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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
1
State Chamber of Commerce notes 13 advocates support a global agreement to reduce naval vessels. Association of Commercial Organization secretaries plans to push the proposal toward completion, signaling broad business backing for disarmament aims.
The Montana association of commercial organization secretaries elected officers at its Butte conference and aimed to unify Montana chambers under a state chamber. New officers include Charles H. Roberts president and J E Jones secretary treasurer. The next convention may be in Yellowstone or Glacier parks with August dates.
Milwaukee December 13 Western farmers face the greatest marketing handicap not high freight rates due to a shortage of transportation equipment H E Byram president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway told the Wisconsin Manufacturers association. He warned that reducing freight rates would worsen the shortage and hardly affect farm prices.
Chairman of House Committee hearing reports Keller’s charge against Daugherty, but declares the case not made. Details remain unclear in the fragment. Local coverage notes political tension and ongoing investigation.
Witnesses at the House Judiciary Committee hearings include William J. Burns Samuel Gompers and Former Attorney General Wickersham as politicians and legal figures recount decades of cases from Oregon land fraud to the McNamara dynamite plot Burns faces questions over jury drawing in Oregon fraud trials while the defense emphasizes the broader context of the charges against Attorney General Daugherty.
Helena Mont December 13 forecast warns Montana will see heavy winds and cold with possible snow. Stockmen warned of blizzards as Havre records 30 below, the coldest in the nation, while Missoula shows 14 below. Cold continues with no break expected.
Ambassador Child met with Ismet Pasha in Lausanne to press for humane protection of Armenians Greeks and other minorities in Turkey. He urged guarantees for foreigners and opposed population exchanges. Ismet to testify before a subcommittee on minorities next morning. Compromise talks expected on straits control and minority protections despite Turkish resistance.
Bagdad temple of the Mystic Shrine will travel to Washington DC for the imperial council meeting June 5 6 and 7 taking the band patrol and clowns. A fundraising entertainment is planned in early May to cover trip costs. Officers were elected with Illustrous potentate A J Wilcomb of Twin Bridges and others named to key posts.
Dr Louis W Allard of Billings pioneer in Montana orthopedic surgery arrives in Butte to describe the work at the Billings hospital. He brings a young patient and lantern slides to illustrate progress in curing cripples. A Friday meeting at Judge Jackson's courtroom precedes a luncheon at the Thornton.
Havana dispatch reports a boiler explosion at Estrella Sugar Central in Camaguey province yesterday. Officials fear more than 80 dead and injured as 15 bodies recovered and 29 seriously injured, with many still trapped in debris. two fatalities added from those transported by special train.
Colbert Oklahoma December 13 The main line of the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad and branch lines in Texas were bought in by Randolph and Blumenthal of New York for 28 000 700 at an auction sale. The price was 500 above the minimum bid.
Prosecutor tells jury the issue is murder not capital versus labor in the mine killings. He emphasizes the case centers on alleged homicide rather than broader political conflict.
In Marion Illinois December 15 the opening of a murder trial for five men began as the prosecution and defense finished their statements. Delos Duty led the state with a mob attack narrative against non union miners and a plan for safe conduct, while A W Kerr for the defense claimed armed guards and local defense justified killings and charged influence by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.
Abner Khitel charged in a Trinidad Colorado mail robbery case from May 1922 with about 110000 stolen. He was arrested at Kansas City Union Station and taken to Denver by Santa Fe railroad special agent Tom Morris. The arrest was not reported to officials and only learned late today.
Houston December 13 Eight persons died and about twenty were injured in a collision at Humble Texas when the Houston East and West Texas railway passenger train struck a switch engine beside the depot. Conductor Kempsey of Houston was killed instantly and a news dealer died at his post under a pile of papers and candy.
Montevideo Uruguay December 13 Dr Baltasar Brum president of Uruguay and Dr Luis Alberto Herrera former secretary of the legation at Washington fought a pistol duel late this afternoon Each fired two shots and neither was hit A tribunal of honor found a motive for the meeting and the duel was staged in the air drome Pistol were supplied by Dr Brum
Illinois voters reject a proposed constitution as AP returns show 901,782 against adoption and 192,042 for adoption from 5,515 of 5,656 precincts statewide including Cook County. Majority against constitutional change tallies at 709,740 with many precincts still incomplete.
The lease appropriations committee reports a 293 806 538 naval appropriation and asks President Harding to negotiate with Britain France Japan and Italy to extend treaty limits on cruisers and submarines. The move signals a renewed push abroad for naval programs and potential relaxed funding.
Philadelphia observes Wanamaker memory with adjourned city council, closed stock exchange, and school shutdown for one session. Funeral at Bethany Church begins 2 PM with viewing from 10 AM to noon. interment at Wanamaker Mausoleum in St James Cemetery is private.
President Harding opened the Red Cross annual meeting lauding its global relief work and readiness to aid human distress. Officers were re elected and new board members named including Mrs. Henry P. Davison and Herbert Hoover. The central committee welcomed replacements for deceased and retiring members.
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