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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1913
Page
6
A mother admits she killed herself to protect her former husband from knowledge of an affair ending their marriage. Police report details are sparse but indicate a fatal act aimed at concealing the past relationship.
Salt Lake police reported that Frances Williams or Ekman, a 12 year old found dead in a trunk in Ogden, was murdered by her mother Mrs Augustus Ekman. A post mortem found no prior assault. police say the mother chloroformed the child. Anderson, the former husband, arrived from Los Angeles to seek reconciliation. The case includes claims of an insured life and alleged past murders, with Ekman awaiting further statements. Gettysburg veterans mark 50 years as blue and gray veterans arrive, camps set, Wilson speech planned, and a fatal heat-related death reported.
The Pacific New Thought convention ended after two sessions on June 29. Annie Rix Militz of Lexington editor of Master Mind spoke on reincarnation as a Theosophical idea. Perry Joseph Green, head of the New Thought temple in Portland, offered guidance on meditation and prayer.
Opinion says a new coal strike has been averted following talks between Governor Hatfield and coal operators at Metals field. The agreement aims to end the looming conflict as plants resume normal operations.
Washington reports a dissolution plan approved by Attorney General McReynolds and President Wilson will be presented to a federal court in St. Paul Minnesota. The plan calls for Union Pacific to surrender $38 million in Southern Pacific shares in exchange for Pennsylvania Railroad holdings in Baltimore & Ohio and the remainder to be placed in a public trust. Details were withheld as the government and railroads negotiate the final terms.
Carson City Nevada June 2 1907 Attorney General Thatcher calls for a special session to probe the receivership of the State Bar and Trust company in a report to Governor Oddie and Legislature. The document criticizes Judge Frank P Langan of the district court, asserting impeachment grounds do not exist but removal grounds do. The bank failed for 2 009 000 in 1907.
New York on June 2 A husband Arthur S Hoyt chief stockholder in Atlantic Starch Works valued at over 500000 asks Supreme Court Justice Giegerich to deny his wifes alimony while she seeks 240 weekly and counsel fees. Mrs Estelle C Hoyt countersalleges separation claiming denial of their apartment in Hotel Marie Antoinette and says his income is 80000 yearly. He says she left him April 21 with a man and later faced a telephoned letter from him. Justice Giegerich awards Mrs Hoyt 29 weekly alimony and 150 counsel fee. 3 000 counsel fees in other matters noted. George Townsend prominent Chicago railway promoter found dead in Missouri river.
Fort Stevens Oregon June 2. Government witness Private Crawford in a pending sedition case was found strangled before being tossed into the bay. A vigoro investigation began as civilian Vogel was arrested and later released. Private Kertz Johnson and Tibbetts from the Ninety third coast artillery were confined. autopsy confirmed strangulation.
In the page one items the paper covers a reconciliation note tied to a child's murder case, a missing New York item, alimony disputes, and regional sports results. The issue notes a doubles header between Butte and Missoula, trains with horses, and a mixed roundup of ads, editorials, and local notices across Montana towns.
June 29 at the Hotel Har- Krave 119 West Seventy-second street, Helen McCarthy the 1 year old daughter of John A McCarthy disappeared on Tuesday morning. Police broadcast her description after five days of searching with no trace. Parents fear she was abducted and held against her will.
Aliss McCarthy, daughter of Mr and Mrs McCarthy, vanished after leaving a hotel on Columbus Avenue near Seventy-second Street. Her father suspects abduction driven by her youth and beauty, as she had just left Sacred Heart convent and planned to study music, with officials continuing inquiries.
Workington June 29 The senate lobby investigation deepened as subpena served on Martin M Mulhall Baltimore longtime lobbyist for the National Association of Manufacturers The subpoena issued by Chairman Overman aims to pull Mulhall into claims he influenced legislation to elect defend congressmen and shape committee makeup in favor of manufacturers The inquiry will focus on alleged paid campaigns and use of information from congress staff to sway policy in labor and tariff matters The committee plans to press for broad powers to probe all angles of lobbying and potentially extend to the wool and sugar lobbies before addressing Lovett Palmer and others The scope expanded beyond the original mandate and Overman signaled a thorough pursuit of insidious lobbying tactics.
Washington reports an approaching cool wave may break the central plains heat by Monday or Tuesday with a slow eastward shift. The Weather Bureau forecast cooler temperatures over the Rocky Mountain region and Pacific slope and generally tight rainfall. Prostrations rise across states including Illinois and Minnesota as fatalities mount in the heat wave.
Mexico City June 22 The government says the failure of ral Ojeda to advance against rebels in Sonora and the capture of towns including Durango have been offset by federal gains and by efforts to reopen northern roads Troops aid workers and the National Railway has been repaired within 70 miles of Saltillo and north of Monterey to Vitlatodama but pehel activity nearby threatens trains before operation.
A car with seven men stalled on the Northern Pacific track at Second Avenue crossing in Snohomish Washington was struck by a train. Ten men, perished including logger Henning 36 and Bert Car som Wells 38. Albert Michael the chauffeur was cut and Bert N Morgan had two broken ribs. Three others unharmed. The street was closed for repairs but the car driver did not observe obstructions.
Spokane reports aviator Degar P. Murdoch who quit practice in Chicago to fly tested an exhibition plane near Oroville for a July celebration. It collapsed from about 50 feet, causing broken leg and collarbone and internal injuries. His wife remains in Chicago after he moved here a week ago.
Leavenworth Kansas June 28 an all-day search for Richard Osborne and Walter Layman two convicts who escaped from the federal penitentiary early today has yielded no trace of the men Both have prior escape records Layman previously fled McNeill's Island The two were cellmates and pried open bars and doors placing dummies in their cells
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