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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1925
Page
2
The Butte financier Lauzier, linked to the Lauzier Wolcott company, killed himself with cyanide after bankruptcy actions left many friends and creditors at stake. Police found the poison box and stained glass, with his body in pajamas and a calm, organized scene reflecting a planned act to add $75,000 to creditors.
F W Haskins, a federal referee, will take charge of Lauzier Walcott brokerage in Billings within days to oversee assets and creditors. Judge Charles N Pray ordered adjudication of liabilities after involuntary bankruptcy proceedings brought by four creditors led by W D Kyle of Butte. After a 10 day asset-liability listing and a 10 day creditor meeting, a trustee will be chosen to wind up the firm.
Gladys Golden of the Vroom block is ill with pneumonia after injuries she says were caused by beating and a fall from an automobile by Arthur and Fay DuBois ten days earlier. County officials will monitor her condition and may record a deposition if her health allows. The DuBois couple remain jailed in Anaconda on charges tied to a Georgetown Lake shooting the day after her hospital admission.
Willie Green, a Black man, was hanged in the county jail yard in Birmingham Alabama for the murder of his wife. The execution took place on June 12 following conviction.
Ada Mayo, 19, dies after former husband Tampas shoots at her on Yale Avenue near Oregon Street in Butte. He hid around her home all night and fired as she walked to a streetcar line. Tampa sshot remains found in his hand. Coroner to hold inquest. Mayo had secured a divorce in March.
Delegates from Great Falls Lewistown and other Montana towns debated grain policy and rail logistics as grain crops flourish from Miles City to Kalispell. Speakers included Charles Quinn of Toledo on farm legislation and George Moran on grain grades while John McVey projected tight carryover and favorable farmer prices.
Brussels reports Belgium again lacks a central government as Viscount Poullet’s cabinet loses Catholic support in both houses. Catholic parties refuse to back a ministry with socialist predominance, making dissolution of parliament seem the only remedy.
Walter O'Donnell, a beer runner and O'Donnell gang member, was buried with gangland pomp in Chicago. A crowd gathered as $50,000 in flowers accompanied the ceremony, though tributes to prior gang leaders were absent. O'Donnell and his henchman Harry Hassmiller were killed during a botched hold up in Evergreen Park. The case remains unsolved.
Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley of Oxford Ohio was elected president of the National Federation of Music Clubs at the fourteenth biennial convention in Portland. The board of 45 directors was announced with directors chosen by ballot. among them is Mrs. A R Merritt of Casper Wyoming. None from Montana named.
Reports from Managua say high tides and heavy rains nearly submerged Aserra dores island off Corinto, Nicaragua's key Pacific port. Rail links to the mainland are cut as residents fear the island may vanish into the sea.
Miss Mayo, who obtained a 1925 divorce on grounds of failure to provide from Tampas, faced repeated unsettling encounters with her former husband. He worked as a clerk for 10 years and more recently at Silver Bow Fruit on West Park street. Funeral plans are delayed awaiting word from Tampas's brother. the body rests at Gosselin & Harkins undertaking rooms in Butte.
Washington reports say regime of Calles in Mexico faces scrutiny as officials discuss Kellogg statement. Ambassador Telles expressed surprise, denying new outrages against Americans and noting indemnity cases stem from the Mexican revolution. Observers link oil revenue to protective measures harming foreign agriculture.
The State presses to establish the corpus delicti before presenting motives in the Billy McClintock case. Defense argues no criminal death proven. Typhoid and tainted oysters cited. no poison found. Witnesses include nurse Estelle Gheling and others connected to Shepherd and Reichman.
In Grass Valley California on June 12 the tapping sound indicated Robert Hill remained alive after 30 hours trapped by a mine cave-in. Rescue crews worked slowly placing timber as they cleared sliding rock from the ore car rails to reach him.
In Moscow on June 12 an attempt to assassinate M. Wassendin, head of the North Dvina provincial legislative committee of the Soviet Union, occurred yesterday. The assailant was arrested.
The veterans bureau accepted a site at Marquam Hill in Portland Oregon for a million dollar veterans hospital. The decision announced on June 12 comes as officials confirm the location and project scope.
The Ingertre bound for Spitzbergen carries airplanes for Amundsen search efforts. The captain was ordered to Advent Bay to unload planes and disembark Lieut. Litzow Holm and the search party. The ship will then load coal at Coles Bay for Alexandrovsk and meet Farm in Advent Bay.
French premier Painleve spent the day along the front opposing tribesmen in the French zone near Fez. He praised Caids tribesmen for loyalty to France at Tissa and decorated pilots at the aeronautic center before returning to Fez. In Tetuan Moroccan tribesmen attacked a Spanish post at Ben Karrich and were repulsed with aid from a relief column.
Secretary urges farmers and stock growers in the inter mountain country to adopt better methods and ship only quality products to offset high freight costs. He emphasizes cooperative marketing to study markets and build regional reputations for quality, aiding sales.
At graduation exercises at St Josephs school yesterday afternoon 34 eighth grade students received diplomas. Names include Hillary Gregier Joseph Harkins James Keane James Keyes Joseph McBride James McGuirn Francis Picard John OReilly Thomas Rader James Seymour Joseph Mahlon Shields Joseph Sullivan John Thomas Lexie Castro Francis Walsh and others.
William Tex S Bagley remains in custody after arrest when found with a gun and watch belonging to Frank Melvin, the Dawson track walker slain recently. He was re questioned by Chieurphy and fingerprinted by Desk Fereeant Cohen as authorities pursue leads.
In Dartmouth district near Glace Bay Nova Scotia 1500 striking miners raided British Empire Steel stores at Dominion mines No 1 3 and 4. Police say rumors of an attack on New Aberdeen power plant were unfounded.
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