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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1923
Page
1
Lausanne July 8 The Near East conference nears end as a draft protocol on concessions is refined to satisfy American views. Disputes over Ottoman debt and foreign troop evacuations eased after hours of talks, with peace expected to be signed at Lausanne within a week barring minor issues.
August Damrow, cashier of the Treynor Savings Bank, was arrested on an embezzlement charge but later released on $10,000 bond after sureties. The county attorney said multiple charges were dismissed and the bank shortfall stood at about $106,078 with some losses possibly from frozen assets.
John D. Rockefeller marked his eighty fourth birthday at a Tarrytown church service then hosted friends at dinner. Surrounded by about 15 youngsters as he left, he handed each a nickel and chatted with reporters. He invited press inside for an interview and staged a playful scene giving a nickel to two year old Robert Irving Hunter four times.
Fifteen shots were fired from a coast guard cutter at a rum runner after both boats had boarded a French schooner Gerberville on Rum Row. The owner fled toward shore, while another ram boat escaped. The chase followed as shells landed near the ram boat and the cutter roared at full speed.
All Western roads cut running time by two hours between Chicago and northern Pacific coast points. Northern Pacific Great Northern and Union Pacific announced the change, effective July 29, following a similar move by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway. The new schedule drops from 72 to 70 hours.
Casstown Ohio July 8 a village auction opened the final chapter for Tom C Harbaugh as his modest goods sold for about 1000 dollars He once wrote sensational fiction for Beadles and Nick Carter with letters from Lincoln Roosevelt and Civil War generals in an autograph album now going to the Miami County infirmary for support His life reflects a fall from literary fame to public poverty under the town’s gaze.
Two naval balloonists linked to the Indianapolis race remain missing as searches continue. Official reports note their last sighting before the event began and authorities are coordinating with vessels and air units to locate them.
Flying boats, airplanes, cutters and motor boats scoured Lake Erie for Naval Lieutenants L. J. Roth and T. B. Null after their July 4 departure in navy balloon A-6698 in the national distance race. Their gas bags were found afloat near Port Stanley, Ontario, with no trace found after an all-day hunt aided by Detroit flying boats and Selfridge Field planes at Admiral Moffett's request.
The Nina of Aero Marine Airways returns to Cleveland after six hours of offshore search for Lieuts. Roth and Null, lost when naval balloon A-6698 crashed into Lake Erie Friday night. Gas bag found near Port Stanley with uniforms recovered. Nina to resume search tomorrow under P. E. Foster and pilots Shiller and Richards.
Detroit July 8 the Aero Marine Airways flying boat Buckeye returned after a fruitless 200 mile search for Lieuts L J Roth and T B Null whose balloon U S Navy A 6698 fell. The craft covered nearly the lake area near Port Stanley and the Canadian shore, flew at about 100 feet, and the mission was requested by Admiral W A Moffett.
The federal commission urges private ownership of the anthracite industry with government scrutiny and open publicity. It proposes enforceable wage contracts and penalties for breaches, and grants federal power to operate mines in emergencies. After an eight month probe, it calls anthracite a limited natural monopoly, one third exhausted, subject to public interest and special government treatment.
Lieut Russell L Maughan will launch from Mitchell Field New York at 4 am EST for a near day long flight to the Pacific coast weather reports indicate clear skies with possible thunderstorms in Montana and Utah he may detour or fly over storms only food is a flask of cocoa and he wears flying clothes the Curtiss D12 engine aircraft has 400 hp 32 ft wing span and 21 ft length he aims for 170 mph at sea level 160 mph at 10 000 feet the first leg to McCook Field Dayton Ohio covers 580 miles in about 3 hours 36 minutes
Lake City Fla July 8 Judge M A McMullen denied Higginbotham a new trial after his second degree murder conviction in Martin Tabert death. He was sentenced to 20 years by the jury. His wife attended as he said nothing in court. The case moves to the state supreme court with a $10 000 bond remaining in effect.
William Jennings Bryan addressed the International Christian Endeavor convention in Des Moines on July 8, urging Brotherhood as the sole basis for lasting peace and calling on Europe to understand forgiveness. Other speakers pressed militant Christianity and the gospel’s role in public life and world peace.
Alfred Clark general manager of International railroads of Central America and former Mexico National Railways official died in a Long Beach hospital from a complication of diseases at age 62. He leaves a widow and four sons Alfred, in Guatemala, Halifax in Mexico, and Deslonde and Arthur in New Orleans.
In Los Angeles on July 8 Jackie Coogan’s residence was robbed of jewelry valued at about $10,000 while the juvenile film star was away with his parents. The incident was reported to the police.
In Ketchikan Alaska on July 8 President and Mrs Harding marked their 32nd wedding anniversary with a first ever presidential visit to Alaska. At Metlakahtla they learned of native food struggles amid salmon industry growth and spoke with locals near Father Duncan's historic mission. The town greeted them with a noisy welcome as ships filled the harbor and crowds gathered. Governor Bone and Alaska delegate Sutherland joined at Metlakahtla and Alaska was hailed as a bright new dawn by the president.
The Rev. George Lord a Baptist clergyman collapsed and died in the pulpit during union services in Monrovia California He had heart trouble and had just returned from a three months leave He told a friend he hoped to die on the battle field He is survived by a widow and one child.
President Millerand stated in Clermont at Eliase Pascal centenary that France will stay behind its government in its coercive policy toward Germany. He warned the policy is a long, hard pull and urged resolve to endure a "quarter of an hour longer" than Germany, echoing wartime endurance.
Paris reports Franco Belgian action against Germany will not be altered by pay representations. French foreign office answered papal nuncio that bombing occurred in the Belgian zone and penalties would be set by Belgians. France and Belgium reserve right to take any measures to prevent a recurrence of such violence.
Coblenz July 8 German governor general Rhine province posts proclamation condemning sabotage and several officials in occupied territory express disapproval of violence against occupation forces. French authorities say Berlin instructed the shift in attitude.
French forces seize a German railroad workers strike fund totaling 17,000,000,000 marks at Maximilienau near Ludwigshafen as the strike widens through July 8.
New York July 8 Samuel Untermeyer has been retained to prosecute a libel suit against Henry Ford by Herman Bernstein editor of the Jewish Tribune. The suit rests on Ford depictions in Bernstein's articles in the Dearborn Independent. Bernstein warned Ford by letter to accept service in New York by July 14 or face action.
The Ormsby quadruplets once famed as the only living set of quads have been located on the outskirts of Chicago with their mother Mrs. Josephine Ormsby. Now adults, all are employed while she tends a two acre farm with a cow and chickens. The family’s rise began in 1901 after the birth of the quads and a series of fortunes and losses followed as the children grew and the parents’ finances fluctuated amidst museums and showmanship.
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