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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
1
The Standard denounces two voter camps: those promising reform and those seeking to wreck order for Montana industry. It warns against candidates who incite class hatred, defame rivals, and threaten mining and smelting with induced hard times. It urges voters to support responsible, proven leaders to avoid ruinous policies.
Speaker declares 47 House members signed a pledge to vote for reconsideration of ratification. The move aims to reopen debate on the suffrage bill amid party confrontations and procedural maneuvering.
Governor Cox criticizes contributions from selfish and greedy interests as a limit free fundraising drive. He accuses donors, including political committees, of shaping policy through money, calling for broader public support and reform.
Governor Cox charged that at least 15 million dollars or more is being raised for the republican campaign to serve selfish interests. He cited Ohio raising 700,000 quickly and warned of attempts to buy government power. He spoke to thousands on the courthouse square and at the Coliseum, urging federal regulation of packers and time limits on cold storage, print paper reform, and opposition to a republican plan for a separate peace.
Marion Ohio Aug 19 Senator Harding defended party sponsorship in government and said if elected president he would allow the senate to influence policy. He praised the senate for saving American nationality in 1919 and 1920 and warned that a Republican administration would allow senate counsel on foreign relations as constitution contemplates. He preferred senate counsel to party bosses. Continued on Page 11 Column 4.
Three of six members for the Butte mines team to represent at the Denver international first aid and mine rescue contest were announced. Cronin, Dingman, and Brinson named from local mines. Swan and McLeod, last year's members, expected to return. North Butte yet to select a rep. The team seeks first place after last year's second. A tie for perfect scores will be settled at 8 p.m. today in Knights of Columbus gym.
Montana's total 1920 tax levy remains 4.977 mills, unchanged from 1919, with no levy for the state bounty as the livestock commission reports it is unnecessary. The net levy to be paid by all taxpayers is 2.975 mills, plus one mill for livestock indemnity and one mill for the livestock sanitary board, while state purposes are charged 2.5 mills on taxable property.
Three freight cars broke away from a rear coupler on a downhill stretch near Wilder, Montana, and collided with a locomotive on the Butte to Helena run. No injuries were reported. The rear car burned to kindling, two others damaged, track torn up but repairs completed and trains back to normal after delays.
Light frosts hit Butte yesterday and Wednesday mornings per the Butte Electric Railway weather bureau. Frosts caused little harm and came earlier than typical. Forecasters expect warmer weather soon, with today’s forecast “Somewhat warmer.” Yesterday’s low was 38 degrees, and Wednesday’s was 39.
In Nashville the grand jury began investigating alleged improper influences in the ratification debate over woman suffrage. Speaker Walker announced that forty seven members of the lower house signed a pledge to reconsider the vote, with more expected. The day featured affidavits about an alleged bribery attempt targeting Representative Harry T. Burn, and the jury summoned J. T. Eichelberger, a publicity chief for the anti ratification camp, for questioning.
Erwin R. Bergdoll of Philadelphia is found guilty of desertion by evading the draft and is sentenced to four years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth. The verdict was announced today at Governor's Island, New York, amid heightened wartime tension and scrutiny of draft cases.
Warsaw dispatch reports Poli forces driving Bolsheviks back from the northeast front with captures of over 10 000 prisoners, 3 cannon, 300 machine guns. Polish troops seize Plonsk and Pultusk as Bolsheviks retreat toward the Vistula, crossing east of the Bug while withdrawing from the capital region.
A cable from the American legation in Warsaw reported to Washington that unless Bolshevik commanders quickly mount effective resistance, the defeat of Soviet forces before Warsaw would be a very serious development.
London Aug 19 Polish delegates at Minsk conference refuse to accept a peace condition and question terms presented by other parties. Report follows as officials continue talks and await further instructions from the negotiating table.
In Raleigh on August 19 the North Carolina House voted 71 to 41 against the federal suffrage amendment. The Senate had postponed action until January, effectively ending the ratification battle for now.
Senator Kendrick, former Wyoming governor and major Montana cattleman, spoke in Butte on the stockyards plan, calling it vital to the state. He toured local sites, noted the Kendrick bill restricting packing houses, and predicted a Democratic victory in November. He emphasized West self reliance and quoted himself as a Montanan echoing long held views.
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