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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
6
Y M C A gymnasium circus opened last night with 269 performers including clowns and a band. The show featured marching, leaping, wrestling and acrobatics and the highlight was The Lark of the Lightning Bug with glowing clubs. A second performance is scheduled for tonight.
Dr. Harry N. Holmes closed his lectures at the school of mines with a discussion of colloid chemistry and its industrial use. He cited wartime work translating to commercial gains, noting changes in soap making, soap dyes, coal and crude oil fuels, coconut charcoal in sulfuric acid production, lithographic inks, kidney treatments, lubricants, bathtubs, water filtration, metal alloys, and artificial silks as areas shaped by colloid science. He left for Bozeman to address students at the state college.
The trial of Chief of Detectives James Larkin, charged by William Burt with non-performance of duty and dog fighting participation, was postponed by the police commission. Larkin is on vacation and has not been served with new charges. a hearing date awaits his return. A second set of charges from William Lee allege abuse and intoxication.
Gen. P. Elias Calles mobilizes 6,000 troops in Sonora to march through Pulpito pass into Chihuahua. The column will move to Juarez, then Chihuahua City, Torreon, and finally toward Mexico City, per A. M. Elias, brother of General Calles.
Washington May 3 The House of Representatives passed Rep Evans bill authorizing land grant railroads to sell portions of their right of way for public highways. The measure targets highway development in public land states notably Montana Idaho and Washington where railroads' rights of way impede projects.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Montana postmasters appointed May 3 including Hattie V. Hagen at Cabin Creek replacing Alice B. Krokker who resigned Joseph W. Lee at Mink succeeding Lillian Sullivan who resigned.
Walter Andrew Watson confessed to the fifth murder of a wife he wed. He identified Beatrice Andrewartha, whom he married in Tacoma on February 5, 1919, and who is missing. Watson described killing her by choking and pushing overboard during a boat trip on Lake Washington.
Helena May 3. A Montana education pledge for all children is not met says a university funds campaign statement. Boulder, a state institution, cannot handle the 400 feeble minded children on a waiting list though many more, over 2000, need care and training. The bond issue for the University is being pursued.
Montana institutions and four non university facilities including the Boulder school would receive 5 million dollars for buildings and equipment. It would enable Boulder to care for many more feeble minded children. The present deplorable condition among Montana universities and non university institutions could be remedied if citizens support the bond issue measure.
A public figure conducts a sweeping tour across the state in the interests of the order. The visit aims to promote goals, engage local communities, and rally support for initiatives aligned with the organization's mission.
A remote Buddhist cloister in Hanie Tibet hosts 21 monks living at an altitude of 16000 feet making it the highest inhabited spot known.
The funeral for John T. Hanley aged 54 will be held this morning at Walsh's funeral chapel at 9 15. Mass follows at St. Patrick's church at 9 30. Burial will be in the old Catholic cemetery.
Jm J Parker of Missoula, former grand master and current grand lecturer for Montana Odd Fellows, will lecture on Odd Fellowship at Fidelity hall West Broadway in Butte tonight at 8. Public invited. Parker is regarded as a leading student and forceful speaker on the order. He visits Butte for this event.
The funeral of Mons Kandell will be held this Tuesday afternoon departing the family home at 1 20 from 400 Pine Street to the Norwegian Lutheran church at 641 West Copper Street for services conducted by Rev. Mr. Mithun.
We extend thanks to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and sympathy shown during our mother’s illness and death. We also thank those who sent the floral offering. JOHN MILLER, Mrs. FRANCIS HOUSTON, Mrs. JOHN MALEICH, MIS. JOHN SCHUOBAT, MIS. ROSE KABALIN, MIS. TONY JOVICK, MIS. OLGA MILLER.
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