Borah accuses finance interests of pressuring treaty vote
Senator Borah charges J P Morgan and other financiers are backing a German peace treaty through a senate compromise. He says these groups aim to influence elections, bar the issue from 1920 campaigns, and push a deal to secure votes while masking profits from the plan. He urges a full congressional investigation after holidays.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Congress
J. P Morgan & Co
League of Nations
Red Tape Delays Relief in Butte County Courthouse
Quick Action 15 needed as relief committee warns county procedures slow aid for destitute families. They fault prolonged investigations and dual inspections for delaying help, citing dozens of past winters of hardship and ongoing urgent cases. A Rocker-area family telephoned with reports of desperate need last Saturday.
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Relief Committee
Butte
Rocker
Butte Warm Chinook Triggers Sharp Temperature Rise
In 24 hours Butte temperatures climbed from 45 to 65 degrees as a warm chinook ended a three day deep freeze. By midnight Saturday the thermometer was eight above and by 7 am yesterday 14 above, with a day’s high near 28 above. Snow and ice melted to slush as crowds returned to the streets and forecasts called for clear, warmer conditions.
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Butte
Allied leaders show closer cooperation after conference
Paris dispatch notes general satisfaction with the Clemenceau Lloyd George talks and views the attendance of Italian American and Japanese representatives at the London meeting as evidence of stronger allied collaboration.
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Paris
Havas
London
Italy
United States
Japan
Miners Return to Work Across Regions
Washington reports relaxations on coal use as miners forecast a 95 percent return by Monday night. Attorney General Palmer and others may be questioned over Garfield’s plan to negotiate with the union, while a new fuel administration successor is expected this week. In Billings and nearby towns, Red Lodge Bear Creek locals vote to resume work, with volunteers and cautious follow through.
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Washington
Harry A. Garfield
Wilson
Senate
Palmer
Garfield
Miners’ Union
Sonn 1. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Billings
Red Lodge
Bear Ore
Henry Drennan
Bear Creek
Canadian Premier to Resign Rumor Strengthened
Ottawa reports a rumor that Sir Robert Borden will retire as Canadian premier. After a doctors conference last week he was ordered to give up public life. Unionist leaders have a meeting planned to discuss his successor.
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Ottawa
Robert Borden
Robert
Wandering Fame to the Regulars
The passage notes Gabrielle d Annunzio sending the Volume to regular troops under General Cavishia, a former minister, as part of a wartime or ceremonial gesture. The text is fragmentary and references the Asso Tress, suggesting a wire service dispatch on December 14. Further specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Gabrielle d’Annunzio Mand
Cavishia
Relief Workers Maintain Busy Day Of Aid In Butte
The citizens relief organization of Butte continued aid to needy families with urgent cases addressed promptly. Workers coordinated with county officials, organized clothing and bedding distributions, built shelving and a counter, sorted hundreds of shoes, and sought funding through fur and bedding sales while prioritizing immediate relief efforts.
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Citizens’ Relief Organization of
Butte
Peo Butte
A. Grigg
Mattingly Found Unconscious From Gas Fumes in Garage
Mattingly, a well known clothier of Butte, was found unconscious in his garage at 117 North Main yesterday afternoon after starting his car to warm it. A passing boy alerted Officer Nyland. Drs. Murray and Campbell treated him and he rested comfortably by evening. The officer suspects inhalation of exhaust fumes as the cause.
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Mattingly
Butte
Main Street
Former Emperor William May Be Cross-Examined
Berlin reports that former Emperor William may be listed as a witness to be cross examined by a parliamentary committee investigating responsibility for the war. The inquiry focuses on imperial government actions toward Bosnia before the outbreak. The committee delays action pending replies to questions sent to leading diplomats and army leaders, with a January meeting to decide on cross examination via mediation in Holland.
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Berlin
Willian
Sarajevo
Holland
Heads of unions vote to continue steel strike
Washington December 14. A conference of 24 union presidents in the steel industry voted to continue the nationwide steel workers strike with only two dissenting votes. The leaders indicated broad unity and predicted victory in the prolonged dispute.
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Washington
Steel Workers
Little Boy Dead Mother Arrested in Atlantic City
The body of James M. Blake Jr., son of a wealthy Philadelphia insurance broker, washed ashore in Ventnor after his mother declared him kidnapped last Friday night. Mrs. Blake has been placed under arrest.
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Atlantic City
N. J
James M.blake Jr
Philadelphia
Ventnor
President Wilson intervenes in treaty deadlock in White House note
President Wilson states he has no compromise in mind and will not move on the peace treaty, urging Republican Senate leaders to bear responsibility for results. Democrats say compromise possible while Republicans insist the president must act first, as Lodge and others demand continued opposition until January. Germany’s reply to the latest allied note arrives in Paris.
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Senate
WADN
Wilson
White House
Hitchcock
Mr Hitchcock
Repul Vennsylvania
League
Senator
Lodge
Mass
House
Repub
Germany
Tiranset
Paris
Havas
World SICK AT HEART says A B Minear in Butte speech
A B Minear, secretary of the industrial department of the International YMCA committee for the Rocky Mountains district, told a Butte audience that the world is sick at heart and democracy must be incarnated in men. He warned that anyone threatening democracy forfeits their place in society and America and stressed punishment for lawbreakers.
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A. B. ‘Minear
America
Signing of Armistice Blunder Says General
Major General George H. Harris denounces the armistice as a major blunder by the Entente allies. In an All Souls Church address he cites the eroded feats of U S forces and claims Germany rejoices at U S withdrawal. He warns against civil authority limits and notes suspicion of German Russian money in the US.
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ON. J
Fuel Dealers To Stop Coal Orders In Butte
Butte fuel dealers will no longer accept coal orders directly. All purchases must go through the city fuel administration. Dealers failing to comply will be cut off from supply. The administration will inspect cases and direct delivery to the purchaser’s preferred dealer when possible. The system aims to track all coal from sale to final disposal and improve delivery.
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Butte
City Fuel Administration
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Imay
Wilhelm
Y.M.C. A
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United’ S States
Gereman
Hindenburg
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