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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1922
Page
1
A dynamite blast at the East Side Pool Hall buried several card players under debris but officials say no one was severely injured. Rescue teams worked through wreckage as the building suffered major roof damage and authorities investigated possible motives and suspects.
Men seen running a dynamite blast damaged the Alley billiard room at 470 East Broadway just after 10 pm last night. No injuries, though a boy named Hill was knocked down and three men at a table were buried under plaster. Bartender Siikkonen and proprietor Laukkonen avoided serious harm. Police responded after a report of a fight. explosion occurred as suspects were being brought to jail. A Finlander Midsummer link is suggested, with continued coverage on Page 10.
Miles City dispatch reports a joint raid by Helena officials and four federal officers led by J W Welliver on illegal liquor operations. About ten oclock the team conducted four warrants and filed information in district court resulting in nine arrests.
Senator Myers denounces mine murders in a Senate speech declaring the Herrin slaughter proves there is no free America. He condemns violence linked to mine labor conflicts and calls for justice and reform to protect workers and citizens.
In the Senate Senator Myers of Montana brands Herrin district violence as proof of the lack of free America where workers must bargain without invisible government control. He cites counts of strike disruption and asserts workers have a constitutional right to labor, while Senator Borah questions the motives of strike breakers.
Halifax June 24 Efforts to locate 19 crew members of the Gloucester schooner Purl Tan wrecked on Sable Island rocks have been unavailing. Reports say rescuers search the area without success as night fell.
AP reports in Dublin that Southern Ireland’s new parliament will include 58 pro treaty members, 6 independents, Trinity College reps, and anti treaty candidates. Despite a week until meeting, no coalition cabinet formed as treatyites delay requests for joint cabinet ministers and republican hopes for peace face internal tensions. The Plain People criticizes the assembly as a mongrel body while the Irish Republican Army remains the sole faction steadfast to its ideals.
The Montana bar loses a distinguished member with the death of Col C B Nolan at Murray hospital after an intestinal gangrene operation. He died after a short illness lasting about 48 hours, following a valiant but losing battle.
Japan announced a policy of peace and a timetable to withdraw troops from Siberia. A diplomatic advisory council fixed November 30 as the last departure date from maritime Siberia, signaling a stance as a nonaggressive nation seeking world peace. The cabinet’s decision was described as moving Japan toward that record. In related news Colonel Nolan’s illness led to a major operation after an earlier minor one. he later died with his wife and attendants nearby as prominent legal and Masonic figures attended the funeral arrangements in Helena.
William Rockefeller died at his North Tarrytown country estate after a pneumonia bout complicated by kidney trouble. The financier and younger Rockefeller brother, aged 1? years, had just returned from a boyhood trip with John D. Rockefeller to Tioga County. Doctors were summoned at dawn after a cold from heavy rains worsened the illness.
The Associated Press reports a levee on the east side of the Mercedes flood district broke, releasing a large flood toward Harlingen Cameron county and Sebastian Willacy county. Rail connections with the lower Valley were feared to be at risk.
Berlin reports Dr. Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister, was shot and killed on his way to the foreign office. Assailants fired and used grenades, with bullets striking the throat and brain. Memorial sessions and mixed reactions follow as the nation confronts political consequences.
Reports from districts south of Nanchang indicate ongoing unrest despite claims of quelling the Kiangsi mutiny. Observers cite communications difficulties and possible troop movements by the Peking government to quell further outbreaks in neighboring areas.
Cincinnati June 24 The American Federation of Labor closes its convention with a call for a nonpartisan fall campaign to elect friends of organized labor. Delegates vote overwhelming against recognition of the Russian Soviet government, marking a victory for administration forces led by President Samuel Gompers. The plan entrusts general campaign conduct to the federation's executive committee.
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