Tie Vote in Senate Signals Deadlock Over Proposals
In Helena on Feb 22 the 18 18 Senate tie was broken by McDowell's call for a vote, amid pressure from both sides as house and senate adjourned early for holiday. Debate touched Sunday closing and mining tax measures while committee actions urged municipal exemptions and income taxes.
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The
Standard
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O'Shea
Oliver of Fallon
Prombiine
Ene
Placer Hotel
Sane
State
Pub Service Commission
Dodde Nf
Flathead County
Blake
Mra
Hathaway
Prohibition Referendum Move Delays Postponement Date
The House supports delaying the effective date of the one-dry amendment to October 1, 1917. Representative Moon plans to push the measure as liquor dealers seek time to dispose of stock. Prohibition leaders oppose changes, aiming to keep the amendment on track for presidential signature.
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Washington
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Tennessee
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Helene era daily life and state news fragment
A fragmented listing from the Standard shows varied items across the state including Dillon sheep theft accusation, Republican committees, school boundary telegraphs, Anaconda and Butte notes, a war summary, a keynote patriotism piece, and assorted ads and cartoons. The jumble reflects a busy newspaper page with multiple briefs and features.
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National Board of Food
Saloniki
Dillon
Anaconda News
iAnaconda
Jackson
New Temple Great Storm
Holiday No Mine Trust
Butte
New Company
Standard Building
Rata
Goldberg Cartoon
Boston & Montana Outlook
Day of Repentance and Prayer to Avert War
Lincago February 22 call for all churches to hold a day of repentance and prayer to avert war. The appeal denounces war profiteering and notes international law as a crime against humanity. It cites domestic differences and warns against government and public war incitement.
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Lincago
Pune
America
American mining man wounded by Cuban rebels
Dispatches from Cumanaguey and Santa Clara in Havana province report American mining man W. H. Loerpabel, of the Ne A mine, severely wounded by rebels whom he tried to deliver dynamite to. Rebels fled after the incident.
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Cumanaguey
Santa Clara
First American Crew Sets Sail Against U Boat Dangers
The City of Puebla, a 2634 ton vessel and the first American ship with an all American crew, leaves New York to confront the U boat threat carrying contraband cargo as officers and part of the crew are shown aboard Captain John Willet leads the voyage through perilous waters.
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City of
Puebla
New York
Sailors Released From British Steamer Amid War News
Paris reports German sources that crews of merchant ships brought to Germany aboard the British steamer Yarrow have been released. The decision followed circumstantial claims sailors aboard armed enemy vessels could be treated as prisoners of war. Official information now states German ships in American ports were not seized and crews not interned.
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Asms
Germany
United States
All American Ships Believed Safe From War
New York Feb 22 All the American passenger ships are believed safe from the European war. Five are tied at piers here and the other, the Fine Wand, may arrive Sunday or Monday. The vessels include the Philadelphia St. Louis St. Paul New York and Kroomland. No public sailing news from London yet. Finlana's
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Philaephia
St. Louis
St. Paul
Kroomland
London
Finlana
Irish Volunteers leaders among those arrested in Dublin
London reports the arrest today of several leaders of the Irish Volunteers and others involved in last year's uprising. Named are Councillor J. T. Kelly JP O'Kelly editor of the Catholic Bulletin, Darrell Figgis writer, and Captain L. Mellowes among others.
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London
Irish Volunteers
A. Central News Dispatch
Dullin
Cheweny
Couseillor
T. Kelly JP O'Kelly
Catholic Hulletin
Darrel Figgis
Lim Mellowes
German attack near Armongeea drives back British unit
Berlin reports a sharp engagement as British forces repulse a German push near Armongeea. The action leaves about 200 reported killed with 29 prisoners, according to the army.
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Aendri
Berlin
Wirelew
Sayville
Companier
Canerat
Armongeea
Army Gunagren
Taye
Allied Reinforcements Build Up in Saloniki for Macedonian Offensive
Dispatches describe large reinforcements arriving in Saloniki to bolster Entente forces in Macedonia. About 80,000 French, 100,000 British, 10,000 Russians, and 80,000 Greek Venizelist troops are cited, with General Sarrait estimating a half million Venizelist forces needed before action. Reports note Allied officers expect an offensive aimed at disrupting Berlin to Constantinople lines, with Italian and Serb contingents contributing and malaria impacting French forces recuperating in Saloniki.
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Danwer
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Constantine
Macedonia
Greece
Berlin
Constantinople
Arns
Sarrait
Cam Ue
Pinch
Satoniki
Sas
Athens
Malarie
Axios
Variar
Somme
Verdum
Salonikt
Sataniteh
Epirus
Tinea
Cuban Special Train Held Up in Memphis Feb
A gunmen held up a Cuban special train near Memphis shortly after midnight as it moved toward Illinois. Police cordoned the scene after a tower man reported the robbery. One bandit was reported secured, with two others surrounded. details on loot and passengers remained unclear. Local police reserves rushed to the area.
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Tenn
Illinois
Pol Velock
Germany defends independence amid unrestricted weapon use
Telegraph from Amsterdam reports President Kaempf of the Reichstag warned allied weapons would be used without restriction until the war ends, asserting defense of each country’s independence. In Indiana, a suffrage bill passed the house authorizing voting rights for presidential electors and most state offices, pending governor approval.
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London
Amsterdam
Weaster
Geren Teichstag
Chamber
Johannes Kaempf
Kaempf
Germany
Indianapolis
Womean
Indiana
Senate
Railroads, ICC say grain movement to improve amid shortages
Officials from railroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission report a easing of the acute grain and food shortages nationwide. Westward freight flows rose as fair weather and holidays allowed faster operations, with Chicago's needs balanced against national supplies. No region is said to be in shortage, though car bottlenecks persisted in some areas.
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Washington
Ren
Interstate Commerce
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Moy
Car Service Commission
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Middle Western
Ncern
Kovernme Failroads
Grain deliveries to Atlantic terminals amid U boats
New York report shows February 1 to 14 grain deliveries to vessels from Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and New York impacted by Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. Data prepared for the American Railway Association and Interstate Commerce Commission to aid car relief efforts indicates how export trade shipments are affected by the crisis.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Germany
Fation
Car Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Comission
Embargo Won't Solve Food Price Crisis Urges Federal Board
New York leaders urge a national food control board with power over farm labor and distribution to ease shortages and rising prices. Hartigan says embargoes won’t fix the problem, which includes rioting by housewives in congested tenements and widespread price manipulation by sellers. Mothers Anti-Price League calls for Congress to force railroads to prioritize food shipments and for laws to curb costs and fund investigations into the high cost of living.
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New York
National Board of Food Control
Joseph Hartigan
Bureau of Weights, and Measures
Igers
Ape Hartigan
Siday
Fark Ee
Women of Philadelphia in Unorganized Outbreak
Philadelphia February 22 thousands of women in the southern district protested high food prices marching in unorganized fusion. They overturned displays and push carts struck stores and butchers closed shops as crowds clashed downtown injuring a boy amid attacks on food supplies.
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Philadelphia
No Hope of Favorable Reply From Austria
Washington reports no money or decisive moves today in the US central powers crisis. A looming cabinet meeting and a possible presidential address to Congress on emergency authority frame events. Officials await confirmation on Austria and Turkey actions, and anticipates a severance of relations if replies stay unfavorable.
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United States
Congress
State Department
Germany
Yarrowdale
Pens
Vienna
Austria
Turkey
Foreign Office
Ancona
Persia
Wilson
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