Abolish State Campaign Book Faces Skepticism
Senator McCone moves to abolish the state campaign book as a costly, low-receipt venture while both houses hold brief sessions. Legislation spurs committee work on county creation and per diem pay, with debates over manganese industry proposals and state penitentiary shifts.
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McCone
Helena
Dawson
Page
Congress
Belden
House
Dodd
Church of Lewis and Clark
Senate
Daniels County
Valley
Sheridan
Lake County
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Silver Bow
Gudmansen
Corry
Silver Row
Jones of
Phillips
Pioneer Mrs Ella Warde Dies After Car Crash
Mrs Ella Warde longtime Butte resident and mother of rea D Warde died in Modesto California from injuries in an automobile accident. Her cousin Mrs John Turner of Muleete was fatally injured and died the day after. Her husband was in serious condition. Warde came to Butte in the 1880s, later moved to Great Falls, with funeral and interment in Modesto.
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Ella Warde
Montana
D. Warde
Edwards Street
Floral Park
Modesto
Cal
Edwards
John Turner
Muleete
Jack Lloyd
Great Paris
Dick Lloyd
New York
Est
Mes
Warde
Butte
Great Fells
Bethlehem Steel Forecasts Prosperity After War
New York Jan. 23 President E G Grace after Bethlehem Steel board meeting predicted a period of unusual prosperity backed by construction as American manufacturers settle into a normal peacetime basis. He cited 1918 earnings of 27 220 730 net after charges and a 15 000 000 tax impact, noting no cut in steel income from war taxes and a 3 1/2 percent profit on shipments mostly to the U S government and allies. The firm expanded capacity with 486 000 in extensions, projecting 3 000 000 tons annual steel output and ready finishing plants. Bethlehem Steel declared extra dividends on A and B stock and full-year dividends on preferred issues.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
E. G. Grace
Grace
United States
Bethlehem Steel Corporation Ay
German National Assembly to Convene at Weimar
The German national assembly will convene in Weimar on February 6. It is expected to sit about two months to choose a war government and adopt a constitution. The draft from the interior ministry will guide discussion. peace terms may wait for the conference. Lodging 2,000 delegates poses accommodation challenges for Weimar.
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Associated Press
Berlin
German National Assembly
Weimar
Ministry of the Interior
Delse
National Assembly
China to Demand Treaty Revision in 1919 Peace Talks
Washington reports predict passage of Wilson food relief in Europe with bipartisan support after debate. Senators Hitchcock and Smoot praised Hoover. Cummins and Sherman opposed, arguing funds aid Bolsheviks and feed military aims. China-Japan treaty revision urged as war settlement test for peace conference. U.S. protest noted.
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Washington
Europe
Mitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
Hitchcock
Smoot
Hoover
Food Administration
Cummins
Sherman
Germany
Wilson
Mlinois
Paris
Theolshevik
Japan
Ane
United States
Viscount Uchida
Pan
Uchida
Cattle Men Boost Red Cross Funds at Denver Auction
Denver Jan 23 cattle men raised forty two thousand five hundred forty three dollars at the Denver stock show auction of 1053 heifers. The sale brought proceeds to the American Red Cross with Ted Cros leading the Wyoming and Colorado chapters. The average price was fifteen dollars and fifty cents per hundred.
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Denver
Col
American Red Cross
Ted Cros
Wyoming
Colorado
Stately leaders spotlighted in early local notes
An assortment of short items includes manufacturers seeking delay in complaints, road house discussions with Rotary plans, labor groups seeking fee relief, a Murray home new service club, and hall of honor entries. Also mentions markets, finances, classifieds, a soldier husband, and anaconda news. Officers seize haul in a saloon building. Forty would become citizens.
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Road House
Memorial
Murray Home
New Services Club
Hall of Honor
Anancial
Tatts
Anaconda. News
aAhaconda
Railroads See Earnings Decline in 1918 Reports
Washington reports from the Interstate Commerce Commission show 195 principal railroads earned about 4.873 billion dollars in 1918, up from the prior year, but expenses rose sharply. Payroll surged to 2.348 billion, with wages for 2 million workers rising late in the year. Prospects hinge on active freight demand during readjustment and lack of general rate cuts in 1919.
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Washington
Amis
Raureau
Hines
New York Assembly Ratifies Federal Prohibition Amendment
Albany Jan 23 New York assembly votes 66 to 50 to ratify the federal prohibition amendment as the Senate prepares to act next week. The action follows tense debate and aligns New York with other states in advancing nationwide temperance measures.
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Albany
N. Y
New York Assembly
Senate
Result as to Russia is in the balance
The article discusses Allied efforts and Bolshevik influence amid a stalled peace process. It notes French anti Bolshevik leaders wavering, the Temps report, and American British views on a limited military option. It covers four main topics to be debated at the conference including labor, war indemnities, and maritime controls. The piece also mentions anticipated military staff input and uncertainty over Russia and Poland in the negotiations.
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Tran- Russia
Associated Powers
Paris
Igius Sazonoff
Supreme Council
Council of the Great Powers
Ted
Russia
Poland
Tee Council
Swift in defense of food control and packing reforms
Louis Swift, president of Swift & Co, told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that the food administration has achieved benefits for producers and that continued control is needed during a critical time with meat shipments limited. He warned against dismantling packing plants, urged full access to packers' records, and proposed building 5,000 government or railroad refrigerator cars to aid small packers while denying collusion charges.
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Washington
Louis Swift
Swift & Cow
House Interstate Commerce Committee Today
Swift
Food Administration
Swift & Co
Packer
Rahio
Fem
MP. Swit
Bolshevik Movement Active in U S Industrial Centers
Washington reports Archibald Stevenson testifying before the senate committee on German propaganda said Bolshevik representatives have organized soviets in U S industrial centers and aim to seize government. He cited Germans postwar propaganda and named John Rees, Hutchins Hapgood, Leonard Abbott, and Albert Rhye Williams as key figures supporting radical ideas. He urged deportation of alien agitators and banning ultra radical publications as counter propaganda.
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Washington
Senate
Archibald Stevenson
Stevenson
United States
Germany
Tesson
New Staats-Zeitung
Mr. Stevenson
John Reel
New York
Soy Lament
Albert Rhye Williams
Tlk
Huss
Eleme
Russia
Overman
Steven
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