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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1922
Page
1
A meeting in Butte drew support for the Republic with Countess de Markievicz Miss Barry and John J O Kelly in attendance. Cash pledges and donations totaled five thousand dollars, fueling fundraising for the cause.
Head of the American Federation of Labor declares such action would be base betrayal of civilization in warning against recognition of communist regimes.
Countess de Markievicz spoke at a Butte high school to warn against propaganda and rallied hundreds to back the Irish republic. Kathleen Barry and O Kelly spoke as Lieut McDowell presided. crowd sang The Star Spangled Banner and pledged funds for Irish independence.
AP report from Kansas City describes a boarding house building housing Black residents as it exploded in two blasts. Police estimate over 100 Black occupants were inside asleep when the two detonations occurred, prompting ambulances and fire department response.
Min er of White Plains New York and mother of Perry Grainger the Australian composer and pianist died today after falling from an eighth tenth story window in Asolinn Hall building Meantime son Perry Grainger was on a concert tour in Los Angeles Mrs Grainger 60 wealthy stayed with Mrs Antonia Sawyer in Neolan hall before her death Police said she telephoned for medicine then vanished after Sawyer stepped out She was found dead on the roof of an adjoining building and died at the hospital The death prompted early reports of a fall or jump later clarified as a dizzy spell leading to a fall during a visit to the window The incident drew attention to Mrs Grainger formerly a music teacher who had come to the United States about two years ago and was the widow of engineer and architect John H Grainger
In Los Angeles area a KKK grand holder says about 150 band members who raided a residence in Inglewood will surrender as a group to the district attorney next Wednesday. The move follows a grand jury probe into Klan activities in Los Angeles county.
Helena April 19. State bank examiner Skelton announces reorganization of the First State Bank of Livingston. James B Murray of Butte named president. The bank, suspended Oct 25, will reopen early next week with capital at 150000 and deposits around 400000. Other officers not yet chosen.
William Luxton of Idaho Falls, former Butte businessman and Luxton brother of Anaconda, is in line to receive the $10,000 Elks building lot after ticket 18-2354 was found. If Luxton does not claim by August 1, the second number holder wins. Luxton, long active in Elk affairs, left Butte over a decade ago for Idaho Falls commerce and previously ran a butcher shop. The lodge auction drew about 2,000 attendees with 24 numbers distributed for the drawing.
The Associated Press reports in Helena Mont that the Montana suit for accounting against former Montana penitentiary warden Frank Conley will resume today with cross-examination of H MacDonald. Receipts for supplies bought for prisoners and used at Conley's home are to be identified, with Cheries Meyer likely finishing the receipt identifications tomorrow. The defense counsel G B Nolan will conclude cross-examination, as the case seeks recovery exceeding 360000 dollars.
Pope Pius through Cardinal Gaspari issued a world peace appeal urging universal brotherhood and pacification. The letter, praised as a spur to the Genoa conference, was carried by Don Luigi Sturzo and cites Eastern Europe suffering from famine and disease. It calls for shared compassion and cooperation in a spirit of unity and peace.
Salt Lake City April 30 The reading of National Guard troops to police the coal mines in Seefeld County is held in abeyance. Charley Mabey of Utah follows word from Labor Jone William Keener at Bee Governor paid troops would move to quell the strike but gunfire killed and two striking miners were shot in a eldah and yesterday striking trains were damaged while efforts to remove strike breakers continued.
Director of War Finance Corporation calls for legislation to aid the nation’s agricultural credit system, outlining measures to stabilize loans and support farmers amid wartime finance challenges. The proposal emphasizes coordinated policy and new lending safeguards to ease credit access for agricultural producers.
Smoke from cannon envelops hillside as shell fire concentrates in trenches. Camels transport artillery amid ongoing clashes, with Southern China joining Northern forces in the battle.
President Harding was urged by Eugene Meyer Jr of the War Finance Corporation to enact six permanent remedies for defects in the agricultural credit system. The report cites a survey of western conditions and recommends establishing machinery for administration and authorization to create a broader lender network across states including Montana Idaho and Colorado.
A minister, bound and gagged, was found lying at the Medicine Park gate by motorists shortly before noon. Witnesses say he had been walking near the Aurect town when he encountered a faction of the Church seeking his removal over a marriage in a public bathing pool. The incident follows years of contention and attempts by unnamed individuals to drive him out.
An aged woman and a child died in a smoke filled hallway of a four story Richmond Mill tenement. The blaze injured over a dozen others as fire escapes were used to rescue women children and elderly men from dangerous ledges. More than 20 were hospitalized, many children.
Bituminous coal production reached its highest weekly level since the miners strike began, with about 4.15 million tons expected for the week ending Saturday. Anthracite stayed near zero while non union districts of Appalachia boosted output, 12,131 cars loaded the past week. figures show current production at about 43 percent of pre strike levels. The U S Chamber of Commerce warned no coal shortage risk for at least six months.
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