13 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1921
Page
1
Montana fair opens with undisturbed first day activities. Exhibits and amusements go smoothly. Horse races and airplane stunts draw crowds as Griffith and MacNeill emerge as likely Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries.
Helena September 12 Montana's annual fair opens with all exhibits in place and top amusements under way. Attendance remains light due to bad weather but visitors marvel at record livestock from 30 counties and strong agricultural displays. Auto and aeroplane acts boost opening day with flights and races while organizers schedule more aviation features for tomorrow.
The thirty-eighth annual Society of Montana Pioneers convention opened in Lewin with about 65 attendees amid snowstorms across Central Montana. Veteran members shared reminiscences as the group, averaging over 76 years old, conducted a brief meeting highlighting a quiet, traditional gathering and plans for a future family reunion.
The piece notes five to six million unemployed and urges restraint on public campaigns this fall. Secretary Davis favors a fall labor study commission, with plans for an active spring push, warning winter relief remains unlikely. A gradual recovery is anticipated, aided by planned ad campaigns and potential stock rises.
Fatty Arbuckle, famed silent film star, was formally charged in San Francisco with murder over actress Virginia Rappe death. The case followed a party at the hotel where investigators and witnesses described the deadly events. hearings were continued to next Friday in Los Angeles.
The Minerals Separation company seeks damages from Butte & Superior Mining over an oil flotation process patent. A master in chancery will hear Oct 31 in New York to determine the amount of damages. J. Bruce Kremer will represent Butte & Superior in the chancery proceeding.
Muike alias E. W. Brown confessed to the murder of a patrolman on August 13 1919 in Oakland California according to police sources. He claimed he fired on the officer while resisting arrest and was taken into custody recently.
At the world Methodist conference in London on September 12, a resolution urged international disarmament and the abolition of war. The body adopted a wording that refuses to detail a league plan, instead pressing authorities to seek substitutes for armaments and avoid war threats.
In Tacoma on September 12 a blood soaked cloth fragment was found on the eastern end of McNeil's Island. Officials say the cloth is tied to a sensational escape from the federal prison during Labor Day. Warden Thomas Maloney reports guards and residents fired at a slinking figure in the underbrush as searches continue.
The city of Quebec voted by a large margin to repeal and return to the previous statute governing temperance. The vote ends dry status under the Scott act and aligns with the Dominion local option law in effect since May.
More than 100 flood victims are reported in lowlands along the San Gabriel river in Williamson and Milam counties with 49 known dead in the Taylor area. Texas rain and rising rivers clog communications while central Texas faces billions in damage and ongoing missing-person reports.
A courier from the Republican Parliament heads to Inverness carrying a Sinn Fein decision message. The dispatch conveys the latest political ruling impacting Irish affairs and communications between allied factions.
Dublin reports indicate Dail Eireann envoys including Robert Barton did not proceed to Inverness amid talk of strengthening plenipotentiary powers. The Irish parliament may appoint its own plenipotentiaries as negotiations with Lloyd George continue. News also notes declaration of the Irish republic as official language by parliament and warnings to British government over powers.
Bethlehem Pa September 12 The Associated Press reports Bethlehem Steel announces wage cuts for common laborers. Adjustments apply to daily piece and tonnage rates effective May 1 1917 reducing overall pay by about eight per cent.
War Finance Corporation plans relief for Montana livestock, stopping immature stock shipments. Chairman Meyer Jr and Montana loan committee, led by T A Marlow, organize loans via bank subcommittees with funds over 400000 dollars, repayable within UH years, option to extend up to three.
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