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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1923
Page
1
A letter touts conifer planting for the School of Mines campus and Butte’s parks. The writer urges practical spade work over talk and offers to mobilize volunteers to plant trees, starting with local evergreen seedlings near Butte hill and other designated spots.
United States Attorney Hayward will send Edward M Fuller and William F McGee before the federal grand jury Monday to detail the charges from their confession in the B M Fuller & Co bucket shop scandal. Indictments of higher ups in the bucketing ring are expected Monday afternoon and the confession will be made public after arrests. Fuller's counsel says the confession will rock Wall Street.
Mrs. John Lagura of Gary Indiana, aged 35, and her children Tony 15 and daughters 7 and 10 were killed when their car was demolished by a fast South Shore electric train at a grade crossing east of Michigan City Indiana.
Thousands of people flocked to the tomb of the late President Harding at Marion cemetery. Automobiles crowded the grounds as 26 national guardsmen kept distance. Superintendent E A Bloan announced no cars would be allowed tomorrow or on any future Sunday. visitors may enter on foot. Most visitors were Ohioans, with others from across the United States. mourning bunting was removed as crowds remained at the tomb.
The Montana Bankers Association elected F B Stranahan of Benton as president with T C Hammond as vice president and A T Hibbard as secretary treasurer. Montana section names new officers while Sam Stephenson retires after reviewing state banking conditions and calling for lower state fund interest.
President Coolidge, returning to Washington from Marion where he attended President Harding's funeral, urged the cabinet to close ranks and continue in office. He listed seven department heads who met him, and indicated no immediate changes to the official family. Regular cabinet meetings will begin Tuesday with Coolidge presiding.
Clarence Saunders founder of Piggly Wiggly and president of Piggy Wiggly Stores, Inc., announced he was ready to step down as directing head and permit control of the organization to pass to members of the pool linked to Piggly Wiggly's Wall Street venture.
Mrs. Harding returned to Washington from Marion and spent the afternoon supervising the clearing out of the late president's office. Rudolph Forster and White House staff assisted as masses of correspondence and memoranda were moved. She plans to stay in the White House at least until Monday and may take up temporary residence with Mrs. Christian or other friends. Mrs. Coolidge greeted her at the White House and joined briefly. Miss Ruth Powderly, nurse from Harding's illness, is at the White House with Mrs. Harding.
In Kentucky hills a flood swept away three Greathouse children as a car stalled near Greenup. Mrs Greathouse fought to save her crippled child while Mrs Albert Greathouse saved another. The women and child were swept 50 feet downstream before the father and a farmer rescued them. Names Yda Milford William among the dead. one body recovered.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, famed American draft evader, killed one man and wounded another in an attempted kidnapping at his hotel apartment in Eberbach Baden. French abductors seized him and a chauffeur, while a crowd outside blocked police action. The case drew international dispute as the United States, Canada, and Britain pressed for extradition amid Bergdoll’s evasive history and multiple escapes.
The Retail Grocers' Association Milk Company announced a three cent per quart price reduction in San Francisco. The new price is ten cents per quart. Secretary Frank B. Connelly said other milk companies would likely follow with price cuts.
A blaze suspected to be started by youths detonating dynamite caps destroyed six vacant frame houses on Shields and Madison avenues and damaged a 10 room brick house. Firemen suffered minor burns as flames spread across the 1100 block of Madison and 200 block of Shields, with losses around 8000 dollars. Neighborhood residents aided with hoses while wind drove embers toward nearby homes. the Jensen house was saved by local youths. The fire began at 216 Shields avenue and damaged Nos. 216, 218 Shields and 1103, 1105, 1107 Madison avenues. (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.)
Governor Walker pledged full executive power to stop floggings in Macon and mobs at the Millegeville state reformatory. He announced rewards totaling 500 dollars for the Macon flogging leader and 100 dollars for each member, plus similar rewards for the reformatory invaders.
Berlin reports growing unrest across Germany with food riots and strikes fueled by communists. Eleven killed at Aix-la-Chapelle as peasants’ self-protection squads clash with strikers. Crefeld and Hamburg see turmoil and looting amid currency shortage and payroll failures. Police clash with workers as demonstrations spread.
German authorities began food rationing in Gelsenkirchen today due to shortages of meat fats potatoes milk and other essentials. The move mirrors wartime controls as residents face scarce supplies.
Three people died as a violent electrical storm hit Chicago. The Chicago river reversed current, a plane went down, a Des Plaines dam burst, two houses toppled, and power and transit systems were crippled. Rainfall reached 2.68 inches, with 1.25 inches in 20 minutes. A man died from a broken electric wire, a woman from a washing machine in a flooded basement, and a 3-year-old drowned attempting to cross a flooded stream where a bridge had been swept away.
Chicago dispatch reports South Dakota Governor McMaster ordered gasoline sold at 16 cents a gallon to curb profits and pressure Standard Oil to cut prices. He cited aims to expose excess profits and force meaningful reductions amid Standard Oil resistance and a South Dakota public reaction. Governor Hyde in Austin voiced sympathy for moves to reduce prices but cautioned about broader impact.
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