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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1926
Page
1
Big income tax collections boost treasury surplus far beyond estimate. One hundred nine candidates already filed. Montana vets close meeting with election. High officials of administration say real effect of new revenue law can't be gauged for some time.
Washington notes show income tax receipts for the quarter push the fiscal year ending June 30 above 300 million dollars. The increase follows a tax rate cut and comes after June payments already exceed last year by over two million. Officials expect total collections to top 477 million during this quarterly period.
Harry M. Johnson of Anaconda won the eighth annual Montana Legion convention closing session, defeating Herbert Kibler of Havre and C. E. Larabie of Deer Lodge. Kibler later named state historian and 7B. Pay Lodge chosen for historian. call to national Legion for equal representation in auxiliary and welfare work.
Investigating deputies and state police responded to a violent open fight near Williamson. Three men and a woman were killed and several arrests are reported as Sheriff Bishop probes the incident. Victims were found at the scene while other participants fled across the river.
Oklahoma City June 19 Associated Press Louis Mayers a plumber's helper slipped into a hospital room where his wife lay wounded and fired two more rounds before dying in a personal crisis. He had eluded police all night while posing as her brother to obtain her room number and threaten murder before firing.
Chicago prepares for the 28th international eucharistic congress with more than 2000 masses across 367 churches. Pilgrims from around the world arrive as 12 cardinals and 400 bishops join the opening ceremonies under Pope Pius XI’s spiritual guidance.
Governor Ross of Wyoming declines to attend a dinner at Yellowstone July 2 honoring the crown prince and princess of Sweden, citing an important state board meeting. She expresses appreciation for the invitation and explains she cannot be entertained due to official duties.
A June 20 Sunday is suggested as Father’s day with debates on its origin and how it should be observed. Citizens recall a kind hearted push and veteran heads propose limits on chores and gifts, urging rules to protect fathers from domestic duties.
Mrs Pesanti testifies that first intimation of her husband’s disappearance came through a trackwalker. The widow describes Goretti as a pivotal figure in the ongoing tale.
Mrs Jennie Pesanti widow of Paul Pesanti testifies at the Madison county district court murder trial of Joe Goretti saying she left the ranch in 1923 to visit a daughter and returned January 16. She recounts Goretti threatening to stay away from the ranch and that Fantini claimed to have killed her husband while she was at Lavon. She describes a looted cabin with about 500 dollars and a locked window in disarray and notes Goretti’s claim of seeing her husband in Idaho while moonshining.
In London on a hot June day women from across England gather in Hyde Park to advocate arbitration security and disarmament in a large reformist demonstration. They adopt a resolution urging rulers to ensure the nation never again engages in war and to pursue peaceful and binding international measures.
The Yegen Block at Park and North Dakota streets will be sold at public auction. Authorized by William Hanson yesterday, as receiver of the defunct Yegen Brothers Bank of Butte, the sale will raise receipts to benefit the bank creditors. The 1925 county assessment set the property at 193200 dollars, covering building and land. Auction at 10 a.m. on the front steps of the courthouse.
In New York the end of the Broadway season is marked by tragedy as Ann Austin an actress and former wife of a captain from Charleston West Virginia kills herself after weeks of unemployment and leaving a note blaming a man named Emil. Alexander Niesen a former Russian army officer and last winter Broadway chorus man drowns to escape life’s troubles.
Aboard the SS Aquitania on June 19 the crew endures a 50 hour gale as they race toward a globe circumnavigation record. Radiograms from Edward Evans and partners reassure the team that the schedule remains intact for dawn Tuesday, despite the rough voyage.
Attorney LL Finch was attacked by four men on Brockway Main Street, beaten with a club, placed in an automobile, and tarred and feathered. Warrants were issued for Wendell August coal operator Frank Palmer Marie Clark and C M Fase sett, August employees, on charges connected to the attack. Charles M Margiotti, Finch’s counsel, said the assault arose from friction after a visit to August.
Eleven names were added to the candidate list for August 3 primaries bringing total to 109. Filings include two county office aspirants and nine committee men petitions. Richard McGrath 613 Transit street entered as twenty-second Milver Row constable candidate. Ambrose J. Beckett 1036 Gallatin street listed for county treasurer. Committeemen on Republican ticket filed Saturday precinct 23 Jacobett 436 precinct 7 John J. Doldge 1618 North.
Berlin dispatch reports Germans prepare to vote on confiscating property of former rulers as a plebiscite opens. Government leaders express confidence the measure will fail to gain the required two thirds and avert a broader political crisis. If approved, monarchs including kings and princes would lose estates valued around three billion.
The defense rests after requesting no further case against the defendant in a murder trial involving a half year old stepdaughter. The judge excluded first degree murder from jury consideration and the defense prepared to rest as a large mostly female audience listened to continued testimony. The state used photos of the body to support its case before the noon adjournment of the brief session.
Large crowds are expected at Clark park for the Pageant of Progress on July 1 and a prize fight between Chick Suggs and Dixie Lahood on July 8. The Pageant Master and over 600 participants including a 400 cast and a 200 voice chorus train daily as community entries pile up for the celebration.
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