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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1922
Page
1
Court records note a Powers meeting where officials consider an American reply to an original invitation. Courthouse and schoolrooms are to be vacated, with commissioners’ demand cited as the cause. Move fixtures immediately. The vote is recorded as unanimous.
Butte school trustees unanimously vote to vacate the Silver Bowl county courthouse quarters immediately amid a rent dispute. The county claims about seven thousand dollars owed for prior use during the influenza period, while the district says seven thousand eight hundred thirty eight dollars and sixty seven cents is due. County officials demand immediate payment or 6 percent interest. the board urges the county to settle the debt as previously agreed and notes a past settlement reducing terms from 760 to 550 dollars per month.
The general executive board of the union authorized a strike by six thousand boot and shoe workers in Cincinnati, to start next Saturday morning after a four day session. The manufacturers had offered a 10 percent wage cut, which the workers refused to accept.
Four bodies were recovered and eighteen score of persons remained missing after the Marlin-Beton bridge over the Brazos river collapsed. The structure gave way during repair work on the abutment, sending many workers and spectators into the water. Boats and rafts were used to aid rescues as authorities feared more deaths.
Anaconda and Opportunity school board trustees approved salary cuts up to 10 percent for the best paid teachers in high and grade schools, in a move to save funds. A new pay scale caps annual increases at 885 per year until 2000, with a minimum high school salary kept at 1400. Detailed reductions ranged from 2200 to 2000 for high school staff and 1800 to 1475 for grade teachers. no high school principal salaries fixed, and grade principal positions discussed.
Secretary Hoover announced a conference of coal operators to protect consumers from price rises and urged buying committees by the American Railway Association and public utilities groups. He said some districts show higher prices while others lack workers, and warned against misrepresented shortages. The administration aims to curb any general price surge despite the ongoing coal strike.
Chicago May 16 Open defiance of police efforts to curb labor warfare flared in a spectacular blaze at a Sheridan road apartment structure under construction. The $500000 building burned after fires started in several first floor locations, with more than 5000 spectators as authorities linked the blaze to a campaign of terror against a wage award mediated by Landis. Threatening letters had warned state’s attorneys to release labor leaders Mader Murphy and Shea or more fires would follow. New arrests surfaced as police cited bombings and sluggings directed by top union figures.
Philadelphia May 16 Returns tonight show Pinchot leading the GOP race for governor with a substantial margin. Early figures from 4 096 of 1 034 precincts indicate Pinchot ahead of rival candidates including William J Burke and Congreve. The Philadelphia coverage notes Pinchot as a strong contender for the Republican nomination with Alter and Burke also mentioned in the party contest.
Dr Edward C Elliott, chancellor of the University of Montana, has submitted his resignation to Governor Joseph M Dixon. He will become president of Purdue University. A successor will be chosen at the state board of education meeting on the first Monday in July. Elliott, born in Illinois in 1874, has led Montana since February 1916 and helped drive a $5 million building program.
Dublin hears that the Dail Eireann peace committee failed to find a plan and will report with no immediate resolution. Mood grows grim among business and conservatives as fears of protracted civil dissension rise, with rumors of a law enforcement move from Free State leaders and a possible last minute agreement before elections. Unrest intensifies as authorities face the moment of decisive action.
The Majestic arrived in New York on May 16 after a record breaking maiden voyage from England. Skipper Sir Hertram Hayes stood on the bridge, as the vessel reportedly sustained high speeds and set new marks for a maiden voyage aboard the White Star line ship.
A U S district court jury found George Remus a Chicago attorney and 13 co defendants guilty of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. Sentences ranged from one year and a day with fines to two years imprisonment and fines up to 10,000 dollars.
The article reports Washington officials expect early developments in Genoa or The Hague that could clarify Russia’s situation and allow U S participation in an international project to restore Russian productivity. It notes no final Russian reply and mentions Hughes note and Secretary Knover addressing the Genoa and Washington exchanges.
Helena May 16 two or three ons of worms flour and or were fed to hogs owned by Ley and McTague at the Montana penitentiary during the trial of the state's suit for recounting against former Warden Frank Conley. Witness John Cah described cooking flour and corn meal for the hogs while defense counsel pressed that the flour was wormy and worthless. The Conley drive hog herd numbered 300 to 400, many dying of cholera in 1920, with daily swill from the prison and later alfalfa field feeding.
A youth admits involvement in a robbery plan to raise a $100 fine for his friends. The group intended to hold up a grocery store. two allies were fatally shot by the grocer, while the youth and another accomplice fled. One accomplice was later captured.
Gov Small secured two pretrial rulings in a conspiracy case involving alleged embezzlement of state funds. The judge erased testimony from two treasurer’s office clerks about a “safe account” linked to the Grant Park Bank and barred similar testimony. The defense also exposed questions about deposits and collateral tied to the Grant Park Bank and state funds handled during Small and Sterling’s treasurership.
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