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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1923
Page
1
Two players, Barker and Kall, top the state tourney standings with low scores in the open. Talent predicts they will duel for final honors as the championship progresses through a dramatic rally and possible playoff.
Fort Benton memories recall big Missouri River sturgeon and other fish catching in the old days. Lines extend 150 feet with 30 to 40 hooks, dawn raids, and steamboat era chatter at historic taverns. Stories celebrate frontier life, buffalo herds, and Meagher's fateful night on the river.
Rev. Michael McHugh and Rev. Daniel Ward, Catholic priests abducted at Tsaoshih by Chinese bandits, escaped by disguising in Chinese clothes. Bandits reportedly burned the London mission hospital and its buildings, with more than 100 Chinese prisoners still held.
A half million barrel General Petroleum tank burst into flames in San Pedro California after an explosion. Fire spread across a one mile by several hundred yard area threatening nearby storage tanks and homes as Fort McArthur troops and police widened the danger zone. Fire officials fear possible explosions from nearby distillate and fuel oil tanks. Local residents evacuated with belongings loaded on trucks as authorities battled the blaze.
A band of raiders struck several ranches within five miles of Calexico and fled across the border to Mexico with horses mules wagons harness and farm implements valued at 10000. Mexican officials are attempting to track the bandits into the mountains.
Potter county Sheriff Less Whitaker was arrested on conspiracy and assault charges connected to the kidnaping and flogging of bridgeworker EB McDonald in Amarillo. In Wichita Falls Lonnie Davis was whipped with a wet rope by five unidentified men, his brother Z W Davis reported to Acting Governor Davidson as police investigated the Iowa Park incident.
The report lists entrants in the state championships: men E. J. Barker and Martin Kall from Butte, A. F. Briscoe of Lewistown, J. E. Dobbin of Billings. women finalists Mrs. R. R. Kilroy Butte, Mrs. Frank Tucker Anaconda, Mrs. James T. Finlen Butte, and Miss Grace Barnett Missoula.
Butte golfers from Lewistown and Billings advance past first round eliminations in the men's Montana State Golf Association championship after the second day. Women from Anaconda and Missoula remain to contest the crown as Mrs. Tucker defeats Mrs. Branscombe on the tenth green, three up and two to play, and faces Mrs. Finlen in the semi finals while Mrs. Kilroy battles Miss Barnett.
Unrest and rioting sweep the grand duchy of Hesse as clashes erupt between police and communists at Langen Russelsheim and Grossgerau on the Rhine. In Langen the revolutionary committee of unemployed abducts 12 bourgeoisie as hostages after six workers are arrested. One security police officer is killed and several wounded in the clashes.
Mrs Florence Kling Harding quietly left the White House tonight with a small escort. She may return only as a guest, a departure marked by gloom rather than the fanfare of 1921. Continuous coverage notes the muted farewell.
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge visit Mrs. Harding at the White House. Laddie Boy trots from the presidential auto and greets the former president and First Lady in a cordial, omen like moment. Mrs. Coolidge hopes the gesture signals a favorable reception by Harding associates.
New York Aug 17 miners union officials and mine operators agreed to reenter joint conference under pressure of the United States coal commission to seek terms for a new wage contract likely to take effect Sept 1. The commission members tempered expectations about keeping anthracite mines running after that date. John Hays Hammond and associates plan to return to Washington.
President Coolidge plans to present important messages to Congress in person, adopting a practice started by Wilson and used by Harding to add force and clarity. Less critical messages will be delivered by messenger.
In Washington on August 17 five diplomats and Secretary Hughes completed the formal ratifications of the naval limitation treaties. The United States Deposited its ratification and the six hundred seventy thousand tons of capital ships will be scrapped. The process verbal records the treaty’s coming into effect with France’s reservation on the 5 5 3 2 2 ratio.
Eamon de Valera was transferred from Limerick to Dublin under heavy guard. A Rome dispatch says Irish republicans asked Pope Pius XII to intervene. Cardinal Gasparri stated the Vatican cannot intervene officially but hopes for a speedy peace and an impartial trial for De Valera.
A powerful cyclone strikes Hongkong causing heavy property losses and feared deaths. The British submarine L-9 sink in the harbor as many steamers are wrecked. Forecasts show continued fury with no clear casualty total. Earlier, July 27 waves damaged Kowloon walls and piers amid warnings. Past typhoons nearby caused tens of thousands of deaths in Swatow and on the Chinese coast.
J Carrick Trost, 21, an electrician and choir member, shot himself behind the pulpit of Messiah Lutheran Church in Denver shortly after 9 30 pm. He left a note asking forgiveness to God and love for his mother. His father burst into the church with officers after the fatal shot following a visit to Miss Boffie Clive earlier that evening.
The Swift Star, carrying 22 crew, vanished near the Panama Canal after departing Los Angeles for Fall River. A seaman’s scorched body found among Caribbean wreckage prompted C. D. Mallory and Co. to conclude a lightning strike sank the tanker. Captain Hall of Baltimore commanded the vessel.
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