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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1920
Page
3
Classified notes advertise several city properties including a six room house with modern features at 6200 dollars, a four room bungalow with modern plumbing at 2100 dollars, a three room cottage in Wilson Park at 1100 dollars, plus a three room house near Emerson school with easy terms and low prices. Maps and city guides are available for lease.
County and city law officers conducted extensive raids in Butte early Sunday seeking violations of the prohibition law. Sheriff John K. O Rourke led deputies and plainclothes officers who closed many saloons after finding traces of liquor. Moonshine was seized as evidence against proprietors. several arrests were reported, including Tom Murphy and Jack Smith.
Scores of Dutch farmers and their families arrived today aboard the steamship Noordam from Rotterdam. They head to farms in Iowa and South Dakota, occupying most second and cabin accommodations. thousands more are expected after passport and travel barriers are cleared.
Rock Arkansas May 16. Two Army officers Capt. Wainwright and Capt. James Brett of the Quartermaster Corps and the 16th Infantry, both stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor Kentucky, were killed early today when a motorcar they were riding in crashed. Dewey Sullivan and another man were injured, Sullivan probably fatally.
May 16 report says President Wilton will be asked to move the League of Nations formal meeting from Washington to Europe as originally planned. Delegates report the plan change, with the request to forward the European venue. In Kansas, four sugar shipments seized at Wellington and Emporia by deputy U S marshals under orders from Fred Robertson, U S district attorney.
Lutte marked its first Sunday without street car service in a long time. Families visited gardens and crowds filled streets as automobiles transported patrons. No serious accidents were reported amid high traffic while union leaders planned quick talks on the strike and management offered no clear stance.
Spokane May 16 The regular anti federal forces of the Democratic Party of Washington won the first skirmish at the state convention as the state central committee seated the King County delegation and voted to seat both Pierce County delegations with half votes each. The move gives State Chairman George F Christensen's faction an advantage. The credentials contest between Pierce and King County delegates will be reviewed by the credentials committee tomorrow. Todd claimed 843 of 1,168 convention votes for the state organization.
Marshfield Oregon May 16 Harold Howell aged 15 was acquitted early today of slaying Lillian Leuthold aged 16 last July. The jury deliberated 17 hours. This was Howell's third trial after two prior hung juries. Leuthold was shot while returning from a neighbor's home and found concealed in a thicket the next day.
Paris May 18 Eighty thousand small American flags are being sent out by the Memorial day committee to cemeteries for May 30. Non perishables are prepared for graves at Romagne and in Northern France. fresh flowers will be used where many graves exist and caretakers can attend to each grave.
A man named Art McManus and a white woman Pearl McManus were arrested by Chief Murphy and Detective Larkin on vagrancy charges. The pair were held for investigation at the city jail after officers reported finding a sizable amount of cocaine nearby. A separate note mentions former North Carolina governor Robert A. Glenn, linked to waterways, found dead in bed at the Royal Alexandra hotel tonight.
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor addresses issues of political impotence and the high cost of living, outlining a comprehensive program and labor resistance to enemies attempting to break living standards. He notes the executive council’s review of methods and convention recommendations.
Toledo reports a sharp increase in wood alcohol poisoning with two dead and about 80 ill in 24 hours. Victims, many first charged with intoxication, grew worse at the Maison and several collapsed in the streets. Police say paralysis and sudden weakness accompany the illness amid strained facilities. Court reconvenes in Muington after two week recess. Pacific International scores listed for Yakima to Vancouver with various city results.
A Moscow wireless report cites fierce fighting on the Polish front with villages burned and grain set afire. The dispatch urges solidarity against Western aid to Poland and warns against arming Poland or taking action that might aid the Polish attack.
New York on May 16 W Nicky Arnstein, who surrendered yesterday over New York hand thefts, spent Sunday at Ludlow Street Jail. His actress wife Fannie Brice visited him as prosecutors pursue a $75,000 bail after a prior failure to obtain extra bail. The indictment charges him with criminally receiving stolen funds from Clark Childs Co last October.
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