Unit Rule Domination Shapes Montana Assembly Caucus
Staff correspondence from Helena reports the Montana Eighth Assembly caucus adopting Reed's Rules with a unit rule limited to party questions. Debate split on party measures and initiative and referendum with most Republicans opposing it. Senate and House sessions were brief. committees and a few bills moved or were set for tomorrow.
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Helena
House of the Eighth Legislative Assembly
Thomas RB. Reed
Judiciary Committee
House
Committee On Rules
Legislative Assembly
Thomas bEteed
Roberts
Republic
Fire destroys storage bins at Anaconda Smelter
Fire at the Anaconda Works ignited coal and ore bins near the machine shops causing extensive damage to 40 to 50 storage bins. No lives lost. a young boy, Qassie Short, suffered injuries after venturing onto wet planks. Fire crews contained the blaze. work may pause briefly while repairs proceed.
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Anaconda
Qassie Short
A. Short
East Park Street
Preston Ordered Killing of Seven POWs in Samar
At a Manila court martial Maj. Edwin JF Glenn is tried for unlawfully killing seven POWs in Samar. A native soldier testified that the last three guides were shot on orders from Preston once the column marched, denying they tried to escape. The defense called Gen. G Franklin Bell, but the testimony yielded no material facts.
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Edwin JF. Glenn
Samar
Baulifield
Philippines
Preston
G. Franklin Bell
Gen. Bell
Supreme Court Dismisses Annie Wright Seminary Case
The United States Supreme Court dismissed for want of jurisdiction the proceedings of the Annie Wright Seminary of Tacoma against the city of Tacoma. The dispute centered on an assessment for street improvement, which the seminary resisted. the Washington State Supreme Court ruled against the seminary, and today’s action affirms that decision.
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United States Supreme Court
Annie Wright Seminary
Tacoma
Wash
Washington State Supreme Court
Ministers deny support for local option gambling
Helena ministers deny endorsing any plan to make licensed gambling optional statewide. At a ministers association meeting Rev W W Love clarified pastors have no intention to aid the bill. Representative Duggan announced a local option gambling bill, but Helena clergy insist the rumor of broad ministerial backing is unfounded.
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Pittsburg
Duggan
Silver Bow County
Montana
Crown Princess Refuses To Leave M. Giron
Geneva report says Crown Princess will not leave M. Giron amid divorce talks. Dr Zehme, Saxony court counsel, states Giron has been asked to depart during pretrial negotiations, while the princess intends to pursue a divorce and aims for a swift conclusion.
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Saxony
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Court Bigger Than Jack Hoy In Supreme Court
Special Dispatch from Helena Montana reports Jack Hoy a leading Heinze lobbyist entered the Montana supreme court chamber. After slamming the door he was summoned back and fined five dollars. Hoy paid twenty dollars and received fifteen in change.
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Holloway
Brantly
Body of Rep Tongue Carried Home for Oregon Burial
Washington dispatch reports remains of Representative Thomas H. Tongue of Oregon departed at about 8 a.m. for Hillsboro where interment will occur. The funeral train includes Tongue’s family and a congressional escort.
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Washington
Thomas H. Tongue
Oregon
Hillsboro
Ore
Fractured Austrian Royal Match Split Over Finances in France
Vienna reports serious rifts between Countess de Longay once Crown Princess Stephanie and Count de Longay. They separated after he left Mentone on January 7 and his whereabouts are unknown. Financial troubles and social tensions plagued the marriage, once supported by briefly generous imperial sums.
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Stephanie
France
Austria Hungary
Rudolph
Leopold
Belgium
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Mentone
Austria-Hungary
Countess de Longay
Princess von Windischgraetz
Prague
Elizabeth Marie
Prince von Windischgraetz
Prince von Windischeraetz
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Cape St. Martin
Villa Kahn
Budapest
London
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