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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
21
Labor leaders face a call for a general strike if Mooney cannot get a new trial. The piece argues Mooney is an anarchist and urges upholding law and order over mob pressure. It frames Mooney’s guilt as tested by California courts and politics, warning against mob intimidation.
Press dispatches report President A C Townley of the national nonpartisan league announcing a national convention in St. Paul. States including North and South Dakota Montana Idaho Nebraska Colorado will be represented by five members each. Washington Wisconsin Kansas Iowa Texas Oklahoma send one each. The league aims to influence western elections, with past tactics described as pirate and socialist aligned.
The piece argues that wartime powers granted to officials and controls on railroads telegraph and telephone lines should be ended after the war. It criticizes consolidation under government operation and questions the lasting reach of autocratic measures.
The piece argues against war time powers being extended into peacetime. It asserts citizens once made self reliant choices and elected paid public servants, now they fear paid officials will become dictators. It warns of reduced state tax revenue and a slide toward officialism and socialism.
An editorial argues that Samuel Gompers cannot bind American labor to international free trade aims and warns against labor leaders speaking for unions on foreign policy. It stresses U.S. wage standards for non wartime jobs and cautions that wartime wages must adjust to national welfare amid rising foreign competition.
The passage argues that American manufacturers and products meet high wage and living standards and cannot compete with European, Chinese, and Japanese producers under lower standards. It highlights the call to maintain high domestic standards against foreign competition.
The Montana hail insurance fund cannot meet 50 percent of farmers claims this year leaving 400 dollars in insurance unpaid. Premiums rose from 40 to 60 cents per acre but no contingency reserve exists. The piece parallels Halifax losses and argues public ownership shifts costs to taxpayers. It warns political schemes promise votes but pass costs to the people.
In San Francisco actor Mooney withdraws from the death sentence tied to the 1910 Preparedness Day bombing. Official actions and court records indicate a shift in the case against the defendant alleged to have played a role in the explosion, with political figures involved in the proceedings.
Marvin Richard Gratiot 21 of Madison Wisconsin and Roselia B. Smith 18 of Fonda Iowa are married licensing. Ernest G. Kitzman 33 of Alexander Minnesota and Idutse Brieke 28 of Power Montana are issued licenses.
Local hotel offers winter specials with steam heat at Glenloyd Hotel. Limited rooms available with discounted nightly rates and priority bookings for early guests this season.
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