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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
13
Special reports from consular agents detail a worldwide rise in costs affecting trade, travel, and living expenses. Economists note inflationary pressures across regions, with currency shifts and supply chain frictions contributing to higher prices for goods and services globally.
Washington reports show world widespread rise in costs of staple goods with wages lagging. The president transmitted government findings from consular investigations on cooperation and living costs, noting co op societies reveal higher food prices since 1898 and wage gains failing to keep pace. A table from London shows price and wage increases, including beef and other essentials, with continued discussion of possible remedies and an international commission.
A strong lobby effort to cross the forest reservation failed as the House defeated the proposal. Key figures and opposing groups were not named in the readable text. The decision marks a setback for supporters seeking access to the reserve.
The House defeated a Hydro-Electric pipeline across the Mono Na forest reservation in California 82 to 27 amid claims of a powerful lobbying effort. Minority Leader Mann reported telegrams and high priced lawyers aimed at swaying him, while Leever cited a $49 telegram cost. Lawmakers accused the water power trust of behind the bill as Smith pushed for lobbying registration.
Crookston Minnesota March 13 warrants were issued for Superintendent Knebel and Master Mechanic W J Smith after union carmen claimed they were discharged for not quitting the Brotherhood of Railway Craft. The anti blacklist law made it illegal to discharge workers for union ties. Officials refused to testify citing self incrimination while union men testified they were pressured to quit.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Great Falls March 13 A fire wrecked the Meagher home about 18 miles northwest of the city. The 2 year old son of Mr and Mrs Meagher suffocated inside as the mother left briefly in the barn. She rescued the child from the burning house but it died. The body will be brought to Great Falls for burial tomorrow.
Trenton New Jersey March 138 The senate voted 11 for expulsion and 7 against a resolution to expel Senator Richard Fitzherbert after a guilty finding for conduct inconsistent with senatorial duties. The tally failed to reach a two thirds threshold, so he remains a member.
New York March 13 The anthracite coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America hold unyielding stances as talks break down and a strike looms. Operators propose continuing the current agreement for three years while workers demand wage increases and a shorter workday.
Federal attorneys pursuing directors of American Sugar Refining faced a setback as key documents remain missing. Witnesses could not locate letters and records crucial to proving a conspiracy to control and shut down the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company.
London March 1 The joint conference of the delegations of the miners and the mine owners sat four hours at the foreign office under Premier Asquith without reaching any conclusion. They adjourned until tomorrow. The distress caused remains unresolved as talks pause.
In McCarty’s New Mexico a rear end collision between a westbound extra freight and a work train in heavy snow killed three people including W. J. Ward and his wife and George Crowell. Five laborers are missing. twenty were brought to Albuquerque with injuries. The Ward children were among the injured.
Berlin reports a miners strike in Westphalia has escalated with a fatal confrontation as police fired on strikers near Herne, killing one. Earlier fighting occurred at Hamborn between strikers and police, signaling a fierce nationwide labor dispute unfolding in Germany.
Miss Viola Carver, a Tacoma woman who shot J Edward Edge in Los Angeles, is in the city jail in good spirits after a night’s sleep. She claims she intended to kill herself, not Edge, and given a fuller account of her strained home life and homesickness while refusing to reveal any deeper motive to the police.
Peking notes Gen Sheng Yuan, governor of Shensi, commands 16 000 troops from Kansu to restore the emperor on the throne. Coalition hopes fade as six hostile armies contend in the north, including Manchu and Mongol forces. Mohammedan forces form Sheng Yuan’s largely Mohammedan army, with independents in Yunan.
President Taft tells Cuban minister Antonio Martin Rivera that the United States has no plan to intervene in Cuban affairs. He calls Havana reports of intervention pure fabrication and says intervention is not being considered.
A historic push for woman suffrage leads to two hearings in the Capitol. Speakers advocate granting equal franchise rights as reformers push the issue into the political arena.
Women suffrage leaders testified at congressional hearings urging a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. Dr Anna Shaw led the Senate session, while Miss Harriet Laidlaw and Mrs Leonora O’Reilly pressed for voting rights and protections for families and workers. Jane Addams of Hull House argued for broad female political participation and child welfare governance.
The Senate passes a resolution aimed at halting arms shipments to Mexico, signaling a sharp rejection of external support to Mexican conflict factions. This action consolidates a policy stance against externalarming movements and marks a pivotal shift in foreign arms posture.
Washington March 13. President Taft asks Senate to act on a concurrent resolution to forbid export of munitions to any peaceable nation in Pan America amid revolutions and domestic turmoil. House expected to pass. enforcement would require proclamations and patrols along the border and Mexico.
Washington report states there is no smelter trust in the United States according to the department of justice Attorney General Wickersham will advise lawmakers that no combination in restraint of trade has been found in the smelting industry Investigation suggests active competition among the five major smelting companies in the country
Washington report on March 13 cites Gen. H Crowder explaining the transfer of Maj. Beecher B Ray case papers to Brig. Gen. Clarence J R Edwards as an unusual procedure. Crowder defended J Franklin Bell claiming authority to make exceptions to War Department rules. No disciplinary action found. no strong evidence of illicit ties with Taft.
In Chihuahua Mexico on March 13 the rebel army secured another bloodless victory and prepared to resume its southward advance, with continued coverage noted as continued on Page Two.
Vancouver March 1 Lieut General Sig il commanded a life saving story. Harold Cline a year old rose to tell how he jumped into deep water and saved a girl at risk to his life. Baden Powell praised him and said the Duke of Connaught may reward him. The general planned to travel to Victoria next day.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Charles Thurston, a noted restaurant man, killed himself at about 7 o clock in the morning by shooting in the head with a ree volver no reason given for the act.
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