Senate approves water power development bill advances
Washington January 15 nearly three to one senate vote passes the water power development bill. The measure differs from the house version but mirrors the long debated proposal. Nelson of Minnesota leads the approval while five Republicans and 13 Democrats vote against it. The tally reaches 62 in favor, with continued coverage on page five.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Nelson
Minnesota
Bolsheviks Gain Russia Control Threaten Europe and Poland
News from Washington and London describe bolshevik victories giving the Soviet Union command of vast resources in European Russia and prompting fears of a renewed European war. British leaders are summoned to Paris for urgent talks as speculation grows on the next Soviet move, likely against Poland or the Baltic states, with risks to India.
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England
Paris
Lloyd George
Washington
Europe
Poland
Bliss
House
Ways and Means Committee
London
Associated Press
Germany
Winston Spencer Churchill
Walter Hume Long
Admiralty
Baron Beatty
Grand Fleet
Henry H. Wilson
Imperial Staff
Middle East
European
Russia
Odessa
Baltic States
Warsaw
India
Miners and Operators Clash in Coal Strike Hearings
Washington January 15 The coal strike settlement commission adjourned after four days of hearings with miners and operators presenting arguments and statistics. Phil H Penna of the Indiana Coal Operators association said miners as a group are irresponsible and urged enforcement of wage awards possibly by federal legislation. He condemned the miners 36 hour week as almost criminal, arguing it would cut production and raise costs. The commission will reconvene Monday to hear evidence and expert opinions.
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Washington
Coal Strike Settlerment Commission
Phil H. Penna
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Penna
Commission
Congress
Ralph Crews
Extradition Request For Former Kaiser Holland
Paris January 15 The supreme council drafted a note to the Dutch government asking for the extradition of the former German emperor William II of Hohenzollern. The note cites article 227 of the treaty of Versailles and invites Holland to join the allied powers in the act. The article sets up a five judge tribunal from the United States Britain France Italy and Japan to try the accused and fix the punishment.
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Paris
Associated Press
Supreme Council
Holland
Germany
William II
Hohenzollern
United States of America
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Gaul Named Manager for Montana Power Butte District
J Ryan Gaul was named manager of the Butte district for Montana Power, filling the vacancy from Jack Roche’s resignation. The appointment takes effect immediately and Gaul began duties yesterday. He has 12 years with the company, six in Butte overseeing outside towns.
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J. Ryan Gaul
Butte
Montana Power Company
F Jack Roche
Gaul
Pacific coast shipyard graft probe widens
San Francisco January 15. William H. Tidwell was named chief assistant to Bert Schlesinger as the federal inquiry into alleged shipyard frauds involving millions expands across Oregon Washington and California. The government halted about 37 million in claims awaiting the investigation which concerns cost plus shipbuilding for the government. Schlesinger prepares to go to Seattle as evidence may be presented to a federal grand jury.
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San Francisco
William H. Tidwell
Treasury Department
Bert Schlesinger
United States Attorney General
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
California
Schlesinger
Palmer
United States Shipping Board
Seattle
Federal Grand Jury
Tidwell
Department of Justice
The
Shipping Board
Butte Enters Federal Liquor Regime Today
Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting manufacture and sale of liquor goes into effect at midnight, marking a new federal regime in Butte. Local officials prepare for enforcement as residents adapt to prohibition rules.
Prohibition Law Takes Effect Across Montana State
The constitutional amendment banning intoxicating beverages went into effect at midnight. Enforcement is assigned to prohibition officers with a $2,000,000 federal fund, led in Montana by L. K. Devlin of Havre. Officials warn about stock reporting and clarify private home liquor for personal use.
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Internal Revenue Department
Department of Justice
Butte City
Prohibition
Congress
Montana
L. K. Devlin
Havre
Senate
Devlin
H. M. Dengler
Department of Internal Revenue
Italy waives sovereignty over Fiume and Sebenico
Paris report states Italy relinquishes sovereignty over Fiume and the Sebenico question. The Temps adds that Fiume port and railways will be placed under League of Nations authority.
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Paris
Havas
The
Temps
Italy
Fiume
Sebenico
League of Nations
Professors Earn Less Than Baseball Stars Says Taft
Miss Helen H Taft acting president of Bryn Mawr college argues colleges endowment campaigns aim to prevent strikes by raising salaries. She notes teachers risk revolt from low pay and cites Babe Ruth Dempsey and pro baseball salaries to illustrate pay disparity. She warns many schools could close without higher faculty wages.
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New York
Helen H. Taft
Bryn Mawr College
Colleges Endowment Fund
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Mob Attacks Cars In Dublin Injuring Secretary’s Chauffeur
A mob on Cabra Road Dublin at noon attacked motor cars carrying James MacMahon under secretary for Ireland and Dr Ryan. The chauffeur of Secretary MacMahon’s car was slightly injured in the melee.
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Dublin
James MacMahon
Ireland
Ryan
Cabra Road
MacMahon
Nation's first saloonless year inaugurated tonight
Washington January 15 The nation marks the first saloonless year with jubilee meetings in Washington and a watch night dinner where Attorney General Palmer is to speak. Prohibition officers Kramer and Roper say enforcement teams are ready nationwide and urge citizen cooperation as constitutional prohibition takes effect at 12 01 am Saturday plus a satirical Water Water Everywhere skit at the National Press Club.
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Washington
Palmer
National Press Club
Kramer
Roper
Internal Revenue Bureau
High School Plans Expand South Side Campus
District outlines bond funded expansion including a new central high school at Porphyry and Main streets fully paid, plus new grade schools on the northwest and southwest sides and a east side school replacing Jefferson. The south side high school would include a junior high, with the current high school to become a junior high after new buildings are completed.
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Porphyry
Main Streets
McKinley
Jefferson
Wellington W. Smith
Clemenceau Accepts Nomination for French Presidency
Paris on January 15 Premier Clemenceau accepted the nomination for the presidency of the republic. He authorized supporters to place his name before the plenary caucus of the Congress of Versailles and pledged to accept the mandate if elected.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Republic
M. Clemenceau
Congress of Versailles
Harry New Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Harry New was convicted of second degree murder in the July 4 Topanga Canyon shooting death of his fiancée Wreda Lesser near Los Angeles. The jury, after a 44 hour deadlock, recommended commitment for mental observation for a reasonable period.
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Los Angeles
Harry New
Wreda Lesser
Topanga Canyon
Here
Gavin W. Craig
War clouds loom as Bolsheviks threaten Near East
London reports a semi official view saying Britain may face a serious Bolshevik situation in the Near East within three months with military commitments likely. Trans Caucasia is near fully occupied boosting difficulties for anti red forces. if the Bolsheviks advance they could aid Kemal Pasha and Turkish nationalists in Mesopotamia. Continued on page 2 column 4.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Near East
Trans- Caspia
Caucasus
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Fron Riberia
West governors press big loan for irrigation fund
Governor Davis of Idaho, leading the Western States Reclamation association, urged Congress to grant a $2560,000,000 loan to the reclamation fund at a joint session of Senate and House public lands committees. Representative Mondell warned of federal deficits and tight funding, casting doubt on any hoped federal aid.
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The
Standard
Washington
Congress
West
Davis
Idaho
Western States Reclamation Association
Sene Ute
House Public Lands
Representative Mondell of
Wyneming
Prisoner Kills Jailor in North Dakota Jail Break
Ward Mee Crill, jailed on a bootlegging charge, shot and killed Ernie Thompson the jailer in Minot North Dakota. Crill escaped as a posse searched the countryside before dawn.
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Minot
N. D
Ward Mee Crill
Ernie Thompson
Mecril
Deportation Proceedings Start With Man's Arrest
Adolphus Stewart Embree district secretary of the Metal Mine Workers union of the I W W and a conspicuous West figure was arrested yesterday in Fin lander hall Butte by U S immigration inspector Phil Baldwin. He faces a federal warrant charged with advocating unlawful destruction of property and will have time to consult with attorneys before the deportation hearing. Bonds set at 1000 cash or two sureties of 2000 each.
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Adolphus Stewart Embree
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
Ll. W. W
Finlander Hall
Wyoming Street
Butte
Phil Baldwin
United States
Helena
Secretary of Labor
Embree
Spector Baldwin
Washington
Baldwin
West
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Bolsheviki
Kaiser Holland
Ditrigt Grief Power Company
Butte Internal Revenue Department
South Side
Mondell
Metal Mine Workers
W. W. Union
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