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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
2
Testimony detailed the April 21 confrontation as deputies and mine guards faced an IWW mob on Anaconda road. Officers fired into the air, crowd violence and beatings were reported, with witnesses naming guards and officials involved as Asbury, Whalen, OConnor, and Colonel Stivers described the tense hours and failed dispersal efforts.
Colonel Stivers testified that force used to disperse the mob was justified for two reasons: officers were fired upon and an order to fire into the air was given by Under Sheriff Whalen. Witnesses described Roy Alley’s clothing and identified a 32 caliber pistol bullet as the cause of Manning’s death. The inquest adjourned after more witnesses, including James Larkin and John Berkin, detailed mob hostility and dispersal efforts.
Hamilton wins the tenth annual Ravalli county track meet with a tight finish over Victor and Stevensville. Declamatory winner is Gladys Flemming of Cornvillis, with Charles Anson and Harriett Fullerton placing. Local social notes mention visits, a monument plan, a fire protection lecture in May, and assorted family news. on funeral and road talks, with public officials and residents noted.
The report notes that toys as a class produced larger profits than any other category, indicating strong demand and favorable margins across retailers and manufacturers. The data highlights growth in toy sales, with potential implications for inventory, marketing, and seasonal planning.
President Wilson called for a democratic campaign platform on treaty ratification drawing reactions from William J. Bryan Senator Reed and Senator Johnson. Reed warned of losing northern states and the solid South while Johnson criticized shifting views. Bryan urged immediate ratification by action with Republicans to move the issue out of the campaign. Reed said most senators backed Lodge reservations and pledged repudiation at San Francisco.
William J. Bryan said President Wilson lacks information essential to sound judgment and leadership. He urged immediate ratification with amendments to remove the League of Nations issue from the campaign and to speak peace to war-torn Europe, stressing majority rule in democracy.
Lloyd Boling and Sylvia Liholt obtained a marriage license from Clerk Robert Middlyng as Ovando residents. John Wolfe earned citizenship in district court with Judge Winston presiding. Deer Lodge hosted visitors from Pioneer, Missoula, Kalispell and Anaconda.
William Fountain, one of two men charged with shooting George Warburton, under sheriff of Powell County, April 10, was arraigned in court this morning. County Attorney W. E. Keeley filed information without a preliminary hearing. I. R. Blaisdell was appointed Fountain's attorney, and the defendant pleaded not guilty. Fountain remains confined in the state penitentiary.
The E I Du Pont De Nemours company, operating a Ramsay powder plant near Butte, filed its quarterly alien report with the state industrial accident board. The firm lists five aliens on its payroll, four of whom have taken out their first citizenship papers.
The national board of farm organization with 15 farmers bodies and about 2,000,000 members will meet in Chicago tomorrow. They will consider a program of cooperation between farmers and consumers and review answers from presidential candidates to a questionnaire they sent out.
Andrew Walker, a Christian scientist, was fined $1,000 by Judge Harry W. Osborne in Newark after a manslaughter conviction tied to the death of his 0 year old daughter Dorothy from diphtheria. The child died May 4, 1819, with Walker declining a regular physician but seeking Christian Science treatment.
In Washington on May 10, the Paris post No 1 American Legion outlines Memorial Day plans. Delegates will visit every American cemetery in France to lay wreaths and conduct services. Red Cross will provide cars for veterans travel and the Rhine occupation army may send buglers to play taps. French veterans may attend per M Andre Tardieu. The Paris post will also visit a French cemetery to show American sympathy with the ally.
Reports from the Latin American turmoil describe Carranza allegedly captured or in hiding with Candido Aguilar and Francisco Murguia executed after a mass slaughter of political prisoners. US warships and Marines move into strategic positions as rebels gain control of Tampico, Vera Cruz, Monterey, Puebla, and Mexico City. Vera Cruz search finds no Carranza, with one report placing him in Esperanza.
Tampico, a major Gulf oil town, capitulated to General Obregon’s forces yesterday. Radio advices received in Houston say the city yielded without serious disorder and remains quiet under municipal and military policing. Foreigners are unmolested, and oil-field operations near Tampico proceed without interruption.
A Nogales dispatch to the State Department reports Gen. Angel Flores took possession of Mazatlan on the Mexican west coast early this morning.
In Deer Lodge on Saturday Lou Blood J B Hare and Edward McLain sat as commissioners in a right of way suit brought by E C Gravely against James McGillvray ranchers of Avon. They viewed the premises and the case will be heard before Judge George B Winston.
Paris reports indicate the Spa conference likely postponed from May 26 as Britain and France differ on the Germany indemnity terms. Germany reportedly seeks adjournment until after its June 10 elections.
Cairo May 10 British soldiers show marked restiveness while local anger at foreign rule grows. A British officer was killed in broad daylight by a native, fueling nationalist fervor. Egyptian students form a secret group issuing threats to British officials as ringleaders are reportedly identified.
In Ypres a cellar is cleared of ruins and reveals 40 British soldiers who died from gas while sleeping. Some bodies rest with heads on arms, showing the tragedy of gas warfare. The discovery was reported from Brussels on May 10.
A compilation of homicide and accidental deaths linked to women from Idaho Washington and Canada. Incidents include lifeless bodies smothered crushed drowned and beaten in locations such as Signal Hill near Long Beach Imperial Valley Plum Station Lake Washington Spokane River and St Joe River with multiple marriages noted in Idaho Oregon and Canada.
Spokane police said there is no record of a woman's body being found in the Spokane river that might be Eleanor Frazier. The report cites Ben Holden alias Watson confessing in Los Angeles to pushing her into the river.
Sofia May 10 The Bulgarian government under Premier A Stamboulski and the Farmers Party announced a rapid campaign against the idle rich to revive Bulgaria after war. The program calls for industrial mobilization, compulsory work for all youths, land ownership limits, and attracting foreign and local capital to develop industry and white oil.
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