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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1914
Page
1
A terse report notes that wartime agitation subsides in the capital as officials and residents grow weary of loud rhetoric and daily briefings. Despite ongoing concerns, the public mood shifts toward caution and restraint in public discussions.
Washington dispatches report no formal peace deal for a neutral Tampico oil zone while 25 forrest forces could resume operations. Mediators praise progress, with Huerta, Carranza, and the United States extending good offices and suspending hostilities. Tampico oil wells discussed under British and American mediation amid ongoing efforts to protect installations.
In today’s Standard TES the 3-Steamship Siberia is reported safe at Manila while May day demonstrations erupt in New York. Federal forea in Colorado quadrupled and war talk wanes in Washington. Pr Ryan saved from execution amid chaotic state news and court actions unfold across several cases.
Mexico City May 1 Dr Edward Ryan American Red Cross physician was slated for death as a spy in Zacatecas. An order by War Minister Blanquet spared him and he was moved to Veracruz then to a Brazilian division for transport to Mexico City. President Huerta ordered his immediate release after urgent representations from the American consul and foreign ministers.
Mexico City reports the foreign minister Tesigned today after a cabinet meeting. A tripartite armistice between United States Federals and rebels was signed locally. Brazilian minister Jose Manuel Cardozo de Olivera confirmed the report except for the actual signing. A proposal to send an official commission to Washington was rejected. President Huerta issued an order prohibiting trade with the United States and Vera Cruz’s customs house was closed to international traffic.
The government orders a quadruple increase in federal force as regiments from Fore Aglithorpe and Fort Robinson are redirected to respond to a growing labor disruption. Secretary Garvisot announced the action after a White House conference with President Wilson, citing anticipated trouble and the need to support disarmament efforts while miners’ leaders demand concessions and enforcement of wage and safety provisions.
Denver May 1 Federal authorities intensified efforts to restore calm in Trinidad Fremont and adjacent districts as state and federal troops enter service. Major Holbrook I S A directs additional state troops while Governor Ammons and officials seek more manpower. Disarming strikers and guards lingers as weather delays action. representatives from the United Mine Workers head to Trinidad.
Washington reports added interest in the Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the New York New Haven and Hartford and the Billard company. The commission sought to summon Joint Hall McKay as essential witness, noting he was in New York and departed for Europe. Testimony outlined 1904 political contributions by MelJen to the Republican National Committee and state committees, not recorded on New Haven books, allegedly from unexpended profits. Auditor fwian M. Yombassi testified Mellen said funds came from his own, later reimbursed by the road, with vouchers cited for payments to various officials and subsidiaries.
Witnesses testified that a military officer ordered the tent colony cleared and burned. Police described firing on the camp during the Ludlow battle, with accounts of a machine gun, exploding rifle rounds, and protests by Louie Tikas and others as strikers and militiamen clashed.
Senator Norris opened without delay addressing tolls exemptions on ships. He urged no remark arbitration and urged broader trade equality, challenging existing coastwise privilege and monopoly in foreign commerce. He proposed a court of arbitration with U S Supreme Court justices and English judges, plus a final seventh member, possibly from Switzerland or a republic chosen by the president.
Washington reports that Dr Cary S Ceragan, the president's physician, would be best man at the wedding of Miss Eleanor Wil Hin and Secretary McAiden. Miss Abar Baret Wilson, sister of the bride to be, is maid of honor. Dr Graysen is cited as a longtime confidant of the Wilson family and McAdionalnes.
In Marietta Georgia May detective L Willam J Burns faced an angry crowd amid the Leo M Frank murder inquiry. A man struck him in the face as others threatened violence if he resisted. Burns and accomplice C Burke fled to a hotel while the sheriff was summoned. The scene echoed protests at the slain factory girl Mary Phagan case and Burns claimed James Conley, a black factory sweeper, was incorrectly tied to the crime.
In New York on May Day unrest erupts as thousands march in Talon Square and Union Square. Police form wedges to clear crowds while Doctrinists and socialists rally against John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller stays away from his Broadway offices as violence spares injuries and rumors of further disturbance circulate.
May 1 dispatch from Manta says the Pacific mail steamer Siberia arrived at 11 o clock with an unsent voyage from Nagasaki to Manila. A distress signal was received indicating an accident off Farmada coast and a possible call for aid. Wireless difficulties hindered details. The ship carried 71 first cabin, about 60 second, and an undetermined steerage count, with notable passengers including Mrs. Francis Trurton Harrigan and Mrs. John Betties onboard.
In San Francisco on May 1 observers explained how a wire loss operator mistook a ship’s signal. Hearing Prosin gign’s code after latitude, the operator misread S O J for assistance. The incident suggests a missed M leading to discordant letters and the steamship’s subsequent silence.
The Senate rejected Senator McCumber’s federal grain inspection bill by 77 to 20, ending a long debate over interstate grain trade standards and universal classification. The item notes a German aviation accident near Halberstadt where Lieutenant Meyer died in an air crash.
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