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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
1
Anaconda Copper Mining Company announces a new wage scale effective on local properties. The change follows an agreement reached recently and affects workers at company sites in Butte.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company posted a wage increase affecting all unions except metal trades at its Butte mines and likely at other company sites. Rates rose for boiler cleaners to foremen and timekeepers, with total payout estimated around 195000 dollars next week as workers receive extra envelopes due to the 24 day cycle and Fourth of July adjustments.
News arrives that John A. Largent a former Great Falls educator and Republican figure killed himself in his office in San Francisco a letter from former Gov. Richards to Gen. War confirms. Largent formerly served as superintendent of schools and on the Great Falls board of education and was a lawyer.
French regiment arrives in Sofia to disarm the Bulgarian garrison after an attack by Bulgarians on landing at Lom Palanka. A three hour fusillade left three French soldiers dead and tensions rise between France and Bulgaria.
Paris July 24 Baltic commission of the peace conference presented a report urging that Aland stand between Sweden and Finland be guaranteed neutral and not claimed under the League of Nations.
Helena July 24 reports from A H Abbott deputy supervisor show all forest fire messages reaching the Helena national forest office are encouraging indicating better conditions. In Portage la Prairie Manitoba July 24 Lieut W R Buster Cross and Mrs S P Kerr are dead and Lieut R P Kerr is seriously injured after an airplane exhibition crash this afternoon.
During parliamentary debate T J McNamara, parliamentary secretary of the admiralty, announced that since the armistice the British fleet has canceled orders for 62 ships, yielding a net saving of £42,000,000.
Butte bakers request approval to raise bread prices by 12 percent, arguing cost of baking and distributing bread justifies the move. They will present data to the state efficiency and trade commission now in session to support sanctioning the price increase.
Sheriff’s deputies raided an illicit distillery at 19 Pleasant Alley at 10 last night seizing a large haul. The still included a galvanized boiler with worms and condensers, a substantial mash, and a library of distilling recipes. Several gallons of whiskey were found and samples taken for court evidence.
The Montana Golf Association hosts its annual event at Butte Country Club starting at 8 o'clock with both men and women’s championships. About 75 entrants expected. matches to be divided into four or five flights. First rounds begin Saturday. Friday features 18 hole men’s match play. finals set for Lund. Barker defends state trophy, Wheeler the reigning women’s champion. Novak and Noble tested links yesterday.
Atlanta papers report a 72-year-old Black resident fatally harmed by a mob near Milan, May 26, after biting a white man in defense of a Black woman. Milan officials sought to release details to aid in capturing the mobsters, but no arrests had been made.
Copenhagen July 24 Esthonian troops stop the Bolshevik offensive east and west of Pskov and the bolsheviks in that region are in full retreat A counter offensive has begun with strong Esthonian reinforcement Bolshevik losses were very heavy according to an Esthonian official report received today.
London reports eight hundred natives killed and sixteen hundred wounded in recent Egyptian disturbances. Dispatches from Bayot and B. H. Allenby summarized by Cell Har Worth state the figures, released during a House of Commons session.
Final preparations completed for the De Valera visit in Butte. A mass patriotic program includes hundreds of school children singing on courthouse steps, directed by Mrs Frances Harte Parks with Central High School orchestra. The president will speak at Hebgen Park after a parade from Montana and Granite streets.
The Montana efficiency and trade commission opened hearings in Butte revealing alleged price manipulation. Witnesses including E A Ames and C H Gallagher testified they bought groceries from Tacoma wholesalers and shipped to Butte to undercut local prices. Evidence suggested a commission man led to inflated costs for residents, with formal questioning of merchants and standard boilerplate safeguards while profits and cost data remain undisclosed.
The women of Butte join the Standard in seeking lower food and essential item prices. The women's council will appoint a committee to represent women at the new efficiency and trade commission hearings, act as a vigilance group, and gather facts for investigators. They oppose profiteering and insist on fair costs.
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