Old Council Changes at Helm and Police Shakeup
A chaotic village council meeting ends with the mayor reappointing Chief Sharp and Clerk Rees while newly elected officials take the helm. Resignations and contemplated savings prompt discussions on police staffing as residents push for street work and services amid a reshaped leadership.
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Otsimeneer
Otto
Alkiertsrs
Douthett
Myeuie
Sharp
Urey
Rees
Irvine
Dai” Walker
Walsh predicts swift end to war era and policy shifts
Senator Walsh rests in Helena for a few days and forecasts the extra session opening by June 1. He expects ratification of the peace treaty by two thirds and predicts immigration curbs, Bolshevik concerns, and renewed silver mining talk as pressures loom. He also foresees a wave of German accord and possible tariff movements.
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Helena
United States
T. J Walsh
Walsh
Senate
Reing
Washington
Witaus
Montana
J. Walsh
Orient
Auto Accident Near Helena Claims Five Injured
A vehicle carrying five people plunged 40 feet down a bank into a gulch about five miles south of Helena on the evening of May 1. Harold Morse, an official of a local warehouse company, was among those injured in the crash.
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Helena
Harold Morse
Park County Bumped From Big Auto Trail
Livingston Enterprise reports prospects for a park to park auto route are failing. Key figures Roe Emery and H. W. Child clash over route viability and road conditions, with Emery threatening to withdraw cars unless improvements are made.
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Park County
Livingston
Roe Emery
Glacier Park Transportation Company
Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company
H. W. Child
Bozeman
West Gallatin
Associated Press
Child
Emery
Wozeman
Gardiner
Colorado
Denver
Estes Park
Rocky Mountain Park
Vice President Marshall Addresses League Adoption Debate
Philadelphia May 3 Vice President Marshall spoke to the American Academy of Political and Social Science urging backing for the league of nations. He argued the covenant does not infringe Congress rights and said opposition stems from politics not patriotism. He dismissed Monroe Doctrine agitation as a tempest in a teapot and warned against a doctrine of guardianship over Latin American republics.
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Philadelphia
Marshall
American Academy of Politic and Social Science
League of Nations
United States Congress
America
United States
Terms of Allied Peace with Germany at Versailles
Versailles reports present peace terms to German plenipotentiaries after a 80 000 word treaty document. The release includes promises of aid to France, U S college pledge to seek Senate approval, and a public information summary from New York. Major Huidekoper known for service in the Spanish American War is highlighted for his wartime contributions and Liberty Loan leadership.
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Military Department
Huidekoper
War Department
Unanimous Vote On Trial Of Kaiser Gang
Paris reports at the peace conference a unanimous decision to try the former German emperor and those responsible for war crimes. The final draft includes a clause for the trial as a supreme offense against international morality, to be conducted by a tribunal of the United States, Britain, France, Italy, and Japan.
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London
Central News
Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Sheep Shearing Price Set At Fifteen Cents In Montana
Sheep shearers in Montana will be paid 15 cents per head plus board for the season, after the Montana Stock Growers association sheep executive committee approved the resolution. State veterinary surgeon W. J. Butler backed the move, urging boil washing of working clothes and tools to prevent sheep scab, which Montana currently reports as absent though present in several western states.
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Helena
May
Montana
Montana Stock Growers Association
W. J. Butler
Butler
Western States
Emmett J Deegan Recalls Hometown War Front Experiences
Emmett J Deegan of the 34th Field Signal Battalion recounts service with the AEF in France. He describes September 26 actions at Fritzie Mountfaucon with the 313th infantry, digs into Verdun and St Mihiel, and notes crossings into Metz before Armistice. He recalls a furlough at Aix le Bain, aviation school at Toul, and return plans for June.
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Emmett J. Deegan
T6th Division
34Th Field Signal Battalion
A. EB. FL
Champlittle
Bar-le-Duc
Argonne Forest
Fritzie
Mountfaucon
Floyd McAllister
313Th
Camp Lewis
St Mihiel Salient
Verdun
Metz
Fritze
Charney
Souilly
Aix-letaine
Harry K. Thaw
Sam
Italy
Switzerland
Alx-le Baine
Toul Aviation Field
Sandy
France
Mayor Hanson Denounces Bolshevism in America
Topeka Kansas May 11 In a Victory law address before the Topeka chamber of commerce Mayor Hanson denounced Bolshevism as a dangerous policy. He warned of a national effort to overthrow government by violence and urged harsh action against anarchists while linking I W W to the bomb plot and urging public works to aid returning soldiers.
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Topeka
Kan
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Hanson
LW. W
ID W. AW
Nimayor
Washington
I W. Weism
America
Russia
Work to Start Seen On Yellowstone Trail
Approval by the federal bureau of public roads for Montana highway project No. 29 to remove a hairpin turn on the Marshall grade near Missouri has been secured. Estimated cost about 116 000. Engineer John Edy will inspect a state aid project in Glasgow after leaving for the trip. Yellowstone County officials seek 75 000 federal aid for Velseer shows trail improvements and gravel surface work on the unfinished 47 mile stretch between Billings and Pompey.
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Helena
Federal Bureau of Good Reads
State Highway Commission
Marshall Grade
Missouri
John Edy
Edy
Glasgow
Yellowstone County
Billings End
Piller
Night Meeting of Sweet Grass County Chamber at Porter Ranch
Representatives of the new Sweet Grass county Chamber of Commerce met at W. H. Porter’s ranch home in Gibson after a cold Friday. They discussed renewing the telephone line, improving roads, and community buying of farm implements by carload lots with Big Timber providing delivery at the station. A membership committee was formed and several ranchers joined, with Big Timber attendees staying until 4 a.m.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sweet Grass County
Gibson
W. H. Porter
W. N. Nye
W. FE. Haas
O. J. Stratton
Big Timber
A. H. McIvor
J. H. Trower
Oscar Ellingson
Garg
L.F. Désubert
Hsrcustin
A. A. Bass
E. L. Frady
Sheriff Long
F. J. Skala
R. L. Léwis
A. Knowles
Harold Veblen
D. V. Higbie
Lost Battalion not lost or rescued, says Alexander
Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander disputed the nickname Lost Battalion and the rescue narrative. He said Whittlesey's 77th division unit was cut off temporarily in the Argonne and fired on by friendly artillery from French forces, who believed the unit had surrendered.
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New York
Seventy-seventh Division
Argonne Forest
Robert Alexander
Seventy-seventh
Chas. Whittlesey
Alexander
Whittlesey
Most Anarchist Bombs In Hands of Police
Washington reports that post office officials believe most bombs mailed from New York in the May Day plot have been found. Only three internal devices bound for Sen. Overman of North Carolina Sen. King of Utah and attorney Freak E. Nebdeker were intercepted. A clerk in Sellebury prevented delivery of the device to Overman.
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Washington
Post Office
New York
Sen. Overman
North Carolina
William H. King
Utah
E. Nebdeker
Sellebury
N. C
Overman
Stocie
Senate
Overmen
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Mjelde
Chur
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Versailles
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