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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
1
A demand backed by two million is presented to Congress to provide funds for higher pay with a ratcheting effect leading to increased freight rates. The move signals pressure on lawmakers to approve wage hikes and pass related transportation cost increases.
Washington Aug 6 Acting as a united bloc for first time 14 principal railroad unions rejected President Wilsons proposal for a congressional wage commission They urged immediate settlement of wage questions and proposed funding raises from Congress with subsequent freight rate increases Their aim was to remove returns to capital as sole railroad purpose and grant workers a share in profits The move could mobilize about 2 million railroad workers behind demands risking a nationwide strike The unions stressed cooperation among engineers firemen conductors and trainmen and noted the Adamson act precedent The Senate interstate commerce committee directed a wage board study and signaled full authority for President Wilsons plan while keeping details private through tomorrow
A small experimental radiography unit aboard a barge in San Diego Bay has yielded two months of discoveries. The work, conducted away from Mare Island Navy Laboratory, aims to revolutionize radiography through transmissions rather than land-based methods.
Aug 6 report says Austrian counter proposals to the peace terms were presented to the allied mission at St Germain en Laye at 12 15 pm. The documents were then delivered to Paris and to the supreme council for consideration.
William Jennings Bryan spent a brief stop in Butte en route to Lincoln Neb. He arrived on the North Coast Limited and planned to confer briefly with J Bruce Kremer of the Democratic National Committee. Only a few locals recognized him during the station visit.
London August 6 The allies have not altered their decision to hold the trial of the former German emperor in London Andrew Bonar Law government leader announced in the House of Commons today He said no action in the matter could be taken until the German peace treaty is ratified.
The Montana Senate moved to restrict profiteering by approving the Booth bills with amendments after hearings. The package covers regulation of flour, flour products, lumber, lumber products, cement, coal and sugar, prohibiting contracts that compel buyers to swear allegiance to future purchases. A large business delegation from Great Falls, Lewistown, Billings, Bozeman, Helena and Butte attended the hearing as lawmakers and Lt. Governor McDowell observed.
Charles McGwire, tied to the dynamiting of Oscar Lawler's home, escaped two guards in the Lawler office and jumped from the eleventh floor. He died on the pavement. District Attorney Woolwine planned an indictment as the grand jury met. The dead man was an assistant chief engineer for the Los Angeles board of public utilities involved in a will dispute Lawler helped win.
Lewistown reports a midnight call saying William Flanigan, an old time prospector and rancher, was found dead a few miles from Gilt Edge, suspected murder. Sheriff Stephone and deputies will investigate further and return tomorrow with details.
Washington reports organized labor proposes a bill to place railroads under public operation to reduce prices, with claims that removing private capital would cut rates. Leaders warn of severe shortages if inaction continues and suggest public ownership could be pressed at party conventions.
Admiral Hugh Rodman recounts the sixth battle squadron’s North Sea service with Beatty’s grand fleet. The Wyoming Arkansas New York and Texas joined in 1917, aiding convoy and scouting duties and learning British codes. The flagship New York survived a submarine attack off Norway amid keen risk and constant readiness aboard the mixed British American force.
Marshal Foch of France will be invited to the first national American Legion convention in Minneapolis on November 10 to 12. The Legion plans legislation to restore automatic citizenship to native-born Americans who served with allied forces in the war. The announcement came from national headquarters in New York.
London reports Premier David Lloyd George was conferred the Order of Merit by King in appreciation of his war services. The ceremony occurred as the war effort continued with Britain and allies engaged on multiple fronts.
Washington reports Attorney General Palmer announced the first concrete step in a government drive to lower living costs. He says reforms will pursue meat packers Armour Swift Morris Cudahy and Wilson seen as a cartel. Prosecutions under food control law to follow with federal lawyers enforcing hoarding and profiteering bans nationwide.
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