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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1923
Page
1
King George offers resignation return from vacation and Baldwin accepts promptly paving way for new government. Several officials are passed over as the move reshapes leadership and policy direction in Britain.
London May 22 Stanley Baldwin becomes prime minister succeeding Andrew Bonar Law after consulting Conservative leaders and the king offered the post. The Labour Party becomes opposition for the first time, with curzon and balsour rivals considered for leadership. Sir Robert Horne likely chancellor. The cabinet will resign and Baldwin will appoint a new ministry.
A tornado struck Greensburg the Kiowa county seat at 6 o clock, destroying about 40 homes and severely injuring six people. The storm moved southwest to northeast through the southern part of town, knocking out telephone and telegraph circuits. Injured include Mrs. Mary Hopkins and three children of C. C. Hall whose home was destroyed.
Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul greeted fans and old friends during a Montana tour stop in Butte ahead of his July 4 15 round clash with Jack Dempsey. A brass band parade and welcome banner framed his arrival as he dined with local associates and sparred briefly before plans to visit Anaconda.
In 1922 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Northern Pacific failed to earn the 5 percent allowance under the federal transportation act, with Milwaukee at 1.88 percent and Northern Pacific at 3.53 percent. Witnesses testified the deficit is borne by the railroads as the act requires rates set to yield four percent, not the government. Heated clashes occurred between Attorney General Rankin and railroad attorneys during MT railroad commission hearings.
Chester Holt aged 22 a survivor of a joy ride on the Appleway near Spokane was ordered by Justice Mann to view the bodies of two friends killed in the Sunday morning accident. He admitted guilt to furnishing liquor to the party and was sentenced to morgue custody for the viewing.
A visiting Butte businessman criticizes local parking habits saying autos in the business district stall for hours, blocking shoppers. He notes 30 minute limits are standard elsewhere and urges the city council to restrict parking from Wyoming to Montana streets, urging taxi and Main Street reform for merchants and public convenience.
In Chillicothe Ohio on May 22 Patrolman Dan Garrett shot and killed one of two robbers tied to the Citizens Trust and Savings bank in Columbus. The slain man identified as W C Stewart of Phoenix Arizona left a revolver with one bullet and two thousand dollars in his clothing. Garrett was wounded in the shoulder as the two robbers fled with about four thousand dollars.
A touring car and a delivery truck collided near the Anaconda mine entrance after a down Anaconda road incident. Mrs Helen Lendell suffered a broken rib and was taken to Columbia hospital. William Hines was arrested for reckless driving, Morgan Williams was detained as intoxicated, and truck driver W J McHugh was questioned and later released. Eyewitnesses placed the car at about 45 mph. a lineman near the mine avoided being struck. The crash occurred on a bend, as the car failed to make the turn and stay on its side.
In Reno Nevada May 22 a warrant was issued for Margaret Baldwin a 20 year old blind University of Nevada student charged with passing fictitious checks. Officials say she used her affliction to obtain silks and beauty-parlor services, and merchants delayed prosecuting until a thorough probe confirmed the case.
Reports from Tsaochwang say messengers arrived from the Suchow bandits mountain retreat stating the captives have not been slain. All prisoners are reported healthy except Italian lawyer G D Musso of Shanghai who has been ill. Bandits had threatened two executions if troops were not withdrawn and negotiations begun by Tuesday.
Four men were killed and one injured when three mixing houses at the Apache Powder company plant in Curtiss Arizona exploded. Victims named were John C. Pytlik Ted Bloomfield William S. Musier and Herman Iildebrandt. A witness said the blast seemed to originate in a nitroglycerine pipeline. the main tank did not explode. Bodies had not been recovered by 5 PM.
Engineers and officials push progress on a contentious Montana Way funding drive in Butte. Federal and state road agencies review interests and finalize plans as local residents watch for results.
A massive fire in Mexicali, Lower California, devastated a moving picture theater and surrounding blocks. Officials fear far higher death tolls than recovered, with at least 14 confirmed dead and hundreds displaced as flames swept through underground Chinese tunnels and crowded lodging areas. Property losses reach millions, with liquors valued at $750,000 among casualties. The blaze, aided by shifting winds, prompted emergency evacuations and sparked investigations into past incendiary fires in the city. Local notices on road fund drives and public works followed the disaster, detailing ongoing fundraising and civic plans.
A national campaign for 5 million dollars to erect a sanctuary of the Roman Catholic church in Portland Ore began in San Francisco. Father A M Mayer of the Servite Mothers launched the effort stating the sanctuary will be the country’s only institution of its kind and will relate to the nation as a parish relates to its community.
Santiago Chile May 22 Easter Island was not sunk beneath the Pacific during the intense earthquakes of last November. The fishing schooner Falcon, which left the island in February and returned today, reported that all was well. The island, a penal colony with about 1,200 residents, lies 2,500 miles west of the Chilean coast and is noted for its giant sculptures attributed to a prehistoric people.
The Boy Scout community paid tribute to Jackson Brandon, killed on the Butte Anaconda highway while taking a Scout test. Grace Methodist church hosted the service at 1 36 pm with Troop 18 color guard present. Church leader Rev Charles F Wolfe spoke on Is It Well from Kings, urging better moral guidance amid rising accidents.
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