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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1920
Page
3
The article discusses Wood's Nebraska tour and his claims that a treaty would be ratified with reservations if needed. He asserts the president could resubmit to the Senate and notes the nonpartisan league’s strength around 49,000 voters, aiming to shift support toward Johnson.
Special dispatch from Omaha April 18 outlines Nebraska primaries shaping the Democratic and Republican contests. Bryan accuses Hitchcock and Wilson of misaligned planks while Hitchcock aims to keep Bryan out of San Francisco. On the GOP side Johnson and Wood compete with delegates aligned by district and national committeeists weighing Wood’s chances amid fiscal and militarist scrutiny.
The Turkish treaty is set as the conference’s first business with leaders including Nuth Millerand and Lloyd George expressing regret over U S nonparticipation. Ambassadors travel to Rome via San Remo while Allied ministers focus on naval policing of the Dardanelles and borders of Thrace and Armenia amid disputes over Smyrna.
The conference moves toward a decision on the Hungarian treaty and possible pressure on Germany to enforce the Versailles terms. Morning and afternoon sessions are planned with potential evening meetings. The Japanese ambassador attends all sessions while Venizelos and Hymans join discussions affecting their nations. Jugo-Shiv representation is absent and Adriatic questions may be excluded.
In Chicago on April 18 the General Managers' association signaled the insurgent trainmen strike there was losing effectiveness. A. W. Whitney, VP of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, warned that charters for several Chicago locals would be revoked if members did not return to work, while some strikers reportedly resumed duties. Whitney asserted only about 2,000 strikers remained and emphasized protecting railroad contracts.
New York April reports show a rising return to duty among railroad workers. Mantell, chairman of the Railroad General Managers association, said a greater percentage of striking employees in the metropolitan district reported for duty and that the backbone of the strike is broken. Railroads expect normal freight movement to resume as more lines end walkouts.
In Milwaukee on April 18 the first break in the yardmen walkout occurred as 60 members at the cage and Northwestern railway Butler terminal voted unanimously to return to work on Monday. The New Butler switching crew was first to walk out, while Chicago Milwaukee St Paul yardmen voted against returning to their posts. about 100 men have returned to work since the week ago walkout, according to officials.
Detroit mid April report says enginemen and trainmen in focal railroad yards will not oppose yards switching operations led by volunteers recruited from idle factory workers. Railroad officials expect near normal operations to resume soon due to many former workers available from about one hundred thousand displaced by the strike. Local rail heads note the strike shows signs of disintegration in other Michigan cities.
York reports that striking Baltimore and Ohio trainmen on the Connellsville Pittsburg division met at Connellsville and voted to return to work tomorrow morning affecting several hundred men, according to company officials. Also, hardware dealer Simmons died of heart disease at his home after an illness since Saturday, aged 80, with 64 years in the local trade.
Reports say Japanese and Chinese forces clash on the railroad west of Harbin as Japanese occupy stations north of Changyhun. General Khostesky and Semenoff, plus Kolchak remnants, align with Japan to form an anti Bolshevist front. An inter allied technical commission led by John F. Stevens remains powerless amid graft and mismanagement.
An Associated Press report from Constantinople states the government plans to fight nationalists by sending bands into Anatolia to rally support for the sultan. About 1000 men have been dispatched to Panderma to assist Angerour Pasha in Mustapha Kemal’s region, with operations extending to Trebizond and Samsun. Airplanes are used to scatter pro-sultan documents as a backstop to rally Mohammedan support amid the seven day fealty window extended to days.
Washington reports speculation that a ruling on the prohibition amendment may come tomorrow amid ongoing suits. In Detroit, discarded X-ray plates will glaze the tuberculosis sanitarium windows, saving the city money. plumbing fixtures and mahogany doors from the Pontchartrain hotel salvage further cuts costs.
In urban districts parlour gaming gains popularity as a polite pastime, rivaling jazz. John Sinclair notes girls in their teens losing significant sums in a single evening while croupiers, green cloth, and colored coasters mark the action. He observes feminine players often pick the longest odds, even for small stakes.
Julia White Florence Rhodes and Alma Lord pleaded guilty to setting fire to a hay barn at the girls industrial school. The blaze caused about 2000 dollars in damage and they were bound over for trial in district court.
In Augusta Kansas a Triplett family faces a puzzling count after three births. The stork visited Mr and Mrs JR Triplett three times, yet the family has only two living children with no recorded deaths. The mix up leaves the couple seeking clarity on the Triplets question.
Reporting from Agua Caliente April 18 Associated Press details a tense battle over possession of territory as Carranza forces resist. Unofficial notes claim Culliean alms have not died. troops across the border near Juarez and El Paso brace for possible U.S. troop movements. Colonel J. M. Agrived from Nogales leads 600 cavalry arriving early today.
General Flores halted his advance amid Carranza resistance, reporting a 32 mile per day pace after a battle 30 kilometers south of Guaytahil. In the clash 12 Carranza soldiers were killed, six wounded prisoners captured, with 30 more wounded. Prisoners included six officers. Tonight Agua Prieta hosts over 1,000 troops, Naco 500, with 1,000 more en route and Naco units armed with 30 machine guns.
Wichita Kansas: Alvert L Grubb an eight tool dresser took a life risking plunge to salvage a string of oil tools from 230 feet underground after a driller offered $25 for the salvage. The article notes Grubb lowered himself into the well to retrieve the gear despite the danger.
A few hundred mine workers voted at meetings. Most present opposed strike or abstained. Speaker McCall opposed strike action. some applauded. The plan proposed June 12 as a date for laying off workers. political rhetoric and WW literature were distributed. Newsboys sold LW orders as Revolutionary songs were sung. WW members praised One Big Union and class war talk. End of meeting featured W F Dunn urging strikes to grow rebel ranks. An earlier note said two Hawaiian delegates to the Republican National Convention will remain unpledged. Nationalists occupy Hadjin in Asiatic Turkey. Ocean floor advertising near Southern California uses glass-bottom boats for submarine views.
Parsippany New Jersey April 18 simple funeral marked the rites for Theodore N. Vail former head of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at the old Presbyterian Church. Rev George C Hots ton officiated. De Houghton longtime friend of Vail, a moment of silence observed on Bell system telephones nationwide.
Two bald eagles battled above Martin Street, one crashed to the ground during the fight. Tony Ovicki captured the victor in a home made cage while the other flew away. Ovicki suffered scratches from the capture attempt. The incident occurred as observers watched from below.
St Louis April 18 Delegates arriving tonight for the third annual Mississippi Valley Waterways association convention will urge that the Republicans and Democratic national conventions insert planks in their platforms calling for comprehensive legislation to improve coast to inland waterways. The meeting opens tomorrow seeking unified action on river and coastal improvements.
The Republican National Committee will meet in Chicago on May 23 to consider contests between delegates to the National Convention. Fred Upham, treasurer, reported today. Will H. Hays, national chairman, and the Chicago arrangements committee spent the day in conference. The committee will act on contest findings and related assets.
Helena dispatch reports the death of Belle Moore in Eureka Springs at 38, wife of E J Moore of Bozeman, with survivors including her parents and siblings. The piece notes B T Stanton of Helena, former Montana railroad commission chairman. Berlin reports forty thousand waiters on strike with most eateries closed, a few establishments remaining open.
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