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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
5
Christmas gift buyers are offered a wide selection of watches including men s and boys models. Prices range from 2.25 to 100.00 with gold filled and engraved options, 15 jewel movements, and bracelet styles appealing to both young and adult shoppers.
Butte notes list visiting residents and travelers from Kalispell Dillon and Deer Lodge at local hotels. Names include Anna Nelson Miss from Miles City Ward Henderson Ennis W. G. Elliott Kalispell A J McKay Whitehall and KE Tyers Mis toulian at the Butte. Several arrivals from Dillon Drummond Anaconda and Bozeman area. A piano suit and returning soldiers noted.
Vienna report recalls Count Czernin stating Austria-Hungary sought to withdraw from World War I in 1917 by offering Germany its coal riches and Galicia if Alsace Lorraine could be surrendered. He said German leaders, including Ludendorff, resisted and even threatened peace with Austria if Austria sought separate peace.
Butte police yesterday sought Edward Ayers believed connected to a recent Winnemucca wedding of his brother Charles Avers. A telegram says the man owns property on Galena and Mercury streets and Edward Ayers is not known to police.
An urgent invitation from the Retail Merchants Association of Montana to the Employers’ Association to hold its conjunction meeting in Helena Jan 15 16 17 arrives too late as the state employers’ meeting is already set for Great Falls. The letter from RL Varney Secretary urges Helena while John H McIntosh reports the third annual meeting may draw 60 to 80 participants from across the state. The Montana association now lists about 2000 members and a wire was sent to C F Kellen president of Anaconda Copper urging address on reconstruction.
Six deaths and 26 new Spanish influenza cases were reported to the city health department by 19 doctors for the 24 hours ending last night. The two day average death rate has hovered near ten per day, a somewhat encouraging trend. Through classified advertising buyers may be found for homes you may sell, matching value with demand.
A compact roll lists numerous sergeants, privates, and corporals from multiple units as honored dead and wounded in action. Names include Brown, Carr, Tuohy, and many others with ranks from sergeant to private, reflecting a broad casualty record from the conflict. The long catalog emphasizes individual service, with scattered military titles and a wide array of family names.
Inspector Martin Pomero of the Great Northern Railway testified he was robbed of a $300 diamond by a Negro woman who gave the name May Williams. Patrolman Tom Walsh arrested the suspect after Pomero encountered her in a South Main Street alley as she cried for help. The woman fled into darkness with the stone after feigning distress.
At C. Oxwell’s saloon on 310 East Park Street late last night a shot was fired as a signal to police after a fight began among several men who entered the venue. Proprietor says the flare was to summon help and identifies John Utah and John Krovinnich as participants in the disturbance.
In Milwaukee on December 9 Pinky Mitchell brother of the Milwaukee lightweight captured the no-decision windup over Otto Wallace in ten rounds at a local club. Wallace was rated 122 percent and Mullins pressed the action late. In the semifinal Johnny Mendelson shaded Young Dennis of Great Lakes in ten rounds.
An official outlines plans for the president's arrival and reception in Paris. Col. Willa oversees material requirements and security for the event with international film service involvement. The notice emphasizes arrangements for ceremonies and liaison with American forces.
Deputies report a fatal shooting last night near 2113 Spruce Street after a rock was dropped from a second story, striking Sol Kray and injuring him badly. Kravivieh said his son dropped the rock as he faced the attack. The victim was hospitalized with severe facial injuries. In boxing news, VALGER WINS a six round bout over Eddie Walkie, dominating rounds one, two, five, and six.
New York December 9 Allied Cable companies allied with Commercial Cable filed for a federal injunction to restrain Postmaster General Burleson from further control of about 10000 miles of cable between San Francisco and China and the Philippine Islands. They charge violation of international law for seizure without consent or treaty approval and say Turro plans to answer or be forced by publication. George Creel to attend the peace conference.
National League owners gathered in New York for their annual meeting to elect a successor to John Keten as president and to set policies for players and play in 1919. The presidential race narrowed and key questions included the standing of elected managers, with the board of directors to meet at noon tomorrow.
National officials and league leaders confer on reforms for drafts and player farming. Ban Johnson of the American League and A. Te. Tearney of the Three I League spearhead a joint meeting of committees from zonal leagues. Action likely in Chicago in January.
A fragment discusses the role of intelligence departments in organizations and government issues. It argues publicity keeps the public informed of services rendered and insists merchants and public offices must advertise clearly to ensure readers understand actions and aims.
A Chinese merchant priced five pounds of tea at $2 and ten pounds at $5. When a tourist objected, the Chinaman retorted that the wealthier a man is the more he can pay, and thus the richer he is.
Washington reports the first annual Bureau of Aircraft Production findings. By June 1918 the air service ordered over half a million high capacity bombs and received 1 028. U S orders for fighting aircraft reached 12 500 with 529 De Havilland and 24 Bristols delivered. Caproni and B 5 monoplane orders noted. Engine needs total 20 500 with 2 292 delivered. over 100 000 machine guns contracted. Lumber supplies include 600 feet of spruce and 25 000 000 feet of fir. Allocated funds for air service period were $682 million with $208.4 million spent on material and $164.9 million on buildings and fields.
The article notes exploration of frog and toad skins for leather and mentions cod, salmon, eel skins used for parchment book bindings and shoe soles in various regions, highlighting diverse fish and amphibian sources as leather alternatives.
Sturgeon skin is praised as a handsome ornamental leather and the armor garfish hide, valued in Europe for its horny plates that polish to an ivory like finish.
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