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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1919
Page
1
Federal officials investigate alleged threats to Spokane city officials claiming bombs will arrive within a week or 80. William Reid, tied to the threats, spoke at a Workingmen's hall. Reid was convicted on a vagrancy charge, fined 100 dollars and jailed 30 days.
Reports from London date May 2 indicate Munich captured by government forces with Copenhagen despatches saying Bavarian capital fell Wednesday night after hard fighting. Romanian king in Budapest push as Bela Kun seeks ceasefire with Rumanians and Czecho Slavs. Moscow says Bolshevik government in Russia sent ultimatum to Romania with 48 hours to evacuate. Spanish parliament dissolved by King Alfonso with elections set for June 1.
London reports Moscow demanding Romanian evacuation of Bessarabia with a 48 hour reply period. Bolshevik forces reached the Dniester after Germany’s withdrawal and Romanians deny defeat claims. The move follows Romania’s successes against Hungary’s communist government.
New York May 2 The supreme council of supply and relief sells Germany 370 000 tons of food monthly vs a 440 000 ton demand. Dr Vernor L Kellogg, Hoover representative, says the plan would not meet the 2400 calorie per person daily need but war experience shows people can live on less. He notes American relief supplies support Germany while 200 000 tons of cereals and 70 000 tons of fats are sent into Germany monthly via European routes.
Paris reports seventeen thousand Jugoslav troops conducted a night assault against Carinthian forces, pushing six miles beyond the armistice line by Tuesday evening. They crossed the Drave river at several points, severing communications and isolating Arnoldstein and Klagenfurt area, while the victors debate ownership of wartime cables.
Report hints at a bold sea plane project led by Johnnie Towers and the NCL with planes aiming to become first across May’s Azores route. Observers anticipate intense air searchlights and low visibility navigation as crews handle equipment and avoid hazards near Rockaway and New York harbor amid forecasts of rapid ascent and dawn launches.
Washington reports 72 people killed and over 400 injured in the San Salvador earthquake on April 2. Shocks continued into yesterday with widespread property damage. The American legation sustained some damage but no American deaths or injuries were confirmed.
In Trepassey Bay Newfoundland on May 2 the US Navy minelayer Aroostook arrived with her naval air station crew aboard. The base will serve the American flying boats as part of transatlantic flight efforts increasing American presence in British waters.
Washington reports the department of agriculture and the Uni Chamber of Commerce foresee a wheat crop this year larger than 1914. An unprecedented acreage and a projected yield near 900 million bushels are predicted, with 25 percent of the harvest expected south of the Mason-Dixon line amid new winter wheat plantings in southern states.
New York May 7 Agents from the department of justice post office inspectors and New York detectives under Inspector Faurot continued the hunt for anarchists who deposited deadly bombs in the mails. More than a score of bombs addressed to prominent men across the country were found, with no arrests yet made. District Attorney Swin announced receipt of anonymous tips urging action against three prominent socialist and I W W figures. Officials believe the infernal machines were built in this city and noted the paper used to cover the bombs was produced from a small factory. No link seen to a narcotics raid on West Forty-fourth Street.
Unknown fragments indicate a note about Yankees and September but lack coherent details or context for a fuller summary. Key entities are not clearly identified. the text remains fragmentary and insufficient for a precise item.
Los Angeles Mayor F T Woodman was acquitted of accepting a bribe after a courtroom verdict. Judge Frank I Wills warned against demonstrations as jurors were thanked. Woodman, who denied wrongdoing, said the decision spoke for itself and lamented the damage to the city from publicity.
From Madrid reports of demonstrations against high living costs near Taranean note many killed and dozens injured after clashes between soldiers and civilians. The governor cut food prices, but merchants kept old prices. mobs looted stores as gendarmes intervened. A Bas Change dispatch says King Alfonso dissolved Parliament and calls general elections for June 1.
Washington May 2 The government argued in the Supreme Court that postmaster general Harrison could raise tolls and that suits to restrain rate increases should be dismissed. It contends the president’s takeover of the telegraph system placed it under broad powers, treating the service as a public utility run by a governmental agency.
Reports from Berlin and Copenhagen say government troops move into Munich from north and other approaches. Captured appear Dr. Tandaur and Egelhofer of the Red Army, while Bavarian forces report clashes as workers surrender and the Spartacists fortify near Kelbermer.
Unsettled weather dominates Montana with potential snow and higher snow amounts. Clouds linger with a chance of accumulating snow through Saturday and into Sunday, followed by warming trends and rising temperatures.
May 2 San Francisco reports Pacific coast alien radicals being collected for deportation proceedings. United States Attorney Flekert names James Brennan a special bomb investigator in the district attorney’s office. A man named Precalla sought bond and confessed mailing a bomb to Fickert. the device contained three eggs. Police neutrality squad cooperates with federal authorities in the roundup effort.
Washington May 2 American lines previously taken by the government in November were restored to private ownership and operation tonight by direction of Postmaster General Burleson. The turnover was effected with a Seah service by appointment, following telegraphic requests for immediate action.
In Versailles on May 2 the German inter allied finance commission met at the Trianon hotel for prolonged discussions. Delegates, including bankers Warburg Melcholie and Straus, joined American envoys Thomas W Lamont and Henry P Davison in negotiations reportedly spanning Chateau lewis Vilette at Senlis near Compiegne.
In May reports from Juan del Sur Nicaragua describe exiles defeating a Costa Rican frontier guards force at Rio Frio near Lake Nicaragua. Separate dispatches note revolutionaries striking along the Costa Rica Panama border as political turmoil grows. Grigsby nominated by Democrats in Juneau to fill Sulzer's deceased congressional seat.
In The Standard Today a fragment from a Sunday in Butte describes a diamond ring story and a furniture serged detail, leaving readable bits about a bling theme and local event.
In Paris May 2 the Belgian delegation protests the peace terms, claiming few territorial gains for Belgium aside from Malmedy. Delays and French and Italian diplomacy dominate quiet days as Belgian premier Delacroix and Hymans seek relief from the council of three.
Secretary Tumulty was informed by May Wilson that the labor program adopted as part of the peace treaty stood as a major achievement of the new era. Wilson deemed it one of the most gratifying outcomes of the conference and believed it would help stabilize labor conditions across the nation.
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