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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1921
Page
1
Governor tells commission that policies were crafted to stabilize the banking system and prevent collapse as the nation faced financial strain. The remarks frame the central bank’s actions as essential to preserving economic stability amid crisis.
Governor Harding testified that reserve bank policies in 1919 and 1920 aimed to prevent collapse and were successful. He said the board did not seek to influence prices but prepared to meet a global break and maintain credit, with a possible postwar expansion through farm loan banks if needed.
In Johnson City Tennessee on August 5 the superintendent Walter C Kietsr said most patients at the government sanitorium are well behaved cooperative and orderly. He denied charges of corruption immorality and lax discipline raised by Forbes director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in Washington who testified before a Senate investigative committee yesterday.
A Livingston party of four traveling to Bozeman for a roundup wrecked when a tire blew on the Yellowstone trail three miles from town. Roy Donohue suffered facial lacerations. W H Donohue had two ribs broken. Mrs Verarown was severely injured with a crushed left leg. The other passenger, Mrs Roy Donohue, escaped unharmed. The driver was trapped under the steering wheel and extricated by passing motorists.
Mrs. Della Prenatt said she could not bear to witness the hangings of Steve Byrne and Theodore Chronopulis for her husband’s murder, prompting Sheriff Duggan to announce that only the 12 official witnesses and any others the condemned men wish will attend the execution if it occurs, and the event will be private. She recalled the brutal break‑in and killing and stated she would not attend, stressing the crime’s brutality and lack of justification.
The Senate finance committee drifted on final action as weeks pass without executive consideration of American valuation and the due embargo. Senators demand production cost data and profits from the dye and chemical sectors. La Follette and Watson plan questions to witnesses. Penrose aims for executive sessions next Thursday, though embargo debates may delay testimony. War and Navy departments express national defense interest through letters, not yet public.
Belief grows that the government will release imprisoned members of Dail Eireann to discuss peace proposals. Cabinet discussions focus on potential moves, with officials signaling possible steps toward mediation and settlement.
London circles maintain confidence that negotiations will not fail though no definite action is seen. Imprisoned Dail Eireann members remain unliberated but likely to attend sittings when peace talks resume. De Valera presides at a Dail Eireann cabinet meeting as Sinn Fein outlines invitations to elected members for the national assembly. Frank P Walsh plans to seek British visa to visit the UK for personal meetings with de Valera and Griffith.
Fire near the Mexican border at Tia Juana destroyed three large buildings including the offices of Governor Ipigminio y parra and the municipal offices. Estimated damage about 100000 dollars. The blaze began in a motion picture theater that housed a former gaming hall, showing a Dempsey Carpentier film.
Private Dan J Leamy of the 147th United States infantry fell at Argonne two days before his eighteenth birthday. He was the youngest Butte boy to enlist in the great war. His body, along with other France dead, arrived in New York and will be received in Butte tonight at the Milwaukee depot. It will be moved to Uncle William Dwyer’s home at 225% Minah Street, for funeral Monday with a U S military funeral provided by the American Legion.
In San Francisco on August 5, James E. Murray, claimant to estate riches of James A. Murray, drops suit for possession of $4 million Mondair Trust stock. Mrs. Mary H Murray to appear to justify deposition of stock certificates as compensation for services. A second Murray suit to recover the funds set for Monterey next month. Defendants include Mrs. Murray Crocker National Bank San Francisco W S K Brown special administrator and others. Opera singer Tellegen files for separation from Geralaine Warrar op ta singers of aocharge of desertion.
A vivid city sky moment drew crowds as thousands of white bodies circled near tall buildings. People debated if the flock were ducks geese gray snipes or carrier pigeons with plausible theories ranging from winter signs to bankers convention spies.
The State Department was notified of France's acceptance of a meeting date to discuss disarmament and Far Eastern questions on Armistice Day. France confirms intent to engage in discussions, signaling a diplomatic step amid wartime concerns.
Lord Northcliffe tells the Canadian Club that a Washington disarmament conference could open an era of peace extending across the Pacific to Europe. He urges nations to promote goodwill, disarm mentalities, and avoid hostile rhetoric to ensure success and avert a relapse into arms races. He cites England's postwar reductions and warns that failure would revive old fears and rancor.
A report from Mazama states a car was held up near Fort Klamath by a man believed to be Dr. R. M. Brumfield, wanted for the murder of Dennis Russell. A forest ranger in the Crater Lake district relayed the incident to Roseburg.
Prohibition agents seized liquor and property valued at $10,000 belonging to Warren Spurgin, former president of the defunct Michigan Avenue Trust Company. A federal warrant was expected for his arrest as he reportedly fled toward Chihuahua, Mexico. He faces possible extradition for embezzlement tied to a $1,000,000 bank shortage, while Roscoe Andrews notes ongoing state cases and a $15,000 possible reward for Spurgin’s surrender.
Report from Detroit August 1 details two young boys injured by birdshot near a bonfire as sheriffs officials investigate whether a careless sporter or accidental shotgun discharge caused the blast. Stimpson boy wounded chest and leg, Harvey boy struck behind left eye. both unlikely to be in danger unless infection occurs.
The Montana State Bankers association opens at Marlow theater with about 1000 visitors. Governor Dizon and PB Bartley welcome delegates. Group reports praise improved farming, good crops ahead, and steady banking conditions despite earlier poor yields.
Treasury experts and Republican leaders clash with Mellon plans over this fiscal year’s federal outlays. House tax revision figures suggest cuts of about half a billion dollars, while Democrats warn deficits would rise. Senate talks, led by Borah, stress limited cuts to military without new taxes, as the tax committee also signals independent reduction estimates.
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