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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1925
Page
1
Montana shows mixed crop prospects with wheat and corn strong, oats and barley steady, potatoes flax hay and tonnage listed. Total yields imply a decrease in overall production despite high values for several crops, signaling varied regional performance.
M A Traylor of Chicago urged careful selection of foundation herds feeding calves in the Middle West and stronger beef demand to aid Montana stockmen. Governor Erickson welcomed delegates as the Montana Bankers association opened its twenty second annual convention at Glacier Park Hotel.
Dayton Tenn July 11 Spokesmen for both sides in the Scopes evolution trial issued statements after legal conferences as the court prepared for next weeks foren sic battle on admissibility of scientific testimony. The state seeks to keep such testimony out as irrelevant while the defense led by Clarence Darrow insists it is competent. Bryan urged caution noting Tennessee law and the broader issue if witnesses from New York would be objected to.
Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Garfield Hays, New York lawyers for T. Scopes, say Dayton jurors face strong public opinion favoring fundamentalism. They express optimism about developments, noting evolutionsists are in a helpless minority and jurors feel the pressure of public sentiment.
Mrs. Charlotte Ward, owner of the Rookwood on North Main street, was found in her bed by roomers around 8:20 PM. Coroner Holland said death likely resulted from self administered lysol after a prolonged period of despondency due to loneliness and grief over her sister’s death and financial worries.
A special train bound for the Atlantic seaboard carries many aliens subject to deportation. The group was rounded up in Seattle, Denver, Kansas City and St Louis, with 22 more added in Chicago. Walter A Sadler a Canadian indicted but not tried on conspiracy to violate prohibition is among those to be deported at Buffalo. He was previously deported in 1916.
Federal court in Los Angeles ruled against the Doheny interests in the Elk Hills naval oil reserve case. The judgment totals about 856000 with 358031 attributed to oil value minus development costs and 50000 to court costs. The decision also sets government credit for Doheny expenditures and assigns damages against Pan American Petroleum. An appeal to the circuit court of appeals is planned.
Judge Joseph R. Jackson of Butte was elected president by acclamation at the three day Mestana Bar convention at the New Finlen hotel. W J Jameson Jr. of Billings was re elected secretary treasurer and twenty vice presidents representing Montana districts were named.
Paris July 11 The Senate approved the budget 421 to 29 while Premier Painleve suffered a political reverse in the senate as discussions on a foreign debt and a near loan loomed. The vote on the budget was postponed until tomorrow with 146 to 117 in favor of delay.
The heat wave across the central states claims multiple lives and causes numerous prostrations. Chicago reaches 93 degrees, Des Moines hits 100, and Minneapolis records 84 with several heat illnesses. Omaha notes a 95 degree day and an unidentified man dies from heat. Cincinnati reports a death at 93 degrees.
Authorities hunt for K. Knapp on a murder warrant in the slaying of taxicab driver Louie Penelle. Police say Knapp planned to assume Penelle s identity and fled upstate, leaving a self described thrill killing note. District Attorney Weeks notes Knapp appears legally sane despite abnormal temper.
Washington reports a coming clash between the administration and Congress over tax reduction methods. Surtaxes and inheritance taxes are the main dispute points, with talks about repealing nuisance taxes and small income levies as a possible alternative. Republicans anticipate a stronger party majority in December and Democrats are seen as more united on broader policy than during the last revenue bill.
Police Commissioner Enright reported a continued drop in violent and professional crime in New York for the first half of 1925. Crimes fell from 4,254 in 1924 to 4,072 in 1925, with holdups down and street death toll from automobile accidents also showing reductions.
Chicago reports an unidentified gangster wounded in a street fight was killed by Policeman Michael Murtha. Tony Genna, third of the Genna brothers slain in six weeks, was buried by terrified relatives as three brothers remained hidden.
Montana farmers edge into a favored class as national crops shrink. Wheat yields in Montana are expected to rise while national output falls, pushing higher prices for Montana growers.
In Boston on July 11 three men pleaded not guilty before Judge Lummus to charges tied to the July 4 Pickwick club building collapse that killed 44. A Suffolk County jury returned nine secret indictments after 70 hours of deliberation. Ariagned were architect c Funk, owners H Bloomberg, lessee Timothy Barry ez, and the treasurer and guiding hand of the club. Trial set for Wednesday. Names of the other six indicted will be released Monday.
In a summer White House session President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg discussed China and debt funding issues with Under Secretary Grew. The talks continued into the weekend as Kellogg arrived from St Paul and declined to discuss visit motives, while Coolidge favored a unified US policy on extraterritorial rights in China following France's treaty completions.
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