Senate Session Opens With Small Debates On Pay Bills
The Fifteenth Legislature begins amid light attendance as three appropriations bills for mileage and per diem totaling about 160000 are discussed. Members joke about costs of living in Helena while Governor communications on finances and pardons are read. Speaker O Connor adds Griffin Davis Page Sekman to employes committee as debates test rules and constitution before final enactment.
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Helena
McM Bow
House
Deer Lodge
Senate
O'Connor
Nam Griffin
Blaine
Davis
Teton
Page
Granite
Sekman
Valley
Higgins
McMahon
Ndt
Blake
Thirteen Miners Entombed at Gil-First Gil-First Bills and Scandals
Extracted items show multiple brief notes from the Standard including miners entombed at Gil, legislative bills, Mrs Cornwallis-West army scandal, Mexican affair presented to the president, Mexican consul arrested, plus state sport items and local notices.
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Gil- First
Cornwallis-West
Entente Ue
von Bernsterg
Anaconda News
T—Fenner
Keating
Carranga
Japan
Butte
Northern Pacific
South Side
W. F. McGrath
Goldberg
Turk
Mrs Cornwallis-West in an Army Scandal
London reports a court of inquiry condemns Mrs. Cornwallis-West for using her influence to aid Lieut Barrett of the Welsh Fusiliers. The panel cites discreditable conduct and interference with officers, noting Barrett’s transfer following her letter and urging scrutiny of wartime war office conduct.
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London
Cornwallis- West
William Cornwalls-West
Princess of
Pless
Duchess of Westminster
Arthur Basil Markham
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
House Commons
Patrick Barrett
House of Commons
Delme Radcliffe
Sir John Cowans
Owen Thomas
Barrett
Welsh Fusiliers
Cornwallis-West
Cowans
Cornwallis-Wests
W. H. MacKinnon
Western Command
William Nicholson
Lord Cheylesmore
James Richard Atkin
Donald MacLean
Peebles
Selkirk
Barrett B
Mexican Affair Up to President
President Wilson held the threads of the U S Mexico situation tonight as American members of the Mexican American joint commission reported a deadlock. They asked him to decide whether to continue conferences on other subjects and he indicated at least one more conference would be held. The administration weighed pershing withdrawal and Fletcher's ambassadorial mission.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Wilson
Lane
JR. Mott
George Gray
Joint Commission
Carranza
Car
General Pershing
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico City
Perfume May Reveal Slayer Identity in Upstate Case
Authorities refuse to reveal the man’s identity as investigations continue. Readiness to use scent clues has investigators examining his clothing for signs linked to the case.
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Ieee Aee
Slater Mena
Eteer Eceletiy
Upstate
Easton
Eerie
Labor Legislation Aims Clarify Wage Rules for School Janitors
Helena Jan 3 Reports indicate Montana Federation of Labor seeks modest amendments to the compensation law. A draft bill would standardize wage schedules for school district janitors across rural precincts and extend the eight hour day to female workers. The federation plans a statewide bill to cover all school janitors and to place women workers under the eight hour law.
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Helena
M. M. Donagh
Montana Federaf Labor
Federation
Ai Id
Mexican consul Burns jailed in arms shipments plot
New York reports Juan T Burns consul general for Mexico’s de facto government along with four other Mexicans charged in three indictments for shipping arms into Mexico in violation of Wilson’s 1915 proclamation. Evidence links packages from New York via Adie Company and a Pittsburg hardware firm to hidden cartridges. Arrests followed in New York and Houston as investigations traced multiple shipments under the guise of machinery.
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New York
Juan T. Burns
Mexico
Burns
Wilson
United States
John C.knox
Ward
Esperanza
Vera Cruz
Pittsburg
Adie Company
Louis Gotting
Wenceslaus Mont
John Gelpl
Jose de la Paz
Knox
Gotting, Mont
de la Paz
Mier
Reuben Mier
Houston
Texas
Taft warns prosperity fuels extravagance after war
Former President William Howard Taft spoke on January 3 about how European war prosperity has bred private and public extravagance in the United States. He warned that continued excess would create wage squeeze and deepen labor conflicts once the war ends.
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United States
William Howard Taft
Mr. Taft
Count Tarnowski to sail for United States
Washington reports that Count Tarnowski the Austro Hungarian ambassador to the United States will sail from Amsterdam on the Noordam Jan 18 after negotiations. Prices jumped four percent from Oct 18 to Nov 15, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics tables, signaling rising food costs throughout the year.
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Count Tarnowski
Washington
Count Tarnow-Tarnowski
United States
Amsterdam
Uner Noordam
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Thirteen Rescued After Mine Explosion at Gilmore Idaho
Dillon Idaho January 2 18 miners trapped by a cavern in the Allie mine on the 49 level were rescued after four hours of desperate work. Some reportedly injured but none fatally. Rescue crowds cheered as the first survivors emerged. The Allie mine, part of the Pittsburg Idaho group, is a silver lead producer. Several others entombed were named Kenne tt Johnson Dagan and others remaining.
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Standard
Dillon
Gilmore
Idaho
Allle
Gilmore Talent
Ditton
Love the
Aliie
Pittsburg-Idaho
Jack + Kennett
le Johnson
John Dagan
Ba’ "Kenney
Harry Hal
Nicholas Spicer
Fred Blake
Ea Nunelly
William ‘Itodison
EA Moran
Prank
Jack Thomas
Lele
Vellas Main Force Bolstered by BI-Driven South Push
Chihuahua City report says Gen. Francisco Murguia presses southward driving the Villamain force toward the border and has set his headquarters at Ji ting. Dispatches claim Murguia urged troops to win or die while Gen Diegues coordinates against Villa in the Laguna district as Carranza troops seize towns including Torreon, Laredo, and Gomes Palacio.
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Chihuahua City
Francisco Murguia
Villamain
Ji Ting
Eral Murgula
Chihuahua
Eral Diegues
Villa In
Laguna
Torreon
Leredo
Gomes Palacio
Carranza
Domestic Servants Union Formed in Duluth
Duluth Minn Jan 3 The first Domestic Servants union east of the Missouri river has 100 charter members and will present demands to Duluth housewives Jan 15. Members seek $20 to $25 monthly for two, $25 to $80 for three or more, a nine hour day with time and a half OT, one full day weekly for recreation, ample food, and well ventilated sanitary sleeping rooms. The union is an offshoot of the Industrial Workers of the World.
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Duluth
Minn
Missouri River
The
Industrial Workers of the World
German Peace Terms Coming to Wilson From Budapest Quotation
London dispatch quotes Count Andrasay formerly Hungarian premier asserting that President Wilson will be informed of Central Powers peace terms. The Budapest telegram via Amsterdam says Entente rejection of the offer as a maneuver would prompt delivery of the terms to Wilson, reflecting now known conditions.
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London
Wilson
Julius An- Grassy
Hungary
Budapest
Amsterdam
Count Andrasay
New Years
Entente
Reuter Eles
Andramyaa
Wileson
Entente Rejects Our Peace Offer Only Because They Maintain That Wrotay
Confidential reports of allies reply at hand
Washington January 3. Col. E M House arrived at the White House as confidential advices outlining the entente reply to President Wilson's peace terms were received. London dispatches reported Count Andrassy claiming central powers offered terms. officials would not discuss further until the entente reply arrived. Despite pessimism in circles, the president believed the move would be helpful in time.
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Washington
Wilson
Col. E. M. House
White House
London
Count Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Kive
State Department
Bargain Marriage Licenses in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Daily News reports that during leap year 8. D. officials Clerk SM Smith and County Judge P. O. Urban offered free marriage licenses and free marriages for couples where the bride did the proposing. Clerk Smith and Miss Flossie Kessling were married December 31 with no fee to the judge.
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Aberdeen
SM. Smith
P. O. Urban
Timber Lake
Dewey County
Smith
Flossie Kessling
Peace tip received by stock operators
Washington reports congressional agitation over an alleged leak of President Wilson's peace note fueling stock market gains. The House orders a rules committee report within 10 days on Rep Wood's inquiry resolution while Rep Bennett of New York accuses Bernard Baruch of selling short 18,000 steel shares on the tip.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Woods
Bennett
New York
Bernard Baruch
Henry
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Wood
Lawson
Mittee
Rules Committee
Garrett
Tennessee
Barney Baruch
Council of National Defense
Wall Street
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