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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1921
Page
1
A cloudburst devastated Wibaux and nearby areas with flooded railroad tracks and widespread damage. Three men drowned in eastern Montana as dwellings and basements filled with water. Loss estimated around $100,000 amid heavy damage and ruined properties.
Achille Cardellino Calmy surrenders at a police station after ten hours at large. Authorities had pursued him for an alleged attack on a girl. The case unfolds with investigators detailing the suspect’s abrupt surrender and the circumstances surrounding the pursuit.
Northern Pacific reports ten miles of track washed out by two cloudbursts near Sentinel Hutte and Medora. crop losses offset by rainfall totals around two and a half inches. In Glendive reports, floodwaters flood streets and homes while trainmen say three crewmen died in Teaver creek flood, though details remain unclear. Meanwhile a separate case ends with Achille Cardellino surrendering after a razor assault against Miss Dolly Rivera. he admits quarrel over her affections and describes intent to kill himself.
The Kel ot Washington and Oregon has purchased Day & Hansen Security of Spokane holdings in Montana. The Blair ranch in the Blackfoot valley along the Northern Pacific Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines covers 35 000 east of Missoula and 20 000 more with a reported total value near 1 000. HF Kelley of Prairie will move to Montana to supervise operations as livestock worth 275 000 is shipped in.
Four people are reported killed and six injured when a Detroit United Railway steel car collided with a wooden car near Ann Arbor. The dead include Mr and Mrs Arthur ee of Highland Park Detroit and Miss ach of Chelsea. a 23 year old woman and an unidentified baby are among the injured. The wooden car was crushed while the steel car suffered minor damage.
Mrs. Corbin, widow of D C Corbin, testified in Spokane that her chauffeur Louis B Lilge lived as husband and wife and sought funds from the Corbin fortune. Lilge claimed she was a wonderful woman with a mind like Benjamin Franklin and threatened to sue over the will after a heist fire at the Corbin home.
A veteran heads to an old camp ground amid attacks on supply ships for the Crown Forces. Dublin coast guard stations are burned, Wexford courthouse is bombed, and Ravensdale Castle is set ablaze by attackers.
Sam Berkin a trail blazer into Montana celebrated his ninety fifth birthday at a Thorn ton hotel dinner hosted by his son John Berkin. He arrived at Fort Benton before 1864 and drove the first mule train from Fort Benton to Virginia City then helped lead bull trains and later built roads for the first stock trains. His life spanned mining and stock raising with ties to the Diamond R freighting outfit from 1866 into the 1870s. Continued on Page 8.
Edward Denny, 16, was saved from the Niagara Whirlpool today after nearly an hour in the water. He clung to a lifting log and was swept from near the Maid of the Mist landing on the American side by a swift current.
Washouts on the main line near Wibaua in the extreme eastern state prevented Northern Pacific trains No 1 and 1 from reaching Butte yesterday. The North Coast limited due in Butte by 8:10 a m was over 24 hours late as the disruption continued.
In Miami on June 18, W Bryan at Villa Serena urged that Admiral William S Sims be discharged from the U S Navy for confidential communications. He said Republicans supported him then and now must bear responsibility for his latest action, adding age worsens him.
A Winnett message to ex mayor Marshall states the West Dome No 4 well came in this afternoon. The event is regarded as highly important as it extends the productive Cat Creek area much farther south than before. The well is described as among the best in its part of the field, section 9 15.
Retired major general and former chief of staff of the U S Army, General Tint. Young, en route to Yellowstone, recalled Civil War service and Indian campaigns in the southwest. He spoke of meeting General Scott and his long association with military life beginning in 1861.
San Jose American Legion votes to condemn Rear Admiral Sims and Col. Harvey remarks in England as insults to American war dead and wounded. Copies will be sent to the President, secretary of the navy, senate foreign relations chair, and national Legion command.
George Boye, 45, of Lakebelt township near Fairmont, shot and killed Mrs. John Schneider and then shot himself. He is in critical condition at a Ceylon hospital with doubtful recovery. Mrs. Schneider had recently left his service and returned for belongings. a note said she had transferred affections to another.
Armed groups raid ships and coast guard facilities in Cork and Dublin areas. A steamer bound for Spike Island was boarded. supplies were dumped. Coast guard stations burned. Wexford courthouse bombed. Leinster mansion Ravern dale Castle destroyed. Civilians wounded as police patrols are ambushed and a teacher and others are found dead.
In Detroit on June 18 Elizabeth Lewin a 78 year old woman was found guilty of first degree murder in a recorder's court. She received a life sentence at the Detroit House of Correction. Prosecution evidence claimed she took the boy from his home and killed him to avenge a business dispute with the boy's father.
A miners' leader declares intent to run for head of the American Federation of Labor. The formal announcement is expected before Monday, signaling a high level bid within the labor movement.
Reports claim a $100000 slush fund and railroad union backing may push John L. Lewis to challenge Samuel Gompers for AFL president. Delegates arriving from Denver say Lewis could announce his candidacy next Monday while Gompers backers deny statements and prepare to assess voting strength.
Overbrook post of the American Legion reports Russell Gross of Philadelphia died in action at the Argonne forest after his unit Captured a machine gun nest. The post plans to rename itself in his honor and honor his bravery cited by a top general.
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