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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1923
Page
2
Amid heated debate in the Montana House measures outline penalties for liquor to minors and for fraudulent activity. The push includes statewide bills on liquor sales, school dormitories funding, accident reporting, and broader reforms. A ceremony honor for Justice Albert is planned with a joint session to follow.
Helena January notes reveal Miss Jessie Roscow of Silver Bow county cannot speak above a whisper due to a severe cold yet continues duties in the house. Reports discuss reading of previous day’s senate business, a new reading clerk practicing, and lively debates expected in committee hearings on metropolitan police law repeal.
The Montana House adopted a resolution to adjourn from 2 to 2:30 pm on January 16 1923 to honor Associate Justice Albert J. Galen with a Distinguished Service Medal ceremony to be conducted by Brig. Gen. William Graves. Graves will address a joint session of the legislature after the presentation and the House named a three member committee to arrange the event.
A state legislature calls for a complete probe into the coal industry. The resolution requests gathering all facts on coal mining costs, shipments into Montana, consumer prices, and profits of operators and repairers. It authorizes a committee to compel witnesses, inspect records, and report findings and recommendations to the House.
A Wisconsin man arrived in Butte and walked into the police station seeking aid for an illness he did not understand. He was taken to a doctor who diagnosed an advanced smallpox case and placed in isolation for treatment under Dr. Frank J. Williams. The officer staff kept a cautious distance as the patient received care.
A heated fight looms as the house debates postponing action on a dry force probe. After Loble introduced the resolution, Lewis and Clark’s legislator faced criticism from Joseph Pope, head of the Anti-Satoon League, in statements set for publication, with further action likely forthcoming.
French forces push forward into newly occupied districts with orderly German residents. Authorities report no untoward incidents. Stores close next Monday as rail traffic halts for ten minutes at 11:15, church bells and factory whistles to sound in protest.
Davenport testifies in Morehouse parish inquiry into Ku Klux Klan operations. Mayor Robert L. Dade recalls a masked raid near Gallion with Dr B M McKoln Capt J K Skipwith and others, linking it to prior kidnappings. Attorney General mulls a conference with Klan leadership.
A battered old ad urges cutting out a coupon and sending it to Foley Co in Chicago for trial packages of Foley's Honey and Tar, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The notice lists cures for coughs, colds, croup, pains, rheumatism, kidney issues, constipation, biliousness, headaches, and sluggish bowels.
Senate action continues with a bill to make possession defined as a felony for moonshining bootlegging and rum running. A prior rule change proposal sought to place senate employees under a committee rather than the sergeant at arms. Other measures include a tax penalty remission bill and a laborers lien proposal, with memorials to Congress on car shortages and investigation steps.
A Montana family reports the death of Mrs. Arata in what coroner J C Murphy terms an inquest. Helen Tavasel, born in Helena and long in Butte, left a mystic letter last year cited by relatives as a motive. Mr. Tavasel and kin recall 10 years of happiness interrupted as they bury a brave woman who chose death over fear for loved ones.
Hearings on the Nicholson resolution seeking a commission to Europe to boost silver use closed before the Senate mining committee. A favorable report is anticipated as the panel promises prompt action and will include gold in its remit. Sidney Jennings of United States Smelting backed wider currency use and cited past mandates to pay in silver or gold amid depreciation. C F Kelley of Anaconda Copper Mining could not attend but filed a statement.
In Berlin the conference of federal state premiers endorsed the central government's position on Ruhr representation and occupation. Bavarian premier Dr. Von Knelling pledged Bavarian support against French actions and urged unity among the states to resolve the crisis.
A Dillon era news item outlines bond measures limiting issue periods to 20 years with equal annual installments. It requires county commissioners to levy funds for interest and principal. failure prompts a mandamus from courts. Three bills target schools, cities, towns, and counties. a fourth mandates voter approval for bond refunds. Swallows fly two miles per hour.
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