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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1925
Page
2
Helena experienced mild weather with a 28 maximum and 25 minimum as golf enthusiasts enjoyed the links. The warm spell contrasts with harsher conditions elsewhere, where winter blasts caused death and destruction. Sam D. Goza led a party on the golf links amid the unseasonable warmth.
By the Associated Press Bozeman records show only two days below zero in the year ending December 28, with the coldest dates January 26 and March 13 at 2 below. March 10 hit zero, but no days reached or fell below zero this season.
Associated Press reports Florida citrus crops unlikely to suffer serious damage from anticipated frosts as temperatures dip to 30 degrees, possibly 26, with two hours at that level needed to freeze. Bennett notes central vegetable crops face severe damage. separate Philadelphia bulletin records cold wave deaths rising to eight with a 3 degree minimum and 30 degree high.
The Doubs and tributaries burst their banks turning Montbeliard plain into a lake. Villages were evacuated at night, farms isolated, and the Bresse plain under water. Saone and Rhone rivers rise. traffic continues on swollen Seine Yonne and Marne.
In New York on December 28 the Associated Press reports negotiations under way for a mega merger among major banks with more than a billion dollars in resources. Mechanics and Metals Bank president John McHugh confirms talks with Chase National Bank toward a $900 million combined resources deal, seen as the first step toward a super-bank led by Clarence Dillon of Dillon Read & Co.
Chicago authorities disclose 6000 new victims of the Consolidated Realty and Theaters Corporation. Victims include teachers doctors and lawyers. Combined losses rise to about 4 million dollars with total victims nearing 11,000. Postal inspectors note the probe began amid a tax payment dispute.
Four persons died and two were seriously burned in a rooming house fire at Guiges Quebec. Candles left burning on a Christmas tree are suspected. The incident occurred as police reports noted heightened costs in Tokio with a budget increase of nearly four million dollars for new police reinforcements and additional schools.
A long interview with Samuel Gompers notes opposition from American labor to applied psychology, though potential gains in productivity are cited. Dr. Cattell argues psychology should guide economic and educational progress, urging reform of scientific incentives and stating Harvard and other universities house leading figures in 1920.
General Pershing is gravely ill while negotiations over Tacna Arica drag on. White House and State Department offered no confirmation of his condition or possible return. Aiding Major Jones notes overwork and the dental and blood pressure issues have worsened his health during the plebiscitary commission crisis.
Secretary of State Kellogg declined comment on rumors that Gen. John J. Pershing will return from Arica Chile due to ill health. He said no communication from Washington and will return from holiday at home on Tuesday night.
Joseph S Vogt of Grand Rapids Michigan a University of Michigan student fell ten stories to his death in a Birmingham hotel elevator shaft late tonight as he struggled with a companion bell boys said he was hurled against the elevator door breaking a hinge and plunging downward Vogt had come for the eighty first Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity convention now in session AI Associated Press report
Louis Aston Knight, American painter living in Paris, narrowly escaped death when his car overturned in a ditch and caught fire trapping him and his chauffeur. He crawled free through a broken window with serious cuts and is recovering at his Passy home. Knight is a chevalier and member of Paris clubs.
Daily fun column promises jokes verse and light cracks to start the day. Readers are invited to turn to the fun page in the Standard for smiles and chuckles and a contagious but delightful mix of humorous content.
Operators proposed eight months of current wage scale to miners to end the stoppage, with a long term contract to reveal all facts, prevent suspension, and adjust wages. They advertised widely in hard coal fields. Union officials said miners would not be stampeded back to work.
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw lies dying at her Pittsburgh home as her son Harry Thaw keeps watch by her bedside. The elder Thaw had spared him from prison for the murder of Stanford White through a vast expenditure of over $1,000,000.
October and November 1926 reports indicate high average volumes and steady money inflows from farm product sales, supporting bank liquidity and reinvestment. Savings deposits rose 0.2 per cent from November and 3.1 per cent from 1924, with 0.5 per cent more savings accounts than November a year earlier.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, traveling incognito with one attendant, visited a fortune teller in Simla. The seer warned she would never achieve her grand ambitions, saying she must abandon her hopes, but the queen quipped that she already has a sufficient situation.
Beautiful but dumb Tillie the Tailer headlines a laugh promoting act in the fun columns of the Stand ard daily. Tillie is a scream and readers are urged to get acquainted with her, as she parades her stuff for amusement.
Roy Allen of Butte and Kenneth Simmons of Billings opened a Yellowstone county law partnership. Both Butte natives, Simmons is Harvard and Montana State University educated, Allen is a Montana State University graduate with two years of practice in Butte. Neil Wilson, also from Butte, will take over Allen’s practice in Butte, after post graduate work at Harvard and a stint in Missoula.
The Mountain View Methodist Sunday school presents the pageant When the Star Shone at 8 o'clock with 30 speaking parts and about 40 cast members. The program opens with selections by the Sunday School orchestra and features Bethlehem children plus many locals including Curtis Wilson, Mr and Mrs Dan Dayton, Lewis Prater, Marguerite Manning, Ruth Wheeler, C L Clifford, Charles Cobb, Floyd Ghormley, R J Dyer, R C Wearne, R C Treloar, Forsythe Berkland, Paul Wenans, Harold Schaal, Helen Matson, Mrs Gunn, Mrs McClure, Lorenz, Davis, Lilian Harris, Margaret Williams, Marel Ghormiey, Seward Prater, Les Clifford, Robert Paul, Stanley Richard, Betty Anderson, Alice Matson. Mrs Margaret F Clifford chairs and directs. Florence Martin accompanies. No admission charge, silver offering will be taken.
D Parker longtime figure in local politics and former lieutenant governor of e Republic of Indian Stream dies in Falls Wisconsin at age he recently marked his 22nd wedding anniversary.
Miss Grace Pope daughter of Mr and Mrs John Pope was principal speaker at a Business and Professional Women's club meeting at Gamers Guests heard a vivid account of European places she visited including France Italy Austria Sweden Holland England Scotland Ireland and New York on return The event featured whistling by Miss Pope accompanied by Miss Marion Hobbs and reports from high school girls sent to the Bozeman Vocational congress Two merchandising committees were formed and the holiday trade report was approved
More than 2500 people are expected for the annual Christmas entertainment of Masons in Silver Bow County at the Temple Theatre starting 7:30 pm. The program features an orchestra under J J Batho, a luncheon, 1500 candy sacks for children, and no admission cards. L S Farnham chairs, J D Wallace leads the arrangements with a blue lodge representation. Ernest Thomas assists Scottish Rite and De Molay groups.
The remains of Annabelle Cantlon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Cantion, lie at 477 Cherry Street. Survived by mother, father, sister Ester, brothers Robert and Thomas, grandfather Michael Cantion, mother Miane Henault, five uncles and one aunt. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
The funeral of the late James Farrell will be at Duggan's parlors at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning for a Mass at Sacred Heart church and burial at Holy Cross cemetery. The remains of Peter Torrez and Josemez are at Duggan undertaking parlors with funeral notices to follow. The funeral of infant James R. McShewffry was held from Doren undertaking parlors with interment in a family plot at Holy Cross cemetery.
The remains of Adam Johnston lie at the family home 1047 Nevada avenue and will be moved to White's chapel at noon Tuesday. The funeral, at 2 o'clock, will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Clifford with interment at Mount Moriah cemetery.
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