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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
1
Prosecution in Gibson case pursues murder charges as the trial ends abruptly. Defense opens introducing evidence amid claims of self defense and a possible mistrial.
Witness Sherrill testifies in the Assad Jahray case that Gibson muttered I am done for after being shot at the Gibson home on Harvard Avenue. Prosecutors alleged Jahray confronted Gibson over a loan and relationship, claiming self defense as the fatal cause. Sherrill described rushing from his mother’s home to the scene after hearing the shots.
In Owensboro Kentucky on December 9, five hundred tobacco growers, after a meeting, marched to loose leaf warehouses demanding closures until prices improve. Five of seven warehouses agreed to close. Balew rose to about 8.78 per hundred, with 72,420 pounds sold, but growers pressed for a living wage.
LOBE Ariz Dec 9 The globe Miami district copper firms will post notices tomorrow announcing wage cuts of one dollar per day across all departments effective Jan 1 Miners wages set at 5 15 under a wartime price adjustment no further job cuts expected though production runs about 40 percent of wartime levels A joint grievance meeting is planned with employees from listed copper concerns including Capitan Copper Old Dominion Superior Boston Miami Copper Arizor Commercial and Iron Cap Copper.
Two armed masked bandits entered C. J. Calloway’s Laurel jewelry shop after an hourlong inspection of the safe. They bound and gagged him and fled with about five thousand dollars in diamonds and cash. The Dec 9 assault occurred 16 miles from Billings.
The Department of Labor announced a survey to gauge unemployment in 65 major industrial cities. Secretary Wilson approved the plan after consults with nine regional directors and federal/state agencies. The study will use census industrial classifications and include firms with at least 900 workers. Initial results expected by January 15. regional offices listed include G. Mt. Coe in Denver for the West and B. B. Pader in St. Louis for the West North Central.
Rotary and Chamber of Commerce at a Thorn ton meeting urged forming a health center in Butte to curb disease with preventive care. They pressed for a full time public health physician, citing school nurse data showing 1 000 children not normal and 330 unable to afford care, plus several active tuberculosis cases.
Washington December 9 The House debated a bill to prohibit immigration with a two hour general debate and a key vote totaling 151 to 9 in favor of the rule. Proponents see it as signaling support for restricted immigration while opponents challenge that view. Another two hours of debate are planned followed by speaker time limited to five minutes each.
London December 9 Lloyd George will address the opening of the house of commons at noon Friday with a major Ireland statement. The terms were likely discussed at a Downing Street conference with Andrew Bonar Law Hamar Greenwood and Irish officials. No decision detail was released awaiting confirmation.
Neva December 9 The admission of Bulgaria to the League of Nations has been approved by the commission on admission. The panel also allowed Armenia Albania and Liechtenstein partial participation through Switzerland. Lithuania's status remains undecided while others were kept out.
Senate finance committee advanced measures to aid woolgrowers and farmers. Senators Smoot and McCumber planned talks with Fordney for emergency legislation quickly passing in both houses. Smoot pressed an embargo on wool due to precarious industry conditions and domestic stockpiles. debates over import taxes and exchange differentials followed.
War hero Josmy Te described a vast fleet comprising 93 American and British vessels in San Diego harbor. The armada included 12 destroyers five armored ships five cruisers five minesweepers and nearly twenty tenders and other craft. Hull lines stretched across almost four miles of the main harbor channel.
Washington dispatch reports D W Burchard the district director of shipping board operations in Seattle has tendered his resignation effective December 41. Chairman Benson announced the move and indicated a successor is under consideration with a possible January 1 decision.
Mrs Muriel MacSwiney testifies before the American commission on Ireland detailing her husband’s hunger strike and death. She appeals for immediate relief while stressing Ireland will seek recognition before peace, recounting her long wait to see him in Brixton and the impact on their family.
New York December 9 Col. James P. Coombs director of American relief in Constantinople remains a prisoner of Turkish nationalists at Ramsoun on the Black sea. Eleven American women and six American men workers are detained with him according to a Near East relief cable report received at headquarters today.
A treaty with the Turks limits armament delivery to the enemy except for small quantities of rifles and cannon. The article notes a sharply reduced territory and a new challenge region. The details emphasize how military supplies are constrained by international agreement and strategic control.
The Alexandropol accord trims Armenia to Erivan and Lake Gokcha, with Kars and Alexandropol ceded. Armenia must surrender most armaments, keeping only 1500 rifles, 26 quickfiring guns, and three cannons. Soviet administration forms in Mirvan as Rumania, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkish nationalists align. A formal armistice, likely via Bolsheviks, is signed amid ambiguity on Russian gains. Neutral zone along 68 miles between Sanain and the republics of Georgia and Armenia is established.
Chicago December 9 Rehearing denied by the circuit court of appeals to William Big Bul Haywood leader of the Industrial Workers of World and 93 co defendants convicted for violation of the espionage act and obstructing the draft Otto Christensen sought a stay of sentence to allow appeal to the Supreme Court. Sentences ranged from 10 days to 20 years. The group was convicted in Judge Landis court in August 1918 on grounds that seized documents were admitted in evidence.
Butte mail departments report an active Christmas parcel rush to Europe. Germany receives most gifts including food, clothing, and canned meats, with little worn apparel. Poland also gets foodstuffs, France receives food and clothing but in smaller variety, and the British Isles receive wearing apparel while no parcels go to Russia. Additional clerks and carriers are needed to handle the Christmas mail surge.
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