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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
1
In Damascus Palestine on April 8 a mob gathered outside the Hotel Victoria stoning the building. Police forces were summoned to drive crowds into the square opposite where speeches were made. A dragoman was struck and several arrests were reported. Quiet returned by 10 o'clock with officers still on guard.
Officer Joseph Sage of Butte died at Deaconess hospital at 3 50 PM from lung trouble and shock after being shot during an attack by Mexicans on March 24. The suspects Frank Valdez and Orduno Fernandez face first degree murder charges. a third Mexican is at large. Sage, 55, was attacked from behind near his South Arizona street home after a watch robbery.
Chancellor Brannon told the state board of education that a first year general college course at the School of Mines could open higher education to Butte youth whose parents cannot afford to send them away. The plan has strong support in Butte educational circles and is not expected to raise costs for the greater university. The article notes Butte High will graduate about 225 students this term.
Louisville police uncovered a staged intruder scene when Mrs Hugh Oldham admitted binding herself and feigning an attack to coax her husband home earlier. She said the ploy was to influence him to be at home more regularly, while the husband declined comment.
Six year old Johnny Grubich of 1119 East Commercial avenue Anaconda dies after falling beneath wheels of scavenger wagons near Jefferson street and Commercial avenue. Eye witness accounts describe the boy riding between wagons when the accident occurred and the driver Herman Staffanson and Ross Eccleston act to move him to safety.
In Winnipeg, a man identified as Adolph Wineberg killed a woman, Mrs. Rose Henderson, and injured her 12-year-old daughter before shooting himself. Neighbors said jealousy sparked the dispute, and the victims were pronounced dead at the scene or later.
Charley King, one of the oldest Chinese residents in Butte, was found guilty of possessing narcotics by a jury in Judge Jeremiah J. Lynch's court. The verdict fixes a penalty of one to two years in the state prison and a $500 fine. King is the first defendant tried since the narcotics law was enacted. The new statute, enacted after a prior rider issue, carries penalties from one year and $6500 to life in prison for dope peddlers selling to minors. King's case proceeded after a directed verdict motion was denied and the arrest followed his March 4 plea of guilty under the old law. Sentencing is set for Friday morning.
The Most Rev Dr Tikhon head of the Russian Orthodox Church and former chief of the church in America died in Moscow at age 72 from angina pectoris. He endured eight years of vicissitudes since the revolution, 18 months in prison, banishment to Donskoi monastery, and loss of property while remaining devoted to his duties among the Russian people.
Charles M Schwab chairman of Bethlehem Steel predicted the next two decades would be the nation’s greatest expansion and achievement for American industry. He praised natural resources and the American spirit and urged cooperation between industry and workers. He noted he never had a strike in his long career and cited rising morality among workers.
New York April A landmark industrial financing is announced as Dillon Read & Co plans to launch 160 million dollars in Dodge Brothers securities 85 million preferred and class A stock 76 million debentures and a net purchase price check of about 146.6 million to trustees. The deal promises over 10 million in profit for the bankers while preserving control via 500000 class B shares.
AP reports widespread forest fires across New England causing thousands in losses. A 78 year old Irving resident, Mrs. Loulesa Walkup, died when a rubbish fire spread to her home and burned 350 acres of state forest. In Blacksburg Virginia firefighters battled and finally contained a blaze near the Blue Ridge between the Gap and Bush ranges after six days to save homes and saw mills.
Paris April 6. Faced with a hostile senate attack on a minor issue the Herriot ministry nearly moved to resign but, after cabinet discussions and pleas from majority leaders, decided to stay in office and defend the financial bill to the end despite a slim two vote majority.
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr., serving life terms for the kidnap and murder of Bobby Franka, will be allowed to speak with other inmates tomorrow as 66 prisoners observe the Passover feast. The pair have progressed from grade C to grade B in the penitentiary system since arriving in Joliet.
Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg named by the national conservative bloc to run against ex chancellor Wilhelm Marx and communist Ernest Thälmann. Hindenburg accepted the nomination and will face Marx and Thälmann in the April 26 first decisive vote. The nomination followed a three day rightist dispute over replacing Karl Jarres.
Investigators released the real name of a man known as Chapman who used the alias for years. George Charteris, son of Irish parents who died in childhood, was identified through a 1967 grand larceny conviction, which listed his true name. He had a living relative in the city and three children.
Hal Donahey 17 son of Governor A B Donahey will be charged in probate court with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He took Lillian Vogel 17 to Columbus after an evening together. she was found later at a Columbus rooming house. The case involves custody and the governor’s family. officials pursued the investigation.
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