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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1919
Page
1
Mrs. Poulos, fearing for her life, confronts the county attorney carrying a weapon she says was used to stab Gust Manos to death. The case centers on a nine month silence and her alleged involvement with the fatal weapon.
Margaret Poulos, wife of suspect George Poulos, tells in jail she witnessed the killing of Gust Manos, a Greek miner, whose body was found March 12 with 54 knife wounds and a fractured skull. She described the room and packing the body in a long box, naming two men in custody and another being hunted.
Coal by the ton expected within ten days as John McIntosh says supplies increase and mines resume. Eleven carloads arrived yesterday with four for domestic use and seven from Diamondville mine run. The murder case grows clearer as Mrs Poulos describes the crime scene to authorities, detailing the brutal slaying and aftermath.
Senator Harding of Ohio formally announces he will accept Republican boosts next year as he surveys presidential timber across several places. He emphasizes unity and party backing while weighing his candidacy against opponents within the GOP.
Senator Harding of Ohio formally announces his bid for the 1920 Republican nomination becoming the third GOP senator to seek the presidency. In South Dakota Governor Lowden files as an independent Republican and James Gerard weighs a precautionary bid. General Leonard Wood arrives in Denver and declines to comment on pays claim about accepting a nomination.
Alleged son of a senator is accused of murdering his sweetheart Frieda Lesser on the Fourth of July in Los Angeles. The case centers on Harry New Gage facing trial for the alleged killing.
In Los Angeles a trial against Harry New for the murder of Frieda Lasser progresses as eleven temporary jurors are seated. Defense cites insanity while prosecutors challenge the relevance of the defendant's parentage and alleged confessions. Mrs. Lillie Berger plans to testify about New’s birth and childhood linking to his alleged paternity by Senator Harry S. New of Indiana.
A wager of one thousand dollars is placed on the alloa ay butte men claim of an end of world, with payment to occur at midnight. The text suggests a bold bet challenging a dire forecast and the timing of its settlement.
In Williams Bay Wisconsin on December 16 astronomer Professor E E Frost calls warnings of planetary crash tomorrow sheer nonsense. He cites repeated false alarms and notes no world disaster is foreseen. Butter residents joke about the Joshers club show and empty boxes amid talk of a cataclysm.
Esther Miller Blake, jailed in Atlantic City for her son’s murder, abandons a kidnap tale as a delusion and says she slipped on a slick board pavement, hit her head, and later fled in a panic. Dr. Souder notes possible mental impairment but unclear its form.
About 1 660 coal miners in Musselshell county voted to return to work tomorrow at a Musselshell field meeting held here today. Troops stationed in the county are expected to be withdrawn immediately.
The American Legion through grand commander Franklin D Olier urged immediate enactment of legislation giving former service men essential consideration. He warned against false economies that could create serious difficulties later for the disabled by the government.
A national Roosevelt society to develop and apply Theodore Roosevelt's policies and ideals was launched in New York with a committee on organization named by William Boyce Thompson of Butte.
Not confirmed as of tonight that Uruguay has offered mediation between the United States and Mexico. Washington officials said no such move had reached the state department.
Washington reports the savings division of the treasury department has organized an army of 4,000,000 women from 10 national organizations to join the effort against rising living costs.
A Kentucky plan following the Supreme Court ruling on wartime prohibition would ship up to 39 million gallons of liquor to Cuban ports before January 16. Steamship lines operating from Charleston and other Southern ports would move whiskey to seaboard railroads and ships to Cuba, South America and Europe for storage and resale.
Columbus Ohio December 16 Loss to the United States from the recent coal strike about 126 million dollars with Ohio losses around 27 million. Miners suffer most with estimated wage losses of 60 million nationwide. Railroad losses cited at 40 million and operators at 26 million.
Bernardo Shorb a member of a prominent Southern California family was arrested in Los Angeles on embezzlement charges involving 1234 dollars from A R Moon of Livingston. He allegedly disappeared after selling a car and taking 309 dollars in cash deposits. His release came after his wife posted a trust deed to secure settlement. The case was kept quiet due to his family’s prominence.
Three and a half million pounds of sugar seized by the government under libel proceedings will be distributed at once in Washington Oregon Idaho and Western Montana at 100 cents a hundredweight sea board basis. The sugar is stored at the Toppenish and Sunnyside plants of the Utah Idaho Sugar company.
Orders set to move 25 000 head of cattle in 800 freight cars from Sheridan and adjoining Montana counties to Texas due to severe cold and feed shortages. Cattle losses in the cold wave are heavy.
In Great Falls on December 16, the Cascade bank merges with American Bank and Trust. Forest C Nelson becomes vice president of Cascade under the merger, Clyde Wilcox retires. The combined resources total about 3.25 million with American near two million. Cascade, opened April 5, 1889, will cease operations after six weeks. Senator C. B. Roberts, Cascade president, will retire from banking.
In the House of Commons Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for war, announced that Germany had surrendered 5,000 guns, 25,000 machine guns, 3,000 trench mortars and 1,700 airplanes to the Allies. He said 42 locomotives and 4,760 railway trucks remained undelivered.
In Kansas City a federal espionage trial for 32 members of the IL W. had counsel rest their defense late today without presenting any testimony. The government had rested shortly before noon.
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