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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
4
James Lyons known as Sandy Hook dies suddenly on a dawn platform in Butte at age 65 while testing a grain company prospector. Cause listed as probable heart failure. body taken to Daniels & Bilboa’s. inquest set for 2 PM. believed to be survived by a son with unknown residence.
Police report two men charged with robbery after an assault left a victim near death. Details are garbled but indicate linked incidents at Liberty Feast areas and a residence on the South West side.
The annual statement of Woolworth company lists office assets and real estate, furnitures and fixtures, and rents. Items show totals including real estate at 66 108 32 and furniture and equipment at 504 288 61.
E J Myrick arrives from Jensen and Von Herberg to take charge of the Rialto theater succeeding Ralph Stuffner who moved to San Francisco. He will oversee extensive renovations as Jensen plans updates and redecorations plus other improvements. Jensen notes Portland theaters and rose festival talk, with Myrick staying about a week in Butte.
Trial of James Fitzgerald against Nellie Eisenhauer executrix of John Sattes estate began in Judge Lambs court. Taxing testimony on fees showed estate value estimates from 22 906 to 49 432. Lawyers Sanders Walker and Meyer gave opinions on services worth with figures ranging from 200 to 4000 dollars, ad journed before conclusion.
Louis Bennison headlines the feature The Road Called Straight at the Ansonia with a breezy western persona now set in an eastern city. The film is paired with a Mutt and Jeff cartoon and an LKO comedy, marking a departure from Bennison's usual Western milieu.
A sensational three act vaudeville show titled My Soldier Girl tours with a World of scenery and noveltys. It features a New York City illumination sequence, a large marching band chorus praising Uncle Sam, and an aviation act set in Miami Plan with a Sabieaux chorus.
Polish premier Ignace Jan Paderewski warned in Paris that Germany may attack Poland, saying German forces are active in a preparatory push and could strike in several places after arriving in Paris and Warsaw last night.
John D. Ryan and C F Kelley left Butte after reviewing the A C M and Montana Power properties on the hill. They met Anaconda Company leaders including John Gillie and Daly Bank's president during their fact-finding tour.
In Columbia gardens visiting animals from Lewistown lead to nights of yowling and fighting with the zoo’s longtime residents. Mrs. Lottie Knapp sent two coyotes a timber wolf a badger and a wild cat to summer care by J R Wharton manager of the Butte Electric company. By dawn the old inhabitants had exhausted themselves and a truce followed. The animals now dwell in amity.
Mrs. Ernest Ebbage a former Butte resident died in Seattle Tuesday night after illness spanning some time. She was daughter of Mrs. Harrison Eaton of West Galena Street and sister of Mrs. A I Mullins. Survived by husband and four children. The couple had lived in Seattle about a year after leaving Vancouver. Yukon legislature passes act granting women full voting rights in territorial elections and asks Canada to extend to national elections.
George P. McHugh served with the 127th Infantry Thirty-second Division in World War I, delivering a crucial message under fire. He earned three gold stripes as he moved through the front lines and endured shell bursts in multiple sectors including Meuse Argonne. Major Trier of Wisconsin was killed by a shell. McHugh helped shelter others before completing his mission.
The allied council on food supply has eight ships loaded with pork products and flour at Baltic ports ready for delivery to Leningrad within seven days pending joint allied orders amid events in Ri.
Haven Connecticut May 2 The disturbance blamed on Yale undergraduates caused an uproar at night Police reported agitators hissed at visitors and Mayor Mayo sought calm amid the unrest Meanwhile Washington May 28 Republican leaders urged a special 15 member committee to probe wartime expenditures and authorize a formal inquiry
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