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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1922
Page
1
Senate orders probe into new steel merger as the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are instructed to investigate the Bethlehem Purchase. The move signals heightened scrutiny of interstate mergers and potential antitrust implications.
In Washington on May 12 an order from the senate to the department of Justice and the federal trade commission to investigate followed the New York announcement of the Lackawanna Steel purchase by Bethlehem Steel and reports of a prospective merger. Six large independent steel firms were noted as continuing on page 4.
Reported verbal clash features Conley Sawyer and MacDonald in a heated exchange as attention falls on Colonel Nolan, an investigator, at the start of an impeachment motive probe.
In Helena on May 12 Associated Press reports convicts testified that thousands of pounds of poiled meats were cooked and served to inmates at the Montana penitentiary. The defense also sought to impeach prison investigator T. H. MacDonald as the former warden Frank Conley case continues before Judge A. J. Horeby.
The Sunday Standard promotes a feature on Butte dogs and dog fanciers, highlighting top greyhounds bred in the mining city and a notable Airedale judging expert Jim Keefe. It also reports the Mines League baseball season opening with 5000 fans at Clark Park and promises a stronger baseball lineup for the year plus a game schedule.
Custom officials seize a diamond and emerald plaque worth 14 000 from Peggy Hopkins Joyce after she failed to declare it on return from Paris aboard the Mauretania. They also return 24 jewelry pieces valued at over 400 000. Joyce, amid scandal and film industry tensions, watches the seizure and denies rumors about her.
The McKenzie bill adjusting pay and allowances for army and other services won approval in the House by 219 to 26. It moves to the Senate, with leaders saying new pay scales will be put into effect. Representative Alice Robertson secured higher subsistence and tent money increases for service members.
The Ed Burke mail opening case was discharged after deliberations of four to four. The foreman said a verdict could not be reached, and the court announced the trial would likely resume next month in Helena. Burke, formerly Anaconda postmaster, faced nine federal counts.
Helena Montana May attorney Rankin said he would seek a formal inquiry into claims that a convict was beaten by a guard at the penitentiary after a confrontation at the state farm. Rankin said he interviewed Gould in the prison hospital and the injured man described being struck on the head with a pistol, though officials had attributed the injuries to being kicked by a horse. The inquiry would be conducted by the state board of prison commissioners or Rankin's office.
Poughkeepsie May 12 A Stillman divorce hearing featured testimony by a detective who said he and Outerbridge Horsey paid 15000 to Beauvais for four letters said to be written to Mrs Anne A Stillman by an Indian guide. Beauvais alleged handwriting was not Mrs Stillman s. housekeeper Harriet Hibbard confirmed style.
In Atlantic City on May 12, President Ging invades a speech to New Jersey Republican Women and the Haners association convention. He defends his administration and endorses Hart y government, saying America and the world benefit from Republican leadership and a cooperative world order.
Paris dispatch details Premier Poincare and M Barthou clashing over negotiations with Russia during Genoa talks. France rejects widening talks with Moscow while Lloyd George backs a European truce as a step toward a broad non aggression pact. A French commission to study Russian questions is favored, with emphasis on credits debts and foreign property.
May 12 The defense rested in the Burch murder trial of J Belton Kennedy killed last August. Witness Mrs Emma Elderton testified she saw Burch at Long Beach near 8:35 to 8:40 p.m. the night of the murder, noting he stopped to pick up a dropped dime at a candy stand near the beach resort. Kennedy was slain about 9 p.m. at Beverly Glen.
The Music Festival board met to plan four concerts with a consolidated chorus and augmented orchestra led by Sam Trejour of the Butte Mines band. Plans call for a children's chorus of 150 to 200 voices and combined band and symphony performances with the Butte Symphony Orchestra. No dates set. manager George Forsythe of Columbia Gardens to be consulted on pavilion availability for a 4000-seat venue. The association aims to become a major civic movement with a full meeting next Wednesday to settle schedules.
Butte schools closed yesterday after nine months of work cut short by a one month early term due to lack of funds. Graduation exercises were held at the high school with more than 300 eighth graders. many will enter high school, making a large freshman class. Teachers prepared for summer plans as several left for home or education courses. some pupils said farewell to retiring staff as the term ended.
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