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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1920
Page
1
A stalled US land bill faces delay as House and Senate deadlock over Section 18 limiting land claim actions. The fight centers on restrictions and timelines, with no immediate path to compromise. External negotiations continue to shape the bill’s fate.
Deadlock between Senate and House over a 3200 acre maximum for oil land leases under Taft withdrawal provisions. House edits bar post Sept 1 1919 interests, affecting Utah Oil and Refining and Midwest. Conferees abandon formal talks leaving chairmen Smoot and Sinnett to resolve differences.
The New York assembly moved to suspend five socialist members, with Senator Clayton R. Lusk stating the action questions their fitness to serve as individuals. He cited evidence from the joint legislative committee on sedition while noting the committee is not a party to hearings. The charge hinges on their alleged support for violent overthrow and ties to the Rand School and communism.
Washington January 10 Republicans drawing up a counter proposal to Democratic reservations aim to advance efforts to keep the peace treaty out of the campaign. The plan covers collateral issues and leaves Article X and voting power in the League of Nations for future talks. Democratic changes may be accepted with concessions on other reservations.
William Jennings Bryan tells the Iroquois club in Chicago that free discussion may yield concessions as the Senate debates the peace treaty. He favors withdrawing Democratic votes to achieve a constitutional two thirds for ratification with reservations if no compromise can be reached.
Victor Berger, Milwaukee socialist, elected from Wisconsin's Fifth District, was again denied his seat by a 328 to 0 vote. The House acted after Berger sought sworn-in status, with Dallinger leading the session and noting prior espionage act indictment and later conviction affecting Bodenstadt's case.
Two hundred citizens of Butte and Montana notables gathered at the Silver Bow club to bid farewell to Jack Roche former Montana Power company manager. Judge Joseph R. Jackson Lieut Col Jesse B Roote and Washington J McCormick spoke praising Roche and the relief efforts he supported. guests traveled from Billings to Missoula.
Amsterdam despatch from Berlin denies reports that the German government has been overthrown. The telegram states the government remains in place and unchanged.
Twenty five thousand state employees walked out today in Brussels affecting the forestry colonies public works and post office departments. Railroad workers stayed on the job after securing a wage increase agreement.
John D. Rockefeller reads a letter at a New York dinner marking the Standard Oil company jubilee. He recalls starting as an oil refiner, the industry’s late sixties demoralization, and how Standard Oil united refineries under one ownership. He notes the company’s stock funding and generous backing to weak rivals, helping many prosper.
Hillena Montana January 1 The state board of health warns wood alcohol is as fatal as trinitrotoluol the December bulletin. One teaspoonful can cause total blindness and larger amounts can kill. Do not drink wood alcohol denatured alcohol or medicated alcohol. A labeling law requires the word poison on containers and prohibits adulterated liquor with penalties up to 1000 fine or one year in prison.
Paris dispatch reports ratifications of the Versailles treaty exchanged marking peace among Germany and major Allies except the United States. Baron von Leisner said Germany will fulfill obligations though hard times loom and extradition issues remain unresolved.
Frank A. Johnson, six-year alderman and longtime city figure, collapsed and died from heart failure while laughing at a Cox Meat shop on Central avenue. The 58 year old Dubuque native leaves a wife who died months ago and a son and daughter. the daughter was away in Seattle.
John Kendall 17 says IWW organizers in Seattle instructed him in crime and bred contempt for police after a gun duel with a patrolman. He escaped a Washington reformatory, then confessed to multiple robberies in Washington and Oregon before being held for burglary.
Michael Moriarty alleged W W branch secretary and Michael Sullivan were arrested in Tonopah Nevada on charges of syndicalism. Moriarty reportedly active in strikes after moving from Hutte Montana. Sullivan named as radical leader during the mine dispute. Warrants filed in Goldfield with both men residing in Esmeralda county. I W W membership cards and literature seized in their cabins.
Harlowton January 19 Senator B C White of Fergus county announced in Billings today his candidacy for the democratic nomination for governor. He has lived in Montana 30 years and is a prosperous Central Montana rancher. He pledges a businesslike administration and progressive policies without radicalism.
Moscow wireless dispatch says Admiral Kolchak head of the all Russian government in Siberia was arrested at Irkutsk by Colonel Pepellayev who ordered him to surrender control of all affairs. The report is dated Friday.
Weather predictions for the week starting Monday indicate frequent snow in the Northern Rocky Mountain and plateau regions with temperatures generally below normal. The report outlines cold, unsettled conditions across the area.
The senate approved an anti sedition bill imposing up to 35000 fine and five years in prison for advocacy of overthrow of the government by force or by overthrowing authorities. The measure bans material aiding forcible government change and bars such content from the mails.
Abraham Ruef the former San Francisco political boss received a full pardon from Governor William D. Stephens restoring his citizenship rights. Ruef was convicted of bribery in 1911, sentenced to 14 years, paroled in 1915, and his term later reduced before expiring.
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