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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
1
In Helena lawmakers rally behind retrenchment as a defining theme. The economy front ranks among priorities as officials push for budget cuts and spending controls amid mounting fiscal pressures.
In Helena the house of representatives heatedly debated trimming costs. Flanigan's committee proposed many offices and stenographers, while Higgins sought to strike several names. The list included clerks, janitors, doorkeepers, and sixteen stenographers as potential staff.
Miners are rescued by I Hero es at Gilmore as reports from the day’s Standard detail a dramatic rescue in Gilmore. The paper also notes a murder case where Lewis kills himself facing arrest, plus scattered notices across sections on public affairs, education, and local business.
A tornado struck a rural school 13 miles north west of McAlester Oklahoma near Richville in Pittsburg county killing eleven pupils and fatally wounding four others. It wrecked E L Warrens home and the Choctaw Indian mission then ripped the school from its foundation sending children down a ravine and across a hillside. Only two of the 28 pupils survived entirely.
In Gilmore Idaho Jan 4 22 Pittsburg Idaho and Alice mine workers trapped by fire and smoke were saved by Tom Anderson and Foreman Robert Roberts. One miner Thomas died after suffocating while trying to escape. Thirteen hours held 17 men in the Pittsburg Idaho drift. six in the Alice drift were released after six hours. Roberts led rescue efforts with coats as masks and a water flow to curb smoke.
Washington reports that Attorney General Gregory will pursue civil and criminal actions against possible paper trust members after the federal trade commission shared its findings. Wilson is closely following disclosures on print paper production and distribution, with data and witness testimony now in the attorney general’s hands. A dissolution suit and criminal indictments may be pursued if evidence warrants, as the commission prepares a congressionally driven report. Separately, the Farm Loan Board sets January 10 to open stock subscription books for the 12 farm loan banks in each city hosting a bank.
Mrs Pauline M Daly traveled from Miles City to Los Angeles to testify in Judge Rives court over the Liscom estate claiming Hattie M Hocking is the late George W Liscom daughter. She alleged Liscom betrayed a girl of 15 on a ranch and that Myrt Liscom and Liscom died soon after. The claim faces resistance from Hocking's nephew H B Post and niece Edna L Kegly.
Washington dispatch reports the annual million dollar good roads fund for national forests announced by state totals. Alaska 45354 Arizona 58604 California 140988 Colorado 62576 Idaho 108730 Montana 70043 Nevada 19296 New Mexico 45495 Oregon 128111 South Dakota 8092 Utah 41167 Washington 91044 Wyoming 10684. A portion totaling 9.95 is set aside for Florida Michigan Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and Oklahoma. Ten percent is withheld as a contingency. Half of the rest goes to states by forest land area and half by timber and forage resources value.
Private Vatican letters indicate Pope Benedict XV will appoint four cardinals to restart Leo XIII’s effort toward Christian unity. The commission would pursue Russian church reunion with Rome, reassess Anglican ordination validity, and seek broader peace among churches. Cardinal Nicola Marini is named to chair.
Senator Henry L. Myers of Montana arrived in Washington from Rochester Minnesota where he had an operation a month ago. He appeared rested and planned to resume ceremonial duties soon and likely return to the senate by Monday.
Bernard W Lewin Pittsburg financier who faced murder charges in Marie Colbert artists model case dies by his own hand in an Atlantic City hotel Police suggest he knew details of the crime though not the killer His calls to the Kyle sisters in Germantown echo the tension while a pawnshop finds Colbert jewels and police pursue other leads in Philadelphia ongoing probe continues into the Colbert homicide with suspects and witnesses named in tangled testimony
Washington January 4 Thomas W Lawson telegraphed Speaker Clark that he cancelled plans to sail for Europe and would be in Washington before breakfast Monday to testify before the house rules committee which ordered public hearings on Representative Wood charge that a leak gave Wall Street advance information about President Wilson's peace. Lawson had said he would sail Saturday. The committee considered forcing Lawson here by law. leadership debated authority. The first public hearing will open tomorrow morning with Gardner away in Detroit. Lawson will be absent. Wood is the other witness.
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