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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1912
Page
21
Butte's principal branch of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway. Telephone 422. Independent telephone M22. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Pioneer William Brown known for long affair eludes Montana authorities as Mrs Brown No 2 pursues proof of marriage. Brown and his 58 year old companion flee toward Peabody Massachusetts while Brown’s first wife gathers funds. Descriptions place Brown among Montana and Wyoming ranches and historic mining camps. Brown reportedly returns to seaside home in ill health after public clash over two marriages.
A dense roundup lists residents and visitors leaving for cities including Los Angeles Denver Boston Cody Wyo Spokane San Antonio and Stockton. It notes business trips, theater ads, local services and listings from Butte cab company dental provider and Yegen Bros bankers plus several local figures visiting or returning from trips to Helena Bozeman Seattle Vancouver and Chicago.
A six passenger car collided with a two man Finns driven rig near the Bungalow road house. The horse was severely injured and killed in the crash. The principals in the accident are not known.
A slow moving figure on the elevated highway collided with a rig causing it to break and topple. The car ran into the wreck, the rig shattered, but the two men escaped with minor bruises as the driver stopped to help. The machine's number is known.
At a Montana Labor Federation gathering, M. M. Donohue and Building Trades Council reps met with Joseph P. Kelly to review the bricklayers dispute and the new carriers' group formed since April 1. Final adjustment and plans to be approved at Wednesday evening meeting.
The text details calls for martial law measures in response to unrest, with Attorney General Webb warning officials to restore order or face state intervention. It also covers Taft facing a battle over a conference committee amendment aiming to constrain General Leonard Wood’s tenure as chief of staff, potentially ending his career in that role.
In New Jersey the Chicago convention and upcoming primary are in focus as Colonel Roosevelt defends his loyalty to the Republican Party. He argues he would appeal from the national committee to the people if needed and stresses the party would have died of dry rot without his fight.
A wartime note describes General Wood as having served his country well in the Philippines and currently serving with energy and efficiency as chief of staff.
President Taft wrapped up his campaign for New Jersey’s 28 delegates with a lengthy Atlantic City speech. He said he would not seek a third term and urged against recalling court decisions while accusing Roosevelt of opposing reciprocity for votes.
L. W. Hill is replaced as president by Carl R. Gray of Portland who will take over immediately. Hill is expected to become chairman of the board with his father slated as chairman of the new executive board.
The Finlen hotel will offer special lunches from noon to 1 30 pm. Details specify a mission room event with a focused midday menu for attendees and guests.
The Ainsworth Wood feud shapes the army bill as General Wood may be kept as chief of staff while Ainsworth seeks to block him by amendments. President Taft faces a veto threat to protect Wood and may spare Fort Russell, Wyoming, by weakening other post closures. The clash centers on four year enlistment and the post-abandonment commission amid congressional conference changes.
Washington May 7 Representative McKinley of Illinois, Taft campaign director, says Roosevelt likely to bolt if not nominated at Chicago. He asserts the convention will make a deliberate choice and Taft will be nominated on the first ballot. Finlen hotel mission room, Dutch lunches from noon until midnight.
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