Speakership Crisis Hits Democrats and Republicans
Fragmentary political note reports both major parties struggle to appoint a speaker. Neither party appears ready to secure enough votes, signaling a drawn process and potential leadership vacancy.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
1
Independents Hold The Balance In Speaker Fight
Washington reports revised returns show no party holds a majority in the next House with Republicans 214, Democrats 213, Independents 2, Progressives 2, Prohibition 1, Socialist 1, Contested 2. Independents unite behind no side, while Democrats and Republicans await caucuses to secure a vote on the speaker. Gardner opposes Mann. Mann pleads for unity amid war talk and pacifist hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republians
Kelly
Pennsylvania
Ran Gall
California
London
New York
Schall
Minnesota
Fuller
Massachusetts
Martin
Louisiana
Wags sent to jail red-hot Chinaman busy Christmas week
Body of unknown man found during a busy Christmas week as telegrams report a series of incidents. Anarchist rumors and arrests surface amid the city’s holiday bustle. Shipping lines and freight cars remain in focus for mail delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Carranza
Gyclone
Arkansas
Anaconda News
Histeddfod
Chamber of Commer
No Answer Yet From Carranza in Mexico Negotiations
Washington reports General Carranza had not replied by midnight to the U S demand to ratify or repudiate the joint commission protocol. Officials expected a delayed reply might be acceptable. a formal end to negotiations was not declared though the time limit expired. The state department said future moves would go through usual channels, not the commission, which had sought an amiable settlement for over three months. A terrible expert Nash held by police for killing Clarence Hicks near Robins Age, Nash’s feet amputated and face frozen, will be disfigured, physicians say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Gardner
Prussia
America
House
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Washington
Carranza
United States
Chi- Huahua
Joint ‘Commission
Mexico
State Department
Bismarck
N. D
Dee. Nash
Clarence Hicks
Tomester
Robins Age
Nash
Weather Vortex Winds Reported Across State
Aberdeen dispatch notes a day of fierce winds with varied directions from Mowbridge to Bristol and Madison. West winds at Mowbridge, heavy east winds at Bristol, and south to southwest winds at Madison indicate a broad storm system affecting central South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Mowbridge
Here
Bristol
Madison
Allied commerce protectors visit Atlantic coast waters
Boston reports indicate a flotilla of allied warships described as commerce protectors has entered American waters. The vessels, heavily armed and elusive, are said to be a British and French naval unit arriving near Halifax Nova Scotia, with crews avoiding signals and steering evasive courses. The ships aim to counter German U boat threats off the Canadian coast and Nantucket style raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Atlantic
Andrench
New England
Hallefax
Nova Scotia
Canadian
Nantucket
Acker Arrested in Perjury Case in Nebr
Omana Neb December 26 Charles N Acker of Minneapolis testified he came to help J Sidney Smith head of United States Live stock company in a mail fraud scheme selling Arizona wild horses that did not exist He was arrested on perjury warrant and released on bond Also Seattle December 26 Mrs Allen Harrison of Minneapolis mother of Hugh R Reed died at Loma Linda California while visiting for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
Omana
Neb
Charles N. Acker
Minneapolis
J. Sidney Smith
United States Livestock Company
Arizona
Harrison
Seattle
Allen Harrison
Hugh R. Reod
Loma Lina
Cal
Storm brings death as winter storm spans nation
A Chicago report notes at least 25 deaths from a storm system that swept from blizzards in the north to tornadoes in Arkansas. Extreme cold hit western mountains while Los Angeles logged rare snow. Trains faced snowbound lines, and officials forecast rain and snow from the lakes to the Atlantic as cold waves and warnings spread across the plains and coasts.
Tornado Ravages South Central Arkansas Killing Dozens
Little Rock reports indicate 17 known dead and many injured as a tornado hit England Keo and Tucker around 3 PM. Widespread damage, fires, and downed lines cripple communications. Prison farm at Tucker feared with about 25 inmates. guard reinforcements summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
England
Keo
Tucker
Albert L. Swarts
Gland
Swarts
Starts
J. T. Burkett
State” Penitentiary
Babe' Ol
Winter Storm Grips Western States With Deep Freeze
San Francisco reports the coldest weather of the winter with Helena Montana at 29 degrees below zero. Over a foot of snow snarls eastern Washington and Montana as trains lag. A young man frozen to death in Washington on a trapping expedition is found. Missing mail carrier and two farmers vanish in Oregon as more snow falls. Southwestern Nevada faces zero temperatures while searchers fail to reach power lines crews. Southern California sees snow in Los Angeles area after a warm burst. Fresno County records four feet of snow. Huntington Lake train stalled but plows out. Snow caps Mount Tamalpais and Mount Diablo near San Francisco Bay, first of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Helena
Mont
Washington
Montana
Oregon
Nevada
Tonopah
California
Los Angeles
Fresno County
Cal
Huntington Lake
Mount Tamalpais
Mount Diablo
San Francisco Bay
Somme Front Trench System Built As Offensive Fades
Berlin reports a lull on the Somme front enabled Germany to construct a new trench network along the entire line. The military critic says the July 1 battle may be finished and German forces have retooled defenses behind the front. He notes reduced Allied activity and stronger lines than in July. Russian Danube navigation halted and troops in Dobrudja pushed northward, while rail lines to Rent and Jassy remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sayville
Somme
Danube
Tulteha
Germany replies to Wilson note in peace bid
Germany and its allies Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey sent an answer to President Wilson’s call for a peace basis. The document proposes an immediate gathering of belligerent delegates at a neutral site after the war ends and says views should be exchanged then. Washington sources say the reply advances diplomacy but with no terms avowal, leaving the path to a broader settlement open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Lin
Wirelem
Sayville
Germany
New
Austria
Iungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Kent Wilson
Central
Wilson
James W. Gerard
Austria-Hungary
Bulearia
United of America
K'becomen
Sindorata
United States
Washington
Entente Alli Matesmen
Lloyd “George
Diplote Bridge
Eckd
Ise 7 Cin
Rdtor
Presidente
Freight cars used to speed mail from Twin Cities to Butte
Postmaster Phil Goodwin announced freight cars must carry mail from the Twin Cities to Butte and western cities due to heavy congestion. The Butte post office stamped 46,981 letters on Saturday, a record, with about 140000 pieces handled that day and a weekly total near 2500000. Perishable farm goods were delivered promptly. no perishables were left overnight unless unmarked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Butte
Phil Goodwin
Goodwin
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