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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1923
Page
1
The committee will continue to receive contributions although the task of road agents has been completed. The road project on Hut Road was funded by Fund 59700 and the drive remains closed pending final accounting.
The CLERKS' UNION 15 receives high praise for their campaign effort and for recognizing small contributors who funded the drive. The note credits those who carried the campaign and contributed modestly to the fund.
The clerks' union replies to the highway committee expressing support for Montana highway work. They decline the requested $50 but forward a $100 check to aid development of Thompson park near Butte. They urge all organizations to boost Thompson park development.
The Montana way funding nearly met its $700 shortfall Monday night as donors from Portland Hamilton and Seattle sent checks. A Butte Clerks' union contribution of 100 pleased the highway committee as out of town support grows and more gifts are expected to arrive at banks and committee chairmen.
A formal but informal bid to purchase the entire active U S government merchant fleet was presented to the Shipping Board in Washington by a group of financiers. They offered to post a $1,000,000 bond as sincerity, with a proposed aggregate around $1 trillion. Board associates said the bidders appear financially strong.
Roy D. Sherrill, an escaped convict, is reported captured at McAlester Oklahoma amid federal prison officials’ belief he was the brains behind a bandit gang that robbed a Denver federal reserve bank truck in front of the government mint months earlier. He allegedly confessed after a June 10, 1918 train robbery and gave the name Homer Johnson. fingerprint identification confirmed his identity. Warden Biddell sent guards to escort him back to the penitentiary.
Roy Sherrill, once a Leavenworth escapee and noted member of the Dale Jones gang, is in custody in McAlester Oklahoma and will be sent back to Leavenworth. He claimed roles as a professional baseball player and whiskey runner since his 1921 escape, with prior federal terms for a Fort Scott train robbery.
J B Powell American newspaper publisher of Shanghai paroled to conduct negotiations for the release of 14 captives held by bandits in the Paotzuku hills. He returned to Taotzuku after conferences, reporting proceedings were satisfactory and ongoing.
In Butte the May term of the U S court ended with 86 liquor cases heard. Eight defendants went to trial, four found guilty and four acquitted. Twenty-eight pleaded guilty. Sentences ranged up to seven months and a $250 fine plus costs. Fifteen abatement orders were issued for a year. US Attorney Slattery and assistants prepared to move to Helena then Great Falls for June sessions. Frank Cram pleaded guilty and received 30 days jail and $100 fine. Mayzile O'Brien stood trial.
A miner seeking wood uncovered a human skeleton high in the hills near Home Stake and Harding Drive. The remains lay near the crest of the divide, suspected to be the missing Mrs Lacasse after months of search.
La Casse says hair resembles that of his wife. Vanity case same as one she carried in Butte.
Coroner and undertaker collect the grisly relics of a young woman found in the hills southeast of Butte. Teeth filled with gold, a repaired watch, a wedding ring, a revolver, and personal belongings may help identify the victim. Investigations continue as inquest set for Thursday and search efforts resume at the scene.
In Houston on May 28, George W P Kimbro Jr former grand goblin of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was named defendant in a suit for 24000 filed in the Sixty first district court by Klan headquarters attorneys in Atlanta Ga. It claims he collected 24000 in seven months of 1922 and failed to report or account for it while employed in the propagations department as grand goblin within a territory covering Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri Nebraska Minnesota Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Montana Wyoming and Louisiana.
The body of Joseph W Folk former Missouri governor who died today at his sister's home in New York will be sent to Brownsville Tennessee. Folk famed for cleaning up Missouri politics and for his role as chief counsel for the interstate commerce commission in 1914 will be laid to rest in Browns ville. Born October 28 1869 in Brownsville he studied law at Vanderbilt and rose to circuit attorney of St. Louis before winning the governorship in 1905.
Charley Graffeo became the thirty fifth victim of the Birmingham axe murderer when his body was found behind a store counter in an outlying residential area. The skull was crushed by a single axe blow. Police records show twenty eight similar attacks in two years, leaving eighteen dead and seventeen injured.
Forest fire threatens an Ontario town as crews battle flames in the woods. More than 800 men are fighting the fire, with conditions described as becoming critical and demanding expanded resources.
Northern Wisconsin reports growing forest fires with hundreds of cottages at risk around Douglass County. More than 500 firefighters, including Superior department members, battle blazes near White Fish Lake and Lake Gilmore as wind shifts and dry conditions fuel the spread.
A skeleton unearthed near Homeslake is believed by Ernest La Casse to be his wife, Mrs. LaCasse, who vanished over two years ago. Dental work and a pivot tooth match Mrs LaCasse, though identification remains uncertain. The case recalls the pursuit of C C Skidmore, ex convict once linked to her disappearance, with his parole conditions and subsequent movements forming the backdrop to today’s investigation.
New Orleans May 28 The steamship Copan bringing from Puerto Cortez Honduras Mrs Clara Phillips the Los Angeles hammer murderess will reach the mouth of the Mississippi at 3 tomorrow morning and dock about 1 tomorrow afternoon Charles Weinberger of Fruit Dispatch said she is in custody of a Los Angeles deputy sheriff Police will meet the boat on arrival and escort her to the parish prison before departure to the Pacific coast
Miss Stella Larrimore, through her attorney, denounces Judge Lehman's decision vindicating her in the Lou Tellegen divorce case. She says those who made the charge should be punished, while Samuel Untermyer stated the allegation was untrue. Lehman ruled the abandonment constitutes full vindication.
Republicans told to lay down arms and cease resistance to Free State forces. Sacrifice deemed useless as hostilities pause.
Captured papers released by the Free State show Eamonn de Valera and Frank Aitken ordering a cessation of hostilities. The army will dim arms rather than surrender, focusing on elections while prisoners remain confined. A similar note signed by Aitken calls off armed revolt, stating the arms will be dumped as enemies prevail for now.
Atlantic City May 28 Delegates at the annual session of the Independent Order of Brith Abraham adopted a resolution criticizing Henry Ford for alleged attacks on Jews and for presidential ambitions and accusing him of funding the Ku Klux Klan. The measure passed with unanimous support after speakers cheered.
Ismet Pasha head of the Turkish delegation told the allies he wants to wrap up the conference in a week. He urged leaders to devote the next three days to unsettled problems and draft the final treaty text in a fortnight.
Amid workman sounds the cornerstone for the Salvation Army state headquarters in Butte was laid marking the start of a $12,000 annual drive. A donor dropped $5 from a man in overalls, and by nightfall nearly $1,000 had been subscribed. The campaign, led by Col. T W Scott and aided by Rotary Kiwanis and Woman's clubs, resumes today as more workers mobilize citywide.
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