Legislature Teems With Activity As Adjourn Nears
The legislative session presses on with amendments to a key measure and broad committee work. Both houses adjourned late with plans to resume next morning and potential adjournment by Wednesday or tomorrow night. Several bills and resolutions move, including funding for public publishing, county attorney salaries, and tax relief for service members.
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Social Star
Helena
Meh
Legislative Assembly
O'Connor
Beldon
Senate
House
H. B
Rasmussen
IL J. R
Holt
Belden
Ellil
Bureau of Agriculture and Publicity
IL B
Cotter
Railroads concede need for higher wages for workers
Washington Feb 18 representatives of a majority of U S railroads told the government wage commission that cost of living has risen and low paid workers need more wages during the war. Leaders from Western and Eastern railways said many classes of employees are underpaid and urged careful consideration of wage increases. The discussion noted that railroads pay about 85 percent of earnings to employees and that adjustments should focus on those earning under substantial monthly amounts. The testimony emphasized no union versus nonunion distinction and cited a rising wage trend since 1919 with stronger gains for the least paid workers.
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Washington
United States
Trey
J. W. Highns
Chicago
Western Association of Rail Ways
Western Territory
Slagsiim
Lane
Commission
Higgins
Walker
AML
Sinc
Purser of Steamship Arrested as Courier
An aunt in the Nieuw Amsterdam case details the arrest of Johann Werkhoven, purser of the Holland America liner, for importing and concealing bonds and coupons from Europe. He reportedly hid securities in a cigar box aboard the ship and has cashed large sums since beginning the activity, including $75,000 from a trust company and $22,000 in January 1917. Authorities cite violations of wartime trading with the enemy laws.
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Por
Johann Penis Werkhoven
Sasaiant
Perak
Gan United Frat Company
Bond
Peer Soniye Ain
Holand
Cornelius Nederhooven
Rotterdam
Werkhoven
Europe
Nieuw Amsterdam
America
Hoboken Trust Company
Germany Begins Another Charge Drive On Slavs
Berlin dispatches report German troops crossed the Dvina and pushed into Estonia and Livonia, isolating Russia from the Baltic Sea. Kiev reportedly captured by Bolsheviks. heavy casualties and shelling described in Ukraine. Western Front sees minor actions with a Champagne engagement where French and American gunners repelled a German assault. Air raids on London cause casualties.Continued on Page Seven.
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Dyina
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Rusia
Baltic
Esthenia
Livonia
Russia
Tiga
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Austria
Germany
Prussian
Austria-Hungary
Kiev
Ukraine
Holshevii
Odessa
Minsk
Tomogorod
Black Sea
Voronezh
Vaiue
Rrance
Landers
Champagne
Butte du Mesnil
Addittion
Heee
Perso
London
Rich rancher Soule faces new murder charge in 21 year old infant death
Missoula Feb 18 an information filed by County Attorney Wade Parks charges Arthur Soule of Sanders county with the murder of his year old daughter Vera Burrell born out of wedlock. The affidavit comes as Soule awaits trial for the alleged killing of his nephew Ben Soule in a duel. Mrs Soule swears the 21 year old crime occurred just after their marriage. Judge McCulloch set bail at 15000 but Parks sought immediate trial.
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Wade Parks
Arthur Soule
Sanders County
Thompson Falls
Hen Soule
Sanders County District Court
Thompson
Soule
R Teo McCulloch
Parks
Vera Burrell
McCulloch
Storney
Jani
John F. McKay
Shipyard strike threat looms in Duluth Superior
A mass meeting is planned in Superior after a notice from McDougall-Duluth ship plant employees. About 3,000 workers across Duluth and Superior could be affected if a strike is called, amid months of agitation within shipbuilding trades.
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Suluth
Ainn
Superior
McDougall-Duluth
Weather Bulletin for Montana Fair and Cold Tuesday
Montana forecast calls for generally fair skies with a time of cooling winds on Tuesday and continuing cold conditions into Wednesday. The bulletin notes cold Tuesday night with improving daytime temperatures to follow.
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Montana
Hostile Planes Threaten French Sector In Air Patrols
Amid bright moonlight American patrols reported increased aerial activity over the Freyville area. Enemy planes attacked near a field hospital, with bombs dropped but damage limited. Several soldiers were wounded in trenches as the town endured shelling. a minor gas exposure caused no casualties.
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France
Tescleau
Wes
Ariven
Ecias
Eailcakre
Agian Paris
Lenine Edict Aims to Relieve Petrograd Strain
Bolshevik premier Lenine bans war prisoners and refugees from starving Petrograd and nonproducing northern regions to ease food shortages. Bread rations drop to three eights of a pound daily as grain supplies from Ukraine and Don territory shrink. Food commissioner travels to Siberia to assess Moscow Petrograd wheat.候
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Petrograd
Nikollai Lenine
Russia
Moscow
Ukraine
Don
Siberia
Filipinos Drill for U S Army Service in France
Filipinos are under arms and drilling in Manila to be called into the United States army for service in France. The report comes from C. W. O'Brien, an attorney who just returned today from Manila.
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United States Army
France
C. W. O'Brien
Manila
Camp Lewis Adopts Over the Top Athletic Training Game
At Camp Lewis Washington February 4, soldiers train for trench combat with a mock game called over the top. Fifty to one hundred men line a shallow trench. ten yards away an opposing trench. No kicking or bunching. other attacks permitted. The game ends after ten minutes with the side having more men still standing winning. The aim is practical drill for rifle defense if lost in battle. The scheme, tested by Captain Cook, may be adopted nationwide under War Department directives.
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Camp Lewis
Ta ‘Wash
Cone
Tn Hiature
Lav Coote
Reni
Laure
Captain Cook
Joseph H. Raycroft
War Department
United States
Too Old to Fight Praised by the King in Kingston
Private J. W. Boucher of the 2nd Wisconsin discharged after serving in the American Civil War at age 73. He arrived in Kingston from France and was praised by the king for his courage before returning home.
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Kingston
Ontario
J. W. Boucher
France
Roucher
Lost on scout Dur Rachie Ensign Feared Missing
A fragment recalls Ensign Rachie reported lost while on a scout duty at Sturtevant. The note mentions enlistment last April and posting to England for duty last September.
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Rachie
Inglant
Allied and neutrals protest Bolshevik decrees
Diplomatic representatives from fourteen allied nations and neutrals protest the Bolshevik decree confiscating property, asserting edicts have no validity for their nationals and reserving rights to damages. Reports from Petrograd and Budapest note evacuations, guerrilla arson, and a Don Cossack leader’s death by self-inflicted actions. A mission to a general socialist conference is planned with Madame Kollontay among those named.
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Petrograd
Vishevik
Orue
Madame Kollontay
Stockholm
Paris
Lome Fon
Bolshevik Leader Says Russia’s Action Depends on Germany
Petrograd dispatch reports Lenin replying that Russia’s next move after declaring no more fighting hinges on Germany's attitude. Krylenko, commander in chief, doubted Germany would threaten Russia and noted Berlin prefers amity and would not act until the armistice ends.
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Petrograd
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Germany
Petrograd Soveit
Krylenko
Boleshevik
Imany
Keyenko
Etrograd
Kiev falls to Bolsheviks after bloody street fighting
The Associated Press reports Kiev, a major city in the Ukraine, was captured by Bolsheviks on Friday after a sanguinary battle. Streets filled with dead and wounded as the fighting raged through the city.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Kiev
Thekraine
Government urges staple food production increase
The 1918 food program from the U S Department of Agriculture calls for expanded spring wheat acreage and higher output of hogs, cattle, and other staples. It stresses war needs, urges the South to feed itself and stock, plant cotton only where feasible, and notes farm labor improvements and better organization to meet demand.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Europa
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Vossiache Zeitung
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