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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1921
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard reports on war era crime factors including a spike in offenses after saloon closures. It notes the secret service made 779 arrests last year for safeguarding currency and government documents, with counterfeit notes totaling $90,930 in 1920 versus $22,839 prior year.
Sunday morning feature praises Mrs. Warren G. Harding for her grace and kindness as first lady. It recounts her quick aid to a fainting spectator in New York and her care for a marine injured in Texas, who now serves on the presidential yacht as the first enlisted aide.
A satirical piece argues that anti tobacco reformers contradict their own habits, noting surgeons like James Vantue claim tobacco harms are overstated. It challenges te a and coffee advocates and suggests universal prohibitions would spark widespread rebellion among reformers.
William H Moran chief of the secret service cites 1vzy as the era's peak criminal activity with bank robbers counterfeiters and forgers more active than any other time. He attributes the rise to postwar unsettled conditions and prohibition as factors driving urban crime.
Austin Hopkinson, British MP and former coal miner, argues against socialist leaders and Lenin. He claims unemployment stems from high costs and wages, and that capitalism has harmed Russia and others. He warns capitalists must accept readjustment losses to prevent widespread suffering.
Francis Courtney a Michigan foundry chief refused a $1,250,000 fortune and a British title to remain in the United States. He would take a layoff to London only after probate, insisting he would return and reject the title. The piece contrasts such humility with new-rich title hunters and notes copper coinage debates, prohibition costs, and the rise of crime and economic schemes amid dry laws.
Former mayor W J Maloney testifies Chief Murphy acted humanely during Finnived cage case and suspended officers, noting past praises from police chiefs in Buffalo and Seattle. He recalls target practice funds, liquor raids, and to go slow on prohibition measures while maintaining city control amid wartime constraints.
Witnesses recount a gang led by a man called The Gorilla offering bribes to avoid arrest. Chief Murphy aided by Officer White dispersed the operation, and a $2,000 school fund theft was prevented. Testimony covers undercover work, past cases, and a few felonies versus many misdemeanors, with hearings adjourned to Monday.
In Dublin the elections passed without polling as only one candidate stood in many seats. Sinn Fein figures like Eamonn de Valera and Michael Collins are elected, with notable siblings Sean and Mary MacSwiney among Cork candidates. Mountjoy action cited as Sinn Fein involvement in prior ambuscades and prisoner movements.
A Montana Automobile Association meeting endorsed a state wide campaign to promote tourism and better roads. Delegates from Helena Great Falls Butte Missoula Lewistown and other cities voiced support and urged truth about local road conditions while founders highlighted roads like the Custer Battlefield Highway and praised Butte for road work.
Claude Jonsen and J. Von Herberg arrive in Butte from Great Falls to inspect Liberty theater, planned to open next month. They say the Liberty will be the finest theater in Montana and note Jensen and Von Herberg run 58 theaters across Seattle Portland and other West Coast cities. They will return by automobile after confirming nine Portland houses prosper.
Eyewitness accounts describe brutal torture and killings of Armenians and Assyrians by Turkish forces. Refugees, including Christians, faced deadly abuses near the American compound as Russo-Turkish conflict escalated.
A telegram from Mrs Murray announced the funeral of James A Murray pioneer of Butte was held Saturday morning with high mass at San Carlos mission. Body placed in vault awaiting final burial plans. Messages of condolence were received from many friends and relatives. Marcus Murray, his brother, is en route to Monterey. J E Murray plans to return to Butte by week end.
The Butte high school team 16 Bage tired but happy returned to Missoula last night greeted by large student groups and business leaders. Spectators testified to pride in the boys achievements and praised Coach Daughey for their hard work and deserving victory.
A long list of hotel arrivals and guests across Montana includes numerous individuals and families from Helena Missoula Dillon Butte Sheridan Anaconda Great Falls Billings Anaconda Deer Lodge Philipsburg Wisdom Basin Bozeman Ennis Garrison Helena and other towns. Names include W Ellinghorn Peterson Flynn Baker Moore Nelson Rathbone Goaney Beattie Browne Patten Tarbot and many more. The column catalogs visitors and steady inflow to hotels in the region.
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