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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
1
Developments unfold after United States Postal Authorities arrest Charles Ponzi, as 40,000 investors lose over 7 million dollars. Officials pursue charges while victims seek refunds and warnings rise about new schemes.
Prince Lubomirsky, Polish minister, sounds the reiterated pleas of his war ridden country as leaders weigh plans to aid Poland amid ongoing conflict and distress.
The massive Ponzi scheme unraveling as Charles Ponzi surrendered to authorities after the Hanover Trust closure wiped out funds. He faced federal charges for mail fraud and was held on bond as investigations by state and federal officials continued.
Helena August state rail way commission declined to grant passenger fare increases while granting a 25 percent rise on intrastate freight. The commission cited a state act forbidding higher passenger charges despite petitions from railway companies seeking national fare alignment.
Washington Aug 12 Japan unable to compete with U S naval build up plans to overshadow American warships in armament Her new battle cruisers will be equipped with 12 inch guns The largest rifles on U S warships are 18 inch Although experiments with larger calibers are being made they cannot be built in appreciable numbers without congressional authorization
Paris dispatch reports the Mesopotamian front remains serious as troops retreat along the Euphrates. A garrison on the right bank 95 miles south of Baghdad is cut off, and detachments fall back amid heavy pressure from advancing forces.
A London dispatch claims French funding backs Polish moves against Russia. It alleges four million francs from the French government were diverted to backing interventions in Russia, with the Poles proposing to cross the Russian line on August 14 as France allegedly pursues war.
Judge Aaron Levy, returning from Warsaw, claims Poland is less fit for self government than the Philippines. He cites illiteracy, oppression, and a wave of pogroms against Jews, with typhus and starvation in villages. He warns of imminent revolution and urges US intervention to save Polish Jews.
Augusta A J Horsky died tonight after a long illness in Helena. Her husband is a well known local lawyer. The death ends a long period of illness.
Helsinki dispatch reports that following the semoralization of the Bolshevik fleet the naval commissary dismissed all senior officers and replaced them with women. The move marks a radical shakeup in naval leadership amid revolutionary turmoil and shifts in command structure across the fleet.
Helena reports seed grain fund purchases include dental care for a farmer's wife. The use of funds, described as other necessities, covers a false set of teeth, amid drought relief measures.
In Billings on August 12 the Elks annual convention drew large crowds as numerous lodges including Butte and Anaconda arrived. The event featured a city band reception, a 60 member drum corps, and overflow venues due to busy luncheons and dances. Elks delegates attended festivities at Commercial Club headquarters with visiting women welcomed at a special reception.
Ben Barnett of the American Legion department adjutant has written Helena's official municipal song for the week. The Golden Glow pageant committee of the Commercial club approved the song. Barnett, an accomplished amateur actor and songwriter, will have the piece sung at the pageant to the queen by Beat chorus.
Marion August reports Sen victor Harding weighs a Minnesota trip in early September to address agricultural issues as a Republican nominee. After talks with state GOP and agricultural leaders, he leans toward attending the fair but plans no other Western state stops. He cites tariff policy as a campaign feature and notes California fruit and wool concerns drive tariff debate ahead of the year’s end. Meanwhile Governor Cox tours Camp Perry and sends greetings to Harding.
In a one day session at Denver Col August 12 the Colorado republican state assembly designated candidates for nomination at the September primaries for United States senator presidential electors and other state offices endorsing the records of the state Republican nomination and the Republican Congress. In the principal contest Samuel D Nicholson Leadville and Denver banker led in the race for United States senator over Attorney Karl C Schuyler and former Lieut Fol Rice W Means.
The lord mayor of Cork and 10 associates were arrested by soldiers today during a Sinn Fein court session at City Hall. They were transported to the military barracks.
Moral effect of the United States joining the League would have halted Russian armies, says a Berlin report. Russian cavalrymen enter Praga, a suburb of Warsaw, as wireless messages reach London from Berlin about the crisis.
President Roosevelt condemns reactionary GOP leaders and bolshevik fears. He argues U S membership in the League would have aided Poland without American casualties and urges continued support for the League as a moral approach to international relations amid the Polish crisis.
Special Cable from Paris says 19 locomotives delivered in the last year will go to the Soviet government as the first condition of peace. Americans cite Warsaw departure and arrivals in Paris today.
In Dublin, the 69 year old mother of Archbishop Daniel J. Mannix of Melbourne appeals for mercy. She hopes God will spare him and influence English officials to allow his return home. She cannot travel to England to visit him herself.
London August 12 a Soviet delegation delivered a message from the Moscow government to Prime Minister Lloyd George. The message stated Russia has no intentions hostile to Poland and that any peace terms must respect Poland’s liberty independence and sovereign rights as the Minsk talks proceed.
Paris Aug 12 AP Former Greek prime minister Panayiotis Constantin Pere was shot twice as he entered Lyons railway station. Wounded in left shoulder and right thigh police overpowered two suspects Georges Thyriakis and Apostolos Iserppis, former Greek airmen. Pere’s condition described as serious but stable.
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