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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
1
American and British correspondents oppose a plan to limit open reporting from the peace talks in Paris. French, Italians and Japanese delegates support a daily official communique. Protests urge restoring open sessions and direct access to conference information.
Helena dispatch reports a heated debate as Senator Goose of Deer Lodge introduces a resolution to bar further county creation. The measure passes 23 to 18, but lawmakers caution it does not end the fight. More than 20 county division bills remain to be considered as factions clash over expansion and state governance.
Francis J. Heney told the Senate agriculture committee Swift & Co loaded the Food Administration with dollar-a-year men who drew large salaries while serving the government. He cited Hoover intervention to block public letters criticizing W Priebe, recalled from Swift & Co. work, and said Joseph P. Cotton, head of meat division, proved capable but unfit for regulation. He called packer profits in 1917 scandalous.
Senate and house conferees adopt a 10 percent tax on child labor products entering interstate commerce and aligned with the child labor act. They approve a separate house vote before final passage and settle most tax disputes. They plan to tackle war excess profits taxes next and aim to finish by next week, possibly sending the bill to the president before Feb 1. An added amendment removes wartime taxes on first class postage from July 1 with prewar rates returning. Senate advisory tax board provisions are adopted with a five member panel at $8,000 annually.
A 10 percent wage rise was agreed today in Cleveland after talks between the National Window Glass Workers' association and a manufacturers committee. The raise applies to over 12,000 workers and is based on last year's hourly wage of about $1.30.
Lieut Charles Braden, retired after calf wounds in the Sioux campaigns, died at his Montana home after a lengthy career that included West Point candidates prep, a scouting command on the Big Horn, and service across Colorado Kansas South Carolina and New Orleans.
Fragmented report from The Standard Today covers Silver Bow revolt talk with O Lrennan, a board of trade dispute with a fined proprietor, a memorial tribute, and bidders for a Butte garbage contract. It notes a youth’s fate verdict, frost losses in California, and no new Shiver Bow county food director. Also mentions 14 new phone rates, Lord Cecil on Teague of Nations, a soldier plan aim, and Cornelius Breslin of Butte death.
Washington reports Director General Hines will seek another 500 million dollar appropriation for the railroad administrations revolving fund. The funds would extend loans to railroads to cover a vast program of extensions, new buildings bridges cars locomotives and related projects.
Montevideo reports July 5 that United States ships including Pittsburg Cleveland Tacoma and Denver under Admiral Caperts arrived nearby with cruiser Bristol. weather forecast for Montana predicts colder Thursday and a likely cold spell ahead.
News recounts that 35 states have ratified the proposed prohibition amendment, with Nebraska, Minnesota, and Mississippi vying to reach 36. It notes five state ratifications today and Utah, and lists the remaining states that have acted or withheld. Court actions in California threaten delays, and the text outlines the proposed enforcement framework and deadlines tied to wartime prohibition and possible July 1 implementation.
A tall dark man in a fur coat warned gamblers during a Grace Methodist sermon on sin delivered by Rev. George A. M. Carter. He said he had seen a man stalking him uptown and condemned the widespread gambling raids and saloons in the state, urging vigilance against deception and sin.
The Associated Press reports a quiet Berlin after a week of Bolshevism. Police are reinstated and arming proceeds, with hundreds jailed and losses in the thousands of marks. Reports note Bolshevist troops at the Silesian station used butter to grease guns and boots amid sporadic gunfire.
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