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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1923
Page
1
A facetious Montana essay argues golf seduces men from other pleasures, turning prized leisure into a vice. The author notes many fishermen become golfers, losing temper and time, while praising nature and hunting broader recreation, criticizing golf as obsessive and socially influential.
Eamon de Valera, the republican leader, was arrested at Ennis while addressing a political meeting and arrived in Dublin early today under national troop escort. He was taken to the military barracks and will be transferred later to Mountjoy prison.
Police engaged a pistol battle with an alleged flogging gang kidnapping a white man outside Macon terminal station. Witnesses described the gang beating a man in the rear seat as they fled. No arrests yet. rewards totaling 2100 dollars offered for capture and conviction.
Acting Gov. Davidson ordered rangers deployed from Port Arthur to Wichita Falls and Amarillo after reports of brutal floggings and kidnappings across Texas from Texarkana to Port Arthur. Sheriff Less Whitaker was arrested in Amarillo on charges tied to an assault with a weapon, while two Port Arthur men were located alive after purported killings.
Austro miner John Pavlzon, hailed as hero for guiding 26 men to safety during a Kemmerer No. 1 mine explosion, is declared insane and transported to the state mental hospital. He warned others about after-damp and barricaded survivors in a room, while many perished in the blast and gases.
Governor General Leonard Wood told the American Chamber of Commerce in Manila that there is not a single political issue in the Philippines and that efforts to create race strife against Americans have failed. He urged plain speaking and cooperation, saying relations with America have existed for 20 years and will continue.
A forest fire in the Estore mountains spread rapidly to Mandelieu and toward Cannes Grasse and Nice as colonial troops aid containment. The blaze damaged Mandelieu race track stands and Cannes Golf Club clubhouse while the rail line to the Riviera and the Corniche d Or road were cut.
Dublin reports no surprises in the free state parliamentary race as nominations reveal under three candidates per seat across 153 seats in 30 constituencies. Republicans expanded their slate to more than 80 candidates, each submitting a 100 pound deposit without apparent difficulty.
Deer Lodge hosts the Montana Society of Pioneers convention August 21 to 23. Officials like William Coleman and Mary E. Valston oversee a festive program with decorations, displays, and planned reunions to honor pioneers and their families in a city-wide celebration. Senator W. A. Clark of Butte is listed among society members.
Austen Chamberlain, addressing West Birmingham unionist association in Manchester, warned the Entente is hanging by a thread. He said Britain, Europe, and the world face peril if reparations are mishandled and claimed Germany is near disaster and threatened with revolution due to reckless finance.
Attorneys for the bituminous operators' special committee urged the United States coal commission to visit non union West Virginia fields to verify conditions. They urged continued resistance to United Mine Workers efforts to unionize non union districts, arguing contracts with the CIO would hinder efficiency and local initiative.
Joe Novak, once a caddie at the Butte course and now a professional in California, tied the Butte course record with a 66, averaging 69 over three rounds. A 71 tomorrow could tie the world record held by Walther Hagen. Barker and Kall reach the men's state finals as Tuohy defeats Rolfe for low medal while Anaconda's Rolfe wins the handicap event coin flip.
In Oakland California on August 18 eight year old William McLaughlin rescued Mrs Sienna Wolff from a blaze at a tourist camp. He knocked her down rolled her on the ground and extinguished the flames after a gasoline stove exploded burning both woman and boy.
A devastating typhoon off Hong Kong wrecked numerous ships and driven ashore many more. United States freighter Lake Farrar was damaged and two river steamers grounded near Kowloon docks. The Ming Shang went down with most aboard, and British submarine L-9 sank after breaking moorings. Rescue attempts were thwarted by high seas and harbor paralysis.
Madrid reports 140 Spanish dead in the clash at Tifermin as Moors push the front. Commanders fear ground may be lost amid bad terrain and heavy enemy fire. A composite regiment was sent to restore communications after battles that crippled officers and troops.
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