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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1920
Page
2
About 45 Butte restaurants closed as cooks and waiters strike for higher wages. Master butchers planned cash and carry to keep businesses open. Some eateries stayed open with proprietors cooking, while unions discuss public convenience amid the walkout.
In Butte a kitchen protest turns dining into a democratic meal as workers and businessmen wash dishes together at Spokane cafe. Pro prietors close for lack of staff while cooks and waiters walk off. Prices rise for potatoes and groceries as shortages loom.
Five socialist members ousted from the New York assembly intend to appeal to the state supreme court and, if needed, the U S supreme court. John Black, state socialist chairman, said legal counsel would decide on an immediate appeal after a meeting. Charles E Hughes called the expulsion a serious blow to American standards and warned against intolerance.
Gov Frank O Lowden of Illinois filed with the Oregon secretary of state his declaration of candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. Senator Hiram W Johnson of California had filed earlier.
Bela Kun the former Hungarian dictator and associates held in Austria began a hunger strike to press liberation demands. The detention location is Vienna with several collaborators considered involved in the protest.
About a dozen women bearing banners urging freedom for Ireland attempted a demonstration before Congress in Washington on April 1. Police escorted them from the capitol grounds before they reached the chamber.
The name of President Wilson, listed by petition in Georgia's presidential preferential primary, has been withdrawn by action of several signers of the petition.
The article notes that some cities incur fire losses of 8 or 10 dollars per person, while cities with proper precautions cut losses to 32 cents per capita, highlighting the impact of preventive measures on fire costs.
Testimony places Steve Byrne at the Prenatt murder scene with Tom Williams. James Larkin and Lt. Dwyer describe entering room 5 to find Byrne dead face down on bed springs, while witnesses recount Byrne’s companions and liquor in his Moose block room. Local officers testify on the home’s condition and the sequence of events surrounding the night.
Across Spokane Sioux City Chicago Roanoke Livingston and San Francisco workers walk out over pay and conditions. Carpenters electricians plasterers and laborers seek raises from several unions while marine workers tie up ferries and a yardmaster row sparks another stoppage.
Gov. F O Lowden of Illinois, a Republican presidential candidate, declared that Americanization is the most important work before the people. He argued development through law, and warned against soviet and internationalist ideas, urging Americans to uphold American institutions.
James Eads How leads the opening of Denver’s new International Brotherhood Welfare University housed in a downtown frame shack. The event draws many from the submerged strata as How urges teachers who have faced hardship to educate migratory workers about their rights under industrial law.
In Columbus Ohio Congress will be asked to nationalize postal democratization if the Columbus plan succeeds. Clerks carriers and inspectors join a cabinet and dozen committees to improve efficiency. Suggestions and protests are reviewed by a controlling committee before cabinet action and postmaster finalizes decisions.
In Bangor a business man after closing his office helps a woman whose skirt became caught in the door jamb as a car passed. She misses her ride but is freed by the man half an hour later after a telephone summons.
In St Louis 16 year old Ursula Broderick faces a jury over the murder of her stepfather J F Woodlock. She testified she acted to protect her honor and that the revolver was intended for self defense and hidden in her nightgown. A sealed verdict was ordered after two hours without a word from the jurors. The court adjourned with instructions to report at 11 tomorrow.
S W Fryan bonded mail clerk on the U S Idaho and his assistant W F Patterson deserted at San Pedro and are being sought by naval and postal authorities. Fryan left a wife and an unborn child at San Pedro and the wife was said to be in Schenectady. Contributions funded the wife's fare across the continent. The men served in the North Sea patrol during the war and came to San Pedro on the Idaho. Postal authorities say they are investigating but have no reports of missing Idaho postal accounts.
In Pueblo Colorado Mr and Mrs J C Nash deaf mutes calmly ate breakfast as firefighters battled a stubborn blaze on their roof Water running from the roof prompted Nash to fetch his raincoat and only then did he realize firemen were pouring water onto his burning home.
Description notes penguins in the Antarctic walk upright live in communities and appear unafraid of humans, highlighting their sociable behaviors and close interaction with people.
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