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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1923
Page
1
Twenty Montanans provide a final sum of 100,009 dollars for a Shelby fight in Great Falls. Committee head G. H. Stanton states funds will be deposited at Power City before this evening.
President Warren G. Harding and Mrs. Harding toured Butte Montana amid enthusiastic crowds on a sunlit morning. Highlights included a top of Butte hill view from Mountain View mine, a tour of the Leonard mine hoisting engine, and a ceremony at Clark Park where Boy Scouts were decorated with medals.
The Dempsey Gibbons heavyweight title fight, troubled by finances, will proceed in Shelby on July 4 after $100,000 was raised by 20 Montana businessmen led by George H. Stanton. The final installment, $100,000 of the $300,000 guarantee, will be paid in cash by tomorrow night.
President Harding addressed a packed Shriners hall in Helena Montana urging Americans to back membership in the permanent world court. He stepped away from his prepared talk to press the cause saying the world court could help prevent war and that the United States should initiate negotiations toward joining. He called for national teamwork and asked Montanans to influence Congress to pursue this goal.
President Harding ends a prepared speech urging Montanans to influence others to back U S membership through the proposed court plan. He appeals to public support to shape allied unity and international alignment.
Helena front page review notes President Harding draws crowds but fails to push a clear political line during a westward tour. Reporters describe his personal popularity yet cold reception to his party platform, with mixed reactions across diverse Montana audiences and leaders. Continued on Page 4, Column 4.
Mayence, June 29. Seven Germans were today sentenced to death by a French court martial for sabotage. One man received life penal servitude and another five years. The death sentences were meted to Herren Sasse Maurer Gruber Hanme Schneider Dreyer and Frey. Lauth and Koegler were sentenced to life and five years respectively.
Matthew S. Browning a widely known Utah capitalist and financier died suddenly in an Ogden office after heart trouble. He was 63 and brother of John M Browning Jr noted firearm inventor.
A wrinkled elderly woman blocks Harrison avenue as President Harding and escort approach the depot. She peels through secret service lines, offers a red rose, and earns a warm smile as the rose is pinned to the president’s lapel.
President Harding’s aide Henry Wallace and fellow officials toured the Leonard mine in Butte. They descended to 1,200 and 2,200 foot levels with mining executives, observing crosscuts and ore, while Wallace noted agricultural recovery and cattle prospects amid the mine visit.
James A. McFarland of Dalton Georgia was unanimously elected national commander of the Disabled American Veterans at the closing session of the world war veterans convention in Minneapolis Minnesota. His name was the only one placed in nomination.
A tremor lasting several seconds struck San Bernardino at 4 25 pm. It was felt in Redlands Colton Highland and nearby areas with light impact in Los Angeles. No damage reported.
In Bozeman Montana on June 29 1920 attorney Justin M Smith filed a demurrer to Mrs Danners divorce bill, the first defense move in the case of Seth O Danner held without bail for the alleged murders of John Sprouse and his wife Florence during a Yellowstone trail camping trip. Mrs Danner confessed on June 8 and led authorities to the crime site, where the victims were buried and later identified. The story continues on page 4 column 6.
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