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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1923
Page
1
State offices to be probed by the Senate as resolutions are finally adopted for three committees to investigate all branches of the government.
A clash in Bochum led to French troops firing on a crowd. Several youths were killed and a man and a woman were seriously wounded as soldiers attempted to quell the disturbance.
In MELENA on January 15 the Montana senate advanced a resolution for a full probe of state government and proposed anti Japanese land ownership restrictions. Three committees will investigate executive offices and education finance, with hearings and subpoenas possible. A pending bill drafted by Sen. Seigfriedt would bar aliens unable to become citizens from owning land and would prohibit land held in trust for such aliens.
The defense in the Herrin mine murder trial rested after calling 26 witnesses to impeach state testimony. Angus W. Kerr urged dismissal of state evidence, but Judge Hartwell overruled. Prosecution to begin rebuttal next morning, aiming for a Friday jury verdict.
Charles Durbanchsky, recently returned from San Diego in connection with the killing of a policeman during labor troubles, began a hunger strike in jail. Police said they would forcibly feed him if he refused to eat.
The Mountain View mine, a property of Anaconda Copper, resumes operations after a shutdown with about 400 miners on site. Union figures suggest a normal payroll near 500 workers, with full prewar output planned across Anaconda mines as crews ramp up.
The Anaconda Copper Mining company sues Davis-Daly Copper and related firms for mining ore from a fork of the Original vein. The suit seeks a pendente lite injunction and eventual accounting for minerals taken, with a hearing resumed after a prior continuance in federal court.
Bastrop La January 15 witnesses for the state testified that after the Aug 24 kidnapping and slaying of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard a dozen Klansmen gathered in a Bastrop hardware store armed themselves and prepared for possible clashes. They said the gathering was precautionary and that the Klan had no role in the crime.
The Associated Press reports Casper Wyoming resident J C Sloan was identified as the slain mint bandit responsible for the December 18 robbery of $200,000 from a federal reserve bank truck in Denver. Sloan’s body was found with a bullet wound in a private garage near Seventeenth and Gilpin streets, killed by a shot from mint guard Pete Reid Inger while Sloan stood on a running board.
Report notes Senate consideration of farm credit measures tied to the Capper bill. Predictions indicate pending action on two related credit reform bills after administration plans and Republican readers’ expectations. Deal reached by unanimous consent to advance farm credit measures this week.
A man believed killed by a freight incident was revealed to have survived a kick by a mule and later died in unclear circumstances. He confessed at the police station identifying himself as Henry Edwards, while under effects of alcohol.
Paris dispatch reports Roland Boyden American observer with the reparations commission sent a settlement plan to the commission. Washington officials and the State Department deny knowledge of the plan and say the U S government has no connection with the project. Secretary Hughes acted to clarify the situation and disavow any link to the proposal.
John D. Ryan outlines a multibillion dollar plan involving 150 million dollars in new bonds to redeem old issues and fund a refunding program. The deal would merge two top copper producers, with Guggenheims potentially accepting part of the new issue for Chile holdings.
.The plan calls for public offerings of 100 million in 30 year bonds and a 200 million total authorized issue, aimed at securing control of Chile Copper and expanding the Anaconda empire.
At the Near Eastern conference in Lausanne on January 15 192? the United States pressed for most favored nation status and equal treatment for Turks and foreigners in commerce education and religion. American institutions in Turkey would be tax exempt. Turkey would respect American business. The subcommittee led by Julian Gillespie discussed the clause late into the night but failed to reach a firm conclusion.
Reports from Berlin and Copenhagen say Memel is under Lithuanian irregular control after heavy street fighting. Insurgent commander declares actions aimed only at the German government, while French troops reportedly refrain from hostilities and promise safety for residents.
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