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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1919
Page
1
Italian concessions suggest the Adriatic city of Fiume could serve as an open port. The agreement narrows the dispute over the disputed coastal enclave while leaving broader questions unresolved.
Paris May 17. Two days of talks on the Italian issue yielded concessions from Italy including recognition of Fine as a free city and cessions of large parts of Istria such as the QuickSilver district. Dalmatian coast terms like Zelenica were not ceded. Yugoslavs deem Trulian concessions insufficient and negotiations may extend. Viscount Uchidi warns against inflammatory press charges toward Japan.
The NC 4 led by Commander Read completes a record flight across the Atlantic from Trepassey Bay to Horta Azores in 13 hours 18 minutes with the NC 3 still missing while NC 1 and NC 4 reach port and are towed to safety by destroyers.
Versailles May 17 Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau head of the German delegation will depart for Berlin tonight accompanied by several officers. The journey follows a full meeting of German delegates deciding to proceed to Berlin. He forwarded a new note to Clemenceau concerning the Saar coal district.
Washington May 17 plans for the convening of the sixty sixth congress in extraordinary session Monday noon were completed with the president's call and final organization conferences. The opening session will cover routine organization and the reading of the president's message. Republicans poised to elect leaders signaling the end of Democrat control after eight years. House and Senate tasks proceed with peace treaty and League of Nations matters deferred to next month. Clark opposition fades as Democrats renominate former Speaker Clark. Republicans name Gilbett and Mondell for top posts. Senate leadership plans remain under discussion.
William Frazier longtime superintendent of the Davis Daly company and trusted mine official in the Butte district died at his home after a week long illness. He arrived in Butte in 1893 at age eighteen and rose to general superintendent at the Colorado mine where his leadership helped Davis Daly reach new stock highs. He is survived by Kate McClellan his wife and a wide family network including parents siblings and several uncles in Butte New York and Ross Ferry Cape Breton. Funeral arrangements are pending word from his New York sister.
United States Judge Augustus N Hand refused to dismiss the injunction brought by Jacob Hoffman Brewing Co to bar federal officials from enforcing prohibition duties. He ruled Congress prohibits only the manufacture of intoxicating beer and did not decide if beer at 2.75 percent alcohol is intoxicating. Officials said they would not halt light beer production pending a final ruling.
Baltimore May 17 Civilian laborer pay envelopes at Camp Holabird disappeared along with paymaster Second Lieutenant Bracker who left for the West after sending his wife home. The pouch in his safe held ashes and an old horseshoe. Bracker, wounded after overseas service, had four months ago returned. Army intelligence urged midwest terminals to search trains, expecting to apprehend him soon.
Paris reports the monument committee invited President Wilson to dedicate the coastal memorial at the mouth of the Gironde near Pointe de Grave. Deputy Maurice Damour led the committee and hopes Wilson will return to the United States after aiding the cause of right. Wilson thanked them and will consider the invitation, hoping for a favorable reply.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions in Montana Sunday and Monday with likely showers on Monday. Temperatures in the western portion are expected to be cooler by Monday.
Washington May 17 Republican members of the house plan an investigation into administration activities and expenditures since the war began to inform the people. The program also calls for a definite military policy, deportation of undesirable aliens, foreign trade extension, agriculture and industry support, merchant marine goals, tariff and tax revisions, and immediate release of revenue acts and welfare measures for returning soldiers.
A ragged OCR fragment references kidnapper warnings and a potential war tone, mentions Montania soldiers at a volley in a Brope trial, and notes advertising and tribute items. It hints at civic notices, markets, and society pages with scattered garbled phrases.
AP summary notes the peace conference finalizing Germany terms while awaiting German attitude. Austria terms near completion with reparations indicated. Mandates set for former Ottoman lands. US offered Armenia and Constantinople, Britain to Mesopotamia and Palestine, France Syria and Cilicia, Italy Adalia and Smyrna, with a Turkish central Asia Minor capital at Brusa. Greece and Italy dispute Podocanese islands. Italy to retire for Greece.
The NC-3 is believed lost after diverging from course between stations 17 and 18 while fog shifts northwest of NC-1. Commanders fear for Commander Towers and crew as radios falter beyond 28 miles and search with destroyers hindered by dense fog.
In Kansas City, Judge A S Van Valkenburgh declares the League of Nations in its current form would fail to avert war and threaten permanent peace, endangering national safety and violating key constitutional principles in a Kansas City Bar dress.
Winnipeg faces a looming general strike as three rail brotherhoods weigh joining protests. Mayor Gray urges order while unions split into groups, with 30 000 workers idle and little disturbance reported as talks continue.
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