Brief Senate Moves and House Bills Hit Montana Legislature
Helena January 14 Senate introduces 150000 appropriation for aiding needy soldiers to be administered by the state board of examiners. House considers numerous bills including 85250 for an insane asylum and 10000 for the penitentiary. Committees toil as chambers drift toward adjournment while boundary redistricting plans surface for Chouteau, Three Forks, Daniels and other counties.
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Helena
Senate
Conan
State Board of Examiners
Clay
Board of Health
Leighton
Jetter
Patter of honor and views from the wandering observer
Observations blend statehouse notes on morale and defense with local tales of restraint and discipline. Reports touch on Prohibition, arrests in raids, teaching changes, and memorials amid a busy but mixed news day.
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Wanderer
State House
Beria
Tabor
Ryan
Montana
Ellis
Butte
Senate to Take Up Food Relief Bill
Washington January 14 hearings on an approximately 100 million dollar Near East relief bill begin tomorrow before the senate appropriations committee in executive session. Senator Martin chairman says representatives from state treasury and food administration will explain plans for fund expenditures.
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Washington
Ean
Senate
Martin
State
Treasury Departments
Food Administration
Lansing At
House
Slaughter Follows Attempt to Disarm Jews in Ukraine
AP reports a pogrom at Berdichew known as Berdichev, Jewish capital of the Ukraine, following an attempt by peasants to disarm Jews organized for protection as Moscow government wavered. Casualties run into hundreds with possible exaggeration, amid rising anti Jewish sentiment and Bolshevik associations. Berdichev, a key port town south of Zhitomir, has a largely Jewish population and historical Polish ties.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Breditschew
Ukrain
Moscow
Petlura
Berdichev
Kiev
Zhitomir
Russia
Representative Cannon Named to Lead Roosevelt Memorial Services
Representative Cannon of Illinois, former speaker, was chosen by Speaker Clark to preside at joint memorial services for Theodore Roosevelt to be held by the Senate and House on February.
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Cannon
Ilinois
Clark
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
House
Language of Peace Table at Paris Conference Debated
The Paris report outlines the supreme war council talks on language use for sessions, representation for multiple nations, and procedural rules. It notes uncertainty about French as the sole tongue, and discusses Brazil, Jugo-Slavia, and Croatian Slovenian seats amid a busy agenda for the peace conference.
Peace conference assigns delegates by war role
The supreme council decided that France Great Britain United States Italy and Japan will each have five representatives at the peace conference. Brazil gets three delegates while Belaa Greece Poland Czecho Slovakia Rumania and China receive two each. Portugal and states with broken relations receive one. British dominions like Canada Australia South Africa India gain two each and New Zealand is noted. Russian representation to be discussed later.
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Associated Arts
France
Great Britain
United — States
Italy
Japan
Supreme Council
Brazil
Belaa
Greece
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
China
Portugal
British Dominions
Canada
Australia
South Africa
India
New Zealand
Information channels opened for press at peace talks
In Paris on January 14 a staged plan will let the American press learn of peace conference proceedings. A joint communique by all nations will be the official outlet, while President Wilson will use Ray Stannard Baker as a city-wide public reporter to share non communique details with U S correspondents.
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Arevemeurret
Paris
United States
Wilson
Ray Stannard Baker
Baker
Wilson considers May tour of the United States
President Wilson weighs a speaking tour after returning home. He plans to visit many principal cities and may reach the Pacific coast during the trip.
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Byne
Paris
Wilson
United States
Pacific Coast
Reach Agreement Taken On Luxuries Tax Rates
Washington reports Senate and House conferees agreed on wartime luxury and semi luxury taxes including admissions and club dues. The package sets amusements at varied cent scales, garden and cabaret admissions at two cents per ten, club dues at twenty percent, and luxury rates across motor vehicles pianos and soap. Estimated annual revenue reaches about 75,000,000?
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Washington
Senate
House
Simmons
Acares
Heney Charges Packers With International Monopoly
Washington January 14 Heney special counsel for the federal trade commission testifying before the senate agriculture committee said the large meat packers held a national monopoly and controlled the industry abroad to manipulate prices at home He stated the big companies also controlled the local slaughtering business.
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Washington
Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Agriculture Committee
United States
Labor Congress Ebert Confident Refuses Seats to I W W Leaders
The labor congress led by Ebert remains confident as it blocks seats to I W W leaders. A gathering in support of Thomas J Mooney's case opens amid uproar. Meanwhile reports indicate Berlin’s insurrection appears suppressed as authorities claim control.
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Labor Congress
Ebert
I.W.W
Thomas J. Mooney
Berlin
Conservatives Gain Control After a Fight
A chaotic three day convention of socialists and IWW members in Chicago failed to gain control over plans to back Mooney and Billings reviews. Delegates clashed as conservatives pressed for orderly proceedings while radicals demanded broader topics including Bolshevism. The controversy centered on seating uninvited delegates and the call for a general strike as a last resort, with discussions of federal intervention.
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Chicago
LW. W
International Workers’ Defense League
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren Billings
San Francisco
del Kate
Adolph. Germer
John ‘Ticker
Ermer
International Workers’ Defence League
Congress
Dascal
The
United
Soman
Nolan
International Workers’ Defense Teague
Benalt
Mooney
California
Socialist Party
TW. W
Robbery and Looting After the Revolution in Berlin
The Ebert government vows strong defense of the national assembly elections next Sunday amid Spartacan and independent forces. Reports say new troops crushed Spartacan guards, numerous arrests made, and widespread looting by soldiers and sailors. The Vorwaerts building became a fortress as cannons breached defenses, with heavy material loss and disorder across Berlin.
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Ebert
National ‘Assembly
Liebknecht
Herlin
Berlin
Germany
Ling
Vorwaerts
Arm civilians to defend Berlin to be armed
London reports a German dispatch says civilians will be armed to defend Berlin. Gustav Noske says troops moved from East duties to Berlin to restore order, with enough kept to secure the assembly elections and protect eastern brethren against Polish despotism.
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London
Berlin
Gustav Noske
Foreign Office
Noske
German Submarine Build Unearthed by Armistice Panel
Four American representatives depart for Treves as Marshal Foch presents new terms. A council report says Kiel and Wilhelmshaven scanned by interallied judges found submarines under construction. Germans claim entitlement to retain underwater craft, but terms require surrender of all built subs and destruction of those under way.
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Treves
Marshal Foch
William Benson
United” States “Navy
Norman Davis
United States Treasury
Edward N. Hurley
American Shipping Board
Louis P. Sheldon
Herbert C. Hoover
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Sips
West Wednesday Night Slayings and Cold Weather Report
A fragmentary clipping notes a violent incident on a Wednesday night with a slain individual and references colder conditions. The unreadable text limits specifics on persons, locations, or official actions.
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