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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
1
Government officials in Washington on April 30 expressed confidence that May Day radical demonstrations would not trigger nationwide violence. The Justice Department renewed warnings for local authorities to keep radical elements under control and for all law enforcement to stay vigilant against real and fancied dangers.
Los Angeles officials pursue a confessed serial killer named Watson who claims to have murdered Mrs Delaney and three other women. He guided investigators to a San Diego county burial site after a hammer attack in Long Beach. The confession lists deaths connected to wives including Mrs Delaney and Elizabeth Pryor, with others deemed accidental. Authorities note heightened vigilance around May Day gatherings as federal agents monitor radicals and potential plots.
Federal state and city forces prepared to curb any acts in May Day demonstrations. Over 60 suspects were rounded up as part of a drive that toppled 300 arrests last night. One man named John Jack was nabbed distributing May Day handbills urging revolt. A radical literature wave and handbills signed by the I W W circulated on the West Side. Clothing workers strike called by major unions to protest the imprisonment of Debs O'Hare Mooney and others.
W. W. Canada, longtime American consul at Vera Cruz, testified to a senate committee that 1914 statements by Louis Cabrera, Carranza finance minister, said Carranza sought to drive Americans from Mexico and seize their property. Canada said Carranza later pursued this policy, and he resigned in 1918 fearing entrapment. He claimed U S authorities ignored his warnings and proposed intervention.
Part of the second floor of the new chemical and metallurgical building at the School of Mines collapsed at 6 40 pm during the last concrete pour. About 75 feet of west side dropped, two workers were carried down but escaped major injury. damage estimated at 6000 dollars. Approximately 20 men were on site, with work halted for clearing wreckage.
Tombstone April 30. H K E Wootton was found not guilty of kidnapping in connection with the Bisbee deportations of July 12, 1947. The jury brought in the verdict at 7:25 p m.
Great Falls dispatches a special train carrying over 1000 tons of 99.93 percent pure zinc from Anaconda Copper Mining’s Great Falls works to Ansonia to supply American Brass for high grade brass manufacturing. The zinc batch will be bannered through the city on departure.
Newark April 40. Harry Kalisch lawyer for Senator Johnson filed to New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Gummere for a recount of ballots from Tuesday's primary in Essex Morris Camden Gloucester and Cape May counties. Decision to be announced tomorrow.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported a joint resolution repealing resolutions by Congress and declaring a state of war with Germany and Austria Hungary. Introduced by Senator Knox, the measure is a substitute for the House GOP resolution and will be debated starting Wednesday. Leaders foresee several weeks of discussion with little action before the national convention recess.
Reports from military headquarters in Agua Prieta and El Paso state revolutionaries control Chihuahua City while Juarez eyes joining the revolt. Carranza forces concentrate at Casas Grandes as Calles claims telegraph links to key towns and says 6000 to 17000 rebels operate in Chihuahua amid scattered defense social units and home guards.
Washington April 20 After a four hour wrangle the house republicans abandoned plans to pass the soldier relief legislation next Monday and adjourned their party conference at midnight without a date for action Opposition centered on a sales tax to raise part of the 1 800 000 000 needed for provisions Mondell floor leader said another party conference would be held late next week date to be fixed by Towner conference chairman Iowa
Washington April 30 The interstate commerce commission announced after review that Pullman rates will rise 20 percent effective tomorrow. The ruling rejects suspending the increase despite protests.
In Butte on April 21 during the Anaconda road fighting, Sheriff O Rourke testified that Embree resisted arrest as Manning died from a small caliber bullet. The sheriff described orders to disperse, a general volley, and Embree breaking away with the crowd. Under Sheriff Whalen corroborated uncertainty over which shooters fired, noting the bullet was a steel jacketed 32 caliber from an automatic.
Spokane April 30 A planned meeting of delegates from American Legion posts across Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and Utah will consider methods to combat radical organizations on May 7 J F A Jdetley state commander of the Washington Legion announced Results of the conference will be forwarded to national headquarters for approval and action.
Palo County counsel defended the Labor Department’s deportation approach before the House Rules Committee while criticizing the Justice Department for harsh methods in handling alleged radicals. Jackson H. Ralston, counsel for Post, said the only valid critique was humane treatment, and Siegel argued secrecy in deportation proceedings without precedent or accountability.
In Philadelphia on April 30, a crowd gathered as Philander C Knox former secretary of state and Pennagalvaris official Wenrose announced bids for the Republican nomination for president. Both men highlighted party unity and policy.
Chicago April 10 Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer called a May day bomb plot a product of his own mind the national socialist committee said Otto Branstetter secretary. The statement accuses officials of staging a red plot to justify violence on May Day and urges socialists to proceed with meetings and parades.
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