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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1920
Page
1
National Committee will begin Monday to hear conventions contests Presidential aspirants perfecting their plans for actual work in the convention Hays plans lunch for newspaper representatives who are to report.
Delegates arrive from across the country for the Republican National Convention in Chicago as hearings on 137 contests prepare to begin. Wood, Poindexter, and Allen selections fill nomination speeches while preparations for room use and a permanent chairman proceed at the Coliseum annex.
President Wilson signed the amended legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill to remove joint congressional printing committee supervision over executive department publications. The action aligns funding with his objection to centralized control and ensures department autonomy.
Washington May 29 Proposals by railroads for apportionment of the 300000000 dollar fund for loans to meet transportation needs were discussed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. T Dewitt Cuyler chairman of the Association of Railway Executives urged setting up separate corporations to finance rolling stock purchases for each line.
Washington May 29 plans for adjournment of congress next Saturday were announced in the House today by Representative Mondell Republican leader.
Washington May 29 Under Secretary Frank L Polk plans to leave the state department on June 15. He will take a long rest at Manchester by the Sea Mass and his resignation will be sent to the president next week. A successor has been chosen but no announcement will be made until the resignation is formal.
In Washington on May 29 Senator France Republican Maryland urged Congress to stay in session and mercilessly strip from the executive every power conferred for the war period. He argued that denying peace lets the president arrogate to himself the power to declare war, likening Wilson’s actions to imperial authority.
President Wilson commuted the five year sentence of Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare of St. Louis, convicted April 14, 1919, for violation of the espionage act. The action, advised by the attorney general, is not connected to Eugene V. Debs whose release was sought by socialists.
In Helena on May 29 the Monidah Trust Co. filed suit in U S district court against the city of Livingston and Louis Terwilleger et al for 100000 actual and 50000 exemplary damages. The suit alleges a defamatory publication dated June 9 1919 urged Livingston water users to connect with a new plant and claimed the water was pure while calling Monidah water raw and alleging a fire insurance premium drop. The publication, it is charged, caused customers to leave and ruined the Monidah company’s business.
Washington May 29 The soldier relief bill was passed today by the house 259 to 92 and sent to the senate After a two thirds vote was required the measure gained approval after a prior fight with test votes indicating defeat The roll call showed supporters from Minnesota Montana North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin and opponents including Newton of Minnesota
Jerome Kirk, said to be wanted in Spokane for burglaries totaling over $25,000, arrived in Minneapolis in custody, chained and escorted by W. H. Turner of Spokane police. Kirk traced from Washington to Duluth, where he was arrested after breaking into the home of D. C. Corbin and escaping with jewelry worth $7,500.
Tulsa on May 29 saw a drop in food prices with sugar falling from 30 and 35 cents to 22 cents per pound. Creamery butter declined about 20 percent and milk prices tumbled amid the foodstuffs slide.
Paris reports astonishing graft of millions in army stocks bought for the American expeditionary force. At one depot a mile of cases marked ink or canned food contained mostly empty or poor substitutions. Many shipments labeled clothing were empty or repurposed with unsuitable materials as investigators note mass waste and mislabeling. The depot at Gievret covers vast ground and may take years to liquidate. Washington confirms the Paris dispatch detailing substantiated graft claims.
Washington May 2 Senator Myers a Democrat of Montana told the senate that a cash soldier bonus would set a dollar value on patriotism and accused both parties of using the issue to buy soldiers votes He said he favors reasonable aid for disabled veterans and those harmed by service but opposes a universal bonus scheme.
In Three Forks, May 29, robbers forced the post office safe and stole registered mail and about five dollars from a drug store cash drawer. Tools from a nearby blacksmith shop were used and found on site. The crime occurred between 3 and 5 am and investigators suspect amateur thieves escaping on an eastbound freight. Officers in neighboring counties have been alerted.
Senate testimony reports Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood campaign fund near 1.2 million dollars with large loans from Col Procter and notes signed jointly. Contributors include John D. Rockefeller Jr and William Wrigley Jr. total receipts about 1.18 million and expenditures around 1.175 million. No agreement to repay, though some advances may be paid by Sprague. detailed by state and by project.
Helena May 29 Requisition for the return of Amos T Woodruff from Idaho to Great Falls to stand trial on charges of larceny a bailee of 1300 funds of the Mill and Smelter Men's union of Great Falls was honored today by Gov W Stewart Deputy Sheriff W E Splan of Great Falls is on a trip to Idaho to return Woodruff
Michael Gill faces murder charges in the death of Patrick Henry Green in Butte. Jury has spent over 36 hours deliberating since hearing arguments last Friday with a sealed verdict expected after weekend holidays. Green died from a gunshot in the Northwest Coal yard on North Main Street December 9, 1919. Gill claimed he fired into the ground to frighten two intruders. defense cites possible ricochet.
Vancouver British Columbia May 29 Six railway trains with a total of 60 cars will transport Czech troops across Canada early next month. Troops aboard the steamship Ixien near this coast were announced today. Colonist cars for this purpose are being assembled by the Canadian National Railway.
Helena May 12 The supreme court granted hearing of the appeal of the Butte Miners Union against the city of Butte for 90000 dollars. The case stems from the 1914 destruction of the union hall by a mob and follows age related issues mentioned in the decision.
N BEB Black of Fargo publisher of Fare to Yorum bought the Miney Daily News from the Optic Reporter company at Minot, North Dakota, announced today.
Eugene V. Debs, serving a 10 year federal prison term in Atlanta, was formally notified in the warden's office of his nomination for president for the fifth time. He wore a prison suit and greeted each member with a kiss before the rules prevented a formal statement.
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