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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1922
Page
1
A Butte widow, Mrs Laura Adams, is held in connection with the death of a former Butte man. Police say clues point to foul play, and investigators are examining motive and links to the deceased. Official statements urge patience as inquiries continue.
Washington Jan 2 Continued upward movement of business and gradual restoration of normal conditions are indicated in December reviews by the Federal Reserve Board. Holiday trade shows demand up to 10 percent of 1920 in eastern districts, while manufacturing conditions improve though overall activity remains mixed.
The late Senator Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania was fond of Montana and visited Northern Montana every summer for two decades. He and his brothers traveled by Swan River to a lake, hired guides near Kalispell, then explored forest country. Penrose, described as a gentle, soft spoken hunter, employed trusted guides and enjoyed fishing and hunting in Glacier Park country.
Two Chicago banks with over 85 million in assets, Fort Dearborn National and Fort Dearborn Trust and Savings, were sold to Continental and Commercial National and Continental Trust and Savings. The merger, prompted by impaired assets from bad loans, averts the collapse that threatened La Salle Street. Deposits numbered about 7,000 at Fort Dearborn National and 37,000 at the Trust, with combined assets and capital reshaped by the deal.
WRCN Press reports that Karl, Baward and Lex Hall, known as the Jan 2Thes, were identified as the robbers of the State Bank of Tuka who escaped with $20 000 on December 20. A high speed chase was led by bank employee Mildred Kelly. They are jailed in Salem on $20 000 bonds each.
ARKISBURG Pa Jan 2 Governor Sproul received numerous telegraphic and telephone messages urging his course on naming a successor to the late Senator Penrose. Some urged resignation, others favored a temporary appointment with a run for the remainder of the term in November.
Washington discharge notes smelter output from U S ore in 1921 and early December estimates total about 461 million pounds. Refinery production reached roughly 601 million pounds from domestic material and about 320 million pounds from foreign materials, with domestic consumption around 572 million pounds and exports at 567 million pounds. Zinc ore output in Montana reported light.
Resolutions favor ratification flood Dublin as county councils Sinn Fein bodies and local groups rally for the Anglo Irish treaty. Dail Eireann members prepare to resume sessions amid continued debate and a slate of financial and mining reports touch on copper zinc output and ore recoveries. Joseph H. Rushton, aged 76, Omaha creamery magnate, dies.
A long unsolved death resurfaces as Laura Adams is arrested in Bozeman on first degree murder charges in the 1919 Madison River death of Harry L. Walker a ranch hand from Three Forks. The body was found July 3 1920 with a gunny sack over the head and two bullet holes. Authorities claim a gang tied to Adams murdered Walker after a party at her rooming house and staged the river fatality to mask the crime. Detectives say they have pursued the case for 14 months and expect further arrests. County Attorney Eugene Bunker hints at potential confessions.
A 14 year old boy with red hair and a sheepskin coat was arrested last night at the fire depot. He claimed to be bound for Goldstone seeking his siblings and homesick. Charged with ingatolen of 15 dollars from a ranch house on complaint by Martin Marmarello of Whitehall. Telegram requested he be held until his former employer arrives in Butte.
Lieut. John Eberwin of the destroyer tender Melville was found dead in his quarters today with a bullet wound in his head. Fellow officers reported he was despondent after Te Sentiy ordered changes in the navy would demote several hundred officers.
From Washington Jan 2 Indications that the year will bring a startling improvement in the business and economic outlook were discussed tonight by Comptroller Crissinger in a forecast for 1922 He said political and economic figures are improving and the outlook is altogether reassuring for the new year with confidence that 1922 will see better affairs of business and industry.
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