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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
2
A crowded Standard office after school sees boys and girls join the Help Yourself club to collect commissions and points toward $500 in prizes. Five leaders push ahead as others near the top, with surprises planned for Saturday and funds used for clothing gifts and thrift savings.
Washington December 11. Another attempt to speed senate action on the sugar control bill failed as the senate defeated a motion to lay aside the railroad bill temporarily. Senator McNary said he would try to call up his measure tomorrow.
Youths aged 12 to 13 braved a two foot snowdrift to deliver The Standard on time. Carriers with heavy papers 25 to 80 pounds trudged through waist deep snow while adults stayed home. The paper crew’s punctual deliveries conveyed news that coal strikes may end and mines resume.
Griff Noon and Tibbey Willette were arrested with Joe Whitman and Frank Miller on vagrancy charges after a cafe robbery at the Moxom cafe 29 West Broad. Noon and Willette admitted the holdup and $44 was turned over to owner S. H. Simon. the boys claimed $60 while Peter Paul said $70 was taken. The suspects, once hiding in the city, were identified by County Attorney Rotering.
Alderman Gus Hess was injured Tuesday when an arc light exploded in his face at the Black Rock mill. Mrs. Hess said he is resting comfortably and that the injuries to his eyes are not permanent. The globe’s weight snapped a wire causing the lamp to explode as he stood on a ladder. No glass entered his eyes, only dust.
A switch in the elevator motor circuit caused a small blaze in the basement of the Butte Miner building at 8 30 yesterday morning. A second minor fire broke out at noon. Firefighters faced heavy gas and smoke while suppressing both incidents. damage remained slight.
Eamon De Valera provisional president of the Irish republic arrived in Washington to confer with Irish leaders gathering for testimony at a House foreign affairs committee hearing on the Mason bill proposing a U S minister and consuls to the Irish republic. He denied in a formal statement that he would appear at the hearings set to begin tomorrow.
Former president William Howard Taft told Yale Civic Club that Bolshevism has failed in America as dissidents could not push the nation toward a Bolshevik government. He called the industrial scene rational and expected the peace treaty to be ratified soon.
In Winnipeg on December 11, J. Murray for R. J. Russell claimed the citizens' committee behind the general strike was controlled by capitalists to crush labor via its leaders. The evidence about the Winnipeg Citizen was denied as irrelevant, with the judge noting true misdeeds could amount to sedition.
Astrological forecast for Friday December 12 1919 warns of troubling times with Uranus and Mercury in bad aspect and Venus offering limited relief. The piece foresees economic volatility a press role in reforms, potential political risk for Turkey Switzerland and Brazil, and cautions about losses and restlessness for children born now.
Negotiations between Governor Henry J. Allen and United Mine Workers of Kansas to reopen mines with union laborers were halted after a telegram from district president Alexander Howat stated he would assume district duties on his arrival tomorrow Kean quarry districts in Pittsburg Kansas were cited as the focal point of the talks.
The Senate confirmed Representative Alexander, Democrat of Missouri, to be secretary of commerce succeeding William C. Redfield after his resignation. The appointment won unanimous approval from the Senate Commerce Committee before final confirmation late today.
A joint resolution by Senator Frelinghuysen proposes a commission to study bringing home American dead from France. It would allocate 3 million dollars for the commission and for marking graves abroad. The War Department ordered two officers and 58 men of the graves registration service to Europe, sailing December 16 from New York to prepare bodies for shipment.
Dr. Giuseppi Motta was elected president of the Swiss confederation by the federal assembly, succeeding Gustave Ador. He serves as vice president this year and was previously president in 1915. Edmund Schulthess was elected vice president for 1920.
Washington December 11 The railroad administration announced relaxation of heating and lighting rules allowing retail stores to remain open nine hours on Saturdays to accommodate heavy Christmas season buying. On other weekdays six hours will continue.
The device changes speed by moving the belt between pulley sets. The system relies on belt transfer to different gear ratios to alter speed in the automobile.
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