14 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
1
A drowning incident occurred as berry makers were carried through a fence into water near Ark City. Emergency crews responded but the individuals did not survive.
Four youths disappeared after a Saturday dance gathering near Billings. The bodies of Hazel Law and two other missing young people were recovered from a canal and ditch area after an automobile was found overturned and submerged. Kalgenbach, a ranch worker and escort to Miss Saw, was identified among the deceased. Detectives and local residents joined searches as authorities investigated the accident scene and possible cause.
An obituary note states Andrew Carnegie died at his summer residence in Massachusetts at 7 o clock, detailing the event and his age. The report refers to a decline and mentions his family and notable status.
Rockefeller stood as the nation’s wealth leader while Carnegie built a fortune chiefly in five per cent steel bonds. By his death he had distributed about $30,000,000 and given away over $20,000,000 yearly, vastly exceeding daily sums and marking a record of prolific philanthropy.
Washington reports July crop forecasts show sharp declines due to droughts and pests. Wheat output drops by 21 million bushels, corn down 27 million, oats 137 million, barley 27 million, and white potatoes 34 million. rice rises. Winter wheat leads losses with 124 million, spring wheat down 97 million across Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. corn reductions mainly in Indiana and Illinois.
Helena August 9 Senator Booth of Fallon says combinations in restraint of trade and secret agreements fuel high prices. He faults the house for killing his measure amid lobbyist influence and claims the senate has done its duty.
Miss Anna A. Gordon of Evanston said the national Woman's Christian Temperance Union is not campaigning for national prohibition of tobacco. The group denies the slogan nicotine next and notes the jubilee drive funds were for education, not a federal anti tobacco campaign.
Judge Stark heard a district court session on an application for a restraining order to stop Sheriff Long from selling four head of cattle owned by Adolph Bauer. The plaintiff alleged snap judgment in a justice court and subsequent levy on his personal property. The court took the matter under advisement as to the restraining order and, in related estates, orders were made confirming property sales for Jacob Hobenbarger and James Patterson.
The Sixteenth assembly adjourned sine die at 9 45 p m after hours of tension over substitute senate bill 11 the 5 million bond issue. House amendments to senate bill 36 and house bill 26 were approved and money to pay salaries comes from license fees. A renewed bid to revive bond 11 was blocked and the house adjourned.
President Wilson today declined to send the Senate a copy of General Bliss letter about the Shantung settlement citing confidential references to other governments. He also announced the American draft of the League covenant sent to the Foreign Relations Committee differs from the Paris treaty covenant, and he cannot provide documents used by peace commissioners in Paris.
Chicago Aug 9 Striking stockyards workers at a mass meeting decided to return to work Monday Withdrawal of the militia and deputy sheriffs was satisfactory to the men The move averts a threatened general strike that could curb meat production and raise prices The union leaders were rumored to demand a closed shop and the discharge of nonmember black workers about 8 000 of whom are in unions
The War Department released a complete price list for 72 food items in public sale through parcels post and municipal agencies. Prices reflect f o b points by district with case and unit costs, including freight estimates. Inaugural parcel post sales begin August 18, with municipal shipments continuing under existing policy, and shipments to municipalities on consignment where needed. Leading items include bacon 4.15 per can, corned beef 0.55, baked beans 0.05, sweet corn 0.10, dry beans 6.49 per 100 pounds, crackers 0.05–0.06 per pound, army flour 5 per 100 pounds, macaroni 0.05 per 1 1/2 pounds, rolled oats 0.12 per 2 pounds, rice 6.74 per 100 pounds, tomatoes 0.09 per two-pound can, corn meal 3.50 per 100 pounds.
Montana residents urged to send any evidence of violations of federal profiteer and food hoarding laws. U S district attorney Ed ward C Di urged submission before the grand jury as part of a nationwide investigation. The statement was made in Helena on August 9 and notes instructions from the United States Attorney Gant.
Washington reports a federal conviction for price fixing in the grocery trade as the Palmer administration steps up efforts to curb the high cost of living. A grocer was fined 500 for selling sugar below price controls.
In Bozeman Judge B B Law ruled no Montana law blocks boxing after the Kiney law was voided by referendum. Richmond Gex, jailed for promoting a boxing contest during the Montana Elk’s association convention, was released after habeas corpus proceedings. County Attorney C E Carlson prosecuted. Carl E Cameron and Attorney General Ford participated.
At Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone Park the sixteenth annual Montana State Bankers Association session adopted resolutions noting Montana crops will be acceptable though below average and predicting wheat production of 15,000,000 bushels in 1919. W J Johnson of Lewistown was elected president for 1920 with C B Roberts and Harry Yeager named to vice president and secretary roles.
Vienna reports Archduke Joseph governor of state calls all classes to help him establish order in Hungary. But observers fear a move to crown him king as peasants show rising deference after communist outrages. Joseph's war courage boosts his popularity.
Reports from Montana Idaho and surrounding reserves indicate renewed wildfire activity. Four new fires were noted at district HQ today with three in the Lolo forest and others on Fish Creek and Little Joe Creek. All sources attribute ignition to lightning. A separate blaze was reported in Salmon Mountain near Nez Perce forest, linked to Shovel Creek.
Lawmakers race to finish as final hours of the extraordinary session loom. Several key measures were blocked or stalled by votes and procedural delays, limiting what can pass before adjournment.
In a tumultuous closing hours session the Sixteenth assembly killed more than twenty measures while over a dozen died from neglect. The one success was ratification of the national woman suffrage amendment along with several relief and reform items like drought relief, road funding, county reclassification, and increased salaries for state officials.
A British study on German food conditions deems Germany a broken nation in body and spirit. The semi starvation during war years is blamed for slow recovery. The report, signed by Ernest Hembry Starling and colleagues, cites visits to factories farms kitchens hospitals and schools.
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