New County Legislation Sparks Per Diem Debate in Montana House
Helena dispatch reports Johnson of Deer Lodge introduced a resolution to pay per diem to members holding contested nine Silver Bow seats, urging fairness as the case proceeds. The measure, referred to the Ways and Means committee, comes as lawmakers clash over new judicial districts and statewide judges’ salaries.
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Deer Lodge
Butt
Helena
Silver Bow
Stewart
Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Montana
Ano
Tob Greemruth
Ene
Relief committee reports large loss in Oct sufferers fund
St Paul January 22 members of the joint relief committee report an enormous loss in the Oct relief fund. the appee or present $350000.
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St. Paul, Minn
FIGHT BOLSHEVIK! IN FROZEN NORTH FRONT LINES FALTER
Archangel dispatch reports heavy Bolshevik shelling along the Vaga and Tanin rivers near Shenkursk while American and Russian positions at Ust Padenga hold against attacks. Despite severe cold and constant bombardment, allied artillery replies. one American plane hit key Bolshevik positions in minus sixteen degree weather. Bolsheviks raid Tugozerska on the Murman railway front with no Allied casualties, taking rifles and documents.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Ustadenga
Vaga River
Shenkursk
Tanin
Vilsk
Shen
Rombingena
Voloz
Kadish
Onega
White Sea
Mareh
Murmanst
Tugozers Ka
Soroka
Troop Melita Returns to Warm Reception in Boston
Boston received 1600 officers and men aboard the troopship Melita with a royal welcome. The returning troops were serenaded and showered with candy and cigarettes. Most soldiers hailed from the Southwest with contingents from Ohio Iowa and Missouri aboard.
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Boston
Melita
Southwest
Ohio
Iowa
Missouri
Strike in Shipyards Threatens Wider Labor Action
Seattle workers in Washington shipyards, over 85,000 in the Metal Trades Council, seek Central Labor Council endorsement for a strike. Officials assess chances of a general sympathy strike as Henry McBride and Henry White offer conciliation services while employers and workers take no action. Puget Sound carpenters and joiners may join the walkout, with the Wood Working crafts held back pending War Labor Board decisions. About 40,000 idle statewide. 25,000 shipyard strikers in Seattle. plus 10,000 nonstriking workers displaced and 7,800 unemployed outside Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Central Labor Council
Metal Trades Council
Henry McBride
United States Shipping Board
United States
Suw
Puget Sound Maritime Council of Carpenters
G. Sanfancon
Joiners’ Union
Sanfancon
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
San Francisco
War Labor Board
Carpenters
Penters
United Movement
Puget Sound Maritime Council
Lawrence Wood
United States Employment Service
Ship operators meet to organize permanent merchant marine
Washington January 22. Representatives of ship operators builders and employees met to lay the foundation for a permanent organization to maintain and expand the American mercantile fleet. Speakers urged government wage control relinquishment and opposed government subsidies while stressing the rising cost gap between British and American shipbuilding.
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Washington
Armerican Merchnrine
Ransdell
Louisiana
Charles Page
The
Shipping Board
J. W. Powell
Vic
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Holden A. Evans
Drydock Company
Ferguson
Powell
Great Britain
Orizaba Arrives in New York With Troops
The United States transport Orizaba carrying 2,950 troops reached quarantine waters near New York and will dock tomorrow morning. The crew includes 34 sick and wounded officers and 848 wounded men. The ship departed Brest on January 14.
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Orizaba
New York
United States
Brest
Foqd Relief Bill Delayed As Senate Wrangles
Borah of Idaho claims big packers benefit from the scheme while President Wilson and Hoover push a 100 million dollar food relief plan for Europe. The Senate again fails to reach a disposition on rents as leaders hope to pass the measure tomorrow without a recorded vote.
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Washington, D
Wilson
Hoover
Europe
Senate
Sen
Butte Raid, Navy Homecoming, and Montana News Briefs
The issue reports a new raid on a road house in Butte amid police activity and mentions Irvin cons and Cobb sightings. It notes Ninety-first division’s return, a welcome home ceremony, and Dakota Supreme Court commentary on a bill held up by debate. Weather: mostly cloudy with possible rain west of the divide.
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Irvin
Butte
Road House
Frvin
Cobb
Dakota
Supreme Court
Tate
Market Lands Financial
Anaconda
Anaconda News
Armour
Senate
Alcohol Content Hopes Are Slain In Montana
Special Dispatch to the Standard Hoesena Jan 22 Soft drink manufacturers from Montana visiting Attorney General Ford were told no drink with any alcohol will be dispensed in the state. Ford said the prohibition law would be enforced to the letter. Manufacturers hoped for beverages under 2 percent alcohol but left disappointed. A state sheriff enforcement proposal by the attorney general’s office is expected to pass amid dry legislation.
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Hoesena
Manuacturers
Montana
Genral Ford
Ford
Supreme Court
Pope
Montana Anti-Saloon League
John Turleyearn
Bolshevik Defeat Reported in Northern Russia
London reports from Copenhagen via Exchange Telegraph say Bolshevik forces in Northern Russia suffered a severe defeat. The dispatch notes peasant revolts across several regions and states that the Bolshevik commander ordered surrender of Sizmonveff without resistance.
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London
Jan
Russia
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhasken
Sizmonveff
Former Emperor Yi Heui of Korea dies after stroke
Tokyo dispatch reports former Emperor Yi Heui of Korea dead after a stroke. The sudden death occurred Tuesday in Tokyo, ending a controversial era.
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Ty the
Tokio
Yi Heui
Korea
See Paris Before Coming Home
American soldiers will get a leave of absence to order travel to Paris before returning home. The plan outlines a short overseas leave with arrangements coordinated through military authorities.
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Paris
Hollweg's View of a Just Peace
German chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg tells the Associated Press that peace must be based on justice and a league of nations. He warns against a peace won by victor power that would mock rights, urging mutual recognition and protection for all states and individuals.
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Associated Press
Berlin
von Ethmann-Hollweg
Victor
League of Nations
von Rethmann-Sollweg
Alsace
Heavy Rain Floods Astoria in Oregon Town
Astoria Oregon suffered the heaviest rainstorm in memory with 6.5 inches in 21 hours ending at o'clock. Streets flooded for hours and basements damaged while surrounding basins and streams overflowed. Rail service toward Portland disrupted by flooding and washouts.
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Oregon
Astoria
Ore
Rman
Portland
Russia factions invited to peace congress at Princes Islands
The supreme council of the powers moved to unite Russia factions and bring them into the peace congress. A meeting at Princes Islands on Feb 15 was proposed, with truce and suspension of commissions. President Wilson led the plan and John J. Pershing sailed to Paris as likely U.S. member. The four conditions include peace at all points, removal of economic barriers, general elections, and debt arrangements.
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Wilson
Supreme Council of the Powers
Russia
Princes Islands
Sea of Marmara
Int
Slack Sea
Bosporus
John J. Pershing
Paris
Joint Commission
United States
Lkely
Besiues
Joint Commission of the Associated Powers
Ction
Princess Islands
Beyean
New Reign of Terror Impends in Ireland
Dublin January 22 Sinn Fein parliament met at the Mansion House behind closed doors. Count Plunkett said a statement of business would be issued later. Outside a group of about 400 youths gathered. two policemen were shot dead nearby while guarding gelignite as masked men seized the explosives.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Sinn Fein
Mansion House
Count Plunkett
Tipperary
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