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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1919
Page
1
Report notes strong opposition to a bill in the Senate with expectations of executive veto if sent to the president. Observers believe the measure faces unified resistance and likely gubernatorial or presidential action to halt it.
Leaders of railway unions plan a formal declaration of principles after a Monday conference with AFL head Samuel Gompers. Congress and the president may veto the Cummins anti strike provision as labor groups pledge support to the unions that would quit work if enacted.
Traffic manager reports bilge water pumps stopped as engineer searches for favorite preserves. Reads as near disaster on the jam packing route. Authorities investigate the fault and the motive behind the preserved spread incident.
The passenger liner Princess May of the Di Giorgio Fruit line narrowly escaped disaster when bilge pumps stopped while the chief engineer demanded jam for bread. The ship was towed to port from Kingston Jamaica. fires out, 10 passengers and 52 crew cold, heat from small stoves and rum kept them from freezing. The chief engineer’s jam demand triggered a chain of problems including bilge water buildup and loss of oil feed, leading to an out of control situation and an SOS call.
Admiral Kolchak resigns due to ill health as he leaves command of all Russian government forces opposing the Bolsheviks in Siberia General Semenoff is named to succeed he is reported to have announced the change today in Vladivostok via Semenoff’s representatives
Funeral services were held in Manchester for Capt Sir John Alcock the first aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic. He died in Rouen France from injuries after his plane crashed near Cottrevard Normandy on December 18. Thousands attended including army officers and airmen.
Wisconsin passenger rates will revert to the pre war 2 cents per mile after March 1 when the railroads are handed back by the federal administration.
At several large Chicago hotels an attempt to substitute cider for intoxicants will mark the New Year eve. Many barrels of cider have been ordered for the occasion as the first dry finale of a dying year. Private parties will host wet celebrations and banquet halls are in demand.
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan faces another influenza outbreak similar to last year’s global wave. The government has enacted vigorous steps to curb the spread, according to Nippu Jiji via Honolulu correspondence.
Paris reports a new regular air route in French Guiana carrying passengers and goods with gold return to Cayenne. Government support backs the venture as a regional transport and trade link.
In Pueblo two men attacked Frank E. Parks manager of the Minnequa plant of Colorado Fuel and Iron. He found four bullet holes in his car the day after a plant return to work following a September strike. Denver ordered National Guard units to Pueblo with fifty guardsmen under Col. McConniss and Capt. Taggert to assist, leaving at 11 30 tonight for early arrival.
Dublin dispatch notes authorities plan ruthless measures to restore order in Ireland. It claims Lord French and advisers seek a clean sweep arresting all active Sinn Fein members, despite political risks, and view the Irish bill as a potential permanent settlement if given a chance.
Chicago December 27 A shortage of one million cattle in the year just closing will lift beef prices for at least seven years says M F Korine statistician for the Union stockyards in his annual report. He notes the 1919 cattle supply cannot be fully rebuilt by 1927 and challenges the Agriculture Department cattle count as optimistic. The report shows a 377000 increase in overall animal arrivals at the Union stockyards in 1919 versus 1918, while cattle receipts fell 290000 with fewer cattle slaughtered at markets in Kansas City Omaha St Joseph St Louis and Sioux City.
Four robbers entered a New York grocery, bound proprietor Vincent Santarsier, and hanged him from a wall bracket while they looted the safe and cash register of 418 dollars. A girl on an errand saw the body and alerted police. He survived after being cut down and closed the store before going home.
Weather bureau predicts a generally fair week starting Monday for the Northern Rocky Mountain and plateau regions with normal temperatures. No significant storms expected across Washington. mild conditions persist through the period with light breezes reported in coastal zones.
The Standard will not publish a comic section today due to railroad shipment delays. Next Sunday a new comic supplement will debut featuring Polly and Her Pals by Cliff Sterrett That Son-in-Law of Pa's by C H Wellington Say Pop by C M Payne and Buster Brown by R F Outcault.
A young man named W. E. McDonald was arrested for passing eight bad checks totaling about $300 on Butte merchants last few days. He signed names such as Dailey Bailey Johnson Burton and McDonald. Finger Print Expert Joe Williams joins investigation as McDonald denies further explanation.
Lieut. Gov. W. W. McDowell yesterday formally announced his candidacy for the governorship subject to Democratic primaries. He has led six legislative sessions twice as speaker and four times as senate president and has acted as governor when Governor Stewart was absent. His supporters say his twelve years of experience in state affairs justify a move to the executive post.
Government title to a strip on the Lincoln school playground will soon be transferred to district No. 1. The Soldiers' Additional Script method completes publication and the deed is expected within two months, after a survey found a clear title except for a 40 by 3 foot triangle between lode claims. Steps began months ago and may conclude by March.
Washington reports a full investigation into naval war decorations, spurred by Rear Admiral Sims and Secretary Daniels. The Knight board will be reconvened, and a joint congressional inquiry will hear Daniels, Knight, Sims and other officers. Mayo and Wilson added to critics list as queries over awards grow.
A broad toll from wood alcohol poisonings linked to Christmas drinking climbs to 60 expected deaths as cases flood hospitals in Springfield Holyoke Greenfield Chicopee Falls and Hartford. Reports note saloons closed by order while ambulances rush victims to Mercy hospital amid ongoing fatalities and new illnesses.
Spokane reports machinists in the Great Northern Hillyard shops threaten a work stoppage unless back pay from Sept 1 to May 1 is received or guaranteed by 11:59 a.m. Monday. About 254 union members cite broader awards to other crafts as reason for the demand and say they will stop work until payment is confirmed.
Governor Davis ordered a special one day Idaho legislature session for February 11 to ratify the national suffrage amendment. He will request limiting expense allowances to actual expenditures by each member rather than the standard 20 cents per mile.
In a move to curb rising food costs San Francisco's Housewives' league will boycott eggs and ice cream for 30 days starting January 2. Executives announced the plan as a self defense measure against high prices.
The Naval Board is ordered to reconvene to review its findings on Tot awards of decoration, with Congress set to take up the matter as well. Officials indicate renewed scrutiny and cross‑agency cooperation to determine proper honors and any necessary actions.
Arrangements were made for the Midland District Highway association meeting on Jan 8 and the Montana Highway Improvement association session on Jan 9 in Billings. Delegates and guests are expected to comprise the largest highway gathering in the state, with committees appointed by the Billings Commercial club good roads group and plans laid by W. E. Dowlin. A telegram announced road expert Samuel Hill of Seattle would attend.
British ambassador Viscount Grey will depart Washington next Tuesday for New York and sail home on the Aquitania the following Saturday citing an Atlantic crossing aboard the liner.
New York officials led by Carrie Chapman Catt issued a call for the fifty-first and final annual convention of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. The session is set for Chicago from December skip to 18. The organizers say the gathering will celebrate the achievement of woman suffrage and urge members to unite for a lasting heritage and continued civic liberty.
In Montesano Washington eleven I W W members charged with murder of Lieut Warren Grimm and other veterans in the Centralia Armistice Day shootings entered not guilty pleas. Attorneys selected include George Vanderveer Pierce of Seattle with requests for separate trials for Elmer S. Smith and Loren Roberts. Trial date set for later in January.
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