War Zone Happenings and Notable Deaths This Week
Washington police probe the deaths of T. T. Wong, C. H W. Hsie, and Ben Sen Wu found at a Mount Pleasant home after being last seen five days earlier. Nat Goodwin dies in New York after health decline following eye surgery and multiple marriages. Postmaster General Burleson challenges hotel telephone rate cuts in New York City. Lake Copper mine closes, 260 workers laid off. Adriatic reaches New York with troops and notable passengers including Eddie Rickenbacker. Massachusetts fights federal rates as 3,000 Italian and Greek workers seek passports to return home. Allies’ food program under Hoover allocates breadstuffs to Germany and Western Europe. Paris crime wave reports disputed by AP. Rhine garrison planned at 1,000,000 troops. Plattsburgh brings war brides to New York. one war baby aboard.
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Washington
T. T. Wong
United States
C. H W. Hsie
Ben Sen. Wu
George Washington University
Mount Pleasant
Nat Goodwin
New York
Ilis
Burleson
New York City
Lake
Imine
Tancock
Mich
Wis
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Matt B. Jones
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Naples
Denon
Customs House
Germany
Herbert Hoover
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
France
Italy
Grain Corporation
Paris
Associated Press
Rhine
Echo de Paris
Plattsburgh
William Robert Lewis, Jr
Supreme Court upholds ND canvass rulings and limits utility powers
State supreme court decisions affirm the North Dakota canvassing board findings on constitutional amendments tied to the Nonpartisan League and compulsory vaccination while denying the state tax commission authority to enter public utility premises and seize records. It notes opposition sought to defeat five of seven amendments concerning state utilities. The report also notes the death of Maria, claimed oldest woman in California, at Martinez aged about 184, recalling 1797 San Jose mission sighting and bearing 27 children.
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North Dakota
League
State Tax Commission
State Supreme Court
Maria
California
Martinez
San Jose
Alameda County
Speed Record Pursuit and War Era Updates
Ralph De Palma reaches 185 mph on Daytona beach testing a record breaking car as Mike Gibbons defeats George Chip in a boxing bout. Mare Island coach William Dietz indicted for false draft registration while Benny Leonard wins a charity bout in San Francisco. Legislation moves on immigration, deportation, and fuel control with Red Cross relief funds for Minnesota fires and coal regulation ending. Congress considers lignite use and war measures rescinded under Lever act.
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Ralph de Palma
Daytonia
Fla., Beach
de Palma
Bob Burman
Mike Gibbons
George Chip
Duluth
William
Lone Star) Dietz
Mare Island Marines
Washington State College
Pullman
Spokane
Dietz
United States
Benny Leonard
New York
San Francisco
Joe Benjamin
Portland
Leonard
Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Steve Vange
Houston
Tex
Pat Moore
Memphis
Young McGovern
Philadelphia
The
Food Administration
Wilson
Paris
Congress
Department of Justice
Burnett
Alabama
House Immigration Committee
Rules Committee
House
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Minnesota
American Red Cross
Minnesota Forest Fire Relief Commission
Siegel
Sabath
Illinois
Immigration Committee
America
War Department
Anthony
Kansas
Secretary of the Interior Department
Senate
Wages of Judges Remain Unchanged in Montana Legislature
Half the legislative session passed as debates centered on judicial pay and new county creation. A bill raising judges’ pay from 4000 to 5000 yearly failed in the house, while voters may face a referendum on a revised primary law. The senate advanced multiple county creation measures and a herd law compromise gained cross‑faction support.
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Helena
House
Meyers
Sinclair
Montana
I. H. Gooney
Cascade County
House Committee On
Iowa
Senate
House Committees On
Glacier County
Teton
Pondera
Eton
Chateau Counties
Roosevelt
Sheridan
McCone
Richland
Dawson
Pondera County
Montana News Briefs From Butte To Havre
Postmaster Goodwin notes possible enlargement of Butte federal building with a bill for a quarter million dollars. Montana reports 35 567 influenza cases and 2 486 deaths in Oct-Nov 1918 with Dec not listed. health board warns of recrudescence. State defense secretary Greenfield cites 100 000 defenders placed and 100 000 weekly by federal bureaus. Captain Val Stewart reports Wibaux county met its draft quota at no cost. Body found of John Haley in Stewart mine. he likely died from accident a month earlier. Mrs Stewart resigns as deputy secretary of state effective March 1. Agnes Richardson seeks 10 000 in a Laurel suit against Askenas over her claimed failed engagement. Unsurveyed land settlers may obtain claims if lines show school or railroad sections. Milwaukee railway petition denied for agency closures in Fergus county. Two suits totaling 70 000 over a December auto accident in Billings. Thrift stamps drive under way. January sales reach 30 000. Trial date for Swindlehurst moved to March 10. Havre beer destruction reported by revenue officers.
Great Falls Plans Sewer Project for returning soldiers
Great Falls will create employment for returning soldiers and hundreds of workers by constructing a $235 000 sewer system. Plans will be drawn promptly and bonds authorized last year, not yet issued due to war conditions. A committee proposes completing the sewer to allow paving of Second Avenue North to Ash Heights.
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Great Falls
Econd Avenue
Aston Heights
Masons to Hold Helena Reunion in February Week
Scottish Rite Masonic bodies of Helena will conduct a reunion February 20 to 22 with degrees from the fourth to thirty second conferred on the class receiving weekly degrees. Algeria temple will hold a ceremonial session and initiate many members on February 22. The reunion was postponed from December due to the influenza epidemic.
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Helena
Algeria
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Sporting News
Poxing Advocates
Sixteenth Assembly
8. W. Stewart
Dawson County
Rosebud
Judith County
Judith
Senate On Agriculture and Livestock
Edwards
Railroad Commission
Billings
Livingston
Basin County
Meyer
Supreme Court
Lewis and Clark
Broadwater
Jefferson
Grant County
Yellowstone
Stillwater
McCormick
Scharnikow
State Bureau of Child and
Booth
Siggins
State Land Office
State Land Board
State Register and Land Agent
Register
Land Board
Larson
Anti-Saloon League
Butte Stationary Engineers’ Union
Butte Ddctors
Committee
Burla
Spencer
Judiciary Committee
Morris
Montana Irrigation Commission
Custer
Carter Counties
Free County
Higgins
Meyers and
Gibson
Goodwin
Butte
Evans
State Board of Health
Health Board
Charles 1D. Greenfield
State Council of Defense
National Council
Federal Labor Department
Val Stewart
Inelona
Wibaux County
Western Creamery Company of
Miles City
Knighth and
Ivy Streets
Milwaukee Tracks
Great Halls
John Haley
Stewart
Charles T. Stewart
Charles Askenas
Agnes Richardson
Laurel
Askenas
Joseph Ober
Jank Steele
Herena United States Hind Office
Montana Railroad Commission
Milwaukee Railway
Suffolk
Garneill
Danvers
Forest Grove
Fergus County
Johnn. Clawson
John I. Schroeder
Herman Schroeder
Harold Clawson
Anderson
A. P. Stark
Joseph E. Swindlehurst
Oliver MM. Harvey
Havre
D. J. Desmond
United States Revenue Officer
Butta
Masons
Violet
Higgins’ Eternal
Tudelible
Tles
van Asanallining
Thomas
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