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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1922
Page
1
A political shift in Washington clears the path for the Anglo Irish Treaty as President and Cabinet changes ease ratification amid ongoing negotiations. New freshmen issues force administrative adjustments and attentive care at Washington Junior School.
The school board met amid funding woes and debated whether to close district No 1 or levy taxes. The superintendent urged no new teachers but proposed consolidations including sending 180 students to Washington Junior High, using portable classrooms, and reallocating space at the courthouse and barracks as needed.
A bill introduced by Rep Bacharach Republican New Jersey calls for a 3 cent a gallon gasoline tax paid by producers. The revenue would fund a soldiers bonus and is estimated to yield 240 to 250 million dollars annually to cover cash payments to former service members.
Washington January 10 The five power naval limit treaty moved toward final form at a conference of American British Japanese French and Italian heads of delegation with most disputes on fortifications and geography. Delegates expect the executive committee to act only later and foresee postponement of sailing arrangements while considering excluding submarine and mine resolutions from the pact for a separate agreement.
In Dublin the Dail elected Arthur Griffith as president and formed a new cabinet including Michael Collins as finance minister and George Gavan Duffy Bryan O Higgins and William Cosgrave. The house adjourned to February 14 as de Valera and Sinn Fein confront the treaty.
Boden testified about a feud with Mrs. Miller, whom he says he killed in self defense after she aimed a revolver at him. He described events leading to the fatal confrontation as the trial began Monday in Virginia City.
The Newberry senate seat contest in Michigan pits Henry Ford’s camp against Newberry supporters. Leaders say voting may occur tomorrow with both sides claiming victory by several votes. Opposition seeks referral to the senate privileges and elections committee and calls for Newberry to testify.
The document states Mrs Sarah Cramos waived all dower and related rights from her marriage to James A Murray by a written instrument for valuable consideration. Brown, administrator, filed the answer in a probate contest. Cramos argues she released Murray from claims including dower, cites divorce proceedings in New Mexico, and asks the court to dismiss the action. The answer runs 54 typewritten pages.
Registration for the third annual boys vocational conference in Bozeman reached 453 as livestock judging contest with cash prizes donated by Northern Pacific Railroad unfolded. Butte and Anaconda high school students led cheers while speakers Kilroy Stone and professor Conkling addressed opportunities in newspaper work and civil engineering, urging young Montanans to pursue public service.
Washington gossip claims W B Thompson formerly of Butte now a New York capital ist will be named postmaster general replacing Will If Hays accepts a $150000 yearly offer to lead the Motion Picture Producers Association Thompson has long been active in Republican politics and generous with party funds He is said to have made his fortune in copper mining in Arizona
Attorneys made brief arguments as counsel wrapped up the case in a historic Montana murder trial. Judge Bennett instructed the jury after state and defense witnesses and character testimony, with Boden sitting still and unmoved as the panel retired to deliberate at 8:45 p.m. The jury did not reach a verdict by 10 p.m., and the case continued.
Reports say a Franco British mutual pact is gaining ground after talks with Premier Lloyd George. M Briand calls negotiations a step toward what had not existed before, with the British cabinet awaiting French approval before London finalizes the British suggestion.
Nearly a dozen Virginia witnesses testified before a senate committee investigating charges that American soldiers were hanged in France. The debate centered on Maj Opie of Staunton, Va, and whether his Third Battalion, 116th Infantry, shot men during a disordered retreat in the Argonne. Some witnesses said Opie shot runners. others said he fired to halt retreating men. The panel pressed for exact numbers amid conflicting accounts.
A Pennsylvania freight train wreck near Van Wert Ohio leaves four children dead and six others seriously injured with three more expected to die. Engineer J D Trimble of Fort Wayne Indiana faces a manslaughter charge after an affidavit by Ray Imler father of two victims. Trimble posted bond at five thousand dollars as 33 children rode the bus en route to the township school in dense fog.
Washington January 10 The Hoover administration with Harding approval has invited representatives of large railroads and unions to a series of conferences to avert disputes over wage reductions and the national working agreements. An agreement to gather those concerned is planned for next week, aiming to settle differences without going to the railroad labor board.
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