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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1922
Page
1
A tense courtroom heard witnesses recount spotting the accused man with a smoking revolver and a foreman found dead on the trail. The jury cleared the big five in a highly charged session, while broader geopolitical notes touched on the Siberian question, naval reductions, and the four power treaty.
Virginia City January 4 The state rested its case against Jack Keel for the murder of James Grant after testimonies alleging Grant was shot from a distance and then several times as he lay unconscious. Witnesses described wrestling with Keel at the bunkhouse and a confrontation in the messhouse before the shooting. The defense presented two witnesses and Keel showed little emotion throughout the proceedings.
The secretary of agriculture released 15,000,000 dollars for road construction in national forests with most spent this summer. Montana receives 1,153,501 dollars as part of the appropriation, allocation aimed at improving access and development.
The committee of 100 acting for six railway shop crafts rejected several board rules cutting time and a half pay for extra work. They demanded new disputes with management over Fulog and sercement issues and urged labor-board action. The tie to Sunday and holiday overtime drew major dissent, while most accepted rules were subjected to committee interpretation.
The Potem cabinet includes ex-ministers from Briand eras. Louis Barthou becomes justice minister representing Alsace Lorraine after serving as war minister under Briand. Andre Maginot heads war and pensions. Albert Sarraut leads the colonies and Yves Letrocquer takes public works.
Sheriff Dan Mooney confirmed the escapee named in AP dispatches as Casper Casey, a former Butte resident who fled the Dillon City Jail last summer by sawing bars and lifting a heavy wire screen. He previously robbed the Bond grocery and Liberty bonds case, and had served time in Deer Lodge for booze burglaries. Relatives live in Butte as the case drew cautious local interest.
Five self confessed members of the lynching party pleaded guilty before Federal Judge James I Phelps and were sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendants include Lee Whitley Charles Polk 18 Fimer Yearta Whiteman Robert Avien 27 and Nathan Butler 40. Whitley and Yearta are union workers on strike at local packing plants. Polk supported the strike and Avien is kin to the lynched man. Three additional negroes were arrested today in connection with the burning deaths of two black men Sunday night.
The body of Pope Benedict will be placed in a cypress coffin encased in lead and then in a polished elm casket. The inscription will mark the lead coffin. Ceremonies may be modified for economy and the funeral could be delayed to Thursday unless burial is deemed advisable earlier.
Special Dispatch reports a January meeting of the board of pardons to consider a commutation in a murder case in Butte. The attorney general insisted on established methods, opposing gubernatorial intercession as in the Chronopolous Byrne and Juhray cases, with M S Calasso and Mrs. Scott present as observer witnesses.
The board says residents will likely vote on April 1 to approve an extra 7 or 8 mill levy to keep schools open to term end, or approve closing by mid April. Trustee Baldwin noted funding concerns after state apportions show a drop from last year, with general fund balance and monthly expenses outlined.
A New York bride’s Spanish honeymoon ends in tragedy when she learns her husband Del Castillo died at sea near Havana aboard the Alfonso XI. The widow, Senora del Castillo, is detained at Ellis Island awaiting transport to Vera Cruz after the voyage from Havana.
Simmons of North Carolina introduces a measure on five way bonus arbitration of veterans damage claims. The Senate sides track last summer’s session, with the pact object under debate and no final action yet.
The Senate saw a Democrat Senator Simmons of North Carolina introduce an amendment to the war loans refund bill. The five way adjusted compensation plan mirrors the house bill and would grant a veteran bonus. Simmons argues veterans deserve the bonus and says finance committee may attach it to the bill. Colleagues plan to support the amendment as talks proceed with foreign creditors.
Dublin January 24 The Dail Eireann publicity department issued a statement directing a discontinuance of the Belfast boycott. It explains the boycott began over religious and political tests and that these tests are now to be withdrawn.
A White House dinner reported a decision to negotiate a new treaty with Germany to create a commission for private damage claims from World War I. President Harding Hughes and Senate leaders discussed joining the Versailles arbitration, but party opposition may block Berlin treaty participation. a broader pact could simplify claims handling.
Thirteen Chinese hidden in boxes were seized by border authorities north of San Diego. Robert Kriebel, the motor truck driver, was arrested. Investigators had received tips to watch for smuggling across the international boundary.
The Associated Press reports Dublin will host an international Irish Olympiad in August under the International Irish League. The league aims to promote Irish interests abroad with a Gaelic English Irish Who's Who, professor exchanges, scholarships, and moving pictures. A triennial congress will meet in Dublin in 1928.
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