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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1921
Page
1
Chief Stodden reports a request to pull was made and the play of all kinds is closed tight for three days. Jere Murphy is praised for never laying down on the job and his testimony is noted.
Former Mayor W T Stodden testified that C S Jackman was quick to oppose Chief Murphy in 1919 and pressed to remove him from games. The defense began presenting witnesses, including George Carlson, amid objections over Carlson's alleged conspiracy claims and a remark about Mayor Cocking’s involvement in potential charges. Cocking declined further discussion, citing potential prejudice and lack of participation in the trial board matters.
Police fear a deadly blackhand vendetta will follow the political feud in the Nineteenth ward after Antony D Andrea, a political leader, died from a Wednesday ambush. Investigators expressed concern as the case marked its fourth victim.
A final vote on the Tincher bill to regulate grain futures was blocked by Representative Walsh who demanded a reading of the engrossed copy. Tincher and supporters anticipate passage as amendments are limited and the measure remains largely intact from the agriculture committee report. Critics from Blanton and Teffries call the bill gambling licensing and camouflage that benefits no farmer.
Witnesses at a Chicago air mail investigation charge inefficiency negligence and drunkenness at Checkerboard field. D C Eversole, disgraced ex pilot, claims discharge was due to exposing field neglect. Inspectors recount cracked propellers, failing planes, and reports of intoxicated officials at the field.
In a sensational case, a woman is charged with murdering four husbands to collect life insurance. The report notes political tension as Borah and King challenge a half-billion-dollar naval appropriation bill in the Senate, with disarmament advocates opposing increases and calling the 1916 program wasteful.
San Diego May 12 Rear Admiral Welles reports radio from Honolulu that the search for the United States fleet tug Conestoga has been given up. The tug left Mare Island March 27 bound for Samoa via Pearl Harbor with a heavy barge. Loss of tow after a gale ended the last contact with either craft. Thirty officers and men were aboard as 15 war ships and aircraft scoured about 600 miles wide toward Midway Islands without success.
The Senate Finance Committee concluded testimony and arguments in the nomination of David H. Blair of Winston-Salem New Jersey for internal revenue commissioner. A decision was expected the following Saturday after the Monday session.
Spokane plasterers vote to reduce wages on city work to three dollars a day and ten dollars for outside jobs, announced by union business agent Wilson. The move sparks opposition as Washington reports a broader clash with the Kenyon bill to create a department of public welfare.
Lyda Meyer Southard arrest in Honolulu ties her to the deaths of four husbands a brother in law and a child. Paul Southard says she urged him to purchase life insurance and she may have collected at least 8500. Prosecutor Stephan cites poison evidence from exhumed bodies and state chemist tests as part of an Idaho case continuing.
Sheldon Swenson of Butte high school won first place in the boys' declamatory contest with If I Were Kin at the Missoula interscholastic meet. Willis Dunlap of Havre took second, Wyman Smith of Beaverhead third. Harriet Allyn of Fergus won girls first, Frances Hale Powell county second, Miriam Randall Flathead third. Swenson, a senior and Senate member, is regarded as one of the school’s best speakers.
A Dublin Castle release calls the Craig De Valera meeting a landmark in Irish history as North and South reps meet without British intervention to discuss differences. Fourteen civilians hurt by a bomb in Grafton Street. three republicans shot dead near Listowel. police casualties none. Nomination day looms with few contested seats. five women to run in the south and two in the north.
The Rev Father Anthony Gorek of New Chicago Ind confessed to secret service agents that he attempted to gain 85000 dollars in bonds stolen from a Toledo mail robbery. He said he sought funds to aid starving parishioners and relieve parish debt while being held on conspiracy and possessing stolen bonds charges.
Thirty three of forty convicts who escaped from the Huntsville state penitentiary remain at large as hundreds of officers and citizens scour a 75 mile radius. Seven were captured and four more were reportedly cornered. gunfire was expected as night fell.
The Associated Press reports halted publication of the slackers list after errors were found in the first entries. Lieutenant Colonel Liam Sutherland Bacon, previously listed as a civilian, is noted as commander of the Chemical Warfare Service at Lakehurst New Jersey. Chicago newspapers pause further releases until accuracy improves.
County commissioners and W Le Slayton bond house of Toledo Ohio reach agreement to issue bonds equal to outstanding warrants. Bonds redeemed from year six to year twenty, with date and warrant amount yet undecided. HG Walking to supply list of about 10000 warrant holders for opinion by Chester B Massack of New York. Clerk Sullivan ordered to start warrant list prep. six weeks to obtain attorney opinion before final steps. On May 1 the county had register-
In a violent flare in Mingo county coal country, guerrilla fighting erupts as Governor Morzan asks the War Department to send federal troops to restore order. Four towns near Merrimac are shelled. state police and sheriff’s forces struggle to contain the violence. casualties include Harry C. Staton and others.
A manifesto published in London on May 12 by the Associated Press notes bankers' opposition to any measures that would hinder the exchange of goods with other nations and declares that excluding foreign commodities is a mistaken policy.
The Netherlands replies to American minister William Phillips saying Dutch law allows American participation but notes prior drafts and approvals. It states that Batavia company concession excludes Americans, while other fields in Sumatra and Borneo could be contracted with different companies. The reply outlines the government’s positions and ongoing considerations.
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