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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1911
Page
18
The notice records STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY as publishers and proprietors, entered at the Anaconda post office as second class mail matter, indicating official mailing status for the publication.
Advertising notes show subscription and office details for independent phone service and editorial room numbers. It lists No 115 and No 116 with addresses or office references, indicating internal rate and contact information in a local newspaper page.
Butte Branch No 68 Faust Broadway. News stands outside of Montana list Standard sale points in New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Detroit Indianapolis Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Denver Salt Lake City Ogden Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland and Vancouver. General correspondence to Standard Publishing Company Anaconda Mont.
July 6 1911 analysis argues Baltimore unlikely to hold the 1912 Democratic National Convention. While Baltimore has hosted five presidential nominations historically it may be sidelined as Democrats seek to impress the West, with cities like Denver and Minneapolis already noted for past conventions.
George H. Earle testified before a House sugar trust committee recounting his failed efforts to persuade President Roosevelt and Attorney General Bonaparte to prosecute the sugar trust. He recalled meeting Roosevelt at Harvard and being asked about his Harvard career after a Latin quip by the president, an exchange that left him feeling silly.
A fragment from testimony about Roosevelt prompts editors to mock his Latin and English. The New York Sun claims Roosevelt told Earle “Aliam quer que excute” and translates it as “Go pull the leg of some other corporation.” Some papers deride Earle as Roosevelt’s “college chump.”
Kansas news reports indicate support for Taft in the state for a second term while La Follette's strong early showing wanes. Iowa and Kansas previously led opposition to Taft but shifted after the slogan Taft and sure defeat, La Follette and a chance to win. Wisconsin remains the only clear source of La Follette delegates.
The mayoral office released a payroll summary covering the first two months of the current administration and June of last year and 1999. It shows June this year about 4000 dollars lower than last year and about 6490 dollars less than 1999, indicating a substantial reduction in payroll costs.
The Chicago lumberman told Senate committee he heard from Senator Aldrich that Taft wanted Lorimer elected. The White House denied the claim as unfounded, while press reaction portrayed Hines as an unconvincing witness with a subdued appearance.
The passage parodies public figures and events with biting lines about a red nosed man at the head of business, Senator Lorimer, Taft, Fairbanks hospitality, and the sun as a metaphor for hot politics. It mocks the Lincoln Commoner, a hotel of media, and recurring Fourth of July remarks while lampooning the era’s political figures and sensational headlines.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Great Falls reports that State Humane Officer Jacob L. De Hart will file pending actions. Details are scarce but the dispatch notes an official procedure imminent in the local jurisdiction.
In district court a complaint accuses Charles and Annie Wortman of allowing their four year old son Carl to grow up amid vice and degrading company. The case followed years under state department scrutiny, with the mother once a quasi ward and a prior compromise affecting the marriage. Originated in justice court, moved to district court after objections by attorney J W Speer.
Chicago reports 32 heat deaths including 12 babies on the fifth day of a scorching wave. Thermometer readings reached 108 at street level and 101.5 in the weather bureau tower, with 5.65 inches of rainfall in Holyoke and relief expected Friday as a high pressure front approaches from the Northeast. The coroner’s office is overwhelmed and ambulances are in short supply for the exposed victims.
In Woburn Massachusetts on July 5 John P Hill and Matthew Daily two close friends aged years were found dead lying side by side under a tree in the Green street woods. Authorities attribute the deaths to the heat.
In Peoria Illinois two people died and three were insane from the heat with several prostrations over a two day hot wave. The day’s high reached 99 degrees at 3 30 PM as the thermometer registered.
A rainstorm across northeastern Iowa tonight drenched ground but likely saved the corn crop. Dubuque and towns in the region felt light to moderate showers as farmers awaited reports on yields and moisture levels after a dry spell.
In intense heat a crew member of the steamer City of Cleveland leapt into the river at Detroit and drowned today. The incident occurred amid the steamship’s routine duties on the lake river route.
Cincinnati reports a 94 degree high with street readings near 199 as two deaths and 15 prostrations are tallied. In Great Falls a wedding between John Sim and Joana Hanson is approved. Boston records another extreme heat day with high humidity and over 47 deaths plus hundreds of prostrations across New England.
Washington July 6 Senator William Lorimer of Illinois faces ongoing scrutiny as a senate committee investigates his election. The piece discusses his public image, charitable acts in Chicago, and a curious mock guineapig lawn mowing experiment reported by US consul Samuel M. Taylor, detailing its odd premise and aims.
Austrian Frank Rozzo was shot dead by Montenegrin Chris Zannah during a drunken quarrel at the Keating boarding house in Radersburg on July 4. Zannah fled but Sheriff Doggett captured him nearby. Rozzo dies instantly from a headshot, both men unmarked and about 30, single, workers at the Keating mine. The coroner was summoned as the investigation begins.
Edward Dorval returned from Chicago after his sister and her daughter died in a house fire. Initial reports blamed a gas stove, but the coroner found no fire or explosion. It is thought the mother stepped on a match, igniting her dress. the daughter rushed to help and died four days later. The mother survived only a few hours.
Miss Sue Mildred Swayze, 23, daughter of Mr and Mrs Westey Swayze of Hamilton, died early today after a month long typhoid battle. Formerly an operator at the local telephone office, she leaves a father mother two sisters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements not announced. Also in Hamilton Sheriff George Lee and County Attorney Howard Packer ordered nickel-in-the slot machines removed from saloons and pool halls this week, with pea pool and dice games possibly targeted later.
Great Falls July 5 The T C Power and Brother interests filed six deeds transferring 5904 acres to Sun River Stock and Land company which they control The land lies north of Cascade toward the Sunriver district and was bought from Northern Pacific Railroad for 17338 dollars
Denver July 6 The trial of Harold F Henwood for the killing of L Von Phul and the slaying of George F Copeland was called this morning in the west side court and adjourned until Monday.
Chicago July 5 Through counsel the packers indicted earlier for violation of the Sherman antitrust law pleaded not guilty today Their trial is set for November 25 The proceedings occupied only a few minutes.
Cummins criticized the president’s tariff stance and Canada talks arguing the Canadian agreement will not cut living costs. He dismissed personal attacks and warned that using executive power to push the bill could force Congress to adjourn. He predicted the 1911 special session would burden the people with tariff privileges.
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