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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
1
Delegates from all parts of the Pacific Northwest gather in Butte today for the beginning of a four day session.
Best played, snappiest and tensest game of the series is carried off by Nationals with a 2 to 1 score. The Giants hold a narrow lead in the championship race as the series advances.
Delegates from the Columbia River branch gather in Butte for the eight day event at Mountain View Methodist Church led by Rev C L Clifford. Notable attendees include Mrs Matthew Simpson Hughes of Portland and several other Pacific Northwest leaders. Sessions begin at 10 am with speakers from India Korea and the Philippines and Bishop Charles Wesley Burns delivering an address.
Five bandits drugged Bank of Hoche manager A Bherer and two clerks, two women, then escaped with 40 000 to 60 000 in cash and securities. They were tracked to a haystack near Elle Manitoba and captured by a citizens' posse around 5 pm. Police pursued, the car broke down two miles from Elle, loot carried in two satchels. The manager and clerks are recovering.
London October report says the Irish Conference may open with talks on alleged truce breaches. Dublin Castle and the Irish Bulletin list arms incidents by Sinn Fein and Crown forces, including Galway shootings at an Irish republican dance. Delegates seek stricter arms prohibitions while resisting broader term extensions.
The national Boy Scouts of America will issue a bluebook of American Indian trails with logs and maps to encourage hiking among youths and adults. George J. Fisher announced in Butte plans also include erecting a Roosevelt western cabin at Oyster Bay from logs cut by Scouts nationwide. Bill Sewell, a Roosevelt’s Scout, will direct the cabin project and stones from Roosevelt’s North Dakota cabin will be moved to Oyster Bay by Scouts. A Roosevelt birthday observance is planned with thousands of Scouts visiting his grave.
The General Farm Loan Board announced it will loan about $10 million to farmers by February. Applications total $177 million. The board is floating a $60 million bond issue, with $30 million on hand and extra funds to reach a $100 million loan program by February.
Five convicts confined in the dungeon of the state prison nearly perished in a fire said to have been started by a fellow inmate who had threatened to end his own life. Reports from the institution indicate the incident occurred while guards and inmates were contending with the blaze. Names mentioned include Flagg and H. A. Taylor, with details continued on page two.
Des Moines dispatch reports Fred McCarty aged 17, son of a wealthy retired grain man, sentenced in Juvenile court to the industrial school for boys at Bidora, then hanged himself in the county jail using a five foot rope, after being charged with inebriety.
Senator Knox suffers a paralytic stroke while descending stairs at his home in Pennsylvania. He survives for about 15 minutes before passing away. The incident occurred in the senator’s residence, with medical staff arriving quickly but unable to prevent death.
Phi lander Chase Knox senator from Pennsylvania and secretary of state under Taft died suddenly at his Washington home after a paralysis strike descending stairs on his way to dinner. President Harding and other leaders mourned his death as the Senate prepared to adjourn and funeral arrangements were to be announced after relatives arrived.
Marian McArdle, 20, was found not guilty by a nine man three woman jury of first degree murder for complicity in the killing of her stepfather Daniel Kaber in his Lakewood home two years ago. The jury exonerated her of aiding her mother Eva Catherine Kaber, who is serving a life sentence. Deliberations began yesterday and continued into the morning before the verdict.
Secretary Hoover announces approval of relief plans for the workless in response to President Harding's appeal. He states the gratifying response from the public and organizations supports the relief effort and accelerates aid distribution nationwide.
Washington Oct 12 The national conference on unemployment moved toward closing with approval of shipping and construction committee reports. Hoover chair says reports on permanent measures to aid relief are being prepared, as railroads add workers and public utilities plan hiring, while labor leaders clash over jurisdictional claims and emergency steps urge American shipowners to adopt local hiring and abolish overtime work in some sectors.
In Mexico City on October 12 Thomas W Lamont told American and Mexican publishers that U S and Mexican interests are identical aiming for a contented prosperous Mexico He spoke at a luncheon at the University Club conveyed by Robert H Murray as government officials work toward a debt agreement with an open mind.
The delegation holds its initial meeting to survey gathered data and begin policy discussions to guide United States action. It outlines aims and assigns preliminary tasks as it frames the approach for future sessions.
The American delegation to the armament conference held its first meeting in Washington. It formed a permanent organization, reviewed data collected for guidance, and discussed policy questions, including whether to open full sessions to the press. Secretary Hughes was chosen to speak for the group, with Basil Miles named secretary.
LB Sheppard president of the Order of Railway Conductors forecast tonight that a strike by Big Four brotherhoods is unlikely after three days of meetings. Executives and chairmen of conductors engineers and firemen remained far from agreement, while W H Stone and W S Carter refused to discuss progress.
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