Political Party Leaders Back Amendment in Montana Referendum
Montana Republicans and Democrats united in supporting referendum measure No 13 to reform the primary law. Leaders label the current system cumbersome and allow party domination by electors, urging a special election in September 1918 to implement changes and preserve party integrity.
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Elemater
United
Sch
Repubican
Helena
Montana
SV. Stewart
Senator Myvers Backs Broad Primary Law Amendment
Senator Myvers advocates passage of a bill to amend the primary law to nominate state, judicial and congressional candidates by conventions rather than statewide primaries. He argues conventions yield better nominations, reduce chicanery, and ensure majority choice, noting Idaho and Missouri show a national shift toward convention-based nomination and urging the Avery county primary be reconsidered.
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Myvers
St m. Dune
Idaho
Missouri
Avery County
Party Affiliation Precondition for Primaries Stated
A speaker argues for closed primaries with voters declaring party allegiance. Democrats should be nominated by Democrats, Republicans by Republicans, and Socialists by Socialists, to preserve party integrity and fairness.
Signing of Peace Treaty Delegates Wear Plain Dress
The 1919 ceremony opened with Dr. Herman Mueller and Hannes Bell signing at 3:12 and 3:13, followed by President Wilson. German protests and a later compromise kept military honors for the Germans as they exited, while French guards provided color. Veterans of the Franco-Prussian conflict watched with grim satisfaction as the hall reflected a stark, somber tone.
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Herman Mueller
Hannes Bell
Herr Mueller
Herr Bell
Wilson
Chi
Tian Smuts
Deela
Uns
Re von Haimhausen
Henri
Demand for Better Roads Spurs Massive U S Spend
The piece notes a historic road-building push with federal aid of 200 million dollars, plus state funds, totaling about 300 million and more. It discusses Minnesota Colorado Alabama and Pennsylvania plans, county bond funding, and a call for a federal highway commission to coordinate interstate needs and uniform rules.
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D. Chapin
Chat Highways Transport Committees
Council of National Defense
United States
Ramet
Minnesota
Colorado
Alabama
Federal Highway Commission
Senate
South America
Africa
Asia
Thois
OTAMEY SELLS DOUGHNUTS AT New Amsterdam Theater
Georgie O'Ramey staged a Salvation Army fundraising drive at the New Amsterdam theater New York selling doughnuts from a box near The Velvet Lady. Amos Bond the theater master mechanic fried doughnuts daily on a stove under the stage for convalescent soldiers. Miss O'Ramey bought a doughnut and later requested another while a patron named Brian also purchased one.
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Salvation Army Fund
New Amsterdam Theater
New York
Donald
Thia
Misa Rainey
Amos Bond
New Amsterdam
President Wilson on Demobilization and Prohibition Policy
President Wilson argues that the prohibition ban remains in force until demobilization of troops is finished and Congress has not repealed the 1919 act. He states that after demobilization ends, executive action without Congress may be used, but presently action is blocked by ongoing emergency service.
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United States
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Townley Prosecution Case Set for Next Week
Mirna Crow lev. president Jisan Teague and Joseph Gilbert led the townley prosecution defense briefing. Attorneys issued a statement claiming political issues drive the case and that more than 160 witnesses, including governors, congress members, and veterans, would testify to loyalty to the American government during the war. Townley asserted the league will use the trial to test loyalty and allegiance amid partisan aims.
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Mirna
Crow Thelev
Jisan Teague
Joseph Gilbert
Tce
Townley
Congress
League
Unexpedited Laughs Through Serious Screen Comedy
Albert Ray, famed for serious tone in William pictures, proves humor rests in gravity. He explains how a fake marriage plot in a film scene generates laughs, with audience knowing the truth and characters’ motives. Also notes Egypt cottonseed oil cake as coal substitute due to lower cost.
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Albert Ray
Ray
Sam
Peopl
Egypt
Versailles Through Time Portraits of Treaty Terms
A newspaper piece compares historic scenes from 1870 when Bismarck dictated terms to France with modern times as Germany signs the postwar treaty terms in the Hall of Mirrors. Photographs contrast Chancellor Bismarck and Clemenceau reading terms, noting the hall’s mirrored history.
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National Film Service
States Signal Corps Tage
Versailles
Bismarck
France
Clemenceau
Nee
Germany
Bismnarck
Jules Favre
Thiers
Wagner
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Pyright
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Dr. Hertling
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