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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
1
Legislature completes work and adjourns. Lawmakers reject measures aiding farmers. Supreme Court bill adopted. Members of Assembly from drought afflicted regions return home in a sad frame of mind.
Helena Aug 11 Tonight a senate committee announced the special session work finished and adjourned sine die. House members and observers rushed to offices to claim per diems as the 16th legislative session ended. Farmers in drought stricken counties faced bankruptcy and ruin, critics say the session did little for relief.
The $5,000,000 bond issue was defeated after an all day battle in the Montana House. Representative Higgins failed to salvage the measure as revised by the Senate, which would have created a five member state agricultural commission and county loan oversight. The final tally was 26 in favor and 49 against.
The metal trades crafts will lay down tools at noon in the mines, smelters, and mills of Great Falls and Anaconda after rejecting a wage offer of one dollar per day. A letter signed by James F. O'Brien and C. W. Sprague notifying the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. was received, urging no work until a broader union action. The item notes support and opposition within local labor groups and mentions continuation on page 4.
Secretary Lansing testified before the senate on the Lansing Ishii talks and disclosed a concealed understanding with Japan and Britain over Shantung. He described discussions reaffirming open door in China and rejected any American paramount or special interest in Chinese affairs.
Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie died at 7:10 am at his Lenox summer home Shadow Brook after a three day illness with pneumonia. His wife and private secretary were with him. daughter Mrs Ronwell Stier could not reach the bedside.
New York reports the death of philanthropist and peace advocate Andrew Carnegie in his eighty fourth year. He had suffered grippe in 1917 and lived in seclusion under two nurses since. Once a major figure in the international peace movement he grew more withdrawn after world war pressures. His daughter Margaret Carnegie Miller wed Ensign Roswell Miller U S N on April 23.
Federal attorney Day meets with County Attorney Jackson to address violations of federal law as the investigation into H O L proceeds.
Federal and state authorities prepare a wide ranging inquiry into the high cost of living in Montana. Attorney General Palmer ordered the move, with Day and Jackson coordinating in Butte. Investigators will study interstate firms and price manipulation, using the food control act and Sherman antitrust provisions, as evidence is gathered for a forthcoming grand jury. Local witnesses and firms with interlocking interests may be examined as the inquiry expands.
Helena bakers claim to sell bread in Helena at 9 cents to the Butte market at 9 cents per loaf, with 10 cents elsewhere within 200 miles of Helena or Great Falls. Eddy Baking Co asserts it can ship bread to Butte at 14.5 cents per pound loaf fob and sell to the city with a 9 cent retail, denying labor-union charges while noting no Helena bakers union and ongoing wage considerations.
The Prince of Wales landed from the battleship Renown at Topsail Newfoundland for his first visit to the island. After a stopover he returned to the warship and plans to come to the city tomorrow.
El Paso dispatch reports that fifteen Mexican plotters linked to conspiracies against Gen. Francisco Villa were executed after their plot was uncovered. The motive and details remain unconfirmed as the source notes arrival of the report from Reason.
Governor Stewart appoints John Hurley of Valley County and George Patten of Gallatin to the House invitation list. Hurley and Patten are named among new justices and will participate in the official proceedings.
Governor Stewart sent to the senate the names of John Hurley of Glasgow and George Y. Patten of Bee Beownth for confirmation. The house and senate, after two days of maneuvering, approved a resolution guiding the governor to submit two names for the supreme court posts and pledged passage of a bill inserting them.
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