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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
1
John H. Patterson founder of the National Cash Register Company collapsed unconscious on a train and died before medical help could reach him. The incident ends his long career guiding the firm that became NCR, with reports noting the sudden fatal heart attack.
John Henry Patterson founder and chairman of National Cash Register died suddenly aboard a train bound for Atlantic City He suffered a heart attack while seated with his valet in Camden county New Jersey He had chronic heart disease and the body was sent to Dayton after medical staff failed to revive him The notable Dayton Ohio industrialist was en route for a brief seaside stay with plans for meals at a beachfront hotel before his death
Funeral services for Bud Ballew postponed to tomorrow due to May weather. Once famed as a Southwest gunslinger and later a peace officer, Ballew was slain by Wichita Falls Chief of Police JW McCormick last Friday. His body rests at Lone Grove. interment will be beside his father with Rev JF Young delivering the sermon and Masonic lodge in charge.
James E Murray was elected president at a convention of the National Association for the Recognition of Erin. The organization, which celebrates Irish heritage, closed to members as Murray assumed the top post. He previously served as president of the Irish Republic association and was noted for his sustained advocacy of the cause.
May 7 Washington dispatch reports Ma Soo, envoy of Canton Government, declares civil war in China has only begun. He says Cantonese troops are ordered north to press against Wu Pei Fu after Chang Txo Lin’s Manchurian army was defeated near Peking. He doubts total defeat and calls for national unity over peace.
George W. Elliott, a cadet at the New Mexico Military Institute and son of Clovis pastor, died instantly when he fell from a heavily loaded automobile truck in the mountains about 90 miles from Roswell. One wheel passed over his body during a two days outing.
In Denver today two boys died and four others were seriously injured in separate automobile accidents. Five more were slightly hurt. The Weld boy, four, son of Dr. and Mrs. Weld, was killed instantly after chasing a ball into Third Avenue and Broadway. The Stauser child, in a cart pulled by a burro, was thrown into East Colfax. Miss Featherstone Haugh, Mrs. Macartney and daughter Carolyn were injured in a collision between G. H. Featherstone Haugh’s and Frederic Macartney’s cars. Olsen was struck while crossing near his home. The incidents involved H. Cooper and Mrs. Brankman as drivers in various crashes.
Director of Budget asserts that expenditures for the fiscal year 1922 will show a reduction of 1.6 billion dollars from 1921. Dawes notes the economy measures and tightened controls cut costs across federal departments, projecting substantial savings for the nation.
Director Dawes reports for the fiscal year 1922 government expenditures will fall by more than 1.6 billion from 1921, with current estimates at about 3.92 billion. He cites $907.5 million saved in routine operations and explains savings from interdepartmental transfers, economy measures, and the executive plan, detailing thousands of transactions and a reserve of 112 million against current appropriations.
AP reports a 300 strong mob of Negroes marching to Kirvin to avenge the burning death of three Black individuals after accusations of assault on a white girl. State troops had moved to headquarters. by evening the town remained quiet with no signs of trouble.
Montana prohibition director H P Shelley arrives in Butte from Washington to discuss stopping liquor smuggling from Canada. He notes optimism from Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and a shift in public sentiment since early year amid notable events and hotel scenes.
Special Dispatch reports an organization forming in New York to oppose the eighteenth amendment and prohibition. Leader Livingston asserts the group will present the truth about prohibition and resist saloon return, bootlegging, and fanaticism while defending American spirit.
Former secretary of state Robert Lansing defended American intervention in Haiti in a letter to Senator McCormick. He argued that establishment and prosperity in Haiti and blocking German designs justified U S action including the 1915 naval landing. He warned Germany sought a base at Mole St Nicholas threatening U S Caribbean position and the Monroe doctrine.
London May 1 Labor leader James Henry Thomas returning from Berlin warned that war threats loom as in August 1914 tied to the Gen Conference. He said France may pursue a warlike policy and that Britons are tired of war and will not join.
Mayor Burton labels the Ku Klux Klan un American cowardly and oppressive during a public debate with a Klan organizer. The exchange centers on the merits and dangers of the organization as the city weighs its stance.
Belgians and French determined to work for acceptance by Soviet of property clause amendment.
May 7 discussions in Genoa reveal political battle over the Ku Klux Klan with Dr Harry Boston and Mayor Harry Burton trading harsh words about secrecy and American values. Burton calls the Klan un-American and oppressive while Dr Graham defends secrecy as essential to counter labor agitation and uphold constitutional rights.
Mississippi flood relief committee meets in Vicksburg and asks President Harding to issue a national appeal for public contributions. The plan allocates 20,000 rations for this week, up from 17,000 last week when relief began.
In Alameda county near San Francisco Bay the bodies of R. Hanify and George Anderson were recovered entangled in the wreckage of the yacht Quart after a boat mishap off Coyote Point. E. A. Christenson, a third member of the party, remained missing tonight. Japanese fishermen found the overturned Quart and separated the bodies in a close embrace.
Close friends of Henry P. Davison estimate the financier left about 10 million dollars in an estate after his death from a brain tumor. His public benefactions were large and his body to be buried at St. John's church Lattingtown after a simple funeral.
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