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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
2
City records show extensive totals including delinquent taxes on Sacred Heart church and a $764,800.25 insured property portfolio with $2,447.58 loss. Fire farms, payrolls, crime fines, and treasury balances are itemized, with barbershop sterilization and health rules, defective sidewalk injury claims, and a request for reimbursement of 28 days lost time.
Mrs Crawford E White, wife of a former Butte attorney, died by her own hand in Seattle. Jealousy toward Mrs Anna Markey, a married woman with whom White lived for years, is cited. White, a deputy county attorney in Butte, had notable prominence and ties to local Fraternal orders. The coroner’s inquest heard testimony of long residence with Mrs Markey and marital tensions culminating in the marriage to Miss Hege in Seattle last June.
Aurelian initiated the construction of Rome’s defensive wall in 271 A D, marking a major expansion of urban fortifications to protect the city from external threats within the late third century.
The Yokohama and Tokio disaster aftermath lists American and British residents aiding recovery and burial at sea. W. T. Blume of General Electric is dead in Tokyo, with Captain MacDonald of the Grand Hotel, Mrs Root and son, and Max D. Kirjahoff among Americans killed. In Nagasaki, the American military attaché and 25 others die in a Hiratsuka to Oiso derailment, and a German embassy secretary is killed. a Atami bound passenger train plunges into the sea with 300 drowned, 30 swimming ashore.
Peking dispatches report the American legation has received no news from Tokio since the quake. Consul Dickover at Kobe says Yokohama and Tokyo posts are silent while a relief ship heads to Yokohama. Shanghai dispatches note several U. S. consuls heading to Japan.
Tacoma officials vote to donate 45,000,000 feet of Douglas fir lumber valued at 1.5 million dollars to the Japanese government for rebuilding disaster areas. The lumber will come from Pacific coast mills that are members of the Douglas Fir Exploitation and Exporting company.
Reports from Nagasaki say the prince regent may delay his November marriage. General Fukuda in Tokyo says order is being restored with food and materials arriving and distributed. Railways and roads are being repaired, looting to stop, martial law to end soon, and refugees from Yokohama and Kobe increasing, including 5,000 of 16,009 Chinese residents said dead. Chinatown collapsed in bricks.
Officials in British Columbia say rock slides in Nanaimo last night may have been caused by earth disturbances from the upheaval that destroyed Japanese cities. Instruments at Gonzales Heights observed the events as two men lost their lives.
News from Rome and Paris details Italian Greek tensions over Corfu and reparations as Mussolini consolidates support. Milan reports push to withdraw from the League if it challenges Italy, while the Corriere d Italia cites Wilson’s Vera Cruz precedent to justify actions. Greece urged to accept Italy’s terms or face wider consequences.
Negotiations for a 55 million dollar loan to the Argentine government were completed today with contracts signed by a consortium led by Kuhn Loeb Blair and the Chase Securities. The syndicate purchased from Argentina 55 million dollars of six months six per cent treasury gold notes.
Earth tremors last night indicate large areas of land settling following last week's shock. Authorities monitor shifting ground and assess potential impacts on infrastructure and housing.
An Eastern News Agency report from Haranoma chi says 800 patients died in a blaze at the Imperial University hospital in Tokio. The palace is opened to refugees, with some major buildings spared including the department of justice navy supreme court and house of representatives. Banks such as Bank of Japan Mitsui Yasuda and the Third Bank are listed as destroyed. Princess Nagato Kuni, Hiroko Kanin, and Prince Kanin are reported safe.
Tokyo Asahi Shim bun reports Yokohama burned as harbor and warehouses of Standard Oil and Rising Sun Oil exploded. Oil fires raced through creeks to the harbor as refugees cried for missing kin. Streets split with deep fissures and charred bodies lined the roads.
John D Rockefeller Jr and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Foundation each donated 190000 to aid victims of the Japanese earthquake. The gifts were announced by the Red Cross committee of Greater New York as it launched an intensive drive to reach its 1,000,000 quota in a nationwide 5,000,000 campaign.
Washington dispatch reports the Yamamoto cabinet formed September 2 in Tokyo aims for peaceful policy, cooperates with foreign nations, and focuses on domestic welfare, with no official program yet announced. The embassy cites a Tokio message that the premier will outline his plan at the first opportunity.
Sun Wins Victory in China as Chao Sengh Ti the military governor of Hunan province flees Changsha leaving the province under Bun Yat Ben the South Chinese constitutionalist leader in control. The new situation causes profound sensation in Chinese circles with no flight details received.
Upham speaks on intervention as Germany’s Ruhr and Rhineland suffer chaos from uncounted currencies and passive resistance. Officials warn that financial strain grows while these regions, vital tax sources, remain inactive, delaying rehabilitation and taxation for months.
Essen reports mining difficulties in the Ruhr resolved without government intervention. Work has resumed in all mines in Essen except one, and in most Ruhr mines workers are returning to their jobs.
Kiwanis Club met in the Hotel Deer Lodge with President A C Leudeman in charge. H W Robinson spoke on seven years of missionary work in China. Knights of Columbus elected officers led by Grand Knight J J Flynn and planned October installations. Miss Mary Phelps heads to Mayo Clinic, while others travel for family visits and local business.
Temperatures across major western cities ranged mid sixties to mid seventies with light precipitation. A low pressure system moved east into Saskatchewan, yielding clearing skies and cooler readings, while regional conditions showed varied highs and lows in Calgary Los Angeles San Francisco and surrounding areas.
Kerr Beadle of Butte was chosen supreme president of the Improved Order of Camels for the coming year at the annual convention election. Other officers elected include Ben Ronchetto supreme vice president Margaret Bateman treasurer Norine Garfield secretary James Bateman chaplain W V Beardsley escort Eleanor Powers watchman John Chiumi natto sentry Aeneas Lane John R Rooney and Margaret Kelly trustees. The supreme council formed in Butte years ago now operates statewide.
The Interallied Veterans federation congress closed with seven delegations from United States Great Britain France Belgium Serbia Czecho Slavakia and Romania approving all resolutions. The German reparations and Ruhr occupation row was settled after the French delegation agreed to drop Ruhr references and Britain conceded Germany’s bad faith and obligation to pay reparations.
The marathon dance in Phoenix began Sunday afternoon and ended at midnight after 89 hours with two couples on the floor without changing partners. All four dancers were examined by physicians and pronounced in good condition.
Kilauea volcano resumed activity today with molten lava bursting forth and hurling 10 to 150 feet into the air. The lava streamed down the slopes as Thomas Boles, superintendent of Kilauea National Park, reported from Hilo.
President Calvin Coolidge, in his first public address since taking office, urged about 500 members of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks at the White House to dedicate themselves to building the nation's resources and strengthening its character for themselves and coworkers.
The Industrial Workers of the World in Portland Oregon called a strike in the lumber district along the Columbia river as a protest against government detention of political prisoners. S Healy, secretary of the local branch, said workers in all camps and mills would walk out immediately upon final orders, timing uncertain.
Macon Georgia September 6 The arrest of Dr C A Yarbrough a local dentist in connection with recent flogging activities prompted M Dunning chief of staff of the Georgia Klan to travel to Macon from his post The development follows a crackdown on Klan activity in the region and adds another name to the case file as authorities pursue leads and bring suspects to court.
A teen conference with state investigators notes a dentist described as a high ranking local klan official whose office is used by klan leaders. He is out on bail of 5000 dollars after rioting and assault charges. Separate figures claim 10 to 15 percent of children, 25 percent of men, and 60 percent of women suffer headaches.
Electrically heated mirrors screens and hangings for theaters have been designed yielding temperatures from 75 to 105 degrees. Gluck is noted as the first composer to exclude the harpsichord from the orchestra.
Eugene V. Debs arrives in Butte and checks into the Thornton for an appearance at the high school auditorium this evening. Delegates report that some unionists call him a menace to labor, while others endorse him without backing his political views. Debs has long led Western labor efforts and advised the Western Federation of Miners. the dispute has stirred tension among his allies.
Charles Pome roy Joe Arnold Hugh Casper and Spud McKee all Big Hole basin residents pleaded guilty to violating the prohibition laws in Dillon and were fined 200 dollars each. Arnold’s Buick was seized after the payment of his fine and he left for home with a new 1924 Buick. Bill Wright and Slim Reed from Wisdom pled not guilty. Reed posted bonds while Wright remains in jail awaiting a hearing date.
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