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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
10
Letters discuss dropping the high school controversy over an incident involving alleged indecent remarks. Citizens defend the faculty, criticize Dr Bulgin and Mr Downer, and urge leniency while condemning attacks on teachers and Christian groups. The letters reflect 1916 Butte civic debate.
Ethel Frank, two, stepped onto South Main Street tracks in front of a fast moving street car near her father’s shoe shop at 527 South Main. The motorman applied brakes but the girl was struck. the body was recovered from under the front wheel. Witnesses say five children were playing on the sidewalk. the car’s speed slowed but could not avert the tragedy. Motorman W H Clapp and conductor John Craine assisted. brakes were not applied in time.
Mike Barry and Ed Buckley will face burglary trial in Judge Donlan's court on Thursday of next week. Barry previously pleaded guilty to robbery about two years ago and was paroled by the judge. Buckley has prior trouble. They were caught in the act of robbing a store.
Harold G. Waters American vice consul at Berlin arrived in New York aboard the United States from Copenhagen. He spoke briefly about a leave of absence and declined details of his trip home. The ship was held at Kirkwall for 22 hours and all passengers were inspected. A passenger identified as German officer Arthur Zuber by British authorities was removed.
In Kansas City on May 3 Hermann Pitts a tailor was killed in a barber chair by barber Charles Messer who then fled. Pitts’s friend John Pritchett barely avoided being harmed as Messer forced him into a chair and Messer fled after the razor slash severed the jugular. A separate notice states fishing will not be permitted at Butte Water reservoirs this year per the Butte Anglers Club advisory.
Trial in Judge Lynch's court covered a dispute between G. H. Wortman company and Clearmont Amusement Company over about 6400 dollars for work on Lake Avoca buildings including a dance hall and ticket office. About 1100 for material and 3400 for labor, with 2000 paid and 100 for a machine later sold to another contractor. The defense claims the work was not contracted by the amusement company and that A. E. Whipps arranged it and took stock. executor funds were unavailable to collect. Attorneys represented both sides. case ongoing.
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