had just returned from the East after several speeches and planned to visit parks to observe Fourth of July celebrations. Doctors said the burns were not serious.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Plains, July 4. Mrs L E Blackman visiting Thompson learns her 20 month old Merlyn died after accidentally swallowing carbolic acid. A twin to Merlyn had died by drowning at the home about a month earlier. Mr Blackman and the other children stayed behind.
Montana cities celebrated a safe Fourth with parades and parking crowds while most areas reported few or no accidents. Butte saw its quietest Fourth on record, Anaconda drew large crowds, and Billings Glendive Dillon and Lewistown prepared for a big day with extra trains. Nationwide the sane Fourth reduced fatalities and injuries, with 13 deaths and 1,785 injuries reported up to the same hour last year. In Chicago a young girl died from a firecracker dress fire amid 13 injuries nationwide.
New York July 4. Representative Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama delivers Independence Day speech at Tammany Hall. He argues party organization is essential for national advancement and notes the Democratic party’s achievements in Congress while stressing unity on the legislative battlefield.
Santa Fe marked July 4 with a historical pageant recalling Don Diego de Vargas reconquering Santa Fe in 1693. Descendants of Spanish settlers in 17th century costumes joined Spanish American and Pueblo Indian groups from Teseque Taos Ildefonso Santa Clara Santa Clara and Cochito with military civic groups including Rough Riders. Don Diego read a Spanish proclamation before a large wooden cross in the plaza as Indian races and afternoon sports followed amid red and yellow Spain and stars and stripes colors.
Knoxville July 4 Southern states have renationalized themselves and joined the national council in a speech by Dr. Charles M. Dabney president of the University of Cincinnati. He cited southern control of the house, Tennessee cabinet presence, and a ex Confederate chief justice as signs of renationalization through education. Education and sanitation now lead legislatures and the color line and bloody shirt are forgotten.
Denver readers joined in a nationwide paean as over a thousand people sang My Country Tis of Thee at 11 after a great bell rang from a downtown department store. crowds watched a military and industrial parade through parks streets and office districts.
American Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon hosted a Fourth of July reception at their Rue Francois home in Paris. Premier Caillaux attended with several hundred American guests, continuing the event on Page Eight.
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