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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1926
Page
1
A fragmentary headline recounts a tragic incident on the Hudson River as men go to their deaths in icy waters. The piece hints at a broader probe into irregularities in alien property cases and notes a Senate inquiry may be urged. Comptroller General McCar reports to the President, with details kept secret.
Washington December reports prompt a Senate probe into alien property mismanagement. McCarl’s findings prompt calls for inquiry while Secretary Mellon says abusive methods were abandoned and no action is planned. Senator Borah blasts the report as exposing a "worst system of looting."
Captain John Rohwelder of Dersty City in charge of the Linseed King launch, which sank in Hoodam river today, killing at least 30, was arrested on homicide charges after detectives and a reporter questioned him for hours in New York.
Ex marine Andy Boland charged with slaying Paddy Rodgers went on trial in Silver Bow county court. Courtroom filled with American Legion War Mothers and Disabled War Veterans representatives as Boland’s defense prepared to argue the case in Judge J. J. Lynch’s district court.
A. W. Derrick, slain bandit in a Blue Bird filling station holdup on Arizona street, may be buried in a pauper's grave after two days with no word from his brother sought by Sheriffs. Derrick also identified as one of two bandits in the Morsillo grocery hold up on West.
Bannack, Montana, one of the earliest post offices, will be discontinued after nearly 65 years. Postmaster James Underwood was brought to Dillon for a sanity examination as Inspector Wolf of the post office department confirmed the office’s closure.
In Carville Louisiana two Montana soldiers afflicted with leprosy beg for words from home and old comrades. One is Joseph Trabant who enlisted in 1898 and served in the First Montana in the Philippines. Both await death in the isolation ward of the U S Marine Hospital. Trabant writes a brief pitiful plea to the Standard seeking news and remembers life with fortitude. He says I am doomed and longs to hear from his old comrades while facing an isolated fate.
Senator Heflin charges Jess Smith was killed to silence talk of a fall Doheny oil conspiracy acquittal and Mellon’s role in a $5 million fund from liquor interests. He cites testimony about $3.6 million already raised and $2.97 million sought, alleging U S attorneys were to collect illicit funds for the campaign. He cites district attorney Buckner’s request for evidence and says Smith knew too much. The case ties to Daugherty’s department and a broader investigation.
An earthquake in the Cumbal district of Southern Colombia destroyed many houses including a church and convent. No lives were reported lost. The region has a history of volcanic and seismic activity with nearby Cumbal peak towering over 15,000 feet and eruptive history noted from 1923.
A report from Los Angeles details multiple cases where mothers killed children before taking their own lives, with husbands returning home to find the bodies. In one set, Mrs. Lorraine Haines and her two kids perished. quick-action poison and gas were cited in related deaths. Portland residents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mugler, both around sixty, are also reported dead in a separate incident.
The Delaware House approved keeping one-cent postage for private postcards, moving quickly on five postal rate bills. Measures include business reply card transmission with up to two cents return postage, a one-cent ounce rate on second-class publications, and extra charges for first-class mail with insufficient postage.
Charles Frederick Brooker 79 copper magnate and long time Republican leader in Connecticut died in Daytona Beach after a prolonged illness. He had lived in Ansonia and headed the American Urase company for 20 years before becoming chairman of its board. He arrived November 17 seeking relief and suffered a stroke, slipping into unconsciousness and passing after 10 o'clock with stepson Alton Farrell and several Connecticut relatives at his side.
Warren Toole of Great Walle took a seat on the supreme court today. He is a son of former Governor Joseph K. Toole and will serve the remainder of the term of the late Aveocritic dusties Holloway under Governor Pritck eon. Henry W. Moors will assume the duties for the new term after the upcoming general election.
A crowd of 62 job seekers left Manhattan for Edgewater by ferry but ice led to disaster as 30 drowned and seven listed as missing. About 25 remained in medical care for submersion after the river broke their hopes amid icy waters. The group, white and Black workers, responded to a Spencer Kelloge & Sons help wanted ad.
Washington December estimates from the department of agriculture show farm crop values slumped by 1,148,098,000 dollars compared with last year. The decline stems mainly from lower prices rather than reduced output, though many crops produced less than in the prior year. More details continued on page six.
Eight Butte police officers traveled to Great Falls to testify before a federal grand jury on liquor cases as undercover prohibition agents also prepare to appear. Indictments against moonshine operators in the Mining City are anticipated as federal court activity accelerates with Judge Bourquin set to hear arraignments December 27. Deputy U.S. Marshal Cahlan has issued fifty five subpoenas for jury duty, all in Butte.
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