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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1925
Page
2
James Mullaney and Herbert Laplant were involved in a fatal hallway shooting after an altercation at a West Mercury street location. Poole and others were detained as investigators examined the attack, with Mullaney’s body sent to Walnerville for an inquest.
General Electric reports tests in Sonoma County California show underground steam from volcanic heat can be harnessed to generate power more cheaply than hydro or heat plants. The geyser region offers limited tracts. early tests involved two wells sinking after explosions to release steam.
A 1924 regional report covering Idaho Montana Wyoming Arizona Utah predicts continued activity in 1925 with major projects including a new concentrator at Missoula and ore mills at Philips and Castle Mountain. Casper shows a labor surplus as construction rises across the region.
Bertha Ledbetter, mother of 16, was declared insane yesterday by a medical commission following court records. Relatives and local agencies in Hallidayboro, near Carbondale, Illinois, are caring for the children as Rufus Ledbetter, the father, age 64, faces the situation.
Trotsky faces removal threats from the War Council and Communist Party on charges of disobedience and anti Leninist views. Trotsky denies belittling Lenin and asserts he would not resist party discipline or hold any post under party control. The commission resolution warns of further actions if he persists.
Fire in Middlebury area rips through Loomis residence killing four children while parents and grandparents, on lower floor, are overcome by smoke. Neighbor alerted authorities, but upper floor escape was blocked by flames. Multiple other flood and accident reports mirror heavy losses across Georgia Alabama and surrounding states.
New Haven Conn Jan 16 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Fr Manning of this city today. The child’s mother Helen Taft daughter of Chief Justice William H Taft prior to marriage was noted in the report.
Henry Benson told police he acted after being attacked by J H Wilson during a confrontation at home. Mrs Wilson supported that Wilson pursued them and had previously assaulted her, leading to Benson’s claim of self defense. Wilson and Mrs Wilson were divorced a year earlier and have two sons.
J noy B. Davis, royal ambassador, issues a royal proclamation calling all members to withdraw from the Knights of the Flaming Sword. He denounces the movement as aimed at private greed and cites its ties to William J. Simmons, former head of the Ku Klux Klan, once praised as a Christian statesman but now seen in a negative light.
In Oklahoma City a statewide business conference discusses women entering business to be near men. Speaker Mrs West of Oklahoma urges progress saying women gain understanding from business life and should advance without fear, while acknowledging lingering skepticism about gender roles.
The body of Charles F Byrne known as Chalky is at Daly-Ov ering rooms after an inquest was announced. Byrne previously lived in Butte and San Francisco, with a divorce suit citing desertion filed by his wife, who said he left Apr il 27, 1933. Reared in Butte, Byrne was an embalmer and later worked in California and at Mohawk in Butte. He left several relatives in the city.
A historical summary notes a deficiency list totaling 19,123.88 dollars with other items including inheritance tax refunds and expenses for district judges. It discusses a bill by the Judiciary committee to reduce Montana’s judicial districts from 20 to 18, eliminating four judges, reassigning counties among districts, and making the act effective January 1, 1929.
George George, a Bune taxi driver, was acquitted last Wednesday of liquor possession and will face trial in Shelby on Tuesday for Edward B. Hunter, a whiskey-running roadhouse proprietor accused by Toole county authorities after an investigation. Hunter allegedly surrendered to authorities following the shoot.
The note lists actors Beek Fenereate Jon Bailey Cart er Jane Booglen Winkfred Landis Katherine Craig Buck Black and Bobby Agnew in the role of Checkers Cam during a special photo feature at Alto Se.
The Helena area Methodist Bishop H Levier Smith spoke to Butte Methodists at Mountain View church warning against viewing modern civilization as ruin and urging retention of the past while building a better inheritance. He travels to Anaconda then returns for a trustees meeting and later opens a conference with pastors and lay delegates. Bishop F W Faber preached at both St John and Montana churches. music by M rs Xatheyn Baird Sullivan impressed congregants.
Tokyo confirms support for the United States as the opium conference resumes. Japan urges caution over British positions and seeks study of a plan to end opium smoking in the Far East within ten years. Porter relays Tokyo’s message to Congress and pressures for prompt action.
Maurice Mullens and three other passengers were in a car that went off the Nine Mile road at midnight Saturday. Mullens, thrown from the vehicle, suffered a broken right leg and possible additional fractures. He lay beside the road for nearly two hours before an ambulance arrived.
The Etat Side Neighborhood Hall hosted a sermon by Chester J. Meeker on God's Sacrifice for His People. He described Christ’s wounds and urged that many endure for others, recounting Bob and John’s heroic rescue on Lake Michigan where Bob saved sixteen people before collapsing from exhaustion. Captain Anthony is announced as tonight’s Salvation Army speaker.
An advertisement claims the prostate causes nighttime urination and bladder pains. It touts Renex pills as a remedy with a money-back guarantee, offering a two dollar full treatment and refund if unsatisfied, with purchase by mail or postage payment.
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