Bootlegger to be wounded in social menage
Federal Prohibition Director declares the poison peddler a real danger to community health and notes he is now in Butte.
04 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1921
Page
1
Federal Prohibition Director declares the poison peddler a real danger to community health and notes he is now in Butte.
A 64 year old crippled miner William Bowen and his 63 year old wife adopted eight children aged 3 to 14 in a district court before Judge Lynch. The eldest is 14 and seven are boys. Bowen works as a watchman. The court called the move unprecedented in Montana jurisprudence.
O H P Shelley federal director of prohibition enforcement in Montana calls counterfeit whiskey a menace to community health and vows to hunt bootleggers. He argues prescription method whiskey would curb poison peddlers and urges public awareness of fake Canadian liquor and moonshine. The report notes Shelley and H M Dengler’s exposure of criminal bootlegging practices.
A Business Today outlook notes the clothing and textile sector has bottomed from a postwar boom and bust. It cites low wool and cotton prices, improved mill work, and a cautious recovery as winter approaches, with potential shortages if stores cannot meet demand.
The Dail Eireann reply to Mr. Lloyd George will be issued for publication tomorrow evening, though the British cabinet has not yet considered it. In Dublin officials called it the day’s top Irish negotiations news as Scotland reports a cabinet council planned for Inverness next week. General Nevill MacReady, commander of forces in Ireland, arrived at Gairloch, Scotland, by destroyer from Dublin to confer with the prime minister.
The Associated Press reports in London that Sinn Fein’s reply is viewed by government circles as a definite rejection of the dominion status proposal, with the situation described as extremely grave.
Armagh buzzes as Michael Collins, the Sinn Fein mystery man, is slated to arrive tomorrow. The city, famous as the birthplace of Orangeism, girds for a high profile visit that could influence local politics and nationalist sentiment.
State Senator Edwin Booth of Baker, new solicitor for the interior, visited Butte and urged taxpayers to form leagues to protest unsound tax methods. He said real tax cuts require cutting government expenses and departments living within existing funds, criticizing the old system of creating agencies and drawing public money.
Testimony and arguments on grain and hay freight rates before the Interstate Commerce Commission wrap up after two weeks of hearings. Western state representatives urge relief from the current mood in agriculture, while officials dispute cross-influence of labor costs on rate decisions.
In New York on September 3 a suit against Charlie Chaplin was filed by Fred E. Goldsmith who seeks 10,000 dollars as a fee for persuading Chaplin to settle Mildred Harris Chaplin alimony for 100,000 dollars. Goldsmith argues his services were a necessity. Chaplin contends they were a luxury.
Five army airmen perished when a bombing plane spun and crashed near Poe in Nicholas county West Virginia late today. Lieutenants Speck and Fitzpatrick plus three enlisted men were aboard. Witnesses in two other bombers saw the craft go down and flames rise as they located the scene. The squadron departed from here bound for Langley field Virginia.
A plan to reroute the national park highway between Glendive and Deer Lodge was discussed in Spokane with Frank W. Guilbert of the National Parks Highway association. Yellowstone representatives H. W. Childs and Max Goodsell sponsored the proposal to shift the route from Livingston Bozeman and Butte to Lewis Town and Helena. Guilbert advised sending the matter by letter to the chamber’s executive committee for approval.
Madison West Virginia dispatch reports regular army troops establishing posts at Jefferson and Sharples to quell days of shooting between armed men and deputy sheriffs. Authorities say firing persists as 42 rifles 8 pistols and 1000 rounds are seized and a train transports captives. Witnesses claim one man killed at Blair Mountain and eight wounded amid ongoing exchange of fire.
Fifty men of the Minnesota National Guard under Captain McHugh assisted residents in controlling a large peat bog and meadow fire at Rice River settlement near Aitkin. Firefighters reported the blaze under control as wind died down, with hundreds of tons of hay burned.
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