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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1920
Page
2
Former Speaker Clark pushes a reform bill to reduce candidate spending and place election finances under government supervision. He proposes federal election day clerks from one party work with opposing party officials, and aims to limit money in presidential canvassing while coordinating state and federal authorities for national elections.
In Rome on June 1 Pope Benedict issued an episcopal letter calling for Christian reconciliation and peace. He notes that even after the war, ill will persists and urges all Christians to forget grievances to foster mutual understanding and avert dangers from ongoing hostility among peoples.
Funeral services for James L. Goughnour former mayor and deputy county clerk were held in Livingston with Christian Science and Woodmen of the World services. Memorial Day featured a morning and afternoon observance led by the Van Brocklin fife and drum corps. Visitors included Ned Frost en route to Yellowstone to join archer researchers Dr. Saxton Pope and Arthur Young for a grizzly study. Fujita and M Harada from Osaka planned lectures in Japan after touring U S parks. Horace M Albright of Yellowstone passed through en route to Glacier on park business. Bird house contests prize offered by a local businessman referenced.
A three day Crow Indian pow wow begins in the Reno district six miles south of the Crow reservation with many Billings residents attending. The parade featured a prize of ten dollars for the best dressed participant. Rain for 48 hours boosts optimism for a bumper crop as seeding nears completion. Funeral plans are being made for Henry F Bondine a 71 year old pioneer merchant who died Sunday at Warm Springs lasting impact in Billings since 1890.
Minneapolis grain notes receipts 349 cars versus 193 a year ago. Wheat cash No 1 northern priced at 2.95 to 3.10. corn No 2 yellow 1.79 to 1.80. oats No 3 1.02 to 1.04. rye around 2.04 to 2.06. plax No 1 4.04 to 4.09. flour unchanged. shipments 57,182 barrels. bran 53.
South St Paul market report shows hog receipts at 2,300 with steady prices and ranges from 12.50 to 14.20, bulk around 13.75 to 14.00. Cattle receipts total 200 with gains of up to 25 cents. fat steers around 13.25, cows and heifers 7 to 12.25, calves strong at 5 to 12.75, stockers and feeders firm. Lambs at 16, wethers 8.12, ewes down to 1.50.
Special cable report describes arson at Castletown customs house in Cork, a burned police barracks at Cullybackey in Antrim, a mail train held up in Bantry with several mail bags likely containing government documents, and the death of laborer Michael Toole in Lynch Mayo after being clubbed for not quitting work. Widespread restiveness noted in Limerick as patrols curb street assemblies.
Butte residents recall the marriage of Annette Bichot to Private Ralph Markland amid war wounds and family opposition. Legion members and auxiliary staff provided care, funds, and hospital support until her death, with officials asserting she received full honors and a soldier’s burial in the American Legion plot at Holy Cross cemetery.
Washington reports that ongoing public attitudes toward discrimination and thrift may lower living costs nationwide. Retail prices show local declines while limits on production curb immediate credit changes. Car railroad shortages and labor scarcities slow primary production across federal reserve districts.
Senator Poindexter will arrive in Chicago on June 4. Miss Mary Garrett Hay convened a caucus of about 26 women delegates and 125 alternates to press suffrage and prohibition for the Republican platform. Captain Victor Heintz will seek a compromise between conservative and radical women. Some national committeemen oppose adopting the planks since Congress has sent the amendments to the states. 50-50 control demands by women face resistance from male leaders.
Five sons two daughters and seven grandsons of Edmund Burke Fairfield a founder of the Republican Party will attend a family convention in Chicago from June 6 to June 10. Fairfield was a cousin of Stonewall Jackson and served as Michigan state senator in 1856 and lieutenant governor in 1858.
In Homer Nebraska a dozen houses were carried away by floodwaters from Omaha creek after heavy rain. Residents fled to higher ground as damage to Homer and nearby areas is estimated at 500000 dollars. Livestock losses run into thousands and railroad tracks were washed out.
Livingston June 1 Harvey Johnson of Butte pleaded guilty to forgery in district court and was sentenced to three to six years in the state penitentiary. His wife remains out on bonds on charges of passing forged checks.
London. Sculptress Lady Scott, widow of an explorer, declares women do not excel in any art and cannot be associates of the Royal Academy. She claims women are an inferior race and offers no deeper reason for their alleged failures in art.
Beatrice Ruth Youngberg, age six, signed for admission to Mills College in Oakland. She is the youngest U.S. entrant and the first child enrolled under advance enrollment rules for the class of 1932. Freshman enrollment closed two months ago with 150 students turned away for lack of accommodations.
Rep. Tinkham cites a Paris cable from Herbert Hoover urging immediate sugar policy action and rationing nonessential use, blaming President Wilson's policies for high sugar prices. Hoover warns Congress must act on sugar control, price stabilization, and Cuban purchases for 1920, while offering independent expert recommendations.
The ex-kaiser’s Corfu palace will become a second Monte Carlo with roulette as the main draw, backed by the Greek government. A second gambling resort near Athens is also planned, aiming to lure continental and American high-spenders.
The Butte school board decided to provide temporary classroom space for McKinley students until permanent buildings are ready. Barracks from the School of Mines will be used next year if needed, with repairs estimated at 100000 dollars.
Joe Barrenstein aged 15 pulled the trigger while being shown how to handle a gun and fired an eight caliber bullet through a finger. He suffered tendon damage but no bone break, and may lose use of the finger. Dr. Gleason treated the wound and sent him home to 516 South Montana Street.
June 1 report that the supreme court did not decide the validity of the prohibition amendment and portions of the enforcement act. The court recessed until next Monday when the current term will end.
Students in Professor Sherwood's bacteriology laboratory at the University of Kansas engage in research on the elusive influenza germ. The team notes several germs have been identified while the influenza germ remains at large, forming part of ongoing study into flu causation.
The Butte Chamber of Commerce board outlined a three part work program including major forum and supplemental components. Goals cover labor industry cooperation consolidation of city and county governments good roads street paving tourism camping grounds and extensive publicity. Committees for forum and general work were named with leaders and members to push sanitation law enforcement home industry and gardens to combat food shortages.
Dr Emil Starz a bacteriological chemist for the Montana state livestock sanitary board in Helena has devised a new dipping emulsion for cattle and horses. The formula uses Mosby oil from Fergus county and is milky in appearance. The emulsion is finer than prior dips and stable for days, allowing a single dipping to suffice and reducing costs by more than half, estimated to save stockmen thousands of dollars annually.
Great Falls Mont June 1 All mines in the Neihart camp closed as miners walked out over a demand to raise pay from 5.50 to 6 a day. The One Big Union voted to strike. Owners said no I W W workers will be employed until actions are investigated. About 300 men are affected.
Miss Louise B. Iams of Madison Township Pennsylvania died recently and directed in her will that the revenue from her farm valued at 30000 dollars be devoted to the care of four dogs her pets. The court has appointed a guardian for the dogs.
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