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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1922
Page
1
Twenty three crew members were saved after a tugboat wreck left them stranded for five days in extreme cold. They survived with no food fuel or firearms. Rescue teams stabilized the situation and began distributing aid.
A new Anglo French agreement is described as crucial to securing a broader loan and preventing a possible collapse in Germany. The report notes that adjustments of differences may be required if America is to engage fully in the rescue effort and stabilize European finances.
First thought in Butte is that a major mine city blast occurred as windows rattled and lights shook but no damage was reported.
Twenty three of the twenty seven missing from the tug Reliance were rescued after five days marooned on Lizzard Isle in Lake Superior. Capt D A Williams was saved. Captain John McPherson remains missing. Four others are unaccounted for as ice hampers search and the wreck is blamed on a storm and blizzard.
Paris reports that Irish Republican leader Eamon de Valera is believed held by Free State authorities. No details are provided about location or condition.
Paris reports say Eamonn de Valera has been captured by Irish Free State authorities. In Dublin a morning mass at Stephen's Green Cathedral drew no notice until worshippers spotted him and troops were sent as he vanished among the crowd.
In Dublin on December 18 the Free State senate approved the Adaptation of Enactments Bill, the first act passed by an Irish parliament in more than a century. Sir Thomas Esmonde spoke with emotion, noting the momentous occasion and the 123 year gap since such action.
Washington December 18 the refusal of Representative Keller a Republican from Minnesota to answer a subpoena for oath sworn information underlying impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty set a potential precedent. The House Judiciary Committee referred the matter to a sub committee while Daugherty hearings proceed with witnesses without Keller who withdrew after accusing a white wash.
Dr. O F Shipman testified at the Herrin riot trial that he saw six unarmed captives shot in front of the cemetery after mobs dragged 30 to 40 prisoners from the strip mine. He identified defendants Joe Carnaghi Leva Mann and others as shooters and recounted an urging to plead for prayers. Dan O Rourke and other guards were held for further testimony.
Police report no trace of the robbers who murdered a guard at the Denver Mint and escaped with about $200000. investigators followed leads but failed to locate the culprits as the case drew nationwide attention.
A daylight raid at the Denver mint ends with the murder of guard Charles Linton and a haul of 200000 dollars in five dollar bills. Seven men fled in a speeding car, and authorities hunt the masked gang across highways leaving Denver in pursuit. A leader is believed gravely wounded after exchanging fire with guards.
A New Jersey incorporated Hogan Oil company planned by New York and Washington investors will take over T. S. Hogan holdings in the Kevin Sunburst field totaling 1,280 acres. Hogan No. 1 currently produces about 400 barrels daily with 10 more wells planned once weather allows.
Assurances were given that Butte backs aid for crippled children to obtain medical treatment at the orthoped ic hospital in Billings. The drive for auxiliary membership in Rehabilitation of Crippled Children reported by Ernest Sylvester showed over 400 memberships in 15 zones and more than 1 000 dollars raised. A clinic for Butte’s crippled youngsters will open soon with Dr Louis W Allard of St Vincent’s Billings assisting utilities workers canvassed city districts.
Ed Hayes aged 18 centered the I W W headquarters in Salt Lake City and, it is alleged, robbed secretary Pat Mee and Thomas Hodges at gunpoint. He took a typewriter and adding machine, pocketed his revolver, and fled down the street. Police arrested him after Mee and Hodges reported the robbery. County attorney filed robbery and grand larceny charges.
George Goyette 36 of 1246 Curtis Street was found unconscious in a snowdrift near the Ground Squirrel mine on Gallatin Street. He suffered severe frostbite. doctors expect to amputate both feet and the left hand. He was found by Bob Sutherland and rushed to Columbia hospital.
A resolution urging official investigation of the extent of the Los Angeles traffic in habit forming drugs was adopted by the Methodist Preachers Association of Southern California. It will be presented to the city council tomorrow. Relatives of Wallace Reid say his illness, described as dangerous by doctors, may be linked to artificial means used to sustain his film work during two years of poor health.
In Washington six hours of Senate debate failed to settle which bill advances. Supporters of the administration shipping bill clash with opponents allied to Norris agricultural finance. Norris seeks to lay aside the ship bill to push his capitalized farm product agency plan amid conferences and speeches.
Washington officials see the London Paris reparations clash as central to the European tangle. An American loan to Germany is idle until an adjustment occurs. US hopes focus on aligning British and French views on Germany’s ability to pay, with no commitment on allied debts or intervention.
Chicago dispatch reports Isadore Schrier, in a bathing suit, braved zero temperatures and a high wind to drive 30 miles in an open automobile and win a $100 bet.
Reports from Butte Great Falls and Missoula describe a 9 40 pm tremor with rattling dishes and swinging lights. Amateur astronomer James Spencer links a meteor sighting near Floral Park to a possible impact in western Montana. Seismographs at Gonzaga University also registered a tremor.
Cash refunds with interest will be paid to all who contributed to keep district No 1 schools open last spring. Metals Bank and Trust Company will honor receipts, with L P Sanders chairing the committee and Judge Sydney Sanner active. Subscriptions came from citizens and major local companies after revenues ran out before the 10 month term expired.
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