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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1921
Page
1
Approximately 100 bodies recovered after Friday night flood. Pueblo under martial law with 150 troops patrolling the city to keep civilians from a restricted district, armed with rifles and pistols and ordered to shoot if needed. Camps for homeless established as search for more victims continues despite fear of renewed flood.
Henry E. Oppenheimer secretary of the Symons company lies in state at Temple Einai Israel as hundreds gather outside and a large crowd fills the temple. Dr J K Levin delivers a simple tribute to a man described as generous and deeply loved, with hymns and readings marking the service and reflections on his 23 years of friendships.
President Harding preached from a woodland pulpit at Valley Forge saying America must preserve independence and fatherly traditions to fulfill duties to humanity. He spoke to several thousand under the Valley Forge Historical Society with Mrs Harding present after services at the Washington memorial chapel.
Flood reports from Swallows Colorado and La Junta describe a wall of water threatening Pueblo and Eastern Colorado. Crests reached 12 feet at La Junta, with three feet in Las Animas and a three-mile-wide inundation. Bridges washed out, power and drinking water cut, farms destroyed, and towns bracing as Santa Fe detours trains. Dodge City anticipates noon arrival, and widespread damage expands toward Dodge City and Lamar.
A damaged OCR fragment lists several deceased individuals and relatives, including Duffy Wilson a switch foreman and others with surnames Williams Jackson Hart and Prewitt. The text also references children and in-laws such as Ethel Jimmie Archie Lambert and Cordova. The passage appears to catalog killed or known dead with kinship notes.
MISSOULA June 5 Special Dispatch to the Standard J C Wood chief of the division of horticulture resigns to Chester C Davis new commissioner of agriculture. He says the insect pest control bill places control in Bozeman and the chief’s office would only forward orders from the Montana state experiment station, leaving him a figure head in Western Montana.
At the Southwestern division headquarters in St. Louis an additional 50000 dollars was approved for relief of flood sufferers in Pueblo California. The latest appropriation brings total Red Cross aid to Pueblo to 100000 dollars.
Dublin reports a patrol ambuscaded with a sergeant shot dead and other fatal clashes. A separate incident near Abbeyfeale, Limerick, saw a constable killed and five wounded while removing seditious posters. John Brady, son of a solicitor, was killed by bicyclists. an armed companion died later. Auxiliaries reportedly fired into a crowd in Dublin, killing a member of parliament and wounding another man and a woman.
At St Helena cathedral in Helena the Revs Emmett Riley Emmett J O Neill and Thomas Gallagher were elevated to the priesthood by Rt Rev John P Carroll with assistance from Rt Rev Mgr Victor Day. The new priests were entertained at the cathedral rectory and Riley will celebrate his first Mass at St Marys Butte next Sunday then pursue postgraduate study in Washington DC.
President Harding wired Governor Shoup expressing sorrow and offering federal aid to Colorado flood sufferers in Pueblo and the Arkansas River valley. He praised Colorado's response and urged further contact if aid is needed, noting the United States' shared sorrow.
Laura Bromwell, famous women pilot and loop the loop record holder, was killed at Mitchell Field near Mineola New York. She had just completed a loop and was about to begin another when her plane crashed from about 1000 feet. The 23 year old Cincinnati native set the loop the loop record on May 15, 1921 with 199 loops in 1 hour 20 minutes and earlier that day flew 135 mph over a two mile straight course. Spectators watched as the aircraft fell and burned in the wreckage. Army officers said she tested the machine beforehand and found it sound.
A mass meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association at the Butte high school administration building will convene at 8 o clock tonight under Mrs John McBarron president. Attorney Tom Davis will preside with speakers including Rev B H Lingnfelter pastor of the Christian church Rev J K Levin Mrs A Grigg Mrs Mathisen Miss Cora Owsley and Judgeney Sanner.
Attorney C Wagner alleges May 30 thefts of 18 liquor cases from two autos near Crystal Springs road house by two men claiming deputy sheriff status. One car left for Idaho after blocking the other, with Green River Sunnybrook gin Three Star Hennessy and more. no formal charges filed and liquor not returned. Sheriff Duggan disputes any agency involvement and Wagner vows further inquiry.
The Federal Reserve board urged Congress to authorize Secretary Mellon to provide up to 50 million dollars to the War Finance Commission to loan to cattle raisers. Governor Harding said the emergency for livestock credit remains urgent, proposing rediscountable cattle paper and longer terms via reserve banks as fiscal agents for the War Finance Corporation.
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