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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1913
Page
7
A garbled report hints at impending meat shortages affecting American packers and farmers. The text mentions supply concerns and rising prices, with references to producers and consumer impact, but exact details remain unclear due to damaged OCR.
At the American Meat Packers Association eighth annual convention in Chicago on Sept 22 speakers warned of a looming meat famine. They urged small farmers to raise at least two beef steers annually and split remaining ranges into farms, plus develop New England hills for beef and shift Southern cotton to hog and cattle production. They blamed disease losses, calf slaughter, and poor packing-house practices, urged federal pure food policy reform, and criticized government label changes costing the industry.
A night of violence erupted after the double murder of Ewell Hutchinson and Quincy Drummonds. Mayor Eshy called for calm, extra police, and sheriff protection as American and Polish miners clashed. Fifteen Polish miners were jailed while many foreigners were disarmed or released as tensions rose and a lynching fear spread through the Polish and Italian communities.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from St. Paul reports bankers and agricultural experts meeting with Governor Eberhart to organize financing and wholesale purchasing of cattle for Minnesota farmers. County agents would survey demand, banks would finance purchases, costs reduced through bulk buying. Also notes a separate Catholic party session in Mexico City with likely nominations tomorrow.
Miners clash amid a fierce riot described in terse terms with limited readable details. The report names no clear organizations or locations beyond vague references to miners and unrest.
Reports from across the era note Chief Sanger's hearing starting, Miners facing meat shortages, and Thaw’s mother aiding him. Mentions Mexican rebels blowing a train, a funeral train for Gaynor, and American sporting updates. Also covers currency bill opposition, court actions, prison pardons, and a serious injury from a fraternal initiation cap incident near Valley Bend.
Helena reports the eleventh annual Montana State Fair opening under rain and cool temps. Montana counties showcase rich agricultural exhibits with 27 counties represented, more than ever before. Weather hindered children and veterans day, though crowds and racing activity persisted. President Wilson sent a greeting read by Gov. Stewart. Aviatrix Katherine Stinson expected to fly but weather blocked the ascent. tomorrow features Northern Pacific day activities.
Concord New Hampshire Sept 22 Mrs Mary Copely Thaw and her son Josian arrived to support Harry K Thaw as courts decide on his return to Matteawan asylum The visit follows his escape and Canadian banishment officials plan extradition proceedings and William Travers Jerome serves as interim counsel with possible delays opposed by Thaw lawyers on Page Three
Rebels dynamited a northbound Mexican National train near Vanegas in San Luis Potosi, killing about 39 people. The locomotive passed safely, but a baggage car and two coaches were destroyed, with the second class coach bearing the passengers killed. Telegraph lines were cut north and south. troops were dispatched to pursue rebels. W. W. Mervain, the sole American aboard, escaped injury but was robbed. Two dynamite mines were reportedly set off by electricity.
About one thousand pupils from three Syracuse high schools were suspended indefinitely after a strike protesting hours from 8:90 am to 2:39 pm. Pupils escaped through windows, paraded downtown, and held indignation meetings. At Technical High School a boy was restrained from addressing strikers atop a barrel. The demand is a return to the old hours 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Washington reports President Wilson opened the Montana state fair at Helena by telegraph from the White House. He pressed the signal key at the fair at 3:30 p m Washington time and 1:30 p m local time, sending a greeting message to Secretary Breitenstein before the line went dead. Observers included Senators Myers Walsh Representative Stout Judge Hunt Maddox and residents Mrs Frost Mr Topping and Lewistown resident J T Kirkland. He then returned to the White House.
New York on September 22 historic Green Wood cemetery in Brooklyn received the body of former Mayor William Jay Gaynor after a citywide funeral procession. The service at Trinity Church was led by Bishop Greer and the honor guard included William Howard Taft and Mayor Kline. City workers stood with uncovered heads as the funeral cortege passed from City Hall to Trinity Church across the Brooklyn Bridge. The borough tolls and bells accompanied the procession while schools sent pupils to witness the mourning. Flowers from Trinity and City Hall were sent to hospitals including St. Mary’s Hoboken where Gaynor lay after the shooting years earlier.
Fire Chief Peter Sanger faces a multi charge hearing before the Butte city council, with alderman McManus absent. Witness John Sites testifies about the Quartz Street station horse, while other charges include improper horse quarters, a drunken fireman, unreported theft, discount warrants, and failures to enforce lodging house inspections, potentially linked to a fatal fire and injuries. In separate news, New York Governor Sulzer must stand trial as the Senate impeachment vote confirms proceedings despite attorney efforts to dismiss.
Jacob Wolfsohn retracted his prior admission to killing Anna Catherine Schumacher in Rochester years ago. Under pressure from District Attorney Barrett, he claimed the confession was coerced to escape life imprisonment, and he vowed to prove his innocence despite his dire personal woes and pending execution anxieties.
The court grappled with a governor backed constitutional provision claiming the legislature as a whole rather than an assembly could act on impeachment. Judge Cullen upheld the prosecution's view that the matter concerns legislative powers of the body, not one branch, as arguments for sine die adjournment and extraordinary sessions continued.
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