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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1920

Page

2

Methodist Leaders Rally For $100000 Montana Memorial

Helena dispatch notes Montana conference endorses a $100000 memorial building for the Brother Ian Orsdel campaign to honor the pioneer Methodist missionary in the Prickly Pear valley. The plan includes a weeklong drive starting Oct 31 and a statewide pulpit message tour.

Helena Ian” Orsdel Methodist Church Montana Montana Conference Montana Deaconess School Prickly Pear Valley Ceme Lewisown

Minnesota physician sues head of asylum

Dr. Allen Kay formerly of Minnesota filed a $25,000 damages suit against Dr. W. N. Keller, superintendent of the Western Washington state hospital for the insane. Kay was released from the asylum last week after habeas corpus proceedings and says he was unjustly held 26 months.

Universal Service Tacoma Wash Allen Kay Minnesota W. N. Keller Western Washington State Hospital For Kay

Alien loggers are ousted from camp near Montesano

Fifty loggers at the Shaffer logging camp near Montesano were removed for refusing to become American citizens. Replacements are now men who are citizens or are willing to take out first papers, per the Loyal Legion of Lumbermen and Loggers.

Universal Service Tacoma Wash Shaffer Montesano Loyal Legion of Lumbermen

Non-Partisans Sweep Carbon County in Primary Race

In Red Lodge on August 26 unofficial returns show nonpartisan league candidates winning most county nominations with two races unsettled. Good leads for county clerk by six votes and Bent trails for representative with precincts remaining. Twenty seven precincts favor nonpartisan state candidates. overall margins tight with under 20 votes separating many contenders. Larger primary turnout than prior history.

Red Lodge Carbon County Good Bent

Musselshell Non-Partisans Sweep County Tickets

Results from 387 of 43 precincts show Musselshell county moving to a non-partisan slate as the Democratic ticket collapses. Of 2,690 votes, 607 went non-partisan. Democrats and Republicans split about 300 for Democrats, with W. G. Jarrett on the Republican line recently jailed for criminal libel. A united opposition may form for the general election but a non-partisan victory seems unlikely. Mining camps gave a large share of non-partisan votes, signaling labor union and Townly supporters alignment.

Musselshell County W. G. Jarrett

Close Races in Powell County Power in Powell County

Aug 26 Powell County returns show tight finishes. Col Tom McTague wins state senate by six. Lee McElwain GOP sheriff nominee by 11. Neville Democrat sheriff by 15. Manley Republican county commissioner by 35. Scharnikow Democrat legislature by 38. Stewart narrowly carries county commissioner on Democratic ticket, over McDonald by 27. Nonpartisans nearly complete their slate for state senate, representative and sheriff.

Deer Lodge Powell County Tom McTague Lee McElwain Mr. Neville Manley Scharnikow Stewart McDonald

Cascade and Great Falls Vote Sets Nonpartisan Lead

With 62 of 74 Cascade county precincts reporting the nonpartisan labor league won most contests on last Tuesday’s primary ballot. They carried five of six representative seats and nominees for county commissioner, treasurer, county attorney, auditor, and coroner, and endorsed the school superintendent candidate. Democrats retained judgeships H H Ewing and J B Leslie, with Leslie under 100 votes. Republican nominees for representative were Carl Boorman M Harvey Blomquist Edward H Cooney Harry R Stevens James W Roberts and Alexander Goodman. Late precincts cannot alter these outcomes.

Great Falls Cascade County Nonpartisan Labor League John Crowley Harry Hudson Guy Bosley W. J. Patterson Adolph Strunk Charles

Spectacular Air Stunts to Highlight Montana State Fair

Helena reports for the Montana state fair September 13 to 18 will feature daily aerial thrillers. Major R. S. Thompson, with two aides, will perform combat flying and stunt exhibitions. Thompson, a former night bombing instructor with 33,000 flight hours, brings wartime air service experience from Ellington and Fort Sill to the program.

Helena R. S. Thompson Thompson Ellington Call Wichita Falls Tolliver Tex Gershner Fort Sill Okla

Funeral for Bozeman matron Hartman observed by friends

Mrs. Emma J. Hartman, born 1861 in Francesville Indiana, died August in Bozeman. Services at First Methodist Episcopal church conducted by Rev R P Smith with a quartet and soloists. Interment in Bozeman cemetery. Survived by six children Madge Zoe William June Tuth Hall Brooke and four sisters and three brothers.

Bozeman Hartman W. S. Hartman First Methodist Episcopal Church R. P. Smith Noah Stiff C. P. Steffens W. N. Purdy Stiff Bernard Copping E. O. Holm Ind Walter S. Hartman Monticello Madge Chicago Zoe William Livingston June Tuth Hall Neihart Brooke Lewistown

Horoscope for Friday August 27 1920 forecasts bold changes

Conflicting planetary forces rule the day with intrigue and plots foretold. Public scandals may surface as unusual star aspects intensify menace and reveal old wounds in the body politic. Women gain guidance for public life and politics.

Mercury Government of the Stars McClure

Sugar surplus forecast in Spain and price drop anticipated

Madrid reports sugar production this year will be twice the required amount for the population. An official statement declares prices will decline rapidly as a result.

Madrid Spain

Cox charges massive secret fundraising plan for 1920 campaign

Governor Cox describes an eight million dollar metropolitan quota system run by Republicans with Will Hays and Harry M Blair directing details. He presents a typewritten list of city quotas and accuses donors of secrecy, asserts the scheme mirrors Liberty bond drives, and ties it to Harding era aims and the League of Nations.

Cox Harry M. Blair Upham Chicago Will H. Hays Republican National Committee Liberty Loan Republican Ways and Means Committee Republican Hays Mark Hanna League of Nations Harding Federal Reserve Newberry Michigan United States Mr. Hays Mr. Upham Upham Bulletin Edwin L. Quarles Blair C. W. Lee Henry E. Owen Charles A. McKeand E. G. Witzgerald Colorado S. C. Hamlin South Dakota Sioux Falls Mitchell S. D Coolidge

Elinor Walsh Memorial Cornerstone Laying Announced

Helena August 26 The cornerstone ceremony for the Elinor C Walsh memorial building for tubercular women in Galen was set for 1 30 p m August 29 Senator T J Walsh and his daughter will attend Building committee members from the Montana Federation of Women’s clubs include Dr Mary B Atwater Helena chair Mrs T A Grigg Butte Mrs F J Lange Helena Mrs Agnew Great Falls Mrs W E Cummings Billings Mrs Theodore Brantly Helena and Mrs W L Holloway Helena secretary

Helena Elinor C., Walsh Galen T. J. Walsh Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs Mary B. Atwater T. A. Grigg Butte F. J. Lange Agnew Great Falls W. E. Cummings Billings Theodore Brantly W. L. Holloway

Infant Gerald Raf ferty Dies in Opportuity Home

Gerald Thomas James Raf ferty four months old died at the family home on Potts Avenue in Opportuity. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3:30 at St. Peter's Church following the home services.

Charles Wesly Burns St. Paul’s Church Charles Wesley Burns Montana Charles Rhodes Butte Thomas Hardie Miles City Fred Whitford Huntley Fred Fulford Gerald Thomas James Peter Rafferty Potts Avenue Opportunity St. Peter's Church

Cox Rescind Speaking Dates on Western Trip

Changes in Governor Coxs western itinerary cancel engagements in Billings Missoula Fargo and add speeches from Sept 6 in Minneapolis to Sept 25 in Cheyenne with stops at Grand Forks Devils Lake Minot Havre Great Falls Helena Butte Anaconda Spokane Tacoma Seattle Portland Huntington Boise Pocatello Ogden Salt Lake Reno Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Phoenix Albuquerque Pueblo Denver Cheyenne.

New York Cox Billings Missoula Mont Fargo N. D Minneapolis Grand Forks Devils Lake Minot Havre Great Falls Helena Butte Anaconda Spokane Albuquerque N. M Pueblo Denver Col Cheyenne Wyo

Ebert urges parties to pledge loyalty to disarmament

Berlin August 26. President Ebert issues a proclamation calling on all political factions to submit to disarmament and warns of severe penalties for noncompliance. The public decree stresses unity and order amid postwar tensions.

Berlin Havas Ebert

Prohibition Nominee Attacks Harding Record on Wet Dry Issue

Chicago August 26 Prohibition national headquarters released a statement by Aaron S Watkins the prohibition nominee for president criticizing Senator Harding on the wet and dry question.

Chicago Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins Harding

Washington primary slate set for Sept 14 nominating

The Associated Press reports in Olympia that candidates for all statewide elective offices, one U S senator seat, and Washingtons five congress seats will be nominated at the party primary on September 14. The nominees will advance to the general election on November 2.

Associated Press Olympia. Wash Washington United States House of Representatives

Lava Mountain Rises From Kilauea Flow Near Hilo

The Associated Press reports lava from Kilauea in eight months of activity has formed a miniature mountain hundreds of feet high and two miles long near Hilo Hawaii. It has covered about 75 miles with volcanic deposits.

Associated Press Hilo Territory Hawaii Kilauea Kau

Putting down liquor is reality says U S agents in Spokane

Federal agents in Spokane describe anti liquor work as a daily grind of buying and drinking illicit alcohol to prove trafficking. One inspector warns he feels slow poisoning after six months on the job, citing adulterated brands like raisin jack and white mule. The piece uses stark quotes and grim portraits.

Spokane Federal

Thrifty Japanese toys reach San Francisco from Japan

Christmas toys from Japan arrive in San Francisco made from tin can novelties that crossed the Pacific four times. Cans used on shipping oil to China, refilled with soybean oil in China, shipped to the United States, then returned to Japan after being emptied again and made into toys for American children.

San Francisco Japan Pacific Ocean China United States Pacific

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