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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1923
Page
1
The nation mourns President Warren G Harding as Taps echoes across major cities. Citizens recall a leader who steered through peril with courage and integrity, choosing duty over comfort, earning enduring respect and a soldier’s end. The article notes the public display of sorrow, the impact of his death, and his lasting memory in history.
A hail storm near Granisle and Bitter Root valley damaged crops and orchards around Hamilton yesterday evening. The storm moved from Roaring Lion canyon across a 10 mile long by 1.5 mile wide path, injuring 10 to 30 percent of crops three miles north of Como to Gird Creek, four miles north of Hamilton. This marks the third destructive hail event in the valley this year, with Grantsdale spared.
Arthur Dubois remains jailed as investigators pursue new lead from a Butte miner who identified a man in Dubois's car matching Ward's description the night of the Deer Lodge slaying. Police say Dubois and his wife will be questioned again while officers press on in the seven day probe, Ward’s body to be returned to Deer Lodge for burial.
Leavenworth Kansas August 10 Prisoners at the federal penitentiary numbering 2744 observed a five minute tribute to the memory of the late President Harding at 3 pm. The convicts stood quietly as the band played Nearer My God to Thee and other hymns. Silence fell over the prison after the demonstration as they returned to their cells.
A crowd in Butte pauses as a bugler plays taps and bells toll the funeral note for a Montana figure revered as a good scout. Police, soldiers, and citizens halt, while streetcars stop and dust-covered pedestrians seek shade as the body is returned toward Mother Earth. Continued on page 4.
Aug 10 report from Berlin says the early retirement of Chancellor Cuno appears likely as united socialists back a no confidence motion by the communists. Officials seek to preserve prestige and avert worker desertion, with Dr Gustav Stresemann seen to be invited to form a big coalition including socialists if Cuno resigns. The Reichstag jitters reflect a panicky political climate and a crisis in the nonpartisan cabinet.
President Ebert issues decree to curb violence forbidding pamphlets demanding overthrow of the constitutional government or incitement to acts endangering public order. Violators face up to three months in prison and a fine not exceeding 500 million marks.
Berlin dispatch reports rising worker unrest across Germany with fears in political circles that a revolution could erupt suddenly, recalling the 1918 November upheaval. Strong entities include Germany, Berlin, Central News. No explicit dates beyond August 10.
In Crefeld Germany police fired on a crowd of several thousand protesting food scarcity and high living costs. One person was killed and ten wounded as authorities moved to disperse the demonstration.
Miss Gwyletha Lile 19 of Scobey Montana died after the horse she rode slipped on a cement crossing on Pacific street in Dillon. A student at the normal college she and a friend rented horses for a noonday ride. She died at 7 pm after being taken to the hospital.
United States Senator T. J. Walsh of Montana spoke to the American Legion convention in Billings, warning that Europe faces renewed conflict and urging France to be secured against Germany as the path to peace. He criticized Allied policy and urged action to prevent another war, praising American sacrifice in World War I and defending the wartime decisions.
In a Rutger Street New York synagogue during a service for President Harding, two gunmen in a taxi killed Louis Schwartzman on the steps. His companion Miss Fdna Churgin tried to intervene but was pushed aside as they shot at worshipers who fled. Police suspect a former admirer of Miss Churgin.
Harding memorial services in Billings and a Montana American Legion convention filled the day with speeches by Attorney General Rankin and Senator Walsh, resolutions denouncing pacifism, a boxing show at the theater, and initiatory frivolities by the 40 and 8. The convention endorsed the national defense act and related programs while killing a controversial resolution criticizing the state supreme court. The Peace Welfare pledge drive and Wisconsin’s debate over disbanding the stateNational Guard drew sharp censure.
Alexander Gayheart of Perry County, a prohibition enforcement officer, survived a dawn march into Breathitt County’s remote Lost creek area after four officers led by R. L. Stewart were surrounded by moonshiners. Gayheart, wounded in shoulder and leg, reached Lennut railway station and feared the others were killed. He was taken to Hazard hospital.
The nation marked the burial of Warren G. Harding with simple rites in Marion Ohio. President Coolidge cabinet and officials joined the funeral procession as distant gunfire and a bugle hymn accompanied the casket to the tomb. The service emphasized the deceased as a respected citizen rather than a political leader.
President Coolidge departs Marion after burial rites for Warren G Harding. On board the presidential train he carries the late captain’s memory to the capital, while admirals generals congressmen and statesmen accompany him to confront the duties of office.
Manuel Martinez was executed at the state prison in Florence Arizona after a decade long fight over commutation. He insisted he acted under duress and had no role in the bandit raid that killed postmaster J Frank Pearson and his wife Myrtle in Ruby in August 1921. His death ends a protracted legal battle and a final pardon board rejection.
A fox terrier pup lingered by Warren G Harding's tomb as dignitaries paid final respects in Mansfield Ohio. The dog, unflinching amid guards, lay inside the vault doors watching the funeral, much to Mrs. Harding's approval and the comfort of mourners.
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