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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1919
Page
1
A minority report states there was no warrant for conclusions submitted by the majority to Secretary Baker. The document questions the Spruce inquiry's methods and signals disagreement within the panel over its results.
A telegraphed minority report to Secretary Baker by Representative Clarence F. Lea challenges the majority findings on spruce production during WWI. Lea defends the Spruce Production Corporation and Lake Pleasant railroad in Washington, questions criticism of John D. Ryan, and argues witnesses had conflicts of interest and that the Crescent route choice and onground work were properly handled despite pressures for faster results.
The Montana Society of Pioneers announces its new officers and officers on the executive committee. William Clark of Butte, president. James A. Sanders of Helena, secretary. W A Clark, senator, serves as president. C W Hoffman of Bozeman retires as president. Other listed officers include J D Conrad of Helena and Charles Hoepner of Helena on the executive committee. John C Curtain of Helena as treasurer. Frank D Brown of Philipsburg as historian. Tom Me Tague of Deer Lodge as vice president.
General Pershing declines to testify before the joint sub committee probing War Department expenditures in France. Representatives Johnson and Bland express regret over military civil authority conflict. Pershing notes all records shipped to the United States making testimony impossible. The inquiry covers mistreatment of American soldiers in prison camps and other wartime actions including courts martial and post armistice events.
Washington reports charges of coercion and bribery leveled at major meat packers. The document condemns concentrated power and calls for severing packers from stockyard control. It notes efforts to maintain influence and alleged advertising tactics used to evade scrutiny.
Boston walkout grows as 200 to 300 Actors Equity members strike for union recognition. Francis Wilson leads pledge of nation-wide action while Chicago defies walkout delaying shows and chorus pickets fail to appear outside the Blackstone.
Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, who organized and commanded the Atlantic Fleet's cruiser and transport forces during the war, will relinquish his post and aboard the battleship South Dakota become full admiral and commander in chief of the squadron en route to the Asiatic station via the Panama Canal. The sale drew an estimated crowd of over three thousand, with Mayor Meyers noting the prices requested.
A Montana convention closed its thirty sixth annual meeting with descendants and pioneers honored. The report notes the turnout included grandchildren and supporters, reflecting on frontier history as it wrapped on page column.
A fragmented page notes road work near Anesada, a rush at the city market, and a push for high school aid. It references copper price rises and lists upcoming features in the Montana Standard such as railway expert talks, permanent roads benefits, and sections on films, aviator Rickenbacker, Roosevelt, and Montana topics.
In Knoxville Tennessee a mob stormed the Knox county jail seeking Maurice F. Mayes, a black suspect in the murder of Mrs Bertie Lindsey. Deputies and policemen fought rioters as guardsmen fought to regain control. two negroes were killed and a white man injured. The mob then surged through the city breaking windows and looting stores, heading toward Chattanooga where Mayes was believed transported.
In Clarissa Minnesota on August 30 burglars cut telephone lines to prevent news of the crime. They looted the safety deposit vault of the Clarissa State bank taking war savings stamps and bonds estimated between forty thousand and fifty thousand dollars. The Farmers State bank of Clarissa was also entered but the vault was not opened.
The Boys Brotherhood Republic in Chicago announces a campaign to raise 50 000 pennies to pay Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver. The telegram promises Chicago boys will cover any shortfall if Colorado needs funds and asks for first collection of 136 pennies.
The article reports that Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey faced intense charges in the senate over war era actions aiding German property owners. Senator Calder is also named, with Palmer calling for a broader inquiry into alien property management and possible misappropriation.
Washington Aug 30 Republican Senate leaders discussed plans to send speakers behind President Wilson during his West tour next month to promote the peace treaty. Senator Johnson of California likely to be the principal speaker.
At a Senate foreign relations hearing on the League of Nations, American Irish speakers including Frank P. Walsh, Michael J. Ryan, and Howard F. Dunne urged outright rejection of the treaty. They argued the covenant would doom Irish aspirations, expose the United States to British domination, and cited alleged abuses under British rule in Ireland.
Nashville Tennessee August 30 A Nashville attorney Robin J Cooper murdered under mysterious circumstances after his blood stained car found on a bridge near his home in Richland Creek The skull crushed and signs of a struggle indicate a violent confrontation police pursue a lure and reward offer of fifty dollars for information tying to the crime
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