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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1911
Page
11
Reported in Mexico at Culiacan insurgent forces captured key figures amid late peace talks. Insurgent action tied to escalating unrest as negotiations stall. Details remain unclear with conflicting accounts from local reporters.
Reported by the Benito Juarez steamer from Mazatlan details the fall of Culiacan on May 31 and Mazatlan on June 2 to Maderistas after fierce fighting. Civilian casualties about 1000 are claimed, with executions and jail clearances. Governors fled, prisons opened, and desecration described amid urban fighting.
A man killed his neighbor and surrendered to authorities after walking fifteen miles to reach an officer. Investigators described the motive as unclear as the suspect turned himself in and awaits questioning.
Elmer Drummond aged 21 from Kentucky shot William Flinn 36 in Flinn's garden near Gallagher's place 16 miles east of Chewelah after alleged road dispute and fence conflict. Drummond surrendered to authorities and, in statements, claimed self defense citing continued harassment and an attempt by Flinn to seize his rifle.
Cairo June 11 Pilout Hibbard of Uniontown wa traveling salesman for a Chicago coffee house and Axel Grandson of Cairo were burned to death early today when a frame boarding house was destroyed by fire.
Washington reports 101 as Yuma Arizona hits a national high of 110 in a heat wave that grips the country. Thermometers in downtown areas reach 107, with 100 in Raleigh New York and up to 102 in Shreveport Louisiana as the heat wave likely to persist with scattered showers expected tomorrow.
Paris reports a growing French reaction to Spain's Moroccan military moves. The press condemns Spain, warns of a German bogey, and notes Alcazar's occupation with Tetuan expected. France awaits Spain's stated motives and conditions to decide its response.
A survey of storms last night found three deaths from wreckage and electrocution as waters, wind, and fire caused extensive damage. Mrs Emilie Faulkner and Capt George Lante died near Gravesend Bay after a skiff accident, and David Clark perished in Jersey City from a fallen wire. Reports describe 100000 dollars in losses, 50000 in Flushing, and widespread destruction at Coney Island Platerson and nearby towns with tents toppled and trees uprooted.
Farmington Me June 11 Burial site under spruce boughs stones and dirt near Freeman reveals the body of Mrs Etta Taylor. Her head shows gunshot or axe trauma. Husband Marshall Taylor a farmer and housekeeper Mrs Gida Searles are under arrest pending investigation.
Dispatches report the Santa Fe roundhouse at Seligman Ariz. burned down from a fire started by oil in a pit beneath a locomotive. The loss is estimated at over 150000 dollars.
A traction car on the Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth line near Carroll Street station in Cincinnati overturned tonight injuring about twelve passengers. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as responders assisted the injured and secured the wrecked vehicle. Officials investigated the cause of the overturn.
New Orleans reports say agents of Central American governments plan a broad revolt across Central America except Costa Rica. The scene gathers many trouble-makers. Authorities note 5000 rifles 300000 rounds of ammunition and the former US torpedo boat Winslow. negotiations touch the Siren and a Pacific coast vessel. Gen. Lee Christmas from Honduras may lead fighting.
New York on June 11 a bare fist fight between two 16 year old boys from the upper west side ended in the death of James Smith. Frank Burke was arrested on a homicide charge. The arranged bout on a vacant lot was presided over by a referee. Burke knocked out Smith with a heavy jaw blow and the ambulance doctor at a drug store pronounced him dead.
The second division of the U S Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Badger arrived at Cronstadt for a seven day stay after being escorted from Reval by 18 torpedo boats. Russian units greeting the squadron were the cruisers Gromvevoi and Pallada, the only ships available as Russia's navy remains depleted.
London June 2 King George will oversee a grand naval review at Spithead on June 24 two days after the coronation. The event brings together the largest gathering of Dreadnought class ships with the Delaware the USA’s top battleship in attendance. Germany plans the Von Der Tann as its sole Dreadnought. The fleet includes foreign pre Dreadnoughts and passenger liners. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert along with the Alexandra and the Alberta will lead the processional lines as salutes erupt at each ship.
Four men drowned when the sand carrier J. W. Marshall capsized in Lake Michigan off Gary Indiana during a storm. The remaining eight crew were rescued by fishermen, with the dead identified as Martin Donahue Charles Langeman John Wiseman Gus Jake. The ship had loaded sand at Gary and was heading to Chicago as lifeboats and life savers aided rescues along the shore.
In San Francisco on June 11 the coroner of San Francisco county Dr William J Walsh was probably fatally injured when his automobile plunged over a 400 foot bluff near Muir Woods after the earth gave way. The car and driver fell down the steep slope.
Eugene Ely, famed aviator, flew a fragile aeroplane to the top of the continental divide four miles east of the aviation field in Montana. The 7,800 foot peak was reached after an 18 minute ascent amid crowded grandstands as Ely circled the range and descended safely. The stunt followed a three mile race with Howard Pierce in a Stevens-Duary car. Ely then returned to land amid enthusiastic applause and plans for further demonstrations. Mrs. Ply watched with calm pride as the crowd hailed the birdman’s mastery of the air.
Denver June 1 A W Unfug chief clerk to Secretary of State James B Pearce was arrested awaiting investigation on charges of failing to file incorporation papers and withholding filing fees He allegedly tampered with small company papers indorsed checks and deposited them while not sending the required authorization certificates Pearce says Unfug confessed and his $5000 bond would cover any shortage
A squall capsized a small sailboat on Little Lake Butte des Morts near Appleton. Four girls Miss Elizabeth Geenen Kimberly Miss Gertrude Kuschel Miss Madge Brill Miss Ruth Pollock drowned during a store picnic. John and Christian Mullen rescued two girls as five others reached shore safely.
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