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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1914
Page
8
Dramatic events unfold in multiple city churches as crowds surge during a religious ceremony. Police intervene as worshippers push toward sacred spaces, prompting evacuations and shifting the planned program. Witnesses describe chaotic scenes and concern over safety amid the unrest.
June 7 reports from London describe suffragettes invading Westminster Cathedral and the Church of the Oratory disturbing services. A woman mounted a pulpit at Westminster, clipping the sacral scene, while others disrupted Mass and chanted in the Oratory. Police led several away as stray blows and clapping marked the clashes.
Nonspecific report highlights acts of bravery aboard a naval vessel under heavy engagement. Admiral Plet presides as crews execute dangerous operations while under fire, earning commendations for courage and discipline during combat.
June 7 in Canastota South Dakota a tornado damaged farms along about eight miles injuring four people. Fred Harms and his two sons Edward and Herman were in the house when it struck with Edward found in the cellar and Herman and his father in the ruins. Mrs Harms suffered three broken ribs and was able to seek aid with a neighbor. Harms is in serious condition.
In Today’s Standard Page I- reports a tense U S Mexico clash with rioting near London churches and praise for officers and soldiers. Mentions a funeral Ashes of Mrs Stevenson to be buried beside her husband in Samoa. Also notes baseball double header, suspensions, and various local happenings including court and church events.
McVettaie, a 2 year old miner described by authorities as the tall highwayman, is jailed on charges tied to two saloon robberies in Butte. Identifications hinge on shoe laces and crowd recognition at Summit and Pittsmont saloons. Ancona rioting report notes anarchists killed and many wounded during a national fete clash with carbineers.
King Alfonso travels by automobile from Biarritz after a periodical nose operation by a specialist who previously operated on him. He plans to proceed to Madrid tonight on the express train that Colonel Roosevelt is listed as a passenger.
On June 1 deputies from White Plains county jail were posted at the Rockefeller estate at Pocantico Hills to protect John D Rockefeller and his son amid threats tied to Colorado strike demonstrations. Sheriff Doyle and Rockefeller officials held meetings as trustees of the village weigh free speech issues and a Free Speech League delegation was to meet again.
Jam Angeles reports Mrs Isabel Strong says the ashes of Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson will rest beside her husband on Mount Viga Semag, with a final stanza inscribed on the tomb. Mrs Strong and Lloyd Osbourne will carry the ashes to Samoa, currently in San Francisco.
Paris June 7 The ministerial crisis shows no sign of ending as President Poincare resists radical pressure while candidates including Deschanel Delcasse Dupuy Peytrat Doumergue Clementel and Ribot are approached. Ribot promised to decide tomorrow amid doubts a Ribot government could endure.
Los Angeles on June 7 mournful wails woke a neighborhood for a week. A two room shack was broken in to find Frank Hamble dead for a week on his bed. Hamble, UC athlete and Southern Pacific agent, had lived there four years trying to cure liquor habit. He kept his door and windows locked before death, and his cat kept vigil over him.
James Newman aged 16 son of Willis P. Newman chief clerk of the Northern Pacific freight depot in Butte was badly injured while playing with dynamite near his home at 225 East La Platte street He lost sight in his right eye and may lose the left eye three fingers on the left hand and all fingers of the right hand were cut the blast peppered his face ears and chest He is at St James hospital under Dr M J Scott The caps were dynamite caps fuses lit with a match by the youths who sought noise
Washington June 1 more than twenty opinions are expected from the supreme court tomorrow as the tribunal closes its session until October. The docket includes several rate and anti trust cases and the Thaw extradition appeal has led to speculation that his attorney may seek release from custody in New Hampshire. Officials are still considering the Thaw case.
Sezanne France June 7 sixty persons were injured in a balloon explosion at a local fair. The balloon struck a tree as a gust lifted it, tearing the envelope and igniting the gas. Several are believed mortally hurt.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Great Falls reports Dr John V Cole of Helena died en route to the city with a party of dentists attending the Montana Dental Association meeting. He was about seventy and died of apoplexy. The body was brought to Great Falls and will be sent back to Helena tomorrow afternoon. The dental society will meet in the morning and adjourn to honor him.
Washington reports a new Huerta crisis over gunboats and a cargo of arms at Tampico. The United States weighs intervention and mediation options as Admiral Badger reports vessels moving toward Tampico and the Antilla cargo remains a focal point of potential escalation.
Paris June 7 Theodore Roosevelt presses on to Madrid where next Thursday he will attend his son Kermit’s wedding to Mise Helle Willard daughter of the American ambassador to Spain. The party includes Mrs Longworth Miss Paste and Oscar Rimer among others, with Edith Wharton meeting him and ex President Fallieres and Briand among callers. In Duquoin Illinois Jesse Joplin is said to have died after failing to gain medical attention for his child over an unpaid bill.
Mediation between Huerta and United States faces a possible collapse over Tampico. American delegates warn Huerta could withdraw if the blockade thwarted, while Huerta’s side insists U.S. neutrality must prevail to avoid aiding the constitutionalists.
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