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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
7
Eleanor Wilson appears in a brief coastal notice describing her next duties aboard a ship bound for a distant port. The report notes the voyage status and updated assignment details involving a maritime crew and organizational oversight.
Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, will wed William Gibbs McAdoo tomorrow in a private White House ceremony. The event marks the fourteenth White House wedding and the first daughter of a president to marry a cabinet officer.
In Trinidad on May 6, strikers displayed hostility toward arriving federal troops. A quartermaster sergeant reported a farmer was warned not to sell forage to the army, and guards were posted at mine properties as authorities planned disarming operations. Union leader William Diamond announced a shipment of rifles and ammunition would be turned to federal troops upon arrival.
The White House hosted a private gathering on May to rehearse the wedding of Miss Eleanor Rendell Wilson youngest daughter of the president to Secretary McAdoo. The occasion featured limited guests and no press. A long line of gifts arrived including a platinum bracelet from Senator Martine and a silver serving tag from the New Jersey delegation.
Washington May 6 details of the Metropolitan Steamship Company of New Jersey emerged as the Interstate Commerce Commission resumed its inquiry into the New Haven railroad and its subsidiaries. C Richards of Portland testified he acted as dummy treasurer signing two checks totaling 3 million dollars in New York at the request of Warren D Chase. Richards claimed no clear memory of the purposes. Samuel Hemingway former treasurer of the Millard company described a verbal deal with ex President Mellen involving 18 007 shares of New Haven stock bought for 2 000 000 dollars from New Haven Navigation. He said the aim was to boost the stock price and reduce navigation holdings and that a sale back at the same price was planned. A 2 million dollar check drawn on the Billard company and indorsed by Hemingway dated March 1901 was shown as possibly a loan, though memory failed. The exchange sparked laughter. Washington May 6 the president sent to the senate nominations of Clemens H Fortman to be postmaster at Helena and Samuel Hilburn postmaster at Kalispell. Fortman was appointed on the recommendation of Senator Walsh.
Shriners from Seattle Tacoma and Spokane arrive at Butte on a special train carrying 175 fez wearers. They greet local units and perform a serpentine dance as they head toward Atlanta for the 1915 council meeting with Montana and Bas Gad temple delegates aboard.
Local society note reports the McAdoo Wil son nuptials taking place today amid city events. The item highlights the couple and the wedding as a social focal point in the community.
Telegrams to President Wilson and Secretary Wilson from the United Mine Workers executive board request authority to rebuild the Ludlow tent colony in Colorado. They cite homeless miners and families housed in hotels at great expense and ask federal troops in command to permit erecting tents as homes.
Special Dispatch from Madison May 6 reports United States senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, UW graduate 1884, was inducted into the University hall of fame by the student union board. Eight alumni were honored, bringing the total to 41. joining Walsh were John Muir, B. H. Meyer, and Edward Shileauer in the first group.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports on May 6 that the senate public lands committee favorably reported Senator Myers bill authorizing a patent to Charles A. Spotts for a homestead on the Flathead Irrigation project. Spotts previously was denied a patent, making this bill an important precedent on second homestead rights.
A committee representing six states in the ninth district selected a board of rectors for the new Federal Reserve Bank. The appointees include bankers H. W. Decker and A. G. Bassett, business men F. R. Bigelow, F. P. Hixon, and Norman Bl. Holter, with LD Hanna serving as governor among others from Minneapolis, St. Paul, La Crosse, Helena, Webster, and Mont.
Vera Cruz May 6 refugees report Villa likely in Monterey not advancing soon Paris press notes Villa may bring Zapata and thousands of followers on entering the capital. Refugees fear mass deaths as Zapata vows vengeance against the city elite amid Huerta’s government and growing refugee strain near American lines.
A letter from Gen. Rodrigues Quevado demands payments from three Chihuahua cattle firms to avoid destroying windmills on ranches. Declares $1,000,000 losses possible in eight weeks if winds are halted, with threats to seize or bring force to border actions. Quevado, a former Mexican general, heads a 300-strong force active across Chihuahua after fleeing to the U.S. during the Huerta era.
Refugees flood Vera Cruz as daily rations fall short and imports lag. More than 200 refugees arrived yesterday with a larger expected today, while seven American and ten British refugees reached Vera Cruz from Mexico City aboard a train bearing the British flag. Meanwhile rumors swirl that Provisional President Huerta may resign and depart, and that General Villa has begun his attack on San Luis Potosi.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw travels private car to Great Northern depot in Butte and discusses health work and motherhood. She rejects past gossip, asserts strong health, and calls herself the “Young prize fighter” in a calm, candid interview. Continued on Page eleven.
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