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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1919
Page
2
Officials were confident the country would weather the emergency and early settlement on terms agreed to by the attorney general and Lewis was predicted to be short. The fuel administration with regional coal committees kept fuel restrictions and reduced passenger train service to war-time levels.
Indianapolis officials and United Mine Workers representatives professed ignorance of the settlement proposal for the coal miners strike. Henry Mitchell said no instruction had arrived from Washington and could not say if contempt proceedings against the miners' leaders could be dismissed. Attorneys for the miners offered no details on the Washington proposal, while Ellis Searles noted endorsement would follow the miners' executive board meeting. A federal jury session opens to hear charges of conspiracy by miners and operators to curb production, with action under the Lever and antitrust acts and a nationwide scope anticipated.
In Columbus Governor Cox announced a renewed effort with coal operators and miners leaders to resolve the Ohio coal strike. The statement indicated progress toward a settlement expected by Tuesday, with President Wilson referenced.
In Ashington on December 1, Smulski president of the Polish committee of America spoke as head of Polish immigration urging a loan to Poland. He said the loan would support voluntary work for rebuilding Polish nations including Lithuanians Czechs and others. Without new funding, he warned rebuilding efforts would be embarrassed and progress could stall.
Col William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati today accepted the chairmanship of the Leonard Wood national campaign committee. He declined to add details beyond stating he would assume control of the campaign to secure General Wood as the Republican presidential nominee.
A vintage advertisement promotes Wizard Oil as a grip and influenza preventive using spray or gargle methods. It claims antiseptic defense against flu germs and chest colds, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Also markets Wizard Liver Whips as pleasant pink pills priced 30c at druggists.
The 1919 football season yields three eastern all star elevens chosen by George R Holmes. Ackley, Casey, Trimble and Rodgers anchor the backfield of the first eleven with 247 points this season. Braden of Yale shines as a noted full back. Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Syracuse, and Indiana appear among standout players as the East closes a paradox filled year.
Ray Vernon Stocks of Marysville Utah an ex service man died after being wounded in a hunting accident near Hedgesville. He lay for seven hours in the open after a rifle discharged striking him in the thigh. He was brought to Billings and died about 24 hours later. Stocks had separated from his party and was visiting the home of his bride’s parents. He had married three months earlier the daughter of rancher J L Zumwalt.
Broad Way theater manager Merle Davis just back from Bozeman where he witnessed the Dec 6 opening of a new theater showing the Pantages bill now touring in Butte. He praised the ultra modern, pretty show house built by Nelson Byron Story J I Green A J Ellensmith and Ott Schmidt with Schmidt named manager. The Bozeman venue will host Pantages Vaudeville road shows and feature pictures.
Two trains carrying American made farm machinery tour Mexico under government supervision to show modern farming methods. The traveling exhibit highlights new equipment and techniques for boosting agricultural productivity across cities including Mexico City.
Preparations for the Joshers club show on December 17 at the Broadway theater proceed with a tentative program announced by Manager Merle Davis. Sam Treloar's band performs, a two reel comedy opens, Sibyl's dancing girls offer numbers, Howard McIntyre performs, James F Fulton from the Empress with an amusing sketch, Miss Mary Newton of the Empress contributes a vocal piece, Mrs Bert Adams Tower prints four little girls in dances, Mr Andrews and Miss Phyllis Wolfe sing. The program remains tentative with further numbers possible but not yet announced.
Malone secretary treasurer of the Great Falls Business College was found dead in a street on the city’s north side. Coroner McBurney rules suicide. He was about 40, survived by wife and a 7 year old child. A Minols native who moved from Butte five years ago after buying into the local college. Friends seek a motive.
Great Falls dispatch reports Harley C Cable killed in a feud with neighbor Bowmen on John Bowman ranch Cottonwood creek district about 60 miles from Chinook. Bowman jailed. Roberts implicated. Inquest finds Bowman responsible. Rifle and horse missing. Cable's revolver with two shells found.
Dec 7 report from Billings notes John P. Coo regional fuel distributor issues applications for fuel forms to be filed with railroads. Forms must be used for all distributions and submitted to Montana regional office via local agents and county distribution parties.
Father A J Hannan rector of St Marys described Ireland under English rule and abuses faced by natives as the audience applauded. Lucie McGee spoke in Irish costume tracing history folk lore and fairy influences while Tom Walker chaired a meeting by the Thomas Ashe branch of the Friends of Irish Free.
The dramatic offering questions if a girl should reveal her past to a prospective husband as it unfolds a mystery filled play aimed at adults over sixteen. The production emphasizes depersonalized innocence and real life episodes with a strong plea for the depressed and innocent.
Chicago dispatch reports John Fitzpatrick chairman of the national committee for Organizing Workers claiming the Interchurch World Movement sent four committees to EH Gary leader of the United States Steel Corp. Fitzpatrick says the committees were told to ignore original demands and seek a just settlement but Mr Gary refused to deal with them.
A Tokyo cable reports German prisoners in Japan are starving as war committees formed by German consuls in Siberia aid the German republic. The message warns of the terrible state of affairs and urges attention to the dire conditions affecting the captive population.
Senora Felipa Angeles, widow of the Mexican revolutionary leader Felipe Angeles, died in New York today after arriving from El Paso three months ago in fear for her husband’s safety. She suffered nervous exhaustion and leaves four children.
The War Department announced the sale of the Nitro, Washington explosives plant and nearby town to the Charleston Industrial Corporation for 8.551 million dollars. The government valued the plant and town at about 7 million.
American soldiers arriving from Siberia aboard the transport Sheridan display a large cannon and defiant propaganda on the hull, warning Bolsheviks and declaring, We are coming home to join the American Legion.
The Southern Cross mine, in operation for about 80 years and once yielding large gold quantities, shuts down permanently. Acquired by Anaconda Copper Mining from H L Frank and Senator Lee Mantle, it had been leased earlier by Lucien Eaves and Mantle. A 200 thousand dollar gold pocket was found, a mill cost 80 to 90 thousand dollars, and iron ore flux aided smelting. The Butte Anaconda Pacific railway extended to the site, ore sent to Washoe smelter, and about 60 workers remain as operations end.
The uptown fire stations answered four calls yesterday with three unable to clearly distinguish steam from smoke. A poultry shop at 222 South Wyoming Street, run by Chong Sing, burned with considerable difficulty. The dam at the wood area was extinguished with chemicals. Later, at 5 pm, firefighters tackled a chimney blaze at the Hughes home on Copper Street.
The School of Mines conducts an interclass basketball doubleheader this afternoon in the gym. Seniors face freshmen while juniors tackle sophomores. rain postponed play may follow if weather disrupts the schedule.
Constantinople is labeled a city of chaos with rampant robbing by Black Handers among longshoremen. Freight costs from ship to shore are high and dock space is scarce as Entente powers and some nationals are shut out. Hotel rooms and meals are costly while markets are full of produce.
A cold wave sweeps the Rocky mountain region with heavy snow from Utah through Wyoming and parts of Colorado. The Weather Bureau projects extreme cold across the northern plains with temperatures 5 to 35 degrees below zero, reaching as far south as Arizona.
Fire last night on a vessel in San Francisco burned furiously with police suspecting an incendiary act. Investigators believe a fire bomb was placed in the vessel’s holds in connection with recent labor troubles and waterfront unrest.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a reliable remedy for chest congestion coughing and cold symptoms. It claims soothing effects with no after effects and notes a price of 60 cents to $1.20 per bottle at druggists.
Advertisement promotes Dr King s New Life Pills to cure biliousness sick headache sour stomach indigestion dizziness and bad breath from constipation. Claims the pills clear waste and improve bowel function with a nightly use for 25 cents at druggists.
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