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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1923
Page
1
Brussels warns that unless Chancellor Cuno repudiates Ruhr crimes, Belgian agents will be recalled. The note signals a possible diplomatic break over Ruhr tensions and German actions in the region.
A large fire in Goldfield destroys all but six buildings. One man is dead and a woman missing believed to have perished. Several injured from flying glass after dynamiting. fire likely incendiary. Town evacuated. relief groups and Elks' club assist. Hospitals and key structures survive as wind helped steer flames away from the hotel.
In Corsicana Texas on July 6 the Mitchell Jones Seay Cranfill Christian Number 1 well burned with flames through three openings in the Christmas tree connection. A French .75 milimeter barrage by Texas National Guardsmen was dropped as too hazardous. Operators planned to use a giant excavator and crane to remove fittings and redirect flames. the fire began Monday.
Associated Press reports Gary states the 12 hour day in steel may end soon due to influx of workers from the South and foreign labor. He cautions a precise date is unavailable but action will begin shortly, needing 60,000 more laborers and raising finished steel costs about 15 percent. Gary cites public sentiment and the president's stance as reasons, while noting past opposition and current circumstantial retention.
Indianapolis July 6 All track of Lieutenant L J Roth navy airman and sole starter in the national elimination balloon race not heard from is lost as announced by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Sponsor Lieutenant T B Hull was Roths aide The Navy Number A 5698 drifted with streamers dropped over cities and towns No word has reached Indianapolis from the ship in this drill Official checks show Lieutenant Robert Olmsted Army balloonist leading distance at Manila New York about 600 miles from Indianapolis H E Honeywell piloting the St Louis covered about 450 miles landing at Brocton New York
A Worcester report on July 6 notes a balloon seen heading northward in what appears to be the last naval entry in the national elimination contest. The craft remained on an even keel as it sailed northward.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway will trim running times on its limited trains between Chicago and Seattle Tacoma starting July 29. The electrified route spans 2189 miles and will shorten the journey by two hours to 70 hours from 72.
Tacoma officials debate if the Salmon Beach landslide that wrecked a Union Pacific train was God’s act or a deliberate scheme. Coroner Stewart favors human involvement while Captain Strickland says no hand caused it. Rail investigators note water at the site could have diverted the slide by ditching and filling. President Harding avoided Tacoma on Northern Pacific routes. the locomotive was the presidential train’s Os.
Brussels reports warn that Belgium and France will suspend diplomatic relations if the Reichstag does not repudiate Ruhr crimes. French and Belgian envoys may leave Berlin if Germany refuses. In Paris deputies back Premier Poincare by 388 to 190 as Vatican embassy stance is defended.
President Harding will extend his West Coast visit by two days. Walter F. Brown received a Seattle telegram stating the president will sail from San Diego on August 6 to accommodate the Santa Catalina Island trip for Mrs. Harding. The plan change delays the August 4 eastward departure via the Panama Canal and allows the revised program to unfold with minor adjustments.
Moscow July 6 Lenin will remain titular head of the council of commissars under the union of socialist republics with Lenin illness dictating. Leo Kamenoff A Rykov and M Buringa elected vice presidents with Trotzky named minister of war as actual executives carry on the Presidency.
August Dammrow, 55, cashier of Treynor Savings Bank in Council Bluffs Iowa, was arrested after state examiners shut the bank last May. County Attorney Northrop charged him with a 106,077.63 shortage in the bank account and an additional 1,088 embezzlement. He is held on a $10,000 bond.
In Lake City Fra July 6 the Higginbotham trial is interrupted by L M Chambers a juror in serious condition with possible appendicitis. The 82 year old farmer may be removed to hospital and the court recessed until 9 tomorrow morning for a medical report.
Arthur Lorenz former Staats Zeitung editor was found guilty of criminal libel against the American Legion by a Chicago jury after 30 minutes deliberation. The 1921 December editorial accused Legion members of being bums and vagabonds and claimed the Legion was bought with British gold to suppress truth. A motion for a new trial is set for July 21 with potential sentence including a year in prison, a $7000 fine, or both. Lorenz returned to Chicago for trial after arrest in St Paul.
At the Federal Soldiers' hospital in Muskogee Oklahoma Miss Alice Robertson welfare chief orders office girls to return to corsets stop bobbing their hair roll up hose and wear high neck dresses She says the flirtations and hallway chatter with patients are too risky and urges discipline for the staff to focus on work not vanity
Butte business houses except groceries, butcher shops and drug stores will close at 1 PM this afternoon. A clerks union deal with employers sets Saturday closing to start the first Saturday after July 4 and continue through July and August. Food dealers are exempt, but clerks gain four hours off or paid vacation options during the next two months.
A federal grand jury indicted three United States Shipping Board officials and three surplus war supplies dealers for conspiring to defraud the government in sales valued at about $1,000,000 from the Liberty shipyard at Alameda California. The defendants include R. H. Borland D. H. Meisenbach T. G. Baird A G Camp CC J Soegarrd and C G Younger. The scheme allegedly sold motors engines travel rails ties iron and steel at alarmingly low knock-down prices.
Helena reporter notes Bishop John Wesley Burns of the Helena Methodist area was the keynote speaker at the Presbyterian church gathering of the Montana conference synod. He spoke on fraternity and was praised by Dr. J F Shepherd of Great Falls for inspiring practical Christian unity among Methodists and Presbyterians.
New York July 6 commander Curran announced twelve thousand twenty six immigrants have passed Ellis Island since the new immigration quotas took effect Sunday. He said conditions at the island are normal.
The 1924 political field sees the federated farmer labor party attracting a minority from the farmer labor party while the majority remains independent. C E Ruthenberg of Cleveland leads a new group with headquarters likely in Chicago. John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor rejects federated leadership citing fear of a dictatorship and vows non participation.
Federal Judge George M. Bourquin held that Congress cannot dictate the number of whisky prescriptions or the amount of alcohol a physician may prescribe. He invalidated prosecutions of Dr. J. B. Freund and struck down both the quantity and count limits in the federal prohibition enforcement act, stating medicine cannot be treated as an exact science with fixed dosing for all patients.
Fort Worth, Texas, July 6. A federal grand jury indicted 17 oil promoters, raising total indictments to 104 since the oil fraud probe began last October. Named defendants include Shallcross and D M Whittenden of the Shallcross 600 per cent syndicate, Lamb, Nicholson, Verser and Oakes of the Dixie Royalty syndicate, Freeman and Hawkins of the Smackover syndicate, Yett and Glenn of the Smackover Oil company. remaining names not released. The indictments follow earlier charges in the probe.
Springfield Ohio July 6. H Cortner Kleagle of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and 69 other Klansmen from the local chapter, including several prominent businessmen, were arrested as they left Fernclift cemetery after a funeral service. Police cited a ruling by Police Judge Golden C Davis that three or more masked individuals on the streets constitute disorderly conduct.
A Constantinople report says Greek forces attempted a landing near the Dardanelles but were repulsed by Turkish troops after sharp fighting. Both sides suffered many casualties and a Greek ship was sunk by a Turkish torpedo boat. The Angora government protested to Lausanne, and the Turkish frontier remains closed.
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