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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1921
Page
7
Pure granulated sugar and other groceries offer value from 1.00 for 14 pounds sugar to various coffee and tea items. The notice highlights out of town orders growing as customers seek the same brands and quality for less money.
A July wage reduction for railroad workers faces renewed pressure as carriers push for a further 10 percent cut trotted out with promises to ease freight costs. The plan, urged by General Atterbury, would lower rates to ease living costs, while labor groups warn of wider market effects. Critics say the proposal risks triggering a broader conflict.
In Indianapolis Secretary of Labor Davis heads to Washington after being summoned by President Harding amid threats of a nationwide railroad strike. He will not comment until returning to consult with the board. In New York, railway executives meet tomorrow to discuss the strike, led by Thomas Dewitt Cuyler and Robert S. Binkerd, arriving from Chicago.
The Associated Producers feature Blind Hearts plays at the American theater this week. Lara Larson and John Thomas, lifelong companions, make their Yukon fortune and return to Nome to find they have fathered a girl and a boy. Larson’s hatred toward Thomas grows after a yacht fire kills a man believed to be Larson. Paul Thomas faces a gallows sentence for the crime, while Larson, in hiding, learns the truth and returns to stop the execution. The climax unfolds through powerful, unexpected sequences.
William J. Simmons founder and imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan will resume his defense before the House Rules Committee tomorrow, his physicians report. He is recovering from throat trouble and exhaustion.
Peking reports Princess Chin mother of the boy emperor Henan Tung died October 1 from an opium overdose. Court sources say a quarrel with the empress dowager over a royal bride sparked the suicide. The exiled emperor, living in retirement, seeks to travel before marrying.
Alexander Stuart Ross, a broker, slashed his wife's throat in a major downtown hotel after a quarrel over money. Police say Mrs Ross was in critical condition as Ross claimed she threatened him over a $4,000 check he refused to give. He seized a razor following a heated argument.
Riga October 18 Turkish foreign minister Usuff Kemal Bey filed an official complaint with the Russian Soviet government alleging new Greek atrocity acts. He accuses Greek troops of burning villages and driving nationalists to evacuate in September, per Rostа agency reports.
Union leaders group lines for potential strikes across major carriers including Kansas City Southern Missouri Pacific St Louis Southwestern International & Great Northern Texas & Pacific Southern Pacific and others. Officials say walkouts could begin October 30 at 6 am with Pennsylvania lines in group 3. Chicago and Cleveland host meetings to finalize groupings and strike orders amid pledges from telegraphers and shop crafts to join, while rail executives forecast limited disruption despite union threats.
A patrolman named Schutz and former officer William Kirby were slain in a West Side businessmen's club after quarrels sparked by accusations of drink, followed by gunfire as several men returned with pistols. Police made multiple arrests among the chaos.
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