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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1919
Page
1
The minister says he bears no animosity toward anyone and seeks to help Butte. He envisions a cleaner, safer city and a peaceful, brighter future after cleanup, while warning graft and vice are only things he would destroy.
A fragmented clipping referencing a change and talking figures in a tale from Butte. The readable bits mention Tate and a shift in faces during days of activity. The garbled OCR yields few clear names or dates but implies a local lore or weather of mood.
Grace Methodist Church pastor George M. Carter defended Butte during revival services, arguing the city is no worse than other places and denouncing graft. He emphasized he bears no animosity toward residents, but hates sin and aims to aid Butte and its people by eradicating graft.
Armistice talks extend control of the German merchant fleet to allied governments and plan to use large vessels like the Imperator to move U S troops home. Smaller ships remain in Baltic trade. payments for goods include 70 000 tons pork and 200 000 tons cereals. Edward Hurley chairs, Philip Heineker leads the German delegation.
New York dispatch reports mayoral committee plans to hire 10 000 discharged soldiers sailors and marines for shipyard work in the district. Half lack experience but will be trained, others paid 8 to 10 dollars daily. some positions pay 56 cents hourly. Congress debates Europe famine relief funding, with Lodge amendment excluding Austria Turkey Bulgaria but allowing Armenia Syria Greece and oppressed peoples. Hoover attacked over food administration profits. debate centers on constitutional authority and aid to foreign nations.
Great Falls January 18. R A Person of Libby died in a hotel room while stopping over to be married in Salt Lake City. Letters found by Coroner McBurney indicate Peterson, age 10, was to wed Miss Bessie Gresham of Up land California on Monday. The death was attributed to after-effects of influenza.
The German government appoints Count von Brockdorf-Rantawa and Philipp Scheidemann to head the delegation. They will oppose allied demands beyond Wilsons program, seek suspension of economic measures, and declare willingness to disarm on land sea and air. Germany contends most disarmament is already achieved and calls for return of colonies and self determination for Germans including Alsace Lorraine.
Washington January 18 early action toward carrying out the proposed write off about two hundred percent of the war cost of American shipping was forecast in official quarters. The plan aims to charge to profit and loss nearly a billion dollars of three billions which merchant craft cost to build during the war. The shipping board chairman Murley in France said action might come next week.
Snippets from Anaconda coverage note local ads and notices including high school games and community events. Bits reference Bell and engineers, Atlantic crossings, and a 4 conside r local ad credit, with brief mentions of Sheridan and Me war Helvey.
Warsaw reports the Polish ministry formed by Tynace Jan Waderewski draws broad backing from parties except the industrialists in the office. The open cabinet vows national unity, pledges to defend frontiers, stabilize food and supplies, rebuild mills, secure loans, and establish a Paris Warsaw express rail link as ministers prepare for mid February elections.
Washington January 18 The national war labor board ordered Detroit United Electric to keep women already serving as conductors and to issue work cards authorizing them to stay on the railway. Women in training are to be given positions, marking broader wartime employment gains despite city disparities.
Paris January 18 The peace congress opened with Georges Clemenceau chosen permanent chairman. President Poincare welcomed delegates while Wilson Lloyd George and Sonnino spoke. Crowds cheered Wilson as he entered and the assembly adjourned with strong resolve for amicable understandings.
Washington reports the restoration of James O Heyworth of Chicago, manager of the wooden ship division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, who released a public review of the division’s work. Through Dec 1, 101 wooden ships built. 85 percent operated outside the submarine zone, making 206 voyages and totaling 490000 miles. Early defects were remedied. three of the first boats were lost at sea as crews learned ship limits.
A dispatch from Belgrade portrays severe hardship in liberated Serbia. Population halved from 100000, many houses destroyed, materials scarce, prices sky high for basics. Infant mortality rising, children anaemic, communications with Belgrade and Salonika disrupted, Sava river bridge destroyed, isolating Serbia from the world.
Livingston January 18. Judge Stark fixed February 19 for the trial of Joseph Swindlehurst postmaster of Livingston charged with murder in the first degree for the death of O M Harvey a Toca attorney and Republican state commit chair. Harvey died after a fight with the postmaster on Callender street. Weather largely fair with rain possible west of the divide.
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