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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1922
Page
1
Reported crash on West Galena sees a sled carrying three young girls collide with an automobile. French papers discuss Europe rehabilitation conceived in Germany’s interest, as editors express majority views.
Paris editors mock US plans for European rehabilitation as favoring Germany. Temps says Germans drafted the plan with American bankers while others warn it could delay reparations. Bainville argues Washington seeks to avert Ruhr occupation and questions Clemenceau’s tour impact.
The 1922 municipal taxes to be added include state county and school district levies totaling twenty three million dollars. This tax package covers state and local government costs across Montana, with levies allocated to counties and school districts to fund public services and education.
Myrtle Hammerstrom expires minutes after the fatal crash. Maxine Dodge dies in hospital. The report notes two others killed and one seriously injured in the incident.
A coasting accident at the intersection of Chark and West Galena streets last night left Myrtle Hammerstrom 13 dead and Maxine Dodge 14 fatally injured. Ena Crumby 14 is badly injured, while Burt Grosso 18 faces detention with six others.
An Akron dispatch reports a cottage fire at Little Wadsworth near Massillon in which three men died and four were injured, one fatally. The dead include Harold Howard a Massillon city engineer Frank Wagner a foreman machinist Roy Hodgson a truck driver and George W Williams a Massillon attorney and former city solicitor.
U S veterans of foreign wars hear a talk on financing a project with the only obstacle being feasibility and sufficiency of funds. The meeting outlines potential support and steps toward realization of the plan.
Col Forbes of the veterans bureau reports strong support for a sales tax with foodstuffs exempted to finance the veterans’ bonus. The conference of national and state VFW executives unanimously adopted the resolution. Hamilton Cook of the Disabled American Veterans pledged immediate action. The American Legion did not attend.
John H Porter a Denver capitalist reported missing by relatives was found dead on the Happy Canon road near Sedalia Colorado. A revolver lay beside the body. Porter is the son of Henry M Porter a wealthy Denver broker.
In Arizona the search for Col. Francis C. Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber continues near Huachuca and Santa Rita mountains. Army and navy planes join cavalry in wide patrols. officials fear fatal crash with evidence likely years away.
In Butte this morning a campaign to recruit members for the auxiliary for the rehabilitation of crippled children begins at 9 30 with 200 to 300 workers meeting at the Montana Power office on East Broadway. Workers will receive blanks and buttons and will join across district routes under district directors.
In Salt Lake City Utah, two youthful bandits halted a car wounding 19 year old Royalance Fitzgerald, daughter of Draper residents Mr and Mrs D S Fitzgerald. A chase ended after four automobiles were stolen and a three mile pursuit followed. Rodney Cushing, a friend, escaped unharmed.
One hundred and twenty passengers of the steamer Prospero, which ran aground on Small Island near Green Pond, Newfoundland, last night, were safely landed this morning.
Joseph Kane of Vancouver was robbed of his outer clothing and $144 after being stripped to underwear by holdup men in Minneapolis Minnesota. He wandered the streets in freezing conditions until a resident helped and police were alerted. Local American Legion posts will provide clothing and transport to Arkansas for rheumatism treatment.
A blizzard and fog cripple rescue efforts after the tug Reliance wrecked on Lizzard Island. Twenty seven missing, believed drowned or exposed, including crew of 14 and 27 passengers. Survivors say nine others left the wreck in a launch. two rescued, others suffering from cold. Wreck locale near Lake Superior's northern Ontario coast, with tugs Gray and Favorite aiding search amid a 40 mile wind.
State board of equalization reports Montana tax levies for 1922 amount to 25 854 704 dollars. City and municipal totals not yet received from Butte Great Falls and Missoula. School and county levies dominate the figure with university bond issue add-ons affecting year comparisons.
The article reports Narutowicz's assassination prompting unity across parties, with M. Rataj becoming president and Sikorski moving to premiership. Pilsudski is named chief of staff, replacing Sikorski as the army leader amid a hastily formed cabinet and imminent parliamentary election for a new president.
In Dublin on December 17 the final 18 British posts were handed to the Irish national army. The evacuation occurred amid notable enthusiasm and mutual goodwill as Richard Mulcahy and his staff assumed control of each post in the Dublin area from British command.
Salt Lake City Dec 17 Henry Boonstra last pilot on the Salt Lake Rock Springs division of the air mail service is believed seen over Porterville Utah 36 miles northeast of Salt Lake late Friday afternoon. A blizzard was raging and seven planes scouted returning with no favorable reports. Officials believe Boonstra is somewhere in the snow covered mountains near Porterville while in difficulty seeking a landing.
Helena Dec 17 By year end Montana will have produced and marketed 4 426 639 barrels of crude oil excluding in-field use Figures from state agriculture and US Geological Survey show 2 352 000 barrels for 1922 including October through December estimates of 250 000 per month Cat Creek and Roundup fields contribute significantly to annual totals with prior years showing gradual growth since 1916 Federal royalties and rentals in Montana reach 208 584 for year ended June 39 1922 and state oil value tops 4 005 569 for Jan 1 1921 to June 30 1922
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