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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
1
A peace treaty appears likely to emerge from a Senate committee by week end though Speaker Lodge remains non committal. The report notes high costs associated with the program and signals ongoing legislative hurdles before a final vote.
Washington dispatch notes the stalled ratification debate may resume in the Senate as early as this week with open hearings and amendments to the peace treaty. Lodge's committee will report when possible, while Democrats anticipate action. Senate talks target the Franco American treaty and other measures on gas, oil, food costs, and regulation.
A chaotic Sunday in Los Angeles as locomotives halt, hundreds of freight cars sit idle in guarded yards, and no passenger trains run. Officials convene with railroad brotherhoods to seek a return to duty while armed guards accompany trains and mail piles up.
Forestry men believe the situation can be met with better success as winds stay calm and do not rise again. Local crews estimate improvements in firefighting conditions and stronger containment is likely with persistent favorable weather.
A brilliant glow lit the northern and western sky in Missoula on August 24, causing alarm as residents phoned forest service headquarters to learn if destruction threatened the city. Officials explained the phenomenon was due to sunset light and smoke, not fires nearby. Fires at Morrell and Swartz Creek were brought under control, with 1,200 men fighting in difficult terrain and high overhead costs. District Forester Rutledge said cooler weather and calmer winds improved conditions, and that 2,000 troops could be deployed to accessible blazes if needed, though no confirmation of such a request was received. Two forestry staff arrived from Colorado to assist, and mines in the Nez Perce forest remained threatened while crews battled smoke along the Coeur branch of the Northern Pacific railroad. Investigators are checking for incendiaries.
ELENA August 24 Forest firefighters respond to an emergency from Helena National Forest supervisor C K McHarg Jr. A 35 man crew is sought as a big blaze breaks out on Willow Creek in the Big Belts east of Hauser Lake dam. Avalanche gulch fire also grows amid high winds threatening timber and merchantable timber losses.
Washington August 24. United States government will pay Great Britain eighty one dollars for each ported overseas in British war aid in an agreement reached between General Frank T. Hines Transportation in the War Department and Lord Teading representing the Irish government.
Mary Magill, 50, likely fatally injured in a rear end collision on Harrison Avenue. Her daughter Mrs. Fred Holbrook, and Fred Holbrook suffered minor cuts and bruises. George Grovich and Marko Mattes arrested for reckless driving as the Grovich car overturned a rear wheel. The Holbrook car, lighter, was left on its top with Mrs. Magill unconscious. A road house delivery, hospital transfer, and city jail detentions followed.
Mexico City Aug 24 officials study principal points in dispute with the United States. Secretary of the Treasury Luis Cabrera says both governments seek satisfactory teaching arrangements and closer understanding. The statements were released Saturday.
Helena Aug 24 Louis W Hill of St Paul traveled to Helena and flatly denied any danger to tourists from Glacier National Park fires. He said reports were exaggerated and two fires exist east of the Rockies neither harming campers or horses. camping parties move freely as auto parties come from all directions.
Nelson Story Jr. of Bozeman won the contract before the state highway commission for a federal aid road project known as the Manhattan road. The five mile south stretch carries a price tag of about $42,000. Two bidders competed. Treasure county proposed changes to the Yellowstone park trail between Custer and Myers, but the plan faced rejection due to an estimated $410,000 bridge cost.
More than 1 000 postal workers in Milwaukee and nearby towns gathered this afternoon to protest conditions and adopt a resolution urging Congress to raise wages.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and his party, fatigued by Honolulu hospitality, boarded the New York for an overnight voyage to Hilo. Governor McCarthy of Hawaii accompanied them. a luau at George Beckley’s home preceded the sea passage. A moonlit view of Kilauea is planned, with leave from Hilo Monday noon.
Honolulu Aug 24 naval officials stated the Pacific fleet may visit Japan China and the Philippines if invited by oriental governments. The planned tour would follow Pacific coast visits and take place in the fall with the fleet sailing after those coast tours.
New York Aug 24 In an effort to stimulate American Legion membership Lieut Col Theodore Roosevelt co founder and joint national executive committee member will depart tomorrow on a four week speaking tour through the Middle and West The itinerary includes Janegets Montana Ifana Oregon and Washington with addresses in larger cities of each state.
MARFA Texas Aug 24 troops of the American punitive expedition crossing the Mexican border have begun withdrawing after failing to locate hot trails due to heavy rains. Col George T Langhorne announced troops will resume stations along the Rio Grande tomorrow. An earlier report claimed the bandit Jesus Renteria led men who held two American aviators for ransom.
Dan Boyle and Montana officials head to Washington to attend Governors Conference and panel with other states on profiteering and high cost of living. Boyle to act as interrogator, plan to draft measures and reduce living costs. outcome depends on return of leaders. Commission chair J E McCormick notes preparatory work and data collection continue. Boyle expected back in Helena in about 10 days.
Helena August 24 Prospects for increased metal production across Montana are bright for fall and winter says V P Whitney vice president of American Smelting and Refining. Whitney surveying East Helena smelter and overseeing company plants he notes smelters ready to run at capacity amid high metal prices Whitney previously built Canyon Ferry dam and power plant and managed East Helena smelter seventeen years ago.
Five of twenty German prisoners who escaped from Camp Sherman near Chillicothe after a severe electrical storm were captured in Columbus tonight. Four others were reported nabbed at Circleville. Ohio police alerted to watch for the escaped prisoners.
Reports from the field say Jesus Renteria was believed killed by bandits during a pursuit near Chihuahua City, but military headquarters received conflicting information. Lieut. Cooper and Lieut. Peterson describe rifle fire and a Carranga guard with 300 Mexican soldiers as part of the ongoing chase. The official status remains uncertain with messages continuing to arrive.
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