Eastern Montana Trail Men Oppose Route Changes
At the Yellowstone Trail Association annual meeting in Billings the Eastern Montana section votes against altering the current trail route and branch roads. They raise the district assessment to 2840, approve a 20000 office expense fund for 1920, back Pacific coast market extension, support the Townsend bill and 15000000 state road issue, and authorize a camp site expert. Bert Hammond of Forsyth is reelected to the Eastern Montana executive board. General Manager H O Cooley, President H B Wiley, and staff depart for Scranton North Carolina for a North Dakota district delegates meeting.
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Billings
Eastern Montana
Yellowstone Trail Association
Montana
Pacific Coast
Townsend
Bert Hammond
Forsyth
H. O. Cooley
H. B. Wiley
Scranton
N. C
North Dakota
Eastern
Washington
Idaho
Western
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cooley
Executive Council
W. B. George
Commercial Club
W. E. Dowlin
Districts Rich in Resources Yet Pay Teachers Little
Silver Bow county schools face underpayment of teachers and aging, unsafe facilities. Superintendent Nellie Small notes water and plumbing issues in many schools outside Butte. State biennial report aims to prove need for higher salaries and better education. District levies vary. some hold substantial cash balances.
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Silver Bow
Butte
Nellie Small
Small
Silverton County
Gulte
Railway Men Fight Any Wage Cuts After Federal Control
Timothy Shea acting president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen warned at the National Civic Association meeting that some railroads plotting private ownership would seek wage cuts. He joined with Samuel Gompers in opposing compulsory arbitration and said prosecutions would be used to suppress strikes if wage reductions occurred. He cited alleged railroad managers boasting they would keep current wages only under federal control.
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New York
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
National Civic Association
Shea
Senate
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cummins
Admiral Sims charges 10 be given hearing
Washington January 29 Charges by Rear Admiral Sims that the navy was not prepared to enter the war in 1917 are to be investigated by the senate sub committee already instructed with inquiry into the navy's conduct of the war The committee has asked Secretary Daniels to provide a detailed statement on the navy's condition before entry into the world war and the readiness of ships for distant service at the outbreak date Names of ships ready for distant service and those not ready and reasons for unpreparedness are sought The inquiry into Admiral Sims charges will be pursued by the same sub committee later with Daniels set to testify after a delay due to Senator Trammell’s illness
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Washington
Sims
Senate
Page
Naval Committee
Daniels
United States
Senator Hale
Senator Page
Mr. Daniels
Secretary Daniels
Senator Trammell
Florida
New Regulations Place Burden On Government At Deportation
New immigration rules at Ellis Island spark fear some extremists held for deportation cannot be proved aliens and may be released. Regulators now require immediate notice of counsel rights to those arrested on deportation warrants, altering previous practice.
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New York
Ellis Island
Department of Labor
Service of Minister Scorned by Hamby as He Goes to His Death
Ossining N Y Jan 29 Gordon Fawcett Hamby murderer bank robber and train bandit whose crime record reached from coast to coast and culminated in the murder of two Brooklyn bank employees in December 1918 was electrocuted in Sing Sing prison tonight He maintained to the last the composure marked his demeanor from his arrest in Tacoma Wash last June He refused chaplains offered to accompany him to the chair walked to his death unaided and with a firm step After seating himself he asked permission to speak He said I want to say that any one who had the misfortune for indeed it was a misfortune to come in front of Jay B Allen s gun had a chance and a good chance That s all Go ahead boys From trial Hamby claimed his right name was Jay B Allen.
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Ossining
N. Y
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Hamby
Tacoma
Wash
Warden Lawes
Jay B. Allen
Release Demanded for Four American Red Cross Workers
Washington January 29 four American Red Cross workers captured by Bolshevists in Siberia have been requested released. The appeal was sent to Russian Soviet authorities through the Czechs and Red Cross headquarters in Viladi vostok noted the prisoners are not believed to be in danger.
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Washington
Red Cross
Bolshevists
Siberia
Viladivostok
Venus Proposed as Source of Wireless Signals Says Smithsonian
Washington January 29 The Associated Press reports Dr C G Abbot director of the Smithsonian astrophysical observatory suggests if wireless signals come from another planet Mars is unlikely due to extreme cold and lack of atmospheric water vapor. Venus is more plausible but Abbot does not claim the signals come from any planet. Continuous on Page 2 Column 32.
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Washington
Associated Press
Earth
William Marconi
Mars
Venus
C. G. Abbot
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
Abbot
Campbell
Lick Observatory
Peru moves to bring Tacna and Arica case to League
Washington dispatches report that Peru’s national assembly adopted a resolution to submit its claim to Tacna and Arica to the League of Nations council. Chile has occupied the provinces for over two decades since the war, and a plebiscite promised in the peace treaty has never been held.
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Washington
Council of the
League of Nations
National Assembly of
Peru
League Council
Tacna
Arica
Chile
Veru Vians
Solivia
Taena
Americans Taken by Bolshevists
London reporting eight Americans and two British officers are believed captured by Bolshevists. The Daily Mail’s Harbin correspondent provides no details or precise timing, but suggests the officers were captured in the western Irkutsk area without a specified date.
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London
Daily Mail
Harbin
Irkutsk
Government perfects plan to keep a close tab on all its booze
Washington January 29 government outlines medicinal liquor procurement rules and a fixed permit system to track every gallon of distilled liquor nationwide except private homes. It warns against profiteering by givers of medicinal liquor and says profiteers will be investigated.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
U S Treasury Rejects European Financing Conference
Secretary Glass states the United States will not shoulder European loans or finance plans. He warns the proposed international conference could create false hopes of more government credits and urges private channels for restoration while stressing limits on government and private control.
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Glass
America
Washington
United States Treasury
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Mr. Glass
Treasury of
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Europe
Jury panel widened in Armistice Day murder trial
Montesano January 29 temporary jurors for the Warren Grimm murder case rose to eight with two salesmen added. Names include Thomas Connor Farland Montesano A Youngs Montesano W F Ferguson Hoquiam Mrs Emily Pattison Aberde en Orton Glenn Satsop C C Schneider Aberdeen C C Strayer Aberdeen PY 8 Ame Oakville. Re examination of Thomason Connor occupied most of the afternoon as defense sought to impeach him. Further voir dire examined KM J Cota Woodlawn and C Mankowski Aberdeen who were excused. Eric W Johnson Hoquiam was being examined when adjournment occurred.
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Montesano
Wash
I. W. OW
Warren
Grimm
Centralia
Thomas ©. Connor
SS. A. Youngs
W. EF. Ferguson
Hoquiam
Emily C. Pattison
Aberdeen
Orton Glenn
Satsop
C. C. Sehneider
C. C. Strayer
Oakville
Thomason. Connor
W. J. Abel
Northwestern Bleee Tre
KM. J. Cota
Woodlawn
C. Mankowski
Merchant of
Eric W. Johnson
Connor
W. F. Ferguson
Insurance Men Act Upon Reported Census Defects
Insurance men in Silver Bow county move to audit a possibly flawed census in Butte. District supervisor James Faulds instructs L S Shields to notify non enumerated residents and gather details. Helena and other cities are also conducting independent censuses while a committee urges affected residents to report omissions by letter or telephone.
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Butte
James Faulds
L. S. Shields
Shields
Silver Bow Division
Insurance Federation of Montana
Mr. Faulds
Faulds
Helena
Federation
John Wulf
Passmore
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East Montana Trail
Yellowstone Highway
Deer Lodge
URAL
War Department
Shen
S. S. Noordam
St. Louis
Germany
Rotterdam
Heinze Littauer
Werner Schild
Solomon Eichner
Pole
Rudolph Neugast
Frederick Hawing
International
Admiral Sims
Fleet
Dr. Abbot
U.S
Battle Royal
W.W
Venice
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