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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1918
Page
6
Fire underwriters official Branscomb and Fire Chief Martin issue annual plea for safer Christmas greens and displays. Use non inflammable decorations, secure trees, avoid candles, keep electric systems inspected, and remove trees after holidays to prevent panics and fires.
Beginning today the three men charged in the Henry drug store burglary last August face trial in Judge Dwyer's court. Lawrence McCoy Albert Edgard Victor alias Eschbach and Kent Burns alias Leo Hoffman are accused of breaking in the back door rifling the safe and seizing a large booty before capture. All have prior convictions, potentially increasing penalties. Separate trials are requested with McCoy first Victor second and Burns last.
The male clerk carrier examination, initially set for Dec 14 at the post office, has been postponed and will now be held tomorrow, Dec 18, starting at 9 o clock in the morning.
Police court reports show several men found guilty of vagrancy and sentenced to 10 or 20 days in the county jail. Others paid fines for disturbances and speeding, with multiple defendants named and details of prior incidents noted.
Paris reports former Premier Viviani denounces the German republic as a mockery and untrustworthy. In a Columbia University graduates dinner, he urges suppression of German kultur in French and American universities, praising American war efforts and democracy's defeat of autocracy.
Butte officials weigh lifting remainin g health limits on churches and theaters as influenza cases drop. County board chairman E. Simonson, at Helena yesterday, seeks authority from the state health secretary for full open city status. Mayor Maloney backs ending restrictions and reopening all businesses.
Judge Whitty of the Butte police court orders all local men to remain sober and stay employed in essential industry as two weeks remain in which open bars operate. Eleven drunks appeared, were sternly reprimanded, and dismissed.
R N Rand fined 10 dollars in police court after driving a team of horses on the wrong side struck a properly parked automobile owned by Ferguson. car sustained some damage. Arthur Driscoll admitted knocking over a boy, but case dismissed as accident. Howard Martin failed to answer speeding charge and warrants issued.
In Silver Row county a total of $5,490,750 was subscribed to the fourth Liberty loan by 17,378 persons and organizations, final figures show the county exceeded the target by 26 percent. Individuals contributed $5,324,200 while railroads pledged $119,050 and foreign corporations $47,500, with 16,587 individual subscriptions and 791 from corporations.
Fred George Stewart obtained a divorce from Daisy Stewart after five years of marriage on grounds of fidelity. A separate decree granted to Harry Ruland against Lulu Alice Ruland for cruelty. Arthur Loiselle was freed from Ila Loiselle following desertion. Edith Bischoff filed for divorce from Carroll Bischoff alleging cruelty and violent temper.
Jonas Zurich, owner of a pool hall at 41 Anaconda Road, was fined $10 in the police court for permitting patrons to gather around a card table in his establishment. Several others named in the case were dismissed. the judge emphasized the importance of obeying health board orders to safeguard public health.
A Butte resident argues Germany did not lose the war while an insurance agent recounts a wager with a neutral-country native who believed Germany would win. After the armistice the man avoids reminders of the loss, prompting the agent to quit amid the exchange.
County Attorney Jackson filed four criminal actions yesterday in Justice Ornsby s court. Two complaints name Sam Osterneff in second degree assault with Anton Pleet the complaint and John Vidmer the accuser in the second case. Charles Clark is charged with a felony at Andy Mackey s request. A fourth complaint has James McCabe accusing M J McKeven of second degree assault.
Walter C. Findlay, once British Columbia prohibition commissioner, pleaded guilty to illegally importing liquor. He was sentenced to a $1000 fine or six months in prison.
County commissioners opened bids for county printing, the county poor farm, and the county physician. Action on these proposals was deferred until today when contracts for the ensuing year will be awarded.
Coroner Lane presided as the jury ruled Carl Baumgartner died in the Pilot Butte mine on December 11 after an unexpected rock fall buried him while he tried to free a chute between the 2000 and 2200 foot levels. Fracture of the skull was the death cause.
The annual bazaar organized by the ladies of St. Mark's Lutheran church will begin this Wednesday. This year's event is set in the old Ted Ross store building located at 7 South Montana Street.
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