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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
13
A prize of thirty thousand dollars is posted for the first aviator to fly nonstop between New York and St. Louis, promising a bold challenge to early air travel and pilots seeking a historic crossing.
May 31 New York banquet honors Glenn Curtiss after Albany to Governor's Island flight. The New York World and St Louis Post Dispatch post a $30,000 prize for the first aeroplane flight between New York and St Louis, with conditions to be set after expert talks. Charles Hamilton signals entry. The New York Times reveals a separate $25,000 Chicago to New York race with details to follow.
F H Wheeler vice president of the Indianapolis motor speedway announced for a local manufacturer that a $5000 gold prize will be awarded for an aeroplane flight from the speedway to the Chicago city limits.
Oakland May 31 Miss Maud Rothrock 17 died from injuries from yesterday street car wreck becoming third fatality with more deaths expected as investigators assess the crash and its aftermath.
In St Louis on May 31 expert testimony linked arsenical poisoning to the death of William J. Erder in the Dora J. Doxey murder trial. Dr. Tiedemann said arsenic caused symptoms, though gastritis could mimic them. the defense noted mail and insurance transactions tied to Erder and Doxey and the hotel registry under alternating names.
The document notes that Democrats face a pointed query as all voters who backed Senator Lorimer are summoned before a jury.
Springfield May 31 The Sangamon grand jury widens its inquiry with subpoenas for Rep A M Foster state fish commissioner Nathan Cohen and B F Staymates as witnesses. Foster and Cohen may explain a fish department bill while Staymates faces questions about switching support from the Democratic nominee to Lorimer. McCullom testifies he voted Lorimer for political reasons and knew of no monetary payoff.
In United States circuit court James F. Bendernagle former Williamsburg refinery cashier rests his defense after accuser’s claim that Oliver Spitzer former dock superintendent responsible for weight irregularities. Mackellar argues Spitzer directed frauds and controlled weights. Spitzer knew all and is now free.
State Auditor H. R. Cunningham announced broad fire insurance rate reductions across Montana after his San Francisco visit. Protected areas see about 25 percent off basic dwelling and contents rates, plus 30 percent cut for brick mercantile properties under the new rate average clause. Towns including Helena Butte Great Falls Billings Missoula Kalispell and Bozeman will also see dwelling rate cuts.
Salt Lake City May 31 Gentile workmen Arthur Smith Peter Munyon and two helpers were admitted to repair the gilded angel on the temple spire They were lifted by an elevator and did not enter the marriages and baptisms for the dead chamber The trumpet on the angel was displaced by an earlier dynamite blast and Smith fixed the damage from the pinnacle 225 feet up.
San Francisco May 31 A man named Wong Kay Gee reportedly a member of a wealthy New York Chinese firm was arrested on a murder charge related to Wong Choy who died in Sacramento four years ago. Wong says he was followed by three highbinders who demanded money and would accuse him if refused. He claims an alibi proving he has not been in California since 1883.
Louisville May 31 Persistent questioning of Mrs. Joseph Wendling at the police station centers on her possible knowledge of the murder of Alma Kellner whose mutilated body was found in St. John's parochial school sub cellar. Police tie missing janitor Wendling to blood stained clothing and a secretly hidden sub cellar trapdoor with keys always in his possession. A $1,000 reward is offered and a Wendling sighting in New Orleans is reported.
Calais France May 31 Divers inspection of the sunken submarine Pluviose after a collision with the Pas de Calais shows the hull crushed and all 27 crew members drowned. Undertow and depth hinder operations. raising is impossible so divers plan to tow the craft by chains to shallower water, a process that may take ten days.
The Supreme Court of the United States today advanced the government Panama libel suit against the Press Publishing Company of New York for hearing on the first Tuesday of next October.
H. R. Lyon, a Minneapolis banker and executive, was held on charges of smuggling two pearl necklaces a brooch and a gold watch valued at about 4500 dollars. Lyon claimed the items were gifts purchased abroad and paid cash bail for 2590 dollars as authorities prepared to refer the case to the U S district attorney.
Twenty five western railroads were restrained by U S District Judge Dyer from enforc ing or advancing interstate freight rates. The government alleged a Sherman act violation through a conspiracy in setting unified rates via the Western Trunk Line Committee. The filing named major rail lines and detailed a monthly freight committee process requiring unanimous agreement for any rate changes.
In Ramah Colorado on May 31 William Littrap a 33 year old ranchman died from exhaustion after his wife dragged him from a swift stream onto an overturned boat. Their baby watched from the bank clapping as the rescue unfolded.
Chicago May 31 Rudolph Spreckels San Francisco banker who fought graft arrives with a new plan for reforming politics business and labor. He will confer in Chicago then New York and tour Europe before a nationwide campaign. He asserts corruption across capital labor and politics and predicts an imminent end to the system.
In New York on May 31 Stanley Ketchel the pugilist narrowly escaped injury when his touring car caught fire and burned on the road to Woodlawn. The breakdown during a rainstorm forced Ketchel to walk for new batteries and an explosion enveloped the car. Ketchel reportedly paid $8 000 for the vehicle.
The Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 decision, held the Interstate Commerce Commission valid in ordering freight rate reductions in the Missouri River and Denver rate cases. The ruling reversed the lower court, with Justice McKenna describing the record as not showing the creation of rate zones. Justice White filed a dissent with Justices Turton and Holmes concurring.
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