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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1920
Page
5
Mrs. John S. Williams of 1150 Curtis Street awoke to her 9 year old daughter crying out as a prowler tried to silence the child. The intruder fled toward an open window and disappeared around the rear of the house after Mrs Williams rushed to help. Neighbors had seen a man prowling nearby and police have a description. No items were disturbed in the home.
Rent pianos from Orton Bros. Canning and Geagan. law office moved to 618 Phoe nix building. Dr Arthur G Allan physician surgeon room 65 Owsley block. phone 789. Automobile speedometer showed 116 miles before abandonment. Nearly 100 electrical workers and families attended the Fishreek picnic. Miss Koka Klatch wed Isa Ustipak by Judge Lynch at the courthouse yesterday afternoon.
Inquiries received by the chief of police seek information on Marion Grosdidier of Bellingham Washington a 19 year old about 5 feet 9 inches with light hair and blue eyes last heard from at Green River Utah en route to Butte. Letters from his father with money to Butte have not been answered or returned.
The funeral for Manus McMonagle was held Friday the 18th at Sacred Heart church with pastor William Joyce and others among the mourners. Relatives and Sisters of Charity accompanied the remains to the cemetery. He had been ill six months. survivors include James and Bridget McMonagle, four brothers, and three sisters in Ireland, plus Sister Ambrosia of Leavenworth.
Montana railroad commission and civic groups urge carriers and shippers to release and load freight cars quickly amid a nationwide shortage. Emphasis on loading to capacity, avoiding long hauls, pooling shipments, and prompt unloading to free cars for others. Recommendations cover grain, coal, and bulk goods, with incentives to hire extra help and coordinate with consignees for maximum efficiency.
A Northwestern states reclamation conference is planned in Billings this Saturday with many irrigationists from Washington Oregon Idaho Wyoming and Montana attending. The congressional appropriations commission will be present and the western delegation led by Spokane will travel via Missoula Great Falls and Helena. Governor Carey and State Engineer Frank Emerson of Wyoming are expected to attend.
H McGrath, a 16 year Montana sheep shearers' delegate, says prospects look bright despite a short lamb crop from last year. He notes higher wintering costs, but claims the range can support 20 percent more stock, wool and lamb crops will sustain profits, and next year may bring a bumper wool and lamb yield.
Patrick H. Pearse branch Friends of Irish Freedom to hold annual meeting at Hibernia hall Centerville with speeches songs and recitations. Rev Father Michael McCormick of St Josephs church to deliver the evening address. SHONE is candidate in county offices list in Standard Sunday.
The text notes Republicans seeking the county attorney nomination with Mr. Shane of Napton and Shane asserting his continued involvement in the matter amid internal party deliberations.
A long list of official department vacancies is published with examination dates. Positions include animal husbandman, assistant engineer for submarine chaser V-8, curator and assistant curator, engineer examiner classes A and B, telephonist aide, traffic instructor, foremen in armor plate and large guns heat treatment, inspectors of boilers and hulls, metallurgist, senior car equipment inspector, traveling and resident auditors, and more, with salary ranges and starting dates in July through November.
Tom Coyle and George Benjamin were arrested on grand larceny charges after a joyride in a Boston and Montana Development Company vehicle. Captain Donnell and Detective Larkin pursued them, recovering the abandoned car behind the Braund house at nine o'clock.
James A Walsh internal revenue collector for Montana and his wife Mrs Walsh visited Butte yesterday on official business. They arrived Saturday afternoon to inspect the revenue office and address tax collection matters before returning to Helena.
Chief Forester W. B. Greeley of the United States forest service arrived in Missoula to inspect the district offices. He plans to visit Alaska to plan pulp mill establishments and said demand for lumber from the forest service is at a peak with production in Western forests expected to be taxed more over the next decade.
Paris dispatch reports the French government will end the import embargo after observations show the embargo boosted the franc but harmed hundreds of firms. Officials say it is better to support legitimate exchanges than maintain a fictitious rate.
Four Army aviators traveling from Mitchelfield Long Island to Nome Alaska were halted in Erie Pennsylvania by a heavy thunderstorm today. A plan to resume the heat jump to Grand Rapids Michigan is set for Monday morning if weather allows.
Philadelphia July 18 government agents in charge of the search for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the noted draft dodger denied reports that he had been captured. Bergdoll escaped from army officers in Philadelphia May 21 and has remained at large despite wide circulation of rumor of his capture.
London dispatch reports a general mobilization in Syria in response to France demanding Feisal’s acceptance of the mandate. The move follows Paris’s ultimatum, and the British statement signals heightened regional tension as the mandate crisis deepens.
Commissioner Smyth of the Royal Irish Constabulary was shot dead last night in Cork country club by four gunmen who forced past guards as Smyth sat with friends. The attack court headlines and raises security concerns across Ireland.
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