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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1912
Page
21
Fire at the Buffalo block in Kalispell destroyed Dr. O S Crowder dental offices and contents. Losses exceed $2,000 for the dentist and $500 to the building. water damage also affected stock at Fair department store. Explosion hurled glass across the street. ignition believed gasoline related. Insurance covers part of the losses.
Officials expect a friendly settlement between the government and the Aluminum Company of America over the aluminum trust question. The Department of Justice finished its investigation but filed no Sherman Act suit. If both sides agree, the case will go to the courts for an agreed decree.
Frankfort Ky March 8 The Kentucky senate approves blue grass as the state flower after confirming it is a flower and votes 18 to 16 over goldenrod The tulip is chosen as state tree the bill moves to the lower house for action
A petition seeking free textbooks was presented to the Livingston school board. Most signers are socialists. The question will be decided at the April 6 school election.
Hundreds gathered at Mount Moriah cemetery and at the Presbyterian church to honor Jesse I. Stevens. The service featured tributes by Rev. E J. Groeneveld and music by T C Hoffer and the choir. Veterans from Lincoln Post 6 and Elks Lodge No 249 attended as pallbearers and participants.
In Kansas City on March 8 Judge Pollock placed the Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway in receivership. Edward Dickinson, vice president and GM, J O Davidson of Wichita, banker, and M I Turner of Oklahoma City, banker, named receivers with bonds set at 50000 each. Headquarters to be here. Texas affiliate untouched.
Harold S. Linwood, a U S Marine private, was sentenced at Puget Sound Navy Yard to six and a half years in the naval prison at San Quentin for desertion impersonating an officer and passing forged checks. He portrayed himself as Lieut Fred Kilgore U S N and befriended reserve members who cashed his checks. Henry A. Curtis, another Marine, received four years at San Quentin for misappropriating 2000 dollars of canteen funds and passing worthless checks.
A widow, Mrs Alice McCombe, and her five children became homeless after a Thursday fire destroyed their cabin at a local sal. Neighbors reported seeing flames quickly engulf the structure, with emergency crews arriving to douse the blaze. No injuries are listed, and the cause remains under investigation.
A blaze at a Woolman Street residence in the back of the Anaconda grad destroyed the home. Nothing inside was saved and there is no insurance. The eldest child is 11 years old.
Police investigate a bold holdup at the edge of the business district in Falls. Jack Young and KA Hagenson were held up by two masked men who looted Young’s wallet of 125 dollars while Hagenson was unmolested. Earlier seven youths were arrested for vagrancy after being seen in the same cigar store.
Fluffy frills smart bows and scalloped flounces define the latest styles in gowns. A two toned blue satin or taffeta dress with a draped fern pairs with a picture hat for a chic era look.
Henry Alexander an Englishman was arrested in Colorado street for public exhibition. Drs Scott and Frisbie examined him in Judge Donlan's court and ruled him sane, saying his behavior stemmed from intoxication and possibly being drugged. He was advised to avoid liquor and discharged.
Special dispatch reports changes in Great Northern officials effective March 15. Gen. Supt. J H Taylor moves from central district to lake district with headquarters in Superior to succeed F D M Philbin. C O Jenks will replace Taylor as superintendent of the Butte division. Both men have served two and a half years in their current posts.
Robert Thompson, a Collegeville college student and football player, died after choking on meat in the college dining hall today. Authorities report a piece of meat lodged in his throat during the meal.
Judge Lynch dismissed Forrest S. Kinsel's suit against North Butte company after a prior verdict of 1500 dollars. Defense attorney Carl J. Christian requested the ruling to avoid further trial costs. The decision followed a separate judgment for Joseph Conway against Monicair Trust company amounting to 20000 dollars for injuries from a shaft fall.
Washington March 8 Representative Roddenburge of Georgia renewed his one man filibuster against private pension bills. After repeated division calls and tactics, Speaker Clark ruled the moves dilatory and ended the delay. Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia criticized bulk private pension approvals as favoring some claimants. Chairman McCumber defended careful expert investigation.
The Seattle council election results show eight men elected with only three new. major reforms like single tax were rejected and Mayor elect George W. Cottrill leads by 804 votes. The push to extend saloon occupancy downtown failed, leaving seven corner saloons to relocate by 1915.
Great Falls reports Blaine County launched with its first shooting affray as ranchers George Crist and Joseph Bixbee clashed over a fence line at Riedel. Crist was seriously wounded, shot through the neck and again through the mouth. Bixbee surrendered and headed to Chinook for custody.
Jack Mayer proprietor of a roulette wheel in Reno was sentenced to one year in the state prison by Judge Summers after July 2 arrests of an ocean-to-ocean automobile party. Mayer wept as the sentence was read and a parole petition circulated by locals including jurors. He was jailed. other party members forfeited bail. A C Johnson and Albert Foreger were acquitted on fare game charges.
Frank Brown awaiting appeal on a worthless checks conviction escaped Kalispell county jail last night with aid from a confederate. Deputies sought him today after finding an exterior window screen removed and bars sawed creating a dark aperture for his exit.
In Great Falls on March 8 Mike Holleran a longtime local sheepman sold out and will move to Stockton California to establish residence citing the influx of homesteaders and the closing of the open range era as the reason for retirement after many years of leading the county sheep industry.
Four passengers died and nine were hurt when Georgia Railroad passenger train No 4 derailed after colliding with a freight train three miles from Social Circle Georgia. The fatalites were all negro passengers pinned beneath the telescope coach. A wrecking crew was en route and orders were sent to pull out the wrecking train.
International Institute of Agriculture reports Argentina 170,562,553 bushels and Chile 39,570,500 bushels of wheat, with Australia and New Zealand lower. Global 1911 wheat fits 3,445,316,619 bushels, about 99.5 percent of 1916 output. corn in Argentina at 275,575,000 bushels.
Mrs Eliza Cox a pioneer resident of Eastern Montana died in Livingston on March 8 at age 82 She is survived by two daughters Mrs John Harvey and Mrs Thomas Tregloan and has relatives in Gallatin county
Washington senate confirms Louis V. Bogg for Chi nook postmaster and Brice N. McNamare for Cutbank postmaster in a March confirmation. Both nominations advance federal service appointments.
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