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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
1
Annette Markland, an ambulance driver for the Army in battle zone, received the first military funeral in Butte for a woman hero. The solemn service honored her wartime service and sacrifice amid local observance.
A large crowd gathered in Butte for the funeral of Annette Bichot Markland with full military honors at Holy Cross cemetery. The ceremony included a flag draped casket, aerial floral tribute, and a moving sermon by Father Tougas praising her wartime service and kindness.
A crowded Carnegie Hall hears Samuel Gompers and Gov Henry J Allen debate Kansas industrial court law. The speakers outline labor and capital roles, stressing that unions serve mutual benefit and that labor power is not a commodity. The event features Mr Crompers and Governor Allen addressing a large supporter turnout.
Federal court in New York returned multiple Lever Act indictments accusing firms and individuals of sugar profiteering. Economy Wholesale Grocers and Abraham Gladstone of Chicago allegedly sold 150 600 pounds at 24 cents in New York on May 15. Netter of New York and Moris Spirt of Waterbury bought sugar below 19 cents and sold about 2000 pounds at 26 1/4 cents. Childs Johnson, Inc. and Charles H. Scott of New York faced charges for license violations in sugar dealing.
Acting Secretary Clarence B Miller and many national committee members arrive in Chicago as a Republican convention scene emerges. Delegates discuss candidates with emphasis on Senator Miles Poindexter and Governor Frank Lowden while tensions rise over campaign finance scrutiny. Albany, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska voices weigh in on the nomination landscape and Wood campaign management.
William Hohenzollern, former German emperor, is attempting tailoring work in Amsterdam. He is cutting patterns for many new suits to stock his wardrobe, and a trade paper says he is excelling at the job.
After weeks of hearings and negotiations, the soldier bonus bill will be taken up tomorrow by the House. Opponents prepared tonight for a bitter fight to delay action or block passage but concede they will be defeated.
Paris May 08 Germany told the allied control commission that 23 000 pieces of artillery remain to be destroyed and 900 have already been broken up according to the Weho de Paris.
In Brainerd Minnesota on May 28 the 130-year-old Cass Lake elder Ga-Be-Nah-Gwen-Wone known as Old John Smith and his family left for the Rainy river country to try again his fishing skills in waters not visited for about 115 years recalling boyhood days and long-ago memories of northern Minnesota.
Washington May 28 The effort to override President Wilsons veto of the Republican peace resolution failed in the House by 219 to 152 short of the two thirds needed. Kelley Michigan and Fuller Massachusetts voted to sustain the veto while 17 Democrats joined Republicans in the bid.
A congressional resolution proposed by Chairman Kahn seeks a five member committee to investigate Grover C Bergdoll s Philadelphia draft evasion escape to determine if it resulted from a conspiracy Speaker Gillett would appoint the panel to conduct the inquiry with a stated mission within the military affairs committee proceedings.
In New York on May 28 six women were sworn in as special deputy sheriffs to patrol Rockaway Beach this summer. They will look for one piece and other unconventional and illegal bathing suits.
Washington May 28. The house foreign affairs committee reported a resolution viewing Ireland's condition with grave concern and expressing sympathy with the Irish people's aspirations for a government of their own choice. Vote 11 to 7.
In Fiume on May 28 anti government demonstrations led by Gabriele d'Annunzio's legionnaires. Soldiers chant On to Rome demanding action and seize on national issues sparked by the political climate.
A Senate Investigating Committee continues hours of inquiries into testimony seeking the financial backers of an alleged scheme. The panel aims to identify sources and connections, with officials pursuing clarifications and potential leads.
Washington May 28 The senate committee investigating pre convention campaign expenditures pressed to locate funding sources for what Chairman Kenyon called this invisible McAdoo boom Angus McLean of North Carolina denied acting as a southern manseer for McAdoo later recounting a talk in which McAdoo said a man could not decline a nomination and tendered Louis Lang a New York American reporter was questioned about articles claiming a 5 million dollar fund for McAdoo he refused to name informants but said Democratic national committee members corroborated the stories The panel also heard Frank Harrison Lincoln Neb publisher that 1900 had been spent for Senator Johnson’s primary in his state with 1800 from California supporters to hold down expenses Harrison and other witnesses described extensive advertising for Harding and Wood campaigns in Ohio and Nebraska The committee planned a busy tomorrow covering Hoover Johnson and Wood funding matters.
Captain Ivan C. Wettenger former captain of the navy yard Bremerton and commander of the cruiser Montana at Puget Sound was notified by President Wilson of an appointment as governor of the Inland of Cuam a distant post of strategic naval importance with national security implications
Jury returns not guilty verdict yesterday afternoon in the Lever Act sugar hoarding case against J M Fabian county commissioner and the Butte Water Company. Col B Gay Stivers opened for the company, Frank Walker for Fabian, A W Patterson for the government. Judge Bourquin charged the jury on sugar shortage and admissible quantities. Witnesses testified that eight ounces a day per man is reasonable. government witnesses noted January sugar use was unusually high in Butte.
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