HAPPENINGS OF PAST WEEK FROM WORLD EVENTS
Pope Benedict XV dies in Rome at 6 a.m. after pneumonia attack. burial in St. Peter's crypt. British wireless agency urges new stations in multiple colonies after a year study. Dovanna Vira, Italian writer, dies aged 82. Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana linked works noted. Several political and military updates follow with resignations, uprisings, trials, and labor actions across Europe and Asia.
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Australia
South Africa
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Hong Kong
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Dechmont
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Tingland
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Russia
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League of Nations International Committee On Relief
Geneva
Shackleton Dies Aboard Quest On Antarctic Expedition
Sir Ernest Shackleton died January 4 on the steamship Quest near South Georgia from angina pectoris. His body arrived in Montevideo January 20 and will be shipped to England, with Professor Caravel and others continuing the expedition.
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Dulwich College
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England
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la Nacion
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Terms for Egyptians freedom outlined by British government
London reports a British statement outlining conditions for ending the Egyptian protectorate and forming an Egyptian parliament. It says parliament would be invited once guarantees protect imperial communications, foreign communities, and Egyptian sovereignty, with foreign interference barred.
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Widitch B
Egypt
Foreign Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Empire
Great Britain
Convict Charges Filed Against Warden Conley
Helena reports detail affidavit by former deputy warden C. F. Sauls accusing prison investigators and Warden M. W. Potter of promising pardons for affidavits against Frank Conley. Rankin's suit moves toward an equity trial without a jury while Montana fair date surveys proceed and Helena bank leadership changes unfold.
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Frank Conley
Rankin
Prison Commission
C.F. Sauls
Mr. Sauls
Mr. Conley
Waarden M. W. Potter
Potter
Dixon
Margelin
Spokane
Deer Lodge
Ed Seharnikow
Ford
Conley
California Snow Drifts Hit Bay Area and Mountains
California Sunday reports the season's broad snowfall across the state. San Francisco saw a trace to two inches, while Berkeley Oakland and surrounding valleys received several inches. San Rafael Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais saw three inches or more with Mt Wilson near Pasadena recording a full foot.
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Berkeley
Oakland
San Rafael
Mill Valley
Mount Tamalpais
Los Angeles
Mt. Wilson
Pasadena
TINPAYERS ORGANIZE Roundup Firmly in County
The County Taxpayers association formed a new group electing L. R. Carroll as president NJ J. Raths as vice president and Chris Jensvold as secretary. About 50 members signed in. a county wide campaign will recruit hundreds more. Committees will review city county and school expenditures to promote efficient economical local government. The body will cooperate with state groups, remain non political, and count business people and farmers among backers, with Farmers union endorsement.
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Pittsburg
Harold Moss
Nellie Bly
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Southern California Electric Company
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United States Army
Jake Brooks
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. Phelps
County Taxpayers’ Association
L. R. Carroll
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Farmers’ Union
Flathead Lake Power Project Protest Heard
Kalispell chamber, farmers and others protested a hearing on Mountain Power's Flathead Lake development rights. Witnesses warned lake rise would flood Kalispell, submerge 20 000 acres of farmland and affect the Great Northern railway. District officials noted 299 farms and 20 000 acres could flood with $12 million yearly impact. Mountain Power pending permit sought was for temporary rights. officials pledged consideration and no harmful license.
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Edward J. Schultz
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Great Northern Railway
PN. Bernard
Schultz
Abandoned Montana Wells Must Be Plugged Under State Law
Lewistown reports efforts to protect oil fields from water intrusion by requiring certified affidavits proving abandoned wells are plugged. U S Bureau of Mines official B B Beecher with Fergus county officials cites law passed last session and says violations occur across the state to stop water seeping into productive sands.
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Montana
B. Beecher
U.S. Bureau of Mines
B. J. Letman
Edward J. Baker
Fergus County
Peecher
Laurel Smelter Site Purchased For Glengarry Mining
Final papers signed confirm the purchase of a 40 acre site with an option for 40 more on the Thornton tract south of the mill for the Laurel smelter. The first 40 acres were valued at 8000 dollars. Construction is planned for spring. F A Hancock, president, will visit Vancouver for an inspection of a local smelter plant.
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Glengarry Mining Company
Thornton
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Syndicate Plans Oil Development in Laurel District
Renewed activity in oil development is planned by the Shawer Oil Syndicate in the Laurel district. Development will start in the spring at the Schauer ranch where two wells once showed promise but were unfinished, with the Schoner O17 company and the Shower Oil syndicate now taking over to thoroughly test the structure.
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Shawer
Schauer Ranch
Schoner O17 Company
Shower Oil Syndicate
Butte Residents Offer Free Services For Spring Election
More than 250 citizens volunteered as election clerks and judges for the upcoming spring election in Butte to save city funds. The Kiwanis club full membership and thirteen insurance agents joined the effort, offering their services without pay.
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Butte
Kiwanis Club
Local Notes From Montana News Roundup
Various items across Treasure State briefings include the Baker fire department reform, Whitefish women aiding Moose auxiliary, Yellowstone County Woodrow Wilson Foundation by Billings Democrats, Bridger hunters aiding needy families, dairy school attendance in Billings, ex-service arrivals in Bozeman, Livingston weather station reopen, Glendive water pumping for NP railroad, Missoula women organizing for better laws, old war veteran Antoine Caldwell buried with honors, Cascade County prairie chicken season proposal, Roundup coal mine price drops and deliveries, arrests in Huntley over liquor transport, Plentywood hospital fund drive progress, Maury disbarment proceedings in Helena, Kaiser seeks shell project review, Dillon wool sale price, Havre locomotive shop layoffs, Miss Alice McClintock scholarship, Virgina City murder verdict deadlock, Sunday mail service petition, Bozeman Montana National Guard recruitment.
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