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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
1
The Butte school board tentatively increases operating budgets for the next year with thirteen mill special levies. Officials say the higher amounts are needed to cover rising costs and maintain current programs.
The finance committee report to the school board recommends 13 mills in special taxes for district operations next year, with 3 mills for the high school. The levy equals last year but the requested amounts exceed prior estimates. Grade school needs are set at 930,000, high school at 150,050, and district debt shown as 491,683.23. A 5.00 text book purchase levy is also proposed. The board adopted a resolution to inform county commissioners of estimates and recommendations. Selection of a new Butte high principal was deferred 24 hours pending review of Superintendent Douglass’s nomination, with J. G. Ragsdale named as favored candidate.
Mrs. Maggie Smith Hathaway of Stevensville announces her candidacy for the First Montana District in Congress. She plans to file a declaration of intentions within days. Hathaway, a former Ravalli County representative and the only woman member of the last state assembly, arrives in Missoula amid local enthusiasm.
Reported incident in Tampico involving ten American employees of a Texaco company seized by Mexican bandits. Authorities in Washington seek confirmation of the ransom demand and potential impact on U S policy toward the Obregon government. Officials say no firm details reached at the White House as yet.
Nine workers died in a powder blast at Holston Quarry near Strawberry Plains east of Knoxville. Two sustained serious injuries and seven others received minor hurts as 24 cases of dynamite exploded. the cause remained undetermined tonight.
Customs inspectors seized 2400 bottles of alleged liquor from three ships in New York harbor, two American flagged and one Norwegian. The United States Shipping Board steamer President Arthur yielded 150 cases of liquor, mostly German-made, though crew claimed no knowledge of its presence. Officials said the raid was conducted under authority, with full report expected tomorrow.
Madame Sun Yat Sen, wife of South China’s deposed president, arrived from Canton and recounted in a AP interview her husband’s last stand with 60 guards against Chen Chiung Aing’s force. She said the bodyguard of 50 stayed with her in the palace until Sun fled. Fire from Chen’s troops rained on the palace as defenders held a desperate, doomed line.
The Pennsylvania railroad and its employes agreed to wage reductions effective July 1. The maintenance of way department with 39,400 workers and the telegraph and signal department with 3,100 will be affected. The cuts align with lower living costs and nationwide employment conditions, reflecting public demand for cheaper transportation per ICC freight-rate orders.
Special Officer F I Mooney of the Great Northern halted a gang of about 15 train bandits near the first tunnel east of Hutte. A passenger train entering the tunnel was gas filled as shots rang out. Mooney held a prisoner, a Frank Kovacich, at the jetty while delivering the suspect to jail after bringing the officer safely back to town.
Associated Press reports Fargo North Dakota voters prepare for today’s statewide primary. The campaign, labeled a campaign of silence, centers on Senator P. J. McCumber and the finances committee of the U S senate. The election also gauges public verdict on half year records of state officials elected in last fall’s recall that unseated Governor metas.
Washington June 27 Senator Walsh charged the administration tariff schedule with launching a consumer raid. The debate over duties on cattle beef cereals potatoes and apples dominated hours without voting on committee amendments. Walsh claimed the levy would raise annual costs by about 1.316 billion dollars and hit the average family of six hard, while McCumber and Gooding defended the measure.
Two or more men robbed Corvallis State Bank early today tearing a window, damaging deposit boxes with hundreds of dollars in liberty bonds and family jewels. The vault lock was busted with tools from a nearby blacksmith. Sheriff fingerprints indicate multiple suspects. Losses exceed $300 in damaged fixtures.
Government issues ultimatum to Rory O Connor demanding evacuation of the Four Courts Building within a few hours. Irish faction foresees imminent clash as tensions rise in Dublin.
London dispatches report OConnor forces stockpile provisions and reinforce barricades in Dublin after midnight. They tear up granite pavement and streetcar tracks to slow attack while demanding evacuation of the Four Courts. The government reportedly pressed Rory OConnor to quit leadership.
Washington reports the general scale committee of the anthracite workers today abandoned all plans to call an absolute strike and withdrawal of pumpmen from the mines. The committee affirmed the situation remains as it was before convening Monday morning after receiving nearly unanimous permission by referendum from 150,000 idle miners to suspend any immediate strike action.
A decision to call men out was reached by the executive committee after a lengthy discussion and votes. The report notes the union head structure and the action affecting workers.
Chicago June 27 The 400000 railway shopmen will strike July 1 unless the railroads agree to a 60 million dollar wage cut reversal and restore former working conditions. A telegram from B M Jewell to the Association of Railway Executives placed a final deadline after a lengthy union committee meeting. A possible delay hinges on immediate, modified talks and ending external contracting of railroad work.
In Herrin Illinois a carnival erupted near the hospital where wounded strikebreakers lie. The crowd laughed and wore paper caps as last week s incident faded into social bustle during the installment of a local chapter of an international club.
Twenty one men are reported dead in and around Mexicali after overnight fighting along the boundary. Bodies found on the Mexican side and one in an American ditch near Calexico suggest a nocturnal clash with suspected revolutionary executions. Ranchers heard continued gunfire as authorities investigated.
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