State House Debates on Town Tax and Judge Salaries
Helena dispatch reports a legislative day with a 44 to 42 vote approving higher district judge salaries to 6000 annually and a failed attempt to raise city tax levies from 10 to 15 mills. Discussion covers economy vs expansion, an appropriation bill for troops to Atlantic coast, and cautions on minority and majority committee reports.
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Helena
House
Senate
Atlantic
Newman
Wdge
Scharnikow
Hog Island Shipyard Deep Water Terminal Debate
Washington witnesses defend Hog Island cost as a strategic deep water terminal. Matt Brush argues the yard’s value exceeds invested funds, citing government takeover potential and its vast wartime impact. Howard County and others support continuing development while noting weather and influenza delays. The investigation ends with no immediate report.
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Washington
How Island
Nenite Commerte Committee
Matt Crush
Compan
Stattes” Ste
Hog Island
United St
Iam
Brush
Howard Coontey
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Philadelphia
Hog’ Island
Oneanthe
Walter C. Pierce
Question of Immunity Raised At Hearing Of The Big Meat Packers
Hearings before the senate and house committees debated whether packers appearing before Congress could gain immunity from prosecution and whether the federal trade commission must disclose witness identities. Louis F. Swift waived rights to testify on stockyard abandonments near Swift & Co. and Armour & Co. interests in Port Worth. T.E. Wilson denied collusion. debate over naming witnesses led to a proposed resolution, objected to by Chairman Sims, about compelling the commission to reveal names.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
House
Louis F. Swift
Swift &Co
Senate Agriculture Committee
MK. & Troilroad
Port’ Worth
Texas
Swift &Co and
Armour & Co
Ancis J. Heney
Swift
T.E. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson
Winslow
Massachusetts
Packer
Trade Commission
Sims
Expenses of War Do Not Decrease in January
Washington reports show no material drop in American war costs three months after the armistice. January outlays reached about 1.6 billion dollars for ordinary expenses, with high bills for materials delivered long ago and rising liquidation of contracts. Allies loans fell to roughly 190 million, while the total war cost for Britain and its allies nears 40 billion dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Oday
Great Britain
Unsettled Friday Then Colder Saturday Forecast
The forecast calls for a cloudy and probably unsettled Friday with much colder nighttime temperatures. Saturday is expected to be mostly fair and colder with drier conditions.
Butter Flirting With Consumer Prices Faces New Efforts
Erratic text fragment mentions butter pricing and consumer impact. Unable to extract clear entities or events.
Apaches Impostors In Paris Crime War Investigation
The Associated Press reports that Apaches of various nationalities dressed in American uniforms led most violent acts fueling the alleged American crime war in Paris. An ongoing AP investigation reveals broad involvement across groups, with evidence continuing on page 3.
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Associated Press
Paris
Associ Press
Editorials and notices mix inwartime standard today
War era pages cover Allied food programs shipyard actions and deportation risks for radicals. Editorials with interviews discuss defense, Roosevelt and Wilson era cost of living in France. Local listings include club meetings and employment fines as four artillery units prepare for return while Red Cross efforts and shipyard actions dominate national news.
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Sirlice
France
Nagonda
Letters disclose food relief plan linked to world hunger effort
Washington correspondence reveals Col. E. M. House and British French and Italian ministers agreed on a world food relief commission with Herbert Hoover as director general. The plan envisioned ally coordinated aid, purchases by the director general from allied food administrations, and neutral country involvement, aiming to aid both enemy and liberated populations while preventing profiteering. The exchange stressed unity among allies and a unified relief approach.
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Washington
Col. E. M. House
Supreme War Council
Great Britain
France
Jaly
Commission For World Food Relief
Herbert C. Hoover
State Department
Nt Wilson
America
Ape
Progress on Colony Question Sees Signed Agreement
Paris dispatch reports tentative agreements reached on a Wilson plan for German colonies and Ottoman territories in Asia under a mandate system. Britain France Japan Belgium and Portugal may shape practical details while opposition from some leaders tempers acceptance.
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Pri
Paris
Great Britain
France
Wilson
Turkey
Asia
Palestine
Armenia
Syria
Japan
Belgium
Portugal
Wilton
Pacific Northwest
Firme International Cotrol
The
Congo
Sytem
Albin Sna Moroes
Systeander
Toarus of Nations
Te Axent
Teague of ‘Nations
Sist
Meeting Between Mme Breshkovskaya and Mr Kennan
New York reporters describe a dramatic late night meeting between Catherine Breshkovskaya, known as the grandmother of the Russian Revolution, and George Kennan, the American writer and explorer who exposed Siberian prison life 35 years ago. Kennan had not seen her since 1884 in Siberia. He pressed for her release, and she expressed gratitude for his efforts.
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New York
Henry Street
Mme
Catherine Ireshkovakaya
George Lennan
Sibenian
Kennan
Sald
Russia
Mme. Breshkovskaya
Ign
Nations debate former German colonies at Paris conference
London reports tense public interest as discussions in Paris over Germanys former colonies unfold. The Globe notes strong support in Australia and South Africa for dominion claims while warnings of disunity and empire strain if British delegates appear weak. Wilson pushes a league plan seen as harming British interests and its allies.
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London
Globe
Australia
Pacife
South Africa
Fn Post
Wilson
France
Italy
Japan
Universal conference to admit all states to league
Paris January 30 Leon Bourgeois a leading authority on a league of nations said a universal conference of all states willing to join the league will follow the peacemaking conference. The plan would admit each state on equal footing, with enemy states needing proof of renunciation of conquest and repayment for damages before admission.
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Paris
League of Nations
League
Leon Bourgeois
Reneh
Great Allied
Universal Conference
M. Bourgeois
War meeting weighs economic questions on raw materials
On January 30 a meeting considered economic and financial questions focusing on raw materials. Attendees showed favorable sentiment toward relaxing the blockade in Southeastern Europe including the Balkans and Austria, aiming to ease shortages and aid regional trade.
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Jy Cme Ansociaces Rege
Aris
Europe
Balkans
Austria
Planes to be bought for Mexican general at Chihuahua City
Negotiations are under way in El Paso between eastern aircraft manufacturers and Mexican officials for the purchase of 35 high powered planes for General Jesus Augustin Castro at Chihuahua City. The arrangement aims to support rapid pursuit and combat operations amid unrest in the region.
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al Paso
Texas
Jesus Augustin Castro
Chihuahua City
Prancisco “Ville Dands
Brasilian Delegate Signals Unified Support at Peace Conference
Dr Iotacio Pessoa head of the Brazilian delegation to the peace conference said Brazil will back the United States and other leading honors on all matters before the conference. The pledge covers the league of nations and other general questions of shared interest to Brazil and other nations.
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Brazil
Paris
Grasit
United States
Iotacio Pessoa
Associated Press
League of Nations
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