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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1918
Page
2
Industrial workers press a challenge to Montana’s sedition law as agitation grows over the subject. The dispute centers on enforcement and potential impact on labor activity within the state.
Attorney Van De Vere, counsel for Haywood and 100 I W W members, argued in Judge Dwyer’s Chicago court that Montana’s sedition law is unconstitutional. Medak pleaded guilty, but the I W W seeks to test the law’s validity, planning appeal up to the state supreme court if needed.
City treasurer collects eighty nine dollars in fines issued by Judge Whitty in police court for health regulation violations. Ten people paid ten dollars each for congregating in a pool hall on East Park Street. An officer observed activity resembling a poker game but found only tables and chairs in violation and arrested all present. Health officials then fined Peter Bartose ten dollars for violating a quarantine order. At 51 Anaconda Road a quarantine notice was posted. occupants ignored it and a man named Harkose was jailed after saying “To hell with that sign.” A local couple, Mrs Earth Grandis and her husband, faced court for drunkenness and disturbances, each fined ten dollars. Rosenburg arranging Nazimova film in Butte. Anaconda visit mentioned. Lisbon cemetery uses chapels as mortuaries with coffins on shelves. graves out of sight and flowers visible through subdued interiors.
Attorney Joe Griffin received a letter from Harold Smallwood a longtime Butte resident now in Eng base hospital. He details his war journey from Canada to overseas where his regiment fought before Cambrai and he was severely gassed sent to England for treatment. He is recovering and expects to be well soon. He is married with a wife and child in Butte. Through classified ads you may find work suited to your training and liking.
In Justice Buckley yesterday County Attorney Jackson filed three charges against Edna Long linked to a raid by special officers in Butte. Charges include violating health orders maintaining a common nuisance and permitting women to be served liquor. Additional common nuisance charge filed against Henry Le Veaux in Justice Ornsby’s court. State witnesses George M. Carter W. J. Raridon John J. Rossiter and John J. Harrington testified.
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