Statehood Bill Finally Passes Renate Vote
The statehood bill advances after Renate leads a vote to admit territories and navigate opposition. Supporters push for formal recognition while critics caution on timelines and regional impact.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1910
Page
13
The statehood bill advances after Renate leads a vote to admit territories and navigate opposition. Supporters push for formal recognition while critics caution on timelines and regional impact.
The senate approved a bill admitting New Mexico and Arizona as states after each adopts a constitution, with the senate substitute to the house measure adopted 42 to 19. Debate favored statehood. division over the amendment, and conference awaited in the house to align timetables toward early 1911.
Phoenix, June 16. News of the senate passage of the statehood bill sparked wild rejoicing. Residents nearly halted daily routines as the capital celebrated brighter prospects. Prominent public figures congratulated each other amid general jubilation citywide.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Kalispell June 16 The 2 year old son of F Y Low manager of the Northern Idaho Montana Power company drowned today when his auto went over the Holt county ferry on the Flathead river The父 car slipped into 40 to 50 feet of water The top kept it upright The parents were pulled to the surface and rescued The ferryman and a nearby boat saved the daughter and recovered the baby body later
Fragments indicate packages containing Bic bills were received from Browne in St Louis. Details on origin and disposition are unclear in the readable text. Authorities investigate the sequence of deliveries and the persons involved.
In Chicago Judge McSurely overruled fourteen defense objections to testimony from State Representatives Myers Link and Beckemeyer in the Browne Lorimer bribery case. Beckemeyer corroborated White about receiving a $1000 payment, and the defense promised a bombshell confession alleging blackmail to challenge White’s indictment as cross examination continues.
Washington reports that Associate Justice Moody of the United States Supreme Court is effectively set to retire on full pay after Senate and House judiciary committees favorably reported bills introduced by Senator Lodge and Representative Gillett of Massachusetts.
In Kalispell on June 16 the State Federation of Women's clubs debated park beautification and city attractiveness. A paper by Mrs. J. C. Barker of Great Falls spurred talks on cemeteries playgrounds and a municipal art commission. The convention closes tomorrow with a Flathead Lake excursion and a garden fete at Mrs. A. D. Conrad’s home.
A forest fire in the Ojo and Bacoachi mountains destroys Morarabi in Sonora including a stamp mill. Miners escape by building backfires toward Cananea. The fire line runs 50 miles. John Hohstad’s ranch is swept away. Wildlife is displaced near Yaqui river and railroad. The Banco de Sonora sale property faces a 15 mile fire line with 125 men fighting the flames.
In Como Italy June 16 divers searched Lake Como all day for clues in the murder of Mrs Mary Scott Charlton and the fate of her husband Porter Charlton. Police doubt a double murder and suspect Porter Charlton may have fled the country. Divers explored deep waters but found nothing to confirm a body or further evidence. consul Charles M Caughy urged continued searching.
Denver June 16 William Allen White, Kansas author, declared in an address to the Good Citizenship league that insurgents and regulars divide over property versus people. He argued Cannonism focuses on property while insurgency focuses on men and their usefulness to the nation.
Earthquakes of 4 to 10 seconds duration were felt in Madrid Almeria and Cordova this morning. Almeria reports damaged houses and further shocks occurred in Tortosa and Almeria in the afternoon. People remain in a state of great alarm with no major damage reported.
Washington report on a House bill to expand the army engineering corps includes a provision allowing the president to detail an army engineer to supervise government construction works. Senator Dixon argues the clause targets Director F H Newell of the reclamation service. Supporters say Dixon overstates risk. Law officers note the president already has such authority.
Budapest June 16 Nearly 300 persons were killed and many villages destroyed by a cloudburst in Krasso Szoneny in Hungary near Roumania and Servia. Communications nearly cut, feared death toll will rise as bridges and wires are wrecked and survivors face starvation and exposure.
Federal grand jury charges Peter G. Thompson president of Champion Coated Paper Co. with attempted bribery in connection with supplying paper for postal cards to the government. The case centers on Thompson allegedly trying to bribe Mayor W P Zantzinger, postal card agent, as the Hamilton Ohio firm won the contract. Complaints followed about the card paper quality after the contract began.
New York flags fly as Colonel Roosevelt returns after 15 months abroad aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. Twenty one guns will greet him at quarantine, and a grand river parade with eighty warships, a 150-ship merchant flotilla, and the Androscoggin will convey him to the Battery where Mayor Gaynor will speak.
Judge A H Huston overruled Governor Haskell's demurrer in Guthrie Oklahoma. County Attorney Hepburn sought an injunction to stop capital removal from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. Attorney General West may file an exception. The temporary injunction remains in force until further orders.
Swiss floods from continued rains in the eastern and central districts have killed twenty people and damaged or washed away many bridges. Property losses are reported at about 2.5 million dollars as authorities assess the disaster.
Billings hosts the First Montana Good Roads Convention as delegates from eastern Montana to the Rockies gather under sunny skies. W. B. George leads with a keynote urging uniform statewide highway development and cross state trunk roads to boost resources and settlement.
Washington June 16. After days of a three sided battle in the house over reform of the rules a possible alliable settlement emerges. The Clark-Sherley rule aims to allow bringing a measure from committee to the floor and is being shaped by the rules committee with both regulars and democrats in discussion. Insurgents meet to decide their position and while the fate of Speaker Cannon looms, no final decision is reached.
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