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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1925
Page
1
Reports from Butte describe cloudbursts and hailstorms in the Madison valley causing widespread damage yesterday afternoon. Crops in Ennis and Virginia districts face thousands of dollars in losses as floods and washed out bridges cripple transportation and harvest fields.
Helena state chairman Sam D. Goza reports Montana quake relief quotas reached in Gallatin and Western counties. Donations include $750 from the Order of the Eastern Star in Man and $170 from local wages. Five Western Montana counties Missoula Gallatin Silver Bow Deer Lodge Ravalli are to contribute half the total.
James Brennan a longtime Butte mining industry foreman and superintendent of properties died at 1 45 yesterday morning at his home 42 West Park street He was in his sixty fifth year and had lived in Butte 45 years Funeral arrangements were not yet completed at press time He was well regarded by colleagues and his division will note the passing on Tuesday evening at 350? members of Division No 1 Anye4 on Page 2 Column 5
The fan house of mine No. 12, owned by the Rock Island Mining company at Hartshorne, was dynamited at 8:10 tonight. Sheriff Will Anderson reported the blast and said the explosion followed an invention by W. Gotcher, Pillsburg County attorney, alleging intimidation of men working in the mine last week.
The Standard asks readers to suggest an actress to play Amoura Ainsley in the screen version of the serial Surrender. Readers should write a brief note detailing why their chosen star should win the part and send votes to the Surrender office for publication by the editor.
Tornado reports from Illinois describe three dead and dozen injured near Brownstown eight miles east of Vandalia. A $40,000 Christian church structure was wrecked and a garage collapsed. Names of the tourists were not learned. two killed and five seriously injured occurred at 2:18 pm. The storm covered a narrow path about 300 yards wide. Local officials reported extensive property damage in a small area.
Sept 6 four persons were arrested on murder charges tied to the wreck of a Louisville and Nashville passenger train near Knob Lick. Engineer Vox Duddenrar died and 16 were injured. Herbert Hall Oscar Dishon and Elvie Dishon plus Oleg Kidd face wrecking charges. seven others, including three women, are held as witnesses. Detectives say the plan targeted the mail car and a clerk sighted a man near it. The train hit an open switch after a rat was loosened.
An elderly man who preferred prison to freedom died in the penitentiary in Lincoln. He had been released years earlier after forgery time served, then asked to return to prison which the warden denied. He died while serving another year to 11 years.
Copenhagen reports that a Danish waiter sued a proprietor for unpaid bill and claimed 10 percent of the total amount as tip. The court upheld the claim, awarding the waiter the disputed tip.
Harrison Noel 18, once a Harvard student and son of a prominent Montclair family, led police to Mary Daly’s body near Van Geisen Gap after confessing to kidnapping and killing her. He also admitted fatally shooting Raymond Degro during the crime, while his mother collapsed upon learning her daughter is dead.
The sixth assembly of the League of Nations opens tomorrow in Geneva with Paul Painleve delivering a review of the body's work and future aims. The gathering, though less agenda heavy than last year, is expected to address major world political issues. Mrs Woodrow Wilson attends, adding an American note to the proceedings.
In Walkerville yesterday afternoon two brothers, Stanley 11 and Frank, faced danger when a cavein at Prospect Hole trapped Stanley and left Frank narrowly escaping. Miners from the Goldsmith property excavated the shaft and recovered Stanley’s body, while Frank climbed to safety and alerted others. The shaft was a shallow, narrow shaft near the end of the day.
Officers of the navy plan salvage of the Shenandoah wreckage today under direction of the airport authorities. Salvaged parts will be prepared and sent to Lakehurst for study to aid future dirigible design and planning rather than determining the crash cause. The board of investigation remains firm in its belief the crash was inevitable given the storm.
After four weeks of patrols near Hawaii, navy officials search for PN-8 No. 1 that vanished en route from San Francisco to Honolulu. A derelict Japanese sampan was spotted in the Kauai Channel by two seaplanes from Pearl Harbor, raising a glimmer of hope before uncertain reports.
Col. William Mitchell, assistant Air Service chief, attacked the war and navy departments for incompetence and negligence on a tarpon fishing trip at Port Aransas Texas. He said he would welcome arrest and trial, predicted a single national defense department, and vowed to mobilize Congress in support. He urged replacing leaders with capable men and pledged to press for reform despite no citation received. He claimed the public is tired of men being killed by gross ignorance and demanded accountability.
A man and a woman were found dead in a three room clubhome near St. Louis after a shooting. Authorities say the unidentified man was hit by four bullets, three in the breast and one in the hand, while the woman, about 28, died from chest and neck wounds. The scene shows a grim homicide with few readable details pending investigation.
In Wenatchee Washington a cloudburst and flood hit the upper Squillichuch canyon at 415 yesterday afternoon. Five bodies were recovered and several people are feared dead or missing including Mrs Domine MacDonald and a MacDonald child. Rescue teams and agencies including the national guard American Legion Red Cross Salvation Army and doctors worked at the scene amid wrecked dwellings and heavy mud.
New York reporting Lieut James M Bovard recalls an aerial encounter during his 18 day reserve aviator training at Mitchell Meld A bald eagle reportedly swooped from 2000 feet over Long Island and seized his leather helmet with its claws The propeller blast hurled the bird away and Bovard showed a barred eagle feather and helmet scratches to observers.
Senator William E. Borah denounces the world court as a League of Nations department in a Boise Idaho speech under the Idaho State Bar. He argues the court should be an independent tribunal for the United States and questions its linkage to the league, urging clear public judgment on the plan.
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