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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
14
Lumber commands the highest prices the country has ever known while car supply remains severely limited. Charters reap gains as 30 percent of demand may be met in eight months. Wages on the coast range from five to eleven dollars daily with camp board. Strikes have been rare. unions face mill owners who oppose the I W W as treasonous.
Washington reports President Wilson discussed with Rear Admiral Grayson the possibility of playing golf soon, though it will likely be several weeks before he can visit his favorite course in Virginia following yesterday’s autos incident and security restrictions.
Minneapolis dispatch reports express cars wrecked in a collision on a March 4 route from Ohio to Chicago and St Paul. A crew member was seriously hurt while other details remain unclear amid wartime supply and uniform rate discussions. In Chicago a man identified as Frank Johnson attempted suicide by cutting his throat after learning of local booze robberies and fears over private stock. He is expected to recover.
Lieutenant Jean Edens of the Thirty-fifth Infantry Regiment, organized in 1916, spoke in Butte on a recruiting and publicity trip from Camp Lewis. He highlighted Army enlistment benefits, government training funds, and vocational schooling for youths seeking trades. The unit saw combat at Nogales and with the Eighteenth Division but did not deploy overseas before the armistice. Recruitments will draw from Montana, Idaho, and Oregon to reflect regional representation.
In Whankfort Kentucky the court declares the old belief that a married woman is bound by her husband in crime no longer applies. It holds that emancipation of women and property rights erase the coercion defense. Edith Kini of Owensboro is convicted for selling liquor without a license. The legislature has ratified suffrage, prioritizing crime over voting in a close race. Britain vows to eat leaf sugar to lower world prices and avoid higher import costs.
The government plans to reduce the sugar ration from eight to six ounces per person weekly to achieve a national saving of 180,000 tons. This change will lower sugar consumption in 1920 compared with any wartime year and impact families unable to afford sugar for their children.
Spokane report notes a two strike halt at the Rosslands of Consolidated Mining Smelting. Miners voted to work after the One Big UnionOrder influenced action following 125 layoffs due to shipment stoppage. Governor telegrams indicate BC origin and company halt.
Information from the state department says Mexican bandits planned to kidnap and ransom Augustus Morrill former American consul at Manzanillo. Manuel Ramirez, killed by order of Cipriano Carona near the murder site. Morrill shot while fleeing and again in the head as he lay. Morrill’s horse was shot. Amount taken unknown. Colima governor reports three military bands sent to the stronghold northwest of Colima city.
London reports a plan to house hundreds of thousands of American visitors on warships due to hotel shortages. Capt Colpus C Walcott suggests chartering monitors from the admiralty, converting them into floating hotels with 100 to 200 rooms per vessel, offering a cost effective solution for spring and summer tourism.
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