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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1925
Page
1
Authorities report two men killed and others wounded in a Kentucky gunfight. White and John Hall were involved when they met near a train station shortly before noon. Police are investigating the incident and identifying others involved.
The Associated Press reports Secretary of War Weeks must decide by March 26 whether to reappoint Brig Gen Mitchell as assistant chief of the Army Air Service after an abrupt end to the House aviation inquiry. Weeks will not bow to committee recommendations and will consider plans to appoint a successor with input from Gen Patrick and the general staff.
Washington reports eight and a half working days remain in the current session as Congress wrestles with farm relief Muscle Shoals postal pay and rate bills and lesser measures. Unanimous consent calendars and opposition to night sessions complicate House and Senate action. Leaders question what can pass by March 4 with districts and committees set to consider the final deficiency bill and district of Columbia legislation. Conferees on postal pay and rate bills plan another meeting early this week.
A severe North Pacific storm lashed from San Francisco to Tatoosh Island with winds over 60 mph and heavy rain. The tempest battered sea walls, disrupted harbor traffic, and sent many ships seeking shelter as forecasters warned of a stronger coastward gale to come.
A Cedar Rapids fire in the early hours today damaged the business district, destroying property estimated between 206000 and 250000 dollars. No injuries reported.
Miss Lil Han Stabler, 20, a clerk at Hennessy, was accosted by three men in a car as she walked home on West Galena Street late Saturday. A passerby rescued her. the felons fled with her sealskin cape and a beaded purse containing $8. Police filed the report and continued inquiries.
Butte residents enjoyed a rare warm February day with temperatures ranging from 26 to 48 degrees. The city marked February 23 as the warmest such date in the bureau’s records, following a Washington’s Birthday 1910 low of 34 below zero. Crowds filled the streets as temperatures rose above 40 after noon and persisted past evening, extending a winter weather stretch that saw February’s minimums cleared to mild levels.
In a farewell sermon at a New York Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick warned of a coming religious reformation aimed at restoring the religion of Jesus. He argued modern Christian practice often centers on religion about Jesus rather than Jesus himself and suggested a split from evangelical tradition may occur. He contrasted the gospel-centered faith with creedalism and denominationalism.
Chicago February 22 Fossil finds include mastodons llamas saber tooth tigers mammoth bears wolves and northern horse species unearthed in Central America with South American gryptodons and giant ground sloths. D C Davies Field Museum announced Captain Marshall Field expedition led by Prof Elmer Riggs. Findings suggest intercontinental migrations of mammoths fought and wiped out.
Norfolk on February 22 reported the rescue of ten crewmen from a disabled Canadian trawler by the Italian steamship Ariena. The wireless message from the Artent, sailing from Italy to Philadelphia, stated the sinking vessel was located northwest of Bermuda when rescue occurred.
Chicago february 22 the la follette plan for a new national party was adopted at a meeting of progressives after the sine die adjournment of their convention a name will be chosen later labor groups affiliated with the cppa did not attend a committee urged geographic state organizations autonomous in line with state election laws and to cooperate with groups backing the independent presidential ticket delegates in a future national convention to be apportioned by votes cast for the independent candidate in the last election
A 60 year old west side recluse described as very wealthy was found dead in his small grocery store with a fractured skull and bound limbs. His pockets were rifled and a black bordered letter from Redman Wanamaker of Philadelphia was found among his belongings as police seek relatives or friends.
Helena February reports the Nineteenth Assembly with ten days remaining will observe Cleanup Day by transmitting all bills to the Senate and vice versa only appropriation bills allowed after day fifty. Senate aims to clear all measures by tomorrow evening while house action on tax and budget bills faces uncertain reception.
Two armed raiding parties composed of exiled Bulgarians crossed the Yugoslav border into Bulgaria early today and attacked villages near Slivnitza and the Dragoman passport bureau. Five attackers at Slivnitsa were captured. the rest were killed including their leader, a police captain in Africa under Premier Batmboutaky. Arrests are said to implicate high officials in the government.
Helena Feb 22 Montana legislature rejects a closed primary bill that would force party declaration 25 days before elections and turns down abolishing the state railroad commission amid a session opening with a Washington birthday program and scattered remarks on bills and Senate routing.
Police found a cave near Steere where moonshine operations flourished. Lookout posts and armed guards protected the cache. Lovejoy and Peters were killed, their throats cut and bodies burned. a trooper reported the men were lured to the site last Sunday to haul liquor.
John Kaloff, an electrician, lies in St James hospital with a possibly fatal wound after eight shots were fired in a store at 219 South Arizona Street just after 11 last night. Chris Martin is in county jail charged as an accomplice. he claims to have had a revolver since Saturday and says he planned to shoot Kaloff. A deputy log recounts a terrified call as officers traced the incident and suspects.
Louis Alterie once described as a rampant two gun man and follower of Dion O Banion was found by Detective Captain John Stege to be “just an ambitious bad man.” He entered a midnight show with a woman seeking a corner table and watched the orchestra. a cocked revolver was found in his pocket. The captain slapped him, then Alterie was taken to the police station to await further action during the holiday.
Announcement of a 3 million dollar gift by Simon Guggenheim to endow John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowships for advanced study abroad. Open to all races and genders, no age limit, with most appointees likely aged 36 to 35.
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